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    Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    No but I've been to that part of Norway.

    Ya but she was making out she was the only human being ... whilst all the while sitting on a passenger train! It was laughable. It's not the wilderness that she was attempting to portray, but then anyone venturing into that genre of tv these days faces a similar struggle. She was clearly trying to relive a story book about the penguin that she read 50 years ago, when the world was a very, very, different place.

    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.

    Electric snow

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    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.

    Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

    in Space, Science & nature

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    ... 'alone in the wilderness' when she'd only just passed half way up Norway was laughable.

    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" ...

    Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted · Edited by opplevelse

    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! :rolleyes:

    James

    Hurricane Ike---Human Impact

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted

    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" :rolleyes: Sensationalism is rife

    Hurricane Ike weather discussion (thread 2)

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted · Edited by opplevelse

    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

    Yes I've seen that one thanks opple - I'm tryiing to spot if the eye will go over Bush Airport, as friend is asking when it will be them

    Ummm ok, all you asked for was a good dopler of the eye, which is what I posted. Where is Bush Airport?

    Hurricane Ike weather discussion (thread 2)

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted

    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

    Hurricane Ike weather discussion (thread 2)

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted · Edited by opplevelse

    ... 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)

    0800130908TCIke.jpg

    Hurricane Ike weather discussion (thread 2)

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted

    I'm looking at radar echoes spinning around inside the eye feature, and these are forming a smaller eye in the northwest quadrant of the larger eye. However, the call will be made by the NHC and they may not recognize this structure as valid....

    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? :mellow: 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? :)

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