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Ph.D. Student - Earth System Science (UC Irvine), B.Sc. - Atmospheric Sciences (Cornell University)
By: Zachary Labe , 7:51 PM GMT on August 16, 2009
"Afternoon Thoughts"(Updated 8/16)
When I say meteorologist, I think of immediately the NWS. When most people say meteorologist they think of the people on television behind a green screen. It amazes me how many people really do not know what the entire science of meteorology involves and how much goes on behind the scenes with some many broad categories that expand out of meteorology. Most of the general public has no idea what or who the National Weather Service is or that generally speaking most of their local news forecasts do not have meteorology degrees and generally get their information from the National Weather Service. No, this does not apply to everyone by any means, but many weathermen on local news Televisions especially in small towns only have an AMS certificate which is not an official college degree, but it shows that the person has a general understanding of the atmosphere and the weather. It really amazes me how much the meteorology field has expanded in the last few years thanks to an increase in technological understanding, but also courtesy of the explosive popularity in the 90s of The Weather Channel. The 90s were my favorite decade for The Weather Channel especially during winter when Paul Kocin would get on issuing winter weather outlooks on potential storms, etc. Or when Dr. John Nese would forecast for the coming week. There was nothing better than Paul Kocin coming on before the Blizzard of 96 and Blizzard of 2003. But it seemed that The Weather Channel went in a decrease in popularity by pure weather enthusiasts in the recent few years, but not necessarily with the general public. With the rise of the interest in global warming and the addition of Storm Stories and other network shows, the pure idea of local weather 24/7 began to disappear almost as MTV lost touch with its initial interest to provide music videos and instead shows reality TV. But with the modern era, allows an expansive and growing network of meteorological jobs more than just what is thought of as a 70s TV weatherman in front of a magnetic board. I continue to strive to make the point aware that meteorology is an interesting field of science beyond the typical though of spectrum of a TV newsman weatherman. Still that role plays a critical part in relaying data to the public. For NOAA's goal of increasing safety from extreme weather, there seems to be a needed increase in public awareness for what the National Weather Service is and show its outreach. For now the general person still cannot deviate between a watch and a warning. Anyways just a little rant of mine this afternoon. Have a great day!
Well just an update on some special blog features coming up in the next few weeks. If you haven't noticed on the calendar the meteorological summer is coming to a close in 15 days and that means it is time to open my Summer forecast blog and create my verification. I will already say that it was a terrible outlook that overlooked the idea of the La Nina pattern hanging around despite a slowly strengthening ENSO pattern of a weak to moderate El Nino. But I did redeem myself with my monthly outlooks which have proved to be my most accurate monthly outlooks issued here on my blogs. Also my one and only winter outlook will be debuting in a short two and half weeks on Labor Day. While some may say that it is a bit premature and early posting, I like to get my thoughts out there early and ride with them as I did despite a pathetic Summer outlook for 2009. In any case my winter outlook will feature forecasts this year for the northern Middle Atlantic including Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware unlike previous outlooks. A few hints about the winter outlook prove to show an exciting potential with a moderate El Nino which could feature some exciting winter potential. I am beginning to gather my data which points prospects to a snowier winter than the previous few. Of course more details will be provided in the outlook with hopefully healthy discussion. My winter weekly blog outline for each forecast week will not be out until the last week of September. For now the Summer format will exist. Well as you can see I am excited for winter and I will be around forecasting all the "potential." Anyways have a fantastic Sunday!!!
"Regional Advisories"
(Courtesy of NOAA)
"Current Weather Map"
(Courtesy of Wunderground)
"7-Day Forecast Discussion"(Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware)(Updated 8/16)
High pressure across the southeastern states, 1020mb, dominates the weather for Monday with clear skies and nearly calm winds. Lower dewpoints than previous nights will prevent widespread fog formation Sunday night with only isolated deep river valleys seeing 1-2mile radiation fog. By 9am any fog or low level stratus should burn off giving way to a nice day with mild temperatures. Temperatures will be above normal especially for eastern areas courtesy of downsloping winds. Highs will reach up into the 90s for most areas south of I-80 and east of the Hagerstown-State College line. Heat indices though will be lower than expected thanks to 2m dewpoints only around the mid 60s with heat indices around 93-95 for max values. A cold front lies to our west slowly moving east by Tuesday. Monday afternoon may feature some scattered cumulus and an isolated thunderstorm especially over western Maryland in Garret County as SBCAPE values rise to near 1000 j/kg. For most other areas a CAP will generally inhibit any precipitation. Monday night will feature slowly rising dewpoints back into the upper 60s with clear skies for eastern areas and a light cirrus deck for western areas ahead of the next cold front. Lows will be in the low to upper 60s depending on geographic locations with cities obviously on the warmer end of the spectrum. Tuesday the cold front will be across the Ohio Valley generally sparking thunderstorms to our west. But with a strong west-southwest flow rising dewpoints near 70degrees and increasing H85s near 17C will allow slightly unstable air to form over western Pennsylvania and Maryland. With strong westerlies near 35knots aloft a few stronger storms could form for extreme western Pennsylvania and Maryland. For areas east of the Cumberland-Johnstown-Bradford line most areas will only see afternoon cumulus with hot surface conditions for highs in the low 90s especially for the major cities. Tuesday night any isolated thunderstorm will weaken by midnight giving way to a partly cloudy sky with a mid level cloud deck moving in from the west. Lows will generally be in the mid to upper 60s including the mountain locations. Wednesday the lee trough moves ahead of the front sparking off thunderstorms by late morning for eastern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland and Delaware. Western areas will likely be under an altocumulus sky along the advancing cold front and residual thunderstorms from overnight in the Ohio Valley. Tropical moisture will begin to stream in from the south from the remnants of Tropical Storm Claudette which will move northward. PWATs will rise to near 2.1inches for southern areas, several deviations above normal. SBCAPE will rise to near 2000 j/kg for southern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware with meager MUCAPE near 1500 j/kg for those same areas. Despite meager thermodynamics thunderstorms will be widespread by afternoon under the tropical regime which will keep low lapse rates. But with strong westerlies a few severe thunderstorms capable of damaging winds could form for areas east of the Cumberland-State College-Lock Haven line. Flash flooding is a threat for areas across the Schuylkill Valley courtesy of heavy rain in the previous week. QPF totals up to 2inches are possible for locations that receive training thunderstorms. The cold front will move through the entire region by 8pm and slowly begin to stall out over the northern Maryland region. Mostly cloudy skies with isolated thunderstorms will be the commonplace overnight Wednesday. Highs Wednesday may approach 90degrees for southern areas like KDCA and KBWI, but north of KPHL highs will be more manageable in the upper 80s with dewpoints for everywhere in the low 70s. QPF generally should remain below .25inches with the flooding threat slowly diminishing hour by hour. Lows will be mild with high dewpoints courtesy of residual moistures. Lows will above normal likely in the 70s in more urban areas to mid 60s in mountain valleys. Mostly cloudy skies with a strato-cumulus sky will prevent widespread dense fog, but some fog formation (1-2mile visibility) and low stratus (300ft) may form with LIFR conditions by morning for areas particularly in the mountains near Johnstown up through Bradford with inversion.
