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Old October 4th 04, 09:13 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default [OT] - Mt St Helens USA - effects on weather

Yn erthygl , sgrifennodd
Will :
I was pondering this this morning. If debris gets injected into the stratosphere
in any large quantities then I would say that next summer could be a lot cooler
(and perhaps wetter) than normal. Major volcano eruptions tend to cool the earth
temporarily. The eruption could be too late now to give us a cold winter as it
takes time for the debris to spread out in the upper atmosphere.


From what I have been hearing, it is not believed that this eruption will
be anything like the size of the previous one. I suspect the reason it is
getting the coverage it is, is simply because of the devastation caused
by the last eruption.

Adrian

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