From the Alaska Volcano Observatory:
The significant explosive event at 06:00 AKDT has ended. Continuing seismic activity and web camera images indicate that low level emissions of steam, gas, and some volcanic ash are continuing to be emitted at the volcano at altitudes of < 20,000′.
Ashfall resulting from the 06:00 AKDT event has been reported in Homer, Anchor Point, and Seldovia.
The Mt. Redoubt alert level is currently WARNING and aviation color code is RED.
WUWT reader Paul offers this time lapse of weather radar showing the eruption
Time to start sacrificing virgins. Oops none left!
Amazing! Concidentally, I’ve just talked about Mt. Redoubt this morning through my radio broadcast.
Has anyone seen a representation of high altitude SO2 concentrations since Redoubt started this eruption series? I have not been able to find any real time images.
I know we had an anecdotal mention of airline passengers smelling strong sulfur odor during flights in the vicinity.
I am just wondering if there is a real time satellite graphic out there somewhere that shows stratospheric SO2 concentrations in that area.
Some pubs on SO2 and volcanic emissions:
http://so2.umbc.edu/omi/pdfs/prata_acp-7-5093-2007.pdf
http://www.oma.be/BIRA-IASB/Molecules/SO2archive/cases/kasatochi.php
This site has some SO2 monitoring info but not for Redoubt.
http://www.globvolcano.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=38
Larry
Some additional Redoubt images from the late March 09 eruptions:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/category/goes-12
Larry
From Alaska to Chili volcano’s are erupting at this moment in time:
Lliama in Chili, http://volcanism.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/llaima-eruption-pictures-and-report-from-povi/
Nevado del Huila, Colombia, http://volcanism.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/alert-status-raised-at-nevado-del-huila/
Arenal in Costa Rica http://volcanism.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/arenal-increased-activity-causes-concern/
The Tonga volcano eruption is still going strong building a new Island.
http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2009/04/too_many_tourists_in_tonga.php
I forgot to mention Chaitén Volcano in Chili, still building it’s dome:
http://www.seablogger.com/?page_id=11086
Terrific graphics Paul.
Keep ’em coming.
Also erupting – WUWT readership: 11,006,217 hits.
I expect that the AGW faithful are getting ready for this, so let’s beat ’em to the punch.
The eruption of Redoubt will not be masking the warming; it will be adding to the ongoing cooling that’s developed over the past half decade or so. If it spews out enough matter into the stratosphere, it sould make for an interestingly cool NH summer.
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Adolfo Giurfa (13:51:25) :
“More NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS AGAIN!…
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090404/tpl-uk-chile-volcano-4b8df73.html”
Adolfo,
The article is wrong about the Chaitén eruption.
Chaitén never stopped erupting since May 2008.
It has been active all the time.
For who is interested in this fascinating volcano: http://inglaner.com/volcan_chaiten.htm
Ron de Haan
It is the LLAIMA VOLCANO:
http://lta.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idLTASIE5330CZ20090404
The Chaiten, of course, keeps on contradicting Big Al
Llaima Volcano, in english:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5332BN20090404
Llaima volcano webcam and seismograph live:
http://www.povi.cl/llaima/
OT, but it’s a nice summary of what is happening to the news media. I am so glad that a website like WattsUpWthThat exists in this new wild west.
“DE BORCHGRAVE: Digitized news” :
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/26/digitized-news/
Quiet Sun, Volcanism ….Just chillin baby!
So, with all this Volcanism, lower sunspots, Cool phase of the PDO, etc, etc, etc, for someone with a very real economic interest in the weather, does it seem like a pretty safe bet for way cooler this growing season? How’s about NA precip?
As if it wasn’t cold enough in Alaska and the Canadian North this winter, have some volcanic ash to rub into your tundra.
So which chicken comes before the egg, Deep Solar Minimum or Extra Volcanoes?
The cold for next winter is looking like a given.
The precip alteration is another story.
The Laurentide Ice Sheet deflected the Pacific storms to make the Southwest a woodlands.
Not to put the brakes on the SSN-Volcano conjecture, but how much better have we gotten at reporting volcanic activity over the previous minimums?
waaaay OT:
But,
California wants to ban black cars. Not climate friendly apparently…
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/25/california-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-by-banning-black-cars/
How much CO2 does each of these eruptions emmit? (On average), and how does this compare with human emmisions?
Meanwhile at the other endof the world
“Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7984054.stm
It’s the BBC guess what caused it