Thursday the front will become an occluded front as it slowly moves northward towards the Mason-Dixon Line by afternoon. Once again by 9am any fog and stratus should burn off with some afternoon heating and SBCAPE levels rising above 1000 j/kg. With weak kinematics, severe weather remains a low risk. With weak upper level wind trajectories, slow moving thunderstorms may pose a risk with flash flooding a possible threat. 1hr FFG for western Pennsylvania and the Schuylkill Valley remains near 1.6inches, which is low enough for possible flooding from slow moving convection. PWATs will be near 2inches enhancing the threat for heavy rain. Tropical moisture will also be abundant from the remnants of Claudette. Highs Thursday will be dependent on thunderstorm coverage, but they should generally be in the mid to upper 80s with dewpoints in the 70s. The area with the least chance of rainfall Thursday will be northwestern Pennsylvania up in the Bradford-Erie corridor. Thursday night will feature decaying thunderstorms as instability becomes elevated and thunderstorms loose lack of surface instability. Still some areas may receive a tenth of an inch of rain or so especially across southern Maryland and from Dover, Delaware on southward. Lows will be mild again with patchy radiation fog, in the upper 60s to low 70s with lows over northwestern Pennsylvania in the low 60s. Friday will be another day featuring chances of diurnal convection as the front washes out over the region as a front approaches from the west. Chances for widespread activity diminish with lack of focusing trigger and weaker kinematics and thermodynamics. QPF will be likely around .25inches for areas that see any thunderstorms or heavy rain showers. Highs will be in the mid 80s for most areas with upper 80s for DCA on south. Friday night will feature patchy fog especially over the lowlands of Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania with lows in the 60s for most areas and upper 50s over the mountains with elevations over 2000ft. Towards the weekend an upper level trough approaches the region with a strong cold front and then cooler air with chances of low topped rain showers through the weekend under a drier northwest flow. Pea sized hail cannot be ruled out Sunday for elevations over 2600ft. Also keep your eyes on Bill for any surprises, see more details in my tropical discussion. Have a great week!!!
"Regional Radars"
(Courtesy of Wunderground)
"Regional Satellite"
(Courtesy of Penn State Meteo.)
"Lower Susquehanna Valley Forecast"(Franklin, Adams, York, Lancaster, Cumberland, Perry, Dauphin, Lebanon Counties)(Updated 8/16)
A hot and humid week is in store with chances of thunderstorms and rain showers for most of the week starting Tuesday. Monday keeps high pressure in control with a downsloping flow drawing in the hot surface temperatures throughout the day. Generally skies will be clear as similar to Sunday, but a few cumuli are possible over areas such as South Mountain and western Perry County. Sunshine will heat temperatures up to 90degrees for most areas including the mountains in northern Perry, Dauphin, and Lebanon County, but up to 93degrees is possible for urban areas such as Chambersburg, Harrisburg, York, and Lancaster. Air qualities will also be poor with lack of mixing keep unhealthy air particles stationary over the urban heat island areas through evening. Heat indices though will be lower as dewpoints will only be in the upper 60s making heat indices up to 95degrees. Dry conditions will prevail through Monday night with clear skies for all areas. Dewpoints in the upper 60s rising to low 70s will prevent radiational cooling too much, but some ground fog formation is possible over Lancaster, Franklin, and Adams County towards morning with visibilities as low as a half a mile. Lows will generally be in the 60s for most areas with a low of 70 possible near Middletown. Tuesday the high moves farther off the coast and allows the flow to turn more southwesterly drawing in rising dewpoints into the low 70s and warm temperatures similar to Sunday and Monday's highs. With warm temperatures aloft, a general CAP will remain over the region, but a pulse thunderstorm or rain shower cannot be ruled out over South Mountain over in western Franklin County. Cumuli will dominate the cloud cover for Tuesday for most areas with highs poking 90 for all but northern Franklin County. Tuesday night a cirrus deck ahead of the approaching cold front will engulf the region along with mild lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s in urban areas especially in York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg. As the lee trough approaches Wednesday morning with the cold front on behind for Wednesday late afternoon, widespread showers and thunderstorms will be common throughout the day. With high moisture levels, flash flooding is possible over areas that have seen heavy rain in the past few days especially in northern Lebanon County from Ono to Indiantown Gap. Rainfall amounts may total over 1inch in stronger thunderstorms. Also a few severe thunderstorms cannot be ruled out for the entire Lower Susquehanna Valley as winds aloft remain moderate around 35knots. Wind damage is the primary threat. Highs Wednesday will be kept down by cloud cover and occasional rainfall, with highs generally in the mid 80s. Wednesday night will feature a few dying thunderstorms and rain showers pushing east out of Lebanon and Lancaster County by 9pm. Mostly cloudy skies will prevail with some low stratus and ground fog forming overnight in areas that saw rainfall during the day. Lows will be in the mid to upper 60s for all locations with lower 60s near Millersburg to Williamstown.
Thursday will feature the stalled front with scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be very slow moving causing flash flooding over areas especially in the mountains over Perry, Dauphin, and Lebanon Counties where heavy rain has occurred during the past week. Rainfall amounts generally should be around .5inches, though and not everyone will see rain. Highs will be a bit cooler in the low to mid 80s with mostly cloudy skies. Fog should burn off by 10am. Thursday night will feature partly cloudy skies with lows in the mid 60s across the Lower Susquehanna Valley. Friday will feature similar conditions to Thursday, but thunderstorms will be more intermittent with flash flooding a less of a threat. Still a few areas may see heavy rainfall, especially in favorable southern upslope locations such as the Conewago Mountains, and South Mountain. Highs will be similar to Thursday in the low to mid 80s. Showers and thunderstorm will decay by 9pm giving way to partly cloudy skies with residual moisture allowing fog formation thickening to as low as .5mile visibilities. Lows will be in the mid 60s with lower 60s near Williamstown in northern Dauphin County. The weekend will feature an upper level trough moving in from the Great Lakes which will give way to a cold front passage turning the flow towards the northwest with drier conditions despite a few orographic lift thunderstorms over Franklin, western Cumberland, and western Perry Counties. Generally temperatures will be slightly below normal with partly cloudy skies.
"Current Lower Susquehanna Valley Radar"
(Courtesy of Wunderground)
"Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Marine and Boating Forecast"(Maryland and Delaware Coastal Forecast)(Updated 8/16)
It looks like another generally nice week for marine concerns with conditions relatively quiet. High pressure remains in control through Tuesday morning with light winds and scattered cumulus as the main event. Seas will also remain light with near normal tidal levels. Towards the later part of Tuesday winds will shift towards the south as high pressure moves out to sea and a front approaches the region. With a strong south-southwest flow aloft near 35knots and in the boundary layer winds will increase to near 15knots over the waters by Tuesday afternoon. Conditions will further increase wind speeds to small craft advisory thresholds by Tuesday night through Wednesday night with choppy seas and breezy winds. By Wednesday the front closes in on the region causing a chance of convection over the Chesapeake Bay basin and Atlantic coast by evening. Convection will be widespread especially over the northern Chesapeake with rainfall amounts up to .5inches. Thursday the front begins to stall out over the region around the Mason-Dixon Line and become an occluded front. Tropical moisture will ride up along the front with scattered thunderstorms possible Thursday and Friday with mainly diurnal chances. Winds will drop below 15knots through Thursday and Friday. By the week a large and slow moving upper level trough will approach the region with a cold front passage around Saturday with more chances of scattered thunderstorms and rain showers. Overall throughout the week severe weather chances remain slim, but a few stronger isolated storms may be common each day along the occluded front especially for the northern Delaware beaches and northern Chesapeake Bay basin. Also keep an eye on the tropics to see the exact track of Bill. Despite if it likely recurves out to sea, enhanced swell/wave activity will be common on the Maryland and Delaware Atlantic coastline with waves up to 2-5ft by Sunday and Monday. Also the rip current threat will likely rise up to the moderate threshold by late weekend and the start of next week. Overall the marine forecast remains pretty quiet this week with a scattered chance of thunderstorms from Wednesday through Sunday. Beware if any Special Marine Warnings are issued for mariners this week. Happy boating!
"Current Atlantic Coast Forecast Wave Heights and Chesapeake Bay Forecast Wind Direction/Speed"
(Courtesy of NOAA)
"Agriculture/Gardening 7-Day Outlook"(Updated 8/16)
Well it is another week of stalling fronts that wash out over the Middle Atlantic states, which should bring copious amounts of thunderstorms throughout the week. The week will initially be pretty dry from Sunday through Monday especially over the valley locations. A few upslope weak heavy rain cells could develop over the Laurel Highlands or northern mountains of Pennsylvania on Sunday and Monday. But by Tuesday a front approaches the region with scattered showers and thunderstorms especially for western areas during the afternoon, but a lee trough over eastern areas could also spark showers and thunderstorms. QPF totals will likely be averaging around .25inches with thunderstorm trajectory moving at an average rate of speed. Wednesday the front moves southeast and stalls over northern Maryland. Thunderstorms are possible over all of Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania with some being slow moving. QPF could approach 1-2inches for areas that see thunderstorms. Thursday another front approaches the region and a strong southwest flow may allow tropical moisture from the past gulf storm to head in our direction. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop with QPF near .5inches for many areas that see thunderstorms across the entire area. An upper level trough moves over the region for Friday through Sunday with diurnal chances of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms with QPF around .1-.25inches. Overall the week looks plentiful for all areas to see rainfall likely totaling 1inch for many locations on average for the next seven days. Sunday and Monday will be the only hot days and that will need watering for gardens. Areas south of I-80 will see highs up to 90degrees.
