Earth Atmospherics/Weather

Palomar · 2005-07-14 06:41:27

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u … ]Hurricane Emily

*She's packing 90 mph winds now. Has struck Grenada rather hard. Forecast tracking predicts she'll hit southern coast of Texas early next week.

Folks on Grenada still trying to recover from last year's Hurricane Ivan; because of lack of construction supplies some people still without roofs on their homes, and children are at continued risk to these storms. Sad.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-14 17:01:29

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050714/ts_ … ]Hurricane Emily now a CATEGORY 3 storm

*Holy cow, the storm went from 60 mph winds on Wednesday to 115 mph today -- within 24 hours. As of the most recent update (post above this one) its winds were 90 mph. Is traveling at 21 mph, currently in line for the Yucatan Peninsula.

Grenada hard hit. Still trying to recover from Hurricane Ivan last year. ::shakes head::

Emily expected to strengthen even more within the next day or two. :-\

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-15 06:07:39

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u … mily]Emily CATEGORY 4 hurricane now

*She just keeps getting stronger. One person killed. Windows blasted out. Roofs ripped away. Two hospitals flooded.

Emily strengthened into Category 4 storm after clearing the Windward Islands. Her wind speed is currently 135 mph (incomprehensible; I've never experienced that). Torrential rains being dumped on islands hundreds of miles away.

Apparently storms of this magnitude are rare for the Caribbean Sea in the month of July. Well, the rare happens. :-\

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-16 12:24:50

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050716/ap_ … UCUl]Emily still fearsome

*She's gained strength yet again while passing south of Jamaica. Currently packing 145 mph winds (highest so far). Her influence is felt from hundreds of miles away.

Mexico is evacuating tourists from the eastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula. Emily might lose a bit of strength while passing over that region, but she could regain strength yet again if she heads back over the warm Gulf waters.

Geez. :-\

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-17 11:39:58

http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnatu … html]Emily flirts with Category 5 rating

*Last night she packed winds of 155 mph (250 kph), then wind speed dropped to 150 mph. Category 5 rating -- the highest -- is 155 mph winds. She's the strongest storm to form in the Atlantic this early in the hurricane season since record keeping began in 1860. She's generating 8-feet tall waves. Palm trees bent in two. :-\ No new injuries/deaths report (miraculous).

Sunday a.m. she was centered 115 miles SW of Grand Cayman Island, is traveling W-NW at 20 mph. Cancun tourists have been relocated.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-19 05:16:20

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u … ily]Update on Emily

*She's still a force to be reckoned with. Weakened as it moved over Yucatan Peninsula. As of this morning is classed as a Category 1 hurricane but predictions are out that she'll strengthen and become a major hurricane again -- and as quickly as this evening. Warm Gulf waters helping it pick up steam.

Warnings out for Mexico (again) and south Texas. Tourists/visitors of South Padre Island, Tx, are evacuating (though some are staying). That's a very nice area (have been there).

--Cindy

P.S.: Forecasters in my area are predicting remnants of Emily will drop rain here. We could use it. :up:

Palomar · 2005-07-20 06:32:45

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u … cane_emily

*Emily goes ashore as a Category 3. She struck NE Mexico. The eye went ashore near San Fernando, aprox 80 miles south of the border. Hurricane-force winds extended out 70 miles. Tropical Storm-force winds blew across south Texas. Of course a diluge of rain. Isolated tornadoes possible for south Texas. No loss of life yet reported, thankfully.

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Thought I posted this yesterday, but nope: Typhoon Haitang has hit China. Over 1 million people evacuated (mind-boggling). It packed 74 mph winds, slammed Taiwan killing 4 people there. Taiwanese farmers took the worst hit; $14+ million in damages, etc. One guy reported the wind and rain were so strong it felt like sand stinging his face. :? Parts of China experienced a 6-foot storm/water surge hours prior to the typhoon striking the coast. Predictions were it'd soon downgrade to Tropical Storm status.

Didn't keep the link to that story, but it was at Yahoo! yesterday. Would be archived there.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-23 16:00:24

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050723/ap_ … weather]TS Franklin to fizzle?

*Has 70 mph winds. No major threat to any land expected. Predictions are it'll lose its Tropical Storm status by early next week and likely fizzle out entirely in 2 to 3 days.

On mid-Saturday (today) its center was aprox 245 miles N-NE of Great Abaco Island. It's causing high temps and humidity. I don't miss humidity at all; our average is perhaps 14% -- if that. Have actually experienced 0% humidity, though it didn't feel excessively dry.

