The Watchers - News Update (9 new articles)

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• Very dangerous Tropical Cyclone "Eloise" to make landfall near Beira, Mozambique
• Very bright fireball over Madrid, Spain
• Rock avalanche with unusual runout pattern at Mount Darwin, New Zealand
• Large waterspout near the coast of Central Java, Indonesia
• Mongolia in the grip of one of its most extreme winters on record
• Heavy ashfall in Kozyrevsk after strong paroxysmal event at Klyuchevskoy volcano, Russia
• Earthquake swarm in the vicinity of El Chichon volcano, Mexico
• AMS camera system detects meteor outburst of unknown origin
• Researchers reconstruct 11-year solar cycles all the way back to year 969

Very dangerous Tropical Cyclone "Eloise" to make landfall near Beira, Mozambique Posted: 22 Jan 2021 10:02 AM PST Tropical Cyclone "Eloise" is moving WSW over the Mozambique Channel, towards the central coast of Mozambique. Environmental conditions are conducive for significant or even rapid strengthening before landfall on the evening of January 22 (LT) or the...... Read more »

Very bright fireball over Madrid, Spain Posted: 22 Jan 2021 09:03 AM PST A very bright fireball was spotted over Madrid at about 02:56 UTC on January 21, 2021, and recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN). The bolide was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the...... Read more »

Rock avalanche with unusual runout pattern at Mount Darwin, New Zealand Posted: 22 Jan 2021 08:23 AM PST A rock avalanche with an impressive runout pattern has been spotted at Mount Darwin in New Zealand on January 16, 2021. Experts and scientists particularly note that the avalanche is an interesting case as the runout is unusual. The rock avalanche was first spotted...... Read more »

Large waterspout near the coast of Central Java, Indonesia Posted: 22 Jan 2021 07:11 AM PST A large waterspout formed in Gajah Mungkur Reservoir at Wonogiri, Central Java, Indonesia at around 16:30 LT on January 20, 2021. The Chief Executive of the Wonogiri District Disaster Management Agency, Bambang Hariyadi, said the waterspout swirled over the...... Read more »

Mongolia in the grip of one of its most extreme winters on record Posted: 22 Jan 2021 07:01 AM PST Mongolia is in the grip of one of its most extreme winters on record, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), with temperatures forecast to plunge to -50 °C (-58 °F). The severe cold has killed more than 500...... Read more »

Heavy ashfall in Kozyrevsk after strong paroxysmal event at Klyuchevskoy volcano, Russia Posted: 22 Jan 2021 05:55 AM PST A strong paroxysmal event took place at Klyuchevskoy volcano on January 18, 2021. Explosions sent ash up to 7.5 km (24 600 feet) a.s.l., with eruptive cloud drifting 500 km (310 miles) W of the volcano. According to Yury Demianchuk from Russia's volcanological...... Read more »

Earthquake swarm in the vicinity of El Chichon volcano, Mexico Posted: 22 Jan 2021 04:54 AM PST Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN) has registered a total of 22 earthquakes within 35 km (22 miles) of El Chichon (El Chichonal) volcano from December 24, 2020, to January 19, 2021. The last eruption of this volcano took place in 1982 (VEI 5). More...... Read more »

AMS camera system detects meteor outburst of unknown origin Posted: 22 Jan 2021 01:44 AM PST The American Meteor Society (AMS) camera system captured a swarm of 7 bright meteors of unknown origin within just 3 seconds of one another at 11:50 UTC on January 18, 2021. Five of the seven meteor paths intersected in an area just east of the 3rd magnitude star...... Read more »

Researchers reconstruct 11-year solar cycles all the way back to year 969 Posted: 22 Jan 2021 01:01 AM PST An international team of researchers reconstructed the Sun's 11-year cycles all the way back to year 969 using measurements of radioactive carbon in tree rings. The findings help scientists better understand the dynamics of the Sun, enabling more accurate dating...... Read more »

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