2008 Predictions

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                 There are no guarantees.

                 Researcher is not responsible for someone else’s actions or

lack of action in regard to these predictions.

Worldwide Predictions for 2008

   *  Volcanoes, Tornado Outbreaks, Fires/Explosions, Thermal Neutrons (Nuclear Accident),  Earthquakes predicted 11/22/2007. See below. Rest of events predicted 1/15/2008.

Numbers in Grid refer to probability: 1= Low, 10 = High

VEI - Volcanic Explosive Index

NS Jet - meridional (north/south) flow of jetstream with extreme low or high temperatures

ETS - Extratropical Storm

Rapid Baro - 20mb+ change in 24 hours

Power Outage - due to Magnetic Field Flux

Lightning - Powerful

Shuttle - Re-entry Overheat

Nuclear Acc - Accident at Nuclear Facility

April 28, 2008 Update

     Specific Predictions - Electromagnetic Disturbances including  

Explosion, Seizure, Power Outage, Lightning, Aviation Accident     

     April 30, 2008 plus or minus 1 day

     May 13, 2008 plus or minus 1 day

     For 5/20, 5/28 and 6/3 dates/ranges watch for Volcanic Eruptions with

30,000 ft ash plumes. June 3-9 should be very busy with Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornado Outbreak of 50+ and Numerous Electromagnetic Disturbances as defined immediately above.

April 26, 2008 Update

     Watch for Volcanic eruption with 30,000 ft ash plume. Also, watch for various forms of electromagnetic disturbances. Refers to April 27 date.

February 20, 2008 Update

     Volcanoes are still as predicted with January 15, 2008 update. Indonesia is the best bet for location of eruption, although there will be other locations.

     Watch for 7.0+ Mag Earthquake in US Pacific Northwest in the next six months through Aug 2008 - especially during predictive windows.

     Watch for epidemics to flare during the predictive windows.

January 15, 2008 Update

        For the 1/17 through 4/17/08 predictive periods, watch for several eruptions worldwide with 50,000+ ft ash plumes. Largest should be 3/1-4, 3/28 and 4/17 plus or minus 2 days for all periods.

    Fire, Explosion and Nuclear Accident risk are all High to Extreme during all of 2008.

Worldwide Predictions for 2007

Numbers in Grid refer to probability: 1= Low, 10 = High

VEI - Volcanic Explosive Index

NS Jet - meridional (north/south) flow of jetstream with extreme low or high temperatures

ETS - Extratropical Storm

Rapid Baro - 20mb+ change in 24 hours

Power Outage - due to Magnetic Field Flux

Lightning - Powerful

Shuttle - Re-entry Overheat

Nuclear Acc - Accident at Nuclear Facility

January 28, 2007 Update

     Watch for a busy geophysical year for 2007 including Category 4-5

tropical storms, earthquakes 7.5 or higher and extratropical storms with 100 mph winds. Most of these will occur during the second half of the year.

June 17, 2007 Update

     Watch for numerous geophysical events in general June 28-July 5 and July 13-19, 2007.    

June 27, 2007 Update

       June 28 - July 5, 2007 - Watch for floods prob 8 (see table below), extratropical storm prob 7, and 10 or more tornadoes prob 6.

July 13, 2007 Update

     July 14-19, 2007-Watch for earthquake 7.0 magnitude prob 7, 10 or more tornadoes prob 6, tropical storm CAT 3 prob 6, flood prob 8, hail prob 7, meridional jet stream flow prob 6, extratropical storm prob 7, explosion prob 7, epileptic seizure prob 6, power outage due to storm prob 7, record temperature extreme prob 7, power outage due to magnetic field flux prob 6

August 2, 2007 Update

     August 2 - December 31, 2007 - Watch for consecutive and intense geophysical events during this high risk period.

     High risk dates for August and September - plus or minus 3 days - include August 6, August 23, September 2, September 11 and September 30. Please refer to the 2007 table seen below. Predictions are Prob 6 for all categories, except rapid barometric pressure change(Prob 4).  Additions are: Epileptic seizure, power outage due to magnetic field flux, powerful lightning, shuttle re-entry overheat and nuclear accident - all prob 6.

     <<Shuttle re-entry and nuclear are both at risk from August 2 through most of 2008.>>

September 12, 2007 Note

     The table below will soon be updated with the textual predictions from the August 2, 2007 update immediately above.

October 5, 2007 Update

     The next predictive window is October 6-8, 2007 with all events at Prob 6. Supertyphoon Krosa was not predicted.

October 15, 2007 Update

4th Quarter Predictions

     Most of the whole 4th Quarter 2007 will be high risk for Shuttle Re-entry Overheat and for Nuclear Accidents.

