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Post by jesse on May 21, 2009 13:01:46 GMT -5
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on May 21, 2009 14:23:47 GMT -5
I saw that on the news yesterday. Of course, it's designed to take it.  |
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Post by qxtoolman on May 22, 2009 3:35:13 GMT -5
Lightning is not very common here in the Pacific NW, but lately we have been seeing more and more of it. The lightning here though is not as cool as the lightning in the Plains, Midwest, or the South. It kind of sneaks out in the middle of a rain storm, and it's maybe 1-3 bolts and it's over. Not like 100's of strikes and You can see them coming for miles. What did Freak-out the Locals with that storm, was the wind changed directions and the temp dropped about 20 degrees in less than a 1/2 hour. That is extremely rare around here. It did cause a rush on Starbucks & other Coffee houses though. ;D
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Post by emfrat on May 22, 2009 4:38:52 GMT -5
That's interesting - I like a good storm, so long as it is not sending down plum-size hail and breaking my windows. Where I live, the seasons are well organised - June1 is the start of Winter, Sept1 is the first of Spring, Dec1 of Summer, and March1 of Autumn. The storm seasons are more-or-less around the equinoxes. This last week there has been some heavy rain in S-E Queensland, but it is just the traditional "May Rains" arriving right on schedule, for the first time in about 15 years. Lake Eyre is also full, which is another sign that Mother Nature is getting things back in order, despite the Jeremiahs who say Global Warming has destroyed everything. This is a quote from an email I sent to Iain Gallacher (of ScotFlight) in late Oct 2005: Tuesday afternoon was very scary - there was a cell about the same as today's, just west of Gatton and heading east, but behind that was a line of storms forming a deep crescent from Jimna in the north down through Toowoomba and on to Killarney, then curving west to Dalveen and back up through Pittsworth, Jondaryan and Yarraman. That translates to an intense storm cell about 80km wide heading straight towards me at 25-30 kmh. It was a wild old night... To understand it you need to look here: mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR503.loop.shtml#skipIf you can see Marburg, drop a line from the left leg of the M to the horizontal axis and that is where I am. I have stood at my window and seen one neigbour's trees leaning left, and the other neighbour's trees leaning right. That was the downdraught from two cells, which joined forces about five miles north of my place and eventually dumped about one metre (39") of hail on an inner suburb of Brisbane. In the last couple of rainy days, there has been the occasional flash and rumble, but between clouds, not between ground and clouds (or vice versa) . Driving home from work was IMC all the way...  Cheers MikeW |
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Post by jesse on May 22, 2009 8:09:26 GMT -5
That looks like it would place you just a tad to the east of the top of the A in Amberly. NE to Marburg, due West to Gatton and then back SE to your place.
Jesse
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on May 22, 2009 9:49:45 GMT -5
Hi,
Well, global warming may not be causing it (but then again it might), but California is in the middle of a 7 year drought, and it's not looking good. We will probably have mandatory water rationing starting June 1st. If it continues it could get ugly here...
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Post by dave mcqueen on May 22, 2009 21:37:37 GMT -5
"Sacramento Here You Come, Right Back Where You Started From...................."
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Post by emfrat on May 22, 2009 23:05:34 GMT -5
Hi Jesse - If you have the 'Radar Controls' panel at the right, check the 'Roads' and 'Railways' boxes. That should let you see a spot where the road crosses the railway, and both are crossing the horizontal axis of the range indicator. It is not very clear, especially right now as there is some rain passing through, but that's where I am. A couple of years back I heard some rain on the roof and looked at the radar; there was just one tiny bit of precipitation in all Queensland and it was right there. You probably know Qld will cover most of continental Europe - that might give other folk some idea of the scale of the big storm front I mentioned earlier. Or to put it another way, the whole of the British Isles would have fitted inside the storm, with no bits sticking out !  ATB MikeW |
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