| So, do I get an air conditioner? |
[07 May 2012|09:07pm] |
I just moved to Kyushu (Yamaga city) from Gyeonggi-do (Hanam city) and I'm being careful with my money. Unfortunately I have an old-style unfurnished apartment and need to decide whether to buy an air conditioner, before the prices start going up.
I've spent most of my life in the Inland Empire, southern California, where the temperatures can reach the low 40'sC but where the air is very dry. A patio mister did the trick for all but a couple weeks out of the summer when I needed to run the A/C.
Gyeonggi-do only hit the low 30's but it was swampy wet. One year I only needed the A/C for about a week, the other for nearly three weeks.
Now I'm looking at the almanac for this area and wondering...will it be a mild summer here? I might not stay for more than a year, and if it looks to be mild I'll just get some good fans. Will it be mild compared to what I'm used to?
I could use some advice, and I'd like to get this comm back up and fun again.
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| weather magazines? |
[21 Dec 2011|09:38pm] |
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Hi everyone.
I hope you all are having a great holiday season! The weather here has been pretty mild the last few days which is a bonus this time of year.
I've been Googling some tonight in search of some weather-related magazines I could subscribe to and I am not having much luck. Do any of you know if there are any weather magazine subscriptions out there?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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| Today's weather... |
[03 Sep 2011|07:52am] |
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I'm watching The Weather Channel and I'm struck by the amount of rain in the southern part of the country--but also by the seeming 'bullseye' of dry air anchored immutably over Texas. At this point there's something tragically comic about it.
At the moment you can also see where Tropical Storm Lee has sucked in some dry air from over Texas, and the effect is as if the west half of the storm is erased--the clouds that enable you to see the storm just >poof!< disappear.
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| SKYWARN online spotter training |
[01 Sep 2011|07:54pm] |
I missed the SKYWARN classes this spring, so I was pleasantly surprised when I checked my e-mail this evening and saw a new update from COMET. They are now offering a SKYWARN program you can do online. The publish date for these modules says April, so I'm not sure if this is new news, but I thought I'd post this for anyone who might be interested in becoming a spotter right now.
Here's the link: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_course.php?id=23
Happy spotting, everyone!
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| University Time |
[30 Jun 2011|12:35pm] |
Well these past few years I've been visiting colleges left and right, looking for schools with the best meteorology program. I live in the U.S., but I do have a couple international schools on my list! The post before me inspired this entry. I am happy to say that I will be a University of Virginia student in the fall and their program is very strong, but besides that, here are some other schools that have a great program (in no particular order):
-Penn State
-University of Oklahoma
-University of Michigan
-University of Wisconsin
-McGill University (Canada)
-University of Edinburgh (UK)
-Texas A&M
These are just from my visits and what professors have told me, so I figured I would throw my personal experiences out there!
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| Meteorology classes online? |
[29 Jun 2011|09:03pm] |
Hello, everyone!
I'm new to the community.
In light of all the recent events we've had in our weather across the country (I'm in the US), I have started to think a little more strongly about taking some courses in Meteorology.
The only downside is, my university does not offer a Meteorology program of any kind. I already have one Bachelor's degree in English with a Minor in Sociology.
If I can't get the full-blown degree, I would at least like to take a course or two online since I can't really afford to relocate to a school that does offer anything Meteorology-related.
Does anyone here know of any University Extensions that offer classes I can take in Meteorology online?
I appreciate your help with my question and I really look forward to being an active part of this community. Thank you!
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| Estimating windspeed by flags |
[26 Jun 2011|02:49pm] |
I'm here in South Korea and Storm Meari just passed us by. Of course this makes me a happy weathernerd! According to Weather Underground she should be approaching the China border by tonight.
Last year when I first moved to this town I posted a video of the storm winds but failed to get any flags in the shot. This year, while the storm is not as intense, I did get that detail. I've looked at a couple of sailing websites to try to find a way to estimate windspeed by those flags but I'm not getting anything beyond "Don't sail today." I was wondering if any of you could point me to a site where a person (like me) without formal instruments could get a sense of the wind.
FYI last couple of days it's rained hard with some gusts of wind. Today the wind is nearly dry but a lot stronger.
Brief video under cut.
( Read more... )
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| Possible tornadic conditions in CA |
[04 Jun 2011|08:39am] |
Last night the weather channel was predicting possible tornado conditions for our Central Valley later this afternoon (so far nothing has manifested). This is uncommon but not particularly rare.
