tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114201402024-03-13T06:39:42.591-07:00The Weather AlternativeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger610125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-27544296870167220482020-06-17T20:31:00.000-07:002020-06-17T20:31:11.028-07:00July 19-22, 2020 Long-range Weather Forecast Western U.S. In previous posts such as <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a> and <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a>, I gave various examples of the effects of the Sun-Saturn opposition on weather patterns. One of the most important key charts used in astrometeorology is the Cardinal Solar Ingress which is based on the Sun's ingress into Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn. These ingresses mark the astronomical beginnings of spring, summer, autumn, and winter respectively. Those were the charts used in the previously mentioned posts, and the weather patterns faithfully materialized over the areas where the Sun-Saturn opposition were localized in those charts.<br />
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Another Sun-Saturn opposition will take place on July 20, 2020. The Cardinal Solar Ingress of June 2020 will place Saturn over the western U.S. at longitude 114 west. This runs through the Intermountain West traversing the states of Idaho, Nevada, Utah, California, and Arizona. Not only will the Sun oppose Saturn but this opposition will take place at the time of the New Moon. This means that both the Sun and Moon will oppose Saturn adding an extra wallop. The astro-locality map below shows the setup.<br />
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The Sun-Saturn oppositions are often associated with stormy periods that deliver rain, hail, snow etc. depending on the season. Since this one takes place over the western U.S. during the summer season which is not typically the rainy season there, other possible weather reactions might include an increase in Santa Ana winds which blow through the mountain passes of southern California or a front passing through the region that triggers showers and thunderstorms.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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The first Weather Channel map for November 14th shows rain afflicting the lower Mississippi Valley and a cold front running the length of the Mississippi.<br />
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The next map from Accuweather shows a low pressure system off the Southeast U.S. bringing rain to the coastal areas.
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By the 16th, the low pressure had traveled the length of the East Coast and developed into a Nor'easter as seen in the next Accuweather map.
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Generally, this was a good forecast considering it was issued on October 31, 2019.
I had also mentioned that the same planetary pair would affect Europe at the same time. I mentioned Jupiter's effect over the United Kingdom and Spain while Neptune influenced areas around France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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On the 14th, European weather forecasts posted the following for the 14th:
Heavy showers and rain in northern and western Spain as well as Portugal. Heavy showers in southern and eastern Spain. Thundery rain in southern France, wet in the west. Showers for northern France and the Low Countries.
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For the 15th, the forecast read: Rain again in northern Spain...Low pressure over central Europe brings showers and rain to much of France, the Low Countries and parts of Germany.
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Next in the line up was the forecast for the period centering on November 27th. The same Mississippi Valley area and the East Coast were the areas to watch for storm conditions.
The Weather Channel map below for November 26th shows a storm system barreling through the Mississippi Valley region.
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A repeat of the 26th happened again over the Mississippi River Valley on the 30th as seen in the next Weather Channel map.
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What about the length of the East Coast? The next two Accuweather maps for the 29th and 30th show the large storm system plowing eastward along the length of the East Coast.
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Finishing up, we see that Europe on the 27th saw rain along the northern coast of Spain and windy and wet weather in France especially in the north and west. Periods of heavy rain were experienced in the Low Countries.
On the 28th, heavy rain occurred in northern Portugal and northern Spain with further showers in the Low Countries.
On the 30th, heavy rain across Iberia and western France.
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All in all, these were some good forecasts. In this last case the forecast was issued almost a month in advance.
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<b>Was Stephen Hawking right that the universe can create itself out of nothing?</b>
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The forecast read: <b>The Jupiter-Neptune configuration will continue to affect the New England area throughout the summer season. One potential period for a tropical system to affect the area is between September 14-17. I think this one carries more punch with it, so we may be witnessing an actual tropical system at that time.</b><br />
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While a tropical system did originate at that time, it did not affect the New England area. By September 14th, Tropical Storm Humberto was off the Florida coast. It achieved hurricane status on the 15th as it began to turn away from the U.S. coast and head towards Bermuda. The closest it got to the New England area is shown in the map below. It was a couple of days after the forecast window and too far east.<br />
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The National Weather Service said that on Monday, Sept 16th, rain returned over parts of the lower Great Lakes into New England.
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-70074119990437343422019-10-31T21:16:00.000-07:002019-10-31T21:17:05.796-07:00November 14 and 27, 2019 Long-range U.S. Weather Forecast Solar and lunar eclipses have long been part of the long-range weather forecaster's arsenal of predictive charts for formulating forecasts. The most recent lunar eclipse of July 2019 seems to show a set up of planetary forces that might be good to discuss in a bit more detail.<br />
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The astro-locality map below shows to key players that will affect weather patterns in November 2019. The vertical line over the Mississippi Valley shows where the influence of Neptune will be felt, and the white line running along the East Coast represents the planet Jupiter.<br />
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The type of relationship these two are in during the month of November is known among astro-meteorologists to increase moisture significantly. Thus, there is a strong possibility that precipitation over the Mississippi Valley area and over the East Coast will be substantial. This can signify flooding rains and abundant tropical moisture. It would be within reason to say that moisture could be pulled up from the Gulf of Mexico over the Mississippi Valley area or that a strong front running along the length of the East Coast could dump significant rainfall. Since we're in hurricane season at this time, another possibility is that some sort of tropical system affects these areas.<br />
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There are two periods that stand out to me. <b>The days surrounding the 14th of November</b> are important since Venus enters into alignment with Jupiter and Neptune along with the Moon. Another key period will be <b>in and around the 27th of November </b>as the Moon will once again trigger the relationship between Jupiter and Neptune.<br />
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Europe may also see some weather activity at this time as well. We see Jupiter affecting 4 degrees of west longitude through the United Kingdom and Spain while Neptune cuts a path through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<b>Is the Fetus a Human Being? </b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-16411594152114836582019-07-12T21:09:00.003-07:002019-07-12T21:09:40.071-07:00Forecast Results for Potential Dates for Severe Weather 2019A forecast for New England was posted on June 8, 2019 covering the forecast period of June 15-17. The forecast called for heavy rain over the New England area based on the alignment of the planets Jupiter and Neptune.<br />
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Here are the results.<br />
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The above weather map from the National Weather Service for June 16, 2019 shows a low pressure system over New York state with rain extending from the Northeast into New England. The heaviest rain hit the New Jersey/Delaware area where there were Flash Flood Warnings posted at that time. That's as close as heavy rain came to the forecast area.
The next forecast is for <a href="https://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-england-potential-dates-for-severe.html">September 14-17, 2019</a> and calls for the likelihood of a tropical system affecting the New England area.