My garden is starting to produce finally some of the long term crops that were planted earlier in the season. I am beginning to harvest my celery crop and cut about 7 stalks that taste wonderful and are not too bitter. I have other stalks on the plants that will need cut whenever need be. My Swiss Chard is still producing, but eating it raw is a bit bitter, but cooked the flavor still tastes like Spinach. The strong Summer sunshine gives the plant a slightly more bitter flavor when eaten in things such as salads. The Blueberry bushes are beginning to show signs of foliage turning red similar to a Burning Bush. While a bit early, I have noticed some young maples newly planted turning red too. The Leeks are getting larger and larger and once I am finished with my onions I will begin to pull the leeks as they have a thickness of about a half dollar. The broccoli, cool weather crop for Fall, is finally showing signs of life and beginning to grow a bit larger. It is shaded part of the day so it stays pretty healthy. My Cherry tomato plant has many green tomatoes, but some are finally beginning to ripen. Note I planted this tomato plant much later I should have, I believe in late June. My other tomato plants are producing great including the Early Girl which has been a thorn in my side. It is planted in a croc and insists on having copious amounts of water each day as it always looks dead. My Roma plants are doing great and I have been picking 5 tomatoes on average a day for the past two weeks. The zucchini plant has completely died along with my cucumber plant. I find it funny the dead cucumber plant is still producing fruit, but they quickly turn yellow and bloated with lots of seeds. My watermelon plant is finally showing signs of larger growth including two melons on the vine. I have put a plastic lid down between the watermelon and the ground so it does not rot. My Lambkin melon is also doing well and finally showing signs of ripening by turning a brighter green color. I have continuously been picking beets which taste wonderful when boiled and added with some salt, pepper, and brown butter. The yellow beans are finally producing their last batch of beans after producing hundreds of beans this season. My pepper plants, Big Bertha, and Cherry Fire are still producing and finally having the peppers turn red after several extended weeks of them being green. My relative made stuffed peppers with the green Big Bertha peppers and said they tasted wonderful. I dug out the radishes as they didn't do anything other than go to seed and take up room in the garden. I planted Butter crunch lettuce and Spinach in their place, most of which looks very healthy even in the Summer heat. The herbs are doing great including the Basin, Oregano, Parsley, and Garlic which is being hung to dry in the garden shed. I finally picked most of my onions which tasted wonderful and were used Saturday night for a picnic with chicken and steak skewers with zucchini and potatoes in a teriyaki marinade. I still have some onions that haven't been picked yet, most of which are the red onions. All in the entire garden still seems healthy despite being close to the end of Summer and usually plants are distressed by the extreme heat or lack of heat this year, lol. Happy Gardening!!!
"Soil Moisture Anomalies and 5-day Precipitation Amounts from Hydro Prediction Center"
(Courtesy of NOAA)
"Severe Weather Potential/Probability"(Updated 8/16)
A few chances of nuisance type severe weather exist this week as a series of fronts of move through the region along with enhanced tropical moisture from Tropical Storm Claudette. The first risk of severe weather appears to be in western Pennsylvania and western Maryland on Tuesday as a weak cold front moves across the region. With a strong 40knot west-southwest flow, a few severe thunderstorms are possible to develop ahead and along the cold front. With poor lapse rates under warm air aloft, thunderstorms will be more heavy rain producers and not hail as freezing levels rise over 16000ft. Wednesday this risk shifts eastward over central Maryland up through central Pennsylvania on eastward towards the coast as the front moves through. Again the westerly flow aloft with winds 0-6km near 35knots, a few stronger thunderstorms may exist again with high winds and heavy rain as the primary threats. PWATs rise over 2inches with an influx of southern moisture as Tropical Storm Claudette has remnants that catch up with this front. Flash flooding is possible in areas of eastern Pennsylvania across the mountains of the Poconos, mountains of south central Pennsylvania, and the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania as they have seen quite a lot of rain in the past week. Thursday again severe weather threat remains low, but a few wet downbursts could occur as the cores of the thunderstorms collapse. Again heavy could be a threat with an influx of tropical moisture. Towards Thursday and Friday another front moves into the region. Latest ECMWF indicates a wet frontal passage while the GGEM shows a more dry frontal passage. I would estimate there to be thunderstorms along the front some of which could be severe with heightened shear levels aloft and thermodynamics approaching moderate levels with SBCAPE up to 1500-2000 j/kg. Towards the weekend the upper level trough moves firm over the region with diurnal weak convection, but cool air aloft posing the risk for pea sized hail is higher topped storms around 10000ft. Also keep an eye on the tropics by the weekend to see the exact track of Tropical Storm Bill. Overall though, this week widespread severe weather outbreaks should not be the common ground.
"Severe Weather Outlooks from Storm Prediction Center Days 1, 2, and 3"
(Courtesy of NOAA)
"Atlantic Ocean Tropical Discussion"(Updated 8/16)
Well the tropics have heated up in the past few days including a homegrown threat that will be making landfall in the Florida Panhandle in the next 24hours. Lets first take a look at the homegrown threat. After flight reconnaissance from the NHC flew into tropical depression 4 this morning, they discovered a defined low level circulation undergoing moderate cyclogenesis just south of the Florida panhandle. Latest vapor loops indicate a well moistened troposphere with precipitate waters well above normal. Shear values aloft remain below 10knots and with gulf of Mexico water temperatures near 85degrees+, continued strengthening is likely upon landfall. Continued slower northwest motion will pinpoint a landfall around midnight Sunday night/Monday morning. I expect tropical storm Claudette to continue strengthening to a strong tropical storm upon landfall with heavy rain as a primary threat. Recent radar reflectivity scans indicate a growing rain shield capable of producing up to 6inches of rains over the Florida Panhandle with lesser amounts to the north across the southeast. Slight chance of severe weather is also possible with isolated tornadoes as feeder bands move onshore. Wind damage will be pretty isolated with max winds only up to 70mph at most. The circulation is generally small affecting only a small area of the southeast. Continued guidance suggests a track north then northeast and east heading towards the Middle Atlantic by mid to late week enhancing moisture up the coast which could cause some heavy rain for Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. For now though greater impacts remain for the Southeast coast as Claudette makes landfall in Florida as likely a strong tropical storm. Other activity is more located across the central Atlantic where tropical storm Ana has now formed, but is being sheared apart by some dry northwest winds. Convection around the center of circulation has greatly reduced with the cyclone being very small. Continued very slow if any development will be common as Ana moves to the west into the Caribbean where it make move across the mountainous islands of Hispaniola and Cuba which would weaken Ana to a depression before entry into the Gulf of Mexico by late this week. Impacts to the islands will generally be flash flooding and mud slides with heavy rain. The NOGAPS model remains the most south avoiding contact with the islands, but for now the faithful ECMWF remains steadfast in an island coaster. The Gulf of Mexico coast needs to monitor this storm closely as it will move back into the Gulf allowing for possible strengthening before another potential landfall. But in the back of my mind it says to look for Ana tracking a bit north of where current models suggest such as over the Bahamas. Latest center of circulation placement is north of 12z Sunday model initiation. I would pay close attention in the Bahamas and the east coast of Florida in this time period for Ana. The other system of concern is tropical storm Bill which churns away in the central Atlantic beginning to strengthen as the circulation broadens and convection intensifies. Shear values aloft remain 10knots for most of the track of Bill along with SSTs near 27C. This will promote strengthening to a hurricane or possibly a major hurricane. HWRF model suggests category 3 hurricane strength by this coming weekend. A broad upper level trough will be working across the east coast which will help Bill feel for the weakness in the jet stream and move north and out to sea as a likely track. Bermuda needs to keep a close eye on this system. Interestingly enough the ECMWF hinted at this fish storm while other guidance suggests the ridge holding its ground allowing for an east coast storm interaction. Now this solution by the ECMWF seems to be the winner among other models with a trough moving east pushing the storm out to sea. But the east coast still needs to monitor Bill as things could change as the recurve may be close to parts of the east such as New England. If the evolution of the trough is a bit slower and that high pressure over the southeast remains stationary, then the east coast is a threat from Bill. This will definitely be something to watch this week as the trough timeline is critical to Bill's forecast path. Another tropical wave is moving off the African coast with widespread convection, but for now no development is likely within the next 72hours. So far the forecast increased August activity looks to dominate this seven day forecast period.