Anyway...

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-26 06:08:52

Pyder]http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2005/26jul05/palmer2.jpg]'Pyder on a rainbow web

*Such a colorful photo. Taken by G. Palmer of California on July 24.

Rainbow-expert Les Cowley explains: "When covered by early morning dew, spider webs sparkle with the colors of a true rainbow. Gary's colors are different -- the spider silk itself produces them. A spider spins silk of long molecules that are stretched and coiled to make it strong but also elastic. These molecules somehow (we don't understand the details) diffract narrow beams of sunlight to make the colors. Look even closer and they split into intricate colored beads."

Even the spider's kinda cute. LOL.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-27 06:07:02

http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnatu … ng-related deaths up...

*...so far in 2005. 14 people killed, 100 injured since early June. 61 people killed by lightning per year, on average. July is the worst month.

Lightning is the 2nd most weather-related killer; flooding is 1st.

Gives advice, including if you hear thunder you're likely within striking distance.

Must admit being struck by lightning is one of my few real phobias.

Article includes photo galleries.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-27 11:15:16

http://www.terradaily.com/news/hurrican … ml]Typhoon Banyan strikes mainland Japan

*Packing winds up to 55 mph, traveling at 22 mph. Is the 7th typhoon of this season to near/impact Japan. 10" rainfalls possible. Storm has caused traffic and sea-going accidents, delays, closures. Is expected to continue traveling along the eastern Pacific coast of Japan.

Last year Japan was hit by a record 10 typhoons during the season.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-29 10:11:25

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050729/ap_ … -]Terrible death toll in India: Monsoon ravages

*Death toll stands at 749. I saw an article yesterday about record rainfalls in India from a storm, but didn't read it and didn't realize the extent of the storm. Poor folks; most of them died from collapsed walls, flooding and electrocutions. Apparently lots of power lines went down and people unwittingly stepped on them. ::shakes head:: Mudslides, landslides. How awful.

Rumors of a tsunami have been spread; officials are debunking it.

Up to 37 inches of rain. Heaviest amount since record keeping began in 1846.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-07-30 10:41:14

*Terrific cloud gallery (I am definitely a cloud lover). Captions beneath the pics:

http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … rge.]Shelf cloud

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … .]Towering cumulus and mammatus

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … .]Lowering wall cloud/tornado possible

I've seen these -- they are creepy; also, they can have a "downdraft"-jarring sort of movement which is nearly impossible to describe. My knees actually weakened one time upon seeing those types of clouds, to the point of having to cling to a railing while heading for a basement (tornado warnings issued); the railing is the only thing which kept me on my feet, I was so frightened (despite usually enjoying a good crashing thunderstorm).

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … arge.]Wall cloud with tail cloud

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … ]Supercell

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … .]Mammatus clouds & blazing sunset

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … rge.]Thick wave clouds

I have never seen these sorts of clouds, not even a photo -- until now. Wow.

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … understorm anvil

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … ]Turbulent gust front clouds

Pretty. Looks like a work of art.

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … ltocumulus

Unique.

That's one of the best galleries I've yet found online.

--Cindy

Stormrage · 2005-07-30 11:06:04

*Terrific cloud gallery (I am definitely a cloud lover). Captions beneath the pics:
http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … rge.]Shelf cloud
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … .]Towering cumulus and mammatus
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … .]Lowering wall cloud/tornado possible
I've seen these -- they are creepy; also, they can have a "downdraft"-jarring sort of movement which is nearly impossible to describe. My knees actually weakened one time upon seeing those types of clouds, to the point of having to cling to a railing while heading for a basement (tornado warnings issued); the railing is the only thing which kept me on my feet, I was so frightened (despite usually enjoying a good crashing thunderstorm).
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … arge.]Wall cloud with tail cloud
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … ]Supercell
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … .]Mammatus clouds & blazing sunset
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … rge.]Thick wave clouds
I have never seen these sorts of clouds, not even a photo -- until now. Wow.
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … understorm anvil
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … ]Turbulent gust front clouds
Pretty. Looks like a work of art.
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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … ltocumulus
Unique.
That's one of the best galleries I've yet found online.
--Cindy

Wow. I have never ever seen any of those clouds before. All we get in London is the boring cloud that we keep seeing day in day out.

