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Apropos of the movie "Pressure," more backstory on the D-Day forecasts:
headlines.ametsoc.org/2026/06/11/f...
Kilauea webcam, 14:07 local time: The webcam is pelted by tephra as an ash-laden vortex approaches the site.
Kilauea webcam, 12:35 PM. The vortex made a sudden right turn and is now approaching the stream of red molten lava flowing away from the fountain. (The vortex dissipated when it crossed the lava stream and I could see no evidence of it again. End of story. That was fun tracking it.)
In addition to the extreme rainfall, El Paso Airport had a 74 mph wind gust at 7:19 PM tonight. Preliminary analysis says that's tied for fifth strongest wind gust on record in El Paso. #txwx
El Paso Airport picked up more than 1.2 inches of rain tonight between 7:10 PM and 7:40 PM. That means El Paso got more rain in half an hour tonight than it had in the past four and a half months. #txwx
It may be my inner Irving P. Krick coming out (inside reference if you haven't seen the movie "Pressure"), but there seems to be a distinct pattern of wetter than avg monsoon seasons in El Paso in those years that are transitioning into an El Nino at/before the start of summer. Bodes well for rain.
Kilauea webcam, 12:32 PM: The vortex (ash devil? landspout volcano-nado? I can't tell what's above) is heading towards the webcam, getting a little closer.
Episode 49 producing an impressive volnado.
Kilauea webcam, 12:21 PM: The vortex has tightened into a nice rope.