"Current SSTs and Tropical Systems/Atlantic Infrared Satellite"
(Courtesy of Wunderground)
"Monthly Temperature/Precipitation Outlook"(August)(Updated 7/27)
After a below normal June and July, August may try to tap into some warmer air. In June temperatures averaged around -.5degrees across Pennsylvania despite few if any 90degree high temperature days. The warmest conditions oddly enough occurred this year in April. But we are entering a slight pattern change. The trough situated over the east coast will begin to pivot westward over an extended period of time. This will keep the core of the cooler air and trough axis over the Great Lakes. But this does not mean warm air is going to be surging up the coast. Further downstream the trough over Europe will still be over eastern areas and until this trough is replaced with a ridge, the east coast of the US will continue to be lacking in above normal temperatures. With the trough axis slightly to the west of the region, this will place the Northeast is an active pattern for disturbances and rainfall. They will develop along the lower end of the trough and move northeast up the trough. Also something interesting is how this deep stubborn trough will stall in the Southeast off the coast and Gulf of Mexico. As mentioned earlier, I am still monitoring the possibility of tropical development on the axis of the lower end of the trough. For now that is just an outside chance, but still I expect the Atlantic tropical season to start getting in gear during the month of August with the Gulf of Mexico and southeast coastline at the highest threat for any land falling system.
Temperature- Temperatures should average around normal from (-.5)-(+.5) with areas across the western half of the state slightly cooler than eastern areas. This Summer will surely be one to remember with the crystal clear blue skies and dry air, but during August I do expect humid conditions to be a common theme during a majority of the month. Temperatures should be warmer in the first half of the month as cool air reloads across the Arctic Circle as the NAO surges near neutral. But during the end of the month I expect a return to near negative NAO values with below normal temperatures along with the trough axis moving back east as the EPO values surge back to negative too.
Precipitation- This month looks to be fairly wet with normal to above normal precipitation thanks to the trough axis to our west, but a flow bringing in Gulf Disturbances on up the coast. Also any tropical influences will likely make landfall and head up the east coast states causing heavier rain. The highest chance of above normal rainfall will be over southern areas thanks to high instability forming stronger thunderstorms with heavy rain. I still have the first week in August open as a period with possible severe weather being likely as disturbances rotate in from the Lakes with possible severe thunderstorm squall lines, but for now that remains about 1-2 weeks away.
"Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks from Climate Prediction Center for next 30 days"
(Courtesy of NOAA)
"Here 10mi Northeast of Harrisburg, PA 2009 Statistics"
(Severe Weather Stats...)
Severe Thunderstorm Watches- 7
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings- 8
Tornado Watches- 0
Tornado Warnings- 0
Total Thunderstorms- 32
(Precipitation Stats...)
Flood Watches- 4
Flood Warnings- 1
Monthly Precipitation- 3.57inches
Yearly Precipitation- 27.24inches
(Temperature Stats...)
Heat Advisories- 2
Excessive Heat Warnings- 0
90degree Days- 9
Highest Temperature- 95degrees
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Thirty students from several Wiregrass counties are looking to futher their educational opportunities.
The Youth Enrichment Services Program held its sixth-annual G.E.D. graduation ceremony at the EOCC Enterprise campus.
The program better known by its initials "YES" is an Alabama workforce development initiative for out-of-school youth.
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- Priklyucheniya printsa Florizelya (1979) (TV) Played by Oleg Dal (as Prince Florisel)
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Jess Anne Fernandes moseyed onto the West Texas A&M campus four years ago as a lanky, innocent freshman from a small West Texas town known a little more for its love of oil than volleyball.
And just before West Texas A&M was about to make its sixth Elite Eight appearance in 1999, the 18-year-old considered quitting the team and running back to her close-knit family in Wink, a town with a population less than 1,000.
"Honestly, I thought about it quite a bit before we went to that Elite Eight," Fernandes said with her signature drawl. "I missed my family a whole bunch and I had a tough time adjusting to my surroundings."
But after being part of a WT team that came within two victories of a national title, and after some worldly advice from teammate and two-time National Player of the Year Sarah Butler, Fernandes chose to stick it out.
Now four years later, the senior middle blocker is glad she did.
The 6-foot-1 Fernandes and the Lady Buffs start their run toward WT's fourth national title when the NCAA Division II Elite Eight national volleyball tournament starts this week. The No. 1-ranked Lady Buffs (35-2) square off against Truman State (26-8) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the opening day of the three-day tourney.
Quarterfinals, Dec. 5
BYU-Hawaii (24-2) vs. New Haven (34-5), noon.
Northern Colorado (31-2) vs. Tampa (27-6), 2:30 p.m.
Grand Valley State (31-2) vs. Edinboro (26-8), 5 p.m.
West Texas A&M (35-2) vs. Truman State (26-8), 7:30 p.m.
Semifinals, Dec. 6
5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Championship, Dec. 7
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Ticket information: Tickets are available at the WT Event Center and all Panhandle ticket locations.
All-session passes are $30 for reserved seats, $25 for general admission and $15 for students and children ages 3 and older. Single-session tickets are $12 for reserved seats, $10 for general admission and $5 for students/youths.
For more information, call the WT ticket office at 651-1414.
"She was pretty raw when she first came in here," said Lady Buffs head coach Tony Graystone, who offered Fernandes a scholarship after he saw a bevy of potential in her at a WT volleyball camp the summer before her final year at Wink.
"We didn't know whether she would evolve into the dominant player she has become, but we knew she could help us."
Fernandes, who was a standout athlete at Wink and helped the Lady Wildcats win a Class 1A state volleyball title her senior year, thought so, too. But she - like most freshmen - believed help would be needed sooner rather than later.
"I was used to seeing a lot of playing time in high school, so it was tough when I got here and I wasn't used very much," said Fernandes, who was named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2002.
"It was something I had to accept. I had to bide my time. I knew I would get my chance at some point."
It came the following season.
As a sophomore, Fernandes was charged with helping replace the graduated Butler, and she made the most of her shot. Her 159 blocks ranked 10th nationally and she netted double figures in kills 11 times. She also set the WT single-season block assist mark with 145 that season.
Since then, it's been more of the same from Fernandes. Late during this regular season, she passed Julie Myatt (1986-89) in the WT record books when she recorded her 546th career block.
Depending on WT's performance in this week's Elite Eight, Fernandes could potentially walk away with the Division II National Player-of-the-Year award.
"She's so fast at the net and she can get to the ball and block it wherever it is," said two-time All-American and WT outside hitter Shannon Stroud, who has played with Fernandes since 1999.
"Even when she was at (the 1998) camp, she could hit a heavy ball and she was just a really good athlete. I knew she could do whatever she wanted to do."
What she's done is helped put the Lady Buffs in prime position to win their fourth Division II National Championship, which gives Fernandes mixed emotions.
"I don't want it to end," Fernandes. "I still can't believe that this is my last year. I've had so much fun with these girls and I wish we could play on after (this) weekend."
Winning a national title might ease that sadness.
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Hugh Grant Expecting Fourth Child, Baby Mama Showing Her Growing Belly
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Crossing the Atlantic to emerge into Hollywood with his fine blend of good looks and solid acting skills, Hugh Grant has really established a brilliant career to soar as one of the most prominent British actors in the competitive world of American film industry. Born Hugo John Mungo Grant on September 9, 1960 in London, England to James and Fynvola Grant, the star first tried his hand at acting during his years at the city's Latymer Upper School through its musical production which distressingly turned out to be an unsuccessful one for the hopeful boy. Surprisingly, instead of feeling disappointed, his passion for performing grew even bigger, prompting him to look for more experience when continued his study at Oxford's New College majoring in English.