But stranger was the passing mention of possible tornadic conditions developing overnight Sunday--in San Francisco!
Will be interesting to see if/how this unfolds.
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[04 Jun 2011|12:15am] |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1002 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011
...THREE TORNADOES CONFIRMED ON JUNE 1 2011 IN MASSACHUSETTS...
...EF3 TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM WESTFIELD TO CHARLTON...
LOCATION...WESTFIELD TO CHARLTON IN HAMPDEN AND WORCESTER COUNTIES
DATE...JUNE 1 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...417 PM TO 527 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...160 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...ONE HALF MILE
PATH LENGTH...39.0 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.10N / 72.75W
ENDING LAT/LON...42.10N / 71.99W
* FATALITIES...4
* INJURIES...200
( more )
...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WILBRAHAM...
LOCATION...WILBRAHAM IN HAMPDEN COUNTY
DATE...JUNE 1 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...632 PM TO 640 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...3.6 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.14N / 72.48W
ENDING LAT/LON...42.15N / 72.40W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
( more )
...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN NORTH BRIMFIELD...
LOCATION...NORTH BRIMFIELD IN HAMPDEN COUNTY
DATE...JUNE 1 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...654 PM TO 657 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1.3 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.14N / 72.23W
ENDING LAT/LON...42.15N / 72.20W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
( more )
That first one, holy crap. A 39-mile path length... in Massachusetts? D:
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| Tornado in Springfield, MA |
[01 Jun 2011|08:18pm] |
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There have been a bunch of tornado warnings across New England today. At least one twister in the western Mass city of Springfield claimed one life. Photos of the damage on Springfield's Channel 22 website. Mass' gov has declared a state of emergency and called out the National Guard to help out.
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| Looks like another doozy today! |
[25 May 2011|11:34am] |
SPC AC 251623
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1123 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
VALID 251630Z - 261200Z
...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AR...WEST TN...SOUTHEAST
MO...SOUTHERN IL...WESTERN AND CENTRAL KY...AND SOUTHERN IND...
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM SOUTHERN AR AND NORTHERN MS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID MS/OH AND TN RIVER VALLEYS...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM NORTHERN LA INTO THE
EASTERN GREAT LAKES...
...MAJOR TORNADO OUTBREAK IS FORECAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER
PORTIONS OF THE MID MS AND LOWER OH VALLEYS...
A STRONG UPPER LOW OVER KS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY...WHILE A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATES AROUND THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE LOW
INTO THE MID MS AND LOWER OH VALLEYS. A LARGE BAND OF 70+ KNOT
WESTERLY MID LEVEL WINDS STRETCH FROM OK/TX INTO IL/KY/TN THIS
MORNING...ACROSS A LARGE/MOIST WARM SECTOR. AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF
MID/UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS EXTEND FROM THE COLD FRONT OVER WRN MO/AR
EASTWARD TO EASTERN KY AND NORTHWARD INTO NORTHERN IND. THE RESULT
WILL BE A VERY DANGEROUS RISK OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCLUDING LONG-DURATION
STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES.
MORNING RAOBS AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT WIDESPREAD MOIST
AND VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR
TODAY. BROKEN CLOUDS WILL YIELD AFTERNOON MLCAPE VALUES OF
2500-3500 J/KG OVER A LARGE AREA...ALONG WITH A RELATIVELY WEAK CAP.
THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...BOTH IN THE WARM SECTOR...AND ALONG
THE SURFACE COLD FRONT AS IT SWEEPS EASTWARD LATER TODAY.
TCU AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW
AND NEAR THE COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN MO/AR. THE 15Z SGF RAOB SHOWS
FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. THESE STORMS SHOULD
INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF STRONG/VIOLENT
TORNADOES. ONCE THESE STORMS BECOME ESTABLISHED...THEY MAY PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AND SURGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
MDT/HIGH RISK AREAS.
FARTHER EAST...SEVERAL MODEL SOLUTIONS INDICATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CONVECTION IN THE WARM SECTOR OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
AR/SOUTHEAST MO/SOUTHERN IL/WESTERN KY...SPREADING INTO WEST TN AND
SOUTHERN IND. 0-3KM SRH VALUES OF 250-400 M2/S2 COUPLED WITH LONG
HODOGRAPHS AND HIGH INSTABILITY SUGGEST THESE STORMS WOULD LIKELY BE
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF MULTIPLE
STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL.
