Interesting development in SE China (ended)

[fplowman]

chasing storms on bicycle?? RofLmaO

Sorry but I had to do it.

 

[David Wolfson]

I took a bike trip through Guangdong and Guangzhou some years ago. I can vouch that when it storms there, it really storms! Not prime chase country -- that's for sure. The roads through the mountains were something else....

 

[Simone Lussardi]

Originally posted by fplowman
chasing storms on bicycle?? RofLmaO

Sorry but I had to do it.

:lol:

 

[Simone Lussardi]

Originally posted by David Wolfson
I took a bike trip through Guangdong and Guangzhou some years ago. I can vouch that when it storms there, it really storms! Not prime chase country -- that's for sure. The roads through the mountains were something else....

Yes, definitely a bad place for chasing. However now they built a lot brand new Highways across all the province, I am trying to study a map to see whether it can be suitable.

However, the "probable" supercell of yesterday spawned a tornado and a hailstorm in the area, get from the news last night. About 430 houses destroyed (so they said) and I saw many very large tropical trees break in the middle. I guess F1/F2 ? The hail was about 2 inches, guessed from the holes in roof of some houses....

If I find some web pictures I'll post them.

:wink:

 

[Simone Lussardi]

And this is now !

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505050158.GIF

Here is sunny and hot (already 30C with dews nearly 25C).

:wink:

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

Yikes -- you're making me crave a Chinese chase vacation. That really would be a blast.

 

[Andrew Pritchard]

Wow! Some great looking cell's out there!

 

[Simone Lussardi]

I lose the count of the supercells that exploded today !!!!! :shock:

Very strong sfc flow (some HK stations are reporting GALE force winds, up to 35 kts) and dew-point well established into the 25°C.

Here some of the latest radar shots:

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505050703.GIF

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505050703.GIF

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505050756.GIF

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505050820.GIF

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505050856.GIF

The sfc deep low pressure system is dropping southeast, right to my W-NW. ... Strong showers are also coming in from the south (sea) and bringing more unstable air mass to the convergence line:

[Broken External Image]:http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/radars/rad/ra256_20050505_1748.jpeg

Surface map:


:wink:

 

[Simone Lussardi]

This more than suspect cell completely crossed a big city, QINQYUAN, the city of the sounding...........

[Broken External Image]:http://www.ghidini.cn/__tmp/supercella_qingyuan.gif

Tonight I'll check the news again.

Anyway, that sounds like a lot of destruction from that tornado. I hope that injury and death were minimal to zilch, but I suspect that if 2 inch hail is putting holes in the roofs, that there is probably not a lot of confidence in the structure of the buildings unfortunately.

Definitely poorly constructed buildings in the country side. :?


:wink:

 

[Simone Lussardi]

The strong storm in the center is right to my north, now is dark and the lighting show is simply unbelieveable, I cannot count how many lighntings per second, the sky is practically switched on !! :!:

Low clouds fractus inflowing in the storm at a very rapid speed.

[Broken External Image]:http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/radars/rad/ra256_20050505_1924.jpeg

:wink:

 

[Simone Lussardi]

Oh God, is exploding ! Very populated North area of Guangzhou capital is right in the path of this storm. The purple color is > 300 mm/h, sorry but this radar is not so professional...

[Broken External Image]:http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/radars/rad/ra256_20050505_1936.jpeg

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505051143.GIF

:?

 

[Michael Thompson]

Some lovely MODIS AQUA sat pics here

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets...ONET_NCU_Taiwan

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China5

MIchael

 

[Simone Lussardi]

Originally posted by Michael Thompson
Some lovely MODIS AQUA sat pics here

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets...ONET_NCU_Taiwan

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China5

MIchael

Nice !! :!: tks

I'm trying to seeking the position and cutting/zooming it out.

 

[Simone Lussardi]

...........

(it was China area 6)

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets..._China6/2005125

:shock:

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets...5.terra.1km.jpg

:wink:

 

[Robert Dewey]

Wow, those are some impressive hook echoes :shock: