Winter Banter 24-25

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[NorthShoreWx]

NWS Local point and clock has a little bit of snow:

Ground Hog Day

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph.

Tonight

Snow, mixing with rain after 10pm, then gradually ending. Steady temperature around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

 

Ground Hog Day

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph.

 

Sunday Night

Snow, mixing with rain after 10pm, then gradually ending. Steady temperature around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

 

Ground Hog Day

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph.

[LibertyBell]

16 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

NWS Local point and clock has a little bit of snow:

Ground Hog Day

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph.

Tonight

Snow, mixing with rain after 10pm, then gradually ending. Steady temperature around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

 

Ground Hog Day

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph.

 

Sunday Night

Snow, mixing with rain after 10pm, then gradually ending. Steady temperature around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

 

Ground Hog Day

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph.

are they forecasting a time loop too (or three).....

[Snowshack]

Traveling for work to Pontiac, MI - can't even luck into snow here -- looks the same as Long Island

[Volcanic Winter]

There’s a bit of an ongoing seismic crisis at Santorini / Kolumbo volcanoes in Greece (Kolumbo is a neighboring system of Santorini, only a few miles northeast - and is also capable of powerful eruptions and has done so in historic times). 

The resurgent dome of Nea Kameini in the middle of Santorini’s caldera has effusively erupted numerous times in recent history, but this doesn’t appear to be that as the locus of quakes is between the two systems. 

This, IMHO, is very unusual. And appropriately, Santorinians are quite nervous at the moment.

It’s unlikely any major eruption is about to begin just because, as always, large eruptions at any given system are rare. But something is going on and this warrants considerable caution. I’m seeing daily large magnitude quakes … mag 4-5. 

I have actually been to Santorini in the late 2000’s, I dated a young Greek woman when I was just starting college and I traveled with her there. Santorini is unbelievably beautiful, but also the size and magnitude of the caldera is incredibly apparent - the whole area is born of extremely powerful volcanism. 
 

Edit: 9000 evacuate Santorini

https://watchers.news/2025/02/04/over-9-000-people-evacuate-santorini-as-seismic-crisis-worsens-uk-issues-travel-advisory-greece/

If the seismic activity continues to escalate and doesn’t begin to peter out relatively soon, the chances of an eruption  increase. However they’re also talking about this as a potential tectonic event or prelude to a large earthquake. Part of why is because the locus of quakes is between the two magma centers of both volcanoes which is part of why this whole thing is odd in the first place. No idea what’s going to happen, I wouldn’t have thought this type of seismic crisis as foreshocks to a large earthquake (this seems volcanic for sure, IMHO) - but I overall agree in getting people out of the area. Something is definitely going down right now. 

[North and West]

There’s a bit of an ongoing seismic crisis at Santorini / Kolumbo volcanoes in Greece (Kolumbo is a neighboring system of Santorini, only a few miles northeast - and is also capable of powerful eruptions and has done so in historic times). 
The resurgent dome of Nea Kameini in the middle of Santorini’s caldera has effusively erupted numerous times in recent history, but this doesn’t appear to be that as the locus of quakes is between the two systems. 
This, IMHO, is very unusual. And appropriately, Santorinians are quite nervous at the moment.
It’s unlikely any major eruption is about to begin just because, as always, large eruptions at any given system are rare. But something is going on and this warrants considerable caution. I’m seeing daily large magnitude quakes … mag 4-5. 
I have actually been to Santorini in the late 2000’s, I dated a young Greek woman when I was just starting college and I traveled with her there. Santorini is unbelievably beautiful, but also the size and magnitude of the caldera is incredibly apparent - the whole area is born of extremely powerful volcanism. 

The past five years have been just terrific. Glad to see it’s getting better.


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