Palomar · 2005-07-30 11:40:28

Wow. I have never ever seen any of those clouds before. All we get in London is the boring cloud that we keep seeing day in day out.

*Glad you liked them. Except for the wave clouds I've seen them all. Also, I don't recall seeing altocumulus clouds (the final photo) that well formed.

As for the wall with tail cloud, those tail clouds can extend for a surprisingly long distance. I remember sensations in connection with these pics, too: For instance, combination wall/tail clouds always occurred after an abrupt cooling off in temperature when the worst of the storm had passed. Temperatures in the Midwest of the U.S. can fluctuate rather sharply, especially in the summer. I recall putting on a sweater on a July day after one such storm.

--Cindy

Shaun Barrett · 2005-07-30 23:08:47

An interesting selection of photos. Thanks, Cindy!
They reminded me of the feeling of anticipation and nervous excitement I used to get as a kid when ominous clouds gathered and a violent storm was imminent. It was a kind of fear, I suppose, but it was also perversely delicious to await the impending fury of one of Mother Nature's 'bad hair days'!
-- It made me feel really alive, a sort of heightened awareness - nature's amphetamines, I guess - and yes, the sudden changes in temperature, the smell of ozone, and the feel of static electricity in the air.
-- It all came back to me.

Palomar · 2005-08-02 09:44:11

An interesting selection of photos. Thanks, Cindy!
They reminded me of the feeling of anticipation and nervous excitement I used to get as a kid when ominous clouds gathered and a violent storm was imminent. It was a kind of fear, I suppose, but it was also perversely delicious to await the impending fury of one of Mother Nature's 'bad hair days'!
-- It made me feel really alive, a sort of heightened awareness - nature's amphetamines, I guess - and yes, the sudden changes in temperature, the smell of ozone, and the feel of static electricity in the air.
-- It all came back to me.

*Hi Shaun. Yep: A sense of exhiliration and heightened awareness. Also, thunderstorms relieve stress in me. After the storm begins to break, my stress levels go down; like a natural relaxant. Of course I'm referring to regular t-storms and not the "tornado sirens shrieking madly all around" types. LOL. Not that we get a lot of those around *here* (but the Midwest...yipes).

Here's a gallery of huge waves. My father mentioned the huge mid-ocean waves while onboard a military ship during the Korean War. He said he wouldn't have believed any wave powerful nor tall enough to do much harm to the colossal ship he was on. He found out otherwise, poor Dad. :?

I'm pressed for time so won't make too many comments. This is a new gallery posted at livescience.com (it's where I got the cloud gallery pics):

http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … e.]Through a porthole

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … ge.]Danger can be so beautiful

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … ge.]Hawaii 5-0 theme song time...

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … arge.]What a way to get your windows washed

(After seeing that photo I might permanently nix all desires of wanting to live near the ocean some day)

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … large.]The outcome probably was not good

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … large.]Off the coast of N. Carolina

That's it. I'm never moving to within 30 miles of an ocean.

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Wheres]http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=ig23_waves_albatrossIV_02.jpg&cap=Monster%20waves%20slam%20into%20the%20Albatross%20IV%20ship.%20The%20photo%20was%20captured%20in%20May%201984.%20Click%20to%20enlarge.]Where's the sky??

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … large.]The ship's name seems, um... ironic...

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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimed … rge.]Looks like what my father described

Such power.

--Cindy

Shaun Barrett · 2005-08-02 19:53:26

Yes! That 'Fairweather' picture is almost exactly like the scene I witnessed in the Bay of Bengal in 1966, en route from Australia to England.
-- There were mountainous waves and I'd gone outside to get some fresh air, in an effort to ward of nausea. I was standing on the 'side gangway' (terminology?) of the ship, just like the one in this picture but longer (bigger vessel). However, I was toward the bow, in that part of the gangway which is sheltered by a curved sidewall of steel (I ain't stupid! ), just occasionally peeking around the wall at the raw power of the sea and ducking back for shelter as waves crashed over.
-- Then, I saw an unsuspecting fellow passenger emerge through a door about halfway along the gangway. Within a second or two, daylight dimmed as a wall of water met the side of the ship. The passenger I was watching was drenched and carried several metres down the gangway by a river of seawater!
-- At 10 years of age, not really considering the danger of the situation, I laughed my head off and ran inside to tell my parents about this hilarious (to my mind) event.

Apologies if I've already mentioned this story before to some of the old stalwarts of New Mars.

