Part 1: Iceland volcano's still a problem... Why?
Part 2: Heavy rain on the way...
Part 3: Westport Weather Update...!
Part 1:
I told you the next update would be mostly about the volcano problems, so here it is!!!! Right now i am going to make a comparison... Now i don't know how good it is, but it will have to do... Do you remember the Chile earthquake, back a couple months ago, and how it posted the threat for a tsunami all across Hawaii???? And then, nothing ever really happened???? Well this is similar, except of course, the fact that this is a volcano!!!! We know that Eyjafjallajokull has already erupted in Iceland, and as you know, caused one of the worst, if not the worst airline disruption ever... we also know that Eyjafjallajokull has quited down quite a bit... Even though there is still a lava flow down the mountain, the active explosions have stopped... This is good because now all airlines are pretty much back to there normal schedule... This is where the bad news comes in though, because if we go way back to 920, 1612, and then 1821-1823 Eyjafjallajokull has erupted...
Eyjafjallajokull:
So what's the big deal about this? Well Eyjafjallajokull's neighbor, Katla, has erupted right after Eyjafjallajokull each time, in 920, 1612, and even 1821-1823... Something that you should also know is that Katla is about 100 times stronger then Eyjafjallajokull!!!! So the eruption would be far worse, probably beyond most people's imagination... You can only imagine the problems it would cause for the airlines in Europe... This ash cloud would be MASSIVE (close to 100x larger then the one from Eyjafjallajokull) and could easily spread past Europe, and possibly around the whole world... Iceland has been worried about the eruption from Katla since 1999...
Katla:
The story even gets worse!!!! 4 days ago on April 20th 2010, Iceland President Olafur Grimsson said "the time for Katla to erupt is coming close... we [Iceland] have prepared... It is high time for European governments and airline authorities all over the world to start planning for the eventual Katla eruption"... Well that certainly scared me, and i don't think the US government or airline authorities have talked enough about this, especially to the public... Lets just keep our fingers crossed, and hope it doesn't erupt...
Part 2:
NYC and north, you're pretty lucky for today because you really are going to have sunny blue skies for most of the day, while Philly and Southern sections of PA (with the exception of SW PA) will be pretty cloudy and cool the whole day, and south of there it looks to be rainy... Enjoy whatever time you can of sunshine and warmth because it will be fading rather quickly... If you haven't already gotten rain then you will be time midnight and tomorrow morning come around... I'm not going to go over the time line for each area for you, because for that you can just go to your local weather, but instead I'm going to go over just how bad this storm will be... Let's start with the heaviness... What seems to be going on is, the major cities will see a heavy batch of rain sometime tomorrow depending on which city your in... most are going to see 1-2 inches of rain just from the first hit tomorrow... Tomorrow night it actually might clear out and it will be a good 10-15 degrees cooler... This small pause in the action will lead to the second batch, which should arrive sometime on Monday, again depending on which city you are in... This batch will drop again another 1-2 inches of heavy rain, and should begin to lighten up by Tuesday morning... But this doesn't mean stop... Looks like a nasty mist and light rain, occasionally moderate, may last until Wednesday evening before becoming hit and miss showers... It will be very cool over the next couple of days, but a gradual warm up is likely starting Thursday...
Part 3:
Hope everyone is enjoying this sunny and warm Saturday because it will not last for long... In fact, you can expect showers to start moving into the area by close to midnight tonight... Right now we're currently watching a band of light rain moving through sections of PA, as it slowly looses its steam, so it is possible we see a shower or two around 5 or 6 o'clock, but nothing to really ruin the day... You will notice the clouds on the increase though, and temperatures will slowly be dropping as we make our way toward night fall... So again, expect rain by about midnight, with the heavy stuff starting toward the morning and lasting right into the afternoon... This is only the first batch though... From this batch alone we could see 1-2 inches of rain easily... Tomorrow night it should actually clear out, with just some cloudy skies and a couple of pop up showers... But by Monday, batch two will come around with more heavy rain and an additional 1-2 inches... This batch will last into the very early hours of Tuesday before tapering to a couple of showers Tuesday morning... It doesn't stop there though, expect mist and light showers throughout all of Tuesday and even into parts of Wednesday, as the showers become more scattered... It will be very cool over the next couple of days, maybe 5-10 degrees colder then today, but after Wednesday, a gradual warm up will take place, and we could hit 70 by Friday with sunshine...
Westport, CT:
-Scott Pecoriello