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xfO1veFs6Ho" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-58421966378431709842019-06-08T16:48:00.000-07:002019-06-08T16:48:21.860-07:00New England: Potential Dates for Severe Weather 2019<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LchakQjSI28/XPxEaSj7-WI/AAAAAAAACQU/ccfp4VY9wogX0xMfJJkpMwSAV1ggRg6AwCLcBGAs/s1600/June%2B16%252C%2B2019.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1268" height="330" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LchakQjSI28/XPxEaSj7-WI/AAAAAAAACQU/ccfp4VY9wogX0xMfJJkpMwSAV1ggRg6AwCLcBGAs/s640/June%2B16%252C%2B2019.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<b>June 15-17, 2019 </b><br />
<b></b>An interesting alignment of Jupiter and Neptune takes place on June 16, 2019. As seen from the astro-locality map above, the alignment will affect the New England area of the U.S. In astro-meteorology, the combination is known to bring heavy rain. Since we are now in hurricane season, there is the potential that around the 16th, tropical moisture will become available resulting in heavy rains over the New England area.<br />
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Will it be a tropical system? Not necessarily. It may be that tropical moisture is drawn up over the New England area causing heavy precipitation.<br />
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<b>September 14-17, 2019</b><br />
The Jupiter-Neptune configuration will continue to affect the New England area throughout the summer season. One potential period for a tropical system to affect the area is between September 14-17. I think this one carries more punch with it, so we may be witnessing an actual tropical system at that time.<br />
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<br />
<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NKGnXgH_CzE" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-16770851039880135492018-12-30T19:28:00.000-08:002018-12-30T19:28:30.626-08:00Questioning the Value of Astrological Predictions in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Man
is a cause-seeking creature. According to American philosopher, essayist, and
poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The progress of the intellect is to the clearer
vision of causes” (Age.org).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Man’s
obsession with understanding causes accounts for his advancement in every field
of endeavor known to him: metaphysics, religion, politics, and science to name
a few. The natural calamity of the Black Death presented a baffling occurrence
that drove men to consider and offer explanations of its cause in the hopes of
gaining insight and control over its effects. Some saw its cause as spiritual.
Man’s own iniquities had provoked the wrath of God and repentance was called
for to bring God’s forgiveness. Others conjectured that it was a matter of
science. Noxious fumes were released during earthquakes and eruptions that
contaminated the atmosphere and resulted in the massive loss of life witnessed
during the years of the plague. Still others resorted to the conspiracy theory
that the Jews had put into effect a plan to wipe out all Christians by
poisoning wells and springs everywhere. One other explanation for the Black
Death that seems even more ludicrous to today’s thinkers is that the cause was
astrological. Although to medieval man, it did not necessarily appear to be an absurd
hypothesis since astrology was routinely taught at the finest universities of
their day, modern textbooks immediately discount that explanation as useless.
When the King of France, King Philip VI, requested the opinion of the medical
faculty of the University of Paris as to the causes of the plague, Spielvogel
does not even elaborate on the answer provided by the medical faculty but
merely states “their advice proved worthless” (Spielvogel 328). The actual
response of the University of Paris was that the cause of the Black Death was
due to the Mars-Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of March 20, 1345 (Classical
Astrologer.me). But was the medical faculty’s response as worthless as it is
portrayed by modern thinkers? Were there any reasons to seriously consider
planetary influence as a causal factor in the plague and in other catastrophes,
cataclysms and upheavals? By considering the prognostic value of astrological
phenomena, the Church’s allowance of certain kinds of astrology, and the
fulfillment of astrological predictions, it will become clear if it appeared
reasonable to learned men of the time to consider astrological explanations as
a candidate for explaining earthly events. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">By
prognostic value, two things are meant (Sepharial 5). The first of these is that
the planetary phenomena such as the alignments that are continuously formed
among the heavenly bodies and that make up the heart of the astrological method
can be calculated in advance. These planetary cycles recur at regular intervals
and thus can be observed again and again. The idea of the repeatability of
planetary alignments brought with it the possibility of verifiability and
falsifiability so that repeated observations of the same phenomena tended to
fine tune the astrologers’ understanding of what to expect and to confirm the
general effects of the cycles. As an older astrological author noted, “Watching
for coincidences is a necessary process of scientific discovery; and
coincidences between astronomic and atmospheric phenomena should be observed
and noted…the observation of sufficient coincidences in number may justify the
acceptance of an empirical law according to which we may, with approximate
safety, predict that when one of the events happens, the other will accompany
or follow” (McCormack 12.03). Important cycles were solar and lunar eclipses
such as the eighteen-year saros cycle and the nineteen-year metonic cycle.
Another key planetary cycle was the twenty-year great mutation cycle of Jupiter
and Saturn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">The
second meaning of prognostic value pertains to the celestial position in which
planetary alignments occur and the mundane locality in which they are
witnessed. Regarding the first of these, each section of the heavens, commonly
referred to as a sign or constellation, had a different influence on human
affairs. Taurus, for example, affected business among other things, while
Sagittarius affected horses and cattle etc. (Pearce 324). Each planet as well
ruled over some aspect of life, weather, and international relationships to
mention a few. Therefore, planetary alignments were not all interpreted in the
same way since they involved different planets and different constellations. As
far as mundane locality goes, this refers to the different localities on earth
that would be affected by the astronomical event in question. The time at which
a certain planetary alignment occurred would place those planets over a certain
area of the globe thus localizing their influence over that region. This fact
would explain why only certain areas were subject to the alignment and not
others. The prognostic value of the astrological system provided an orderly way
of understanding the world for the people of this period especially after a
time of much chaos, confusion, and uncertainty during the early Middle Ages.
Note that the understanding of these medieval and later astrologers was very
different than the stereotypical caricature often painted of the astrologers’
understanding of eclipses, which was often treated as “a relic of the
superstitious dread of barbarians who feared that ‘the dragon’ was about to
swallow the darkened luminary, and accordingly beat drums and made horrible
noises in order to frighten away the adversary (Pearce 314).” </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Another
influence that had brought order to society during the emergence of the
Medieval world was the Christian church. As the official Roman state
disintegrated, the church filled the void and played an increasingly important
role. The Church, however, had a love-hate relationship with astrology. Church
Fathers such as Augustine and Origen took issue with some forms of astrology
because they felt it challenged human freedom and the power of God’s
will--important concepts in Christianity (Johnson 4). </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Yet,
Thomas Aquinas made a distinction between what was allowable and unallowable
with astrology. In his treatment of the question regarding whether divination
by the stars was unlawful, Aquinas opined that to use astrology to know the”
certitude of future human actions” was an unlawful use of astrology and thus
superstitious and unlawful divination since it discounted human free will.
Nevertheless, “to apply the observation of the stars in order to foreknow those
future things that are caused by heavenly bodies, for instance, drought or rain
and so forth, it will be neither an unlawful nor a superstitious divination
(Aquinas). The Christian worldview was probably the best worldview through
which to understand planetary influence since there would be less reason to
consider the planets as gods in their own right and just to view them as a part
of creation not to be worshipped or adored. This permissible area of
astrological use is today referred to as mundane astrology. This is the branch
of astrology dealing with the influence of the stars and planets on nations,
cities, agriculture, war, epidemics etc. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Additionally,
the Bible seems to use language that sounds astrological in nature. Scholars
refer to such language as “apocalyptic imagery.” We find in Matthew 24:29 that
“the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will
fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken (Holy Bible).
