Saturday, March 12, 2011
Daylight Savings Time 2011
Daylight savings time is tonight. Set your clocks forward 1 hour tonight.
Weather to the MAX: Mount St. Helens Eruption 1980
Mount St. Helens, located in Washington State, was sleeping peacefully on the morning of May 18, 1980. However, in just a while, the mountain blew out as lava and smoke poured out of the volcano. Long dormant, Mount St. Helens was erupting.
A 5.1 earthquake had occurred near or around Mount St. Helens. This actually caused the eruption.
As the mountain erupted, it blew out a whole side of itself, as if caused by a massive bomb.
Below is a photograph taken by the USGS.
Mount St. Helens released massive amounts of ash in the air and warped the Earth's climate for years to come. Below is a USGS image of the ash distribution.
Some people in Washington State awoke to 2-5 inches of ash covering their lawns and houses.
Following the eruption, over a course of 2 months, over 10,000 seismic events occurred in the Mount St. Helens area.
Mount St. Helens also shrunk to a much smaller degree.
Weather Explained: Pacific Ring of Fire
What is the 'Ring of Fire', and where is it?
The Ring of Fire is the edge of the Pacific tectonic plate. On those edges, other tectonic plates rub against each other. The earth is pushed up or down. Volcanoes are formed on the edge of this Pacific Tectonic Plate.
The Ring of Fire are the volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Below is an image of the Ring of Fire.
Image from the USGS.
The red area are the edges of the tectonic plates.
Why is it called the 'Ring of Fire'?
Volcanoes produce fire and lava, and with so many volcanoes surrounding the Pacific tectonic plate in an awkward circle-like formation, it became known as the Ring of Fire.
Are these volcanoes active?
Some are very active, while others are dormant. Mount St. Helens in Washington State, US is included in this Ring of Fire.
March 13 Weather for Japan
Tokyo: 61 degrees and clear skies. Winds SSW 4-7 MPH. Wind chill 45.
Sunday Night:
Tokyo: Clear, Low 43. Wind S 4-7 MPH. Wind chill 41.
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