DURING THE EVENING...MULTIPLE LINES/CLUSTERS OF INTENSE/SUPERCELL
STORMS AND BOWS MAY BE TRACKING RAPIDLY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE MDT/HIGH RISK AREAS. GIVEN THE LARGE AREA POTENTIALLY AFFECTED
BY SEVERE STORMS TODAY...THE STRENGTH OF THE LOW AND DEEP LAYER
SHEAR...AND THE STRONG INSTABILITY...THE POTENTIAL IS INCREASING FOR
A MAJOR TORNADO OUTBREAK. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL ARE
ALSO A PROMINENT CONCERN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
BY MID TO LATE EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE COLD FRONT INTO SOUTHERN AR/NORTHERN LA. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL BE NEAR THE NOSE OF A STRONG WESTERLY MID LEVEL
JET...AND MAY POSE A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL.
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THE COVERAGE OF STORMS IN THIS
AREA...BUT NONETHELESS HAVE EXTENDED THE MDT RISK SLIGHTLY FARTHER
SOUTH TO HIGHLIGHT THIS THREAT.
..HART/GRAMS.. 05/25/2011
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| High Risk of Severe Thunderstorms today |
[24 May 2011|01:17am] |
SPC AC 240559
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1259 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SWD INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA...
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM NEW ENGLAND SWD TO THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION...AND WWD INTO THE PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
WITH CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT TO PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHEAST U.S. AND
ERN CANADA...A STRENGTHENING MID-LEVEL SYSTEM -- ACCOMPANIED BY
70-PLUS KT MID-LEVEL JET -- IS FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE CENTRAL
AND SRN PLAINS. BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...A DEEPENING UPPER LOW IS
FORECAST ACROSS THE KS VICINITY -- WITH A 75 KT MID-LEVEL JET AROUND
THE SRN PERIPHERY OF THIS SYSTEM.
AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING ACROSS ERN
CANADA...MOVING EWD INTO NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT
BECOMING MORE WASHED OUT ACROSS THE MIDWEST/OH VALLEY WITH TIME.
FARTHER W...A LEE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY EWD/NEWD
ACROSS KS/OK...BUT SHOULD STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE
UPPER LOW DEEPENS. BY LATE AFTERNOON...A DRYLINE WILL EXTEND SWD
ACROSS CENTRAL OK/CENTRAL TX AND A COMPOSITE WARM FRONT/OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY SHOULD EXTEND SEWD ACROSS SRN KS/ERN OK AND INTO AR. THIS
SURFACE SYSTEM WILL BECOME A FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK FOCUSED ON KS/OK/WRN
AR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
...CENTRAL AND SRN PLAINS...
A REGIONAL OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS -- INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR
VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND SEVERAL LARGE/STRONG
TORNADOES IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE POWERFUL
UPPER JET EMERGES INTO THE PLAINS DRIVING SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS.
ELEVATED STORMS MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF NRN KS AND NEB AT THE
START OF THE PERIOD...WHILE A CAPPED WARM SECTOR HINDERS STORM
DEVELOPMENT INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BY MID AFTERNOON...SURFACE
DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70 COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND AN
EWD SPREAD OF VERY STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ATOP THE WARM SECTOR
WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...WITH 100 MB MIXED-LAYER
CAPE VALUES EXCEEDING 3000 TO 4000 J/KG ACROSS PARTS OF OK/KS AND
INTO WRN AR E OF THE LOW/DRYLINE.
AS THE UPPER JET AND ASSOCIATED/DEEPENING UPPER SYSTEM EMERGE...A
SLOWLY WEAKENING CAP SHOULD RESULT IN STORM INITIATION BY LATE
AFTERNOON...FROM CENTRAL KS SWD INTO CENTRAL TX NEAR THE SURFACE LOW
AND SWD ALONG THE DRYLINE. WITH MODERATE/BACKED LOW-LEVEL FLOW
AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW VEERING AND INCREASING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE
LOWER TROPOSPHERE TO SWLY AT 50 TO 60 KT AT MID LEVELS...SHEAR VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH MID-LEVEL AND LOW-LEVEL ROTATION WILL ALLOW
STORMS TO RAPIDLY BECOME SUPERCELLULAR. VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND SEVERAL POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES APPEAR LIKELY
AS THE STORMS INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS KS/OK INTO WRN AR AND THEN
LATER INTO WRN MO.
