Subject: C.A.S.I.LIST - Final Call for ICQ #'s Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 21:05:57 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is a reminder that if you want to be included on the private CASI Members' ICQ #'s page please send your number to me or ICQ me a message. The page is now up as part of our new Members Only section, which is at: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/private/Members_Only and is also linked from the main Members section. You will need the Username and Password to get in - if you have forgotten them they are: USERNAME: casi PASSWORD: cloudy Both in lowercase. The Members Only section also includes various links to existing content including an archive of the CASILIST. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : New Members, Page Updates, What's New at HQ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:33:06 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi folks! It's been a while since I sent out a news message to report what's going on at CASI Headquarters, my house in Central PA and what's going on with CASI in general so I thought I'd do that tonight. I've received a good number of Member Page Updates and I'm working on those this week. Last week we had a HUGE influx of CASI Applications after my posting to the newsgroups about the StormForm - 10 applications in the same day! CASI Members now number *187* weather observers in the world, with the biggest concentration in North Carolina. What's up here at HQ? Well not a whole lot - I'm enjoying the new weather station and using the WX-200 as a backup. Been having trouble with the lightning detector... it's the stormwise "tube" detector which came pre-integrated into the weather station. What's happening is after the count records a couple of close strikes it bottoms out at zero and refuses to record any more until the next event. I'm thinking that the station may not be grounded well enough as I have the copper rod "in" the ground but not very far "underground." So time to borrow a sledgehammer from someone at work and see if that helps. Other than that, I've had one little tiny storm thus far this season and am beginning to wonder IF there is a severe season in Central PA. (It's worth noting that BOTH times I visited up here last year, May 19th, and July 16th(?) there were Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in effect for this county so it's got to come sometime). I hadn't done this in a while, so here is a warm Welcome to the New CASI Members (since Jan. 1, 1998): Todd Maschino Burton SC Joe Conklin Atlantic Highlands NJ Jersey Weather Service c/o Joe Conklin Atlantic Highlands NJ A.C. Seel Atlantic City NJ Howard Reicher Pittsburgh PA Atlantic City E.M. Assn. C/o A.C. Seel Absecon NJ Chief Robert W. Levy Sr. Atlantic City NJ Heather Shaw Ogden UT James Rooney Nantwich U.K. Michael P. Pitt Macclenny FL Ralph Driver Anderson SC Julia Driver Anderson SC Jack Carpenter Canberra AC, AUSTRALIA Daniel J. Sweeney Wenonah NJ Holley Holt Oakboro NC Brad Riley Aiken SC Charlie Anzman Milford PA SBC Components Export c/o Charlie Anzman Milford PA Bob Miceli Toms River NJ Bruce Faramelli Jessup PA Trent Casi <--- Nice Name!! ;) East Palestine OH Eric Wemerman Ottowa ON, CANADA Rob Schlueter Gloucester NJ Alan Austin Grass Valley CA jerry leskiv cleveland OH Amy L. Avers Greensboro NC Veronica Davis Cherry Point NC Chris Schwab Largo FL Jamie Clark Vale NC Dave LaForest Colorado Springs CO Brian D. McFeaters Raleigh NC Heather McCullough Madison WI Bill Moffatt Vilas NC Heather Rusch Safety Harbor FL Bassam Abed Chester VA Frank E. Hanson Washington NC Craig Bunch Washington NC charles e ray Boomer WV Larry Kollar Dawsonville GA phyllis michelle brown eden NC Shawn Evans Seattle WA silvio crespo jr newfoundland NJ C Labs Institute c/o Silvio Crespo Jr. newfoundland NJ Southeast Storm Trackers (SEST) c/o Michael P. Pitt Macclenny FL Kenneth M Showalter Newnan GA Linda Cartner Clemmons NC Paul Gerads Rice MN John Eaton Lanoka Harbour NJ Bryant Korzeniewski Pink Hill NC Lisa Cesarone Sewell NJ Clayton Stiver Nazareth PA Larry Cosgrove Glassboro NJ Robert Frizzell Jr Woodbine MD Mike Glumm Hastings MI David Kimmell Gaithersburg MD Jim Caruso Pennington NJ Glen Briggs Trenton MO North Central Missouri SkyWarn c/o Glen Briggs Trenton MO Susan Wagener Bloomington IN Bob Metivier New Bedford MA Jonathan Porter Dayville CT Margaret Kisala Greenwich CT Josh Hess Idaho Falls ID George Kourounis Toronto ON Mark Aubin Westminster CA Carolina Regional Skywatch c/o Tom Myers Rockwell NC Ray Whitley Amesbury MA -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Daily Email Weather Discussion and Outlook Available to CASI Members Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 21:51:17 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Members: Attached to this message is a copy of Larry Cosgrove (Meteorologist and CASI Member)'s daily weather discussion and outlook, including references to web sites. If you would like to have this email sent to you each morning, please send an e-mail to wxamerica{at}aol.com indicating that you would like to subscribe to the daily discussion. I find it of good use to read first thing in the morning to get an overview of the nation's weather. Thanks and enjoy! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Storm Discussion and Medium Range Outlook April 22, 1998 at 3:00 a.m. Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 02:59:18 EDT From: WXAMERICA To: WXAMERICA{at}aol.com Out-Of-Season Hatteras Low And Vigorous Pacific Storms Dominate Unusual Weather Pattern Useful Links For This Discussion IR Satellite View: Alaska And Aleutian Islands Infrared Satellite Image of Alaska, 600x480 IR Satellite View: Western North America, Eastern Pacific Ocean goes9ir.gif at wmaps.aoc.nrao.edu (FTP) Visible Satellite View: Eastern North America, Western Atlantic Ocean nhemi_c01.jpg at spica.cira.colostate.edu Radar Summary Of Southeast U.S. Intellicast - Columbia Radar Image Favored Numerical Model eta_sfc_4panel.gif at ws321.uncc.edu As was stated during yesterday's discussion, the ongoing weather pattern is marked by unseasonable cold height values and surface storm tracks. The low forming off the Carolina coast is but one example of how "out-of-sync" the trend continues to be this spring. While Nor'easters can occur at any time of the year, it is unusual to see a deep cold-core low (550dcm) this late in April. The system will utilize deeper tropical moisture as it phases with the frontal wave off the SC coast, then transport the moisture as far west as the Great Smokies and begin to lift it. As an inverted trough sets up, there may be some vigorous thunderstorms in the Carolinas Piedmont, and with time they could advance into VA as the surface low heads eastward. Of course, the key aspect of many Hatteras storms is their path relative to the coast. If the storm moves farther offshore, there will be less rain and wind in the Northeast U.S. large cities. If a close-to-shore track is established, problems from heavy rainfall and strong winds/beach erosion can result. Most of the numerical predictions keep the storm well off the coastline; the NOGAPS is the lone computer model to forecast a classic Nor'easter, replete with the wind and rain one would normally see with a January storm. I went with a blend of the ETA and AVN models, and kept the storm farther offshore after leaving the VA capes. The upper air structure supports a strong storm, but also suggest the surface low will stay about 300 miles east of the Mid-Atlantic beaches. There may be a recurvature toward Nova Scotia on Saturday morning, but I expect nothing more than a raw light rain/drizzle in the Northeast megalopolis. The Carolinas and Virginias, of course, are a different story during the initial stages of the storm's development. Below is an outline of effects from this storm: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (risk of large hail, high winds, and tornadoes) Wednesday April 22 ISOLATED Severe Thunderstorms E SC....C, E NC....S VA HEAVY RAINFALL (amounts greater than one inch for duration of storm) E SC....NC....S WV....S, E VA....MD Eastern Shore....S DE Once the low moves into Atlantic Canada, it will phase with the cold vortex over the Davis Strait and Ungava Peninsula. This will send cool air southward, and in fact send temperatures to below normal values as far south as FL. The mP/cP anticyclone will however, set up the eastern third of the nation with fair skies, and by the weekend, a warmer southwest flow will take over the East in the wake of the high. Now let's turn our attention to the West. There are some very impressive cyclonic circulations showing up on satellite, and one system is nearing CA and OR. Eventually this low will recurve north through UT and MT; there will be bouts of wind, showers and even some high elevation snows. But the lead wave in a sequence almost always weakens as it moves into a mean ridge, and this first surface low will be no exception. Despite some very low pressures over MT on Friday (with a nice wind gradient in the Great Plains setting up), the low will weaken quickly this weekend with little in the way of precipitation. It is the next cyclone in the flow (now over the Gulf of Alaska) that gives me pause for concern. While the first storm sets up the inflow from the Gulf of Mexico, the second will dig into AZ/NM and set up an intrusion of dry cT air. On Sunday and Monday of next week, the surface convergence pattern (not to mention the 500mb setup) looks like every severe weather producer we have seen this winter and spring: aimed at the South and the Corn Belt. The ECMWF and NOGAPS favor (surprise) a notable outbreak of intense convection starting in KS/OK/TX Sunday, moving to IL/MO/AR/TN/AL/MS Monday, then onto an OH/WV/VA/NC/SC arc Tuesday. Of course, it is premature to say there will be hail, tornadoes, etc., in those states next week, but it is not out of line to say that computer information strongly suggests such weather types may occur. With a Rex-type block over western Canada into the Chukchi Peninsula, the weekend storm will certainly take a farther southward track, and an area from CA to CO/NM will get the usual chances for rains and snows (and convection). Then, it is wait and see as the low enters the Midwest. Larry Cosgrove Meteorologist Subject: [CASILIST : New Storm Spotting History Paper Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 10:57:59 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: STorm Spotting & public Awareness Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:44:58 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSC." To: masa{at}execpc.com National Severe Storms Labs researcher and scientist Dr. Chuck Doswell has published a new paper on Storm Spotting and Public Awareness from 1948 to the present... It is quite lengthy, but fascinating reading for the spotter community. If you would like to read it try his web page: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~doswell/spotter_history/spotter_history.html Enjoy your weekend, Skip Voros Exec. Dir. MASA MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association, Inc. Est 1992 Promoting severe weather INDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com Good spotter do Safety first, & submit measured rain-hail-wind reports. How do you get severe weather annoucements? Try: www.stormwarn.com ************************************************************************ Subject: NWS Request for Info - 4/17/98 Pennsylvania Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:19:43 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients If anyone has any reports from that match this description please forward to me so that I can forward them onto the State College NWS. Ernest Ostuno wrote: > Jesse, > > Thanks for the feedback. I plan on including storm damage surveys of future > events on my page. I'm curious about your group. There are wind damage events > that occur in the State College NWS office's area of responsibility (we cover > the central 2/3rds of the state) that are not investigated for various reasons. > Does your group keep records of or take photos/videos of storm damage? This > could actually help in our severe weather warning verification process. I'd be > especially interested in any reports from the York and Lancaster County areas > from April 17, 1998. > > Ernie > -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Weather News Of The Day Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 18:41:30 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Following are some weather-related news articles from the Net. Surfing from home and work I often find interesting articles which I would like to share with CASI. I will attempt to post these to the list as I find them. Strong Hailstorms Kill, Destroy 10,000 Houses, Cause $23 Million In Damage In Beijing http://my.excite.com/news/r/980427/10/odd-hail http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2527772&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2528283&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 Scientists Find Tornadoes as Large as Earth on Sun http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9804/28/tornadoes.sun.reut/index.html Meteor Shower Could Destroy Many Communications/Science Satellites http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9804/27/leonid.meteor/ 318 Dead In Peru From El-Nino... And Now They Prepare For La-Nina http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2527390&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : NetNews - Personal AccuWeather Adds MeteoMaps, Intellicast Ups Update Times Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 00:24:25 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here is some recent news on weather-related Internet Sites. I will be posting this to the newsgroups tonight but as always wanted to get it out to you folks first. 1. Personal AccuWeather announced their MeteoMaps section this week. This section which exists on the Premium Service ($3.33-$5/month) only contains the last 24 hours of regional and US surface plots, as well as upper air plots and NGM,MOS,ETA,ECMWF maps. http://personal.accuweather.com/ 2. Intellicast announced Wednesday that they are changing the update times of their Radar Summary and Radar products from 1 hour to 30 minutes. http://www.intellicast.com/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASI - ADMIN : Name Change, Member Pages Created, StormForm Online Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 17:40:32 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Non Mailing List Recipients This is an e-mail to all the CASI Members who are NOT on the e-mail list called 'CASILIST.' At some time in the past you had submitted an application to CASI. Although you are not on the e-mail list, I am sending you this announcement of a major change to CASI. This will normally only happen once per year. If you aren't on the CASILIST and would like to be, send an email to casi{at}weatherwatchers.org with a valid e-mail address and we will add you. 1.) If you were not aware, the Carolina Area Storm Investigators changed its name to the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators in August 1997 when HeadQuarters moved to State College PA. 2.) CASI continues to grow everyday and now has over 200 Members. 3.) The STORMFORM is now online on the CASI Website at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform/ and allows you to post reports of severe weather for inclusion on the CASI website's database of recent weather events. 4.) A new Members section and Member Home Pages have been created. These contain your profile and are editable to give more information to the public or the other CASI Members. The information below pertains to this major change to the CASI Website. TO: ALL MEMBERS of the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (CASI) TO: CASILIST Recipients TO: NON-CASILIST Recipients TO: CASI-ADMIN Recipients (This is a CASI-ADMIN announcement. They are used to alert you of major changes to CASI or the CASI Web Site.) ANNOUNCEMENT: All CASI Members now have "Member Pages" on the CASI site. These are Web Pages listing contact and other information for every CASI Member along with weather from the nearest NWS station and a link to a map of your city. PLEASE read below important information BEFORE you visit the URL, which is listed at the bottom of this posting. HISTORY: These pages were created to fill a void that I felt had been created inside this organization. With over 160 Members to date, how were Members to be aware of each other's presence in the "real world"? I noticed that there were Members close to each other or even Members in the same city who weren't aware of each other's existence. And I didn't even know where in a state some Members were without consulting a (paper) map. The main aim of CASI is always to bring weather enthusiasts and storm investigators together, and to do that I felt that we had to have something more than just a Member List. At the same time I wanted to respect the privacy of Members who may not want their contact information accessible by the entire WWW. Thus came the CASI Member Pages. They took a LONG time to do and I had to do a lot of scripting to try to make the process more automatic. I know that some of you may be curious as to how I did a lot of it, and I'm planning next week to write up a summary of the various processes that were involved. When I will do this I will post to the CASILIST. I originally had planned to have these available in Winter 1998 but due to several setbacks here it is spring. But it's been worth it and I think you will all enjoy them. I think it adds a new dimension to CASI. EXPLANATION: The pages come in two flavours - the PUBLIC Member Page and the PRIVATE Member Page. The PUBLIC Member Page is accessible to the entire Internet on the CASI Web Site www.weatherwatchers.org and contains by default the same information that was present on the old Member List page - the Member's Name, City, and (if available) link to the Member's webpage. The PRIVATE Member Page can contain the same info or additional info and is accessible ONLY to CASI Members with the following (all lowercase without the quotes) USERNAME "casi" and PASSWORD "cloudy". Now I need YOUR help to make this thing work. WHAT YOU CAN DO: If you so desire, you can edit your Member Pages by clicking on the EDIT button at the bottom of your page. This brings up a form that you can fill in and submit to CASI HQ to have your page changed (in the future the form will change the Member Pages live but I haven't built that in yet). The Edit Form is actually your PRIVATE Member Page with checkboxes to determine if you want any or all of the information to also appear on your PUBLIC page. THE IDEA: What I envision these pages doing is allowing for more personal and local interaction between CASI Members, which is something that I have been unable to bring to the group since we are now so spread apart. An example might be : You were on vacation and couldn't keep weather records. Consulting the new CASI Member Pages you find a Member across town. If they have elected to add their email address to the Member Pages you could drop them an email to ask them about weather conditions while you were gone. HOW TO ACCESS THEM: The CASI Member List page, which I admit I hadn't updated in a long time, has been replaced with a brand new Members section. The Members section gives access to maps of the World, US, and some States, with Members' locations plotted on them. (Yes, the maps are large, but I'm a stickler for good looking maps and also don't want to lose any of the geographical features that will be helpful in using the Member's weather data). "Mousing over" the locations of Members on the Map shows their Name and City in your browser's status bar, and clicking on the location transports you to their PUBLIC Member Page. If the Member has chosen to give additional information on their PRIVATE page, the fields will be a different color (Netscape-compatible 3.x and above) and will say "Members Only". Clicking on these fields or clicking on "Switch to Private Page" at the bottom of the page will transport you to the Member's PRIVATE page (don't forget the Username and Password above). The Username and Password won't change very often and you'll be notified if they do. PLEASE don't give these out to non-Members over the Web as that would destroy the functionality of the new Members section of our Website. If someone else on the Web needs the PRIVATE information you should welcome them to join CASI. ALSO: The new Members section of the Website also has something that I think is neat - if, instead of Member Maps, you want a complete list of Members, you can get a page with each Member's Name, City, and Current Temperature (courtesy of the Weather Underground). Weather Underground is also utilized ON the Member Pages in the form of the current weather conditions at the nearest NWS station to the Member. Weather Undergroud picks these out based on Zipcode and they usually do a pretty good job. However if you feel a different city would be more appropriate for your location we can change it. Also on the Member pages are maps to the Member's location. Please notice that currently the maps appear to have picked out a location but are actually by default zooming in all the way to the center of your city. These maps are accessed from a remote server and that's the only way I could get that to work. When you click on the map you will be transported to MapBlast's website and you'll notice that the page says "City/Zip Match" indicating that it has not targeted a specific address. You can fix that by adding your Address in EDIT mode. For an example of a map that HAS been targeted you can see my Member page. WHAT TO DO: The first thing that I would like you to do is go to your page and make sure that it looks OK. Much of this has been done using automatic scripts, and although I have done extensive testing there is always a possibility of an error. If there is anything wrong with your page, or you have any questions, first access the HELP page by clicking on Help at the bottom of your page, and if the answer isn't there, please email me. If you want to see an EXAMPLE of a Member Page with all the Fields filled in, please click on HELP at the bottom of any Member page. Feel free to surf around the Members section. I think you'll enjoy it. This is CASI at a new level of interactivity. To access the new Members section point your web browser to: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: [CASILIST : Fwd: Any members going to the Chaser Picnic/Videofest?] Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 06:51:38 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Anyone for Texas? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Any members going to the Chaser Picnic/Videofest? Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 22:26:08 -0400 From: Larry Wright To: J , "Powell, WD4BYE" , gsellers If anyone plans to go, please let me know. Maybe we can catch the same flight out there and share the cost of a rental car. It's at Tim Marshall's house on May 17th, at 1:00 pm. For more info see the "StormTrack" page at: http://www.weathergraphics.com/stormtrack/ Thanks, Larry Wright larry1{at}vnet.net http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9788 Subject: CASILIST : Weather News Of The Week & A lightning pic from HQ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 22:42:29 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here again are some weather-related stories from around the world during the past couple days which you may not have heard. But first - I got this beautiful lightning strike last night over the mountain behind my house (videocaptured from VHS). There will be eventually a report up there but until then here's the lone pic I had time to grab tonight: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0505/Image6.jpg Now on to the "newsworthy" news: Rare Tornadoes in San Francisco http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/1998/may/05/050500692.html Thousands of Houses Flooded In Russia http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2550322&p_section_name=&p_art_type=191619&p_subcat=Disasters+%26+Tragedies&p_category=Earth $25 Million In Claims to Insurance For April's Severe Weather in US http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2549050&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 Lightning Kills One and Injures Several National Guardsmen in Tents http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2545157&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619&p_subcat=lightning&p_category= -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Severe Local Storm Forecasting Primer Book Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 21:24:16 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Has anyone had any experience with this book? It *sounds* good but one never knows. (Can't judge a book by it's cover ;)) Info at http://www.wxscratch.com/slsfp.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Moderate Risk Of Severe Storms In SW CASI Area Today Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 06:45:52 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients There is a Moderate Risk of Severe Storms today in Northern GA and the Westernmost counties of the Carolinas. A Slight Risk of Severe Storms is in effect for the rest of the Southern CASI area excluding Florida. For a maps of the SPC's official risks and other companies estimations of the locations of severe weather see: http://casi.simplenet.com/j/oldsite/wx/severe.html For a 30-minute radar shot of the affected area including storm tops, forecast movement, and watch boxes, see http://www.intellicast.com/weather/mgm/radsum/ Severe Thunderstorms have already spread into Northern Alabama and Southern Georgia. The threat today will be Supercells with tornadoes. In fact as I look at the Intellicast image at 6:30 this morning a TVS (Tornadic Vortex Signature) has already been detected in Northern Alabama. Please be aware that severe weather could affect you if you live in these areas today. And remember, if you witness strong weather, fill out the StormForm at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform/ Here are the specifics from the SPC: ...SOUTHEASTERN STATES... SOUTHERLY/SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT ALLOWING DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS INCREASING MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD RESULT IN AIRMASS OVER THIS REGION BECOMING MODERATELY UNSTABLE BY MID- AFTERNOON. BELIEVE CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA. LATEST MODELS SUGGEST VERTICAL WIND PROFILES OVER THIS REGION WILL SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SUPERCELLS AND A FEW TORNADOES. BEHIND THIS INITIAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN DESTABILIZE. TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND DEWPOINTS APPROACHING 70 DEGF SHOULD RESULT IN MODERATELY/VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS FROM ALABAMA AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INTO GEORGIA. IN ADDITION...MODELS INDICATE MID-LEVEL DRY INTRUSION WILL MOVE ACROSS REGION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG SOUTHEASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT AND ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM MORNING THUNDERSTORMS. WESTERLY/NORTHWESTERLY MID-LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 80 KT OVER THIS AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH SOUTHERLY/ SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS AND INSTABILITY...SHOULD RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Tornadoes In NC Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 19:27:07 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Many tornadoes have occurred over NC this evening. The Weather Channel reported a tornado at 3100 Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem NC at 7pm, as I recall that's near the Hanes Mall. Been there many times. More info follows from Tom Myers: -- Subject: Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 19:15:30 -0400 From: skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com (Tom Myers) Hi everyone, Just a note that numerous tornadoes have touched down and are continuing over the Foothills and Western Piedmont of NC. There have been so many tornado touchdowns and warnings that the local TV stations can't keep up. All tornado damage appears to be slight to moderate with only what looks like F1-F2 tornadoes but its way too early to really say. Alot of trees down and roofs blown off homes. Have not heard of any injuries but several mobile home parks have been hit pretty hard. Caldwell, Alexander, Iredell, Davie, Forsyth, Lincoln, Catawba and Davidson Counties have all reported damage and tornado tochdowns. Rowan County, which is where I live, has now been issued a tornado warning with a tornado reported on the ground in the NW part of the county. I will be in touch later. The TV now says that there has been reports of severe damage in many places. Tom ***************************************************************************** "To the often-heard question, 'Why can't we make better weather forecasts?' I have tempted to reply, "Well, why should we be able to make any forecasts at all?' " - Edward N. Lorenz in "THE ESSENCE OF CHAOS." http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/9170/index.htm WEATHER ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS: NC Storm Chasers CASI ACON ENCWW TESSA ************************************************************************************************ Subject: CASILIST : Tornado touched down in Lincoln County! Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 22:08:25 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Looks like it's going to be a long weekend for me writing up a report on this storm! Multiple tornadoes have been reported in the Carolinas and Georgia this evening along with strong winds and large hail. At least one CASI Member has reported seeing a funnel cloud this evening. If you have anything to contribute to the storm report I'll be putting on the CASI site this weekend, submit it to the StormForm at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform/ Thanks! Here's a note from Member Larry Wright: Subject: Tornado touched down in Lincoln County! Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 21:47:31 -0400 From: Larry Wright A tornado touched down in Lincoln County. It touched down at Peelers Rd. and Macadamia Church Rd. I was traveling on Star Town road at the time it touched down. I was 15 mis away and arrived about 20- mins after it touched down. I have excellent footage of the storm damage. It destoryed a metal building, up rooted trees, took roofs off several houses and trailers. No serious injuries reported. Damage path was 50' by 2 miles long. I'll have pictures on my websight tomorrow. More to report later, I'm going back out. Later, Larry Wright wrightsvideo{at}usa.net http://www.wrightsvideo.com http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9788 Subject: CASILIST : STATUS REPORT ON GA/SC STORMS Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 07:00:38 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: STATUS REPORT ON GA/SC STORMS Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 23:17:39 -0500 From: bjhall{at}gabn.net (b j. hall) To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org SO FAR AS OF 11:14PM EDT 7 TORNADO WARNINGS, ALL CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND WITH HEAVY DAMAGE, INJURED, AND MISSING PERSONS WHO ABONDED VEHICLES ON I-20. 12 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS, 70MPH WINDS, LARGE HAIL 2 TORNADO WATCHES, ONE STILL IN EFFECT TILL 2AM. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ALL OVER THE CSRA ARE RUSHING TO DAMAGED AREAS PROVIDING SHELTERS COMMUNICATIONS. SKYWARN HAS BEEN ACTIVATED SINCE 6PM THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES. MORE AS IT COMES AVAILABLE. 73 de BJ KD4AHQ Weather Station Senior Controller HOMEPAGE: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/index.html ICQ WORLD WIDE PAGER: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ WEATHER CHATROOM OPEN 24hrs A DAY: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ EMAIL EXPRESS: 3486306{at}pager.mirabilis.com APRS System for Windows 145.79MHz and TCP/IP Licensed Remote InterRAD 3.1 Total Doppler Radar Site Subject: CASILIST : More Info - Carolina Tornados Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 07:01:14 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients = --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Carolina Tornados Date: Fri, 08 May 98 00:34:09 (EDT) From: "Gate Keeper" To: j RE: CASILIST : Tornadoes In NC Confirmed touchdows in Statesville, Marion, and in Lincoln County. Some damage includes: Reports of a car in a tree, 2 mobile homes destroyed, a simi-truck overturned on highway 18 near Hickory. Baseball size hale in Hickory. Pea size to golfball size hale in Statesville. Golfball size hale here in Shelby/Belwood. As of 5/8/98, 0033 hrs. dense clouds, 72 degrese, patchy fog, light mist. David Westphalen http://www.angelfire.com/nc/TheGateBBS [*>------------------------------------------------------------------<*] [*> ORIGIN: The Gate BBS (704)/538-5116 Belwood, North Carolina, USA <*] [*> http://www.angelfire.com/nc/TheGateBBS <*] [*> http://www.angelfire.com/nc/WWIV <*] [*>------------------------------------------------------------------<*] Subject: CASILIST : SC Tornadoes Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 07:02:18 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients = --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SC Tornadoes Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 02:22:55 -0400 From: Brady Smith To: "'stormreport{at}weatherwatchers.org'" A busy night in the Palmetto State. I've just returned from Johnston, SC where a tornado has apparently hit. The damage I witnessed was along and near SC 121 on the west side of Johnston. I saw one house completely deroofed and damage to several others on the same street. Several trees were uprooted, and a gas station awning was destroyed. I talked with an eyewitness who could not see the funnel in the rain but did see the debris flying and witnessed the damage to the gas station. He described the debris going up into the sky in a "twisting" motion. Some of the worst damage in SC tonight (and certainly in our viewing area) was in Edgefield County where SC Emergency Preparedness gives a preliminary count of 6 tornadoes. Damage is worse along US 25 south of the town Edgefield, where one fatality and several injuries were reported. We have two other crews in that area and expect more information from there around daybreak. More information should be available later this morning at www.wistv.com. Brady Smith Meteorologist WIS Television--Columbia, SC Subject: CASILIST : Doppler Radar Tornado Images Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 07:16:55 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients ADMIN Note: Since some of our Members mail servers won't accept mail with attachments and a few users can't open the BMP format I have converted these to a web-compatible format and uploaded them to the following location. The descriptions below are still valid, just with the ".bmp" extensions changed to ".gif". The location is: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/bj/ I also have some radar images and loops which I will put up on the CASI site this weekend in the storm report. Thanks B.J.! -Jesse ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Doppler Radar Tornado Images Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 06:47:12 -0500 From: bjhall{at}gabn.net (b j. hall) To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Good Morning Members....... It was a long night in the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia and South Carolina. I want bother with much details. I will let the chasers present their comments. I did however think most would like to see some radar images I captured as the tornados were doing their distruction. Aiken.gif - Doppler Indicated Tornado (TVS) Aiken Co., SC Aikenvol.gif - Doppler Velocity of Tornado (TVS) Aiken Co.,SC Edgefield.gif - Doppler of Indicated Tornado (TVS) Edgefield, SC Edgevol.gif - Doppler Velocity of Tornado (TVS) Edgefield, SC Edge2vol.gif - Doppler Velocity of Tornado (TVS) Edgefield, SC Have a nice day............ Subject: CASILIST : Storm reports for Forsyth & Dawson counties, GA Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 11:05:54 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Storm reports for Forsyth & Dawson counties, GA Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 10:38:34 -0400 From: Larry Kollar Organization: Arris Interactive, LLC To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org I've put up an abbreviated version on the StormForm as well. I left work at 6pm, listening to the Skywarn net in the car. Some light rain, but the drops were fat. About 6:30pm, I arrived at the Tri-County Plaza in Cumming (near GA400 & GA20). At this time, the rain picked up then occasional bits of 1/2" hail came down briefly. There was a large lowering near Sawnee Mtn that didn't appear to be rotating, but it didn't look pretty. But when I looked south, I saw *another* lowering and this one *did* appear to be rotating. Confirmed the rotation and called it into Skywarn. They advised me that a tornado warning was up for the area. Meanwhile, my neighbor Buck, KC4GCK, was just a few miles north of me on 400. He called in a large hail report and people were just *stopping* on the freeway. Brilliant. I confirmed the traffic problem, then took Pilgrim Mill Rd. to Hwy 9. From 400 almost to downtown Cumming, up to 3/4" hail covered the sides of the road and a great deal of debris was on the ground. I also observed hail/debris near GA306 west & Hwy 9, from that point and at least a mile north. Back at home -- Dawson County, about 5mi east of Amicalola Falls -- my wife told me about a large hail event in the mid-afternoon. Buck got home and found his yard covered with "the remnants of at least golf ball size hail" -- I believe this event occurred between 6pm & 7pm (based on information from the Skywarn net). I believe the last tornado warning was posted around 9pm. After that, it was all severe t-storm warnings & the frequency of the warnings continually decreased. They did extend the watch to 2am in this area, but I guessed (rightly, it turned out) that there wouldn't be much activity in this area after midnight. I saw some impressive lightning about 9pm, following a not-so severe storm that passed over us. The lightning mostly stayed inside or along the bottom of the clouds, with an occasional CG. At one point, lightning flashed about six times within less than a second, then a streak shot northward from that point along the bottom of the cloud, ending in about 8-10 forks spread over a 60-degree angle. Beautiful. Larry.Kollar{at}arris-interactive.com Subject: CASILIST : GA/SC/NC Tornados News Articles Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 11:10:09 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Sources of online multimedia News info from this morning for the GA/Carolina tornadoes follow with the Members who sent the URL's to me (thanks!) in parentheses. Let me know if you know of others please as I will be putting these on the storm report for the CASI site this weekend. http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9805/08/storms.early/index.html (Charlie A./Jesse) http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9805/08/southern.storms/index.html (Jesse) http://www.greensboro.com/nronline/ (Jesse) http://www.wral-tv.com/news/wral/1998/0507-storm-damages-property/ (Jesse) http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/050898/met_tornado.shtml (B.J.) http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/1998/05/08/tornadoes.html (Jesse) -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Local Newpaper Article about Tornado in GA/SC Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 08:08:03 -0500 From: bjhall{at}gabn.net (b j. hall) To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org By John Boyette and Kathy Steele Staff Writers Tornadoes whipped through the Augusta area Thursday night, killing at least two people, downing trees, snapping power lines and flipping mobile homes like matchboxes. The first line of storms struck at suppertime. During the next two hours or so, as many as 10 twisters were reported, some confirmed by the National Weather Service, others called in to local sheriffs' departments by residents. Early today, new funnel clouds were spotted near Thurmond Dam and Lake in Columbia County, but no major damage or injuries had been reported there. The deaths were confirmed by Edgefield County fire officials. Few details were available, but one victim, a woman, reportedly was crushed by a trailer off state Highway 23 in the west-central part of the county between Edgefield and Modoc. Some people also were trapped inside mobile homes, and rescuers were cutting their way through downed trees to get to them, said Mike Willis of the Natural Resources Department. Edgefield County Chairman Monroe Kneece said units of the National Guard have been called out to assist with storm damage. They will join crews from Edgefield County emergency preparedness and state highway department who are already on the job, he said. ``We've got terrible damage all over the county,'' Mr. Kneece said, recounting his own brush with a tornado. ``It came six feet from my home. It took nine trees out of my yard and sounded like a freight train. We were scared to death.'' Injuries, mostly minor, were reported throughout the area, and early reports put most of them in the Merriwether community, just across the Edgefield County line from North Augusta. University Hospital had four victims from the storm, two each from Lincoln County and Edgefield County, but two were treated and released and two were being held for observation, said spokeswoman Norma Patterson. Medical College of Georgia Hospital had one woman from Edgefield County in stable condition but no further information could be released. Edgefield County Hospital was still waiting on ambulances to get through roads clogged by downed trees and other debris, said Pat Robinson, director of patient care services. ``We've only had two patients from the tornado,'' said Tammy Griffin, director of nursing at Wills Memorial Hospital in Washington, Ga. Both had lacerations but were sutured and sent home. Ambulance crews in Lincoln County were ``still triaging (assessing and stabilizing patients) and doing a lot out in the field,'' Ms. Griffin said. There were no reports of serious injuries, she said. At midnight in the Edgefield County area near the intersection of Martintown and Garrett roads, chain saw-wielding rescue workers and firefighters were still trying to reach those injured by the storm, said Ms. Robinson, and the number of injuries were unknown. ``We understand there are some but we don't know how many,'' she said. Officials could not say exactly how many tornadoes buffeted the area, but as many as six may have touched down in Edgefield County alone. Other sightings or touchdowns were reported in Wilkes, Lincoln, McCormick, Saluda and Aiken counties. Unconfirmed funnel-cloud sightings were reported near Fort Gordon and in the Ridge Road area of Columbia County. The twisters were fueled by strong thunderstorms that rumbled out of the north Georgia mountains and hooked northeast of Augusta and most of its surrounding Georgia counties. Power was out in many places across the area, sometimes hampering emergency workers. Aiken County Sheriff's Office was without power for about two hours, said Lt. Michael Frank. ``Dispatchers were operating off portable radios,'' Lt. Frank said. An estimated 5,000 people lost power in North Augusta, Aiken and Johnston, said a spokeswoman with South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. By about 11 p.m., power had been restored to about 3,000 customers. ``It's a mess. We'll be out most of the night,'' said David Kinney, a public works employee with the city of Aiken. He and Paul Clayton, operating a backhoe, were clearing two downed trees at Abbeville and Newberry streets at about 10 p.m. A power line lay across the road. Some people left the safety of their houses just to see what the storms had done. Bernie and David Cooper were out cruising the streets, checking for damage. They found it in a blown-down wooden structure behind a muffler shop on York Street. ``The power went out and we decided to go see what was going on,'' Mr. Cooper said. The roof of the structure lay against the wall of the glass company next door. A few feet away were broken parts of wooden walls and an uprooted tree. In Lincoln County, whirling winds spun through several neighborhoods, leveling homes, toppling trees and draping power lines across roads. Piney Woods and Indian Cove were among the hardest hit. The people in the communities that suffered heavy damage were evacuated to the Lincoln Center, a community center in downtown Lincolnton, according to authorities. ``You see where they're shining that light?'' said Richard Goolsby, a physician's assistant helping emergency medical technicians. ``That used to be a house.'' The funnel clouds touched down about 6:45 p.m., said Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy Sammy Jones. Police officers, off-duty firefighters and other emergency personnel were called in from Wilkes, McDuffie and surrounding counties to help out. Department of transportation workers were scrambling to remove downed power lines and uprooted trees on Georgia Highway 378, which runs from Lincolnton to McCormick County, Routes 47 and 104 from Columbia to Lincoln counties, and Georgia Highway 220 through the Woodlawn area. Staff Writers Meghan Gourley, Tom Corwin, Tracie Powell and Jason Smith contributed to this article, and Associated Press reports were used. For Video and additional articles, clcik here: http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/050898/met_tornado.shtml 73 de BJ KD4AHQ Weather Station Senior Controller HOMEPAGE: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/index.html ICQ WORLD WIDE PAGER: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ WEATHER CHATROOM OPEN 24hrs A DAY: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ EMAIL EXPRESS: 3486306{at}pager.mirabilis.com APRS System for Windows 145.79MHz and TCP/IP Licensed Remote InterRAD 3.1 Total Doppler Radar Site Subject: CASILIST : Severe Weather Last Evening!! Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 20:22:26 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Severe Weather Last Evening!! Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 13:17:27 -0400 From: skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com (Tom Myers) To: "Zack L Tyndall" , "Vina Hutchinson" , "Rohn Daughtry" , "Robert Broughton" , "Rick Davis" , "Powell Way" , "Nick Webb" , "Michael Pitt" , "Mark Sudduth" , "Josiah Mault" , "Jon Myers" , "Joey Ketcham" , "Jess Parks" , "Jerry Baines" , "Jamie Arnold" , "Gregg Gentry" , "Frank Noonan" , "Dudley Miller" , "Chuck Gilbert" , "Chris Phillips" , "Carl Bradley" , "Bob Messer" , "Barry Guevremont" , "Barbara Shreve" , "Andrew Webb" , "Brian Voncannon" CC: "Jesse Ferrell" I hope everyone in the Southeast survived the night alright because I understand that eastern NC, Georgia and SC all had numerous tornadoes and severe weather warnings. I went out last night after following the storms on radar down from the foothills and finally into my general area. We had a tornadic cell move through extreme southern Rowan Co. (where I live) down into Cabarrus Co. where the core of the storm was located. This was near dark so I was afraid to punch the core of the storm because as I entered the northern most severe part of the storm; which was about 4 miles south of my home and 5 miles north of the town of Mt. Pleasant I began to run into golfball size hail with unbelievable CG lightning and very heavy rain. I decided to backtrack toward home where there was just some heavy rain and lightning. I've heard from several members about damage and tornadoes in their immediate areas and for those who subscribe to CASI, Jesse has some great reports of the damage from all over the Southeast. Powell Way who lives near Columbia, SC and helps out with the amateur radio reports at the NWS office there during severe weather events must have had some kind of evening because his e-mail just said that they couldn't keep up with all the severe weather reports down there. I know that Edgefield County, SC had the only fatality that I know of and that they had SIX confirmed touchdowns of tornadoes as of early this morning. Rick Davis of Dalton GA had a touchdown earlier yesterday about 20 miles north of him toward Chattanooga TN that reported softball size hail. Mark Sudduth from Leland, NC (near Wilmington) was able to get pics and a first hand look at the damage from a tornado in Northern New Hanover Co. I also have some great pics from Mark (that I haven't sent out or got to post yet) from the severe weather in eastern NC on Tuesday. Larry Wright of Cherryville was able to see firsthand damage of a tornado touchdown in Lincoln Co. and that same cell went on to cause severe damage in Cornelius in the Southern Iredell-Northern Mecklenburg County area and was the same storm that I started out after. All these cells stayed together for unbelievable distances and produced damage sporadically over great distances (at least for this part of the country). I haven't heard from my brother who lives in Winston-Salem (Forsyth Co) but I know that there was damage there near Peter's Creek Parkway (Hanes Mall area) and some buildings were destroyed or damaged and at one time last evening there were over 30,000 Duke Power customers without electricity there. I've studied and followed the weather for many, many years and I know that there is a much better outlet from TV and other media for transport of information but I have never seen nor heard of such an outbreak of tornadoes in Western NC. It was incredible at the tornado sightings and damage reports, although the NWS has not confirmed all damage as tornado related many people witnessed the touchdowns and there were several in the very rural areas of the Foothills and Western edge of the Piedmont that only touched down very briefly and maybe left a few trees down or touched down in open fields and moved on that may not be confirmed as tornadoes by the NWS. These storms luckily didn't stay on the ground long, usually for a couple hundred yards or less and skip on or the damage and loss of life could have been catastrophic. Its a miracle that no deaths were reported in NC and only a few minor injuries because there were several mobile home parks hit hard and even people trapped in debris for a period of time. At this time I know of confirmed tornado touchdowns in Caldwell, Alexander, Iredell, Catawba, Lincoln, Northern Mecklenburg, Davie, Rowan, Davidson and Forsyth Counties in the Western Piedmont with several touchdowns in some counties including Iredell. The CASI address is listed below and please visit for a more detailed report and more chase accounts of the damage from the storms over the whole Southeast: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/ Stay safe!!! Tom ***************************************************************************** "To the often-heard question, 'Why can't we make better weather forecasts?' I have tempted to reply, "Well, why should we be able to make any forecasts at all?' " - Edward N. Lorenz in "THE ESSENCE OF CHAOS." Website address: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/9170/index.htm Subject: CASILIST : Storm Story Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 22:16:46 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Storm Story Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 22:07:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Bryant Korzeniewski To: Amanda Todd , Ann Sharpe , Ryan Vernon , Velvet Keeley , j{at}weatherwatchers.org Hello, everyone. Just wanted to tell the story of my journey to WJHL-TV studios in Johnson City, TN. On the way to Johnson City, TN on US 19-23 near the split in Mars Hill, me, Henry Reges of the NCDC and Jamey Singleton, also a CASI member, were driving when we encountered continuous falling hail the size of dimes. The hail had accumulated to where in some places it looked like snowcover. It was so bad that people had to pull to the side of the road or stop in the middle of the road to wait for the hail to stop. This was the first of about four hailstorms we encountered. North the North Carolina-Tennessee border on US 19W-23, we encountered hail, but not as impressive as the stuff in Mars Hill. Then in Johnson City at the WJHL-TV studios, we encountered Golf Ball Size Hail at about 8:30 p.m. We also got a view of the mature cumulonimbus thunderstorm that was over Madison County, about 20 or 30 miles away (they showed this on special reports and on the 11:00 news on WJHL-TV 11). On the way back a few miles near the same place we encountered hail at the Tennessee border, we encountered a little bit of hail, enough worth to mention. If you live in the Eastern Part of North Carolina and go to school in the mountains, you would never expect a hail storm or anything of that nature. It's kind of a once in a while thing Down East. However, when you encounter four hailstorms in one day, it blows your mind. This is the first time that I've seen hail accumulate or become the size of golf balls. Anyway, talk with you later! Bryant Korzeniewski My Web Page has been updated and improved! Check out WxPage 2000 at www.atms.unca.edu/~korzen/ WxPage 2000: The Weather Page for the Next Milennium Subject: CASILIST : Request for Lightning Info Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 23:00:13 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients If anyone has any ideas for this person please forward to me and I'll collect them and send then to him. Now, back to studying that 75dbZ near DFW ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Lightning Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 14:58:35 -0400 From: "Alex Patterson" To: Could you please help me find information on lightning. I mean any kind of information, volts, strikes per year or month. Where most strikes occur (USA). How many deaths are attributed to lightning every year. Causes of lightning, storms that produce the most lightning. Anything that I can learn from, web sites, books, etc. I'm not doing very well on my own. Please take a little time and direct me to some lightning facts. Thank-You very much for your time. Mr. Alex Patterson Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane exercise : NHC / Ham Radio Operators Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 12:15:46 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Hurricane exercise Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 23:40:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSC." To: Jesse Ferrell MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association, Inc. Est 1992 Promoting severe weather INDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. How do you get severe weather annoucements? Try: www.stormwarn.com ************************************************************************ The Hurricane Center plans and exercise event for Ham radio operators May 31. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, has asked amateurs to participate in a communication preparedness exercise to kick off the 1998 hurricane season. Amateurs are asked to check into the Hurricane Watch Net on 14.325 MHz on Sunday, May 31, 1998, between 1600 and 1800 UTC. Stations are requested to provide a real-time report of their current weather conditions, including wind speed, wind direction, and barometric pressure. Measured conditions are preferred, but estimated wind speeds will be accepted. These reports will be forwarded to W4EHW at the National Hurricane Center. W4EHW will be on frequency. Stations do not need to continue monitoring the net once their reports have been forwarded to the National Hurricane Center. ''We look forward to talking with you on the 31st and hope that the only time that we have to do so this season is during exercises,'' said Hurricane Watch Net Manager Jerry Herman, N3BDW. NNNN /EX Subject: CASILIST : LINKING PERSONAL WX SITES Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 12:17:41 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: LINKING PERSONAL WX SITES Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 10:35:30 EDT From: Herb0412 To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org After 5 months of teaching myself HTML and being way too involved (!!) in the "wx home page biz", I'm FINALLY (jeesh!) developing and consolidating a wx links page. If you have any interest in linking URLs, pls drop me a note. Please be patient, tho, in my getting back atcha, as there could be numerous requests initally, and it may take me a few days. --Herb c/o Mid-Atlantic Wx Station (a.k.a. "A. A. Iguana's Mid-Atlantic Wx Station" ...everything from lizards to blizzards) http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html Without links.....it's not a WEB! Subject: CASILIST : Storm Report (SC) Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 12:46:52 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is a stormreport from Powell Way who currently can not send email so I'm forwarding this to y'all. powell wrote: > DATE: may/7/98 > SUMMARY: GEE what a system! I, James [KF4UYC] and Jay [W4USC] ended up doing Skwyarn net @ CAE NWS from early afternoon till the wee hours of the morning. Jay and James were there when Ileft at 2 AM. Seeing storms with baseball size hail, 5 mesos at once ( 2 with TVS) and baseball size hail. Damage and storm reports the forecaster couldn't type in the LSR's fast enough. Just think if it had been afternoon and 85 degrees....WOW! > 4 or more storms (2 with tornadoes) took the exact same path! > Powell Subject: CASILIST : South to be hit AGAIN tomorrow Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 16:20:13 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Severe Weather is a possibility again over the Southern CASI area where residents are continuing to pick up the pieces from Thursday's storms. The following advisories from SPC (http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~spc/products/outlook/dy1.htm) are effective until tomorrow morning: CASI areas in risks: NW GA, SW TN : Moderate Risk N GA, SW NC, TN, SC: Slight Risk Non-CASI areas in risks: E AR, N MS, Extreme SW TN: HIGH RISK AR, N MS, N AL: Moderate Risk Central SE : Slight Risk Much like Thursday the main threat will be supercells with large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. Thanks for all the reports that have come in from last weeks storms; I am working on compiling them today at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0507 and please continue to report severe weather you see. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Storm Report from Morehead City NC Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 20:50:58 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is a storm report from Thursday that got lost in the fray: NAME: Veronica Davis EMAIL: fruteloop23{at}hotmail.com WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Pier Hi, this is the first time I have posted anything. I have been a member for quite some time, but have not participated. That being because I can not give much data wise as most of you can. Yet, although I can not do that, maybe I can tell you what it was like on this past Monday being in probably, the middle of a huge storm system. I do not know many technical terms, as I am just interested in storms and have not learned a great deal. The only learning I have done is being in the middle of them..Being from Oklahoma, I have witnessed many tornadoes and storms. However on Monday, I was out in and actually seen everything that was happening in this storm. About 6pm we (people I work with, military) were in a formation discussing what we were gonna do (we were deployed) that day..we were told to stage our gear quickly as bad weather was expected..then we were told to look behind us..we could see the sky turning very dark, wind was picking up, and it was drizzling. As we rushed to secure our work tents the best we could, and get our gear in its place, it began raining, and the clouds were alive. I remember looking up and seeing a huge cloud amongst them all that seemed to be horizontally rolling rapidly, and growing in size (I am guessing that is a roll cloud?). There was constant lightning, downpours, the whole thing..then I noticed clouds right above us swirling and I was trying to tell people, but in my position, I had no choice but to stay out there and get everything done. I seriously thought a funnel was going to drop right on us. After we finished, we sat in the tents to see if it was going to end so we could get to work. (Of course noone is allowed on the flight line in that weather) Hours went by. It would hail, rain (with lightning constant), hail then stop. It just kept going. Finally some of us were allowed to leave. Back where we were sleeping, noone was asleep. Tin roofs, the hail, downpours, cracks of thunder, there was noway. Eventually our tin roof on one corner of the building began to be pulled up...at first it was just a few inches, but each time it was a little bit more...it was so loud when it would slam back down. I was waiting for it to blow off. Even when the rain stopped you could go outside and it was almost day time it seemed because of the lightning storm that came with it. Through the many years of living in tornado alley, and all them I have been through, I have to say it was one of if not the worst I have seen face to face. (when I was younger I was always made to go in the basement, though I wanted to watch). This storm lasted from about 6:30 pm to at least 2am...8 hours at least!! Subject: CASILIST : World Weather News of the Week Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 13:50:40 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The World Weather News of the Week is a collection of recent weather events across the world, as reported by news organizations on the web and collected by Jesse Ferrell and distributed via CASI. -- FEATURES: The what, where, when of tornadoes Experts still learning, but ‘maverick’ twisters make it harder http://www.msnbc.com/news/159083.asp Plane's Nosecone Ripped off and Windows Smashed by Hail http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19980508/V000423-050898-idx.html OTHERS: 90% of Small Penguins Starve From El Nino http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2558369&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 Temperatures top 110 degrees in China http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2558807&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 75,000 Evacuated in Paraguay due to floods http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2560012&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 Three Egypt Oil Tanks on Fire after Lightning Hits http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2563093&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 Plane Crash in Peru that Killed 74 May Have Been Due To Lightning http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2560054&p_section_name=On+Target&p_art_type=191619 Lightning strikes NWS office in Chicago http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/upi/story.html?s=n/upi/98/05/06/weather/ilweather_1.html Lightning Strikes, High Winds Aggravate Huge Forest Fires in Canada http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/upi/story.html?s=n/upi/98/05/09/international_news/canadafor_1.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Online Article On Skywarn Spotters Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 18:47:32 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From the Journal-Now of Winston-Salem NC. The article "spawned" from the May 7 tornadoes in Winston-Salem. http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/local/northcarolina/spot10.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Vote For Local Radar at Personal AccuWeather! Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 06:30:34 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Posted this to WX-TALK but wanted to make sure you guys got it too, knowing that many of you are fans of local NEXRAD radar on the Net. In an unprecedented move this week, Personal AccuWeather is involving the entire Internet community in a major decision: What type of local Nexrad radar the service (currently has a free and a pay incantation) will have in the future. You can vote for one of 5 local NEXRADs. This is our chance to determine the future of an Internet Service. Even if you're not a 'radar nut' like me I'm sure you're concerned with the quality of free (and even pay) Local Nexrads on the Internet. So let your voice be heard. Current subscribers will see an ad on their page which will lead them to the voting booth but non-subscribers can vote here: http://personal.accuweather.com/iwxpage/paws/voteo.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Storm Story Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:18:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Storm Story Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 21:48:56 -0400 From: laceshow{at}webtv.net (Jamie Clark) To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org (J) Hey! This is Jamie From Vale, NC!!! The story here is that everyone is almost done cleaning up the debris from an F2 Tornado that hit the area, the funnel cloud danced in the air and went toward charlotte, No injuries were reported and the power didn't go out due to 4 sub stations here in this area and so far, I finally got me a keyboard for my WebTV!! "lol" The only story I have is that Everyone is safe here. and the deputies and rescue workers stopped by to see if every one was all right as they went door-to-door. The tornado struck about 6:30 p.m. around Peeler and Macedonia Church Roads..... As of today, There are still branches and wood everywhere and the people are okay! I'll keep in touch! Jamie Clark Vale, NC Subject: CASILIST : What state is this? Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:18:46 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: What state is this? Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 23:17:18 +0500 From: powell{at}scsn.net (Powell Way) Organization: BEARly Organized To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org More tornadoes on Sunday. A cell near Eastover SC moved near Pinewood ( Sumter) and had a reported tornado. Supposedly one also in Orangeburg and in the Trident area (Charleston / Summerville SC) Multiple mesos and tornadoes Thursday PM Friday AM...trained over Lincoln County GA into McCormick and Edgefield SC....hail as big as baseballs. 12+ hours at Skywarn net.... Cliff ..ya in the wrong place! Powell --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- Subject: CASILIST : Possible Subtropical Storm for April 1998 Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:30:17 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Possible Subtropical Storm for April 1998 Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 22:00:39 -0400 From: "Michael Pitt" To: J, I took this out of content from Gary Padgett's Summarys for April 1998 from WX-Tropl Mailing List. SEST Members: I took this out of content from Gary Padget's Summarys for the Tropics Around the World for WX-Tropl & WX-Atl(tropical cyclone mailing lists I belong to.) ACTIVITY BY BASINS ATLANTIC (ATL) - North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico Activity for April: 1 possible subtropical storm A Possible Subtropical Storm -- Early April ------------------------------------------- At 1400 UTC on 2 Apr the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center in Miami, FL, issued a Special Tropical Disturbance Statement on a non-tropical area of low pressure located in the western Atlantic Ocean about 700 nm northeast of Puerto Rico. This system had been moving slowly northward for a couple of days, and had developed some organized central convection and was producing gale-force winds of 35-45 kts. The statement mentioned that although the LOW had taken on some tropical characteristics, it was still somewhat disorganized. It was forecast to begin moving to the northeast and become absorbed by a cold front over the next few days. By 0700 UTC on 3 Apr the LOW had moved northward to a position about 525 nm southeast of Bermuda, and the Tropical Weather Discussion issued at that time indicated that the gale center was weakening and there was little convection near the center. According to Dr. Jack Beven of TPC/TAFB, data on this system will be reviewed later to see if the system qualifies as a subtropical cyclone. HISTORICAL SIDELIGHT: Out-of-season tropical cyclones are very rare in the Atlantic basin, but a few have occurred; and the general region to the northeast of the Puerto Rico area and southeast of Bermuda could be considered a "hot spot" of sorts for the formation of tropical and subtropical cyclones between December and May. Some systems forming in this general vicinity during the off-season months include: (1) A hurricane in March, 1908--struck the Leeward Islands (2) Hurricane Able in May, 1951--brushed the northern Bahamas and east coast of Florida (3) An unnamed tropical storm in Dec, 1953 (4) Hurricane Alice in Dec, 1954-Jan, 1955--struck the Leeward Islands (5) A subtropical storm in Jan, 1978 (6) Hurricane Lili in Dec, 1984--briefly threatened the Leeward Islands (7) A subtropical storm in Apr, 1992 Michael P. Pitt Subject: CASILIST : HQ May Be Unreachable This Week Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 21:36:13 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Due to continued crashing of the HQ computer and a lack of a backup system as we teeter on the brink of losing 4 GB of programs, research, and weather data downloaded for the past several years, HeadQuarters and Jesse Ferrell may be unreachable this week. In addition to our problems here, our Internet Service provider requires between 50 and 200 redials to get past their busy signals on average at any time of the day. The CASICAM and CASI1 Weather Station will stop updating to the Internet effective tonight and will not be back until further notice. I apologize for the delay this will cause for updates to the website and Member Services. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: [Fwd: Whew! We're Done! and Just for Laughs] Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 06:23:43 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Whew! We're Done! and Just for Laughs Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 01:41:56 -0500 From: bjhall{at}gabn.net (b j. hall) To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Hello "J" and the Group...... Well, Dee and I just finished reviewing over 600 television stations weather sites. Of these 600+ stations, we only selected 51 to put on our current weather radar page. This does not include the "Lighting Data" links we also located and put on the page. I believe there were about 4 that had 200-300 mile radius live sessions. I think they covered about 10 states total. So if you haven't been to our site lately, check and see if we added something to your state lisitng. JUST FOR LAUGHS What we found out about TV Websites: SuperDoppler - Intellicast images at intellicast.com late as usual. DopplerMax - "The most powerful radar". I ask myself.....Humm....WS-88 on Site???.........Intellicast Images Doppler Weather - No Radars on the page, just weather. What is Doppler Weather? Not in any of my books! At least a 100+ "ACCUxxxxx" Where x is a persons name. Just call me ACCUBJ from now on. hahahaha Dee just hit on another one. And I quote: "At 12.5 gigawatts, SkyTower Radar is the most powerful, privately owned Doppler radar system in the United States. It sits atop a concrete tower more than 200 feet tall. It has a maximum range of 450 miles." I'm straining my eyes to read the scales and bars. I see no counties at all. Is it Flordia??? http://www.wtvt.com/wx2/skytower.jpg (THE ONLY FOX AFFILIATE THAT HAD ANYKIND OF WEATHER) StormTracker Radar - I guess its a new kind of radar. RadarPlus - Another new type of radar. I'm starting to wonder now about NEXRAD. SkyMAX Weather - Couldn't find that definition also. Hope you got a good laugh out of it like Dee and I did. It is truly amazing what they advertise and what they DON'T have. 60% of the stations redirect you to another weather site. I wonder if they too use the internet for life saving radar data and weather? I scares me to even think of such a think. On a more serious note now. We invite each of you to continue sending us TV links you think we can use. A special thanks to "J" at HQ for sending us 500 of them to review. Thanks to all of you that have helped us keep the page updated thru your reporting errors and new links. So heres the new stuff: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/current.htm Have a nice day my friends................ BJ and Dee 73 de BJ KD4AHQ Weather Station Senior Controller HOMEPAGE: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/index.html ICQ WORLD WIDE PAGER: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ WEATHER CHATROOM OPEN 24hrs A DAY: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ EMAIL EXPRESS: 3486306{at}pager.mirabilis.com APRS System for Windows 145.79MHz and TCP/IP Licensed Remote InterRAD 3.1 Total Doppler Radar Site Subject: CASILIST : Radar Talk : Whew! We're Done! and Just for Laughs Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 06:24:15 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Whew! We're Done! and Just for Laughs Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 01:41:56 -0500 From: bjhall{at}gabn.net (b j. hall) To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Hello "J" and the Group...... Well, Dee and I just finished reviewing over 600 television stations weather sites. Of these 600+ stations, we only selected 51 to put on our current weather radar page. This does not include the "Lighting Data" links we also located and put on the page. I believe there were about 4 that had 200-300 mile radius live sessions. I think they covered about 10 states total. So if you haven't been to our site lately, check and see if we added something to your state lisitng. JUST FOR LAUGHS What we found out about TV Websites: SuperDoppler - Intellicast images at intellicast.com late as usual. DopplerMax - "The most powerful radar". I ask myself.....Humm....WS-88 on Site???.........Intellicast Images Doppler Weather - No Radars on the page, just weather. What is Doppler Weather? Not in any of my books! At least a 100+ "ACCUxxxxx" Where x is a persons name. Just call me ACCUBJ from now on. hahahaha Dee just hit on another one. And I quote: "At 12.5 gigawatts, SkyTower Radar is the most powerful, privately owned Doppler radar system in the United States. It sits atop a concrete tower more than 200 feet tall. It has a maximum range of 450 miles." I'm straining my eyes to read the scales and bars. I see no counties at all. Is it Flordia??? http://www.wtvt.com/wx2/skytower.jpg (THE ONLY FOX AFFILIATE THAT HAD ANYKIND OF WEATHER) StormTracker Radar - I guess its a new kind of radar. RadarPlus - Another new type of radar. I'm starting to wonder now about NEXRAD. SkyMAX Weather - Couldn't find that definition also. Hope you got a good laugh out of it like Dee and I did. It is truly amazing what they advertise and what they DON'T have. 60% of the stations redirect you to another weather site. I wonder if they too use the internet for life saving radar data and weather? I scares me to even think of such a think. On a more serious note now. We invite each of you to continue sending us TV links you think we can use. A special thanks to "J" at HQ for sending us 500 of them to review. Thanks to all of you that have helped us keep the page updated thru your reporting errors and new links. So heres the new stuff: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/current.htm Have a nice day my friends................ BJ and Dee 73 de BJ KD4AHQ Weather Station Senior Controller HOMEPAGE: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/index.html ICQ WORLD WIDE PAGER: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ WEATHER CHATROOM OPEN 24hrs A DAY: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ EMAIL EXPRESS: 3486306{at}pager.mirabilis.com APRS System for Windows 145.79MHz and TCP/IP Licensed Remote InterRAD 3.1 Total Doppler Radar Site Subject: CASILIST : NW CASI Region to get 15 minutes of (storm) fame? Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 13:57:35 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients After being basically thunderstorm free since I moved here late last summer, it appears that the Northwestern CASI region may be in for a few thunderstorms, with the possibility of severe thunderstorms, late this afternoon and evening. In addition, a general risk of thunderstorms encompasses most of the CASI Region today. The SPC has issued a Slight Risk of Severe Thunderstorms this afternoon and evening for Western PA, Eastern OH, Western WV, and Northeast KY. The Weather Channle has issued a Risk for Severe Storms for an area slightly larger. For these and other weather companies' severe graphics, see http://casi.simplenet.com/j/oldsite/wx/severe.html The primary threats with these storms will be hail and wind. At 1:30pm this afternoon there were no echoes on the radar yet, in fact the entire eastern two-thirds of the nation is rain free. However, a weak frontal system will interact with the very hot and somewhat humid air over the area to give a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Here in Central PA my thermometers here read "89", "87", and "86" here today, the latter probably being more correct. My dewpoint stands at 61, the highest this year. CASI Members in this area should be on the alert for the possibility of widely scattered thunderstorms this evening. One thing that we're not going to have today is a good photo day. Visibility will be significantly reduced by the thick smoke that has made its way up from the Central American fires. This smoke was pulled into Canda yesterday by the frontal system and continues to flow northward today as the frontal system moves eastward. Already a thick haze has overtaken CASI HeadQuarters. Part of a Special Weather Statement (issued by the NWS office here in State College) in effect for Western PA follows: 1156 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 1998 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ...FORECAST DETAILS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. Part of the SPC's discussion follows: ...UPPER OHIO VALLEY... VIGOROUS UPPER VORTICITY MAX HAS MOVED NNEWD INTO SWRN ONTARIO AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH ROTATES NEWD ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE LIFTING NEWD TODAY AS MORE ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OH VALLEY. COLD FRONT ARCING SWD FROM THE DEEP SURFACE LOW OVER SWRN ONTARIO WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND UPPER OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED NEAR THE COLD FRONT WITH MID TO UPPER 60S DEW POINTS EVIDENT THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH PLUME OF SMOKE/HAZE AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAY SLIGHTLY INHIBIT DIURNAL HEATING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE MID 80S THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATELY STEEP LAPSE RATES OF 7-7.5 C/KM WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG INSTABILITY WITH CAPE OF 2000-3000 J/KG FROM ERN OH/WRN PA INTO PARTS OF WV AND ERN KY. WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT COUPLED WITH CONTINUED HEATING SHOULD RESULT IN SUFFICIENT LIFT AND WEAKENING OF THE CAP FOR A FEW PARCELS TO REACH THE LFC. DESPITE RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS OF 25-30 KT ALOFT...STRONG INSTABILITY AND PRESENCE OF DRY AIR ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : VORTEX MESSAGE Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:58:14 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: VORTEX MESSAGE Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:14:26 -0400 From: "Michael Pitt" To: 116 URNT12 KNHC 181553 DETAILED VORTEX DATA MESSAGE A. 18/1553Z B. 28 DEG 05 MIN N 92 DEG 41 MIN W C. NA D. 05 KT E. 140 DEG 10 NM F. 018 DEG 18 KT G. 146 DEG 068 NM H. NA I. -11 C/ 5617 M J. -11 C/ 5619 M K. -16 C/ NA L. NA M. NA N. 28 DEG 05 MIN N 92 DEG 41 MIN W 18/1553Z O. 12345/7 P. .5/1 NM Q. AF977 WXWXA TRAIN OB 53 KNHC DETAILED MAX FL WIND 18 KT W QUAD 1538Z.