October 28, 2010

Long winter - trifecta

First we had La Nina, then the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and now this. From Stars and Stripes/Associated Press:
Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes spew giant ash clouds
Two volcanoes erupted Thursday on Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, tossing massive ash clouds miles (kilometers) into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing one town with thick, heavy ash.

The Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Eurasia's highest active volcano, exploded along with the Shiveluch volcano, 45 miles (70 kilometers) to the northeast, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in Kamchatka said, adding that flights in the area had to change course.

Ash clouds from the remote volcanoes billowed up to 33,000 feet (10 kilometers) and were spreading east across the Pacific Ocean, vulcanologist Sergei Senyukov told Rossiya 24 television. Streams of lava flowed down the slopes of Shiveluch.
Nothing like taking the already attenuated sunlight (low angle due to winter) and knocking it down another 5-10%. Gonna be a cooooold one this year. Posted by DaveH at October 28, 2010 9:08 PM
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