flood watch

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 07 Feb 2014, 17:18

Phenomenal is not a word that is over-used in the shipping forecast. This quote is best read out aloud.

Sole
Gale warnings - Issued: 0345 UTC Fri 07 Feb
Gale force 8 backing southwesterly imminent, increasing storm force 10 soon, then veering westerly and increasing violent storm force 11 later
Shipping Forecast - Issued: 1030 UTC Fri 07 Feb
Wind
Southerly or southwesterly, veering westerly, 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 or storm 10, occasionally violent storm 11 in west.
Sea State
Very rough or high, becoming very high or phenomenal.
Weather
Rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.

Other sea areas are available: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/.../shipping_forecast.html...

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 30 Apr 2014, 20:50

A day for the wellies in Pensacola

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cap ... la-mobile/

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 30 Apr 2014, 21:05

"24+ inches of rain in 26 hours, 6,000 lightning strikes in 15 minutes in Pensacola,"

So that's six flashes per second. Can there be that much electricity in the world?
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/deadly ... ida-n93201

A lot of nicely coloured pictures:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/?n=flashflood_04292014

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 01 May 2014, 10:31

Why is this in climate change? You can't possibly present a single weather event as evidence of climate change!

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 01 May 2014, 12:02

A warmer world has a different probability distribution of extreme rain events. (As you well know

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But check this: http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/20 ... too-early/

I guess that's off topic for flood-watch - maybe we should have a fire-watch thread?

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 06 May 2014, 16:15

Warming 'increasingly disruptive' across US

Between 1958 and 2012, the amount of precipitation falling in very heavy events increased by 71% in New England and the north east, while in the drier West it went up by just 5%.

"There is no equivocation," said lead author Prof Gary Yohe from Wesleyan University.

"It is fundamentally the pace of observations of extreme weather that makes it clear it is not natural variability."

Very few would dispute that, Gary. Now, what to do about it?

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 18 May 2014, 07:40

Serbia seems to be the location for this week's worst-since-records-began flood.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/m ... in-balkans

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 20 May 2014, 11:20

biffvernon wrote:Serbia seems to be the location for this week's worst-since-records-began flood.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/m ... in-balkans

How horrendous for them. What can anyone do?

Local and European elections here this week. FOE Ireland have got a list of anti-fracking candidates, so supporting those is one extremely small thing we can do.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 21 May 2014, 11:45

Certainly getting more Green MEPs elected this week is a practical step towards a stronger EU position on climate change at COP21. A simple action that all of us can take.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 21 May 2014, 11:57

Agreed. The green MEPs seem to have a tad more clout than any local ones, at least over here.

I smile when I hear of 'these environmental restrictions/whatever being forced on us from Brussels'. Taking a top down view of the huge problems we create is what the EU should be good at.

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 21 May 2014, 12:30

Hard to get any clear predictions from the fluctuating polls, but the Greens are in with a shout of a seat in the Eastern England region.

Best bet is that it is a straight fight with the Lib/Dems for the last of the 7 seats, after the first 6 are stitched up by UKIP/Con/Lab.

Being the only party on the left at least avoids splitting the vote, and fracking has been great for the poll ratings.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 21 May 2014, 16:40

I'm hoping we might get Seat 6 here in Yorkshire-and-the-Humber.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 22 May 2014, 10:39

How the Brits should vote in tomorrow's EU elections?

Looks like either the Greens or, if there's a candidate in your area, the Animal Welfare Party.

There's a seeming anomaly: look at the score on climate change. Somebody's not being honest. In politics? Unbelievable!

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 04 Jun 2014, 22:38

And here's the next instalment of flood watch before it happens; wellies and brollies prepared for Saturday. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weat ... 1402095600

Post by **clv101** » 04 Jun 2014, 23:36

Maybe this: http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/48 ... ge-Britain