= here is the translation: URNT Plane Number 12 Obs. Number Reported To 1553 (Miami) DETAILED VORTEX DATA MESSAGE 18 day of the month at 1553Z Max. Surface Wind of 05 KT found 10 NM SE of the storm center. Max. Flight Wind NNE at 18 KT Found 068 NM SE of the storm center. Lat/Lon Confirmation: 28 DEG 05 MIN N 92 DEG 41 MIN W Fix was determined by the following 5 means: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure, Temperature.Fix level taken at 700 MB. Navigational Fix Accuracy of .5 NM Meteorological Accuracy of 1 NM. The following remarks were included: AF977 WXWXA TRAIN OB 53 KNHC DETAILED Michael P. Pitt Subject: NetNews : Personal AccuWeather New Local Nexrads & Aviation, TWC Future 5-min. Radars, Intellicast 3-D Danny Radars Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 21:39:54 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients NetNews: Recent Weather-Related WebSite Updates brought to you by CASI. Send your NetNews to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to websites which affect the Internet community. This message is sent out first to the Members of CASI and later posted to Newsgroups. Special Note: Sorry folks, we can't blame our individual NEXRAD providers tonight! Since 6pm this evening, the NEXRAD dissemination procedure has been interrupted, it appears. At 9pm all major providers were experiencing partial data or late images. We're talking several different NIDS providers here so the meltdown must be at the root of the dissemination procedure. Now on with some more uplifting NetNews: 1. Personal AccuWeather Subscription Introduces Aviation Weather Which Includes Access to Full-Size Full-Scale Real-Time Local NEXRADs for all U.S. Sites: Personal AccuWeather's subscription service (personal.accuweather.com, $3.33-$4.95 per month, 30-day Free Trial) launched Wednesday a major upgrade to their subscription service called Personal AccuWeather Aviation. I'll get to the Pilots here in a minute, but what I'm excited about is the new Local NEXRADs. We're talking all 143 continental US NEXRADs plus Puerto Rico, updated in Real-Time (by definition NEXRADs can only be updated every 5, 6, or 10 minutes depending on their mode). The most exciting part is the different look of the AccuWeather NEXRADs - they aren't joking around with small images that lack detail anymore... we're talking 768x512 images with a dbZ range of -28 to 75. No low-level data cutout for you Outflow Boundary / Dryline / Small Insect fans. Also the dbZ scale is continuous so when the radar switches from Clear Air to Precip mode there is no "turning hot" of the scale, and if the radar is left in Clear Air mode when precip comes in you've got the whole scale with no repetition. But for you Pilots, since this is who the service is aimed at ;) besides the local radars there are DIFAX charts, AAFs, NOTAMSs, PIREPs, SIGMETs, TAFs, Regional Visible Sats, 6-Hour Surface Conditions, and more. 2. The Weather Channel (http://www.weather.com) Talking Future Updates Including 5-Minute Local NEXRADs and Other Products: The Weather Channel announce on their website this week a list of future enhancements. As mentioned above, it's impossible for every local NEXRAD to update every 5 Minutes, so I'm guessing they are talking about their current "local" NEXRADs which are not Single-Site but are very localized and attractive Composite Radar Images. These could be as current as you want them because not all radars update at the same physical time. Anyhoo, here's the scoop from their website: "Some of the enhancements will include new products and faster downloads. We appreciate your support during our testing period. With the input we have received from thousands of users, we will continue to enhance our site with products like local radar updated every 5 minutes. Look for the new service in early June." Sounds good folks! We'll see! 3. As a followup to their now-famous 3-D Radar Imagery of the Alabama Tornadoes, Intellicast now has exclusive 3-D Radar Imagery of Hurricane Danny, including 4-Tilt composites, RHI composites, and animations. Neato! (http://www.intellicast.com/drdew/3d-radar/) -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : More info on Data Outage Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 20:29:47 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Members: As I'm sure you're aware, the Galaxy IV Satellite ceased functioning last night at 6pm. Galaxy IV is a major communications satellite which spun out of control last night at 6pm. This resulted in a 90% loss to pager services in the United States, a considerable interruption to Cell Phone transmissions, the loss of broadcast of the National Public Radio and other stations, partial loss of broadcast for CBS, and a loss of all Radar and Satellite data and many text products to all major weather providers including UNISYS, WSI, The Weather Channel, AccuWeather, and any of the companies that they provide data to. As of this evening the satellite has still not been repaired but most companies have now put emergency plans into effect, attempting to use other satellites for their data. PanAm Communications, who own the Galaxy 4 satellite, are attempting to move Galaxy VI into Galaxy IV's place over the next 6 days. This has meant a return to a very small portion of pager services and other communications. The Weather Sector is still sufferering the worst. As of 8pm tonight, the status of the major weather providers web sites that I can check on is as follows: Personal AccuWeather - Has been able to transmit partial radar and satellite coverage and text data since last night. Intellicast - Has been able to transmit partial radar and satellite coverage and text data since last night. The Weather Channel - No Radar or Satellite data for last 24 hours, outage continues. American Weather Concepts - No Radar or Satellite data for last 24 hours, outage continues. More info on the outage can be found from CNN at this URL: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9805/20/satellite.outage.2/ And the latest press releases from PanAmSat (most recent from 11:30am, detailing their plans to replace Galaxy IV with Galaxy VI) is at the following URL: http://www.panamsat.com/ctext.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: NetNews : Special Edition : RE: Internet Radar Data Outage - How did the companies fare? Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 17:57:51 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients If anyone has anything to add to this please let me know - I will post it to WX-TALK by 10pm this evening. [NetNews: Recent news about Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators as compiled by Jesse Ferell (www.weatherwatchers.org).] I've heard a lot of information on the lack of radar data when the Galaxy IV satellite went out Tuesday (5/19) evening. This was certainly the biggest outage of recent memory, especially since radar data became so common on the Net, whether that be for pay or free... times like these should make us look closely at our Internet Radar Provider's policies and ability to recover from such an outage. From what I have observed, this is how the major companies handled the outage. It appears that the larger companies fared better regardless of their actual data provider. The following are the company name (in alphabetical order), followed by their Internet Services in Parentheses, then their Radar and Satellite behaviour during the outage, and finally their Radar (NIDS) provider in brackets. There is nothing official about this posting, its just what I have personally observed or gathered from postings and emails. AccuWeather (Personal AccuWeather, GetWeather) - Able to provide most Satellite and partial Radar data to customers throughout the outage. 100% outage downtime estimated less than 2 hours. 90% or more recovered by 5/21. [UNISYS] American Weather Concepts (AWC) - 100% data loss from 6pm 5/19 to afternoon 5/21 at which time they were 90% or more recovered. [UNISYS] Freese Notis (Interrad) - 100% data loss from 6pm 5/19 to at least early 5/21. Unknown recovery status, assume same as AWC & TWC. [???] The Weather Channel (TWC) - 100% data loss from 6pm 5/19 to afternoon 5/21 at which time they were 90% or more recovered. [WSI] WSI (Intellicast, Pilotbrief) - Able to provide most Satellite and partial Radar data to Internet customers throughout the outage. 100% outage downtime estimated less than 2 hours. 90% or more recovered by 5/21. [WSI] -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: New Tornado Predictions out & US County Maps Available Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 22:40:08 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Members: A couple URL's to pass along to you tonight... Engineering Analysis has come out with their 20 Most Tornado Prone Cities and States During May list. It can be found on their Press Releases Page http://www.mindspring.com/~eai/EAIpress.html If you didn't know, State Maps with County Outlines and Names are available from this URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/county_outline.html These can be quite handy for your spotting or chasing needs. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Severe Storms Rock Eastern North Carolina Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 14:36:40 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks for the update, Chris! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Severe Storms Rock Eastern North Carolina Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 14:10:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers To: stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com, cn1599{at}coastalnet.com, bjhall{at}gabn.net, skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com, darnold{at}datasync.com, j{at}weatherwatchers.org, webmaster{at}assembly.net, cthorne{at}ecu.campus.mci.net, k5pf{at}aol.com, kimberly{at}unity.ncsu.edu, pietrych{at}rap.ucar.edu, wxman96{at}aol.com, daniel.bartholf{at}noaa.gov, gregs{at}abts.net, powell{at}scsn.net, dasprp{at}always-online.com, shane.wise{at}pov.net, fduval{at}flosc.net, svoros{at}execpc.com Currently the SKYWARN in Newport is in an active mode. We have had a Tornado to touch down and a funnel cloud that was forming and moving offshore. The Tornado touched down in Riverdale, which is just west of Havelock and was expected to be in Havelock NC by 135pm. Havelock is approximately 20 minutes from Headquarters while Riverdale is approximately 10 miles from headquarters, The sky did turn green here, with multiple cloud to ground lightning strikes and torrential downpours. There has been reports of roofs ripped off of builings, tress down on houses and small limbs and minor flooding along highwya 70. One person in David or Davis, couldn't uundersatnad the ham operator real well, has been hit by lightning, Rescue squads can only respond at 35 mph due to heavy rains and high winds. There will be more on these storms as i get the information. NNNN Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips Web Page: For more Information on The Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers www.assembly.net/encww Mirc Channel #encww on DalNet; also check out these other channels, #Skywarn, #Weather, # Meterology, #stormchasers ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : Damage Assesment : Riverdale, NC Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 17:49:06 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Riverdale, NC Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 17:27:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers To: stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com, cn1599{at}coastalnet.com, bjhall{at}gabn.net, skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com, darnold{at}datasync.com, j{at}weatherwatchers.org, webmaster{at}assembly.net, cthorne{at}ecu.campus.mci.net, k5pf{at}aol.com, kimberly{at}unity.ncsu.edu, pietrych{at}rap.ucar.edu, wxman96{at}aol.com, daniel.bartholf{at}noaa.gov, gregs{at}abts.net, powell{at}scsn.net, dasprp{at}always-online.com, shane.wise{at}pov.net, fduval{at}flosc.net, svoros{at}execpc.com Preliminary Damage Assessment May 23, 1998 A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF THE RIVERDALE AREA SHOWS DAMAGE OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THERE ARE A FEW HOUSES THAT DID RECIEVE DAMAGE DUE TO FALLING TREE LIMBS. INTERVIEWS OF PEOPLE ALSO SUGGEST THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A MICROBURST. DAMAGE DOES NOT SUGGEST A MICROBURST THOUGH, IT DOES SUPPORT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THERE ARE POWER LINES DOWN AND SOME OUTBUILDINGS HAVE ALSO BEEN DAMAGED. INTERSECTION OF SOUTH GLENBURNIE ROAD AND OAKS ROAD THERE WAS SOME TREES DOWN, BUT NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO ANY STRUCTURES. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN VANCEBORO, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN ASSESSED AT THIS TIME. THE AREA OF RIVERDALE THAT HAS DAMAGE RUNS FROM RIVERSIDE TOYOTA ON HWY 70 TO ALMOST MEXICAN IMPORTS. MOST OF THIS DAMAGE IS ON OLD CHERRY POINT ROAD. THERE WILL BE MORE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. AS SOON AS THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETE YOU WILL BE RECIEVEING THE INFORMATION NNNN CP Subject: CASILIST : World Weather News of the Week (Feature: Lightning Info) Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 18:17:43 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients World Weather News of the Week gathered by CASI President Jesse Ferrell from Internet News Resources. 5/23/98 Featured Site: "A Shocking Spectacle" : An Educational Section Dedicated to Lightning Includes definitions, explanations, a slide show, and a lightning quiz. Thanks to Member Frank Noonan for the tipoff on this one. http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/lightning980522.html General News: Hurricane Strikes Jewish Autonomous Region http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2596344 Hurricane Strikes Bangladesh - Kills 14 http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2593452 Hurricane Tools to be Used This Season For Predictions http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARO4.htm In Alabama Town, Class of 1998 Graduates amid Tornado Wreckage http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2596273 La Nina Could Cause Many Landfalling Hurricanes This Season http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARNZ.htm Insurance Companies Cancel Florida Residences' Insurance Due to Hurricane Threat http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARMY.htm Chinese Scientists Predict Next El Nino in 2002 http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2593622 Severe flooding kills 10 in northwestern Turkey http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARNL.htm Black Rain Falls in Africa http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2595691 Rebuilding after El Nino will cost Ecuador $2 billion http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARMZ.htm Snow Closes Campgrounds in California for Memorial Day Weekend http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2599190 Smoke Closes Airports in Central America Weekly http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2598398 Heavy rains flood Tajikistan's capital, cut power http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARMW.htm Floods and Landsides Kill 20 in China http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARMU.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Storm Reports added (5/7/98 Tornadoes/Supercells and others) Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 23:45:16 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have added a number of storm reports, a couple of mine and some of y'alls (though the StormForm) to the CASI Recent Weather Events Page. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/recentwx.html This includes a lengthy report on the Supercells and Tornadoes that occurred in the Southern CASI Area on May 7, 1998. It includes a rich archive of many NEXRAD Radar, Lightning Detection, and other Weather graphics and animations. I haven't even proofread the 5/7 section yet, just got it up tonight, so please let me know if there are any errors. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Damage Assessment Report for May 23, 1998 (Carolina) Severe Weather Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 21:17:19 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Damage Assessment Report for May 23, 1998 Severe Weather Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 20:50:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers To: stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com, cn1599{at}coastalnet.com, bjhall{at}gabn.net, skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com, darnold{at}datasync.com, j{at}weatherwatchers.org, webmaster{at}assembly.net, cthorne{at}ecu.campus.mci.net, k5pf{at}aol.com, kimberly{at}unity.ncsu.edu, pietrych{at}rap.ucar.edu, wxman96{at}aol.com, daniel.bartholf{at}noaa.gov, gregs{at}abts.net, powell{at}scsn.net, dasprp{at}always-online.com, shane.wise{at}pov.net, fduval{at}flosc.net, svoros{at}execpc.com Damage Assessment May 23, 1998 This Damage Assessment was completed May 24, 1998 Craven County ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vanceboro State Camp Road Trailer Destroyed, Tree fell through roof in the living room section of the house, from the roof top to the ground. Also 1 vehicle was totaled at this location. Farm Life Avenue Antenna was knocked off of mast and onto the roof with signs of going through the overhang Multiple Power Lines down James Street Tree on Garage Howell Street Shed Destroyed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Riverdale Swiss Drive Barn Damage by trees Garner Drive Roof Damage, Limb through roof, also limbs on outbuildings Old Cherry Point Road Trees on Power Lines, Trees damaged car port, roof damage, trailer destroyed Nyon Court Trees on houses, roof damage Geneva Road Roof Damage to sun room by tree, car totaled by trees E Grantham Road Roof damage by trees and antenna ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NNNN Subject: CASILIST : Early Morning PA Chase Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 06:42:51 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well folks I awoke at 5:30 this morning to frequent thunder. There's nothing like a morning thunderstorm - it proves that the atmosphere is volatile. There was a 67dbZ storm right over my head as a Severe Thunderstorm Warning went out at 5:35. After an additional warning, I chased the storm about 20 miles before it went into "No Mans Land", one of the many areas of PA where there are no roads. According to radar the storm contained 1" hail but I did not witness any, just high winds, heavy rains, and frequent lightning. (All this without even being in a General Thunderstorm Risk!) Since the weather looks a wee bit unpredictable today, I'll be taking the videocamera to work so the CASICAM will be down until this evening. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Kansas Svr Weather Report Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 18:30:47 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Svr Weather Report Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1980 16:43:17 -0800 From: Joey Ketcham To: J Well I started off here in Crawford County and I drove west over to montgomery county about 830 PM I got there and they was in a svr t-storm warning. There I saw hail 1.75" diameter, winds of 60 mph and a funnel cloud. The svr t-storm warning upgraded to a tornado warning at about 9:00 I believe after it was over I came back and went over to Burbon County KS where I saw dime size hail (estimated) and winds of 40+ mph and frequent CG lightning. As of right now it is pouring rain and in some low lying places its flooding with a lot of In Cloud lightning. At one point I did have to pull over due to heavy rain and I did talk to 3 storm chasers who spotted the tornado also. I am going to Montgomery Co. tomorrow to check on any damage. Joey ketcham Kansas Subject: CASILIST : Large Tropical Disturbance in Caribbean Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 18:49:56 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I've noticed this too, it is a really large feature! The Weather Channel just said that "it is not organized at this time but the Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on it." If nothing else it could give some storms to Cuba or Florida by the middle of the week. For satellite pictures of this system see http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g8/latest_g8ir.gif http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g8/latest_g8vis.gif (daylight only) http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g8/latest_g8wv.gif For text discussions of the tropics in general see (thanks Member Michael Pitt for the links): Tropical Discussion - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/pub/forecasts/discussion/MIATWDAT NCEP Tropical Desk - http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/text/severe/tropical/FXCA20.KWBC -Jesse --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Tropical Depression Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 17:56:19 -0500 From: bjhall{at}gabn.net (b j. hall) To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Hello Gang......Hope all is doing well..... I have noticed something on the GOES-8 satellite for days now. Its that big bloob south of cuba. I have been watching it grow for a week now and the weather channel just mentioned it. Its a tropical wave! Is this a sample of what is instore for the upcoming Hurrince 98 season? Lets hear some ideas. BJ 73 de BJ KD4AHQ Weather Station Senior Controller HOMEPAGE: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/index.html ICQ WORLD WIDE PAGER: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ WEATHER CHATROOM OPEN 24hrs A DAY: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 ICQ EMAIL EXPRESS: 3486306{at}pager.mirabilis.com APRS System for Windows 145.79MHz and TCP/IP Licensed Remote InterRAD 3.1 Total Doppler Radar Site Subject: CASILIST : Storm Report on PA Severe Thunderstorms This Morning Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 22:27:27 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have finished a lengthy report on this mornings Severe Thunderstorms here at HQ and across Eastern PA, including my rather lame chase account and a lot of NEXRAD images, Lightning Detection Images, other weather images, and image animations. Yah I know it's a miracle, I actually got the report up in the same day. Anyway I haven't proofed it yet so let me know if anything is misspelled or broken. I haven't had a chance to go over the videotape yet and will probably add some video captures tomorrow night. Also I hope to put up a small report and a couple radar images from the Severe Thunderstorms in NW NC 5/25 tomorrow evening. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0525/pa.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Tropics Update Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:15:28 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients At the bottom of this message is included the first statement on this Tropical System, the Tropical Disturbance Statement. I received this statement this morning and several Members forwarded it to me in the afternoon. --Jesse --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Just FYI tropics Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 13:00:00 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: The disturbance is now approaching the Yukitan channel, moving northwest at about 10-15 knots at best. Looking at AVN & NoGaps analysis, barely shows a trof and the orientation of the convection on satellite looks like a trof with maybe a meso surface low embedded. the upper level winds do not appear as unfavorable as NHC makes it sound. There is a general ridge building into the region with upper level winds at 500mb looking to collapse in 24 hours. Both AVN and especially NoGaps shows the tropical wave amplifying [in amplitude of the wave structure] significantly in the next 24 hours with a slight pressure decrease. The amplification implies a cutoff low developing at the surface, warm core all the way from surface to 500mb+. ETA does show a moderate southerly flow at 500mb, causing some vertical shear perhaps. Interesting though that ETA also shows wave amplitude increasing as the system very slowly turns north then maybe northeast, still south of Florida panhandle in 48 hours. As a vort at 500mb moves off texas coast, flow may become more diffluent with time.. So to some it up, keep watching it, could be interesting. Mike Reddin ------------- WONT41 KNHC 261448DSAAT SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL11 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 1998 SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE REPORTS SHOW A BROAD AND DISORGANIZED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THIS SYSTEM IS ACCOMPANIED BY CLOUDINESS AND HEAVY RAINS MAINLY OVER THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND WESTERN CUBA. THIS ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE FOR THIS SYSTEM TO DEVELOP FURTHER. AVILA Subject: CASILIST : Updates to CASI Site : Storm Reports, Weather Station, CASICAM Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 23:18:46 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients There were several significant updates to the CASI Web Site, most of which were done tonight (boy am I going to regret getting up at 5am now...) 1. New Storm Report - I put up a short report of the NW NC Severe Thunderstorms from yesterday with a few radar shots: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0525/nc.html and added a "this looked a lot better on the video than it does in the computer capture" lightning image to the aforementioned PA report - http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0525/pa.html 2. CASICAM - Animated! The CASICAM now has a Javascript Animation tool online which can animate Yesterday's Cam shots every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 60 minutes, depending on which option it picks. Since my Cam software only does one size it has to use the full-size images so if you don't have a lot of bandwidth you'll want to start with the 60-minute increments. You must have a JavaSCRIPT (not JAVA) enabled browser to see these animations. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxcam/ 3. CASI Weather Stations Updates - The CASI Weather Stations page has been updated to account for the new Weather Station info (since the WX-200 is now backup). http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/ In addition, the LiveObs page of the CASI1 Weather Station has been updated to include graphs of the Last *3 Hours of data* as well as the last 24 hours of data, to give you a more complete and detailed account of recent weather here at CASI HQ. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/liveobs.shtml The WX-200 Alternate Software page has been updated with new programs, *finally*. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/wx200alt.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Upcoming Severe Weather - First Widespread Mid-Atlantic Outbreak Possible Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 15:55:07 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients All sources seem to point to a large outbreak of severe weather in the Mid CASI region Tomorrow. The National Weather Service in State College PA says in their afternoon Forecast Discussion today: "HARD TO RECALL A MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION." Now where it will be is a subject of fierce discussion. The Storm Prediction Center issued a Moderate Risk for most of the Mid-Atlantic states last night for tomorrow, then trimmed the area back to only the middle Appalachians this morning (see graphic http://kamala.cod.edu/spc/risks.DAY2.gif where the dotted lines are Previous risks). Earthwatch still had most of the SPC's previous Moderate risk as Moderate as of this afternoon. At the very least the entire CASI Region except for the Deep South will be under a Slight Risk of Severe Thunderstorms on Sunday, with the Appalachians in a Moderate Risk. For all of these graphics on one page, see http://casi.simplenet.com/j/oldsite/wx/severe.html Most NWS offices in the Mid-Atlantic region are including the risk in their discussions and in their forecasts are listing "possibility of Severe Thunderstorms". It is still early in the forecast period for these storms. The SPC is "not confidant" of their forecast for the New England and Mid-Atlantic area. The only place that they are confidant of Severe Weather is "Eastern TN and KY" at this time. http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~spc/products/outlook/dy2.htm CASI Members in these areas should be ready to take action if Severe Weather should strike. If you are planning to chase or spot tomorrow make sure that you have enough supplies on hand for recording the events. I know that usually my worst problem during severe weather is usually my lack of preparation. Emergency preparedness officials in these areas should be aware that their help may be needed tomorrow and tomorrow night if the storms should strike their area. The strength of the storms tomorrow will be seen in their severity and the large area which will contain them, however they will still probably be scattered in the area and not everyone may see a storm. On another note, I will be putting up a report on the CASI site later today or tomorrow on my Investigation of an F0 tornado in Bellefonte PA. The tornado occurred yesterday with a widespread outbreak of Severe weather in PA and the entire NE US. I was not there at the time, I was about 10 miles south, but I took video and talked to people there this morning. Greg Drollinger also has additional information on the storms in his area, including an investigation of downed trees in that area. I will link to any information that he has also. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Northern CASI Area In HIGH RISK Of Severe Thunderstorms Today Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 11:48:12 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Image reference: http://casi.simplenet.com/j/oldsite/wx/severe.html The Storm Prediction Center in OK has issued a HIGH RISK of severe thunderstorms for the Northern CASI area today, including most of Pennsylvania and New York. High Risks are rarely issued for the United States and it is extremely rare for an area in the Northeast to be in a High Risk. This indicates that forecasters are sure of the probability of severe weather in these areas. The SPC says: "STRONG WIND FIELDS AT ALL LEVELS INDICATE A DISTINCT THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. IF MORE CELLULAR CONVECTION CAN DEVELOP...HELICITY AND STORM RELATIVE FLOW APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELL TORNADOES." In addition a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms exists for areas North and West of North Carolina and a Moderate Risk exists for most of the Northeast US. UPDATE: Local forecast discussions from State College at 11:30am indicate that the SPC has moved the High Risk area to NE PA and NJ. I am undecided as to whether to leave HQ to attempt to see the severe weather at this time. I know that Bud and others have mobilized to NW PA early this morning and I am not getting answers from other potential chase parters phone numbers this morning. CASI Members in the Northeast US should be prepared to record this unusual and likely severe event. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Spencer SD Tornado Report Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:56:22 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From Member Steve Marks: On Sunday, May 31, Roger Edwards (SPC) and I assisted the NWS damage survey team as they assessed the tornado damage in and around Spencer, South Dakota. To the west of Spencer, three homes were destroyed. There was no substantial damage to the east. The town itself was basically destroyed. The damage path was approximately 10 miles long and the tornado's width was about 1/2 mile wide. This tornado traveled at approximately 35 MPH toward the east then southeast. The initial damage rating is an F3. Extreme damage occurred in the town of Spencer (pop 300) around 8:45 PM CDT Saturday evening, injuring at least 150 (50 seriously) with 6 fatalities so far. All of the homes in Spencer sustained some form of damage. Most of the homes were heavily damaged, many were completely destroyed (ie nothing at all left standing). The business district within Spencer was destroyed as was the volunteer fire department. Only the three shattered and badly damaged fire truckes remained to mark the spot where the fire department once stood. I was allowed to climb the 75 foot ladder truck from Sioux Falls Fire Department for an aerial view. It is beyond my ability to describe the destruction I witnessed. I can only hope that I should not have to see such damage again. I have included two digital pictures, but they can not really convey the entirety of this tragedy. [Pictures uploaded to: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/spencer] Roger and I are enroute back to Norman, OK for some much needed rest... Steve -- Subject: CASILIST : Spotter report - Tornado Watch area - NE pa. Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:57:06 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Spotter report - Tornado Watch area - NE pa. Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 20:12:48 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: At 7 PM Pike County officials declared a Tornado Warning until 8 PM. At approx 7:25 - a 'significant' thuunderstorm entered our area. At 7:30 - about 2 minutes of 3/4 inch hail. 7:35 - Yes,. the 'infamous' (and VERY creepy) 'Train sound' was heard and I had visual to some circulation directly above us. The darkest cloud moved quickly to the East at which point Orange County, NY and Sussex Cty., NJ were put on alert. Two unconfirmed local reports Touchdown at Hemlock Farms (Route 402) Touchdown possible in Sussex Cty moving towards Monteque. At this hour about 2 miles of Route 390 near Promised Land Park in NE Pa. is closed. (Some reports of 'wires' down in that area) Charlie Anzman WA2AAB SBC Computer & Components http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Closest I ever came.....and for a few minutes there got pretty creepy. Skywarn in Luzarne had no spotters reporting from our area, so tracking became very diffucult. Subject: CASILIST : (OH) Storm report.... Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:57:41 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Storm report.... Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 23:23:10 -0400 From: Trent Casi To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Hi, Trent Casi her in East Palestine, OH along the OH-PA line. 6 tenths of an inch of rain with a 53mph wind gust on the edge of a storm. Power out for 5 hours.......... Subject: CASILIST : Severe Weather in the NE (PA report) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 01:06:32 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well folks most of the severe weather in the Northeast US is over. We ended up with several tornadoes which caused a great deal of damage and injuries. I personally witnessed one of the greatest lightning shows of my life when meeting a storm in Williamsport PA this evening and saw a number of downed trees in the area. I will be putting up a report on the CASI Website very soon - if you have anything to add please use the StormForm (www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform) to submit it. Note that this severe weather outbreak will delay general CASI activities for the period of about 1 week, including adding links, processing new memberships, updating the tropical page, and to a certain extent answering email. I hope to be able to catch up on that this week. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Summation report - Update - NE pa.] Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 01:36:58 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Summation report - Update - NE pa. Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 01:28:26 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: "SBC Weathercam" -----Original Message----- From: SBC Weathercam To: sbccomp{at}sbccomputer.com Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 8:11 PM Subject: Spotter report - Tornado Watch area - NE pa. The Tornado Watch was extended by Pile Officials until 11 PM The local agencies all alled in Personnel, including The National Park Service, State Police, Local Police, Fire, Ambulance etc. The THIRD pass while it didn't bring Tornado acitvity to this area, brought torential RAIN, and basement flooding as well as well over an hour of visible LOCAL lightning. Numerous reports of down trees, street flooding, LARGE HAIL, and lightning strikes covered OUR entire area (Dingmans, Delaware, Milford, Westfall in Pa & Eastern Orange County NY). It appears many of the local weather stations ceased operation due to power outages at various times from 7 PM through Midnight. At this hour, we know that the Red Cross has an active shelter in the area with 200 or so people in it (Most likely due to flooding). The Pike EMA is still active, with reports of 'traffic control', missing persons, and other types of problems, ....and the ICE balls on my deck are still there! Police later confirmed the Monague, NJ Tornado. A night to remember no doubt. Previous... >At 7 PM Pike County officials declared a Tornado Warning until 8 PM. >At approx 7:25 - a 'significant' thuunderstorm entered our area. >At 7:30 - about 2 minutes of 3/4 inch hail. >7:35 - Yes,. the 'infamous' (and VERY creepy) 'Train sound' was heard and >I had visual to some >circulation directly above us. >The darkest cloud moved quickly to the East at which point >Orange County, NY and Sussex Cty., NJ >were put on alert. > >Two unconfirmed local reports >Touchdown at Hemlock Farms (Route 402) >Touchdown possible in Sussex Cty moving towards >Monteque. > >At this hour about 2 miles of Route 390 near >Promised Land Park in NE Pa. is closed. >(Some reports of 'wires' down in that area) > >Charlie Anzman >WA2AAB Pike County, Pennsylvania >SBC Computer & Components >http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html > > Subject: CASILIST : PA : May 31 chase Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 17:55:53 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: May 31 chase Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:04:19 -0400 From: Bud Younke To: "'j{at}weatherwatchers.org'" Well to begin with let me say it was typical, ran all over the northern tier of the stat,got back home and had the best show! Anyway a quick synopsis of the dull part of the day.. 10:30 AM Left Altoona with a target jumping off point of Coudersport in Potter County, in the northern tier of the state. Hoping to intercept the southern end of the line of storms then moving across Lake Erie. I-99 North to 350 into Phillipsburg, then out 53N to Kylertown. A back road to 870 for a few miles miles to Piper, down Wykoff Run Road and finally onto PA 872 N for Coudersport. 1:00 PM Austin PA on RT872, Things didn't seem to be happening quite as quick as I had hoped. A general lack of local radio stations in the area didn't help in the planning stages, but with the speed of the line when we left I felt we were in good shape, a lot of haze, and down in the river valley it was tough to se much at this point. This was the part of the trip I had been most concerned with since there was no place to go out of the valley, but it still looked clear. A quick stop at the remnants of the Austin Dam (site of the second worst dam disaster in PA (1911 - 78 killed) for a photo op, and we heard the first thunder up the valley. Nothing visual. 1:50PM In Coudesport, time for a decision- east or West. I picked an East / NorthEast route on 44/49N then onto 49. 2:50PM Stopped in Gold PA at the Gold general Store. No TV... been three hours without Data.. D they have TWC up here??? Asked at the store what the weather was saying, the lady there had no info, about the same as what we heard before we left. They also had no sandwiches...We had stopped several times to watch the sky, there was a general graying, but nothing looked organied, a steady breeze at 10 to 15 out of the nW. 3:10 PM Following the directions from the lady in the Gold General Store we found lunch in Ulysses. Actually had two choices, a sit down family restaurant or sub/pizza shop. Picked the sub shop, still no TV / Local Radio. Talked to a couple locals and apparently no one was really paying much attention to it..While we were eating, we could see a general increase in the clouds, grays were deepening and the wind picking up a bit. 3:40 PM Back onto 49 N. As we left Ulysses we could hear thunder and had a brief shower, but still nothing. So far the hilite of the trip had been seeing the Allegheny river narrow enough to jump across, we at least had found the headwaters! The storms we were seeing appeared to be popcorn, over the next hour we encountered three which seemed to be on a line parallel to 49 on the other side of the ridge. 4:45PM Just outside of Wellsboro PA via 249 south, playing musical radio stations when an alert tone goes off, It's a Severe Tstorm Tor Warn for Allegany county New york off to our west. See a couple cells south of Wellsboro go for them. A couple pictures of some tall structure on the edge. A few minutes later we arrive in Wellsboro and stop at a motel for info. Find out a Tor warn is on the cell, about 18 miles south. Knowing the roads a bit better in this area I figure not where I want to be, so we get a cup of coffee at an acorn Market and watch the storm from a distance. 5:30PM Rt 287 S between Morris and English Center, get some shots of the back side of the tower, big high based beast, find some evidence of hail/wind damage, leaves and limbs up to an inch. 6:00 PM Back on us 220 South heading for home, sky looks pretty clear, carrying on some general coonversation so we don't turn on the radio. Just north of Lock Haven. 6:30 PM See some of the damage from Friday's Micro burst in Mill Hall Beech Creek are. 7:00 PM US 220 between milesburg and State College we turn the radio back on. Find the red box has been up, and things are popping back toward Altoona! Geeeze!!!! 8:00PM Back near altoona and the sky looks purely angry. Stop at work and grab some radar and data from the Internet. Shoulda stayed here and done nothing all day and just waited. Spent the next hour watching some of the most impressive lightning I've ever seen crawl across the cloud base. Shot some video but haven't looked at it yet. Things seem to slow down for a bit around 8:45, so I took my Girl friend home,(she had done most of the driving and was about done) threw the gear into my car and went to pick up my 20 yo son to continue. Total Miles so far 340 9:15 Found my son at my ex wife's watching Weather Channel... ( Good boy!) And a tor warn for somerst / bedford counties, about 45 minutes south. The tVS was shown as 16 SE Bedford about 9:45, too far and too dark to go for that. Severe due into altoon about 10. Headed for my work for more data, ended up spending an hour there doing lightning video and stills. 10:45PM Headed south toward Bedford, a confirmed touchdown in Somerset county with injuries. Followed the lightning show s/se and ended up in Bedford at Midnight. Saw more, hail/wind damage with a couple of 5-6 inch diameter limbs down, one almost blocking the road from Loysburg to Bedford Back at the wife's apartment about 1:00AM Total trip this time approx 100 miles. Didn't try to get into the tor area for a survey too late, too dark. On the news this AM there was one fatality, a girl in a car hit by a falling tree, and 12 injuries. All in all a pretty wild day, with the last 4 hours packing the most punch. Thank You, Bud Younke Network Administrator Computer Learning Network Altoona,PA 814-941-5643 FAX 814-944-5309 byounke{at}clntraining.com raptor{at}boris.clntraining.com ----==-- _ / / \ ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ / / /\ \ --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / / /_/\ \ \ -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ /______\ \ \ TeamLinux \_________\/ Linux '98 - Where do you want to go tomorrow? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: CASILIST : NY : SVR WEATHER Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 18:00:08 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: SVR WEATHER Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:49:06 -0400 (EDT) I think that we finally got lucky up here, that is for Severe Weather. So much went on here, I somewhat went out chasing in New York State yesterday afternoon between Elmira and Ithaca. I pulled over at a truck stop and luckily they had the Weather Channel on, so I watched the radar and noticed that one cell was headed for right where I was. So I got im my car and sat out in the parkinglot ( for a better point of view) You could see the sky getting extremely dark and the out of the darkness, you could see the white lower clouds of the gut front moving at about 40-50 mph. Then as taht passed the winds picked up to about 40-50 mph and torrential downpours occured for about another 10 minutes, then some quarter sized hail began to fall and not long after that it cleared out, but the weather channel was showing another cell moving right toward me again, just a little further north, so I drove north toward Watkins Glen, and here I saw the most impressive lightning I have ever seen. It was so close that I could see it hit the ground. It was all around me, but as I was driving the rain intensified and the winds picked up, and then suddenly hit an area that had no rain, light winds and I could see the clouds racinig by me, but I could see no signs of a funnel. So I continued to drive and got back into the heavy rain. This is at 6:00 pm. The storm washen passing so I decided to drive east toward Ithaca and got on the back edge of the stratiform precipitaion, but the lightning was still going strong. But as I was driving around the central Finger Lakes region, I noticed numerous trees down in the road and many homes burning candles. Mnay of the radio stations were nocked out. The sun finally peaked through for a nice rosy sunset. At this thime the sky was filled with huge bulging mammatus clouds. On my way home today, I noticed again numerous areas of wind damage from the Finger Lakes into Northern Pennsylvania. The Buffalo WSO issued over 40 warnings, which was their record. In the Binghamton area, the normal number of tornados in the area is about 2-4 yesterday there were 10 confirmed in the BGM area. A tornado hit downtown Binghamton and hit one of the local TV station, WIVT, ABC. The entire station was destroyed. They lost 3 satellites, the building was severly damaged along with much of thier equipment. They are still off the air, probably until Wednesday. They local tv staion got some footage of one of the tornados as it touched down. These torndoes wiped out entire building complexes and are being ranked preliminary F2's. So busy busy night last night, but very exciting. Oh, and happy hurricane season !! Bryan Subject: CASILIST : Yesterday's Storms and Moderate Risk For Mid-Atlantic Tomorrow! Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 20:27:01 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients That last message with the NY Chase report was from Member Bryan Farr, it struck me (no pun intended) that might not have been clear as his email address and From: header were cropped off somehow. I was contacted this morning by Talk Radio WWBB(?) in Philadelphia this morning for an interview on their morning show but unfortunately I did not get the message in time. I will look into placing my work number on my Public Home Page for times like this and will look into checking my work messages from home or buy an answering system capable of this, as I would always be happy to help educate the public on storm observation and bring the idea of CASI to the (non-internet) public. I have received many StormForm reports from you and have been impressed with the data I have received, it will be very helpful to the web site. I want to remind people again that if you have a Chase Report or Storm Summary to use the StormForm whenever possible in addition to posting to the CASILIST as if you just send it to the CASILIST I have to first ask for permission to use it then reformat it. I am also looking into partially automating the posting procedure. Also Please Remember to address your CASILIST posts to CASILIST{at}weatherwatchers.org or I will have to ask permission to use your material and that will slow the process down. You should be able to judge what would be appropriate by past postings (about anything ;)) I get a couple hundred messages a day addressed to j{at}weatherwatchers.org so if you want the whole list to see it I need you to address it to casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org so that I can just bounce it quickly to the list. Now needless to say I am trying to get a report up on the CASI site for these storms but I'm operating today on 3 hours of sleep and it's looking like an exciting day again tomorrow so it's slow going. For a summary of the storms you can visit CNN's site: http://www.cnn.com/US/9806/01/storm.roundup/ MODERATE RISK AGAIN: Parts of the Mid and North CASI area will be under the gun again tomorrow before residents have had a chance to clean up or even have their power restored. A strong jet stream will act with a surface low and strong temperature gradient again tomorrow to bring Severe Storms to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. At this time the SPC has issued a MODERATE RISK for Severe Thunderstorms for E. VA, E. MD, and SE PA. The rest of the mid-atlantic states are under a Slight Risk. As always, for the SPC graphics and other companies' take on the severe predictions, see the quick look page at http://casi.simplenet.com/j/oldsite/wx/severe.html The SPC notes that Supercell storms and Tornadoes will be the main threat. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Don't get too excited? and... Pike County Update Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 22:55:07 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Don't get too excited? and... Pike County Update Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 22:03:55 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: CC: "J" Hi Jess - Well the storm (one day later) has evidentally taken our primary server down (Our site!)... Some stuff re Pike County just in from the NWS and my comments IN PENNSYLVANIA... (They must still be out there because two hours ago it was 2 - now 4...) PIKE COUNTY ----------- PROMISED LAND INCLUDING PROMISED LAND STATE FOREST AROUND 730 PM INTENSITY: F2 PATH LENGTH: 2 MILES PATH WIDTH: UP TO 3/10 MILE THIS IS THE FIRST TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PIKE COUNTY SINCE DETAILED TORNADO RECORDS BEGAN IN 1950. (This is why I said don't get too excited ...about 'tomorrow'...but who know with Nino, Nina, and la pinta...Guess anythings possible??) This was well to the west of us & the first to close highways PIKE COUNTY ----------- DELAWARE TOWNSHIP AROUND 800 PM INTENSITY: F0 PATH LENGTH: UNKNOWN (This one just declared official - But with several communities still without power in that area (particularly Marcel Lakes) and the report of a roof blown off at 'Wild Acres'...makes sense to me...) Approx 12 miles SW of here PIKE COUNTY ----------- BLOOMING GROVE AROUND 820 PM INTENSITY: F2 PATH LENGTH: 3 MILES PATH WIDTH: 200 YARDS (This was the 'Touchdown' at Hemlock Farms - a very large private community - about 20 miles Northwest of here - Lots of open space) PIKE COUNTY ----------- GREENTOWN AROUND 940 PM INTENSITY: GREENTOWN F0 PATH LENGTH: UNKNOWN (Well to the West of us - Triggered the second Warning and Renewal of the Warning by Pike County officials) Other stuff... A torential downpour in the thrid pass had water in homes that never experienced flooding before (including mine) Had a number of insurance agents sharing information today - for another time (Some of these were literally 'unbelievable') Claim adjusters were here today for the 'believable' ones from many companies Route 209 W of Milford was closed from last night until approx 11 AM today due to the fire at Altec-Lansing. I haven't seen it, but reports say the warehouse is 'history'. Formerly Sparkomatic, this company bought the 'rights' to the Altec-Lansing name a few years ago just prior to making the switch from car stereos to computer speakers. Probably, the largest PRIVATE (non-government) employer in the Milford area. This is their 'Corporate headquarters'. (So why is THEIR website still up?? www.altecmm.com ) Electric etc., while we had several short outages, the area that seem to be suffering the most is to our south where GPU has told many it may take until tomorrow to restore power. Contrary to NWS kudos, Skywarn was virtually useless in Pike. We were monitoring to the West and South and noone from Pike County was checking in (There is no Skywarn in Pike - Just Monroe & Luzerne - and, Sussex in NJ) They tried but the distance was too far for accurate reporting. They did, however, do a bang-up job for those areas (Who ever thought we'd need Skywarn in Pike County?) We already have a half-million dollar toilet in the Park.... Speaking of the NPS (Great Group!)... Just prior to the storm, the National Park Service (The US owns a good portion of Pike by the Delaware) had difficulty getting 'Sunday boaters' out of the river, and evidentally did NOT force them (or couldn't). Well, when you moved here...I said it....The view of storms from up here is awesome....Little did I know. Finally, the formation I reported yesterday, was confirmed by a resident of Pocono Woodland Lakes (Train-sound & all). That's it from here...numerous 'media-type' and community cc's on this so if you want my home phone for next time...(If there ever is one?) Let me know.. Tomorrow...really...? Are we tired yet? Nice Job (Have a deal on Tires for Eclipses....) Charlie SBC NE - Pa. Subject: CASILIST : MODERATE RISK EXPANDED Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 06:34:54 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The SPC's Moderate Risk of Severe Thunderstorms has been expanded to include all of PA, WV, VA, southern NY and NE NC. The rest of the Northern CASI region from SC to MA is under a Slight Risk. So be careful out there today folks! http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~spc/products/outlook/dy1.gif This event is not predicted to be as widespread as Sunday's outbreak but the cells that do form in a scattered fashion may be severe. The South is already getting started this morning with Tornado Warnings present this morning in TN and NC. Supercells, isolated tornadoes, and bow echoes (strong winds) will be the threats today. SPC: "THE FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE ADVANCING INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND SHOULD ALLOW SEVERE STORMS TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS. FRONT SHOULD EXTEND ALONG THE RIM OF THE APPALACHIANS BY THE EARLY EVENING...AND WILL PUSH QUICKLY OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST OVERNIGHT. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR BOTH ALONG FRONT AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY LATE IN THE DAY...WHICH WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY EWD." -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST: Storm report(Eastern Ohio) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 22:34:37 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Storm report(Eastern Ohio) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 21:29:44 -0400 From: Trent Casi To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Trent Casi here again along Ohio-PA border......I think this tops off last Sundays storms...... 3/4 inch of rain and golf ball size hail tonight at 6pm. Tornado indicated on Pitt. radar but only wall clouds a some rotation spotted here in Columbiana county. What a day! Subject: CASILIST : Addendum to May 31 Chase report (PA) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 22:42:01 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Addendum to May 31 Chase report Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 14:22:12 -0400 From: Bud Younke Organization: Computer Learning Network To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Just as an aside sort of, the cell I discussed in my May 31 posting South of Wellsboro PA in the afternoon did produce a spotter confirmed tornado approx 1 mi west of Buttonwood PA acording to the LSR. This is consistent with the hail/straightline wind damage we observed approx. 10 West of Buttonwood on PA 287. This storm would have been 15 - 18 south of Wellsboro where we were watching it.. and in a particularly nasty area to either 1) see in time to get out of it's way or 2) have anywhere to go to get out of it's way. Figure we made the right choice safety wise on this one, though I would have loved to have been there, If the pics of the backside of this tower come out will send them on to J for inclusion if he wants.. Bud Subject: CASILIST : Tonight's Severe Weather in PA Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 22:44:33 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients There were dozens of tornado warnings issued in PA this evening as supercells dotted the state. I covered less than a hundred miles following and intercepting the storms in Central PA. Was within miles of several tornado warnings but for the most part the storms shifted shape, size, and direction to partially elude me, leaving me only with some video of a few cloud formations and lots of lightning. This will be my third night with little sleep so I hope this weather calms down soon ;) -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Eta Model Changes Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 22:51:24 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients For you Weather Forecast Model Fans: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Eta Model Changes Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 19:46:57 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSC." To: masa{at}execpc.com MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association, Inc. Est 1992 Promoting severe weather INDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. How do you get severe weather annoucements? Try: www.stormwarn.com ************************************************************************ Distribution: Advanced list ZCZC WSHPNSNMC ALL TTAA00 KNMC DDHHMM NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGES 98-10 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 915 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: LEROY SPAYD...CHIEF...SCIENCE AND TRAINING CORE SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ OPERATIONAL "ETA" MODEL SYSTEM... EFFECTIVE JUNE 3 1998 AT 1500 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ 03 JUNE 1998 A SERIES OF CHANGES TO THE OPERATIONAL MESO ETA MODEL SUITE AT NCEP WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW...ETA-32 REFERS TO THE 32KM GRID/45 LEVEL ETA MODEL...WHILE ETA-29 REFERS TO THE CURRENT 29KM GRID/50 LEVEL ETA MODEL RUNNING IN THE MESO RUN SLOT. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THESE CHANGES FOLLOWS. YOU CAN ACCESS TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETIN /TPB/ NUMBER 447 AT HTTP://TGSV5.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/TPB/447.HTM /USING LOWER CASE/...WHICH DESCRIBES THE ETA-32...3-DIMENSIONAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS /3DVAR/ AND ETA DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM /EDAS/ CYCLING THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED 9 FEBRUARY IN THE 0000 UTC AND 1200 UTC EARLY RUN SLOT. A/ OFF-TIME ETA-32 FORECASTS 1/ THE 0300 UTC RUN OF THE ETA-29 /SO-CALLED "MESO" ETA/ WILL BE REPLACED BY A 0300 UTC RUN OF THE ETA-32. THIS FORECAST WILL BE THE SAME LENGTH AS THE ETA-29 FORECAST /33 HOURS/. THE 0300 UTC ETA-32 RUN WILL BE INITIALIZED BY A 3-HOUR ASSIMILATION STARTING AT 0000 UTC...AS IS NOW DONE FOR THE ETA-29 BUT WILL USE A 3DVAR AND WILL START FROM AN EDAS FIRST GUESS INSTEAD OF THE GLOBAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM /GDAS/. 2/ THE 1500 UTC RUN OF THE ETA-29 /SO-CALLED "MESO" ETA/ WILL BE REPLACED BY AN 1800 UTC RUN OF THE ETA-32. FORECAST LENGTH WILL BE 30 HOURS WITH THE 1800 UTC ANALYSIS PRODUCED BY A 6-HOUR EDAS RUN FROM 1200 UTC TO 1800 UTC. 3/ FORECAST PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED FROM THE 0300 UTC ETA-32 RUN WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THOSE PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED FROM THE ETA-29 WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION THAT DURING HURRICANE SEASON THEIR AVAILABILITY MAY BE DELAYED. THE 1800 UTC ETA-32 FORECAST WILL CREATE FORECAST OUTPUT IDENTICAL TO THAT PRODUCED BY THE 1500 UTC ETA-29 RUN EXCEPT THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE 2 TO 3 HOURS LATER. THERE WILL BE NO FILENAME CHANGES ON THE OFFICE OF SYSTEMS OPERATIONS SERVER. CONSEQUENTLY...THE 'MESO' RUN FILE NAMES WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR CYCLE-TIME MISLABELED AS T00Z /ACTUALLY THE 0300 UTC RUN/ AND T12Z /ACTUALLY THE 1800 UTC RUN/. B/ ANALYSIS CHANGES 1/ IN THE 9 FEBRUARY 1998 ETA IMPLEMENTATION...THE EDAS WAS MODIFIED TO RUN IN "PARTIAL" CYCLING MODE...IN WHICH SOIL PARAMETERS /TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE/...TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY /TKE/...AND CLOUD WATER/ICE AT THE START OF EACH EDAS CYCLE IS INITIALIZED FROM THE PREVIOUS EDAS CYCLE...WHILE ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES /TEMPERATURE...MOISTURE...WIND/ ARE OBTAINED FROM THE GDAS. WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION THE EDAS WILL RUN IN FULL CYCLING MODE...WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES CYCLED FROM THE PREVIOUS EDAS IN ADDITION TO SOIL...TKE...AND CLOUD PARAMETERS. 2/ THE USE OF OPTIMUM INTERPOLATION IN THE MESO ETA ANALYSES HAS BEEN REPLACED EVERYWHERE BY THE USE OF A 3DVAR. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT DR. GEOFFREY DIMEGO OR ERIC ROGERS NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION REGIONAL AND AND MESOSCALE MODELLING BRANCH - W/NP22 5200 AUTH ROAD CAMP SPRINGS MD 20746-4304 TELEPHONE 301-763-8000 EXTENSION 7221 FOR DIMEGO EXTENSION 7227 FOR ROGERS End of Feed from the Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association..... Subject: CASILIST : Weather info question... : 1998 Tornado Touchdowns Info? Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 22:59:38 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients RE: [Fwd: Weather info question... : 1998 Tornado Touchdowns Info? If you just need the SPC reports CASI keeps an archive of these and other text items including LSR's and Tornado Warnings at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/archive/ NOTE: The "current" sections of the CASI Text Weather Archives will be out of order for the next couple of days. The number of Warnings for the CASI States was so large in April and May that it exceeded the memory allotment for the CASI Web Server and they could not be archived. I hope to have a workaround in the next day or two. The official publication of Severe Weather Reports is "Storm Data" from NCDC (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/). I worked with that some when I was there and it is an excellent publication. Some data may be available online and I believe the data and paper publication have up to a year delay. Anyone else have recommendations? Original question is below. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather info question.. Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 07:52:28 EDT From: EscapeVa{at}aol.com To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Hi guys, I appologize in advance if this post is not appropriate for the CASI email. I am trying to keep track of tornado touchdowns for 1998. I am pin pointing each one on a large map. My problem is that I have the complete listings for April and May (via checking with the SPC reports daily) Could anyone tell me where I might be able to get a listing of tornado touchdowns for the earlier months of 1998? Any help would be greatly appreciated :) -Margaret (EscapeVa{at}AOL.com) Subject: CASILIST : 6-2-98 PA chase (PA) Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 07:19:06 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 6-2-98 PA chase Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 00:36:23 -0400 From: Bud Younke To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Well things FINALLY worked out on our evening chase of 6/2/98 almost seemed to be a more active weather pattern than Sunday evening had been in our area. A quick breakdown of the chase follows. Watched the cells building to our west during the afternoon from work, sometime around 4 PM the first warnings for western PA and down East (York Berks county areas) went out. Me I'm stuck till 6:00PM 6:00PM grab the latest radar and watch the storm movement. Not sure which cells to go for, the southern seem to be the most active, with some 70dbz echoes over the Pittsburgh area! Almost looks like it is going to cut too far south too soon. Decide on the cells northwest of Dubois which are slowing a bit, they are heading East/Southeast at about 36 knots. These seem reasonable. Call my son, tell him to meet me at the ex wife's. He was just trying to call me... 6:20 Arrive in Bellmeade, video on KDKA TV2 from Pittsburgh of the touchdown on Mt Washington, nasty place, very heavily populated. Warns are up for a TVS northwest of Dubois, that's our cell, also Westmoreland county to the southwest is coming under the gun. 6:40 After some quick map checks, we are Northbound on I-99 approaching Bellwood, off to the North the sky is starting to look a bit meaner.. 7:00 PM Stop at the Snappy's in Bald Eagle PA to top off the fuel. Brian makes a quick call to his mother for any updated warnings, still in the Dubois area and getting better, heading our way. We leave Bald Eagle heading toward Philipsburg on PA 350 7:05 Tor warn goes up for Northern Indiana county. TVS southeast of DuBois, or storm continues to cooperate. 7:15 Tor warn goes up for Blair Cambria Counties. We've just gone through Sandy ridge and are staring at some impressive towers dead ahead, lot's of C-G strokes, but this couldn't be the warn for Blair. 7:20 Finally get out from the trees that have been on our left tight to the hiway, a bit disconcerting not being able to se that way, particularly when we see the storm base, this has too be the cell, Prince Gallitzin State Park at 7;25, Bellwood 7:40, Tyrone 7;50 according to the warn. This HAS to be the cell 7:25, Decide to go after the Blair cell since I know the roads much better that way, Grab PA 53 South in Phillipsburg heading for Houtzdale. Stop and grab some stills of the backside of the towers on the storm that had been directly in front of us. Pretty impressive heights! 7:35 Still 2-3 miles from Houtzdale see what appear to be some inflow bands 7:40 Just inside Houtzdale, see what appears to be a wall cloud 3-4 miles ahead, generally to our west. Grab PA 153 south out of Houtzdale toward Viola and Glasgow heading more southwest, figure we can get a look at the wall cloud from there First warn on a TVS for center county goes up, think this is the cell we saw previously and shot the backside of the towers. 7:42 Break out on the first hill, have been in light to moderate rain for 7 - 8 minutes. Can see the wall cloud still a couple miles to our w-sw, Have a fairly good vantage point from here 7:44 Brian observes we are sitting next to the sign for the Houtzdale Correctional institution ( state pen:)Decide this is not a good place to sit for any extended period without having to explain our presence, head S on 153 again 7:50 Trees have blocked the view to our right. Brian has done an admirable job filming 50 mph tree tops as we drive. Rain has become heavy, afraid we may end up in the hail shaft.... Topping out the next ridge we meet our wall cloud, Actually we can't miss it, the %%#!@ thing is practically over our heads! About a mile in front is some rotation, absolutely beautiful beast, the video doesn't do it justice. See at least one, possibly as many as three funnels start to drop then lift. Swirling rain or hail bands are visible behind the main rotation 7:55 Rotation seems to stop, where there had been good inflow and increasing rotation Now almost nothing. The entire wall cloud is still lazily spinning but the area the funnels were dropping is disappearing. We back into a side road across the road to give us a better angle of retreat, precip has all but stopped, we're looking.. 7:57: New area of increased rotation in the wall cloud and a definite lowering Feel much safer now as the first area of rotation passed about a mile to our south, this one tho is spinning up about 1000 yds to our east. General storm movement is to the east so we stay , but cautiously, no other threatening areas and we have good roads to run if need be.. 8:00 Rotation is picking up and the inflow is starting to really kick, a lot of scud working in and joining the lowering. Looking absolutely lovely. If I may digress here, the video leaves a lot to be desired, this is the first time I've seen a wall cloud with this kind of Rotation. The big picture, without looking through the viewfinder was just awe inspiring, a tad frightening too... 8:03 Brian sees the first hail, a hasty retreat to get the car under some trees and the hail quits, 8:05 Back to where we can see and it's gone, quicker than it cam.. the wall cloud has lost it's rotation, the lowering is gone, the scud all sucked up into the base and the whole thing is turning to typically soupy evening thunderstorm. 8:15 Back in Houtzdale hail up to a quarter covers the ground, on roofs, in the gutters, looks almost like snow. At least we missed the hail shaft. Heading North now on 53. A couple locals in Houtzdale say they heard of two funnel clouds near Tyrone. Brian and I grab a coffee at Uni Mart and off. Back on 53 north this time to look for a possible damage path, In Osceola Mills grab 970 to Sandy Ridge . Approx 1.5 miles from the intersection of 350 and 970 we find a large tree down. Even though it was maybe 20 inces in dia. Where it snapped it was also rotted out there was some siggn of hail damage though. 8:40 Back on Sandy Ridge summit on 350, another cell is approaching from the NW lots of CG and CC lightening and scud clouds rushing east, can't see anything organized. Watch for several minutes then decide it''s getting dark, time to get off the mountain. Head South on 350 9:00 Back in Bald Eagle at Snappy's talk to a couple locals, Brian calls his mother again for an update. She saw one of the funnels near Tyrone about 8:00 no touchdown. Locals are talking about two funnels also. 9:03 on my way out of the Snappy's men's room another warn, this one for Centre county again, head North on 220, we seem to be on the southwest corner of the storm, some nice cg's but no sign of the wall cloud or any rotation 9:10 too dark to safely continue. Leave this one for J when it gets into State College. Approx 3 miles north of Bald Eagle. 9:45 back in Altoona to watch the video! Final score, two or possibly three wall clouds, one for sure!! Some nice video of a more impresssive event when viewed live! A couple of small funnels, and one area of rotation that almost made it to the ground...(maybe next time.) Total travel approx 90 miles We stopped at Citizen's fire Station in Tyrone to inquire about the funnels, they said they had no confirmation of any touch downs... Ready to go again! Bud Subject: RE: CASILIST : Tonight's Severe Weather in PA Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 07:19:39 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Tonight's Severe Weather in PA Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:19:20 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "J" CC: Well, we've been having a nice light show up here for the past two hours. Blooming Grove Police just announced a Significant Thunderstorm and/or Tornado headed in our direction. Will keep you posted. Back for a Visual (Great stuff) Charlie -----Original Message----- From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 10:55 PM Subject: CASILIST : Tonight's Severe Weather in PA >There were dozens of tornado warnings issued in PA this evening as >supercells dotted the state. I covered less than a hundred miles >following and intercepting the storms in Central PA. Was within miles >of several tornado warnings but for the most part the storms shifted >shape, size, and direction to partially elude me, leaving me only with >some video of a few cloud formations and lots of lightning. > >This will be my third night with little sleep so I hope this weather >calms down soon ;) > >-- >============================================================== >Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org >Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org >"And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." >--Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || > > > Subject: CASILIST : NY SVR WX Part II] Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 18:54:18 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: NY SVR WX Part II Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 18:33:48 -0400 (EDT) From: farr{at}vortex.atms.unca.edu (Bryan Farr) To: Atari2601{at}aol.com, single{at}vortex.atms.unca.edu (Jamie Singleton), brotak{at}uncavx.unca.edu, staylor{at}vortex.atms.unca.edu (Steven Taylor) CC: j{at}weatherwatchers.org, korzen{at}vortex.atms.unca.edu (Ben Korzeniewski) Here we go again, at least this time I expirenced severe weather. Last night, Monday, I was at our cottage on Cayuga Lake. A Tornado watch was issued effective 4:15 pm EDT for much of Western & Central New York. The cells just blew up once again. Most of the cells developed in Ontario, near Niagra Falls, but one developed ahead of the main activity south of Rochester. This cell was tracking to the east and developed rapidly. At 6:10 pm a tornado warning went out for this cell which was Doppler indicated. The cell was forecast to be at Sheldrake, NY at 6:30. Sheldrake is the town directly across the lake from our cottage at King Ferry, about 2 miles. YOu could see the storm approaching, it looked at first from my point of view that heaviest part of the storm was a little north, then at about 6:25, I could see and hear out over the lake the hail hitting the water. It finally reached us with diameters around an inch, possibly a little higher. This lasted for about 5 minutes. The hail brought down numerous leaves off the trees which were also flying through the air with winds only reaching about 40 mph. The entire lake view had ice floating in it and the ground was covered. At about this time there was a slight lull, but more hail followed behind at about the same size. You could feel the wind shifting as the storms moved by, If it was a NE to SE wind the temperture seemed to rise a few degrees as it was coming off the land, then cooled as it came from the westerly direction off the water. The winds did seem to shift cyclonicly as felt by the temperture and the direction itself as seen in our flag. First the over all flow from the south, then a cool west wind followed by a north wind and then a warmth with an easterly wind, then back to a south wind in the general flow. This may have been a reflection of the circulation, indicated by the radar at this time. I then called the NWS with the report of the 1 inch hail. The sky once agian filled with mammatus clouds to complete the event. A few more thunderstorms follwed, but were not severe. All was quiet until the front came through around midnight and raised the winds to northerly 30 gusting to 40 mph all night. Being on the lake, the waves rose to 3 feet going over the docks, ( in a normal strong breeze @ 15-20 mph they only get to 8-12") with waves that normally crash about 3-9 feet from shore crashing about 60 feet from shore, looked like the Atlantic. To see a map of the area that was hit and hear some of the radio announcements go to www.atms.unca.edu/~farr/severe2.html I took over 30 pictures of this storm, which are now being developed and will hopefully be up on this page soon Bryan Subject: [Fwd: Frostburg, MD F4 plus other MD storm reports (6/2/98)] Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 19:00:45 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Remember Members if you want to read the Storm Surveys from your local NWS offices, many of them issue Public Info Statements containing them. The LSR's (Local Storm Reports) often appear at this URL as well. Go here: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/**/public.html Where "**" is your two letter state code. Some surveys take several days to appear as Public Info Statements and each new one overwrites an old one so you want have to keep checking back. Here's one with additional info from Member Matt Rosier: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Frostburg, MD F4 plus other MD storm reports (6/2/98) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 17:54:05 -0400 From: Matt Rosier To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org This is from a NWS Sterling, VA damage survey conducted earlier today. Per local news coverage the damage in the Frostburg (Allegany county - Western MD) area seems to have been pretty extensive... I have heard of no injuries or fatalities and plenty of warning was provided for the citizens. A full report from NWS LWX should be out later tonight or tomorrow. 