Enthusiastically honed his craft in Oxford University Dramatic Society then took part in film feature entitled "Privileged" (1982) produced by the Oxford Film Foundation, Hugh actually was a bit unsure about his future as an actor after obtaining his B.A degree in 1982, but finally fixed his mind to join The Jockeys Of Norfolk in which he gradually developed a knack in comedy. The troupe itself was doing good in stage show business around that time, so it was not surprising to later see them having their own TV program yet it disappointingly fell through within a short time, mainly because their comedic style was better suited to theater, and this failure ultimately led to the crew's split, much to Hugh's dismal. Chose to keep sticking to small screen, the attractive young man slowly tried building his own way afterwards, playing a series of forgettable TV roles for 2 years before delightfully shifted to movie feature in James Ivory's "Maurice" (1987).
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These delicious dishes from chef and author Catherine Fulvio are sure to make Irish eyes smile on St. Patrick's Day. Fulvio runs the Ballyknocken Cookery School and House in County Wicklow, Ireland. Here are her recipes for fillet of beef with whiskey glaze sauce, Irish oatmeal risotto and sautéed garlic spinach puree.
- 4 fillet beef steaks, about 5-6 ounces each
- 1 clove of garlic
- Salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup whiskey
- 1/4 cup beef stock
- 1/4 cup cream
- A little rapeseed (canola) oil
Baking Directions:
Cut the clove of garlic in half and rub the cut side over the steaks. Crush the garlic and reserve for the sauce.Season the steaks with freshly ground pepper and drizzle over a little olive oil. Just before serving, heat a heavy pan. Season the steak with salt and cook to your requirement — rare, medium etc. Remove to a plate and allow to rest.Deglaze the pan with whiskey and allow to flame; as the flames die away, add the crushed garlic, stock and cream.Bring to a boil and simmer for a few minutes until the sauce tastes really good and lightly coats the bottom of a spoon.Place the steak onto the plates. Pour the juices into the sauce, taste, correct the seasoning, spoon over the steaks and serve immediately.
- 2 tbsp rapeseed (canola) oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 4 scallions, sliced, including green
- 1 large carrot, grated
- 1 large garlic clove
- 1 tbsp chopped thyme
- Zest of 1/2 orange
- 1 1/2 cups pin head (steel cut) oatmeal
- 3/4 cup white wine
- 6 1/3 cups chicken stock, heated to simmering
- 1/3 Desmond cheese (if not available, use Parmesan), freshly grated
Baking Directions:
Heat a large heavy saucepan and add the oil and butter. When the butter is foaming, turn the heat to low, add the scallions, thyme and grated carrot and cook for 4 minutes until beginning to soften. Add the garlic and oatmeal, and cook for a few minutes. Add the wine and simmer for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and add the stock a ladleful at a time, stirring constantly until each ladleful is absorbed. The oatmeal should be creamy but firm to the bite. Remove from heat and stir in the Parmesan cheese and orange zest. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp rapeseed (canola) oil
- 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
- 1 cup fresh spinach, washed and roughly chopped
- 1 cup chicken stock (more as required)
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Baking Directions:
Heat the butter and oil, add the garlic and allow to sauté for 1 minute over low heat, taking care not to burn the garlic.Add the spinach and allow to wilt and cook for just less than 1 minute. Add the chicken stock and season with salt and pepper.Place in a blender to whiz to a puree, adding more stock as required, so that the spinach can be drizzled. Serve immediately.


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Dubinsky is a 1998 graduate of St. Clairsville High School, a 2002 graduate of Ohio University, Athens, with a Bachelor of Science degree in hearing, speech and language science with minors in biological science and psychology and a 2004 graduate of Ohio University with a Master of Arts degree in hearing, speech and language science. She is employed with East Central Ohio Educational Service Center as a speech-language pathologist.
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They don't see him as a brand ambassador.
The pastor of Morningside Heights' Corpus Christi church, near where the famously foul-mouthed comedian grew up, isn't too jazzed about a proposal to name the block after Carlin (who wasn't exactly the most enthusiastic proponent of Catholicism). The priest went on television and found himself unable to repeat the exact nature of Carlin's comments about the church, since they involved one of the seven dirty words (or, as the NYT delicately phrased it, "shall we say, the waste matter of a bull.") Carlin is keeping that priest from the minor venial sin of cursing! Surely that's worth some points.


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The Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas A&M Aggies have met on the gridiron 31 times overall, including every season from 1996 through 2011.
But when Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC, their annual contest ended. The two did meet up in the 2013 Cotton Bowl, where A&M's Johnny Manziel torched the Sooner defense with 516 total yards and four touchdowns en route to a 41-13 blowout win.
Since Oklahoma and Texas A&M are no longer in the same conference, they could be competing for a spot in the College Football Playoff in the near future.
With the playoff in mind, coaches have been talking scheduling more than usual, either bragging about their own tough slate or pointing out weaker schedules of others.
This week during the ESPN Car Wash, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops took the opportunity to take a jab at Texas A&M's non-conference schedule this season, which includes Lamar, Rice, SMU and ULM.
"Boy, that's a bunch of toughies," Stoops said.
Stoops is correct, as those four teams combined have an average 2013 Sagarin ranking of 121.25 (Rice had the highest at 69). We also ranked Texas A&M's 2014 non-conference schedule 12th out of 14 teams.
But according to the Sagarin ratings, Oklahoma's 2014 non-conference schedule is only slightly better. The Sooners host Louisiana Tech and Tennessee and travel to Tulsa. The average 2013 Sagarin rating of those three? 119.3.
Texas A&M does have a very difficult SEC slate in 2014. The Aggies open at South Carolina and later travel to both Alabama and Auburn. That's three possible Top 10 opponents on the road. A&M also hosts Ole Miss, Missouri, and LSU.
As far as the comparison between Oklahoma and Texas A&M's full schedule, Phil Steele ranks the Aggies schedule 12th in the country and the Sooners schedule 49th.
Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin was asked about the comments by Bob Stoops at the Houston A&M Club Coach's Night on Friday. Sumlin handled the question well.
"Coach Stoops has the right to say whatever he wants," said Sumlin. "But if he'd like to play again we'd take him up on that."
Hopefully Bob Stoops accepts Sumlin's offer. The fans would love to see that, as well as Texas A&M's other dormant rivalry game — Texas.
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A&M needs to shut up, they have played cream puff city historically out of conference while OU has been one of the programs that has scheduled series with any top program willing to play home and home. Btw, it's a joke to say A&M OOC in 2014 is almost equivalent to OU. A&m plays 3 mid majors and a FCS school and OU is playing 2 mid majors and a major conf team TN,
Don't you know your SEC rhetoric?? The bottom half of the SEC only gets to count as a tough game when fellow SEC teams are using their tough conference schedule to justify the cakewalk non-conference schedules. Other schools don't get that courtesy.
All you OU fans sound like a bunch of whining b*&^*&s. Shut up and go suck on TU"s nutz.
Roldawg, all you SEC fans are the same. You root for a conference and not a team. Have a nice ride on the bandwagon.
We all know why Oklahoma and Texas decided to cross the road to the other side and not accept the invite to the SEC. Cowards….their programs are cowardly and full of inbreds. If you're scared, SAY YOU'RE SCARED!! You spout off about your individual program, but not your conference. The SEC can spout off about both their programs and their conference. The whores of Texass & lOUser Schooner are nothing but a couple of cow turds on the manure plains.
I would love to see one of the 4 teams that Stoops ragged upset them someday in Norman. Screw Stoops, OU and the BIG 12
Here's the deal. A&M is in the SEC – so if you factor in the games they have NO CONTROL over scheduling – their schedule looks better than OU's (by virtue of playing Alabama, Auburn, LSU every year). But, if you factor in games that they had control over scheduling – OU's is much stronger. OU schedules big time opponents many, many years in advance of the actual game occurring. Tennessee was in much better shape years ago. OU will go home and home with anyone in the country. They have Ohio State, Nebraska, LSU, Michigan, and UCLA in the coming seasons. A&M has stepped theirs up too (Arizona State & Oregon). But to say the non-conf schedules between the two teams this season are similar is completely wrong and asinine. Tulsa has a strong mid major program, just had a bad season last year. Tennessee is much, much more talented than anything aTm has on their non-conf schedule.
Here's another salient point. OU only plays 6 home games every, single season. They most always play 2 home non-conf games and 1 away non-conf game. By having the 9 game conf schedule – They have 4 home games, 4 road games and a neutral site game against Texas. aTm (as well as any MANY other SEC teams) has 7 or 8 true home games every year. Much less likely to lose home games than away games.
Oklahoma doesn't duck, no question – Tennessee simply sucks right now, not Stoops fault; but future schedules against Ohio State, UCLA, Nebraska, and LSU show a desire to play heavy hitters. No question the past A&M has ducked, and their 2014 schedule is part of the legacy effect of that. But even before the SEC 9th P5 kicks in, Sumlin scheduled Arizona State in 2015 (in Houston). And the "cupcakes" he chooses to play after that are UCLA and Oregon in home and home schedules for 2016 through 2019. Clearly Sumlin doesn't believe in ducking.
Silly season smack talk, designed to try and get people talking. Hum, seems it worked.
A&M's entire non-conference schedule got scrapped when they made the move to the SEC. Everyone knew it would take 3-4 seasons to get quality opponents back. This is the last season for that, with solid Pac 12 teams on the horizon – Arizona State, UCLA, and Oregon. OU has no such excuses for 2014 but they get Tennessee (eh) and Ohio State in 2015 (wow). UCLA and Nebraska coming down the road. Stoops just being Stoopid..
He was asked a question about out of conference schedules and answered it. He didn't put AnM on blast but simply used their very weak OOC schedule as an example. #BoomerSooner
A&M and OF played a couple of years ago….41-13….We welcome the challenge. ..Overall strength of schedule -A&M – 12 – OU- 49…..
And A&M is probably going to go 6-6 with that tough schedule. So win and then talk. Instead A&M fans will make excuses and give their ramblings about what they IMAGINE OU would do in the $EC. Let's not forget A&M is getting significantly better recruiting classes then OU since moving to the $EC. If OU was in the $EC combined with their tradition they'd get a top 5 class every year – so consider OU having even better players than it does alresdy when you give your imaginings of how they'd fare in the $EC.
If it wasn't for all the great players from Texas, OU would be lucky to beat Rice every year….
to the 1 cracker from Georgia. go suck on alabamas nuts honey boy!!!
texas a and m left the big 12, they couldn't win a championship in big 12.
yeah Alabama got grits pounced up their ass in the sugar bowl. sec is sweeeeeeeettt!
yeah, all the great players from texas????, hey dipshit, maybe the so called players from texas were originally from Oklahoma, they couldn't stand the stench of manure and urine in the state and their fine people! they got the hell outta there.
Doug sounds like a fl state fan
77-0atm was a nobody in the big 12 and continues to be a nobody in the sez


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MAZAUA, the island-port where Magellan's fleet anchored March-April 1521. An Easter mass was held here, a cross planted Sunday March 31, accdg. to Antonio Pigafetta, sole eyewitness to write about the mass. Eyewitness Francisco Albo only wrote of the cross planting.This map is in Manuscript 24224, one of 4 extant codices of Pigafetta's account on Magellan's voyage. Note the shape of the isle, compare it with Limasawa. Eyewitness Gines de Mafra wrote Mazaua's area was about 3,930 hectares. For this item, see Page 56 of http://www.xeniaeditrice.it/mazaua.pdf. A Table of Correspondence listing properties of Mazaua juxtaposed against Limasawa's is on the last frame. Save for the two being islands, they have nothing in common starting with the most obvious, their names. OF 181 LOCAL LANGUAGES ONLY BUTUANON (and scion Tausog) HAS THE WORD "MASAWA." It means bright. The supreme irony: No mass is mentioned in the Limasawa story.
Limasawa Island: Is this Mazaua? The island pointed to by Combes' invention, the placename "Limasawa." Note the isle's shape. It has an area of 698 hectares, just 17% of Mazaua's. Its shoreline is steep-to, negating the notion 83% of its mass has eroded. The word Limasawa exists nowhere outside of Combes' 3-paragraph story. It ironically meant, 1) This is not Mazaua as told in the story of my source, Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas; 2) There was never a mass held at this isle or anywhere on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1521. Look for the word "misa" in Combes. If you, dear reader, can find it I'll give you ONE MILLION PESOS (P1Million) as prize.
1523. First published account of Magellan's voyage by Maximilianus Transylvanus based on interviews with survivors. It was an instant hit and saturated the market, making it impossible for Antonio Pigafetta to publish his account. Pigafetta's original work/s were never published and are deemed lost; the extant manuscripts are apographs. Maximilian popularized "Massana" or "Messana" in place of "Mazaua". The name posed an insurmountable problem to Catholic writers of the 17th century whose solution was to invent names--other than "Messana"--e.g., Dimasawa, Limasawa, Simasaua. In 1908 a government body rejecting all names--even Masaua!--declared "Limasawa" the true name. See my discussion on this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:First_mass_in_the_Philippines#Jose_P._Rizal_in_the_making_of_the_Limasawa_hoax. Above image is part of Wiki Commons.
1903. The 1888 English translation by Henry Stevens of Maximilian's account published in Blair and Robertson's Vol. I. The word "Massana" appears in the last line before the footnotes. Robertson's English translation of Antonio Pigafetta's account based on 1894 transcription by Andrea da Mosto introduced the correct name of the port, Mazaua. Even today, February 2012, government historians refuse to use the name, and still think the port is Limasawa! Stevens wrongly thinks Massana is today's Maasin. The above image may be viewed at
1525. Cover page of the first published version of Antonio Pigafetta's account. This book, in French, does not actually have the name of the translator. It was printed in Paris in 1525 by Simon de Colines which is why it's called the Colines edition. Based solely on an assertion of Giovanni Ramusio, sans proof or corroboration, it's supposed to have been the work of Jacques Fabri a.k.a. Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, (c.1455-1536) French Renaissance humanist and theologian who's known to have translated the Bible into common man's French. His abridgment of Pigafetta's account introduced a number of errors, e.g., altering Mazaua to "Massana" adopting Maximilianus' widely accepted word.
1969. The modern facsimile edition of Colines with English translation with notations by Paula Spurlin Paige. In the Philippines, I have seen two copies of the book, one at the U.P. Main Library in Diliman, and at Butuan City Public Library. A used copy can be bought online for $19.95.
Page 16 of the Colines, left side, has the name "Massana" for the port of March-April 1521, instead of "Mazaua" or "Mazzaua" as found in the extant authentic Pigafetta manuscripts (Italian Ambrosiana, and the French codices, Nancy-Yale, Ms. 5650, and Ms 24224). "Massana", Maximilianus' word, is familiar to Europeans as it sounds like "Messana" a kind of sail and "Messina" the port of entry of the plague that ravaged Europe. It would cause an insurmountable difficulty to Jesuit chroniclers of the 17th century that would lead to the invented placenames, "Dimasawa" (1663), and "Limasawa" (1667), all of which were coined to negate the isle it referred to is "Massana" (Mazaua). In 1800, Carlo Amoretti would, out of ignorance of what Limasawa meant--he had not read the three- paragraph Limasawa story by Fr. Francisco Combes--make the two one and the same. Amoretti's error persists up to this time of writing (17 July 2014).
