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    Planet With 2 Suns

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted · Edited by Supercell

    Exciting discovery of a first "circumbinary planet". It appears to be in a stable orbit around two stars, which are in a very close binary system, that have a combined of just 90% that of our sun.

    As the two stars are so close together you could just assume that they were one. Issues with climate and geology would arise if the planet orbited one of the stars in the binary. There wouldn't be any adverse gravitational pull as the stars and planets orbit a center of mass known as the barycenter.

    Ex Ts Katia To Hit The UK - Chat Thread

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    Winds won't be sustained hurricane force by the time it reaches Scotland apart from probably the highlands and maybe the exposed NW islands of Scotland but there will almost certainly hurricane force gusts over much of Scotland...I'm personally expecting 85-100mph gusts for exposed western/northern parts, and maybe 80-90mph for much of Scotland that isn't shielded.

    Agreed.

    The shipping forecasts will be worth keeping an eye. Potential for hurricane force winds getting a mention. But nothing too unusual for NW Scotland.

    Those Tantalising Black Holes

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted · Edited by Supercell

    It is a fascinating subject, probably the most fascinating subject, as physicists attempt to put together a theory of everything.

    The fact that you would get a set of completely different answers to your question from leading physicists around the world just goes to show how little we know (despite our advances in recent times).

    For what it's worth, and i'm no physicist just a someone with a keen interest, I don't subscribe to the parallel universe theory. The idea that there are an infinite number of replicas of us accounting for every single possible outcome of a given event is ridiculous in my opinion. I'm warming a little to the multiverse theory, although still not totally convinced. I could see our universe acting as a satellite (on a much grander scale), as we know satellites are part of the make up of objects in our universe on all scales.

    The Hubble Space Telescope has paved the way for a greater knowledge of the universe, a magnificent piece of engineering. I just hope it's successor, The James Webb Space Telescope, isn't scrapped as it it promises an exciting new era of understanding.

    El Gordo! - Spanish Plume Thunderstorm Discussion 3

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    I'd imagine there is a capping inversion preventing convection from getting too robust at the moment. With daytime heating and increasing instability it's quite possible that convection will break through this layer and we'll get thunderstorms. I've seen days pushing 9000 CAPE in the US not break through a cap before though ;) Forcing is pretty weak down south so it's no guarantee we'll see widespread storms. However, there is a good 3 hours+ til peak heating to go. It's pretty rare even in the US to get events where the entire warm sector starts to light up. More often than not, storms form on the warm front, cold front and dryline and move off from there into the warm sector.

    Edit: Shoulda guessed I'd be beaten by about half a dozen people the rate this thread is going!

    I had my first cap bust experience in the US on tour one this year. It's disheartening that so much promise can come to nothing. Best just to see it as the potential energy it is rather than an already realised mechanism helps with the disappointment.

    Plenty of time for initiation yet.

    El Gordo! - Spanish Plume Thunderstorm Discussion 2

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    Just to give you all a quick idea of where the richest moisture is at present.

    Southend on Sea 930z is 79/66f

    Stanstead 930z is 79/66f

    Wittering 930z is 77/66f

    Coningsby 930z is 75/66f

    Either side has Dp's of 61-63f and all have SE Surface Winds :drinks:

    Still thinking of starting in Banbury then moving east ?

    Just make sure you stay east of here. I'll catch the initiation and watch it all come together as it turns exciting towards cambs lol.

    2011 Stormchase Chat & Banter

    in Storm Chase USA

    Posted

    It's inconceivable. Just checked my bank statement eariler and noticed a cash withdrawal made at Joplin Walmart on the 6th May. That place is now in ruins. Hard to take in exactly what has happened.

    I went out there with quite a naive view. Being somewhere and seeing people going about living their as normal, completely unaware of what would happen later that month. The pictures make it very real and hard hitting. An otherwise fairly uneventful day quickly became embedded in my memory.

    So sad to hear news of death and destruction. A freakish storm season.

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