Tomas nearly dead; Haiti deals with Tomas' floods
Tropical Storm Tomas is merging with a cold front over the open Atlantic Ocean and has only a few more hours of life as a tropical cyclone. Despite bringing heavy rains of 4 - 8 inches to highly vulnerable Haiti on Friday, flooding from the storm is only being blamed for eight deaths in the country. Haiti has thankfully avoided a flooding catastrophe, and it certainly could have gone far worse for Haiti. Much weaker storms than Tomas have claimed thousands of lives, and Tomas could easily have done so had it taken a slightly different track. Still, Tomas' passage caused plenty of flooding damage in Haiti. The heavy rains and floods from the storm will also worsen the country's cholera epidemic, which has already claimed over 500 lives. Cholera is a spread via contaminated water, and Tomas' rains will cause a great deal of water contamination. Portlight.org has their mobile kitchen on the scene and is assessing needs. As reported by Rudy Victor in the Portlight.org blog, "Reports coming from the countryside are not good. Thank God its not what we're afraid of, but lots of damage. Leogane a city west of Port-au-Prince is inundated, cities along the extreme southwestern peninsula have suffered great damage by the seas; lots of small fishermen's houses are gone. Dame Marie, Anse d'Hainault, Les Irois, Chambellan, and lots more have been severely damaged by storm surge and raging waves. Gonaives is flooded since last night; luckily there are not reports yet of casualties there. Most people fled to higher ground before the storm. A lot of roads in the south west are destroyed, lots of harvest in the south are lost, and it's another terrible blow for this country, but it appears that there was not a lot of death due to the storm."
Figure 1. Morning afternoon satellite image of Tomas shows that the storm has lost almost all of its heavy thunderstorms, and is now embedded in a cold front that extends northwards to Nova Scotia, Canada. Moisture streaming northwards from Tomas along this front has brought heavy rains in excess of six inches to Nova Scotia over the past few two days.
Jeff Masters
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yeah, the moisture is the big thing in this set up
oh wow ha
been through that, its rough thats for sure
Date of Record 22/6/1947
Length of Record 1948-present
Instrumentation Recording Rain Gauge
Geospatial Location Holt, MO, USA [39°27'N, 94°20'W, elevation: 263.11m (863ft)]
Maybe it was a little worse than I thought. But I'm still holding firm to my opinion. I'm quite stubborn on the retirement issue. :P
wow, thats crazy!
Id watch out for some weather on friday, possible severe storms
I meant 14 inches of rain in 3 hours sorry. Typing error.
NWS winter weather impact graphics here.
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/htdocs_dyn_met/PUBLIC/nexsat/pages/city_zooms/nexsat_city_zooms.html
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Click on the city and then click Animate, select Very large photo and Most Recent.... Wait for the animation to develop.... Copy and paste to the blog...
I bet we still get at least a narrow warm sector over LA and AR.
DAY 4-8 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0241 AM CST SUN NOV 07 2010
VALID 101200Z - 151200Z
...PREDICTABILITY TOO LOW TO DELINEATE A SEVERE RISK AREA...
MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUGGEST A GENERAL TREND TOWARD
THE EVOLUTION OF A STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC
DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE COMING WORK WEEK...WITH BROAD
TROUGHING DEVELOPING DOWNSTREAM ACROSS MUCH OF THE U.S...AS THE
ATLANTIC BLOCKING PATTERN GRADUALLY WEAKENS. HOWEVER... VARIABILITY
REMAINS QUITE LARGE AMONG THE MODELS AND MODEL ENSEMBLES CONCERNING
THIS PROCESS...PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE
DEVELOPMENTS. WHILE STRONG CYCLOGENESIS STILL APPEARS A POSSIBILITY
FROM PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND
GREAT LAKES REGION LATE IN THE WEEK OR EARLY NEXT
WEEKEND...PROBABILITIES FOR THIS OCCURRING APPEAR TO BE ON THE LOWER
END. FURTHER COMPLICATING MATTERS CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUED LIMITED/ SLOW BOUNDARY
LAYER MOISTENING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE PERIOD.
..KERR.. 11/07/2010
yeah, be sure to keep an eye to the sky
yeah, if there is enough moisture, I could see there being a possible significant outbreak, this system will likely have the dynamics to work with
How's the van project going??
havent really started on it yet, I have some time to work on it, plenty of long cold winter nights to work on it
You're going to make it yourself or have friends / partner with knowledge or are you going to pay for that job?
Well I already have the van, and I'm sure my friends will help me, and yeah, it will be out of pocket
Hope you have a happy outcome with that....
thanks!
Hail Protection Netting
Absolutely awesome!
You know more than me about that, but I imagine that you have to place that net at least 3 or more inches over the roof or front / back glass of your van, so that it will absorb the hail impact.... Maybe like a curtain that you can drop or lower down in your van glass windows whenever you detect hail from a Tornado???
TSPIN BUSTED FORECAST ALIBI
what I am planing on doing with it, is to build a roof like frame from the hood and windshield. a frame with the netting in the middle
kinda like this, but picture a roof extension? ha hard to explain
Charleston Sat View???
I want that car. :D
me too man, me too haha xD
Sure That photo shows the concept: Very clever... You can even build that roof, so that when it rains, collects water for your van storage tank (washing dishes, bathing, etc.)
hmm, that's a thought to entertain
Tropical Cyclone Bulletin #29
DEPRESSION, FORMER JAL (BOB05-2010)
5:30 AM IST November 8 2010
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At 0:00 AM UTC, The deep depression over coastal areas of north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh moved west-northwestwards, weakened into a depression. Depression, Former Jal lays centered near 14.0N 79.0E over Royalaseema & neighborhood.
It would move west-northwestwards and weaken further gradually.
Look at this link from someone living in a Van : My Campervan
Link
Europe Van
Link
Main link: Car, Van and Campervan living.
Link
Impressive.
Well bad post I made....
I'm watching this video from Youtube.... The guy shows you how he prepared his van... Very informative....
Link
Temperatures at or below the freezing point cover most of the Northeast, and Great Lakes region.
A calm, clear night will prevail across Central Indiana as high pressure continues to influence the area. Overnight lows will be a tad warmer tonight though with readings in the low to mid 30s.
Im pretty sure by definition it is, but not a very impressive one, but there may be some significant rainfall across Maine.
Liked that summary, though impressed with that big amount of casualties....
Augusta State Airport
Lat: 44.32 Lon: -69.8 Elev: 350
Last Update on Nov 7, 9:53 pm EST
Rain Fog/Mist and Breezy
35 °F
(2 °C)
Humidity: 89 %
Wind Speed: N 23 G 32 MPH
Barometer: 29.86" (1011.6 mb)
Dewpoint: 32 °F (0 °C)
Wind Chill: 23 °F (-5 °C)
Visibility: 4.00 mi.
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