1536. Giovanni Battista Ramusio, leading travel writer of the Renaissance age. His translation of Antonio Pigafetta's account of Magellan's voyage replaced "Mazaua", island-port of March-April 1521, with "Buthuam," which in 1521 and until today, 2011, is contiguous with "continental" Mindanao and was, is not, and will likely never be an island within our lifetime. Ramusio's Primo volume has been digitized and published online, and can be accessed at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58733t/f2.image
1536. Italian retranslation of the Antonio Pigafetta account of the French transcript called "Colines." This too did not have the name of its translator. For discussion on its historiography go to http://www.williamreesecompany.com/catalogs/cat281.pdf It appeared in Ramusio's 1554 edition of Viaggi...without attribution as to who the translator was. In the 1560 version of the book authorship was ascribed to G.B. Ramusio, three years after his death. No one ever contested Ramusio's authorship, but Henry Harisse said it was a plagiarism without offering any evidence or reasoned argument, see Page 250 of Bibliotheca America Vetustissima, http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_05616
1563. Edition of Ramusio's Delle navigationi et viaggi which contains the 1536 Italian retranslation. This edition already names Ramusio as translator of the Pigafetta account. This image was taken of the copy at the Philippines' National Library. This page may be accessed online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58733t/f1.image.
Page 356 (verso) of Ramusio's story that talks of anchoring at "Buthuan" on the 28th of March 1521. The authentic Antonio Pigafetta account locates the port where Magellan's fleet anchored at an island named "Mazaua." How this error came about is so mystifying as to be beyond human reckoning. No one has attempted to explain what to me is inexplicable. You can access this page online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58733t/f798.image.
Page 357 (recto) of 1563 Ramusio edition that talks of a "messa" on "All'ultimo' di Marzo" (31 March 1521) at "Buthuan" where they had anchored earlier on 28 March. Almost all religious writers from the 18th all the way to early 20th centuries adopted this "Buthuan" view. This is not the Ramusio source of Combes whose Limasawa story totally disregarded any notion of an Easter mass anywhere in the Philippine archipelago. You may access this page online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58733t/f800.image.
Page 358 of Ramusio story continues the Easter week episode at "Buthuan" with the planting of a cross at the highest hill. This edition of Ramusio was what came into the hands of Jesuit priest Fr. Francisco Colin who wrote in 1663 that Magellan's fleet anchored at "Butuan" on Easter week where a mass was held on March 31, 1521 followed by the planting of a cross in the afternoon. From Butuan the fleet sailed and passed at an isle Colin christened "Dimasaua," an invented name not found in any account of the circumnavigation. He meant by this that it is not the "Mazagua" in Antonio de Herrera's account, his other source, where an Easter Sunday mass was held which he (Colin) already located at Butuan. Online this page may be accessed at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58733t/f802.image.
1550. Cover page of the facsimile edition of the English translation by Richard Eden of Ramusio's corrupted 1536 translation of Antonio Pigafetta's account. An edition has been digitized and published on the Internet, go to http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924020424234
Page 224 of Eden's English translation that speaks of the Butuan anchorage, the Easter Sunday mass on 31 March 1521, and the planting of a cross. Eden uses a very quaint English and the orthography as well as font are difficult for the modern person to "decipher."
1601. Cover page of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas book on Spain's Empire
Herrera's narration of the Mazaua (he spells it Mazagua, the gu has the value of w which is absent in the Spanish alphabet) event, a faithful reconstruction similar to Antonio Pigafetta's account. Herrera cites his authority as Andres de San Martin, the fleet chief cosmographer. Herrera and Gines de Mafra are the only accounts that speak of the kings of Cebu and Mazaua as blood relatives. Herrera's "Mazagua" is source of Colin's and Combes' neologisms, their prefixes were meant to negate it. Herrera's book is accessible at http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/documentos.asp?id_ut=historiageneraldeloshechosdeloscastellanos
1625. Samuel Purchas book of travels contains the English translation of Magellan's expedition by Ramusio. This is a different version that contain no reference to a mass at Butuan. This is what came into the hands of Fr. Francisco Combes, 1667, who wrote a 3-paragraph epitome of the Easter week at Butuan. Up until this writing (27 February 2012) Catholic and government historians of the Philippines insist Combes' Limasawa is "site of the first mass." There is nothing in Combes' story that refers to a mass. The word "missa" is not found in his three paragraphs. See above at http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbdk&fileName=d0401//rbdkd0401.db&recNum=4&itemLink=r%3Fintldl%2Frbdkbib%3A%40field%28NUMBER%2B%40od1%28rbdk%2Bd0401%29%29&linkText=0
Page 39 of the English translation of Ramusio by Samuel Purchas. Here is narrated the Easter week incident at the port of "Buthuan" where a cross is planted atop the highest hill. No mass is mentioned. This version of the Ramusio narrative is what came to the hands of Fr. Francisco Combes. The Library of Congress has digitized and published Purchas' book. Above page is at http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbdk&fileName=d0401//rbdkd0401.db&recNum=272&itemLink=r%3Fintldl%2Frbdkbib%3A%40field(NUMBER%2B%40od1(rbdk%2Bd0401))&linkText=0)
1663. Cover page of Fr. Francisco Colin, S.J., that contains a tortured rendition of the Easter week of Magellan's anchorage. Colin, adopts the Ramusio story the fleet stayed at Butuan where a Sunday mass is held and a cross planted at a hill. He invents a name, "Dimasaua", pointing to the Leyte isle now known as "Limasawa." In Ramusio's narration, the fleet left Butuan and found itself in "Messana." Colin repudiated this name thinking it will contradict his Butuan mass. His name, Dimasaua, consists of the Bisayan prefix, di, meaning "no" or "not" and Herrera's "Mazagua," thus his invention signifies, "This is not Mazaua where Herrera locates the Easter mass which I already placed at Butuan." Colin's book has been digitized and may be accessed at http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=2163611.xml&dvs=1343788372666~614&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/nmets.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=4&usePid1=true&usePid2=true
Page 134 of Colin's rendition of the Easter week at Butuan, as Ramusio had written which Herrera located at Mazaua as did Antonio Pigefetta. Colin's operation, adopting Ramusio, was based on the belief it was the eyewitness account of Pigafetta. Unknown to him it was a corrupted Pigafetta. Colin's Dimasawa would be rejected by the next Jesuit to write on the event, Fr. Francisco Combes, who will invent his own name for the Leyte isle. He named the isle "Limasaua."
1667. Cover page of Fr. Francisco Combes' book where for the first time the word "Limasaua" enters Magellanic literature. The word is not found in any primary or secondary accounts of Magellan's voyage. It does not come from any Philippine language. It is an invention of Combes. Biblioteca Digital Hispanica has published Combes' book at http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=2163659.xml&dvs=1343788933473~259&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/nmets.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=4&usePid1=true&usePid2=true
Combes' Limasawa story is only 3 paragraphs. Combes adopts Ramusio's story, represented by Purchas' translation. Thus Magellan's port on Easter week is Butuan! There is no reference to a mass. The word "missa" is absent. He rejects Colin's name for the Leyte isle and coins "Limasaua" which signifies his repudiation of a mass having been held anywhere on Easter Sunday, 31 March 1521. All the more does it reject Herrera's "Mazagua" the port of the Armada de Molucca during Easter week. His Limasaua is an inverse of what Mazaua stands for to Catholcs. This is the supreme irony of Limasawa, it's believed to be "site of the first mass." The word "Limasawa" is a linguistic solution to a historiographical and geographical impossibility, a futile attempt to square the circle.
English translation of Combes' Limasawa story by Fr. Miguel A. Bernad who unbelievably--having read the three paragraphs--wrote the "first mass" was held at Limasawa. Combes precisely renamed the Leyte isle "Limasaua" to differentiate it from Colin's "Dimasaua" because his story negates the Mazaua story but also dismisses the idea a mass was ever held in the archipelago on March 31, 1521. Combes story is so wrong in all aspects, it can't be source of our historical view of the Mazaua episode. Bernad's article has been digitized at http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=NbG7kHtBma8C&pg=PA1&dq=Limasawa&ei=7K9MSY-IGY3WlQTLpKzWBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Limasawa&f=false. For a large format of Bernad's translation which appeared in Kinaadman journal, Xavier University, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginesdemafra/7017367631/sizes/l/in/photostream/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/ginesdemafra/7017393043/sizes/l/in/photostream/
1734. This magnificent map by Fr. Pedro Murillo Velarde showed for the first time Combes' island of Limasawa. The map became an instantaneous hit in Europe and was widely plagiarized. Murillo thought the isle had two names, Dimasawa and Limasawa. In one edition, the title cartouche related the arrival of Magellan in Butuan where, Murillo wrote, an Easter Sunday mass was held and a cross planted on 31 March 1521. Combes' story does not coincide with this view. He rejected the idea a mass was ever held on that date anywhere in the archipelago. Another edition of this map may be accessed at http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1343790991107~409&locale=en_US&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/singleViewer.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=10&frameId=1&usePid1=true&usePid2=true
1734. The leading cartographer of the Age of Enlightenment, Jacques Nicholas Bellin, lost no time making a copy of Murillo's map. That same year he had his copy published. He credited Murillo as his authority, attesting to Bellin's decency, integrity, honesty, morality. This map would be used by Carlo Amoretti to say Limasawa and Antonio Pigafetta's Mazaua are one and the same, unwittingly equating two mutually exclusive entities.