According to Rebecca Johnson, these accounts mention astrology only
incidentally, but they reveal the idea “that the planets were in some way
responsible for events on earth (Johnson 1).” Furthermore, she points out that
this was the understanding of the intellectual elite at the time of the Black
Death. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">So
far it has been pointed out that the prognostic value of the astrological
method provided an orderly system that allowed logical conclusions to be
deduced from natural phenomena. The events would vary in nature, in the time of
their occurrence, and in locality all according to certain astrological
influences. In addition, the Church considered the prognostication of mundane
events through astrology as permissible. But were the predictions of any value?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Skeptics
and critics are quick to highlight failed astrological predictions as if these
were the only kind astrologers make. One such popular one was the deluge of
February 1, 1524 that failed to materialize and was rescheduled for February 1,
1624. No deluge occurred then either (Randi). But one must survey a
representative sample objectively to come to a fair conclusion. One could
easily pick the most embarrassing weather forecasts of our conventional
meteorologists and erroneously conclude that the effectiveness of our
present-day forecasts is worse than it is. For example, over a million Florida
residents were told to evacuate coastal areas as Hurricane Floyd approached the
peninsula in September of 1999. Floyd never hit Florida (Wikipedia.org), and in
2009, Britain’s Met Office were left red faced as their predictions for a
“barbecue summer” turned into a literal wash out (Met Office). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Following
are some of the astrological predictions underreported in modern literature but
well-known during their time. Tycho Brahe, the brilliant Danish astronomer, was
quite famous for his astrology as well. His astrological interpretation of the
supernova of November 1572 coupled with the great conjunction of Jupiter and
Saturn around the same time was published in two volumes. The Dane foretold of
the decline of the Catholic religion and the rise of a great Protestant soldier
and humanitarian who would die a violent death in 1632. The life of Gustavus
Aldophus fit the description so well that it cemented Brahe’s reputation as
Europe’s leading astronomer (Plant; Goodagve 52). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Following
close on Brahe’s heels and influenced by him, astronomer and mathematician,
Johannes Kepler was an ardent practitioner of astrology. Kepler is remembered
for his discovery of the planetary laws of motion which he began publishing in
1609. But Kepler’s first brush with fame came because of his
astro-meteorological prediction of the winter that put Styermark, Austria on
ice in 1593. In the same prediction, he foretold of the revolutionary
disturbances of the Austrian peasantry (Goodavage 54). Kepler while in Prague
had a following among the lower classes. His biographer, Max Caspar, relates
that 15 days in advance, Kepler told the local populace that there would be
wind and rain on a certain day. A fierce gale set in when the day arrived, and
the people, amazed, wondered what was happening. “Then the cry grew loud,
“Kepler comes. Kepler comes” (Kollerstrom). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">William
Lilly, England’s most famous astrologer during the time of Charles I and
England’s Civil War, was even consulted several times by Charles, but the
astrologer lamented that the king would not follow his advice (Lilly 5).
Lilly’s most celebrated prediction, however, was published in his book in 1651
entitled Monarchy or No Monarchy. The book contained several drawings alluding
to the plague and Great Fire of London which took place in 1666. Lilly was
summoned that year before an investigative committee after the conflagration
because it was understood that he had hinted at such things in his book of
1651. His prediction was too close for comfort, and the committee wanted to
know if he had any further involvement or knowledge of who brought it about –
which he did not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Commander
Morrison of the Royal Navy, writing under the pen name Zadkiel I, followed the
lead of the older astrologers of the Middle Ages and made numerous predictions
regarding famine and disease such as the Irish potato famine in his Alamac of
1846 published the year before (McCormack 10:09), his prediction of the fatal
outbreak of cholera in Great Britain in 1849 and another occurrence again in
1853-4. (Pearce 391) While astrology has always had its detractors, it can at
least be seen that its track record was not nearly as abysmal as thought to be
in modern times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0px;">Having
looked at the prognostic value of astrological phenomena, the Church’s
allowance of certain kinds of astrology, and the fulfillment of astrological
predictions, it is now somewhat clearer that it appeared reasonable to learned
men of the time to consider astrological explanations as a candidate for
explaining earthly events and that they were not as worthless as is often
portrayed. The prognostic value of astrology lay in the repeatability of
planetary alignments as well as the celestial and mundane positions of those
alignments that provided a system of prediction that varied the type and place
of events. The Church permitted its followers to engage in certain kinds of
astrology, and astrological language in scripture hinted that planetary
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><u></u><span style="color: #0563c1;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-2223419271099466882018-06-10T14:48:00.003-07:002018-06-10T14:48:56.608-07:00June 5-8, 2018 Northeast U.S. Weather Results In the middle of May, I posted a forecast for the Northeast U.S. for the period between June 5-8 calling for strong storms and heavy rain. The forecast was based on planetary alignments studied by astro-meteorologists.<br />
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Here's how the forecast, issued 3 weeks in advance, sized up. The forecast was off by a couple of days since today, June 10th, the storms and heavy rain materialized over the Mid-Atlantic region. The original forecast specified the area in and around New York, New Jersey, the Delmarva Peninsula, and New England.<br />
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The National Weather Service today issued a Flash Flood Watch for portions of Delaware, northeast Maryland, southern New Jersey, and southeast Pennsylvania.<br />
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<i>Periods of rain is expected into Monday morning, some of which will be heavy at times. A total of 1 to 2 inches of rain is expected across much of the watch area. Some thunderstorms may occur through this evening mainly across Delmarva which could lead to locally higher amounts.</i><br />
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In addition to the above Watch, the NWS has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Delaware, Maryland, and a Flood Warning for West Virginia.<br />
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Here is an Accuweather map depicting the area to be affected.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/42720234321/in/dateposted-public/" title="09 Mid-Atlantic"><img alt="09 Mid-Atlantic" height="332" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1730/42720234321_462057b983_z.jpg" width="590" /></a><br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-8C8puhvFHY" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-31433954301482526882018-05-19T21:48:00.004-07:002018-05-19T21:48:58.115-07:00June 5-8, 2018 Northeast U.S. Weather Planetary alignments between June 5-8 focus their influence over the Northeastern United States. This pattern should result in a stormy situation for the area in and around New York, New Jersey, the Delmarva Peninsula, and New England.<br />
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The Last Quarter Moon on the 6th will conjoin Neptune as Mercury also aspects Neptune by square. This, along with the opposition between Venus and Pluto should upset atmospheric conditions over the area resulting in a strong thunderstorms and heavy rain.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xfO1veFs6Ho" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-47506468780950161202017-05-27T20:39:00.000-07:002017-05-27T20:39:14.003-07:00March 25, 2017 Forecast ResultsSevere weather was expected across the Central Plains between March 24-26 due to the conjunctions and oppositions of Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus.<br />
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Here's what happened.<br />
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The National Weather Service report for March 24-26 carried these warnings:<br />
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Severe weather possible for the Southern/Central High Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley through Friday...<br />
