bobbydog

probably not, kamchatka is a volcanic hot spot but there seems to be little, if any, freely available info, regarding monitoring of the region

it seems to be fluctuating. its a shame we cant get any more info updates on it from a scientific source. also, kizimen in kamchatka is erupting but again, very little info available

plus, volcanoes throw out tons of sulphur dioxide, which has a cooling effect on the climate. could a few more decent sized eruptions, combined with low solar activity, kick-start a cooling trend to the climate?

apparently its still ongoing but the ash emissions have reduced and its now belching out sulphur dioxide

i do keep an eye on the activity in iceland and there has been steady a number of small earthquakes within the caldera at katla. nothing particularly unusual, as it has happened on a few occasions before, but it has caught my attention

i notice the update states it is the dubbi volcano - which it clearly is not! eruption seems to have abated for now but this volcano is an unknown quantity so we will have to wait and see

not yet, plume looks to have reached southern border of egypt

i was just looking at that! seems it is nabro, apparently has never erupted in historic times

its already travelled about 1300km across sudan. its clearly visible on SAT24.com images

ASMARA, ERITREA (BNO NEWS) -- An eruption is underway at the Dubbi volcano in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea, the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) said on Monday. The chief forecaster at the VAAC in France said the eruption at the Dubbi volcano began at around 2100 GMT on Sunday evening, sending a large plume up to 13 kilometers (8 miles) high.

hi ian, check out my post in the Serious Discussion section, 'can we sustain the earths population explosion?' i think it has a lot of bearing on what you are saying here and i would like to hear your views on it rob.

Largest known historical eruption in Africa: Dubbi volcano, Eritrea, 1861 Pierre Wiart1 and Clive Oppenheimer1 1 Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK Dubbi volcano, located in the northeast part of the Afar triangle,erupted explosively in May 1861, showering maritime trafficin the Red Sea with pumice and plunging coastal settlementsinto darkness. Earthquakes associated with the opening phaseof the eruption were felt in Yemen, and explosions were heardas far as Massawa, 330 km distant. More than 100 local inhabitantswere reported killed, possibly as a result of pyroclastic flowemplacement. By October 1861, activity switched to basalticfire-fountaining focused along a 4-km-long summit fissure thatfed several lava flows that traveled as far as 22 km. We presenta reconstruction of this unusual explosive and effusive eruptionsequence based on interpretation of contemporary accounts, analysisof satellite imagery, field work, and laboratory geochemistry.The volume of lava flows alone, 3.5 km3, makes this the largestreported historical eruption in Africa. An anomalously coldNorthern Hemisphere summer in 1862, recorded in tree-ring records,could be the result of Dubbi's sulfate aerosol veil.

keep watching- radar showing rain appearing around your location now. convection seems to be really getting going now, big black cloud just formed above me in about 1/2 an hour then rained briefly

light rain here now, seems to be breaking up as it approaches, but then thats been the story all day here! looks like eastbourne will get some very soon!

not the slightest breath of wind here... the calm before the storm?... or just wishful thinking?...

according to 'rain today' radar, a giant spider is attacking bristol :unsure: (20.15 frame)

difficult to say how it will go, would be good to get an expert opinion though.

no- because i live here... grrr!

sunny here... grrr!

lightning popping up in the SW now

just watching those developing - getting darker here...

it actually 'feels' stormy today, which it hasn't done over previous days

check out the radar!

is this argument still going on??? i'll refer to my earlier post

i just rang God and he apologises for sending a funnel cloud not up to your usual standards. He says it wont happen again!!