WHILE STORMS DEVELOPING SWD ACROSS CENTRAL TX ALONG THE DRYLINE
SHOULD EVENTUALLY BEGIN DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING AS BOUNDARY
LAYER STABILIZATION/CAPPING BECOME REESTABLISHED...WIDESPREAD STORMS
AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS ACROSS KS/ERN OK/MO/AR. SLIGHTLY ELEVATED STORMS SHOULD ALSO
INCREASE INTO NEB/IA AND VICINITY...ALONG WITH SOME ACCOMPANYING
SEVERE THREAT.
...NEW ENGLAND SWD TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND WWD INTO THE OH/TN/MID MS
VALLEYS...
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING AT THE START OF
THE PERIOD...AND AS AIRMASS DESTABILIZES AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD
FRONT AWAY FROM LINGERING CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION...EXPECT CONVECTION
TO REDEVELOP/INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE BELT OF STRONGEST FLOW ALOFT IS FORECAST TO REMAIN S OF THE OH
RIVER...BUT INSTABILITY MAY BE MORE LIMITED ACROSS PARTS OF THIS
REGION DEPENDING UPON THE EVOLUTION OF AN ONGOING BOW APPROACHING
THE MID MS VALLEY REGION ATTM. OVERALL...EXPECT BROAD/WIDESPREAD
ZONE OF SEVERE POTENTIAL NEAR AND SE OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH
STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN MULTIPLE BANDS OF CONVECTION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
..GOSS.. 05/24/2011
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| Joplin Tornado |
[23 May 2011|07:48am] |
Here's another tornado video my sister found. This one is of a group of people sheltering in a convienence store while one of the tornadoes from that bad swarm in Joplin, MO passes over them. The visual is pretty much impossible to see, but the sound track is amazing. Listen to what happens and how everyone bands together. The store clerks stayed calm and were real heroes.
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| Amazing Tornado Video |
[27 Apr 2011|11:40pm] |
My sister found this video on the web. It's a video of a tornado that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama earlier today.
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[27 Apr 2011|10:49pm] |
I'm sure many/most of you will know of the AL tornadoes today.
I saw this pic on a blog and it literally took my breath away.
It's been stated that it's over a mile wide.
Here is a video from cnn.
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| High Risk of Severe Thunderstorms this afternoon |
[26 Apr 2011|03:44pm] |
SPC AC 261946
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0246 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
VALID 262000Z - 271200Z
...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...MUCH CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS...WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHERN
LOUISIANA...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...WESTERN
TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA...FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS AND LOWER
GREAT LAKES REGION...
...20Z UPDATE...
BASED ON LATEST MODEL AND OBSERVATIONAL DATA...NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN
MADE TO THE PRIOR OUTLOOK. CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER A BROAD AREA FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE THREAT STILL APPEARS LIKELY TO BECOME FOCUSED FROM PORTIONS
OF THE ARKLATEX REGION THROUGH CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ARKANSAS INTO UPPER
PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AFTER 27/00Z ...AS A VERY
STRONG MID/UPPER JET STREAK...NOW DIGGING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES...NOSES EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS. A ZONE OF ENHANCED
LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION NEAR AN INTENSIFYING LOW- LEVEL JET /50-70
KT AT 850 MB/ APPEARS LIKELY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR POTENTIALLY
LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES...AS
WELL AS UPSCALE GROWTH OF CONVECTION INTO ORGANIZED MESOSCALE
CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE DEEP INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH
ACTIVITY SPREADING EAST NORTHEAST OF THE OZARK PLATEAU REGION.
..KERR.. 04/26/2011
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1127 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011/
...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING STRONG TORNADOES
AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IS FORECAST TO OCCUR LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT...
MORNING WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW A BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER MUCH OF THE
UNITED STATES...WITH TWO SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE FEATURES TRACKING
ACROSS THE NATION. THE FIRST TROUGH IS CURRENTLY OVER THE MID MS
AND OH VALLEY AND WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD TODAY INTO THE NORTHEAST
STATES. THIS WILL LEAD TO A RELATIVELY LARGE AREA OF POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS FAR NORTHEAST AS PORTIONS OF NY/PA.
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS OVER CO/NM AND WILL QUICKLY TRANSLATE
INTO OK/TX BY EVENING. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE ARKLATEX AND LOWER/MID MS
VALLEY.
...OK/TX INTO THE LOWER/MID MS VALLEY...