1800. Carlo Amoretti edition of Antonio Pigafetta's account of the first circumnavigation of the world. Amoretti was conservator of Ambrosiana library at Milan, Italy. He chanced upon the extant Italian manuscript of Pigafetta. In 1800 his transcription and footnotes saw print. Without having read Combes, he conjectured that Pigafetta's Mazaua (in fact he used "Messana", the name for the port popularized by Maximilianus Transylvanus) "may be" the Limasaua that he saw in a map by Jacques N. Bellin. He was equating Mazaua with its inverse. Harvard University has digitized Amoretti's book at http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/12162091?n=7&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=.25&printThumbnails=no
Amoretti's footnote (a) surmises the Limasawa in Bellin's map "may" be "Messana." This conjecture is borne of ignorance of what Combes meant by his coined placename, Limasawa, which as earlier explained was a rejection of the Mazagua of Herrera. Amoretti never read Combes' three-paragraph story, a fact common to almost all who say the port of Magellan is Limasawa.
To support his supposition, Amoretti asserts Mazaua and Limasaua are in the same latitude, Pigafetta's 9 deg. and 40' North. Limasawa is in 9 deg. 56' N. There are three eyewitness latitudes for Mazaua, 9 deg. N (The Genoese Pilot's), 9 deg. 20' N (Francisco Albo's), and 9 deg. 40' N (Pigafetta's).
The Amoretti conjecture borne of ignorance of "Limasawa", an invented word of Fr. Francisco Combes, 1667, pointing to an isle in Leyte, the Philippines, meant to negate it was the Mazaua in Antonio de Herrera's account and at the same time deny an Easter mass was held anywhere in the Philippines on 31 March 1521.
1803. Two years after Amoretti's book came out, James Burney published Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean, Part I. On Page 61 is this note, "Believed to be the island, marked in some of the present charts, Limasava, near the south end of the island of Leyte. Pigafetta calls its latitude 9o 40' North, and its distance from Humunu 25 leagues. French Copy, p. 87." See http://books.google.com/books?id=Mf0nAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=James+Burney&ei=I-a4SfelCZL-lQS6tPzuCw#PPR1,M1. Succeeding historians would repeat Amoretti's surmise fulfilling the Goebellian "dictum" that an untruth repeated often enough becomes "truth."
1899. First time "Limasawa first mass" was ever asserted. Spanish translation of Carlo Amoretti by Manuel Walls y Merino which was read by Philippine historians and scholars of that time and thus was source of their notions of Magellan's voyage. The image above comes from the Harvard website, at http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/11301550?n=1&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=.25&printThumbnails=no.
Note 67 on Page 135, Walls asserts Antonio Pigafetta's account states the "first mass" was celebrated in an isle that is now called "Limasaua." In fact nowhere does Pigafetta say the "first mass" was held at Limasaua. The word "Limasaua" is not found in any firsthand or secondhand account of Magellan's voyage. It was invented in 1667 by Fr. Francisco Combes. And in the Limasaua story of Combes nowhere is there mention of a mass on 31 March 1521. Philippine historians, writers, scholars have uncritically adopted Walls' assertion. But most don't even know it comes from Walls; few living historians have read his edition of Amoretti.
1953. The National Historical Institute, then known as National Historical Committee, made a ruling that based on a remark by Jayme de Veyra who chanced upon it from the writing of Dr. H. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera, the "site of the first mass" was Limasawa. Which was a way of saying an assertion is its own proof. Miguel A. Bernad called this "apodictic," a ten-ton word that would crush any contrary view. The word means incontrovertible. In logic this is called the fallacy of hyperbole.
1981. The author of this piece of junk is referring to latitude which is expressed in North not East which is for longitude. This kind of nonsense has no place even in amateur navigational writing. Is it any wonder the author would write 18 years later the 1998 Report of NHI on the Mazaua landfall conundrum ("site of the first mass" issue to most of us) that has all sorts of puerility like Magellan being able to make port even where there is no anchorage.
1998. The National Historical Institute of the Philippines came up with a number of historical gems to astound the world of Renaissance navigation history, Magellan scholarship, and Mazaua historiography. Composed of persons with no standing in those fields, it rejected the account of Gines de Mafra as fake, it ignored de Mafra's testimony the port was west of Mazaua thus locating the anchorage east of Limasawa, a lee shore. In its meeting of December 17, they had accepted all these. They twisted the framework, making it appear we were arguing Butuan was site of the first mass. After I had traced the Butuan error to Ramusio! The NHI finding is casuistry, dishonesty, and travesty of the search for truth. The NHI report is published in full at Wikipedia, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:First_mass_in_the_Philippines#Antonio_de_Herrera.27s_Mazaua
2008. Invitation--that I declined--to another amateur review on the Mazaua issue by dilettantes in Renaisssance navigation, Magellan scholarship, and Mazaua historiography. At this stage in the game, I had them measured and knew I would face those whose bona fides lay elsewhere. In 2009 Ambeth Ocampo and co. came up with another hogwash saying, "Limasawa is site of the first mass." It turns out not one of the signatories ever read the Limasawa story of Fr. Francisco Combes. If they had, they would have found it does not refer to a mass, the word "misa" (mass) is not found in the story at all; that Limasawa is not the port of March-April 1521 where Magellan's fleet anchored. Mazaua, the true anchorage, is where an Easter mass was celebrated on March 31, 1521.
2009. On June 15, 2009 NHI Chair Ambeth Ocampo affirmed the 1998 finding of the Gancayco panel--knowing full well it was deceitful and an incompetent work to boot--and once more declared Limasawa was "site of the first mass." Those who concurred were Dr. Benito J. Legarda Jr., Fr. Jose M. Cruz, SJ., Prudencia C. Cruz, Dr. Celestina Boncan of U.P., Prof. Ricardo Jose also of U.P., Dr. Serafin D. Quiazon, Corazon S. Alvina, Heidi K. Gloria, Pedro Picornell. May I reiterate my challenge: If any of them can point--just point, no need for argumentation--to the word "missa" in the Limasawa story, I will give an all-expense-paid trip around the world to the first to do so. For more on this see https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.316964213501.197713.761273501&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=10150402756668502&set=a.316964213501.197713.761273501&type=3&theater
This vast sum has been set aside this FY 2012 by the Department of Tourism and the Provincial Government of Southern Leyte for monuments to commemorate a ghost event. Imelda Marcos spent hundreds of millions of pesos to build a shrine at Limasawa and hold an extravaganza at the inauguration where the entire Martial Law Regime, the Catholic heirarchy, and the diplomatic corps attended. How many more hundreds of millions of pesos of taxpayers' money shall we waste for an imagined event at Limasawa? Is it time to criminalize hoaxes like this so historians will be more careful? Perhaps we ought to make deliberate historical lies a heinous crime punishable by death.
ANALYTICAL DEFINITION. This Table of Correspondence is an inventory of all properties of and information on Mazaua. These are juxtaposed against those of Limasawa's. At no point does Mazaua coincide with Limasawa. They have nothing in common. Save both are islands like all 7,100+ isles of the archipelago. Before historians sought to know Mazaua by asking, "Where is the site of the first mass, Limasawa or Butuan?" Since it's not Butuan therefore...For a larger file of this Table, click http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginesdemafra/8356731134/sizes/k/


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