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Jan 16,, 4 tweets, 3 min read
This is satellite imagery during the period during which this latest Tongan eruption has occurred (see quoted tweet). There is a signature which could be an eruption. But nothing like the earlier ones. Perhaps entirely under water and giving off steam. @MichaelFieldNZ
@MichaelFieldNZ Here's a closeup. The infrared #Himawari Satellite data should show more. @pppapin
This is a more useful view,
This map is called "Volcano Alert" but I do not know how to read it. Animation link here >> weather.us/satellite/tong…

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Jan 17,
Afghanistan rain/snow update. This is a major problem for the humanitarian emergency there. Not sure how much snow there is on the ground already, but by now there must be a lot. @UNReliefChief @UN_Spokesperson

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Jan 17,
Ethiopia has some incoming, unseasonal, rain forecast. This is a 72 hour forecast from the latest GFS model.

And not just Ethiopia. Further south in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania significantly more rain is forecast.

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This 24 hour animation shows two causes. On the right there is a large area of active convection in the Indian Ocean which is producing atmospheric moisture which is flowing into the horn over Somalia.
Simultaneously the East African Monsoon is having a burst of activity pushing north into South Sudan and South West Ethiopia.
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Jan 16,
"Why do we the world Isaias and China commit all the Genoncide. TwitterSpace with Martin Plaut in attendance underway. "The world is just watching in silence." twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZ…
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Jan 15,
Tonga underwater Eruption satellite images thread - @zoom_earth

1st Eruption:
The size of the initial eruption as measured at its initial peak 13th Jan. Image
Technical tweet about first eruption from @pppapin
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Jan 15,
January 15th update on @Arab_Storms video tweets of the impacts of the current #MiddleEastRainEvent.
The first thread linked above covers Jan 10th-13th. Ending with shocking imagery of flooding in Iraq. This one picks up from where that one left off.

13th Jan Continued...
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Jan 15,
#MiddleEastRainEvent update 15th Jan (2pm AST)

The last 24 hours of #ArabianStorms over the Arabian Peninsula, the storm area has changed trajectory and is moving south east along the Gulf coast.
Here's closeup of the overnight storm activity over Saudi and the Gulf, again 24 hours.
For a scale comparison here is a measurement of the area of storm activity close to its peak, 115k km2.
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