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS RAPIDLY RETURNING NORTHWARD THIS MORNING
ACROSS THIS REGION...WITH MID/UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS NOW AS FAR NORTH
AS SOUTHERN AR. THE 12Z FWD RAOB SHOWED A PRONOUNCED CAPPING
INVERSION...WHICH SHOULD INHIBIT STRONG CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL
MID AFTERNOON. BY THAT TIME...STRONG DAYTIME HEATING AND CONTINUED
MOISTENING OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL YIELD MLCAPE VALUES OF
3000-4000 J/KG AND A WEAKENED CAP OVER NORTHEAST TX/NORTHWEST
LA/SOUTHWEST AR. ISOLATED DISCRETE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO FORM IN THIS REGION...WHICH SHOULD TRACK NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHERN AR/NORTHERN LA DURING THE EVENING. LOW LEVEL WINDS
WILL BE STRENGTHENING DURING THIS PERIOD AS SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS
OCCURS OVER TX...LEADING TO INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES
FOR TORNADIC ACTIVITY.
MOST MODEL SOLUTIONS SUGGEST A SECOND ROUND OF INTENSE SUPERCELLS
DEVELOP NEAR THE DRYLINE ACROSS NORTH TX AND SOUTHEAST OK BY EARLY
EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO TRACK EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO AR/LA
/ROUGHLY THE SAME AXIS AS THE FIRST WAVE OF STORMS/ AND WILL BE IN A
MUCH MORE FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILE FOR RISKS OF
STRONG/DAMAGING TORNADOES.
TONIGHT...VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER
EASTERN AR/NORTHWEST MS/WEST TN NORTHWARD INTO IL/IND. THERE IS
CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF STORMS AS THEY
PROGRESS INTO THIS ENVIRONMENT. THE STORMS MAY REMAIN DISCRETE
ACROSS AR WITH A RISK OF STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES...OR THEY MAY GROW
UPSCALE INTO A FAST-MOVING BOW ECHO WITH THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN EITHER
CASE...CONDITIONS ARE CLEARLY FAVORABLE A HIGH-END SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT WELL INTO THE NIGHT. FOR THESE REASONS...HAVE EXTENDED THE
HIGH RISK FARTHER EAST.
...TN/OH VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES...
THE LEAD SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM IL/IND INTO MS/AL. A BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH HAS BEEN SLOWLY
DIMINISHING THIS MORNING...BUT IS LIKELY TO REJUVENATE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS AND MODERATE CAPE WILL
LEAD TO A RISK OF HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER A RELATIVELY
BROAD AREA FROM AL/GA NORTHEASTWARD INTO PA/NY. DETAILS ON SPECIFIC
AREAS OF THIS THREAT WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE DAY IN
FORTHCOMING MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS.
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| omfg D: |
[15 Apr 2011|12:25pm] |
So a really huge tornado is hitting Jackson, MS right now:
"... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 1130 am CDT for south
central Madison and east central Hinds counties...
... This is a tornado emergency for the warned area...
At 1103 am CDT... National Weather Service meteorologists and storm
spotters were tracking a dangerous tornado. This tornado
was located near Clinton moving east at 40 mph.
Other locations in the warning include but are not limited to
Jackson... Ridgeland and Madison
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Tornado Warning means that a tornado is occurring or imminent. You
should activate your tornado action plan and take protective action
now.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT Friday"
And this photo was posted on Twitter, taken from a school. Holy shit.
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| What the Hail? |
[29 Mar 2011|05:23pm] |
I was sitting in my living room this afternoon when I heard the sound of the precipitation on the roof and pavement change noticeably. I looked out my window and the precipitation looked unusually solid. However, when I opened my window I was shocked at how warm it was outside! The weather (and thankfully also the seismic activity) is pretty uninteresting in my region of Japan (coastal Hagi city in Yamaguchi prefecture, which is the southwestern-most prefecture on the main island), so this was exciting for me.
( Not Really Hail, But Really Weird (For Where I Live) )
I don't think it was true hail-- it was neither large nor "bouncy" enough-- but what threw me is the relative solidity and speed at which it fell (it made a much sharper sound-- and hurt more!-- than the sleet and freezing rain we typically get all winter), and the fact the air was around 60F/15C while it was falling! The only time I've seen such solid precipitation during warm weather before has been during violent (and often tornadic) thunderstorms. (I'm originally from the Midwest). If it's not hail or ice pellets I'm not sure how to define it, maybe some of you would know.
Edit: So it may be hail after all! That was my first thought when I heard/saw it, but I kept doubting myself like, "Nah, can't be. That would be too weird for here." Thanks for your thoughts, everyone!
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