Intro
More than any other phase, the Full Moon has intrigued earthlings the
most. Herbs gathered at Full Moon are said to have increased healing
properties, It is bad luck to view the Full Moon through the branches of a
tree or to sleep uncovered bathed in the Moon's light. A Full Moon wedding
brings luck, in parts of India it is considered healthy to drink water
that has been left out in full-moonlight; crowd behaviour is said to
magnify (for good and bad); it is a time of increased political upheaval;
more hospital admissions, more bleeding during operations; and reportedly
more shoplifting. So are recent events in Fiji and Americas Cup defections
Moon-related..? Some astrologers would say yes.
We always expect a fall or two after the Full Moon(which was on
19th), and we had that. On Sunday a downpour occurred in Auckland at 3pm,
and midmoon was 2.51pm. Midmoons over the next days were, in Auckland,
Monday 3.30pm(slight shower in Titirangi at 3.45), Tuesday 4.09pm. If rain
is about, it generally falls then, or on Moonset. If no rain is about, a
definite cold dip in temperature is felt at those times.
The air tide corresponds to the sea-tide. If you are near a coast it is
always interesting to check the tide-times when a shower falls. On the
turn the weather changes. If it was raining the precipitation will often
stop on the turn. If holding off, the shower will start on the turn. And
according to an old fisherman friend of mine, if a baby is imminent, tide
coming in means a boy, tide going out, a girl!
Weather: coming
Apart from some light showers in the first few days, and a heavy-falls
period 14-16th, June is looking to be a remarkably sunny month for all NZ.
Viewpoints
The Story of Rain
"As the Moon moves from North to South, tidal forces move air masses in
phase. By the inductive effects of this movement, magnetic fields sweep
ions and static charges along with the air masses. Because of the herding
effects of the fields, the charges move with the leading edges of the air
masses and are visible by Doppler radar, but have been dismissed as solely
the particulate matter and small insects that get caught up in the charge
front.
Air masses and the clouds in them that are perturbed from equatorial areas
carry a net positive residual ionic/static charge, that helps prevent
rapid condensation, by mutual static repulsion between condensational
nuclei. These static charges help to maintain more uniform size of
nebulized droplets, aids in super cooling, and results in rapid
precipitation when meeting air masses from more polar regions which carry
a residual negative ionic/static charge, that also prevents rapid
condensation by mutual static repulsion inside of the clouds in the polar
air masses. Upon meeting at a frontal boundary, the static charges on the
colliding air masses allow the condensational nuclei to attract each
other, and help to generate the rapid precipitation usually seen in narrow
frontal boundaries.
The condensation of water vapor to liquid reduces the volume of it 1,600
times or so, and the net reduction in air volume due to the rate of
precipitation determines the lowered pressure in the front. During the
resultant precipitation, the static charges in the air mass traveling
through the cloud are left on the droplets and the now cooler and
de-ionized air exits the cloud denser, forming down bursts and other
outflows. When the static charged air masses override neutral charged air
masses or ground substrate, without confronting other charge fronts, wide
areas of gradual drizzle or slow rate precipitation occur."
(Richard Holle, Concordia, Kansas. Richard is a USA authority on
the weather-role of the Moon)
"Whilst the cold eye of science roams elsewhere, it is reaffirmed, and once again positively assumed that all that is knowable about the Moon, is now quite fully known, and that it simply does not hold any further secrets, this assumption being based on the fact that mankind has actually been up there now, and stood on it. That is not quite true however. The information that the Apollo series managed to glean about the Moon should have alerted science sufficiently to the fact that the Moon, our nearest neighbour could, with sufficient time, yield tremendous secrets that have a direct bearing on this planet. Some of that more recent information is still on the back burner, as it does not specifically impede the progress of space exploration. This more recently acquired information is confounding in itself, because most of it just does not make sense, and probably with time, will just as likely get forgotten about, just like other information extracted thousands of years earlier about the Moon.
For instance:
The rock and dust samples that were located out of their chronological
context, and which does not make sense.
The Moon's internal construction, which does not make sense.
The Moon's uniform crater depth, which does not make sense.
The Moon's almost perfect circular orbit, which does not make sense
either.
Some of these apparent riddles and problems confound, fox, and vex
NASA to this day. You mention on your www about the Moon obscuring the Sun
at certain times, so cutting the Magnetic lines of force, as you say, like
the AC motor, I thought then, this man knows, he realizes the significance
of that. I reckon its very tied up with Eclipses, and that could be the
mechanism.
(Bernard Boyd, UK. Bernard is the UK's supreme Moon authority)
Electricians claim you can feel global warming by touching a 200 watt bulb.
Bernard Boyd
http://www.members.tripod.com/~astrover/
Carolyn Egan, astrometeorologist
http://www.weathersage.com/
Weather in Australasia
http://cnn.com/WEATHER/Australia/forecast_map.html
Moon rise/set times anywhere in the world
http://riemann.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html
Global warming
http://www.vision.net.au/~daly/dalybio.htm
http://sightings.com/general/climate.htm
Earthquakes in NZ
http://www.gphs.vuw.ac.nz/seismology/igns_report.html
NZ from satellite
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/national/satellite/IDE00005.latest.shtml
Q's and A's
Q: It's interesting to observe Pluto in the direct overhead position just
north of Fiji/New Caledonia at 176 E. Long. on May 30th. Do you see any
lunar evidence of major disturbance?
(Paul Rohacek, USA)
A: Just prior to this date a possible tropical cyclone, near the 26/27th., could effect this region. The New Moon+Perigee+N declination conjunction on June 2nd is close enough to warrant cyclonic development then.
Q: Earthquakes big enough to dislodge items were felt in Rotorua area, on
Wednesday 17th, with the most frightening being accompanied by a series of
explosions. What was the pressure of the moon at the time?
(Lesley Gaea, Auckland)
A: An apogee Full Moon fell on the 18/19th, and the southern declination within a day. Quakes occur around these Moon events; NM, FM, perigee OR apogee, declinations N and S and midway, i.e. Moon crossing equator. On the day in question, 17th, there were at least 11 others happening too in the world, and the Rotorua one wasn't even listed in the world lists, so are you sure it was a quake? Not that I'm doubting what you said. Explosions..? No one eaten beans in your neighborhood?
Two international earthquake monitoring sites are these.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakexe/quakes
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html
Here's a quake prediction formula, provided by Allan Greig of Tauranga. He
has noticed that big shakes seem to occur in regular patterns; in factors
of 10 years, 38 years and 40 years. The 40 year factor applies only to
quakes on the West Coast of the South Island. There is also an interesting
correlation between those on the E coast of NZ and those in California -
the other side of the Pacific "Rim of Fire"- in which California follows
NZ by two years.
Examples: Wellington 1855, Calif. 1857; E Wairarapa 1904,
San Francisco 1906; Napier 1931, Long Beach 1933; Edgecumbe 1987, San
Francisco/Oakland 1989.
The Dannevirke quake was 1990 - add 10 and you get 2000.
The Westport quake was 1962 - add 38 and you get 2000.
The Fiordland quake was 1960 - add 40 and you get 2000.
One thing seems for sure: the Moon triggers them. The giant Napier
quake(Feb 3rd, 1931) occurred on the very day of the perigeal FM, and
within two days of the N dec.
Q: How long has the scientific world been monitoring earthquakes?
(Peter York, Hamilton)
A: The seismograph was invented by the Chinese in AD132. So I guess since then.
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