Decent weekend weather seems likely, the Weather Service is betting on a hot summer for the Northeast... Volcano sunsets show lavender?

Time to hit the Jersey beaches this weekend.

After a mostly cloudy and sometimes showery Friday, the rest of the weekend looks good. The most rain will fall to our North especially the hills and mountains of NY and New England. The Jersey shore should fair better. Expect warm temperatures, not really hot. Happy 4th of July..

Workweek weather is partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, partly sunny, mostly sunny with a chance of showers or thundershowers.

The weather service sees a hot summer developing. I am skeptical, so far.


VOLCANO SUNSETS

The volcanic eruption in Russia has thrown a cloud of dust and gas high into the atmosphere. As the sunset begins to fade toward night look for white then lavender clouds to the western sky. Should you spot some blue clouds those are noctilucent clouds, not associated with the volcano.


Swine Influenza update on flu reports USA

Table. U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection
Web page updated July 2, 2009,
2:30 PM ET (due to the July 3, 2009 Federal Holiday)
(Normally updated each Friday at 11 AM ET)
Data reported to CDC by July 2, 2009, 11:00 AM ET.

States and Territories*	Confirmed and Probable Cases	Deaths
States
Alabama	330 cases	0 deaths
Alaska	60 cases	0 deaths
Arkansas	42 cases	0 deaths
Arizona	761 cases	10 deaths
California	1985 cases	21 deaths
Colorado	136 cases	0 deaths
Connecticut	1247 cases	6 deaths
Delaware	316 cases	0 deaths
Florida	1302 cases	5 death
Georgia	118 cases	0 deaths
Hawaii	616 cases	0 deaths
Idaho	92 cases	0 deaths
Illinois	3166 cases	13 deaths
Indiana	267 cases	0 deaths
Iowa	92 cases	0 deaths
Kansas	117 cases	0 deaths
Kentucky	130 cases	0 deaths
Louisiana	183 cases	0 deaths
Maine	82 cases	0 deaths
Maryland	591 cases	1 death
Massachusetts	1308 cases	3 deaths
Michigan	484 cases	7 deaths
Minnesota	576	1 death
Mississippi	161 cases	0 deaths
Missouri	65 cases	1 death
Montana	67 cases	0 deaths
Nebraska	111 cases	0 deaths
Nevada	301 cases	0 deaths
New Hampshire	224 cases	0 deaths
New Jersey	1159 cases	9 deaths
New Mexico	232 cases	0 deaths
New York	2499 cases	44 deaths
North Carolina	255 cases	2 deaths
North Dakota	57 cases	0 deaths
Ohio	120 cases	1 death
Oklahoma	128 cases	1 death
Oregon	366 cases	4
Pennsylvania	1748 cases	4 deaths
Rhode Island	158 cases	1 death
South Carolina	160 cases	0 deaths
South Dakota	29 cases	0 deaths
Tennessee	174 cases	0 deaths
Texas	3991 cases	17 deaths
Utah	920 cases	10 deaths
Vermont	49 cases	0 deaths
Virginia	191 cases	1 death
Washington	588 cases	4 deaths
Washington, D.C.	33 cases	0 deaths
West Virginia	154 cases	0 deaths
Wisconsin	5861 cases	4 death
Wyoming	81 cases	0 deaths
Territories
Puerto Rico	18 cases	0 deaths
Virgin Islands	1 case	0 deaths
TOTAL (53)*	33,902 cases	170 deaths
*Includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This table will be updated each Friday at 11 AM ET. International Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection See: World Health Organization. NOTE: Because of daily reporting deadlines, the state totals reported by CDC may not always be consistent with those reported by state health departments. If there is a discrepancy between these two counts, data from the state health departments should be used as the most accurate number. For more information about how these case counts are updated, see Questions & Answers About CDC's Online Reporting.