818 WWUS30 KWBC 032003 COR LSRWBC PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SURVEY REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 400 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1998 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 945 PM FROSTBURG MD F4 TORNADO 06/2/98 ALLEGANY SURVEY TEAM HAS DETERMINED THE TORNADO WAS AN F4 WITH WINDS OF 210 MPH WHEN IT HIT FROSTBURG. THE PATH WAS 15 MILES LONG AND ORIGINATED NEAR SALISBURY IN SOMERSET COUNTY PA AND DISSIPATED NEAR BOWLING GREEN WHICH IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF CUMBERLAND MD. WALSTON There were also numerous reports of hail across central Maryland associated with s severe cell that developed in Frederick county Maryland around 6:30-7:00 pm last night. The largest hail report I saw was 2.25" in the area of Sandy Springs (Montgomery county, MD). At my house (Finksburg/Carroll Co.) I had dime sized hail around 7:00 pm, the worst part of the cell missed me just to the south but nonetheless it was an excitable evening. Matt *---------------------------------------------------* | NorthEast Meteorological and Astronomical Service | | http://www.nemas.org | *---------------------------------------------------* Subject: CASILIST : Spencer, SD Tornado Site Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 16:29:44 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here is the NWS's web site for the Spencer, SD tornado: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/fsd/spencer.htm Some of the damage pictures I took are available at this site. scm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Steve Marks, Asst Coordinator emaa{at}interpath.com Greensboro-Guilford Co. Emergency Management Ph (336) 373-2278 1514 N. Church Street Fax (336) 373-2557 Greensboro, North Carolina 27405 TDD (336) 373-4153 Subject: CASILIST : New Members, Member Section Changes Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 17:21:29 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hello Members! I would like to welcome the following New Members (since 4/21/98) to CASI. We now number 230. Also, I have done a couple things to the Member Section of the CASI Website to make it easier for browsing. The Text Member List for Current Temperatures is nice but it takes a good while to load as your browser contacts the Weather Underground's server 230 times. I found that with a couple easy changes I could make a plain text list out of that page. A plain "text list" is now available from the main Members Page at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/ In addition, I had to add a map for Long Island NY this weekend as we now have 4 members there in a small space. I would have done all of NY but amazingly we have no Members in the rest of NY. Florida and Ohio, I know it's getting crowded on the US Map, you're next on the list to be converted to your own map, but each map conversion takes a couple hours and I won't have time for that this weekend. Now onto the Members: Jeff S.Catlett Lynchburg VA Chris Hunt Amherst VA Chris Sokol Norman OK Norman Avila Guatemala City, Guatemala Central America Richard Lewelling De Funiak Sprs FL Gina McKinney Aiken SC Ray Shuler Charlotte NC Timothy A. Holmes Medina OH chris jenkins Lincolnton NC Wesam Hamdy new bern NC Jim Munley Kearny NJ Herb Lowenstein Columbia MD Nelson Garlo Mossy Head FL Tony Amato Chester VA Joey Ketcham Pittsburg KS David Stewart Nags Head NC Elisabeth Swango Shaw A.F.B. SC Matt Linville Siloam NC pedro perez Puerto Real PR Mike Visniewski Pepperell MA Garron Humphrey Kannapolis NC Jamie Whalen DuQuoin IL Bill Hark Charlottesville VA Bryce Wilson Raleigh NC Allen Kotowicz Maspeth NY bill kaler Islip NY Jerry R Lambert Clemson SC Wayne MacKenzie, Jr Pasadena MD TOM GARRETT HOLLIS NH Misty Stiver Warren OH Bill Melton Memphis TN Katheryn Kenyon Myersville MD Theodore (Doug) Rusen Wheeling WV Nick Travis Spotsylvania VA Joshua DeBeer Charlottesville VA Duane Reece Lebanon GA Gary Oldham Ashburn VA Allison Edwards St. Inigoes MD Sherri Pugh Asheboro NC Marc Holden jacksonville NC christine lahnala-hawker clatskanie OR Colt Kruse Daytona Beach FL Barry Hile Chambersburg PA -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST: Powell's reputation intact Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 21:52:53 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Sorry for the lateness of this post, didn't realize it was for the CASILIST! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Powell's reputation intact Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:24:39 -0400 From: rgtopday To: J I went chasing today. WHEW WEE! It was AMAZING! Two torn. in Edgefield county(again) and 1 in Aiken county. It was better than May 7! Although I didn't see any tornados, I did see rotation in 3 of the 5 storms I chased. Anyway, I talked to Powell Way in Wheeler, Tx when I got home. He asked me to relay this message: "My reputation is still intact. Not a cloud in the sky, not a cloud in the sky." Powell, ya' should have stayed in S.C., but if you did--there wouldn't have been a cloud in the sky! Brad Riley Subject: CASILIST : My chase vacation Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 21:55:24 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: My chase vacation Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:15:19 +0500 From: powell{at}scsn.net (Powell Way) Organization: BEARly Organized To: WX-CHASE{at}POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU, casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Howdy all Well, I spent last week in Wheeler, Texas in the Panhandle. http://www.wheelertexas.com But my reputation of killing convection remains intact. NADA the whole time. There was a small storm that at 10 PM went 30 miles south of e. 5 drops of rain. I left Nashville on last Sunday, I kept seeing lightning through the haze. When I got 40 miles west it looked wild. I pulled off to get gas and tuned in the NWS radio and got a tornado warning. OH ! Got gas and lit out west and the storms went ESE. I arrived in TX the next afternoon and checked in at the Honey Inn and with my radio friend Jim Turaville at KRMN radio up the stree I did the night weather that week. (Gee, Gilbert not as powerfull as the 50,000 watt blowtorch WMAQ and didn't get to *G L E F U L L Y* use the word tornado in my forecast, either Went to Amarillo and saw a big dust devil. (Doing radio things there)... Ate my first Burrito at the Shamrock TX Allsups ( I think I'll see if I can get some started here in SC On the way home I ate 2 !! I took 83 south and did US 287 instead of I 20. Was listening to a Dallas 2 meter repeater when a ham said GAAAAH! ONLY a HAM would do **THAT** to a van! Other ham asked as the color gold (referring to Carson Eads Storm Tracker I'm sure) and the guy said no, it's white but has as many antennas. I had a very good laugh Storms showed up as I got into Louisiana and ended up following storms and being a mobile spotter through Louisiana and Mississippi for Mobile Skwyarrn. Finally found a room in Tuscaloosa AL at 3 A Got up at 9 and headed on. Got back here, and there actually was some severe weather 45 miles the other side of CAE, and saw a NEAT outflow boundary go by. Went by CAE NWS and saw it on the radar, d chatted and came back home. Sunny and COOOOOL here now. Maybe I ought to leave the camera stuff in the truck and take up collections..... I didn't want to come back. My sinuses were fine the whole time. Now the aren't again! Powell anM.! w).).t.OH m --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- Subject: C.A.S.I. ADMIN - Possible Upcoming CASI Meetings Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:00:33 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients TO: CASI ADMIN NON-MAILING LIST MEMBERS CASILIST MEMBERS RE: POSSIBLE UPCOMING CASI MEETINGS JUN 10, 1998 I would like to think about having a couple of informal get-togethers of the CASI Members, ("in real life" for you computer people). These would occur in two different meetings - a CASI South Meeting and a CASI North Meeting, to enable Members from all up and down the east coast to consider attending. CASI North Meeting: This meeting would be for members from the Northern CASI area and will be held here at HQ in State College PA. This will be later this summer and more details will follow. CASI South Meeting: I will be vacationing in the Carolinas at the end of the month, and although my schedule is very tight, I will have Sunday June 28, 1998 open for a meeting of the CASI South Members if I get enough response and we can find somewhere to hold it. Now of course I wish that I had a week to come by and visit all of you but unfortunately this is my only vacation this year and it's packed with a lot of time with the folks and some other errands I have to run on my down-south tour. (FYI, I will be in Asheville NC on Saturday but will be at a UNCA Meteorology Dept. Alumni get-together all day). I envision a meeting similar to last years at Cliff's house (www.weatherwatchers.org/members/419/) where we get together, come-as-you-are, bring your interesting photos or videos of events that you have recorded during the past. There's not going to be a lot of red-tape and organization mumbo-jumbo here - this will be a time for us to share stories and observations on the last year's weather. This will be a chance for you to put faces to e-mail addresses as many of us meet face-to-face for the first time. I would like the meeting to occur somewhere in the Carolinas since this is where the largest percentage of our Members are, preferably within 6 hours of where I will be staying with my parents in Wilkes County NC or I won't be able to drive to it and have a reasonable amount of time to spend there. ;) If any of you have a suggestion on where we could have this meeting please let me know as the only thing left to decide is the place. It should be able to hold at least 10 people (maybe a lot more) and needs a VCR and decent TV. Food preparation facilities are optional but desired as we may cook out like last year or at the very least order some pizza or something. Once we figure out where to have it we can work out food arrangements. Same for time although you can assume it would be approximately 1 to 6pm. Although this meeting is for CASI Members, guests are always welcome. Of course I wouldn't bring a whole group of people without clearing it with me and the host since room may be limited. If you think that you would want to attend a CASI Meeting in the Carolinas on Sunday June 28, 1998, please reply to this message with whether you would DEFINITELY come or you MIGHT like to attend, that way I can get a preliminary head count. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you in person! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: NetNews: Intellicast adds Golf, Sail Sections, Yahoo (WNI) Goes GIF Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:40:07 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Intellicast has introduced two new sections on their website which include Live Weather Data: A section for Golfers, and a section for Sailers. Both sections include attractively colored maps, which are region-zoomable, for a number of conditions related to the sport, which also are of general meteorological intererest, such as Thunderstorm Forecast, Wind (Streamline) Forecast, Precip (POP) Forecast, etc. Additionally the NWS Marine Text Forecasts are available in the Sailing section. These are available in 4 forecast periods, all zoomable to the Intellicast 37 US Regions. http://www.intellicast.com/golfcast/ http://www.intellicast.com/sailcast/ In other news, Yahoo's weather service (by WNI) at http://weather.yahoo.com/images.html has traded in their satellite MPEG animations for GIF animations. This means slightly lower quality but easier downloads. They have Satellite animations for every major continent or sub-continent of the world. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : BACK and Forth....BACK and Forth! Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:44:12 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: BACK and Forth....BACK and Forth! Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:08:24 +0500 From: powell{at}scsn.net (Powell Way) Organization: BEARly Organized To: WX-CHASE{at}POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU CC: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Storms started early and took of east. My chase partner and I got together around noon and headed to the NWS. Steve Naglic K9NWS the WCM had Skywarn ready ....By the time we got on the road we had Jay, W4USC running the net and we headed out to Fairview ( US 178 and I-20) to hurry up and wait. The storm came close to us but no luck. We then got directed back to Pelion on US 178 where the next series missed. DRAT. Over SC 6 over the Lake Murray Dam. Had to turn around. Missed again! Back to US 378 toward SC 391. Got a bit of gusty wind and saw some trees down, but missed again. If we'd gone down US 1... Another typical stormy day in South Carolina!!!! also KCAE crashed.....I still have no image on WSI as of this writing. Not a hurry up and wait day but a back and forth day. Did have a good time playing with the GPS and cellphone with modem. Just gotta get Brad a 7/8 wave antenna....OH CARSON ....yooo hoo...where'd you get yours? Powell ( with only 2 antennas on the roof) --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- Subject: CASILIST : MODERATE RISK in Carolinas / Dewpoints! / ElNino-LaNina / First Tropical Storm in Pacific Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:11:33 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The SPC has issued a MODERATE RISK of Severe Thunderstorms for the Eastern Carolinas today. Moderate Risks are uncommon in the CASI area so this indicates that people should be on the alert today for Severe Thunderstorms. SPC says "WE EXPECT BOW ECHOES WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO BE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT." In addition, a SLIGHT RISK of Severe Thunderstorms has been issued for the rest of the CASI area South of New York. Also a Mesoscale Discussion from this morning indicated the possibility of a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the Central Atlantic: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~spc/products/meso/mcd0588.gif As always, for more information see http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~spc/products/outlook/dy1.htm There also could be heavy rain with some of these thunderstorms in the NE US today ; a Flash Flood Watch is in effect for SE PA at this time. http://www.met.tamu.edu:80/personnel/students/mkay/warnings_pa.html --------- Wow! Those were some unbelievable humidity and heat combinations yesterday in the southeast and south central. Dewpoints were in the 70's over a good part of the nation yesterday from TX to PA, with a few spots going into the 80's, which is very rare. Some of the winners for Temp/Dewp I saw yesterday were: Texas: FTW 1pm 93/81 North Carolina: GSB 1pm 95/77 (Apparent Temp 112) Florida: SRQ 1pm 90/79 SRQ 8pm 88/81 Georgia: FTY 8pm 86/81 --------- The first Tropical Storm of the season in the East Pacific has formed; the Atlantic is still quiet. (And yes I plan to update the CASI Tropical Pages *finally* this weekend ;)). For more information on Tropical Storm Agatha you can see Member Michael Pitt's Tropical Pages at http://www.qisfl.net/home/hurricanemike/ --------- You may have heard the discussions of El Nino / La Nina on the Weather Channel on elsewhere. If you've wondered if the beautiful SST image they show on TWC to indicate the demise of El Nino and a possible La Nina is available online, the answer is, "where do you think they got it?". It sure is - at http://metoc-u1.fnmoc.navy.mil/otis/otis.html and other imagery including current SST and wave heights are available from http://metoc-u1.fnmoc.navy.mil/ocean.html For more information on El Nino / La Nina I bring you a quote from Member Larry Cosgrove (wxamerica{at}aol.com)'s Morning Weather Discussion for those of you who don't receive it: ============================================================= "Cosgrove's College Of Meteorological Knowledge "The El Nino/La Nina Controversy" As you may have heard on national news outlets, it appears that the strong, and long lasting El Nino/Southern Oscillation episode is now ending. A study of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Pacific Ocean off of South America shows that the area of much warmer than normal water has shrunk considerably in the past month. The ENSO event reached its peak in December/January, and was still well-defined until last month. Now the area of relative warmth is limited to a section close to the Peruvian/Ecuadorian coastline. And just north of the Equator (west of the Galapagos Islands), SSTs have fallen far below normal. For this reason, some meteorologists and climatologists insist that a 'La Nina' SST anomaly is about to begin. It might help to sort out what the various terms mentioned so far mean, and what practical effect on national weather each might bring. Here is an outline of each phase: El Nino: Spanish Euphemism for "The Christ Child", literally "little boy", possibly because its effect on early Spanish America's weather was usually noticed between Christmas and Easter. El Nino SST anomaly is warmer than normal waters in the Pacific Ocean from the Marshall Islands to off of South America. Southern Oscillation or acronym 'ENSO' are other terms for El Nino. ENSO Effects on North America and surrounding areas include a defined split in the polar jet stream. A southern branch descends from west of HI to near Baja California, then continues eastward to TX and FL (sometimes as far south as Yucatan and Cuba), before continuing into open Atlantic Ocean. The northern branch, meanwhile, is usually the weaker of the two, and moves through central Canada in a Rex-block arrangement, thus preventing cA air from dropping out of the Northwest Territories. End result: southern states are colder than normal, above normal precipitation, while northern states stay milder than average and often (but not always) drier than usual. El Nino episodes usually occur every 4 years or so, with 'major' deviations (1982-83 and 1997-98 are examples) possible an average of every fifteen years. La Nina is a 'coined' term implying the climatological opposite of El Nino. Northern Oscillation is another phrase synonymous with La Nina. The inverse of an ENSO year sees cooler than normal SSTs in the tropical Pacific. La Nina is not as common as El Nino, and has virtually no regularity of occurrence. For instance, do NOT assume that if there is no El Nino, that La Nina will occur. The last major La Nina episode was 1995-1996. La Nina does NOT bring the direct climatological inverse of El Nino. For example, in northeast U.S. snowstorms, heavy snowfalls are more likely in an ENSO year, as arctic air in a dominant arctic/polar jet stream flow often prevents deep moisture advection for precipitative processes. Synoptic climatology of La Nina in North America: Polar jet stream is unified, but there is no predictable trend where troughs or ridges will set up. Some La Nina episodes feature cold and wet in the West, others locate the cA air masses in the eastern U.S. It should also be said that the southern U.S. may be dry in a Northern Oscillation winter, but temperature trends in that region are very ambiguous." ============================================================= That's all for today folks, keep an eye out and report your findings to the StormForm! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : CASI Tropical Pages Updated, More Storm Reports Up Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 23:07:28 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have *finally* gotten the CASI Tropical Pages updated. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ This was a complete redesign this year. Due to space restrictions on the page and the sheer number of CASI Members I was unable to provide as many links as I did last year, including links to non-tropical information. However if you have a page that is dedicated to Tropical Info please let me know and I will link to it from the CASI Members section of the Tropical Page. In addition, the storm report for 6/2 is final minus my chase captures which I haven't done yet. It includes radar animations and lightning animations of the amazing Supercell outbreak around HQ here in PA last week. The CASI Member Reports are up for 5/31. And a number of additional reports have been added to the main Recent Weather page in the past week. All of these can be found at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/recentwx.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: [Fwd: Drenched! And near Record Rainfalls!!] Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 15:51:12 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients See also http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/rainfall for NEXRAD Doppler estimated precip storm totals - Wow! -Jesse FWD: From Mike Reddin: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Drenched! And near Record Rainfalls!! Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:43:37 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: A wild late spring storm with some surface sub-tropical characteristics [warm core surface, no thermal contrasts] and similar conditions through 850mb.. very symmetrical swirl on latest 18z visible and even radar showing a nice meso center, tightly wrapped on CT coastline moving north... These precip totals tell the story, winds generally were S/SE at 20 to 40kts most of the time along coast, 25kts inland. Mike Reddin --begin NWS statement --- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 205 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 HERE ARE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 5 INCHES FROM SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAJORITY OF THE RAINFALL HAS BEEN SINCE MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE IN HYDROLOGIC REPORTS ISSUED BY THE TAUNTON OFFICE UNDER AFOS PRODUCT HEADERS BOSRR5BOS AND BOSRR8BOS. DAMAGE REPORTS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER BOSLSRBOS. REPORTS OF 5 INCHES OR GREATER: RAINFALL /IN INCHES/ ...NWS OFFICES... BOSTON (LOGAN INTL.) 1100 AM 6.95 TAUNTON FORECAST OFFICE 145 PM 6.75 ...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... W. MANSFIELD 135 PM 9.65 WOBURN 800 AM 8.59 NORWOOD 600 AM 8.44 SUDBURY 800 AM 8.25 TAUNTON 900 AM 8.25 N. WALPOLE 800 AM 8.13 WALPOLE 1130 AM 7.85 SHARON 610 PM 7.80 WALTHAM 115 PM 7.65 MELROSE 1130 AM 7.58 STOUGHTON 1200 PM 7.50 BRIDGEWATER 1155 PM 7.16 N. ANDOVER 1240 PM 7.15 LITTLETON 1030 AM 7.00 READING 930 AM 7.00 BLUE HILL 800 AM 6.92 BOSTON NEAR CITY HALL 700 PM 6.88 E. WALPOLE 955 PM 6.85 MILTON 1205 AM 6.76 S. ATTLEBORO 1040 AM 6.74 SWAMPSCOTT 900 AM 6.68 FOXBORO 700 AM 6.66 FRANKLIN 900 AM 6.45 TISBURY (MARTHA/S VYRD) MIDNITE 6.42 EASTON 1225 PM 6.36 N. BILLERICA 800 PM 6.35 NATICK 700 AM 6.29 W. BRIDGEWATER 930 AM 6.25 BEDFORD 700 AM 6.18 GEORGETOWN 500 PM 6.17 W. MANSFIELD 320 PM 6.15 LYNNFIELD 1120 PM 6.13 WAKEFIELD 800 PM 6.12 BEVERLY ASOS 700 AM 5.99 WRENTHAM 1130 AM 5.75 BEDFORD ASOS 700 AM 5.74 NEEDHAM 415 PM 5.70 WATERTOWN 700 PM 5.70 SALEM STATE 645 PM 5.70 WINTHROP 830 PM 5.65 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA 100 PM 5.59 ONSET 1000 AM 5.52 NORTON 700 PM 5.49 W. MEDWAY 700 AM 5.40 LEXINGTON 900 PM 5.35 BELLINGHAM 1130 AM 5.31 E. WALPOLE 305 PM 5.30 DUXBURY 1110 AM 5.25 LOWELL (U MASS) 835 AM 5.23 HOPKINTON 1100 AM 5.27 HAVERHILL 1100 AM 5.20 NEWBURYPORT 700 AM 5.04 SANDWICH 1140 AM 5.00 TYNGSBORO 615 PM 5.00 ...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... (WORCESTER COUNTY ONLY) NORTHBOROUGH 1055 AM 6.00 WORCESTER 800 AM 5.15 BLACKSTONE 1030 AM 5.03 ...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... ...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...(HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES) NASHUA 1235 PM 5.03 ...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... (HARTFORD/TOLLAND/WINDHAM COUNTIES) THOMPSON 1120 AM 6.15 ...RHODE ISLAND... WOONSOCKET 900 AM 7.20 CUMBERLAND 930 AM 6.90 NORTH SMITHFIELD 850 AM 6.70 DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE 950 AM 6.70 JOHNSTON 1020 AM 6.21 EVT Subject: CASILIST : Lycos storm chasers? Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 21:00:28 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients RE: You seen this? Yeah it's good old Faidley. For people who ask "do the people with the black trucks in "Twister" really exist?" I of course point them to Faidley's page (http://www.indirect.com/www/storm5/issi.html). There have been many jokes made on the weather newsgroups about this one. (Suggestion of "Yahoo" to sponsor certain chasers ;)) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Lycos storm chasers Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 20:01:37 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: CC: Have you guys seen this? http://www.lycos.com/twister/ And...would someone call the NWS ... they spelled Atlantic Hurricane #3 Wrong! Charlie WA2AAB http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Name: Lycos Twister Search '98.url Lycos Twister Search '98.url Type: Internet Shortcut (application/x-unknown-content-type-InternetShortcut) Encoding: x-uuencode Subject: CASILIST : TX Heat/Humidity Continues Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:13:24 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Temperatures up to 112 were recorded today in TX... while Heat Indices approached 120. More winning Temperature/Dewpoint combinations I spied today in Texas: VCT 6pm102 75 RKP 5pm 92 77 NQI 5pm110 65 NGP 2pm 95 79 LFK 5pm102 72 CRP 5pm101 76 PSX 12pm 90 79 Boy am I glad I'm in PA ;) -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Tornadoes in OKC Report Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:27:49 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: (Fwd) [BC] Tornadoes in OKC Report Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:28:20 +0500 From: powell{at}scsn.net (Powell Way) Organization: BEARly Organized To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org This comes rrom Brett Gilbert in OKC and is on the Broadcast.net mailing list: Powell ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 04:35:14 -0500 To: broadcast{at}broadcast.net From: "R. Brett Gilbert" Subject: [BC] Tornadoes in OKC Report Reply-to: broadcast{at}broadcast.net Well it may be old news but here is a report of the damage to broadcast facilities in Oklahoma City. WKY lost their 1000' Franklin antenna, KWTV Channel 9 in oklahoma city happened to have their tower camera live on the air pointing at the tower when it collapsed. So there should be video of the collapse circulating before too long. KFOR TV had their backup antenna co-located on WKY's tower. They are currently without a backup. Oklahoma Publishing Company had a two-way on the tower. Our engineering repeater was also lost. Fortunately the tower fell away from the two-way dog house. The 1000' tower collapsed South-Easterly in a straight line about 200' from the base of the tower. The base insulator on the tower was a pile of dust. I'm no scientist but I've wonder if the base insulator collapsed and when the tower dropped that 12" - 16" it folded with the sudden shock. Maybe someone else has seen something like this before? Fortunately WKY was setup to load into one of the smaller 1/4 wave night antenna's as an emergency antenna so after a couple of hours bypassing tower contactor interlocks they were back on the air. R. Brett Gilbert Clear Channel Radio of Oklahoma City Broadcast Engineer KJYO-FM, KQSR-FM, KTOK-AM, WKY-AM mailto:bgilbert{at}home.com http://205.228.205.208/engineering/ ICQ User: http://www.mirabilis.com ICQ ID#: 3109887 --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- Subject: CASILIST : [FWD: For those who are 'worried' about ICQ...] Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 05:46:33 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here's the inside scoop on AOL's purchase of ICQ, the Internet Messaging application that many CASI Members use to communicate in real-time. www.icq.com My personal feelings are thing : I hope ICQ sticks with the ICQ program and not the AIM program - I found the AIM program bulky, unattractive, and hard to use. However, ICQ could take a lesson from AIM in routing around a firewall - can't use ICQ at work but can use AIM! -Jesse SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > Robert Siedmans newsletter for those who don't get it > > Charlie > NE pa. > > > >===================================================================== > > Seidman's Online Insider - Vol. 5, Issue 20 > > Visit the Online Insider on the Web for additional content and > > access to the Insider Talk discussion forums. > > < http://www.onlineinsider.com > > >===================================================================== > > > >Copyright (C) 1998 Robert Seidman. All rights reserved. May be > >reproduced in any medium for noncommercial purposes as long as > >attribution is given. > >AOL Buys Mirabilis > >================== > > > >America Online announced on June 8 that it acquired Mirabilis, the > >Israel-based software development company that created the "presence > >management" product ICQ (pronounced "I-Seek-You"). ICQ is a "buddy > >list"-style program like AOL's Buddy List and AOL Instant Messenger, and > >Yahoo!'s Yahoo! Pager. These products let you know when friends, > >families and co-workers are online (provided they're using the same > >product) and it lets you communicate with them one-to-one in real time > >via text messages. > > > >AOL, rumored for about a month to be acquiring Mirabilis for about $300 > >million, bought it for $287 million. AOL also will pay Mirabilis' > >owners up to an additional $120 million over three years based on > >subscriber-growth levels. Mirabilis will continue to operate from Tel > >Aviv. > > > >Mirabilis reports that there are more than 12 million worldwide > >subscribers to the ICQ service, about half of whom use it regularly (at > >least monthly). Mirabilis never really worried about having a business > >model for ICQ (it has no revenue model). Its plan was to grow ICQ as > >quickly as possible. Via word-of-mouth and being first in the Internet > >market (although AOL's proprietary service had the Buddy List and > >instant messaging before ICQ, its Internet-based version of the > >software, AOL Instant Messenger, was released months after ICQ had > >become available), ICQ quickly scaled to millions of subscribers. All > >along, Mirabilis figured that if it could grow ICQ fast enough, the > >value would be in the relationships with millions of subscribers. It > >would either figure out a business model or sell. The strategy paid > >off. > > > >*Thanks for the Great Idea!* > > > >Interesting: One insider noted that Mirabilis got the idea for ICQ from > >AOL's proprietary Buddy List. As it was told to me, there wasn't really > >any access to AOL from Israel until AOL bought an Israeli-based maker of > >chat software (Virtual Places), Ubique. Ubique was sold last month to > >IBM (which plans to integrate the technology into its Lotus Notes > >product). According to my source, a manager at Ubique had a good > >relationship with a company called Zapa that specialized in game design > >and development. One day some folks from Zapa came to Ubique and saw > >Ubique's products as well as AOL (including Buddy List, which is > >definitely one of the coolest things on AOL). A short while later, my > >source says, four of Zapa's employees left to found Mirabilis. If > >that's true, Mirabilis executed on the idea it got FROM AOL to begin > >with, and made almost $300 million FROM AOL. I find that funny, but > >it's still a good deal for AOL because they would not likely have built > >something on their own, as Mirabilis did, that wasn't based on the AOL > >brand. > > > >*Not the Easiest* > > > >ICQ has more functionality than AIM. For example, you can directly > >launch a Microsoft NetMeeting call with one of the people on your ICQ > >list. But, while the product is more functional than AOL, the interface > >for the core function of the buddy list and the messaging is nowhere > >near as easy to use as AOL's own Buddy List-Instant Message combo or as > >easy as the AIM interface. Also, ICQ at times seems burdened by the > >number of people logged in. I find that the service frequently goes up > >and down. > > > >*What's the Model?* > > > >Why would AOL pay potentially more than $400 million for a service with > >no business model? My guess is that it IS because AOL thinks it's all > >about the relationships. AOL surely will add advertising to ICQ and > >likely will try to figure out a way to let ICQ and AOL/AIM customers > >communicate across the two services (shared address space). This should > >be fairly easy (in theory), as AOL's address space is alpha-based and > >ICQ's is numeric-based. > > > >Microsoft has yet to play big in this space, though in February it > >bought a technology company that makes presence-management software. > >You can bet Microsoft will promote the technology from its forthcoming > >"Start" page and from Hotmail. It isn't a stretch to think that the > >technology will wind up being built into a future version of Internet > >Explorer and ultimately the operating system. > > > >*AOL Wins Anyway* > > > >My bet, though, is that all of that won't give Microsoft enough of a > >competitive boost -- especially if AOL/AIM/ICQ can share the address > >space -- unless there becomes a standard protocol that everyone > >(including AOL) will use. Microsoft is pushing for such a standard (it > >has 0 users for its product), but AOL -- with millions of users for > >Buddy List, AIM and ICQ -- likely isn't interested in seeing an open > >standard that anyone can use. Even if there does become an open > >standard for this, if AOL doesn't adopt it, the standard likely won't > >take off (this would seem to be an approach Microsoft understands very > >well!). > > > >Without a standard that everyone uses (again, everyone, including AOL), > >multiple services won't get enough usage. Why? Because signing up for > >one would be like signing up for a new long distance service that has > >really great rates -- BUT that allows you to call only people who are > >also on the network. And guess what: Almost everyone you know or want > >to talk to isn't on the network. AOL has critical mass in the address > >space. ICQ was the only other service with critical mass. ICQ also has > >a high percentage of international users, a sector AOL is very > >interested in. > > > >AOL wins anyway. Why? Because Jerry Michalsky is right: Buddy lists > >are a great communications tool and will be important. Everyone is > >going to want to build buddy lists into their applications and Web > >sites, and they're going to wind up wanting to use the "network" that > >most people are already on. Part of the beauty of the Internet is that > >it lets people interact with people. So, the beauty of AOL, for example, > >isn't that it lets you communicate with AOL; it's that it lets you > >communicate with anyone on AOL. If you're a customer-driven business, > >part of the benefit of the Internet will be giving your customers the > >opportunity to talk not only to you but to one another. Buddy lists > >will be one such tool. The way it looks now, you have to figure a lot of > >these companies will be turning to AOL. > > > >*A Chat With Ted Leonsis* > > > >After the above piece had been written and edited, I had a chat with > >AOL's Ted Leonsis. While Mirabilis will continue to be based in Tel > >Aviv, it will report to Leonsis who is president of AOL Studios. > > > >"ICQ, as it is today, is a communications centric service. We will build > >it out and continue to offer it free of charge -- we will not commercialize > >it; we will keep gaining market share from an audience that is not > >coming to AOL. We will be able to go after the young, web saavy > >market and pincer Yahoo and Excite which are trying to become more > >like AOL," said Leonsis. > > > >"ICQ," added Leonsis, "will evolve into a next generation portal." > > > >"ICQ," says Leonsis, "is a persistent client. It stays loaded on the > >desktop.It builds its brand every minute. It is sticky like AOL. From > >this vantage point, we can add functionality, and manage more of the > >desktop, by downloading more and more apps. Further, we can use the > >client to create a communications based portal." > > > >"The portal metaphor would be a people browser, rather than a page > >/content browser," Leonsis says. "The end game is to find people...not > >to find pages." > > > >Leonsis said at this point there are no plans to add advertising to ICQ > >or to even share the address space with AOL's AIM/Buddy Lists. While I > >understand the desire to keep the AOL brand and ICQ brand separate, I > >think it is a mistake not to combine the address space as allowing > >people to communicate with more people would be better. Then let them > >use whichever client they prefer, ICQ or AIM/Buddy Lists. I got the > >impression the desire to keep the address space separate was purely a > >brand consideration. > > > >Leonsis said that he could see ICQ branching out into other desktop > >applets like calendars and scheduling. Leonsis said it was possible > >that ICQ could be used to drive traffic to content, but that it would be > >ICQ content and not content branded as AOL or AOL.Com. He indicated > >that ICQ would absolutely not be used to drive traffic to AOL.COM. As > >for the business model, it's a familiar tune, according to Leonsis. > > > >"It is the old AOL paradigm all over again," says Leonsis. "Start with > >an audience; build a brand, make communications the killer application, > >add programming and navigation and search to the mix, and make a > >business model." > > > >ICQ is the most popular download on CNET's DOWNLOAD.COM. For the week > >ending June 27, ICQ had over 950,000 downloads (yes, almost 1 million in > >one week). The nearest competitor, WinZip had only about a 10th of the > >downloads (over 97,000). By contrast, Yahoo!'s pager had almost > >71,000. > > > > > Subject: CASILIST : Virginia Chase 6/15/98 (fwd)] Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:46:54 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Virginia Chase 6/15/98 (fwd) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:08:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "William T. Hark" To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org Jesse, Here is a copy of my Monday afternoon Virginia chase with a tornadic storm. I also submitted a brief write-up on the storm forms. Bill William T. Hark, MD University of Virginia wth2m{at}virginia.edu Bill's Photo Page http://www.med.virginia.edu/~wth2m ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 02:39:43 -0400 From: "William T. Hark" To: Multiple recipients of list WX-CHASE Subject: Virginia Chase 6/15/98 Tornadic storm, Wall Cloud, Hail, Funnel Cloud (Yes, one can chase in Virginia!) As of late Sunday night, I realized that Monday was going to be a good Virginia chase day. A surface low was moving eastward from the Western Ohio Valley with a cold front stretching from western Kentucky to central Texas. Dewpoints were expected to be high and there would be steep lapse rates. There was a Day 2 MDT risk which was expanded to cover most of Virginia on Monday, 6/15/98. CAPES above 3000 J/KG were expected and "favorable shear profiles for severe thunderstorms and possible supercells/tornadoes." Chaseday. I had my gear already prepared when I left for work on Monday in Charlottesville. (Get your atlas if not familiar with VA.) I knew that there would be almost no CAP and convection would start early. I had a research patient in the early afternoon and knew I would be delayed. By 1PM, the mostly clear skies were covered in low Cu and temperatures and dewpoints were quickly increasing. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for west central VA including Charlottesville. It was a race against time. During a break, I checked the models and surface conditions to pick a target area. The highest CAPES were forecast by both the RUC2 and ETA to be in SE Virginia (Emporia and west to Norfolk). Upper levels were not great but the highest winds were forecast to be be along the VA-NC border, especially the 500mb on the RUC2. Both models showed high Storm-relative helicities in SE Virginia >200 (>400 on the Eta) (Emporia and East.) Unfortunately, central and SE Virginia do not have stations that send up weather balloons so I had no Skew-T's to help me. Upper level maps did suggest a jet max that went through central VA if one extrapolated. By about 3:00, towers were visible in the distance and the Cu was decreasing in the Charlottesville area. Gotta leave quick! At a 3:45 I was able to leave. A final check revealed a severe thunderstorm warning for western Fluvanna county. Surface analysis showed dewpoints in the low 70's for SC and SE Virginia. Temps in the low 80's. No moisture convergences in Virginia on DuPage's 18Z analysis. The most recent radar showed a storm to the SW of Charlottesville at 3PM. The visible showed storms developing in a line from SE of Charlottesville to the SW and also some to the North. The whole central and eastern Va was under a severe storm watch. I left my apartment at 4:30 PM on I-64. My goal was to eventually head South and get ahead of the storms to the Southwest which would move into a favorable environment. To my SE, there was a large storm which I would have to pass through since the road also went to the SE. Visibility was great with mostly clear skies and easy to see towers. (Better than my experience in Tx and Ok this year.) The storm was crisp but appeared somewhat multicellular and I figured the more severe/ possible tornadic storms would be in South-Central Va. I had two choices, go through the storm and head to Richmond (60mi) then South on I-95. Otherwise, I could turn South on 522, miss the visible storm and possibly get caught west of the storms to the South on poor roads. At 5PM, I pulled off on 522 to consider my options. I was already in some rain and CGs from the closest storm. I was still too far to get NWS radio. I checked my portable Casio TV for the Richmond stations to see a weather update with radar but there had been a shooting in a school and all the coverage was devoted to it. They were blowing off the weather with a large storm headed toward the northern part of Richmond. I gave up and headed into the storm toward Richmond on I-64. By 5:18 I had to pull over in a rest stop because of heavy rain in Goochland Co. Then I heard there was a tornado warning issued for Eastern Goochland County for a Doppler indicated tornado. That's Me! After a few minutes, I continued to the SE on I-64. Visibility was terrible because of the rain though I did see a nice rainbow ahead of me. The storm was going East at 30 miles per hour and I figured the main part had passed to my North. At 5:30, I turned onto 295 which goes East and then around the Eastside of Richmond, bypassing the city and heading South. It connects with I-95 South of the city. It bypasses the downtown traffic and would put me in position to view this storm and then go South. I was slowed by large numbers of people taking shelter under overpasses. They partially blocked Interstate 64. The area was still under a tornado warning. By 5:50, I was heading East on 295 and was expecting the rain to stop. Visibility was still poor. Suddenly, the rain worsened and became mixed with hail. The pieces were initially pea sized, then increased to a few nickel sized. Large for Virginia. The wind increased, shifted suddenly to the East and I was worried. The storm may have right turned or I might have miscalculated the core's position. There was still a tornado warning in effect. I looked around and there was no cover and no exits. I cursed my stupidity. I should know better. I figured if things got worse, I'd pull over and bail in the nearest ditch. Then, the rain stopped and I was outside of the storm. I watched it for a while on 156, then continued South on I-295. At one point, I saw a wall cloud under the ?main updraft. It was not rotating though there may have been a brief funnel on the edge of it. By the time I got the video camera on it, the ?funnel had vanished. In Virginia, it's hard to find good safe places to pull off. At this point, the storm seemed to be weakening and was going into an area with a poor road network and many rivers/swamps. I headed South to intercept a storm that looked good on radar and was in my original target area. Finally, the TV stations were broadcasting weather updates. The storm was east of Brunswick County heading East toward Emporia, Virginia. As I got closer the storm seemed to be backbuilding a little but clearly I would have to turn East to catch it. A large CG arched away from the back of the storm and into a clear area. Anyone who was in the target area of the CG would have had clear skies overhead, sun and would have thought the storm had past. By 7:10 PM, I had turned East on 58 near Emporia. The storm was already about 20 miles to my East. Unfortunately, by 7:45 the storm was more South, it was beginning to fall apart and there were no good road options. I did see this weird little funnel hanging off a high-based Cu to the ENE of the storm. The CU was completely separate from the storm. It lasted for about a minute and vanished. At this point, I broke off the chase and headed home. I was treated to a couple more storms at night which provided a nice lightning show and a distant transformer explosion. No tornadoes, but a fun and educational chase. I am suprised that there were no tornado warnings issued for the storms to the South in my original target area while there was a Doppler indicated tornado on the Goochland storm. The models indicated better conditions in SE Virginia. But I guess one doesn't live by models alone. I think the Richmond storm was able to draw more energy since there was a larger gap to the north while the other storms had to compete for energy. News accounts describe rotating debris and funnel clouds associated with the Goochland Co storm but no confirmed tornado. The NWS will damage survey on Tuesday. If anyone was chasing in Virginia or was monitoring the storms, I would appreciate any thoughts on the Virginia storms including the possible tornadic one and my choice of target areas. Bill William T. Hark, MD University of Virginia wth2m{at}virginia.edu Bill's Photo Page http://www.med.virginia.edu/~wth2m +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from WX-CHASE send e-mail to LISTSERV{at}PO.UIUC.EDU with "unsub wx-chase" in the body of your message. For help with WX-CHASE write chris{at}siu.edu or see http://www.inlink.com/~landmb/intro.html Subject: CASILIST : Virginia Chase 6/15/98 (fwd)] Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:46:54 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Virginia Chase 6/15/98 (fwd) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:08:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "William T. Hark" To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org Jesse, Here is a copy of my Monday afternoon Virginia chase with a tornadic storm. I also submitted a brief write-up on the storm forms. Bill William T. Hark, MD University of Virginia wth2m{at}virginia.edu Bill's Photo Page http://www.med.virginia.edu/~wth2m ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 02:39:43 -0400 From: "William T. Hark" To: Multiple recipients of list WX-CHASE Subject: Virginia Chase 6/15/98 Tornadic storm, Wall Cloud, Hail, Funnel Cloud (Yes, one can chase in Virginia!) As of late Sunday night, I realized that Monday was going to be a good Virginia chase day. A surface low was moving eastward from the Western Ohio Valley with a cold front stretching from western Kentucky to central Texas. Dewpoints were expected to be high and there would be steep lapse rates. There was a Day 2 MDT risk which was expanded to cover most of Virginia on Monday, 6/15/98. CAPES above 3000 J/KG were expected and "favorable shear profiles for severe thunderstorms and possible supercells/tornadoes." Chaseday. I had my gear already prepared when I left for work on Monday in Charlottesville. (Get your atlas if not familiar with VA.) I knew that there would be almost no CAP and convection would start early. I had a research patient in the early afternoon and knew I would be delayed. By 1PM, the mostly clear skies were covered in low Cu and temperatures and dewpoints were quickly increasing. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for west central VA including Charlottesville. It was a race against time. During a break, I checked the models and surface conditions to pick a target area. The highest CAPES were forecast by both the RUC2 and ETA to be in SE Virginia (Emporia and west to Norfolk). Upper levels were not great but the highest winds were forecast to be be along the VA-NC border, especially the 500mb on the RUC2. Both models showed high Storm-relative helicities in SE Virginia >200 (>400 on the Eta) (Emporia and East.) Unfortunately, central and SE Virginia do not have stations that send up weather balloons so I had no Skew-T's to help me. Upper level maps did suggest a jet max that went through central VA if one extrapolated. By about 3:00, towers were visible in the distance and the Cu was decreasing in the Charlottesville area. Gotta leave quick! At a 3:45 I was able to leave. A final check revealed a severe thunderstorm warning for western Fluvanna county. Surface analysis showed dewpoints in the low 70's for SC and SE Virginia. Temps in the low 80's. No moisture convergences in Virginia on DuPage's 18Z analysis. The most recent radar showed a storm to the SW of Charlottesville at 3PM. The visible showed storms developing in a line from SE of Charlottesville to the SW and also some to the North. The whole central and eastern Va was under a severe storm watch. I left my apartment at 4:30 PM on I-64. My goal was to eventually head South and get ahead of the storms to the Southwest which would move into a favorable environment. To my SE, there was a large storm which I would have to pass through since the road also went to the SE. Visibility was great with mostly clear skies and easy to see towers. (Better than my experience in Tx and Ok this year.) The storm was crisp but appeared somewhat multicellular and I figured the more severe/ possible tornadic storms would be in South-Central Va. I had two choices, go through the storm and head to Richmond (60mi) then South on I-95. Otherwise, I could turn South on 522, miss the visible storm and possibly get caught west of the storms to the South on poor roads. At 5PM, I pulled off on 522 to consider my options. I was already in some rain and CGs from the closest storm. I was still too far to get NWS radio. I checked my portable Casio TV for the Richmond stations to see a weather update with radar but there had been a shooting in a school and all the coverage was devoted to it. They were blowing off the weather with a large storm headed toward the northern part of Richmond. I gave up and headed into the storm toward Richmond on I-64. By 5:18 I had to pull over in a rest stop because of heavy rain in Goochland Co. Then I heard there was a tornado warning issued for Eastern Goochland County for a Doppler indicated tornado. That's Me! After a few minutes, I continued to the SE on I-64. Visibility was terrible because of the rain though I did see a nice rainbow ahead of me. The storm was going East at 30 miles per hour and I figured the main part had passed to my North. At 5:30, I turned onto 295 which goes East and then around the Eastside of Richmond, bypassing the city and heading South. It connects with I-95 South of the city. It bypasses the downtown traffic and would put me in position to view this storm and then go South. I was slowed by large numbers of people taking shelter under overpasses. They partially blocked Interstate 64. The area was still under a tornado warning. By 5:50, I was heading East on 295 and was expecting the rain to stop. Visibility was still poor. Suddenly, the rain worsened and became mixed with hail. The pieces were initially pea sized, then increased to a few nickel sized. Large for Virginia. The wind increased, shifted suddenly to the East and I was worried. The storm may have right turned or I might have miscalculated the core's position. There was still a tornado warning in effect. I looked around and there was no cover and no exits. I cursed my stupidity. I should know better. I figured if things got worse, I'd pull over and bail in the nearest ditch. Then, the rain stopped and I was outside of the storm. I watched it for a while on 156, then continued South on I-295. At one point, I saw a wall cloud under the ?main updraft. It was not rotating though there may have been a brief funnel on the edge of it. By the time I got the video camera on it, the ?funnel had vanished. In Virginia, it's hard to find good safe places to pull off. At this point, the storm seemed to be weakening and was going into an area with a poor road network and many rivers/swamps. I headed South to intercept a storm that looked good on radar and was in my original target area. Finally, the TV stations were broadcasting weather updates. The storm was east of Brunswick County heading East toward Emporia, Virginia. As I got closer the storm seemed to be backbuilding a little but clearly I would have to turn East to catch it. A large CG arched away from the back of the storm and into a clear area. Anyone who was in the target area of the CG would have had clear skies overhead, sun and would have thought the storm had past. By 7:10 PM, I had turned East on 58 near Emporia. The storm was already about 20 miles to my East. Unfortunately, by 7:45 the storm was more South, it was beginning to fall apart and there were no good road options. I did see this weird little funnel hanging off a high-based Cu to the ENE of the storm. The CU was completely separate from the storm. It lasted for about a minute and vanished. At this point, I broke off the chase and headed home. I was treated to a couple more storms at night which provided a nice lightning show and a distant transformer explosion. No tornadoes, but a fun and educational chase. I am suprised that there were no tornado warnings issued for the storms to the South in my original target area while there was a Doppler indicated tornado on the Goochland storm. The models indicated better conditions in SE Virginia. But I guess one doesn't live by models alone. I think the Richmond storm was able to draw more energy since there was a larger gap to the north while the other storms had to compete for energy. News accounts describe rotating debris and funnel clouds associated with the Goochland Co storm but no confirmed tornado. The NWS will damage survey on Tuesday. If anyone was chasing in Virginia or was monitoring the storms, I would appreciate any thoughts on the Virginia storms including the possible tornadic one and my choice of target areas. Bill William T. Hark, MD University of Virginia wth2m{at}virginia.edu Bill's Photo Page http://www.med.virginia.edu/~wth2m +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from WX-CHASE send e-mail to LISTSERV{at}PO.UIUC.EDU with "unsub wx-chase" in the body of your message. For help with WX-CHASE write chris{at}siu.edu or see http://www.inlink.com/~landmb/intro.html Subject: CASILIST : Not exactly an 'unsolicited advertisement?? Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 06:44:10 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Not exactly an 'unsolicited advertisement?? Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:52:07 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: CC: Well, as this storm seems to be unraveling as it approaches us (At this elevation, you can hear the thunder & see a little lightning anyway!)...A few unconfirmed touchdowns in Pa. The CASI members may want to take a look at the July 1998 issue of National Geographic (Just out). There's a whole section devoted to 'weather'. Some great pics, surprising stats and more Plus a real nice Wall Map illustrating 'the Great Disasters' (Weather mostly). It's part of the continuing Millenium series. (You know when you've past 40 when you SUBSCRIBE to this magazine... and don't read it in the Dentists office) Charlie WA2AAB SBC Computer & Components The first US Exporter on the Internet http://www.sbccomputer.com The Pocono Mountain Weather & Wildlife Cam http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html PS: We struck an associates relationship with Amazon, so the next time you want to buy or search for a book, do it right from our sitemap (and we get 5%..you get the same low price!) http://www.sbccomputer.com/sitemap.html Maybe then I can afford to put a real time I-Net Wx station up here! Subject: CASILIST : Email Problems, Please Resend Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 06:49:22 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Folks, the CASI Web Server where I receive my mail has been randomly deleting messages for the past few days, some of which I probably never see. Specifically, if you sent anything to anything @weatherwatchers.org yesterday between midnight and 5pm I probably did not see it and you will need to resend. Apologies. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : FEMA DIRECTOR APPEALS TO METEOROLOGISTS TO HELP REACH AMERICAN PUBLIC... Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 20:38:43 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This was a press release posted to WX-TALK a couple times and also forwarded to me by several people. I would go beyond his call to Meteorologists and call all those involved in Severe Weather Awareness like ourselves to do the same. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEMA DIRECTOR APPEALS TO METEOROLOGISTS TO HELP REACH AMERICAN PUBLIC WITH LIFE AND PROPERTY SAVING MEASURES June 16, 1998 -- FEMA Director James Lee Witt will address the 27th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology of the American Meteorological Society on June 18 at the Regal Riverfront Hotel in St. Louis, Mo. Witt will ask the meteorologists to get the word out to the public about the actions that individuals, businesses and communities can take to protect themselves from the damaging effects of natural disasters. Director Witt will discuss Project Impact, a major new initiative that is designed to change the way American deals with disasters. Project Impact focuses on prevention measures that communities and individuals can take to reduce the damage to property from floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters before they happen, rather than picking up the pieces afterward. The American Meteorological Society is a scientific and professional society that actively promotes the development and dissemination of information and education of the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. The AMS has more than 12,000 members from the United States and over 100 foreign countries and more than 135 corporation and institutional members, representing 40 countries. For more information about the American Meteorological Society go to http://www.arnetsoc.org/AMS Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Emergency Information & Media Affairs --- Washington, D.C. Information Available 24 hours a day . . . ... on the World Wide Web: http://www.fema.gov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Member News, Meeting News, My Vacation & CASI, Storm Reports Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 23:19:31 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi Folks! Here's some CASI News: Storm Reports Up: New Storm Reports are up on http://www.weatherwatchers.org/recentwx.html on two pages which are not completed but do have video captures : Bud's PA chase with a funnel from 6/2 and my "stand here on the porch" chase from 6/16. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0602/sr/001 and http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0616/ are the url's. Will be adding more when I get back from vacation. CASI South Meeting: So far I have had a small number of people respond to say they will be coming to the CASI South Meeting. There is still no place to hold it. I will try, however, to tack down a place by early next week. A reminder - the meeting, if it happens, will be next Sunday June 28. If I don't hear of a possible place in the next couple days and its still a *small* number of people then it's possible we could have it at my parents' house in NW NC. Next year hopefully I will have more than one day I can dedicate to possible meeting days if I plan better and get more vacation time from work. CASI and My Vacation: I will be leaving HeadQuarters next week for a "down south tour." My schedule will be as follows: Wednesday - Drive to Boomer NC to stay with parents and visit friends. Thursday - Boomer NC Friday - Boomer NC Saturday - Travel to Asheville NC for assorted Meteorology Class Reunion functions Sunday - Possible CASI-South Meeting somewhere Monday - Drive back to HQ Tuesday - Do normal weekend activities Wednesday - Do normal weekend activities Needless to say I will be without email most of Wed., Sat., Probably Sunday, and Monday. I should be completely reachable on Tuesday and next Wednesday. I may check e-mail in the evening on Thur. and Fri. However, I will not have the CASI database with me, so I will not be able to forward CASILIST postings; the CASILIST will be CLOSED from 6am Wednesday June 24 to noon Tuesday June 30. I hate to do this but I still don't have the list automated and can't carry the database with me. In addition the CASICAM will not be transmitting as it is my only videocamera and I will have it with me (if I near any strong cells on Wed. or Mon. I will attempt to chase) but the CASI1 Weather Station will continue to transmit data in my absence as long as the power doesn't go out or the software fail at HQ. My hope is that there won't be any Atlantic Tropical Storms while I'm gone due to the waning El Nino but La Nina is strengthening every day and if it continues on its current increase rate we could have a very very active season, sources say. If a storm starts while I'm gone and I can get to a computer I will put a disclaimer up on the CASI Tropical Page and push to a list of Member Tropical Pages. Because of the impending vacation and the massive cleanup I have to do to find things I need to take ;) effective tonight I won't have time to post StormForm, storm reports, Member Changes, or do any new Member Processing. New Members through today have been processed. StormForm submissions through early last week have been processed, and all requested Member Page Changes should be done. World Weather News postings were cancelled last week due to Severe Weather at HQ, and they are cancelled this week and next week due to the impending vacation. I will pick up where I left off on all these items when I return on Tuesday June 30. Member Page news: I have finally added the Ohio and Florida maps to the CASI Member section at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/ These maps had crowded the US Map considerably for a long time so now they have their own pages. With 240 Members now we're eating away at the East Coast like a weather-watching plague! (www.weatherwatchers.org/members/members-us.html) The thumbnail maps in the upper right-hand corner of your Member Pages now say "You are here." This was a decision by MapBlast to redo the way they design maps. This of course doesn't make a lot of sense for our Member Maps. However I have found what I think is a solution and I will implement it when I get back from vacation. Welcome to New Members Since last posting: Glen "Anthony" Brooks Rocky Mount VA Marcus Sharpe Orlando FL David Anderson Lynchburg VA David Catlett Lynchburg VA Connie Byrant Lynchburg VA Frank Catlett Lynchburg VA Donnie Millner Lynchburg VA Sue Downs Lynchburg VA John Benjamin West Palm Beach FL Emily McDaniel North Ridgeville OH Gorden Dufner Silsbee TX Heather LeViness Evans GA Emily Bush Galatia IL -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : CASI-South Meeting Sunday in NW NC! Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:43:52 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients OK Folks, I will be embarking for the South Wednesday morning so this will be my last CASILIST posting (I can still forward yours on through Wed. morning.) Reminder: A CASI-North Meeting will be held here at HQ in Central PA later this summer for people in the northern CASI territory (of course you're free to come to both but one of them is bound to be a long trip for you ;)). The second annual CASI-South Meeting will be held in Boomer NC (NW NC between Lenoir and Wilkesboro) at my parents' house, where I grew up, on Sunday June 28, from about 2:30pm until whenever. Features: Since this meeting is at my childhood house I can give a tour and spiel on the Hurricane Hugo Downburst (1989) and the Lightning Strike (1987). What I believe to be a downburst during Hurricane Hugo in 1989 downed several thousand trees on our property and in June 1987 we suffered a direct lightning strike to the house which blew out a window, wall studs, and 5x5 foot piece of wall from the shed behind the house, causing permanent frame damage to that structure, then ran through our house causing severe electrical damage and burning holes in walls, etc. Since not a whole lot of evidence is still around from these meteorological events I will bring a photo album (if I can find it!) which will well document each of them. I will also bring a composite videotape including recent weather events of note for which I have been present and videotaping, including the Wall Cloud event of 6/2/98 in Raleigh (www.weatherwatchers.org/1997/0602/), the 13" snow of Dec 29-30, 1997 here at HQ, Hurricane Fran (www.weatherwatchers.org/fran/lsi.html) and damage afterwards, and a number of other assorted storms. I may also include some of a friend's video of our visit to the Nat'l Severe Storms Laboratory in Kansas City MO in 1995 (Tim, you will recall this trip...) In addition please bring your pictures or video of your favorite weather events to share. This meeting is very informal, come-as-you-are, to mainly discuss recent weather events on the East Coast though of course any ideas you might have for CASI in general will be entertained. Coldcut sandwich material will be on hand. If you're coming please bring chips, coke products, or desserts. People who have replied to the Meeting emails thus far indicating interest will be sent detailed directions and the location of an online map to them in an e-mail this evening. If you have not replied to the earlier emails or you do not receive directions by tomorrow but would like directions please email me between now and Sunday and I will get back to you. If you are considering coming please RSVP so that I will know the maximum number of attendees possible. There's not a whole lot of room in the house so I wouldn't recommend bringing the calvary ;) -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Duplin Co. Storm on 6/23/98 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 05:24:23 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I'm off to NC folks, talk to you all next week and maybe see some of you Sunday! -Jesse Here's a report from ENCWW: -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Duplin Co. Storm on 6/23/98 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:51:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers To: stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com, cn1599{at}coastalnet.com, bjhall{at}gabn.net, skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com, darnold{at}datasync.com, j{at}weatherwatchers.org, webmaster{at}assembly.net, cthorne{at}ecu.campus.mci.net, k5pf{at}aol.com, kimberly{at}unity.ncsu.edu, pietrych{at}rap.ucar.edu, wxman96{at}aol.com, daniel.bartholf{at}noaa.gov, gregs{at}abts.net, powell{at}scsn.net, dasprp{at}always-online.com, shane.wise{at}pov.net, fduval{at}flosc.net, svoros{at}execpc.com Heres a report from Kevin Brinson in Kenansville: I saw the severe storm that began in SE Duplin Co. and continued through Onslow and Jones Counties. I basically chased it until the I just got tired of the freakin' rain...hehe. But the hail was what really drove me back. I'd say dime sized hail, with lots of cloud to ground lightening, and maybe 40 mph gusts of winds. The rain was coming down in squalls. I think it was still building though and it looks like the areas right across the Duplin County line in Onslow and Jones Counties will get a worse storm. I know this though, that cloud was extremely dark and contained some mammatus clouds, possibly indicating stronger winds than what I experienced. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here in Craven County we did have alot of cloud to ground lightning, and we had heavy downpours, with winds probably in the neighborhood of about 20-25mph here in New Bern. We did not have any hail here that I know of and the thunder and cloud to grond lightning is still present with some light rain at this moment. Chris Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips Web Page: For more Information on The Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers www.assembly.net/encww Mirc Channel #encww on DalNet; also check out these other channels, #Skywarn, #Weather, # Meterology, #stormchasers ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : WX-200 & ICQ Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:05:12 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: WX-200 & ICQ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:29:09 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: CC: Hi Gang...Well, the 'old man' got a deal on a WX-200. I have wandered through J's (CASI's) WX-200 extensive weather page but thought this might be a better route. What's the latest in software - Anyone have anything good? I can offer a link on our WXcam page (and even direct download from our new FTP) in exchange...Did somebody say money?? Seriously, the Cam page has been averaging about 600 hits a day (not shabby considering it keeps missing the BEARS - Yes, again, this morning, a nice 5 or 600 pounder!) One of these days, maybe I'll see my wife when I come outa the shower. This guy was wandering around on the deck for 15 minutes (The cam is under the deck....UGH!!!!) >From the "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em Dept"...As some of you know, I ceased our use of ICQ when the original deal between them and AOL was announced (like they really cared?). Well, I have this thing about AOL. (Long Story...) Anyway, a few of you missed us, and I can't get anyone to switch to Netmeeting...and the press from ICQ seems to indicate they're gonna leave it alone for a while so.....We're back - only with a new No. 14578292... for those that want to know what it's like on a mountain in the Poconos in the evenings. Finally (This is NOT self serving - You can buy it cheaper in Wal-Mart than from us!) We've been running Windows 98 since the Beta introduction. Very simply, get it - it works. The 95 buggies have been squooshed and the new features make it well worth it (and it doesn't crash!) That's it from here...Looks like Western PA has 'the weather' for tonight Woops...Sidenote - We switched last month to a new Cam FTP server. DCN's camrunner. Spycam was good (Hey, for 5 bucks, you don't get the Mercedes?) This is better. Charlie Anzman Prez SBC Computer & Components WA2AAB The Pocono Mountain Wildlife/Weathercam http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html wxcam{at}sbccomputer.com charlie{at}sbccomputer.com ICQ (Yuk) 14578292 NOTE: This message has been sent to our 'weather pals' and a few others who I've been outa touch with (So sue me - I took a day off!) that I thought might find it interesting. Subject: CASILIST : Back in the good old Mid-Atlantic! Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:43:37 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well I am back from my down-south tour [1,313 miles total and none of that chasing ;(]. I wish that I could have seen each of you but next year perhaps I can try to get more time off and plan the CASI Meeting better so that more people can come. Highlights of the trip: WED.: Heavy Thunderstorm hit Boomer, NC the minute I arrived Wed. evening greeting me with 0.5" hail, high winds, and frequent lightning at the parents' house. Best storm I chased this year ;) SAT.: Did see a lot of old friends from school at the UNCA meteorology reunion in Asheville NC on Saturday. No, Kristina was not there :) She couldn't make it. But Scott Lawrimore, who is on TWC at 2am on one night a week, was there. Also present: were various govmt, NCDC, NWS employees. I was the only person there representing the Private Sector I believe. Doc said that, out of 186 graduates since 1983 (keeping in mind that NWS stopped hiring before the class of '95 graduated), 40% went into govmt. jobs, 30% into broadcasting jobs, 20% into non-meteorology jobs, and 10% into private firms. UNCA has placed graduates in meteorology jobs from Fairbanks, AK to San Diego, CA to San Juan PR, to Portland ME. Most amazing thing I didn't know: I have to go back to school to get a job with the NWS - they now require the high-level math course Differential Equations (usually taken after or with Calculus III). D'ohh!! I was pleased to learn that a number of people (graduates and professors) had visited the CASI site and one professor noted using some of our information for his Mesoscale Meteorology class. SUN.: The CASI South Meeting consisted of Tim Armstrong and myself. We both showed video of recent storms we had chased or intercepted, and Tim brought a couple of nice NEXRAD shots from ILM and discussed current job opportunities as he has just graduated. Since we were both at the NSSL when Scott taped that in '95 we did not rewatch that video. MON.: Looks like I got back just in time as there is a Slight Risk of severe storms in PA tonight and tomorrow morning. The only downside to the trip was that my cat became very ill while I was gone and the caretaker took him to the Vet for procedures, where he continues under care, so I may be in and out of HQ for the next several days as I take care of him. Now that I'm back, the CASICAM is being re-setup as we speak, and CASILIST messages can now be transmitted again. Amazingly, the CASI1 Weather Station continued to report to the web site while I was gone so I was able to keep an eye on the weather here, from NC. Love the technology!! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : New free newsletter - Atlantic Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:54:50 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: New free newsletter - Atlantic Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:05:54 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: CC: Jess - Cox's Storm98 (http://www.storm98.com ) has a free daily Atlantic distubance E-Mail. Been getting it for a few days. It's good. Regards 'Hurricane Charley' Subject: CASILIST : More Cool Stuff Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:59:32 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: More Cool Stuff Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:16:54 -0400 From: "Charlie Anzman" To: CC: You gotta see this!!! Wonder what it's like to see where you live from SPACE? Billed as "The world's largest database" http://terraserver.microsoft.com (The USGS & Microsoft) AWESOME The SBC Cam & what's next... Well, you can try to please some of the people some of the time..... We gave you the sky view... The mailbox ..."What happened to the deer..it was 'relaxing'" We gave you the 'Nature View' - The Wx guys "Hey, that other view was better" The best of both worlds? - Coming (hopefully by the end of August) 'Cam 2' - A SUPER shot of the clear sky from Milford/Westfall over NE Pa., New York AND New Jersey. As SBC enters its FOURTH year next week, my very sincere Thanks to all that have contributed to the company, our family and the Site! PS: Last night - a bunch of these landed in the wrong mailbox we've identified the problem & are correcting it! Sorry for the invasion of your 'space' or...woops! Charlie Anzman SBC COMPUTER & COMPONENTS http://www.sbccomputer.com Proof that you can do business in the middle of nowhere??!! Subject: CASILIST : Central Virginia AMS Meeting, Thursday, July 25th, Richmond, VA Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:26:42 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Central Virginia AMS Meeting, Thursday, July 25th, Richmond, VA Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:58:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan Salkovitz To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Anyone with an interest in weather is invited to attend the next meeting of the Central Virginia Chapter of the American Meteorological Society in Richmond, VA, 7:00pm, Thursday, July 25th at the Lung Association of Virginia, located at 311 S. Boulevard. The speaker will be chapter co-president, Todd Anderson (Virginia Power meteorologist). His topic will be on-going lightning research that Virginia Power is conducting with NWS Wakefield with particular emphasis on the Hampton Roads "hot spot". All Central VA AMS meetings are open to the public and are non-technical in nature. All ages are welcome. The Lung Association is located one block north of the Downtown Expressway on The Boulevard. Parking is available next to the building; enter via an alley off Grayland Ave., just beyond the Lung Association building as you are heading north on The Boulevard. For additional information, email Dan Salkovitz at dsalkovi{at}mnsinc.com. Subject: CASILIST : Rare Long Island Tornado Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:53:02 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Rare Long Island Tornado Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:52:17 -0400 From: Charles Anzman Organization: SBC To: J Well gang...since I like to keep tabs on where I used to live (J's not the only one who moved to PA??) Have StormWarn progammed for this area AND Eastern Long Island, NY. Well, I spent 38 years out there... only remember 1 confirmed touchdown This morning, an F0 (Confirmed) landed in Lake Ronkonkoma and then again in Selden NY on the campus of Suffolk County Community College. Whats next? Snow? Charlie SBC Subject: CASILIST : RE: More Cool Stuff & Bad Member Email Addresses Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:49:55 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Members, the following is a list of other Members whose email addresses no longer exist, and as such, they can no longer be notified of CASI events. If you know anything about the new addresses of these Members please tell them to contact me. Nicholas Wayne Webb webb1{at}intrstar.net BAD EMAIL Mark R. Drakage markd{at}ntrnet.net BAD EMAIL Marc Wertenberger mwertenb{at}expert.cc.purdue.edu BAD EMAIL Hank Bowman hbowman{at}intrex.net BAD EMAIL Raymond Jason Caldwell caldwell{at}hurricane.net2.nlu.edu BAD EMAIL Tom Mikels tmikels{at}aol.com BAD EMAIL Mark E. Yorsaner MYorsaner{at}aol.com BAD EMAIL Matt J. Rosier mattr{at}ccpl.carr.lib.md.us BAD EMAIL Richard W. Clark agcsrick{at}eagnet.com BAD EMAIL Rob Schlueter bobdon2518{at}worldnet.att.net BAD EMAIL Brian D. McFeaters Bmcfeaters{at}dem.dcc.state.nc.us BAD EMAIL Tony Amato kr4uq{at}mnsinc.com BAD EMAIL FRANK E. HANSON FEHANSON{at}JUNO.com BAD EMAIL Also I tried the More Cool Stuff link Charlie sent. Looks really cool and useful - but the site apparently doesn't work on (my) Netscape 4.0 - couldn't get the plain road maps and got assorted Javascript errors. However, it *is* a MS site so I will wait until I get to work to check it out on IE4. ;) Note: I am wading my way through the 100 email messages I received while on vacation and the 60 that are in my "to-do" box, so I apologize if I'm taking a while to get back to you. