[Southwest & Central Southern England Regional Discussion 18th December 2012>]

Barnstaple now has severe flood warnings

http://www.environme...west&Severity=1

live coverage now on bbc radio devon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiodevon

[Southwest & Central Southern England Regional Discussion 18th December 2012>]

met office warnings

it looks grim

more amber warnings Sat, Sun & Christmas Eve

"we're going to need a bigger boat"

[Southwest & Central Southern England Regional Discussion]

Quick check on radar

purples and whites for south devon, into dorset

lightning strikes indicated in English channel

[Model Mayhem - Moan, Ramp, Go Nuts]

met office now have yellow warnings for all weather types

rain, wind, snow, ice and fog

http://www.metoffice...Time=1355227260

also their map for fri & sat, looks like a penis

[Model Output Discussion - 8th December Onwards]

Is the snowy breakdown all over? Is the super undercut (with us on the cold side) a possibility? Who knows. There's about 650 miles in it!!!

Friday looks unpleasant, strong south-east winds, possible blizzards for Highlands

Deep low - 965

Wet and windy. Worried that flood problems will be returning

[Model Mayhem - Moan, Ramp, Go Nuts]

i'm buying a punch bag !

time for a music interlude

[Hurricane Sandy]

edit: checked 30 mins later, and this link got removed. no idea why

basically it stated tropical or non-tropical, the focus would be the occurrence of hurricane conditions within the warning area

here, i'm not going mad

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/hurricane-warning-definition_n_2245819.html?ir=Green

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NHC Hurricane definition change, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy

https://www.facebook...467789106601221

Hmmm, does this re-ignite the debate 1987 Uk storm

Depends if there were any sustained winds 74 mph or higher, i don't think we had that

[Cold Weather Chat and Ramping Thread]

Right then, it's 2:09 can't sleep

Remember Feb 2009

Over to Rob McElwee....

[Super Typhoon Bopha]

The sad aftermath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kfRh49-PIJw

[Super Typhoon Bopha]

It's going to be called "pablo" - Philippines

Looks like one heck of a storm

http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml

[Southwest & Central Southern England Regional Discussion]

had a quick listen to radio devon at 6am

one death in Exeter

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20483459

still reporting some main roads still closed this morning

[Heavy Rain, Flooding, High Winds - 21st November onward]

reporting from westward ho, n devon

full day of rain, near the back edge of rain, wind has really picked up from north-west

coming in from sea

wind is roaring

after the rain, get ready for blow

[Australian Weather]

Now, this is a waterspout

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234704/Keep-driving-Jeep-speeds-past-seafront-huge-waterspout-heads-inland.html

[Tornado hits Carvoerio/Lagoa on the Algarve, Portugal]

There is a video report on BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20374171

[Hurricane Sandy]

Intensifying Sandy, no official hurricane watches / warnings, i find bizarre

Since the storm has accelerated, and the inner core is re-established, it will probably make landfall as a warm core hurricane

look at this

http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goescolor/goeseast/hurricane2/color_lrg/latest.jpg

[Hurricane Sandy]

Discussion will go on beyond Sandy, regarding lack of Hurricane Watches / Warnings from NHC

Now for a storm going harmlessly out to sea i understand

I also understand, it could lose tropical characteristics before landfall (no sign of that presently)

People require laymens terms to have the situation explained without getting too technical

My worry is that people will not take this as serious.

I sure the word is getting out anyway, death toll stands at 65

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html

People need to get ready now

[Hurricane Sandy]

Mark Sudduth field mission, he's heading to NC outerbanks first, then decide where to head from there

His video stream is free to view until Sunday - http://hurricanetrack.com/

[Hurricane Sandy]

radio station in jamaica

damage reports coming in

http://www.shoutcast.com/shoutcast_popup_player?station_id=41235&play_status=1

[Atlantic Hurricane/Invest Thread 2012/2013]

99L with a 90 percent chance

models disagree, but Mark Sudduth is giving heads up on potential for big impacts

The Perfect Storm - 1991 is mentioned

http://hurricanetrack.com/

[Hurricane Leslie]

Mark Sudduth at hurricanetrack is planning to head to Bermuda for a Hurricane Intercept

He normally focuses on landfalling US Hurricanes

Thing about a small island is that should a monster hurricane develop, maybe pass, just to the west of Bermuda, so Bermuda is in the north-east segment of the storm (usually the strongest segment) you got no escape options

Should be interesting

[Hurricane Isaac]

All this talk of Cat 2's and Cat 4's. I'd imagine the media are going into over-hype mode over there

I'm a cynic, Isaac has never gotten very well organised, so unless it does develop a vertically stacked inner core, i think

it's possible this storm may not make it to Hurricane status

There was talk of dry air still affecting the storm on the recent discussion i read from NHC

It could still happen, i'll probably look like a fool later on, but that's what i think at the moment

Nightmare to forecast, i accept that. Large uncertanties regards intensity and final landfall at the moment

[Hurricane Gordon]

NHC now upgraded it to Hurricane Gordon, they also mention complete disappation later on

Remember Hurricane Vince from a few years back, made it all the way to Spain, as a Tropical System

[Thank You All...]

10 days of chasing, and storms every day, twisters, loads of lightning, hail, lots of supercells, and a downpour of Jimbo jokes

I'm a quiet fella, but i really enjoyed it. Loads of memories, eg Paul driving between two supercells to get into better position

Thanks everyone, it was awesome

[Southwest And Central Southern England - Regional Discussion]

amber warning for the south-west now for tomorrow from met office

heavy rain and gales

i thought it was flaming june !

[Chase Day 12 Discussion - Texas Panhandle]

Dallas Sunrise - Here's to the storms. cheers