Good morning Explorers !
What a beautiful morning as I wake up with my coffee , blue skies and puffy white clouds floating across the sky .I hear little birds singing their morning songs .I also hear the city starting to stir to life as people warm up their cars to go into work the 9-5 .
I just checked the weather and it is will be 90 degrees ( 32 C ) here today and sunny . In an article I was reading this morning Raleigh will have high temperatures with it feeling like 103 to 105 degrees ( 40C ) out this weekend .It will be 96 degrees ( 36.5) here this weekend ,so for all of you who live in NC in the areas of this heat stay hydrated as much as possible if you have to go outdoors for any length of time. The experts say you should drink 1 cup of water every 15 to 20 min to stay hydrated when it is really hot outside if working outside in the heat . Today is June 20th, ahh the start to summer .I wonder how hot this summer will be when it is starting this hot already.
The tropics are busy this morning , there is a new tropical disturbance down in Honduras/Nicaragua with a 50% chance of becoming a tropical storm . We also now have the first tropical storm of the season Tropical Storm Alberto ,who has already made it's presence known to Texas with wind and rain .This tropical system is now moving west to cross Mexico . Our yellow X off Florida now has a 30 % chance to form over the next 7 days .This one I will be keeping my eyes on as it could affect the east coast and up to my area
Looking at the earthquakes this morning , there were several 2-4.0 earthquakes with the 4s being Offshore Oaxaca Mexico, Off Coast of Costa Rica ,Offshore El Salvador ,Northern Peru ,Rat Islands Aleutian Islands , Near east coast of Honshu Japan and Philippine Islands Region . Southern Xinjiang China came in as a 5.2 and was downgraded to a 4.9 while I have been doing my update here . Vanuatu is our 5.0 of the day striking close to Traitors head volcano and near the Pacific Australian Convergent boundary .Traitors head volcano is a submarine volcano that has had two historic eruptions ,one being in 1881 and the other in 1959 . There are also 3 volcanic cones on Erromango Island, Rantop , Nagat and Oulenou .Rantop is the largest of the 3 .These volcanoes formed an offshore Island that joined to the island by uplift after the volcanism ceased .
Earthquake Location Vanuatu
Traitors Head Volcano created by 3 volcanoes on Erromango Island. Rantop , Nagat and Oulenou .
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Thank you for your hard work