The Weather Thread.

[Coligny]

I think the map you show is for a non named regular storm.

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The one on the top left. While looking super rainy, you see that there is no designated eye, just a center with two big cloud formation dancing around.
Halong is the storm over the end of the word "Marble" in the bottom middle/middle of the pict. Samller, denser all around the center but without any walled eye yet.

[wagyl]

It has a name, Nakri. Source: http://severe.worldweather.org/tc/wnp/

[wagyl]

Meanwhile, I can attest that while this site is great for Europe and North America, it doesn't know shit about Japan. http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/ind ... &page_0=41

[Mike Oxlong]

The eye is definitely less defined than when I looked a few hours ago...

[Coligny]

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Whatch out for the bottom red blob... That's the nasty one...

[yanpa]

This "atsui" phenomenon is still hanging around...

[Coligny]

Dun't worry, rain on the way...

[Coligny]

Cool site with pasketti model visululuation on maps.

http://www.cyclocane.com

[Mike Oxlong]

Debate of Tropical Cyclone Versus Monsoon Low

The debate over whether the cyclone impacting southern Japan with strong winds and torrential rainfall has been ongoing much of this week.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and Philippines Weather Service both named the cyclone a tropical depression earlier this week with the JMA eventually strengthening the cyclone into a Severe Tropical Storm with sustained winds over 60 mph.

This analysis is backed up by torrential rain that fell across the Ryukyu Islands along with wind gusts over 65 mph across Okinawa Thursday into Friday.

Naze, Japan, just north of Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands, has reported more than 300 mm (12 inches) of rain as the cyclone drifted northward across the area.

A widespread 50-100 mm (2-4 inches) has been reported across southwest Japan with locally higher amounts, and more rain is expected into the weekend across both southern Japan and South Korea.

Meanwhile, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, while acknowledging the cyclone and issuing high chances for development, ultimately decided not to name this cyclone, instead calling it a monsoonal low because of the broad low pressure without a uniform wind field.

While the debate could go on endlessly over whether this cyclone was indeed a tropical feature or a monsoonal low, the bigger issue is making sure people are aware of the impacts which have included very strong winds and torrential rainfall...



http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-b ... w/31439615

[Coligny]

Halong got kicked hard in the nuts overnight. Despite still being in hot seawater, it lost its eye, seems to be centrifugating away huge cloud mass (does it even work like that ?) and was downgraded to a cat 2...

[Mike Oxlong]

Some disagreement over the track, too.

[Russell]

Some disagreement over the track, too.

Which amounts to "who has the biggest supercomputer?"

I seem to remember that is the Mericans.

But in that case it will pass very near to me. Ouch.

[dimwit]

Gee we are getting more rain tonight. We haven't had that in a while.

[yanpa]

Ooh, it's going to be sunny tomorrow for a change.

[dimwit]

Ooh, it's going to be sunny tomorrow for a change.

Hey, I'm definitely not complaining. It has kept the temperature here down below 30 degrees for the last 6 days which for Matsuyama must be pretty close to a record for August.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Meanwhile Tokyo has been hot as fuck.

[yanpa]

Really? Do tell. I hear it's been atsui as well.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Really? Do tell. I hear it's been atsui as well.

Yes, but it's not usually the atsuiest place in Japan.

[Coligny]

Candies sticking to the wrapper here

[Yokohammer]

I guess it really depends on whether it's 暑い、熱い、or possibly even 厚い。

[Samurai_Jerk]

I guess it really depends on whether it's 暑い、熱い、or possibly even 厚い。

That reminds me of my first Japanese teacher. When we learned "hot" and "cold" she told us that there are different words in Japanese for cold to the touch ("tsumetai") and cold weather ("samui") but that it was the same word for hot ("atsui"). I didn't realize that the kanji were different depending on which meaning of "hot" you were talking about till years later.

[Wage Slave]

Serious amounts of rain here today and no sign of a let up. It's been raining solidly for a good 12 hours now and the forecast is for another 12 at least. Lots of flood warnings and quite a few people were told to evacuate their homes this morning. High tide is just approaching so there are no doubt some very worried people.

[dimwit]

It is amazing to me how cavalier some people seem to be around here when a typhoon hits. I know Matsuyama doesn't really get that many but today I have witnessed a construction crane moving heavy steel girders which I am pretty sure either is or should be illegal during high winds, a bunch of demolition workers doing whatever on the roof of a building, and people constructing scaffolding.

[Coligny]

Come on... Expecting a "better safe than sorry" behavior in Japan... Unpossible...

[Mike Oxlong]

安全第一

[Coligny]

And Halong is now officially a tropical storm...

[yanpa]

Is "Halong" Typhoon 11?

Raining here.

[Coligny]

Is "Halong" Typhoon 11?

Raining here.

Yup, next up is Genevieve, everyone's favorite bible thumping aunt...

[yanpa]

Loudspeakers from the neighbouring commune have just announced 大雨警報. I trust the clouds will continue to respect administrative boundaries.

[wagyl]

Indeed. A benefit of being in the 23 wards - it's more than just a 03 landline number! http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/warn/319_table.html