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Prime conditions for the spread of wildfires across the Southern/Central High Plains...<br />
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The following Weather Channel map for March 23rd shows the approaching storm system.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/34896024826/in/dateposted-public/" title="Mar 23"><img alt="Mar 23" height="281" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4225/34896024826_48010c5962.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br />
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Here's another snippet from the NWS for March 25:<br />
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Rain, heavy at times, and thunderstorms are expected as a result along and just ahead of the cold front over the next couple of days as it advances eastward. Some of these thunderstorms could be<br />
strong to severe. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a small region that stretches across east TX and the Ark-LA-Tex region as being in an Enhanced Risk for severe weather this evening and<br />
overnight, with conditions favorable for producing damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.<br />
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The next Weather Channel map shows the storms progression eastward on the 24th.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
<br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<b>Is Morality Objective or Subjective?</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">1. If moral values are subjective, then moral codes cannot improve, since there is no objective standard by which to judge one code better than another.</span></h2>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-60323162206784177902017-03-17T08:24:00.002-07:002017-03-17T08:24:44.965-07:00A Quick Look at Next Week's Weather - March 25, 2017A quick look at next weekend (March 25th) shows an interesting setup in the previous solar eclipse chart of February 26th waiting to be triggered.<br />
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At the time of the eclipse, Mars was entering into alignment with Jupiter and Uranus. These last two planets were in very close opposition, and Mars was entering the picture as it conjoined Uranus and opposed Jupiter. The astro-locality map below shows the positions of the three planets in question.<br />
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As can be seen, the grouping of planets affects the central U.S. from eastern Texas through the Central and High Plains. The Mars-Uranus conjunction is likely to affect the area with a strong low pressure area and heavy rain. To get an idea, check out this previous forecast for <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2009/04/mars-uranus-results.html">Mars-Uranus</a>. The Mars-Jupiter opposition is also a storm breeder as seen in these results from <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2007/12/recent-midwest-blizzard.html">December 22-26, 2007</a>. Finally, the last Jupiter-Uranus opposition was on December 26, 2016 which affected the Central Plains. The result was a Christmas Day blizzard over the Central and Eastern Plains. Check out the results <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2017/01/december-2016-forecast-results.html">here</a>. <br />
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We can expect some severe weather to once again assail the central U.S. with a strong low pressure area, winds, and precipitation roughly between March 24-26.<br />
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Irving Babbitt Quotes</h3>
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.- Irving Babbitt
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">In the classics more than in other subjects, the fact should never be forgotten that the aim proposed is the assimilation, and not the accumulation, of knowledge. - Irving Babbitt</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Man has gained immensely in his grasp on facts, but in the meanwhile has become so immersed in their multiplicity as to lose that vision of the One by which his lower self was once overawed and restrained. - Irving Babbitt</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-1245357872021755802017-03-11T17:47:00.004-08:002017-03-11T17:47:46.184-08:00Jan 6-8, 2017 Forecast ResultsOn November 23, 2016, I issued some<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/january-6-8-2017-long-range-weather.html"> experimental long-range weather forecasts</a> based on the Moon's entrance into various zodiacal signs. Here are the results.<br />
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The congregating of planetary influences over the U.S. West Coast between the 6th and 7th of January was forecast to result in a cold front issuing in stormy conditions.<br />
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On the 6th, Accuweather reported, "A large storm will affect the west coast of the United States with drenching rain, ice, flooding and high country snow this weekend into next week." Their headline ran, "Excessive rain, melting snow may cause worst California flooding since 1997." Below is an Accuweather map for the 6th.<br />
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Windy conditions were forecast for this time over the U.S. Northeast due to other planetary crossings in the experimental charts. The National Weather Service issued the following report on January 7th.<br />
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" A low pressure system deepening rapidly off the Mid-Atlantic coast<br />
will move northeastward towards Nova Scotia on Sunday. A large<br />
swath of snow is currently spreading northeastward from the<br />
Mid-Atlantic states into coastal New England. As the low pressure<br />
system continues to rapidly intensify off the East Coast, winds<br />
near the coast will continue to strengthen as the snow becomes<br />
heavy, especially over southeastern New England where blizzard<br />
conditions could occur tonight before the storm moves further away<br />
early on Sunday."<br />
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The following Weather Channel map is for the 7th.<br />
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For Western Australia, windy and stormy conditions were forecast based on a crossing of Mercury and Mars lines along the coast. Severe weather warnings were issued for heavy rainfall on the 7th and 8th. Below is a Warning Area map for the 7th. <br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/33386568425/in/dateposted-public/" title="07 Western Aus"><img alt="07 Western Aus" height="500" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3924/33386568425_0d8cab19f4.jpg" width="467" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
<h3>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b>Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. - John Locke</b></i></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. - John Locke </i></span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-37640412976830758992017-02-18T21:19:00.000-08:002017-02-18T21:19:02.485-08:00New Year's 2017 Forecast ResultHere are the results of the <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/new-years-2017-weather-forecast.html">New Year's 2017 forecast</a> which was posted on November 27, 2016.<br />
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<b>Forecast </b><br />
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As mentioned in a previous post, the direct station of Uranus affects the Pacific Northwest. This planet is known for its cold influence and wind-generating capabilities especially since it aligns in opposition to Jupiter...This should begin to manifest from the 29th through the first few days of January 2017.<br />
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<b>Results</b><br />
<b><br /></b>The National Weather Service reported the following:<br />
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December 30<br />
...Below normal temperatures and more rain and snow moves in by Saturday (Dec 31st) across the Northwest...<br />
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December 31<br />
...Heavy snow possible from portions of the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies...<br />
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Jan 1<br />
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...Areas of heavy snow possible from the Pacific Northwest to the northern plains and Upper Midwest...<br />
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Jan 2<br />
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...cold air is expected to remain in place as an
upper-level trough remains overhead. Additionally, an arctic
surface front will drift south through Monday, ushering another
round of frigid air associated with an arctic surface high into
areas from the Pacific Northwest to the northern plains. The
continued presence of upper-level energy will keep areas of snow
in the forecast from portions of the Pacific Northwest and
northern California to the Rockies on Monday, with heavy snow
possible for some areas.