     Prediction dates in the table are plus or minus 2 days. Watch for 7.0+ Magnitude earthquake for October 17 window. Intense Extratropical Storms will highlight the November 1 and December 2 windows. The December 22 window should show numerous events including a 7.0+ earthquake and a cluster of 10+ tornadoes. The December 22 date range should be busy with significant geophysical news.

November 6, 2007 Update

     The November 7, 2007 planned re-entry of Discovery will be moderate to high risk for overheat. Probability is 7 on the 1-10 scale.

Disruption of laminar flow is predicted at 13,000 mph. A 6.5 magnitude earthquake within 6 hours before re-entry should be interpreted as a risk factor.

November 22, 2007 Update

     Indicators for a significant nuclear accident include large volcanic eruptions, extreme US tornado outbreak, newsworthy explosions/fires, sudden increase in localized thermal neutron emissions and large earthquakes.  High-risk dates plus or minus 2 days for above events in 2007 include 11/25, 12/2, 12/11 and 12/22. 2008 dates through mid-April include 1/17, 2/2, 3/1-4, 3/28 & 4/17. Largest eruptions should include 12/22/07, 3/1-4/08, 3/28/08 & 4/17/08. Indonesian volcanoes are predicted with at least one VEI3 eruption for the largest eruptive dates listed. Krakatoa should show the largest eruptions.

December 19, 2007 Update

     Watch for large earthquakes 7.0M+ or volcanic plumes of 20-30K ft in the following areas through April 2008: Indonesia, Red Sea, Kamchatka, E Africa, Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea, Carribean or other locations. Prediction dates immediately above apply.

May through December 2006

Worldwide Predictions

Formulated May 18, 2006 by Matt Maddox

Posted on Website June 5, 2006

Website published July 1, 2006

Disclaimer: Use at your own risk.

                 There are no guarantees.

                 Researcher is not responsible for someone else’s actions or

lack of action in regard to these predictions.

    The shuttle is at risk for re-entry overheating during the predictive dates.

    Some dates are higher risk than others. The 7/15-17/06 window could result in turbulence and agitation leading to overheating during re-entry.

    <<The 8/3-9/06 window is highest risk for every category for the whole year.>>

   --Aug 2, 2006 Edit to predictions- Worldwide- during predictive periods also watch for record or near-record temperature extremes, electromagnetic-induced power outages, powerful lightning strikes, explosions/fires at refineries/chemical plants and noctilucent clouds in the upper atmosphere.--

    The three predictive windows in late November and early December are also high risk for every category including shuttle overheat.

    <<Nuclear facilities at risk>> Any facility containing radioactive material is at risk during a predictive window. This would include nuclear reactors, processing facilities, and waste facilities. The dates specified above apply to nuclear facilities as well.
     

    Watch for August 3-9 to be the busiest news week of the year for geophysical events. November 20-23 and December 6-12 should also be quite busy for geonews.

Look for approximately 70-80% of the events predicted to actually happen

within a given prediction period.

Legend: * means researcher is reasonably confident this event will happen on this date.

--Mod means Moderate – an eruption which happens once per year.

--5 Yr+ means an eruption which happens every 5 years or less frequently.

--Earthquake values are in Richter magnitude.

--Tornado- OB means outbreak of 10 or more. Cl means Cluster- less than 10.

--TS – Tropical Storm – Cat means Category.

--Merid means Meridional or North-South flow of jet stream.

--ETS refers to Extratropical storm.

--Baro means rapid drop in barometric pressure of 20 mb+ in 24 hours.

Trends: Watch for numerous <<volcanic eruptions>> from May through September. ***Eruptions from June 6 and following are global. They include Mt Merapi but are not restricted to this one volcano.***

Watch for <<major earthquakes>> on or near August 5 and September 2, 2006.

Look for powerful <<tornadoes>> in early August and also late November and early December. Tornadoes can be associated with Tropical Storms.

<<TS>> Category 5 storms should occur especially in early August and 2nd week of September. These could be typhoons or hurricanes.

<<Flooding>> will occur frequently in various localities on a global basis May through September.

<<Large Hail>> There should be one instance on August 3-9 and again late November and early December as listed.

<<Jet Stream>> (Merid) – There should be frequent perturbations in the Jet Stream through mid-September.

<<Extratropical Storms>> should occur in early August, late October, late November and early December as shown. These should be strong storms.

<<Baro>> A noticeable intensification should occur within a major storm

on September 12-13. A drop of 10-15mb should occur during this time. In addition, a rapid barometric pressure drop is predicted October 25-29 to be associated with a sudden and unexpected storm. Locality is not predicted.

<<Double Events>> Several localities affected by events of July 15-17 will experience another event- same or different- on August 3-9.