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And a slightly longer sat loop ... Wow she is a real looker! http://www.nea.gov.sg/cms/mss/aseangif/satanimate.html Stay safe ayu621!

Eye has now hit Taiwan Full radar loop (select the second radio button) http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V5/observe/radar/radar.htm

Eye will come ashore in the next few hours. This a lovely looking storm

Thank you very much No that is not my car, but if someone would like to buy it for me, they are more than welcome to. Just remember that car prices in Norway are around twice as dear as the UK ... so you had better have deep pockets for that beauty. and a couple more This is more likely to be my car (but it isnt)

and a couple of others Oh and if someone wants to buy be this for me ... be my guest!

A quick walk around Oslo this afternoon, Slottsparken, the Royal Palace, and surrounds. Click images for larger versions (much better quality), and there are a few more here if you are interested. http://www.owithalinethroughit.com/gallery/v/j3/oslo250908/ Enjoy! James

Hmmm maybe I need to watch the show then, but the areas North of Tromsø are almost wlderness, particullarly if you venture a little way from the coast. I am up there about 4 to 6 times a year ... it is a lovely part of the world.

I can imagine it happening and it would only occur in very dry air. Pikes Peak (i've climbed it) is about 14,000 ft and borders the dry plains of Colorado's east. I wonder if the glow would have been a form of St. Elmo's fire? Of course it is also possible that the physical exertion in an oxygen deprived atmosphere at such high altitude (4300m+) could make him see things that were not there, but I can imagine that this is a plausible phenomenon. However, in my 15 odd years working in snowbound places, I have never seen it.

Latest IR and WV images show the eye breaking down somewhat with a big insertion of dry air. Looks like the land is beginning to have some effect

I havent seen the show, but have you ever been to Norway? It is not like the UK, North of Tromsø is empty! Have you been to Australia? Half way up Australia from Adelaide is pretty empty too! The comment "when she'd only just passed half way up Norway" is not consistent with having a go at her for saying she was "alone in the wilderness" ...

You are only 2 or 3 degrees south of Oslo, so I am sure that you would see them on an active day. I have seen them in Melbourne Australia, and that is at 40deg S.!

yes there was a possibility we might have seen aurora ourselves on Sunday and tonight, but it is fully overcast http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif Oh well, I'm back in Tromsø around the end of the month for a few days and there is a decent chance for a storm about the same time ... I might take my camera up this time.

Great capture there mate!

Aurora Borealis are relatively rare here in Oslo, although we do get them once or twice a year on average. My work takes my up north fairly often, though, and I see them regularly in Tromsø and Hammerfest during winter. From about now you will begin to see them as it is getting dark enough. Before September it is really still too light to see anything. two key ingredients to see the Northern lights are, 1) Clear skies 2) New moon The second is very important as even a quarter moon will swamp them. The other thing is that currently the sun is at the bottom of its cycle and is very very quiet. You only get a few really "active" days a month if you are lucky. There are a few people on www.scandinavianweather.com who follow the Northern Lights fairly closely (I am one of them). They truly are a sight to behold, and you don’t really get sick of them. Accom in Tromsø is cheap, but Hammerfest is better as there are less city lights. Even better, go to Tromsø and take the Arctic steamer trip and then it is pitch black! Some links to Aurora sites are here: http://www.scandinavianweather.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=8 Feel free to join up and ask any questions, we only have a few members but we are passionate! James

FYI Most of the windows in Houston were not "blown out". Most buildings are topped with largeish pebble sized "gravel" on their rooves. Apparently the wind picked this up and blew it into the windows, causing them to smash ... I've also seen some pretty awful pictures from Galveston, sure perhaps not as bad as Katrina, but still nothing to be brushed off, Ike was still a big storm. But yes, the media do like to make mountains out of molehills ... but if you read through these threads, you will see that quite a few posters here also got "swept up in the hype" Sensationalism is rife

Then that is the best you are going to get I\m afraid (and that is still a hell of a lot better than we have here in Norway!)

Seems like a pile of AWS have gone offline just as the storm went through. Probably due to loss of power. Most of them have back up batteries so are probably still recording but it may take a few days to get the results. It will be interesting to see what the final observations are. The highest gust we saw offshore was 108.8knts (at 122m AMSL) yesterday Ummm ok, all you asked for was a good dopler of the eye, which is what I posted. Where is Bush Airport?

Google is your friend http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?r...11&loop=yes

But the reported winds were supposed to be sustained at 80-90knots or higher. None of the remaining AWS' are reporting anything close to that? Seems a little odd to me. There are currently no stations above 50knts sustained. Sorry 55knts (62mph-100kph) with gusts to 84mph (74knts) Beaumont/Port Arthur, SE Texas Regional Airport 13 03:53 SE 62 G 84 1.00 Heavy Rain Fog/Mist and Windy SCT013 BKN017 OVC022 76 76 29.02 982.7 0.30 0.37

Still max reported speeds (from METARS) is 50knts 92kmh, 60mph Highest I found Beaumont/Port Arthur, SE Texas Regional Airport 13 02:53 SE 60 G 87 1.25 Heavy Rain Fog/Mist and Windy SCT012 BKN018 OVC030 76 76 29.04 983.2 0.04 Surely there must be higher winds? Anyone

Strange so few people have mentioned the possible damage in Texas City ... the largest oil refinery in the world. The size of a small town, some of the fractional distilation towers must be over 80m high ... Any significant damage there could have a massive financial impact on the US.

... AND BACK TO THE WEATHER ... The eye is almost completely ashore now. Buoy SRST2 registered a wind speed of 72mph (117kmh) a fair way frm the eye and two METARs near th eye have found 50knot winds *92kmh PLEASE keep this thread for techniocal WEATHER discussion, all other human impact discussion should be here: http://www.netweather.tv/forum/index.php?showtopic=49499 This image shows the wind barbs and the two 50knt obs. A little surprising that there are no higher gusts discovered yet (Click for larger)

This is the wrong thread for that question. Please direct questions like that to this thread ... http://www.netweather.tv/forum/index.php?showtopic=49499

Yep I agree, seems my calculations were not as good as yours! landfall will probably be declared around 07:00UTC

Hi Roger, I still do not see what you are looking at. Is there any way you could mock up a graphic or something to explain it? I agree the actual center of circulation in the eye is slightly south of the geometric center, but i cannot see this smaller eye you are talking about?