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Here's the Weather Channel's map for January 1, 2017<br />
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The next forecast focused on the Southeastern U.S. and Mid-Atlantic.<br />
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<b><br /></b>We will most likely find meteorologists focusing their attention here as moisture is made available to fuel storms and is drawn northward over the Carolinas and into the Mid-Atlantic. The map above for January 1st also shows the stormy conditions over the Carolinas and into the Mid-Atlantic. <br />
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<b>Results</b><br />
<b><br /></b>On January 2nd, Accuweather posted the following headline:<br />
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Severe thunderstorms to trigger flash flooding in southeastern US<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/january-6-8-2017-long-range-weather.html">January 6-8, 2017 Long-range Weather Forecasts</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-5678072506124465042017-01-08T21:45:00.000-08:002017-01-08T21:45:25.056-08:00December 2016 Forecast ResultsIn November 2016, I ventured some long-range weather forecasts for the period between<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/long-range-weather-forecast-december-19.html"> December 19-30, 2016</a>. The first period, December 20-29, specified the southern California area and West Coast States in general. The forecast called for rainy and blustery conditions. Here's the original forecast map showing the planetary influences that would congregate over the area.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/30180740573/in/dateposted-public/" title="LQ Moon Dec 2016"><img alt="LQ Moon Dec 2016" height="217" src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5628/30180740573_938a4af3c7.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<b>Results</b><br />
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The Weather Channel map below shows an intense low pressure system setting up over California. The National Weather Service's headlines for December 21st through the 23rd reported the following:<br />
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Dec 21; ...Heavy rain possible for parts of the Pacific Northwest/Northern<br />
California...<br />
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Dec 22: ...Energetic storm system to bring heavy rain and snow to much of<br />
the western U.S...<br />
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Dec 23: ...Flooding rains possible tonight across portions of coastal<br />
southern California...<br />
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The next portion of the forecast was for December 26-30. At this time, the long-range forecast called for gusty winds and storm conditions to plague the Central and Eastern Plains,<br />
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<b>Results</b><br />
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On Christmas day blizzard conditions assailed the Central and Eastern Plains. Accuweather reported that this episode of severe weather would threaten lives from Texas to Iowa bringing everything from large hail to isolated tornadoes. As the forecast period came to a close on the 28th and 29th, high wind warnings were posted from Montana southward through Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/32052878072/in/dateposted-public/" title="21 Christmas Blizzard"><img alt="21 Christmas Blizzard" height="281" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/387/32052878072_472ed3ceca.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br />
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The last forecast period was that of December 29th. More cold and windy conditions were forecast to close out the year and usher in the new one over the Pacific Northwest.<br />
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<b>Results</b><br />
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On the 31st, the National Weather Service reported ...Heavy snow possible from portions of the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies...an upper-level trough will dig into the Pacific<br />
Northwest tonight and will persist through Monday. At the surface, a cold front will move southward across the Pacific Northwest through the next couple days...<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/new-years-2017-weather-forecast.html">New Year's 2017 Weather Forecast </a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/january-6-8-2017-long-range-weather.html">January 6-8, 2017 Long-range Weather Forecasts</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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There are a few areas of the country that are likely to see some adverse weather conditions around New Year's Eve and into the first days of the new year. Planetary cycles involving Jupiter, Uranus, Mars, Saturn, and Neptune will be culminating between Dec 29, 2016 and January 1, 2017. Here's an idea of what to expect.<br />
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<b>Pacific Northwest </b><br />
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As mentioned in a previous post, the direct station of Uranus affects the Pacific Northwest. This planet is known for its cold influence and wind-generating capabilities especially since it aligns in opposition to Jupiter. To get an idea of what kind of weather the Pacific Northwest should expect refer to<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2007/11/rain-and-wind-for-northeast.html"> this link</a>. The influence of Uranus' direct station requires a bit of a window in which its influence on the weather is felt. This should begin to manifest from the 29th through the first few days of January 2017.<br />
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<b>East Coast</b><br />
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The Mars-Saturn conjunction of August 24, 2016 will be brought to life again on New Year's Day by a Mars-Neptune conjunction. The original conjunction off the Southeast US coast (see map below) coincided with Hurricane Hermine and Tropical Depression 8 that affected the area at the end of August into the beginning of September of this year.<br />
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This area should once again spring to life. We will most likely find meteorologists focusing their attention here as moisture is made available to fuel storms and is drawn northward over the Carolinas and into the Mid-Atlantic.<br />
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The New Moon chart of December 29th, will place the aforementioned Jupiter-Uranus opposition over the East Central states as well. (See map below) This cold and windy weather maker will most likely join forces with the moisture being drawn up over the Southeast to create potentially dangerous storms during the holidays. Check with your local weather station at this time and stay safe.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/january-6-8-2017-long-range-weather.html">January 6-8, 2017 Long-range Weather Forecasts</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/long-range-weather-forecast-december-19.html">Long-range Weather Forecasts December 19-30, 2016</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/09/hurricane-hermine-td-8-and-august-24-28.html">Hurricane Hermine, TD8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-90509260233010943782016-11-23T17:43:00.000-08:002016-11-23T17:43:00.163-08:00January 6-8, 2017 Long-range Weather ForecastsHere are some experimental weather forecasts based on a new forecast approach I'm working with. The study of astro-meteorology, or how planetary alignments and cycles affect weather patterns, requires that its practitioners devote some of their efforts to experimentation. The following forecasts are based on the Moon's entrance into various zodiacal signs.<br />
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<b>Forecast for January 6-8, 2017</b><br />
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The first map shows where the Sun-Pluto conjunction of January 7th will take place. The conjunction is represented by the two blue lines running along the US West Coast. The white line represents the position of the Moon. Sun-Pluto conjunctions often equate with colder weather conditions. In this case we may see a cold front that triggers stormy conditions along the West Coast between these dates.<br />
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Also in the map you'll see two lines that cross over the US Northeast. The vertical line represents the position of Venus and the diagonal line that of Mercury. Since Mercury is about to begin its direct motion on the 8th, this area may experience windy conditions during the forecast period.<br />
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Our next map focuses on the west coast of Australia where we see Mercury, represented by the white line, crossing with Mars, shown by the yellow line. Here, once again, we may see windy or stormy conditions due to the presence of a low pressure system or front.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/11/long-range-weather-forecast-december-19.html">Long-range Weather Forecasts December 19-30, 2016</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xBmAKCvWl74" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-270716099279710332016-11-06T08:36:00.001-08:002016-11-06T08:36:10.200-08:00Long-range Weather Forecast December 19-30, 2016The period from December 19th through the 30th of this year presents some important planetary alignments that have the potential to affect weather conditions over the Pacific Northwest and California as well as over the US Central Plains according to the study of astro-meteorology.<br />
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The main planetary alignments are Mercury's retrograde station, the Jupiter-Uranus opposition, the Sun's conjunction with Mercury, and the direct station of Uranus. Mercury's retrograde station has been shown to increase wind velocities over the areas where Mercury appears in key weather charts. For example, between January 21st and 25th, 2015, Mercury held such a position over Southern California. The National Weather Service at that time warned the inhabitants of the area of locally gusty winds and strong damaging Santa Ana winds. (<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/01/results-of-east-coast-noreaster-and.html">see post</a>)<br />
