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China3d... Videos of a new storm today...

Everything ended up with a spectacular anvil crawler (hope it's written correct) show, with almost 2 hours of lightnings fading softly, broken only by one or two CG nearby every few minutes.

It's a typical "fireworks closure" here in my place, but more common in June than May...

:wink:
 
Have you contemplated going out chasing? Would be interesting to see some of these storms.

Tim
 
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. :) You might even drum up some Chineese tourism. I don't think many people here (especially me!) had any idea that supercells and China got along with each other.

Awesome stuff as usuall. C'mon, plains! Get your act together! We're getting shown up by eastern China!
 
Originally posted by Tim Vasquez
Have you contemplated going out chasing? Would be interesting to see some of these storms.

Tim
Click to expand...

:D

Yes, I will for sure, need to arrange some material, but I will. However, I think I will start with typhoons at first, is much easier than t-storms, and here we should have no problem in getting them... with an average of 8 per year in the Soth China Sea. In 2003 already experienced some. This is the outlook for this year:

http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/season/season.htm
Number of tropical cyclones affecting Hong Kong
10% chance 3 or fewer
70% chance 4 to 6
20% chance 7 or more
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The t-storm series with a westerly flow aloft will end soon, maybe in the first 10 days of June, then will start the 100% tropical season, with strong storms, but tropical, so "go up and fall down" :lol: Anyway, this storms are capable of very powerful downbursts and incredible gust fronts where they hit, but as far as usually they are slow moving, they tend to concentrate in small areas and die soonafter. Got hit by one last year, the downburst was so violent that include also small hail (hail with positive temperature at 500 hpa.......) and the wind so strong that the rain was sprayed into the windows even they were closed :lol:

:wink:
 
Originally posted by Ryan McGinnis
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. :) You might even drum up some Chineese tourism. I don't think many people here (especially me!) had any idea that supercells and China got along with each other.

Awesome stuff as usuall. C'mon, plains! Get your act together! We're getting shown up by eastern China!
Click to expand...

:lol:
 
Storms setting in from the SW.... now....

[Broken External Image]:http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/radars/rad/ra256_20050519_1324.jpeg

http://www.weather.org.hk/lightning/

7 storms detected
distant (142-161 km) severe t-storm to the West-Northwest (4.06 strokes/min/degree, energy = 124%, severity = 143, CG% = 64%)
regional (14-81 km) strong t-storm to the West-Southwest (3.89 strokes/min/degree, energy = 154%, severity = 45, CG% = 33%)
distant (122-144 km) severe t-storm to the West (3.00 strokes/min/degree, energy = 131%, severity = 107, CG% = 29%)
distant (169-216 km) severe t-storm to the Northwest (2.10 strokes/min/degree, energy = 102%, severity = 109, CG% = 24%)
distant (145-172 km) severe t-storm to the West-Northwest (1.08 strokes/min/degree, energy = 107%, severity = 84, CG% = 34%)
distant (869-1262 km) severe t-storm to the East (0.27 strokes/min/degree, energy = 61%, severity = 121, CG% = 20%)
distant (196-257 km) thunderstorm to the South (0.26 strokes/min/degree, energy = 76%, severity = 26, CG% = 21%)

180 strokes per minute
936 strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 187.2/min.)
1871 strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 187.1/min.)
3673 strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 183.7/min.)
5503 strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 183.4/min.)
10,996 strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 183.3/min.)

Let the games begin again......

Updated: 1:00 PM CST on May 19, 2005
Observed at Guangzhou, Guangdong (History)
Elevation: 26 ft / 8 m
79 °F / 26 °C
Light Rain
Humidity: 89%
Dew Point: 75 °F / 24 °C
Wind: 7 mph / 11 km/h from the East
Pressure: 29.83 in / 1010 hPa

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Well, half of my company network has gone, one computer dead, one refrigerator exploded... got hit by several lightning.... no comment !! :?

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505190603.GIF

Storm from the SW.

Forecast on wunder ( http://www.weatherunderground.com/cgi-bin/...query=GUANGZHOU ):
Friday
Chance of a Thunderstorm. High: 84° F / 29° C Wind South 4 mph / 7 km/h
Friday Night
Thunderstorm. Low: 75° F / 24° C Wind South 4 mph / 7 km/h
Saturday
Scattered Clouds. High: 82° F / 28° C Wind South 6 mph / 10 km/h
Saturday Night
Thunderstorm. Low: 75° F / 24° C Wind SSW 4 mph / 7 km/h
Sunday
Scattered Clouds. High: 82° F / 28° C Wind SW 4 mph / 7 km/h
Sunday Night
Thunderstorm. Low: 71° F / 22° C Wind SSW 2 mph / 3 km/h
Monday
Partly Cloudy. High: 86° F / 30° C Wind South 4 mph / 7 km/h
Monday Night
Thunderstorm. Low: 73° F / 23° C Wind SE 4 mph / 7 km/h
Tuesday
Scattered Clouds. High: 86° F / 30° C Wind South 6 mph / 10 km/h
Tuesday Night
Thunderstorm. Low: 73° F / 23° C Wind SSE 6 mph / 10 km/h
Wednesday
Chance of Rain. High: 84° F / 29° C Wind South 6 mph / 10 km/h
Wednesday Night
Chance of a Thunderstorm. Low: 73° F / 23° C Wind South 4 mph / 7 km/h
Thursday
Thunderstorm. High: 82° F / 28° C Wind SSW 4 mph / 7 km/h
Thursday Night
Thunderstorm. Low: 75° F / 24° C Wind SSW 4 mph / 7 km/h

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