Palomar · 2005-08-04 06:54:36

Yes! That 'Fairweather' picture is almost exactly like the scene I witnessed in the Bay of Bengal in 1966, en route from Australia to England.
-- There were mountainous waves and I'd gone outside to get some fresh air, in an effort to ward of nausea. I was standing on the 'side gangway' (terminology?) of the ship, just like the one in this picture but longer (bigger vessel). However, I was toward the bow, in that part of the gangway which is sheltered by a curved sidewall of steel (I ain't stupid! ), just occasionally peeking around the wall at the raw power of the sea and ducking back for shelter as waves crashed over.
-- Then, I saw an unsuspecting fellow passenger emerge through a door about halfway along the gangway. Within a second or two, daylight dimmed as a wall of water met the side of the ship. The passenger I was watching was drenched and carried several metres down the gangway by a river of seawater!
-- At 10 years of age, not really considering the danger of the situation, I laughed my head off and ran inside to tell my parents about this hilarious (to my mind) event.
Apologies if I've already mentioned this story before to some of the old stalwarts of New Mars.

*I don't recall your having shared that anecdote before. Yeah, I know how it goes as a kid...

Did you happen to see a water spout during your journey? Or other weather phenomena? How long did the voyage last?

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-08-04 15:19:12

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050804/ap_ … _wave]Last year's Hurricane Ivan...

*...produced a 91-foot tall wave. It was detected 75 miles south of Gulfport, Mississippi by instruments on the ocean floor. During Ivan's rampage, the instruments detected 146 huge waves: 24 of them were 50+ feet tall, and then the 91-footer. :shock:

Says these weren't rogue waves, but are apparently common waves as intense hurricane weather goes. Article also points out that ships try to avoid hurricanes...nah, REALLY?

--Cindy

Shaun Barrett · 2005-08-05 17:58:40

Cindy:-

Did you happen to see a water spout during your journey? Or other weather phenomena? How long did the voyage last?

No. No waterspouts or other phenomena; that big storm I mentioned was the only major weather event in an otherwise quiet voyage. I know we left Sydney, Australia on the 3rd of January '66 but I can't remember what date we arrived in Naples, Italy. All I know is it was about 4-5 weeks later.
-- The biggest adventure of my life, by far, up to that point.

DonPanic · 2005-08-06 07:14:17

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050804/ap_ … _wave]Last year's Hurricane Ivan...
*...produced a 91-foot tall wave. It was detected 75 miles south of Gulfport, Mississippi by instruments on the ocean floor. During Ivan's rampage, the instruments detected 146 huge waves: 24 of them were 50+ feet tall, and then the 91-footer. :shock:
Says these weren't rogue waves, but are apparently common waves as intense hurricane weather goes. Article also points out that ships try to avoid hurricanes...nah, REALLY?
--Cindy

Don't forget that under an hurricane is an intense depression that can rise the sea level up to more than 15 feets upon normal, bringing sea floding.
Are waves heigth calculated with the level rising ? Apparently, yes if waves heigth are calculated with sea floor based instruments
also, rogue waves profile present a front that is like almost vertical like wall, if waves profiles are mountain like shaped except when meeting sea floor, no rogue waves

Palomar · 2005-08-06 07:52:24

*Hi DonPanic, Shaun.

Found a gollywhopper of a water spout photo:

http://www.metlink.org/data/exhibit.php?ID=614]Three of them! :shock:

That is some photo. :?

I've been landlocked for 20 years, sometimes the ocean and other vast expanses of water seem almost science-fictional.

http://www.wildweather.com/gallery/phot … .htm]Looks mighty wicked, yet also eeriely beautiful.

http://tahoetwisters.com/]Water spout gallery with other links. Music accompanies the site. Site owner claims to have photographed the largest water spout yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/a … .shtml]The difference between tornadic and fair-weather water spouts

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-08-12 07:26:52

Tropical Storm Irene might become hurricane

*Meterologists speculating Irene will strengthen on Friday, perhaps to hurricane status. Her winds are currently 60 mph; must sustain a wind speed of 74 mph to be classed as a hurricane. She's tracking NW at a speed of 15 mph, though they're anticipating she'll slow down. All conditions favorable for further strengthening.

Projected to strike U.S. coast somewhere between South Carolina and New Jersey.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2005-08-12 08:14:33

Ice Lightning

*Clouds which contain more ice produce more lightning. How very interesting.

Also, lightning photo galleries accompany the article.

--Cindy

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