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<b>December 20-29, 2016</b><br />
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The Last Quarter Moon of December 20, 2016 will highlight the same area. The following astro-locality map shows three lines that represent the Moon's position (yellow line) and Mercury and Pluto's position (the two black lines - Mercury is the leftmost line). This intimates that between the 20th and 29th of December weather conditions over Southern California (and the West Coast states in general) could get quite blustery perhaps accompanied by rainy conditions.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/30180740573/in/dateposted-public/" title="LQ Moon Dec 2016"><img alt="LQ Moon Dec 2016" height="217" src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5628/30180740573_938a4af3c7.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<b>December 26-30, 2016</b><br />
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On December 26th, Jupiter will oppose Uranus. In the parlance of astro-meteorology, this signifies high velocity winds, lower ranges of temperatures, and storm potential. The last Jupiter-Uranus opposition was on August 29, 2013. On this day, Fabian, churning east of the Lesser Antilles, became the season's third hurricane. Key charts placed Jupiter and Uranus over the western Atlantic as well as over the east-central and eastern US. Weekly rainfall totaled 2 to 6 inches from Missouri to the Mid-Atlantic states as Tropical Storm Grace became embedded in a nearly stationary front according to the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin.<br />
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This year, the Jupiter-Uranus opposition will affect the Central and Eastern Plains. As seen in the map below, an important planetary crossing forms with Jupiter, Uranus (white line), and Mercury (blue line) over Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa where cold, gusty winds and storm conditions may pose threats.<br />
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December 28th brings the Sun's conjunction to Mercury which takes up residence over the Central Plains. To get an idea of the cold, stormy, and windy conditions generated by a Sun-Mercury conjunction check out <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/03/winter-storm-saturn-fulfills-long-range.html">this link</a>. Something similar to that is indicated now.<br />
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<b>December 29, 2016</b><br />
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The last planetary phenomenon to mention is the direct station of Uranus which affects the Pacific Northwest. This planet is known for its cold influence and wind-generating capabilities. Most of the aspects we're discussing in this post seem to major on this theme. To get an idea of what kind of weather the Pacific Northwest should expect refer to<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2007/11/rain-and-wind-for-northeast.html"> this link</a>. The influence of Uranus' direct station requires a bit of a window in which its influence on the weather is felt. This should begin to manifest from the 29th through the first few days of January 2017.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<a href="http://dailysignal.com/2016/10/26/media-made-right-call-to-ignore-climate-change-in-debates/" style="font-size: 2.25rem;">Media Made Right Call to Ignore Climate Change in Debates</a></div>
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<b><a href="https://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/climate-change-dead-last.png">How Important is Climate Change to Voters? </a></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-8592874514726714312016-09-02T22:08:00.001-07:002016-09-02T22:08:20.196-07:00Hurricane Hermine, TD 8, and the August 24-28, 2016 Forecast Results Here are the results for the May 27, 2016 post entitled <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/potential-hurricane-august-24-28-2016.html">Potential Hurricane August 24-28, 2016</a>. This long-range weather forecast took into account the planetary alignments involving Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, and Jupiter.<br />
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One likely scenario I mentioned was <i>"the development of a tropical system off the coast of Florida which would then travel in parallel to the coast with a strong chance of affecting the New England area." </i><br />
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Hurricane Hermine and TD 8 closely fulfilled this long-range forecast that was issued three months in advance. These tropical systems closely -- but not exactly -- fulfilled the forecast because they appeared a few days after the forecast window I had established.<br />
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The Accuweather map below shows the path that Tropical Depression 9, later to become Hurricane Hermine, took across the Florida Peninsula from Monday, August 29th through September 2nd.<br />
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It's almost as if the hurricane was being drawn to the area that the planets Mars, Saturn, and Neptune had established in the forecast map I posted back in May. Here's the map again.<br />
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Tropical Depression 8 was also contributing to the forecast fulfillment as it battered the Carolinas with rough surf and downpours into Wednesday the 31st of August. The Accuweather map below shows its trajectory.<br />
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Hermine is now forecast to make a second assault on the Southeast through September 5th. The National Weather Service states, "Heavy rain is possible over the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Coast associated with Tropical Storm Hermine" as shown in the Accuweather map below.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/29383583096/in/dateposted-public/" title="31 TS Hermine2 Accu"><img alt="31 TS Hermine2 Accu" height="282" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8108/29383583096_0cd695132a.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-8151074494761337652016-08-19T21:44:00.005-07:002016-08-19T21:44:45.488-07:00June 28 - July 2, 2016 Forecast ResultsThe June 28 - July 2 long-range forecast stated "...the Mississippi Valley area eastward through the Deep South, East Central, and Eastern Seaboard, will likely see the progression of a severe weather system that could trigger dangerous thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rain, gusty winds, and in some cases tornadic development."
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On June 27th, Accuweather reported "Downpours to offer relief to drought-stricken parts of southern US into July." They continued, "The lower Mississippi Valley and areas along the southern Atlantic Seaboard will be most likely to experience frequent downpours."<br />
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These were some of the areas pinpointed in the long-range forecast that was<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/06/june-28-30-2016-long-range-weather.html"> posted on June 5th</a>. The following Accuweather map shows some of the activity over the areas mentioned in the forecast: the Mississippi Valley, the Deep South, and the Eastern Seaboard.<br />
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Accuweather then reported on June 28th that storms would drench parts of the northeastern US that have gone without rain since the first week of June. In the following Accuweather map, we see the rain continuing along the the Eastern Seaboard.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/28813537280/in/dateposted-public/" title="28 Storms Northeast"><img alt="28 Storms Northeast" height="282" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8192/28813537280_d415f96d2c.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/potential-hurricane-august-24-28-2016.html">Potential Hurricane August 24-28, 2016</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D64MiGLQ30w" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-83795953744451076762016-06-26T22:17:00.000-07:002016-06-26T22:17:40.376-07:00June 13-21, 2016 Results - Neptune's Pluvial Influence ConfirmedThe June 13-21 forecast was posted on May 22nd. (<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-13-21-2016-long-range-weather.html">Click here for forecast</a>) I mentioned that this forecast would provide an opportunity to confirm Neptune's pluvial influence (having to do with much rain). Since widespread, localized flooding happened during the same alignments with Neptune in 2015, I concluded that a similar scenario would develop during the June 13-21 forecast period.<br />
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The forecast stated:<br />
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<i>This year Neptune will occupy the 82nd line of west longitude running from Florida through Ohio. This area will likely be subjected to heavy rainfall that produces widespread flooding as we've seen in last year's example. Since we're in hurricane season, we can rule out a tropical system at this time. The weather pattern will then travel eastward and affect the US East Coast.</i><br />
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Accuweather headlines on the 15th read: <i>Strong storms may disrupt travel from Ohio to Virginia </i><br />
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The Accuweather meteorologists warned that severe storms would affect portions of Ohio to Virginia, eastern Tennessee and northwestern North Carolina on the 16th. This is the exact area covered by the 82nd line of west longitude.<br />
