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Connecting The Dots Between Solar Cycles/Volcano Activity & Their Role In Our Planets Weather & Climate Cycles.

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January 9, 2026. Stormy Winter Skies. West Of Hope, New Mexico.  Several years ago, during the middle of the very heated and controversial climate change propaganda and debates, a group of respected scientists publicly came out with this statement: "It's the sun, stupid." That may offend some, but to this day it remains one of my all-time favorite quotes.  The sun and its associated solar cycles drive the planet's climate and weather. Volcanoes also play a major role, and the sun plays a major role in how and when they erupt. When they reach the major or historical eruption stage, they alter the planets short term weather and long term climate cycles.  The solar cycles, especially the solar minima cycles and grand solar minimums have drastically altered our weather and climate throughout history. Most notably during the last Little Ice Age. Many believe we are due or overdue for another such event.  Add to this mix the sun's effects on the world's ocean temper...

Windy Point Vista - Near Ski Apache (Ruidoso, NM) Time-Lapse Video. 8-24-2023.

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August 24, 2023. Looking East From Windy Point Vista. East Of Ski Apache & Sierra Blanca Peak. Click On the link below to see my Substack post and upload of the video. It has a sharper resolution that the YouTube version.  Last Thursday, August 24th I drove up to Ruidoso, New Mexico to shoot some video and photos of thunderstorms. I ended up on the Windy Point Vista (9,951’ above sea level) just east of Ski Apache and Sierra Blanca Peak in the Sacramento mountains of south-central New Mexico. Thunderstorms were developing to my east so I set up my Gopro HERO11 Black camera on the tripod and the rest is history. A scud cloud briefly developed beneath the base of the thunderstorm. This was not a funnel cloud or tropical funnel cloud nor a tornado. The thunderstorm it formed underneath of was not a supercell thunderstorm and a wall cloud never developed. This scud cloud was fragmented when it first formed then gradually elongated and stretched upward towards the base of the thund...

Cooler With T-Storms Sun Into Tue.

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August 24, 2023 Towering Cumulus Clouds, East Of Hondo In Lincoln County. Surface Map Analysis. At 6 AM MDT Saturday, Aug 26, 2023. ECMWF 500 Millibar (18,000' MSL) Analysis. At Midnight MDT Friday, Aug 25, 2023. ECMWF 500 Millibar (18,000' MSL) Forecast. Valid At 6 AM MDT Monday, Aug 28, 2023. NWS NDFD Forecast High Temps & Temperature Anomalies. Today. Sunday. Monday. NWS NDFD Low Temperature Forecast. Wednesday Morning. Local NWS Forecasts. Roswell. Artesia. Carlsbad. Hobbs. Ruidoso. Cloudcroft. Weather Prediction Center 7-Day Rainfall Forecast. Valid Today Through Saturday, Sept 2, 2023. National Blend Of Models Total Rainfall Forecast. Valid Today Through 6 PM MDT Tuesday, Aug 29, 2023. Weather Prediction Center (WPC). Highest Hourly Heat Index - Summer 2023. Flood Watches In Effect Today ! New Mexico Burn Scar Flash Flood Matrix. Hot This Weekend - T-Storms Return. A weak cold front is very slowly sagging southward through the southeastern plains this Saturday morning...

TS Harold Remnant Moisture - 72-Hour Rainfall Summary

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72-Hour Rainfall Summary. Remnant moisture from former Tropical Storm Harold brought the summers most widespread heavy rainfall to the southern Sacramento mountains. Lesser totals fell across the southern half of the state yesterday. The far eastern and southeastern plains missed out. I added the Multisensor radar 24-hour rainfall totals. It's very easy to see the rainfall left behind as the remnant tropical moisture streamed northwest from the Gulf of Mexico. Please feel free to add your rainfall totals in the comments and be sure and tell the general location of where you measured the rainfall. Early reports of some of the heaviest rainfall 3-day totals (most of this fell yesterday) reported so far this morning (as of 7:30 AM) include: PWS Pierce Canyon S of Cloudcroft 3.78" PWS W of Sacramento 3.86" PWS In Cloudcroft 3.73" Dog Canyon Raws (Guadalupe Mtns) 3.54" PWS Russia Canyon 3.41" PWS NW of Mountain Park 3.34" Cloudcroft CoCoRaHS Station 0.4 ESE...

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