Japan subduction earthquake - M7.6

 

This region has had its share of 'foreshocks', which means there is a 1 in 100 chance of a large M9 happening in the next few days.  Most likely ripping down to fill in the gap of the last M9.  That bend would always stop or start a fault rupture.

All heat has left the Northern Hemisphere

 I would do another State of the Oceans, but that is really sad.  I'm not showing the ocean charts.

With our stagnant summer, you remember that the north had a lot of ocean warmth.  This was only skin deep.  All gone now.  The oceans are our great moderator.  Without them we have desert conditions.  Thus, we have a really warm summer, which the warmies are still going ga-ga over, but really cold winters, which they ignore.

Europe is still enjoying the remnants of the Gulf Stream.  Good for them!  

ps and the weather charmers are out in full force, predicting what has happened already.  They are stealing my lunge and recharge pattern, but that's old hat now.

This is interesting to read.  They never predicted this, but are jumping on the cold bandwagon.  The implication of 'cow theory' of the non-existent Polar Vortex, is that it will get warm again.  But they aren't saying that any more.  As long as they can get away with facile explanations and go with the flow, we'll never get rid of them.

ps OMG, the dog walk at -11C.  My one foot still aches.  I upgraded all the clothes, but now I have to go for the 40 below boots, and heavy gloves.  

Arctic continues recharge

 Not much going on, so this is brief, mainly because I'm bored.

You can see the 40 below stuff slowly drifting down on us.  This is our stagnant default weather.  No Polar Vortex cows are escaping from the pasture.  Toronto looks like it is settling to -8C at night for the next little while.  The same for Europe.

The leakage from the recharge is just getting sucked back into the Giant Accumulation Vortex.  Despite trying to avoid it, I am starting to get glimpses on how this vortex-machine works.  It's quite amazing, but the story will never be told.  Suffice to say that this is now our major weather mechanism.

ps.  on the regular forecast, they have given up on the retreat of the cold.  The Cold Cows have escaped the Polar Vortex fence, and are here to stay.

Natgas is going to to be fun.