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Skywarn Meeting - TN GA NC AL Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:01:15 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Please contact the people below for more information... > SKYWARN MEETING > TENNESSEE > HAMILTON / BRADLEY / MEIGS / RHEA / MARION / SEQUATCHIE > GRUNDY / VAN BUREN / BLEDSOE / MONROE / POLK / McMINN > GEORGIA > WALKER / DADE / WHITFIELD / CATOOSA > NORTH CAROLINA > CHEROKEE / CLAY > ALABAMA > NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN / JACKSON / DEKALB > >CONCEPT > Informal meeting to discuss the mentioned topics and >more......... > Location - possibly a pavilion at Harrison Bay State Park or >...................suggestions? > Date - After Field Day but prior to September/School Days > Need to hold meeting prior to October MRX managers >meeting > Participants - 3 to 4 key people in each CWA county - >ARES/RACES/SKYWARN net mngrs > Time - Midmorning to Mid afternoon with hotdog/hamberger >lunch grilled onsite > >TOPICS > >1. Local and Regional SKYWARN Organization - liason with MRX. > A. Should TAG serve as the regional coordinator serving as sole >liaison to MRX for southern cwa counties? > B. Should TAG serve just as Hamilton County SKYWARN with each >county independently liasoning MRX? > 2. Notification and Net Operations > A. NOAA wxr radio coverage & SAME rcvrs > B. Net Protocol and Operation > C. Spotter reports - providing useful product to MRX > D. Interest in group Alpha page Notification / other systems - >duty officer-telephone trees -etc,,,,,,,, > 3. Implementation of EMWIN and addition NOAA wxr radio sites in the >CWA. > A. NOAA wxr radio coverage - reception throughout your county > B. EMWIN by VHF or Broadcast Subcarrier - digital delivery to your >computer > C. EAS & RBDS Systems - present & future Broadcast Systems > 4. Training > A. Basic & Intermediate / Advanced > B. Schedules / Participation > C. Spotter Registration........ > PLEASE CHECK OUT THESE SITES > >http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/oso1/oso12/document/emwin.htm >http://www.usit.com/mottrd/maintn.htm >http://alert-alabama.org/ >http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ftproot/meg/html/skywarn_manual.html > > > STATEMENT > > Georgia Govenor Zell Mill is pushing thru GEMA a broadbased >Notification & Warning group with > The intent to file for a FEMA grant. The group is wanting to add >10 NOAA wxr radio sites within > the next 6 months. The group is also seeking to add 5 Doppler >Radar sites within GA. Total grant > would exceed 10 million dollars. They have a good chance of >receiving at least a good portion of this > money. FEMA has been handing out money this year for almost any >disaster related projects. > Tornados outside of the usual "Tornado Alley", in urban >(Birmingham/Nashville/Atlanta) and > suburban areas, at night and with large fatalities / damage >(FLA) have blanketed the airwaves. > Public Interest is at a all time high. Wxr radios are out of >stock thru out the southeast. > Suggest we contact Rep. Zack Wamps office and invite him to our >meeting. Remember it's > election year. We would be a great photo op & chance to provided >info on community interest. > Now think of what we might ask for? How bout the Chattanooga wxr >office. It's being run by > contract people doing local observations only. The building is >in good to fair shape, needing only > a roof coating and some HVAC work. With FEMA money we could >aqquire a smaller (75-100nm) > doppler radar and EMWIN/EAS notifacation equipment. Think...no >site to buy or construction. > Lights / water / power including backup generator on site.... >did I mention the tower w/ radome? > Parking / bathrooms / kitchenette / extra offices & storage. >May generate revenue from connection > from local tv stations and national commercial wxr folks to help >with overhead. But to do any > of this we'll need to get organized with a group large enough to >carry the load....................... > ..........................................................replys >/ opinions / suggestions / rants........ > >. > Dewey Bryant KD4EHC > Hamilton Co. TN ARES EC > RACES / SKYWARN too..... > > kd4ehc{at}bellsouth.net Subject: CASILIST : ADMIN : MONTLY NOTICE : Severe Archive Move Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:17:58 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI : ADMIN : MONTHLY NOTICE : SEVERE ARCHIVE MOVE I have moved the current SEVERE archive on the CASI Site to the "Archive archive" on casi.simplenet.com. This is necessary once a month now for the SEVERE statements due to access restrictions on CASI's main web server. The other archives (LSR, TOR, etc.) will continue to be moved on a bi-monthly basis. This is a reminder that if you have linked to a SEVERE Statement (May 22 - today) on the CASI Site that the location (but not page name) has changed from http://www.weatherwatchers.org/archive/severe/ to http://casi.simplenet.com/archive/severe/199805-199806/ The CASI SEVERE archive archives NWS Special Weather and Severe Weather Statements for the CASI Area NWS Offices (GA through NY). These statements go back one year in time but some of our other archives including Local Storm Reports and Tornado Warnings go back to 1994. All of this and more can be found at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/archive/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : A Tad windy today in Fort Bragg NC? Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:45:37 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients KFBG 010024Z COR 33024G95KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 31/20 A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT CU ALQDS= This Observation came from the Fort Bragg site this evening. For those unfamiliar with the code, it decodes as follows (been a while since I looked at METAR decoding, somebody let me know if I'm off on anything): Fort Bragg / Fayettville NC, 00:24Z on the 1st. Wind from 330 degrees at 24 knots (28 mph) gusting to 95 knots (109 mph). Visibility 5 statute miles in a Thunderstorm. [Cloud data, etc] Remarks: Frequent Lightning In Cloud, Cloud to Cloud, Cloud to Ground. Cumulonimbus overhead moving SE. Shelf cloud overhead moving SE, moderate Cumulus all quadrants. Here are additional obs from around that time. Notice another claim of 82 knots suggesting that the 95 was not an instrument malfunction. KFBG 010024Z 33024G95KT 7SM BKN020CB OVC090 31/20 A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT CU ALQDS= KFBG 010024Z COR 33024G95KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 31/20 A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT CU ALQDS KFBG 010024Z COR 33024G95KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 31/20 A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT CU ALQDS= KFBG 010034Z 35025G82KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 24/22 A2975 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT CU ALQDS= KFBG 010024Z COR 33024G95KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 31/20 A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT CU ALQDS= KFBG 010034Z COR 35025G82KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 24/22 A2975 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE= KFBG 010034Z COR 35025G82KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 24/22 A2975 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE KFBG 010055Z 35003G22KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 23/22 A2974 RMK PK WND 34095/24 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE SLP068 SHELF CLD MOV SE 8/97/ 9/71/= KFBG 010055Z COR 35003G22KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 23/22 A2974 RMK PK WND 34095/24 TWR VIS 4 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE SLP068 SHELF CLD MOV SE 8/97/ 9/71/= KFBG 010055Z COR 35003G22KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 23/22 A2974 RMK PK WND 34095/24 TWR VIS 4 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE SLP068 SHELF CLD MOV SE 8/97/ 9/71/ KFBG 010116Z 25005KT 3SM -TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 24/22 A2977 RMK TWR VIS 5 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE= KFBG 010138Z 22002KT 4SM TS BR FEW010 SCT040CB BKN090 24/22 A2976 RMK TWR VIS 5 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS SE MOV SE= KFBG 010159Z VRB02KT 6SM TS BR FEW010 SCT040CB BKN090 24/22 A2975 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG TS SE MOV SE SLP073 8/970 9/420 WR//= KFBG 010240Z 27006KT 7SM FEW010 SCT040CB 24/22 A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCC SE-SW TS MOV SE CB S MOV SE= KFBG 010259Z 26005KT 7SM SCT040 SCT080 24/21 A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCC SE-S SLP075 CB MOV SE 60032 8/570 9/310 51029 WR//= -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Storm Rap Up/Image just prior to NWS Tornado Warning For Barnstable County on Cape Cod] Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 12:21:31 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Storm Rap Up/Image just prior to NWS Tornado Warning For Barnstable County on Cape Cod Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:36:01 -0400 From: "B.METIVIER NBWX" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients B.METIVIER NBWX (CASI Member Bob Metivier) wrote: > Well def. and interesting night!! From numerous Tornado reports/warnings/NY > City/Conn.area.. to Baseball sizehail reported via ham in I beleive Richmond R.I. to hail > reports throughtout the area from peezize to dime size and with the final Tornado Warning > issued for Barnstable County on Cape Cod...All warnings are currently down and the pattern > will quite down overernight. We *may* have another round of svr.wx latter part of this > week...stay tuned....73'ssss to all and hope all faired well with this storm. Any wind > damage/storm damage reports please forward to NWS Taunton....73'sssss[Image] [Image broadcast: Can't send image through list due to bandwidth constraints and rejected mail from certain servers. Image stored at: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/nsmailCN.jpeg] Subject: CASILIST : Threatening Emails from a PSU Member to CASI Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 18:26:13 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is a notice to the Members that someone from Penn State University has been sending threatening emails to CASI HeadQuarters. Since they have approached me there is a slight chance that they might approach you as well. I suggest that if you receive a questionable e-mail from someone (I can't release the full address yet but the partial is em****{at}psu.edu or anonymous) claiming to be from the PSU Meteorology Department or the National Weather Service that you do not respond as the best way to deal with this is by ignoring the individual until official prosecution takes place. Thank you for your support as we deal with yet another of this planet's disturbed individuals. I'd also appreciate your not discussing this outside of CASI until the situation is resolved as, again, ignoring the person's threats is the best way to resolve it. I have contacted PSU officials since this individual presumes to speak for the University and will contact local police if the threats continue as this person is obviously of questionable mentality and does reside on campus here in State College. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Severe Weather Outlook Image Page Updated Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 21:00:29 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I updated my old Severe Weather Outlook Image page to include the Kavouras outlook image. I apologize that this page is a full of copyright-infringements, I try not to do that, but I made the page years ago and it kind of stuck on the webserver. So anyway, I find it very useful as a quick look page when severe weather is threatening. If you click on the SPC graphics you will be taken to the text pages. If anybody knows of any other (free) graphics which depict US Severe Weather Threat that I am missing let me know... http://casi.simplenet.com/j/oldsite/wx/severe.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : NetNews : AccuWeather adds Velocity, CR, Storm Info Table Images! Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 11:51:46 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Radar Fans - This is so hot I have to get it out soon - will post to newsgroups this evening. Personal AccuWeather's Pay web service has just added Base Velocity, Composite Reflectivity, and Storm Information Table NEXRAD Images to their Base Reflectivity for all US (and P.R.) sites. So now for $3.33 to $4.95 a month users can get all those images, plus all the other information on AccuWeather's sites, bringing quantity and quality "real-time" NEXRAD images to the money-challenged. This was just added to the site yesterday evening. More info on this later. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Florida Fires on Radar / Sat, Severe Page Update (again) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 18:48:44 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The Florida fires which have caused the closing of I-95 can be seen on weather images across the Net. RADAR: http://www.intellicast.com/weather/mco/nexrad/ Shows the smoke from the Florida fires this evening (top half of image) SATELLITE: (Hurry before it gets dark - visible images!) http://wxreal.nbc4.com/cgi-bin/showVisImgPageZoom?visName=florida&area=5 http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/latest_TPA.jpg Today's Visible: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goesb/chesters/pub/goes/980702.florida.jpg NASA (old) AVHRR Image: http://modarch.gsfc.nasa.gov/fire_atlas/NAMERICA/FLORIDA98/florida_avhrr.html PS: I updated the Severe Page again to link to the Intellicast images, at the bottom of http://casi.simplenet.com/j/oldsite/wx/severe.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Skywarn History Article Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 07:37:03 -0400 From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients gsellers wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Found this recently going thru my SKYWARN folder and thought that you all would enjoy looking at the web site in the article below! It concerns the "history" of SKYWARN, why it was started, when, etc..Chuck Doswell is a very prolific writer and hopefully, you'll enjoy reading his article; I did. Have a great 4th of July holiday! > > 73 de Greg > ========= > Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:04:19 -0400 > From: Robert P Dale > Subject: Re: Quick! Need Quickie Skywarn History > > Chuck Doswell has a very goof paper on the history of Skywarn / storm > spotters online at > http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~doswell/spotter_history/spotter_history.html > > Rob -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : NE Pa. Weather Viewing, etc...... Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 19:00:53 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: NE Pa. Weather Viewing, etc...... Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 12:23:42 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: CC: Happy 4th to all! (Come on up - Fireworks are LEGAL here) ...ugh...leave the beer home...the cops in this county will throw you in the 'tank' so fast, you won't know what hit you.... Well, now that you guys are slowly turning me into a weather fanatic, here's a few notes: In addition to several "Higher End" links on my desktops, for 'the community', the top section of our Pike County page is now a collection of links. It's varied (I've changed it about 7 times so far) but gives a good quick take on VARIOUS forecast and warnings for the Northeast. (including Intellecast's FORECAST Severe watch) http://www.sbccomputer.com/pikecounty.html http://www.sbccomputer.com/pennsylvania.html Yesterday, I got an e-mail from a local 'official' offering a very good chance get the best position I could have asked for, for the new SkyCam (It's all done, except I still have to come up with a Camera, and install it.) The Cam will have a sky view from Westfall Township (which borders the Delaware) of NY, NJ, and PA. (On a good day, visually, you can see storms 100-300 miles away) ie: This will be cool. (All it takes it time and money?) Following up on Jesse's E-Mail yesterday, Accuweather is now offering free linking with graphics. I put one on the vidcam page (for Milford). http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Sidenotes: The BEST forecaster (which is 'blowing me away' in the past two weeks (including the Super-Instantaneous Cell) has been the WX-200 here. Hope to have that on the net in a month or two. (The Accuweather software is worse than bad - AND they don't answer their mail....) Got mail from the guys at DCN (Probably one of the most extensive Webcam Directories http://www.dcn.com ) now on the Net. Their own software 'Camrunner' will be seeing an upgrade in the next few weeks (We're using it - There are pluses and minuses but so far - it's reliable!) If a deer doesn't eat the camera...They're been walking right up to it! Finally for you 'Web-Author' types - For years, I have been discouraging 'bit-mapping' for text...Well, with the ongoing Netscape/ MS thing... and having to add extra tags to be 'visible' on MOST versions.... (and a recent not-pleasing note from MS this week that the Channel Guide is being restructured (and may leave out the 'smaller non-paying companies...) I tried knocking out a little 'navigation bar' yesterday, using Microsoft Image Composer THEN CoffeeCup's Image Mapper. (It's small, bit IT IS fast? and has me re-thinking several area of the site overall) Finally..(I get nothing out of this other than to see a 'budding web entrepreneur' make it). WebCam Sam http://www.vista-x.com has been vastly improved. It's fun and lets you wander around the world in seconds (complete with forecasts from 'The Underground...) and it's cheap. Try it, you'll buy it. (This kid (adult?) is definately going places)... That's it from the mountain, where I'm going to make a desperate attempt for a day off! Charlie Milford, Pa Subject: CASILIST : Welcome to New Members & More Dead Email Addresses Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 18:38:58 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients In addition to the list of dead e-mail addresses that I solicited you for help on last week, the following applications this week came with dead e-mail addresses. If you know these people please have them contact me with a corrected e-mail address. BAD EMAIL: Dana Cook : 550 ... User unknown BAD EMAIL: Bryant Dufner: 550 ... User unknown Oops! Come to think of it that last one was probably supposed to be TXchaser. I will try that. Someone please let Mr. Dufner know that he has a bad return address in his mailer. Now welcome to the new Members who *did* submit valid e-mail addresses during the last 2 weeks: Joseph Cox Fairfax VA Jeff Welsh Lehighton PA Brian Monahan Clarksboro NJ Shelly Suttles Brandon FL Leigh Ann Phillips Tarboro NC Jim Vale Baltimore MD Louis Spikloser Reisterstown MD Pinney Colton Somers CT Douglas Bennett Hope Mills NC allen merwin Utica OH Jackie Slayman Benton KY Brandon Hardy Summertown TN Gary Buzel Fairfield CT -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Update on Threatening Emails from PSU Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 21:27:25 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The person with the aforementioned e-mail address contacted me to note that his account had been left open and the threatening e-mail messages were sent to CASI while he was not at the computer. To reiterate, it was NOT the fault of the person who held the address which I abbreviated in the email sent out to Members last week. The fact remains that someone is using PSU's computers to send threatening e-mails to the Administration of CASI. An investigation is proceeding, however I must still ask that if you receive an e-mail from @psu.edu with a threatening tone, to ignore it and notify me so that we can catch the perpetrator. Thank you for your help with this matter. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST: Fwd: News from ENCWW, Including Weather Conference Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 22:14:37 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Contact Chris for more info at the address below: -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: News from Headquarters Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 22:10:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers To: stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com, cn1599{at}coastalnet.com, bjhall{at}gabn.net, skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com, darnold{at}datasync.com, j{at}weatherwatchers.org, webmaster{at}assembly.net, cthorne{at}ecu.campus.mci.net, k5pf{at}aol.com, kimberly{at}unity.ncsu.edu, pietrych{at}rap.ucar.edu, wxman96{at}aol.com, daniel.bartholf{at}noaa.gov, gregs{at}abts.net, powell{at}scsn.net, dasprp{at}always-online.com, shane.wise{at}pov.net, fduval{at}flosc.net, svoros{at}execpc.com Hello folks, Chris has asked me to write to everyone and let everyone know whats going on here at headquarters, so here goes: (1) The anticipated move of headquarters to Dunn, NC has been postponed indefinetely due to the fact that his work has decided hes too valuable here at the new bern plant. (2) Hes still working on the Weather Conference and is still looking for speakers on the following subjects: (a) Doppler Radar (b) SKYWARN (c) Hurricanes (d) Severe Weather (e) The relationship between emergency management and the weather service in relation to disasters. (f) any other subjects you would like to speak on (3) As for the weather conference, as you can tell its still on, and the seating is going to be limited to 250 people. Also clothing will be available for this conference. If you think you would be interested in this conference, please email Chris direct. This conference will be taking place October 9-11, 1998. This is going to be a conference you won't want to miss. The cost for this conference is looking to be around $20-$50, also if you will need a hotel room, the room rate is $58.00 + 12%tax at the local Hampton Inn, reservations number is 1-800-448-8288, it is listed under the Weather Conference and reservations must be made by September 25, 1998, the hotel will not hold rooms for this conference after this date. (4) Chris is in training with The American Red Cross for Disaster Services at this time and should be getting back to everyone within a week or so. (5) Final note from headquarters, check out a very good website worth visiting at: www.nws.noaa.gov/er/mhx/index.htm NAtional Weather Service, Newport The National Weather Service in Newport, now has their newletter online and also has SKYWARN class updates online as well. Thanks for everyones support in helping keep this organiztion going Any questions, suggestions, comments, or complaints? send them to Chris @ stormchaser @coastalnet.com Thank you for your time, Linda lp:CP any organizations that wish to past this on to their own members is asked to do so. Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips Web Page: For more Information on The Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers www.assembly.net/encww Mirc Channel #encww on DalNet; also check out these other channels, #Skywarn, #Weather, # Meterology, #stormchasers ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : URLs: Neighboorhood Wx Network on the Web & Gulf Sat & Amazing Fact Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:25:25 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Couple Misc. Items this evening: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlie Anzman reminds us of the AWS site, great place to find current Non-NWS weather data if you haven't been there before. Started up with just a couple sites several years ago, now has several hundred real-time surface observing stations across the US: > Jess & gang... > >The AWS school network is on the web >(Here's a whole bunch of HTML wx stations- >Most live from schools across the country... > >http://www.aws.com >Have a great weekend >Charlie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And I just found today that UCAR has added a Visible Satellite for the Gulf (just in case we ever GET any tropical weather this season ;)): http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/latest_GOM.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's amazing weather fact (from the AccuWeather Almanac): New Jersey 1926 A bolt of lightning at the Picatinny Army Arsenal in Northern NJ triggered a massive explosion in an ammunition dump. Every building within a half mile was leveled by the blast and 16 people were killed. Debris landed as far as 22 miles away and over 100 million present-day dollars of damage was done. This is the most costly damage due to lightning in the United States. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Neighboorhood Wx Network on the Web Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 07:36:28 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: CC: "J" Jess & gang... The AWS school network is on the web (Here's a whole bunch of HTML wx stations- Most live from schools across the country... http://www.aws.com Have a great weekend Charlie SBC http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Subject: [CASILIST : Fwd: Weather Conference Update] Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:17:32 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks Chris for the update. Wish I could be there but my vacation days are over. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather Conference Update Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 17:56:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers To: stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com, cn1599{at}coastalnet.com, bjhall{at}gabn.net, skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com, darnold{at}datasync.com, j{at}weatherwatchers.org, webmaster{at}assembly.net, cthorne{at}ecu.campus.mci.net, k5pf{at}aol.com, kimberly{at}unity.ncsu.edu, pietrych{at}rap.ucar.edu, wxman96{at}aol.com, daniel.bartholf{at}noaa.gov, gregs{at}abts.net, powell{at}scsn.net, dasprp{at}always-online.com, shane.wise{at}pov.net, fduval{at}flosc.net, svoros{at}execpc.com Ok folks heres what we have got so far with the weather conference: Hotel Accomodations: Hampton Inn $58.00 +12% tax 1-800-448-8288 Reservations under the Weather Conference We finally got a commitment for the Auditorium at Craven Community College, which seats 250 people Heres the Preliminary Schedule: October 9 Registration 6pm-10pm October 10 9am Welcome and Opening Ceremonies 10-12noon Speakers 12-1 lunch 1-3pm Speakers 3-5pm Speakers October 11 9-1pm Speakers, closing ceremonies The cost for this conference is free. Yes you read that right its FREE. If you think you might be coming to this conference then we need for you to email us asap, so we will know how many people we will have coming. Remeber seating is limited to 250 people! More Information to come on this conference later on.................. We are also encouraging other organizations to pass the word about this conference to their members as well. Thank you Chris Phillips President of Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips Web Page: For more Information on The Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers www.assembly.net/encww Mirc Channel #encww on DalNet; also check out these other channels, #Skywarn, #Weather, # Meterology, #stormchasers ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : microscale flooding in West Central NC Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 16:49:29 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Interesting case of unexpected localized flooding here, folks. I have uploaded a couple NEXRAD Storm Precip images, from KROA and KGSP, to the CASI site for perusal. Quite impressive - Roanoke claims 6.1" since last night in a very small area! http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/iredell/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: microscale flooding in West Central NC Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 16:34:16 -0400 (EDT) From: tima{at}vortex.atms.unca.edu (Tim Armstrong) To: sbtaylor{at}coastalnet.com, j{at}weatherwatchers.org Jesse & Steve, A tiny shower formed around 3 AM in Iredell County, NC this morning and remained stationary for hours dropping moderate to heavy rainfall. This was a strange situation with surface parcels stable (CAPE of 0 and LIs were positive) but convection still occurring and persisting. I guess the convection was rooted in a layer above the surface but no level was all that unstable. Additional shorter-lived showers have formed during the day with very little movement indicated. Tim  438 RWUS32 KGSP 121049 FFSGSP NCZ036-121300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 649 AM EDT SUN JUL 12 1998 A NEARLY STATIONARY RAINSHOWER HAS BEEN DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT IN A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...ESTIMATED BY RADAR IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES...HAS AFFECTED THE AREA ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY US 64 IN THE VICINITY OF THE COMMUNITIES OF SCOTTS AND LORAY. THIS RAIN FELL SINCE ABOUT 3 AM. LOW PLACES IN THIS AREA WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING...AND THERE COULD BE SOME FLOODING ALONG MORRISON CREEK AND THIRD CREEK...AND PERHAPS OTHER SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH CAREFULLY FOR FLOODED ROADS AND BRIDGES THIS MORNING. IF THE HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTS...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. JONES  Subject: CASILIST : Tropical Weather & Crown Weather Services Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 18:40:34 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Tropical Weather... Date: Sun, 12 Jul 98 18:32:19 EDT From: "Robert Lightbown" To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org I am writing to CASI with hope that someone may be able to refer me to someone that may be interested in my services. My name is Robert Lightbown, I currently operate a non-profit organization, Crown Weather Services. I track and attempt to forecast tropical weather systems world-wide. I have six years of weather forecasting experience, two of those years were as a volunteer with the National Weather Service in Caribou, Maine. During Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the National Weather Service in Caribou received numerous phone calls from concerned local citizens with loved ones in the hurricane warning area in southern Florida. Most of these calls were referred to me since I was the unofficial hurricane expert of the office. I have also tracked and forecasted some of the more intense hurricanes of the past several years, Opal, Fran, and Emily. I do not have any college education in meteorology, however, I have learned college-level material in meteorology through my research and interest in meteorology. I am writing to you to inquire whether you may know of someone that may be interested in hiring an individual that would work as a weather coordinator. The weather coordinator would keep the perspective client informed of any threatening tropical weather that may affect them. I am looking to turn my non-profit organization into a small business that would consult with organizations. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you, Sincerely, Robert W. Lightbown Crown Weather Services - Caribou, Maine Providing Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Information http://maine.edu/~rlight51/index.html Subject: CASILIST : Severe Weather Strikes Palm Beach Countty, FL! Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 06:11:55 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients John also sent this radar image: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/miarad.gif --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Severe Weather Strikes Palm Beach Countty, FL! Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 00:00:24 -0400 From: "John Benjamin" To: "J" Sunday night 7-12-98 1830 hrs Severe Weather strikes Palm Beach County, FL. Late today, as an usual summer low pressure trough moved south into central and south Florida, the late afternoon weather turned severe. Thousands of severe cloud to ground lightning strikes caused hug power outages, over a large portion of central Palm Beach County, Fl, affecting thousands of residences right at the dinner hour, spurring OVER 14 traffic accidents in a 2 hour DOWNBURST. Streets throughout the city of West Palm Beach had to be closed when rains dumped nearly 3 inches of water in an hour, causing vehicles to be stuck, overwhelmed by localized street flooding. At this hour, no deaths have been reported and only minor injuries as a direct result of the severe weather. Forecasters say Monday afternoon and early evening will bring a 70% chance repeat for another encounter of more severe weather, heavy rains capable of producing more localized street flooding and dangerous cloud to ground lightning strikes. End Regards, -------------------------------------- John A. Benjamin, Jr. President Benjamin Computer Services, Inc. P.O. Box 17380 West Palm Beach, FL 33416-7380 561-689-2326 / Fax: 561-471-7744 ICQ #9758145 TOLL FREE Pager: 1-888-724-6662 ID 5616892326 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Featuring: Mobile Computer Repair "I Come to YOU!" & REMOTE BACKUP SERVICE, "Protecting your most valuable assests, your DATA!" Serving southeast Florida from Stuart to Boca Raton and YOUR LOCATION! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CASILIST : GOES-9 about to be "GOES-OUT" Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 06:14:11 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients If you haven't heard the (relatively young) GOES-9 Weather (and other data transmissions) Satellite seems to be failing quickly. The NWS already has plans to move the GOES-10 "spare" over to replace it. Charlie Anzman sends this link which explains. http://www.msnbc.com/news/179170.asp -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Nature's Fury Week on the History Channel Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 17:49:52 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Nature's Fury Week on the History Channel Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 15:11:50 -0400 From: "Michael Pitt" To: , "Thomas Hill, Jr." , "Bill Taulbee" , "Howard Robinson" , "Central FL Disaster Team" , "Tom Myers" , "Michael" , "jim williams" , "Austin C. Phelps" , "Dan Snyder" , "Frank Noonan" , "Kyle Reeves" , "Herb Lowenstein" , "Joey Ketcham" , "Miles Doran" , "Ryan Hopson" , "Richard Lewelling" , "Shelly Suttles" CC: "Jesse Ferrell" Hello everybody, The Week on The History Channel, they are showing Nature's Fury on the show 20th Century. It airs at 200pm edt and reairs at 700pm. Today they have on El Nino, which gives your the history of it, and it includes info on this year's El Nino event. Tommorrow they are going to show Earthquakes & as the week goes along, proably Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Floods. Michael P. Pitt Subject: CASILIST : StormForm Now Automatic! Recent Weather Events Page Redone! CASI Media Attention! Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 22:10:56 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Members, You haven't heard much from me lately because I have been hard at work on a number of things on the CASI site. In addition, CASI has been receiving more media attention lately than it had in the past and this has driven me to make some of these changes. I was interviewed over the phone today for an article in the High-Point Enterprise (newspaper in NC) about this spring's weather in the Carolinas. In addition, Dr. Dave Walker, the on-camera meteorologist at FOX8 in Johnstown PA has contacted me with positive feedback about CASI and I am going to meet with him next week to see what CASI can do for his television station and vice-versa. Other BIG News: +StormForm now automatic!! It's what you've all been waiting for... the StormForm (www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform) Storm Reporting System is now automatic! That is to say that when you submit a Report it goes up automatically into an Unprocessed Reports area of the Website. For an example of what it would look like see a Sample Report at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform/unprocessed/.example Notice that the directory will contain all the Unprocessed Reports, with the date _of_the_event_ as the filename. Click on that and you get the automatically generated report. This should quench the thirst of the Internet Public for *recent* storm reports and give me some breathing time between your submittal and my integrating, which was taking several weeks due to lack of time on my part. Now when you submit, it appears immediately, and I reformat it and link it in to the proper section of the Recent Weather page when I can. This is about as automatic as it can be, due to people not always submitting the dates or submitting them in a consistent format, or submitting the whole form blank or without enough info. How did I do it? Perl and CGI, both which I thought I had forgotten after not having used them since last fall practically ;) More on how I did it later. +Recent Weather Events Section Overhauled!! I finally got around to reformatting and overhauling the Recent Weather Events section of the CASI Website (www.weatherwatchers.org/recentwx.html). The page was getting too long because of the success of the StormForm so I split it up into 1998 and 1995-1997. If you have any reports on your website that you would like me to link to please let me know and I will add them. I think the new design is better looking and more functional. I will be posting this address to the newsgroups after I make a couple more modifications including a "Featured Storms" table to direct people to some of the reports - this would rotate between different reports on a weekly basis probably. **I have added a LOT of reports to this section, interspersed over the last couple years, including some old, old reports of mine from when I first had my videocamera in 1995. It's funny looking back on my reports my web design just gets lamer and lamer the farther back I go. ;) Anyway please browse through this section again and take a look at all the new reports. Let me know if there are any broken links or typos on any of my stuff. