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Hi Ben, there is already a whole discussion around this over on the ENSO thread, so will lock this one.
https://forum.netweather.tv/topic/79367-enso-discussion/
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It's a bug which we'll fix but it's simply because there is no rain whatsoever within the radar coverage, not a pixel. so you're not missing anything!
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It's been eagerly awaited through the summer by some, and now the time's arrived for some winter chat! (Last year's winter thread was also started on the 1st Sept, so we're on trend in case anyone is wondering).
As it's very early days, it's going to be very difficult to even come close to pinning down the likely weather this winter, but that will start to change as we move through the Autumn. At this point, it's more a case of looking at what people are hoping for this winter, and chatting around that.
Also, looking back we've had some notable winters in recent years, a record breaking cold December in 2010:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12119329
March 2013 was another very cold one, the second coldest in history (Ok it's not really a winter month!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22010852
On the flip side, last winter was a mild one and the wettest ever which resulted in some really severe flooding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26278995
Across the pond in the USA last year was the infamous 'polar vortex' winter with records broken for cold and snow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_North_American_cold_wave
So all in all, a fair bit has happened in recent winters, will 2014/15 live up to that?
This thread will run through September, we'll then open a new one in October as winter draws closer...
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Ideally it's best to arrive into DFW in the afternoon on arrivals day as that's when the majority will arrive + some people fly in the day before and meet us there, so arriving later in the day can delay the tour from getting away to perhaps chase or position for upcoming chases.
Pricing of the flights is a tricky one, usually we tend to book ours around xmas and find that more often than not that's when the best prices are with BA and the like having sales on. But with them around that level right now I'd say it's a decent enough price and may be worth going for.
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Hi Ben, there is an faq page on our weatherholidays site which will hopefully cover a lot of your questions:
http://www.weatherholidays.com/faq.html
In short, the £1600 covers all your accommodation and the chasing in the USA, so your additional costs are the flight to Dallas or Denver (tour 4), travel insurance and food/incidentals while out in the USA.
If you need any further info please let me know.
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Blog from Jo Farrow - Visit Iceland Another Weekend!
http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=news;storyid=6118;sess=
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Good point, I've not finished going through all of the entries yet - but will do so in the next 48 hours. Was a bit more tricky than I envisaged!!
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Locking this for now, we'll get a winter thread up and running soon
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Must admit I've never seen or heard of anything like this happening on the radar, and we've definitely tested it on firefox on Android without seeing this happen. It should work fine on whatever mobile browser you're using there. The only thing I can think of is that maybe your mobile is a bit low on storage space for the browser so when the map and radar images are caching it's filling the available space and stopping it from displaying.
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As there was already a topic for the October 2011 heatwave, I've merged it and the thread started today together
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This is a mixed thread, no rules in terms of which side of the 'divide' people are coming from, just needs to be based around evidence and facts rather that I'm right, you're wrong type stuff.
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Bear in mind that the snow line can be 200-300m below the 0c isotherm.Whoops! You're absolutely right Yarmy. I never was very good at maths! :fool:I guess it might need the temperature to be pulled down temporarily during heavy showers!
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Does sound a little bit high - I suspect it may be a positioning problem which I'll look into first thing
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I'll go through all the entries today and pick out our winners
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For those entering today, we'll run a mini-competition with a 1 month radar subscription as the prize. If you entered the main competition yesterday and want to enter again today feel free
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Good selection of maps showing that Paul, illustrates it perfectly.
As an aside question, does that contribute to the "Shear" we hear so much about?
Yes, that's exactly what shear is - changes of wind direction at different heights. It also applies to changes of wind speed too
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Forgot to add, competition closes at midnight tonight - no more entries will be accepted (for winning prizes at least) after that time.
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Just for a bit of fun, we have a competition - pin the tail on the Bertha - NW Extra subscriptions for the winners
http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/81104-competition-pin-the-tail-on-the-bertha/
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Just for a bit of fun, and thanks to Jo for coming up with it, it's competition time!
It's a bit like pin the tail on the donkey, except it's a game of pin the tail on the bertha.. Quite simply just download the blank map below, then use an image editor to mark where you think the remnants of hurricane Bertha will be centred at 12:00GMT (midday) on Sunday (free online one is available here: http://pixlr.com/editor/ ).
Then post up your marked up map with the depth in mb that you expect Bertha to be at that time.
Closest guesses on both location and depth get a 3 month NW Extra sub - if the same person gets them both then the prize will be a 12 month sub.
Good luck
You can also download the image from here:
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Cloud quite thick here, hadn't noticed the wind direction until your post, but yes, you're right, the surface winds are from the NE, interestingly, radar shows showers heading North.
Case of storms heading against the wind?
Storms/showers/clouds are steered by the winds higher up. Can see how they veer with height on this set of maps
Surface
Up through levels of the atmosphere
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Latest from Michael Fish, he just loves talking about (ex) hurricanes
http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=news;storyid=6069;sess=
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Problem solved - everything should be working now, although the radar may jump around a little while it all catches up.
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We've got a server issue currently I'm afraid, or more accurately by the looks of it there's a big network issue in the datacentre which is affecting the site. We're working with our hosting co to track down the issue currently.
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I think we need to be careful comparing the impacts of weather events and the actualities of those events. For instance, water supply infrastructure has been much improved since 1976, road infrastructure, heating in homes etc has been much improved since 1963 and so on. So if you're purely looking at the impact of the weather events in those times then the chances are those impacts will have been wider and more severe, but not in every case will the actual weather event have been any worse than one more recently.
Auwinter 2014 Thread
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Yeh, sorry we have an autumn thread and we have a winter thread, I can't see where this fits or what it can add, so will lock it!