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In addition to this, meteorologists warned of an Atlantic storm that would affect the eastern US beaches with rough surf on Father's Day weekend. See the Accuweather map below. The storm was not a tropical system, which I thought would be a possibility at the time.<br />
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Farther south, but not in my forecast area, Tropical Depression 4 did form on the 19th affecting the eastern coast of Mexico.<br />
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By June 20th, the National Weather Service was warning once again of flash flooding potential along the 82nd line of west longitude. They reported, <i>Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding possible Tuesday from portions of the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic. </i><br />
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Flooding rains continued over the ensuing days targeting Kentucky to Virginia. By the 25th Accuweather reported that 23 people had lost their lives after historic flooding slammed West Virginia thus confirming the pluvial influence of the planet Neptune on weather patterns.<br />
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The last portion of the June 13-21 forecast read:<br />
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<i>In other key charts, the US West Coast is also affected by Neptune and Saturn. June is not as rainy as other months out west but we may see some anomalous weather pattern develop over the Pacific Northwest especially around the end of the forecast period (19th - 21st). This may be something like a dramatic increase in temperatures and humidity or an anomalous low pressure system.</i><br />
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This long-range weather forecast was fulfilled in the triple-digit heat experienced over the Western States between June 18-20 as shown in the Accuweather map below, although a bit farther south than I expected.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-2016-long-range-weather-forecasts.html"><br /></a>
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/06/june-28-30-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 28 - July 2, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast </a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/potential-hurricane-august-24-28-2016.html">Potential Hurricane August 24-28, 2016</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DBUEaF9pjqI" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-72514245114827858802016-06-06T17:59:00.001-07:002016-06-06T17:59:47.010-07:00Tropical Storm Colin Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast The May 15, 2016 <a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-1-5-2016-long-range-weather.html">Weather Alternative post</a> contained a forecast for the period of June 1-5. The forecast, based on alignments involving Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune, warned that low pressure and abnormally wet weather were to be expected at this time. The forecast pointed out that since we our now in hurricane season and since the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico was emphasized in key forecast charts, that it was plausible that a tropical storm would develop over this area.<br />
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As we speak, Tropical Storm Colin is located around 85 west longitude and 28 north latitude in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and forecast to move onshore over the Florida Gulf Coast tonight (6/6/16). The following Accuweather map shows the likely effects Tropical Storm Colin will have.<br />
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The same forecast also called for heavy downpours over the Mississippi Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. On June 2nd, the National Weather Service warned informed, "Heavy rain possible over parts of the Southern Plains and Lower
Mississippi Valley." On the 4th, their forecast read, "Heavy rain likely over the western and central Gulf Coast, with heavy rain possible from the Deep South to the central Appalachians."<br />
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The following Accuweather map is for June 5th when heavy rain and stormy weather was expected from the Gulf Coast to the Mid-Atlantic region.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/27412707652/in/dateposted-public/" title="04 Severe Storms"><img alt="04 Severe Storms" height="282" src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7087/27412707652_6004a494bc.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-2016-long-range-weather-forecasts.html"><br /></a>
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/06/june-28-30-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 28 - July 2, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast </a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/potential-hurricane-august-24-28-2016.html">Potential Hurricane August 24-28, 2016</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-13-21-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 13-21, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast </a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-11369141058190849642016-06-05T12:15:00.000-07:002016-06-05T13:30:17.311-07:00June 28 - July 2, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast At the end of June, important alignments between Mars, Venus, and Pluto will affect weather patterns over the central and eastern United States. Let's see how previous alignments among these members of our solar system played out in the not-so-distant past.<br />
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On June 29th Mars will make its direct station. This means that from our earthly perspective, Mars will begin to move forward in the night sky after a period of apparent retrograde motion. This was always an important celestial phenomenon in astro-meteorology. The last time Mars began its direct movement was on April 13, 2012. Mars was placed over the Plains in the season key chart at that time. Accuweather headlines for the central and southern Plains at that time read, "Life-Threatening Tornado Outbreak This Weekend," and, "Dangerous Tornadic Thunderstorms Continue Today."<br />
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This year, the key chart for the season places Mars over the Mississippi Valley as shown in the astro-locality chart below.<br />
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Mars will also be in alignment with Pluto on the 29th. The last time Mars was in the same alignment was on September 7, 2014. The key seasonal chart placed Pluto over the Mid-Atlantic region. That area experienced drenching rains and damaging winds.<br />
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The last alignment to consider for our forecast is the opposition between Venus and Pluto on June 30th. In other key charts, Venus and Pluto affect the eastern portions of the US such as the Deep South, East Central, and Northeast areas. One key chart is shown below.<br />
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The last Venus-Pluto opposition occurred on July 28, 2014. At that time, Pluto occupied the area from the eastern Great Lakes through Virginia and North Carolina. The Weather Channel reported that a strong July storm capable of producing strong and damaging wind gusts marched through the region.<br />
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Taken altogether, the Mississippi Valley area eastward through the Deep South, East Central, and Eastern Seaboard, will likely see the progression of a severe weather system that could trigger dangerous thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rain, gusty winds, and in some cases tornadic development.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-2016-long-range-weather-forecasts.html"><br /></a>
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/potential-hurricane-august-24-28-2016.html">Potential Hurricane August 24-28, 2016</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-13-21-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 13-21, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast </a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-1-5-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 1-5, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25603178@N00/27206712690/in/dateposted-public/" title="img-smile-e1401746162474"><img alt="img-smile-e1401746162474" height="123" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7403/27206712690_a84c38d9ee_m.jpg" width="182" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-61082045597541898932016-05-27T13:28:00.000-07:002016-05-27T13:28:54.836-07:00Potential Hurricane August 24-28, 2016<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="line-height: 115%;">A series of
celestial events taking place between the 24th and 28th of August, 2016 promise
the potential for severe weather that may be tropical in nature. Key
astronomical charts used in long-range weather forecasting place the planetary
alignments involving Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, and Jupiter over
hurricane-prone sectors of the US East Coast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Mars-Saturn conjunction of August 24th begins the parade of celestial
harbingers. As seen from the astro-locality map below, their area of influence,
represented by the yellow lines, takes in the North Carolina and Virginia
coasts and into the Northeast. More importantly, the crossing of these lines
with the black line representing the influence of Neptune focuses their
energies about 250 miles off the coast of central Florida.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
alignments of Mars, Saturn, and Neptune have been observed to correspond with
atmospheric turbulence, destructive, windy storms, and low pressure systems fed
by tropical moisture, which can be of greater significance when occurring
during hurricane season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The second
astro-locality map shows the positions of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction of
August 27th represented by the blue lines over the New England area. These
lines also converge with the Mars and Saturn white lines south of New England.
