Torrential rains of 40+ inches deluge Thailand
Torrential rains in excess of 40 inches (1.016 meters) deluged Thailand's Malay Peninsula this week, triggering floods that have killed at least 17 people. The floods submerged 61 major highways, affected 840,000 people, and forced the helicopter rescue of thousands of stranded tourists. Late March is usually a fairly dry time of year for Thailand, but near-record cold air settled in over the region this week, dropping temperatures to 5 - 10°C (9 - 18°F) below average. Heavy storms accompanied the cold air, and downpours with rainfall rates of up to 2 inches/hour affected the region for many days in a row. Sea surface temperatures of the waters surrounding the flood regions were near average, but were plenty warm enough to supply copious moisture to feed the storms. Flood recovery will slowed by additional moderately heavy rains of 3 - 5 inches expected to fall over the flooded region during the next week, according to the latest precipitation forecast from the GFS model.
Figure 1. The Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) analysis above was made using data that were calibrated using data from NASA's TRMM satellite. This analysis shows that rainfall for the past week over the Malay Peninsula was particularly extreme with totals of almost 1200 mm (~47 inches). TRMM satellite data revealed that rainfall in that area was frequently falling at a rate of over 50 mm/hr (~2 inches/hr). Image credit: NASA.
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It does appear that we are seeing more events like this recently, and based on projections by many Climate Scientists we will continue to do so for a while.....
Strange weather around the world, pot.
inches (1.016 meters) deluged Thailand's Malay Peninsula this week,
triggering floods that have killed at least 17 people.""""
Now that's some serious flooding.
Puts what Florida is receiving in rains, in perspective<<Hopes Jeff9641 reads.
Approximately 70 people were reported trapped in a collapsed building at the Sun 'n' Fun Aviation Fair at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Florida due to severe winds, the weather service said.
TORNADO WARNING
FLC009-097-311745-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0018.110331T1705Z-110331T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
105 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SATELLITE BEACH...PATRICK AIRFORCE
BASE...PALM BAY...MELBOURNE...MALABAR...INDIALANTIC...CAMP HOLLY
FISH CAMP...
EAST CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT.
* AT 101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
MELBOURNE...SUNTREE...INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH AND MELBOURNE BEACH
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 2799 8053 2803 8056 2812 8059 2816 8063
2798 8055 2791 8088 2813 8095 2824 8067
2824 8065 2822 8063 2825 8062 2826 8060
2811 8057 2799 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 250DEG 62KT 2803 8076
$$
MOSES
That storm REALLY wants to be in the Atlantic... like right NOW.
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/subindex/weather/liv e_radar
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Erm, I thought this just happened a couple of hours ago.
Try contacting 150 parents during the day about changing after school arrangments. This is almost impossible so we are having to keep some, but not all of them. Looks like most of the wicked stuff is remaining south of Sanford/Altamonte area at this point.
good grief. Makes me wish I had just let it all go as planned! But I was not willing to drive over there and if I did not want to be on the road I didn't want to expect anyone else to be. Too bad the TEPCO managers don't feel the same way, huh?!
Hopefully not a cancellation of the ATP and WTA semifinals in Key Biscayne!
Reed, it only happened this afternoon.
Yeah, you should have seen them in the 1800's. They were something. How you doing, hydrus? Weather getting any better by you?
some well-forecasted severe thunderstorms over one US state is more important than 40" of rain over a localized area in another country?
Some things are more significant than what is happening around you.
I noticed that you and Ponce De Leon had little luck with his quest for the fountain. Truthfully, I wish the two of you had found it. I could use a sip or two from it about now. What the heck. Stand aside, everyone! I'm diving in! ..... no comments about, "surf's up!".
Indeed.
And here too.
While not causing any death or destruction, this Dry Season has been particularly wet, as forecast due to Nino/nina.
Now, the forecasts are calling for 60% more rainfall than average for Jun Jul Aug. Cannot remember where I that statistic came from originally, but someone posted it on here some weeks ago. And I appreciate that it's a long-term forecast...)
In any case, 'Severe Weather' seems to be more regular than before, whether it is extreme cold, extreme heat, extreme rainfall etc.
This is all well and good for us folk that like to look at/study weather, but for the people affected, it is Dread.
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anyway these are the next forecast dates
Wednesday April 6,
Wednesday 1 June,
and Wednesday 3 August.
Hey, Rasta.
You were right in your Alarms the other day.
Those were some Bad Storms that rolled through Cen Florida.
As you said they would.
1531 61 MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE HILLSBOROUGH FL2785 8252
53 KNOT WIND GUST AT KMCF ASOS.
(TBW) 1535 88 4 SSE BUOY C21 GMZ830 FL2762 8265
SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE NORTH TOWER WEATHER STATION RECORDED SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 71 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 88. STATION IS LOCATED 300 FEET ABOVE THE
WATER. (TBW
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