Lastly, the Neptune line, shown in yellow, affects the Florida Panhandle
northward through the East Central US into the central Great Lakes region.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>August 24-28, 2016</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Taken
together, during the forecast period, the US East Central section is likely to
experience a bout of strong storms that push through the area towards the East
Coast. One likely scenario shows the development of a tropical system off the
coast of Florida which would then travel in parallel to the coast with a strong
chance of affecting the New England area. A second scenario calls for tropical
moisture, that doesn't develop into an organized tropical system, to be pulled
northward over the Carolinas fueling storms that affect the Mid-Atlantic,
Northeast, and New England areas.</span></div>
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<br />
<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-2016-long-range-weather-forecasts.html"><br /></a>
<br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-13-21-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 13-21, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast </a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-1-5-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 1-5, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-1328739435318399542016-05-22T19:12:00.003-07:002016-05-22T19:12:36.616-07:00June 13-21, 2016 Long-range Weather ForecastJune 2016 will provide an opportunity to confirm the pluvial nature the planet Neptune is said to exercise on weather patterns. The geographical areas that fall under the influence of Neptune in key weather charts have been observed to experience southerly, moist, air flows that increase humidity resulting in intense downpours and flooding potential.<br />
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On the 13th of June, Neptune will make its retrograde station which is a key event in triggering the above mentioned atmospheric conditions. The 17th of June features the square aspect between Saturn and Neptune which also excites deep low pressure systems that result in higher than average rainfall. Then, on the 20th of June, Mercury will oppose Saturn and square Neptune activating their influence once again. In a minute we'll look at the areas that will be affected this year. But first, let's see what happened to atmospheric conditions the last time Neptune made it retrograde station and the last time Saturn squared Neptune.<br />
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On June 12, 2015, Neptune made its retrograde station. In the key seasonal chart, Neptune's influence affected the eastern Plains states roughly from Louisiana northward through Minnesota. As can be seen from the Accuweather map below this is the exact area that experienced widespread localized flooding from June 13-15, 2016. This was in part due the Tropical Storm Bill that hit Texas at that time and continued northward. <br />
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The last Saturn-Neptune square occurred on November 26, 2015. Neptune's influence affected the Mississippi Valley and eastward while Saturn's influence affected the Eastern Seaboard. The National Weather Service forecast for Nov 27-29, 2015 warned, "Flash flooding possible across portions of the southern plains
and mid-Mississippi valley." Their forecast for Nov 29th stated, "Scattered to numerous rain showers is forecast northeast Texas to central Virginia where 3-day totals of 1 to 5 inches will be possible. Locally higher amounts may be observed in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina."
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<b>Forecast</b><br />
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This year Neptune will occupy the 82nd line of west longitude running from Florida through Ohio. This area will likely be subjected to heavy rainfall that produces widespread flooding as we've seen in last year's example. Since we're in hurricane season, we can rule out a tropical system at this time. The weather pattern will then travel eastward and affect the US East Coast.<br />
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In other key charts, the US West Coast is also affected by Neptune and Saturn. June is not as rainy as other months out west but we may see some anomalous weather pattern develop over the Pacific Northwest especially around the end of the forecast period (19th - 21st). This may be something like a dramatic increase in temperatures and humidity or an anomalous low pressure system.<br />
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-2016-long-range-weather-forecasts.html"><br /></a>
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-1-5-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 1-5, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JIbTlaTBPHM" width="420"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11420140.post-42044799262499799222016-05-21T17:39:00.001-07:002016-05-21T17:39:04.013-07:00May 2016 Forecast ResultsOn April 2nd of this year, I published some long-range weather forecasts for<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-2016-long-range-weather-forecasts.html"> May 2016</a>. These forecasts discussed the likely weather patterns that would result from the Sun-Mercury conjunction of May 9th, and the Mercury-Venus conjunction of May 13th. Here are the results.<br />
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<b>May 8-13, 2016</b><br />
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The forecast stated that "we should expect a strong cold front or storm system bringing windy conditions to the area from the eastern Plains through the east central US."<br />
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<b>Results </b><br />
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On the 8th, Accuweather headlines read "Severe storms to strike central US through early week" These storms, according to Accuweather, were to begin on Sunday the 8th into Monday the 9th. The Accuweather map below shows the area to be affected which was the area specified in the forecast.<br />
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Severe storms and tornadoes continued to threaten the forecast area on the 9th and shown in the next Accuweather map.<br />
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Storms began to move into the east central US as was forecast. On Tuesday the 10th, Accuweather reported that "the threat of severe thunderstorms, including tornadoes, will expand into the Ohio Valley into Tuesday night." The following Accuweather map shows the danger zone.<br />
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The next forecast was for the western US.<br />
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<b>May 12-15, 2016</b><br />
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<b>Forecast </b><br />
<b><br /></b>We may expect an increase in temperatures and in shower and thunderstorm activity at this time over the US West.<br />
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<b>Results</b><br />
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On May 11th, Accuweather meteorologists began to see the coming increase in temperatures that would affect the US West starting on Friday, May 13th. They announced "Temperatures to soar to record-challenging levels by late this week." Here's their map depicting temperatures 10 to 25 degrees above normal.<br />
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As far as the shower and thunderstorm activity that was also predicted in the long-range forecast, the National Weather Service reported on the 13th that "Showers and thunderstorms will increase across the Pacific Northwest tonight as a frontal boundary and upper-level disturbance move onshore. On Saturday (May 14th), showers and thunderstorms will spread into the interior Northwest and the northern Intermountain West as the system moves inland."
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<b>Links to Other Long-range Weather Forecasts and Forecast Results</b><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-2016-long-range-weather-forecasts.html"><br /></a>
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<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/05/june-1-5-2016-long-range-weather.html">June 1-5, 2016 Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-2016-long-range-weather-forecasts.html">May 2016 Long-range Weather Forecasts </a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/07/hurricane-dolores-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Dolores Fulfills Long-range Weather Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2015/05/hurricane-season-2015-long-range.html">Hurricane Season 2015 Long-range Weather Predictions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2014/03/tropical-cyclone-hadi.html">Tropical Cyclone Hadi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane-erick-and-other-fulfilled.html">Hurricane Erick Fulfills Long-range Forecast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/06/tropical-storm-andrea-fulfills-long.html">Tropical Storm Andrea Fulfills Long-range Forecast!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2013/02/timing-relief-for-drought-stricken-us.html">Timing the Relief for Drought-Stricken U.S. Plains</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-astrometeorology-part-2.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-fulfills-long-range.html">Hurricane Sandy Fulfills Long-range Weather Prediction!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2012/10/testing-astrometeorology-part-1.html">Testing Astrometeorology Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/12/hurricane-season-2011-forecast-results.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%;">Hurricane Season 2011 Forecast Results</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/05/hurricane-risk-management.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Hurricane Risk-Management</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theweatheralternative.com/" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">New Weather Alternative Website</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulfilled-long-range-forecasts-for.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Fulfilled Long-range Forecasts for Hurricane Season 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://theweatheralternative.blogspot.com/2005/09/weather-alternative.html" style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 100%/normal Georgia, serif;">Introduction to the Weather Alternative</a><br />
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