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/recentwx.html +Membership Forms Automated! Doesn't matter to you but it does to me - the CASI Membership Application Form now automatically goes into a tab-delimited text file that I can import into Excel - instead of cutting and pasting for an hour. More Perl and CGI. Happy days! +Upcoming Features: A couple other things I have been working on heavily but which aren't up just yet: -A tutorial for the SPC Severe Weather Event Plotting Software SVRPLOT -A page comparing the major NEXRAD Internet Data Providers and what they offer All recently submitted StormForms and Member Changes (prior to today) have been done. I had to put off New Member Processing until next week due to all of the above things. I have to admit the lack of Tropical Weather (and Severe Weather in PA lately) has allowed me to do all this, but for the sake of any of you that are weather-bored this time of summer, I hope it doesn't last! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : SW US Heat and MX Tropical Storm Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 14:21:34 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Members: Since the Atlantic isn't getting any action, let me note that you can see the third Tropical Storm of the season in the Pacific on radar at http://smn.cna.gob.mx/radares/rad%2dcabo.gif (main page is http://smn.cna.gob.mx/radares/radares.html) For more information on Celia see Michael Pitt's page at http://www.qisfl.net/home/hurricanemike/4e.htm Also interesting notes on the heat in the SW US were posted to the WX-TALK newsgroup / mailing list today: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 04:05:52 -0400 From: "William T. Reid" <73551.2512{at}COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: California/Nevada/Arizona Heat A few notes on the hot weather in California and Nevada on Thursday, July 16th... Death Valley/Furnace Creek reached 127F (the morning low was 81F). This is only one degree lower than its record high of 128F since 1913. (Death Valley/Greenland Ranch had five maximums ranging from 129F to 134F in July, 1913, but these extremely high observations are not supported by the maximums at surrounding stations during the same period.) Trustworthy readings of 128F were attained in Death Valley in July, 1972, and in June, 1994. In June, 1994, a park ranger measured 131F at Badwater in Death Valley with a sling psychrometer. Badwater is typically a few degrees hotter than Furnace Creek on summer afternoons. Bullhead City, AZ, reached 126F (low 73F), two degrees shy of Arizona's all-time record of 128F (set at Lake Havasu City in June, 1994, if memory serves me correctly). Across the Colorado River, Laughlin, NV, reported 122F. Las Vegas (NV) AP reached 116F, just one degree shy of its all-time maximum of 117F. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: NetNews : Breaking News - Freese Notis Weather buys AWC?? Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:50:36 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (www.weatherwatchers.org). Send your reports of recent changes or additions to the websites of *major* weather providers to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to major websites which affect the Internet community.] "Allllllllllllllrighty then..." I'm not Jim Carrey but that's what I said when I accessed my American Weather Concepts (www.weatherconcepts.com) account this evening and found Freese-Notis (www.weather.net) NEXRAD images instead. It appears that AWC has given up their radar imagery and taken on the Freese-Notis Interrad package. All AWC is saying is this: "We are beginning a process which will eventually result in the relocation of our web server over the next month or so. The first step is to get our data source up at the new site, which is what we will be doing over the next week, so that the transition can be as seamless as possible. Don't be surprised if the nexrad and regional radar images look different." --From their website. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : PA Storm - Brief but Potent Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:39:02 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: Brief but Potent Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 07:00:20 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: 6 AM - Jul 20 WNEP's doppler (attached) tells the story Don't know if there's anything behind this... but 'significant' lightning/wind, spot elec outage (National Park Service)... Possible lightning hit Hemlock Farms (Blooming Grove) - and, simultaneously, some statewide attention for our and the CASI cam at: http://www.penncen.com/padotd/ Charlie NEPA http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Subject: CASILIST : Private Weather Service Providers (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/more.htm)] Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:26:33 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Private Weather Service Providers (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/more.htm) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 02:19:26 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: Think there's a little competition out there? NOAA's latest 'commercial' hot-list http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/more.htm Charlie http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Subject: CASILIST : E. PA : Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for next half hour] Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:29:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for next half hour Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:30:43 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: CC: Pike County Pennsylvania - Alert The rain that started at approx 1:30 PM and has increased steadily at this location to a rate of .35 per hour - With Temperatures dropping from 85 to currently 72 degrees. The NWS has just issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for this area - anticipating the arrival of the storm in the Milford area during the next half hour. The storm is currently over Tobyhanna and is moving at 30 miles per hour. Rainfall has increased at this location Charlie WA2AAB NEPA Subject: [Fwd: Western NC Mammatus clouds from 7/20 - from Tim A. on AOL] Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:29:30 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Awesome pics, Tim, esp. for W. NC! Atari2601{at}aol.com wrote: > I hope each of you can somehow view images [ Editors note: Pictures located at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/mammatus.jpg ] > Last night as > severe weather was exploding just two counties south of Hickory, the setting > sun illuminated the north-facing side of the storms including the area until > the anvil-top where mammatus clouds formed. This was one of the most perfect > displays I've ever seen! Multiple severe thunderstorms warnings were issued, > mainly around the Charlotte metro area for damaging winds reported. A flash > flood warning or two was also issued due to radar estimations of over 3 inches > of rainfall. > > I've attached a four-panel image I captured from my video camera last night. > The file size is only 47 K so it shouldn't take very long to download. > > Tim > atari2601{at}aol.com -or- tima{at}vortex.atms.unca.edu Subject: CASILIST : NE PE : Limited Distrib. - Storm Report] Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:03:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Limited Distrib. - Storm Report Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:47:57 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: Well, just when I thought we had sent out a false alarm, the second round came through - knocking out power from the Raymondskill falls area east to 209 (the NPS corridor) and down to Bushkill. The power is still out. Numerous traffic signals are out in that area as well. (Have a seat) Another system seems to be taking shape to the West, although the NWS has not yet posted a Warning (locally) for this system. That's it from here - for further updates, check the links (and the Cam?) on our Pike Page http://www.sbccomputer.com/pennsylvania.html Thanks as always to all who contributed to this community alert... Charlie Milford Subject: CASILIST : New Members Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:27:50 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Welcome to the following New Members of CASI. Emily McDaniel Cleveland OH James G. Reynolds Greensboro NC Jason Andre Norristown PA Duncan McKee Taneytown MD C. Hunter Boyd Hagerstown MD Thomas Morris New Bern NC Greg Williams knoxville TN Erik Hale Liverpool NY Jack Wookey Wilmington NC Timothy Carey Philadelphia PA Mark Taylor Hedgesville WV Robert Hoenisch Bensalem PA Wesley Keenan Warrenville SC Leonard Butkiewicz Meriden Ct william souza westerly ri Jim Floyd Indianapolis IN Ron Fogle Nichols SC Darnelle Puser South Hackensack NJ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: CASILIST : Sunday Night's Storm (SC) Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 12:13:24 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Sunday night storm Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 00:21:06 +0500 From: powell{at}scsn.net (Powell Way) Organization: BEARly Organized To: J Sunday evening I was at J:'s Not Jesse's, but Jay Gross' place over in 3 Fountains (where my storm pictures on my home page were taken, btw). I thought I saw strobes flashing outside until I heard boooooom! LIGHTNING. So we went out to look (earlier we had tried to chase a neat CB but it ended up being 60 miles further than we thought and darkness caught us....ANYWAY, we watched in awe as a fantastic lightning show was playing. So when it got really close (it's putting along around 10 MPH to start...) I decided to head to the NWS office to open a Skywarn net....and the forecast office is RIGHT on the way home. Going down Platt Springs road I get subjected to winds around 50+ (41 mph gust at the CAE office) Small limbs and other "stuff" is flying by sideways in the pouring rain. I DO make it to the forecast office. The line of storms contorts around on the radar to look somewhat between a bow echo and a comma before going south of us and fading out. .83 inches at the airport and other areas over 3 inches. OF course no cameras or camcorders....that's why it stormed so... Powell --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- Subject: Link to CASI From your Website Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 14:38:03 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Now that I have all of your websites linked from your Member Home Pages, if you have a website currently and are not currently linking to CASI I would like to ask you to do so if possible. Remember, the more people that know about CASI the more Members we'll get and the more Great we will become! Thanks a lot! If you don't know what to put for a link, you can use one of the two images: Small: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/casismall.gif Big: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/casi.gif Please link these to http://www.weatherwatchers.org/ If you would like descriptive text you can use what's at the top of our Main Page at the above address. Thanks again! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || Subject: C.A.S.I. ADMIN - Upcoming Events : Eastern Chaser Picnic, CASI North Meeting Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 14:50:37 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients TO: CASILIST MEMBERS TO: NONCASILIST MEMBERS TO: CASI ADMIN MEMBERS [Note: If you have requested to be unsubscribed from the CASILIST in the past, don't fear, you're not back on it. This is a CASI ADMIN announcement, an announcement of major importance to CASI Members. There are usually only a couple of these per year] There are two events coming up which you Members may want to attend. The first is the CASI North Meeting. This will be held here at HQ in State College, PA. State College is in the geographical center of Pennsylvania. This will give CASI Members who live in the Northeast or Mid Atlantic (though any Member from anywhere is welcome to come) a chance to get together and meet each other face-to-face. Please bring any interesting weather or storm video and photos and we'll show them. I will be showing some of my video and also pictures from when Hurricane Hugo hit my area in 1989 in Western NC, and photos from when lightning struck my house in the same area in 1987. I'll also give a description of the various weather stations, computers, and the CASICAM here and show you how I have them set up to connect to the Internet. You can meet Vehicle #1 if you haven't yet, though she's looking a little worse for the wear after 100,000 miles and an accident. This will be an informal meeting though of course any ideas for CASI in general will be entertained. You may bring guests; anyone may attend but this is a relatively small house so don't bring the calvary. Some sort of food will be provided; I'm no cook myself so if somebody can grill out well I'll secure a grill. I'd like to hold it on a Saturday if possible, on one of these dates: August 8 August 15 August 29 September 5 The latter will fall on the same weekend as Steve Marshall's Eastern Chaser Picnic described below so that might be a good date if we can do it. I am ignoring August 22 as that's when PSU students come in and I found last year this causes traffic to be completely still, backed up for up to 5 miles out of town in every direction. **If you think you might want to attend this meeting please let me know ASAP, and let me know which dates would be better or worse for you. -- Second, Team Extreme Hyudai (http://www.csonline.net/storm/) will be holding the first annual Eastern Chaser's Picnic in Meadville, PA on September 6 (Sunday). This event is not related to CASI at this time except by genre, but the two events might be combined next year, who knows. I will certainly be at the Picnic this year. The media will also be there, see below. For more information on that picnic contact Steve Marshall at his contact below: -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: picnic Date: Sat, 25 Jul 98 09:56:51 PDT From: "Steve Marshall" To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org Hyundai's Team Extreme is hosting a Eastern Chaser Picnic, in Meadville Pa. Sunday Sept. 6th, 1998. 12 noon til 5pm. The fun will conclude with the usual video fest. The menu will be hockey puck hamburgers and heavily chared hotdogs. Local media will be there so wear your best wedgie T-shirt ! We are exploring having prizes for best chase vehicle, best video, farthest traveled etc., Meadville is about 250 miles from State Collage. We hope that this will grow to become the east coast version of Tims's picnic in texas. rsvp to storm{at}toolcity.net or Steven Marshall 814-336-5409 Subject: CASILIST : NC Trip & New Maryland Members? Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 21:01:29 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: re: New Members Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 20:52:59 EDT From: Herb0412{at}aol.com To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Jesse, Just got back tonite from 7 glorious, sunny, hot days at Ocracoke, North Carolina. For anyone who is unfamiliar with this tiny island, it is located just SW of Cape Hatteras and it sure beats Nags Head for getting away from the crowds, altho it takes an extra 2 or so hours to get to coming from the north. I notice some of your new members are nearby to me in Columbia, Md. I'd appreciate you forwarding this email to them or CASILIST if possible, in an attempt to make some good nearby wx connections. Thanx, Herb c/o Mid-Atlantic Weather Station http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html Subject: CASILIST : Yep, another virus scare - but this one's for real Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 23:15:24 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I usually don't send out Virus Scares because 99% of them are hoaxes. But this one sounds like it is for real. http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/cda/index/0,2073,2121893-2103621,00.html || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Yep, another virus scare Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 23:08:09 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: Well, it's probably a little late for this but... PC Week and PC World are both now warning of a virus that MAY be lurking on an executable in your system, that will launch Sunday (tomorrow)...and possibly again next month. The cure - From what I've read...don't turn your computer on Sunday. The virus' origin is Taiwan. Several Anti-Virus vendors Symantec, McAfee, etc. have posted new virus definations to kill it. The so-called CIH virus only effect Windows 95 and 98 users Trend Micro is offering a FREE on-line scan. http://housecall.antivirus.com/explorer.html Well, it's Sunday Taiwan time & we're still here? a report a http://www.zdnet.com is pretty creepy I usually don't send this out but this sound pretty serious? Charlie Subject: CASILIST : Tropical Page Updates : Late Season = Dull Season? (Article) / Celia Radar Animation Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 00:14:07 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients A couple updates have been done to the CASI Tropical Pages of recent. Since the Atlantic has been boring I have put up a Mexican Radar Animation of Tropical Storm Celia. Several people have raised the question - This is supposed to be a relatively active Atlantic Season, so where are the storms? The question I had was this: Has an "active" season ever started out this late? It turns out is has - and we've got a month yet before we have to worry. For more information see the article. Both of the above can be obtained from: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ By entering the site and clicking on either: "Late Season = Dull Season" or "Tropical Storm Celia - Radar Animation" -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Wx Pager Question Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:46:09 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Wx Pager Question Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:42:27 -0300 From: mhatala To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org I'm considering the purchase of an alphanumeric pager to receive severe weather watches/warnings etc. Any tips or suggestions on selecting not only the best pager for the job, but a content provider that's reliable and inexpensive? I'm looking for service in the west-central & southwest Florida area (TBW) Thanks, Mike Hatala CASI Member Pasco County Skywarn http://www/qsl.net/ku4bx http://www.gate.net/~ku4bx (mirror) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Eastern Chaser Picnic Update Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 07:46:22 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here is an update on the Eastern Chaser Picnic. Please RSVP to Steve Marshall if you want to go. See previous message for dates. STEVE MARSHALL (storm{at}toolcity.net) wrote: You would not believe the response Ive gotten about this pic nic, ever sense it got posted on storm trak's webpage, I have been getting e mail from all over. As soon as you have a rough idea how many people you are bringing from your team, please let me know ! I gotta get a bigger park site to hold this thing in. each person is asked to bring a dish and a small donation towards the burgers. we are planning on prizes for the best video and we may be having a premier of TVC 4. We are also exploring having a storm chase vehicle car show for the public to see real chase vehicles. with a prize for the best chase car. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI NetNews : AccuWeather NEXRADs Free, Hurricane Center / AWC / Intellicast Blues / TWC Cube / WNI Arctic Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 21:15:56 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (http://www.weatherwatchers.org). Send your reports of recent changes or additions to the websites of *major* weather providers to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to major websites which affect the Internet community. This message is sent out first to CASI Members then later posted to appropriate Newsgroups.] Quite a bit going on this week across the Weather WWW. The big news first: 1.) AccuWeather gives out all local NEXRADs, Hurricane Center These people just won't slow down! AccuWeather http://www.accuweather.com/ relaunched their Personal AccuWeather service today. In doing so they now compete directly with Intellicast by doing something they hadn't before: giving out high quality Local NEXRAD Base Reflectivity radars. Unlike Intellicast who gives out a large number of the NEXRADs via city pages, AccuWeather gives access to all 141 US and 1 Puerto Rico radars, and has a map to click on stations as well as a station list. The map is very accurate for placement of the radar sites, it is clear that some care was taken to locate them correctly on the map. Some may surprise you - PIT and CHS for example are a long way from "Pittsburgh" and "Charleston" but crosschecking with a lat/lon coordinate, they are correct. Radars are delayed by 30 minutes. http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/radarf_qx01 Besides this they have also taken the Username and Password away from their Personal AccuWeather Free service so now you don't have to signup or keep track of personal info, just go to http://www.accuweather.com and enter your zipcode. This brings up the Personal AccuWeather page with the Local Nexrad, Current Conditions, and links to a lot of other weather content - superior to what you may have experienced with their previous Free service "Get Weather." In addition, they have launched their Hurricane Center for free, which includes a meteorological discussion for Atlantic, Pacific, and Overall as well as current graphics for storms and educational modules. http://personal.accuweather.com/hurr98f/index_qx01 Best of all, all these things are now bookmark-able and linkable unlike the previous incantations of Personal AccuWeather Free. Like Intellicast, you will be unable to link to the Local NEXRAD images; they are made unlinkable so that you have to load the HTML page and see the ad. But hey, the equipment these companies use to show us these NEXRAD images probably isn't cheap. On Personal AccuWeather Free there are some links that will take you to ads for their Pay Service, which we have mentioned before, for $4.95 a month gives you 4 types of "real-time" local NEXRADs and a lot more. 2.) The other big new this week has already been covered here : American Weather Concepts has dropped their UNISYS feed and converted to Freese-Notis Weather Radar images for their Pay Service. The conversion is still taking place and many of their images were still down this afternoon. AWC's updates have gone from 10 to 6-10 minutes due to this but is still $8/month. Rumors are that AWC is trying to form partnerships with smaller companies to combat "The Big 3 (Accu, TWC, WSI)." http://www.weatherconcepts.com/ 3.) Got The Intellicast Blues What's up with Intellicast trading their white Radar Summary numbers and lines for light blue? I thought it was a temporary color table problem last week but it's still going on. Looks weird to me. Example: http://www.intellicast.com/weather/usa/radsum/ 4.) The Weather Channel Goes Cubic TWC introduced another playtoy this week, called "The Weather Cube." http://www.weather.com It's more "neato" than useful - definately wins this year's award for using Java where you should have used VRML ;) It is a cube which displays common TWC maps which you can click on to enlarge. The whole cube spins around via your mouse. Bad news: Requires an IBM PC with Pentium Pro suggested. 5.) WNI goes to Antarctica Why? Maybe just because they *could.* Yahoo Weather (WNI) added an Antactica section to their World Forecasts. Maps are South America (what?) but there are forecasts for 5 Antarctican locations. Unfortunately, forecasts for Vostok have been almost 40 degrees off... forecasts this week have been about -55/-65F, and Vostok's actual temps have run -80 to -100F (see synoptic obs below). ##### TIME T DP RH HI LO 89606 18z26 -89 -94 77 -89 *** 2605 *** 6HR**** 24H**** 0/8 1/8 89606 06z27 -92 -97 77 *** -92 2506 *** 6HR**** 24H**** 0/8 1/8 -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Will we make it to Charley? Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 07:06:05 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Will we make it to Charley? Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 23:48:31 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: First Atlantic Tropical Storm (Watch for a special edition of SBC Focus (and how these guys turned me into a net weather fanatic this week... http://www.sbccomputer.com/a_special_edition_.htm TROPICAL STORM ALEX ADVISORY NO. 7 FOR 11 PM AST TUE JUL 28 FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF SEASON FORMS OVER CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC ... SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE HAS STRENGTHENED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ... AND IS NOW TROPICAL STORM ALEX. AT 11 P.M. ATLANTIC TIME ... 300Z ... THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM WAS NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH ... LONGITUDE 37.8 WEST OR ABOUT 1425 MILES ... 2300 KILOMETERS ... EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH ... 33 KILOMETERS PER HOUR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND SLOWER PACE IS EXPECTED BY LATE WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED NEAR 40 MPH ... 65 KILOMETERS PER HOUR ... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ... 185 KILOMETERS FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MILLIBARS ... 29.68 INCHES. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 A.M. ATLANTIC TIME ... WEDNESDAY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Just wanted to moon you (PSU WX PAGES) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:08:45 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Root level is http://www.ugems.psu.edu/uswx This is a very neat site folks! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Just wanted to moon you Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 19:02:53 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: Penn State's wx page has added Moon phases and sunrise/sunset times... http://www.ugems.psu.edu/pawx/station.cgi?048 Charlie SBC http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html (Which right now has a fairly larg deer stuck on it....) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASI NetNews - New Pay Radar Provider Online Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:48:35 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CC: Anthony Merrell , Antonio Joyette , BJ Hall , Gene Long , Brian Farr , Bridget McKenney , Brody Clifton , Chris Phillips , Corbett Weinberg , Dale Mutro , Dan Salkovitz , David Westphalen , Dee Hall , Dennis Meredith , Don Heard , Ernest Rich , "Francis W. 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Phelps" , Ken Thrasher , Chris Henry , "jlparks{at}skybest.com" , Bud Younke , "GREGD{at}SUNLINK.NET" , "SNAPROLL{at}INFOAVE.NET" , Todd Maschino , Jersey Weather Service , "Heather{at}LGCY.com" , "SEAMUS-ROONEY{at}MSN.COM" , "hurricanemike{at}qisfl.net" , Ralph & Julia Driver , Jack Carpenter , "dansweeney{at}snip.net" , Holly Holt , Brad Riley , "Michael J. 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McFeaters" , Joseph Cox , Jeff Welsh , Brian Monahan , Shelly Suttles , Leigh Ann Phillips , Jim Vale , Louis Spikloser , Pinney Colton , Douglas Bennett , Allen Merwin , Jackie Slayman , Sean McAleer , Brandon Hardy , Gary Buzel , Ron Fogle , Jim Floyd , William Souza , Leonard Butkiewicz , Wesley Keenan , Robert Hoenisch , Mark Taylor , Timothy Carey , Eric Hale , Greg Williams , Thomas Morris , Hunter Boyd , Jason Andre , James Reynolds Thanks to Matt Rosier for letting us know about this new Radar Data Provider online: WeatherTap www.weathertap.com All Local NEXRADs "Real-Time" + Local Loops for $5.95/month -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : It's only a matter of time - FEMA / Hurricanes Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:09:05 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients And don't forget to keep up with the storms at the CASI Tropical Pages As Well! I've been dedicating more of my time than I would like to admit with these ;) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: It's only a matter of time Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 23:51:06 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: before the commercial sites are as good as the governments??... Follw the THREE tropical systems with FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/fema/trop.htm Charlie NE-Pa WA2AAB http://www.sbccomputer.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Meteorology Wizard Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 10:54:15 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Jamie Clark also reminds us of Storm98.com which supplies news and information about Current Tropical Systems. Now Charlie sends a note about software: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Meteorology Wizard Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 08:43:03 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: CC: "Keith Thomas" Keith Thomas of Vortex Computing has posted Version 4.1 of his cool WX conversion program (10 bucks - Shareware) at http://www.wxcomputing.com A screen shot is attached. I've been using this little goodie for a few months - Comes in handy (when you want to sound like you know what you're talking about) Charlie WA2AAB Milford, PA The Pocono Mountain Weather & Wildlife Cam http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html PS: If you want a cool little graphic to link to us check out http://www.sbccomputer.com/camlink.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: metwiz1.gif metwiz1.gif Type: GIF Image (image/gif) Encoding: base64 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [A request to join our organization was received from this e-mail address. If this is in error please email errors{at}weatherwatchers.org and you will receive no further mail from us.] Welcome to the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators! STANDARD INFO-- Your membership begins immediately and does not expire until one of us decides to terminate the relationship. NEW!-- Submit your Storm Reports online for inclusion in the CASI Website! The address is http://www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform/ GOT ICQ?-- If you do message me at #136832 or email icq{at}weatherwatchers.org to be included on our Internal CASI Members ICQ #'s list. This list can be seen from the Members Only section (see below). LINK US!-- If you have a Personal Web Page, it has been linked from your CASI Member Home Page (see below). Please return the favor by linking to our site at http://www.weatherwatchers.org from your site. YOUR WEB PAGE!-- You now have a Web Page on the CASI Site. To view it, please point your browser to: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/ Please pick the appropriate map and click on the star which represents your location, or pick your name from the Member Text Listing. This will bring you to your Member Home Page. If any of the information on that page or preceding pages is incorrect, please email the info to casichange{at}weatherwatchers.org. Your Member Home Page has two sections - a Public (available to the entire Internet) and Private section (available to CASI Members only). Right now, the sections are the same, containing only your Name, Location, and, if applicable, your Web Site. You can switch to the Private portion of your page by clicking "Switch to Private". You may EDIT the information on your page by clicking on "EDIT". The username and password to get into the Private Member Section (including the EDIT screen) are as follows: casi cloudy Please don't give this information out as if someone needs access to the Private info they should become a Member. **If you submitted an ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP then you have two Member Pages - one for yourself and one for your Organization. Don't forget to edit both if you choose to do the editing. If you have any questions about your Member Page please consult the "Help/About This Page" area or contact me at j{at}weatherwatchers.org MEMBERS ONLY SECTION-- There is now a section of the CASI website for private Members Only Info. The address is http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/private/Members_Only Use the Username and Password given above to gain access. OTHER INFO-- If you would like to put a CASI icon on your homepage, we have one which you can grab for this purpose: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/casismall.gif - Small Version of our Icon If you have photographs, data, or stories about weather events or your weather-related equipment, please let me know and we'll talk about getting it up on the website! If you have joined the mailing-list, another message will follow with instructions. It's good to know that there are other people interested in Central Atlantic weather! In the upcoming months our website will be rapidly growing, so keep an eye on it, especially the Recent Weather Events page which is updated quite often, and the PA Forecast Discussion page which I update daily. If you haven't yet, please do check out the HeadQuarters Weather Station and WeatherCam. All of this, and more, at www.weatherwatchers.org I'll keep you informed of future events. -Jesse Ferrell President ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CASILIST : Apology for recent List problems Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 11:26:31 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients As you could see from the last CASILIST posting, I've been having a little trouble getting the list to work lately. I.E. attaching the wrong attachments and sending Binaries, etc. I am working on using a different program to send the list. I apologize for any problems this has caused. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : TS ALEX : RECON: Vortex Message (Automatic) And Discussion Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 10:58:38 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is yesterday's Recon message... Apologize I couldn't forward it sooner, I was offline yesterday. I believe they are sending out another plane today. Despite several days of disorganization, forecasters aren't throwing in the tropical towel yet on Tropical Storm Alex. There are a number of other interesting disturbances out there that we should keep an eye on as we are just beginning to climb the steep curve of "Number of Storms Per Month" climatologically speaking. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Fw: RECON: Vortex Message (Automatic) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 20:29:22 -0400 From: "Michael Pitt" To: , "Andre'" , "Michael Hasper" , "Shelly Suttles" , "Richard Lewelling" , "Ryan Hopson" , "Miles Doran" , "Joey Ketcham" , "Herb Lowenstein" , "Kyle Reeves" , "Dan Snyder" , "Austin C. Phelps" , "jim williams" , "Michael" , "Tom Myers" , "Central FL Disaster Team" , "Howard Robinson" , "Bill Taulbee" , "Thomas Hill, Jr." CC: "Jesse Ferrell" -----Original Message----- From: SIU Weather Processor To: Multiple recipients of list WX-ATLAN Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 18:28 Subject: RECON: Vortex Message (Automatic) >652 >URNT12 KNHC 012201 >DETAILED VORTEX DATA MESSAGE >A. 01/2201Z >B. 17 DEG 58 MIN N > 56 DEG 26 MIN W >C. NA >D. 20 KT >E. 312 DEG 104 NM >F. 049 DEG 19 KT >G. 308 DEG 056 NM >H. EXTRAP 1012 MB >I. 24 C/ 256 M >J. 23 C/ 258 M >K. 22 C/ NA >L. NA >M. NA >N. 17 DEG 58 MIN N > 56 DEG 26 MIN W > 01/2201Z >O. 1234/01 >P. 1 /5 NM >Q. AF866 0201A ALEX OB 09 KNHC DETAILED > MAX FL WIND 43 KT N QUAD 2021Z. SLP EXTRAP FROM 1500FT.= > CONVERTED: STORM NAME: DATA SYSTEM NUMBER: 0 DAY OF MONTH: 1 GREENWICH TIME: 2201z REPORTED TO: KNHC (Miami) PLANE NUMBER: 0 MISSION NUMBER: 0 LATITUDE: DEG 26 MIN W LONGITUDE: NA CURRENT LEVEL: SURFACE max wind direction=049 MAX WIND SPEED: 19 KN CURRENT LEVEL: FLIGHT MAX WIND DIR: 308 (NW) MAX WIND SPEED: 56 KN MIN PRESSURE: 24 mb CURRENT LEVEL: FLIGHT LEVEL OUTSIDE EYE TEMPERATURE: 73.4 °F HEIGHT: .1603138 miles CURRENT LEVEL: FLIGHT LEVEL INSIDE EYE TEMPERATURE: 71.6 °F HEIGHT: 0 miles CURRENT LEVEL: SURFACE LEVEL INSIDE EYE TEMPERATURE: 71.6 °F DEW POINT: 32 °F EYE CHARACTER: NA FIX DETERMINED BY: penetration-radar-wind-pressure FIX TAKEN AT: 0 mb NAV. ACCURACY: 1 miles MET. ACCURACY: 5 miles REMARKS: AF866 0201A ALEX OB 09 KNHC DETAILED Subject: CASILIST : Weather Watches thru 7/31/98 Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 13:24:40 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Interesting... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather Watches thru 7/31/98 Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 10:13:22 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSC." To: masa{at}execpc.com MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 Skywarn is the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com SEVERE WEATHER NEVER SLEEPS; Keepup with the forecast, don't play catchup! *************************************************************************** Hi Everyone! One of my on-going projects is to tally up the Weather Watches across the U.S. No body needs severe weather, but we as severe weather responders depend on it to enhance our training and spotting skills. My data sets indicate no passing grade for Mother Nature in July; "D" for dismal. Sincerely, Rick Swierczynski, Assoc. Dir. MASA ricks1{at}execpc.com (N9TPY) JAN 19 FEB 55 MAR 76 APR 115 MAY 222 JUN 229 JUL 58 !! ---------- 774 Total ending 7/31/98 (668 Total ending 7/31/97) ***************************************************************************** END OF FEED Subject: CASILIST : OBS East Walpole, Ma 022250 Sct-Clouds 69.8F Hi 84.2F August Rainfall 0.00" Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 05:48:46 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: OBS East Walpole, Ma 022250 Sct-Clouds 69.8F Hi 84.2F August Rainfall 0.00" Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:55:14 EDT From: Mattcarow{at}aol.com To: BarCarow{at}aol.com, WXOBS-SNE{at}SHORE.NET, casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org, DWCarow{at}aol.com, 105641.2202{at}compuserve.com, 75152.2120{at}compuserve.com, carow{at}valinet.com, Mattcarow{at}aol.com AUGUST,1998 Current High Low Dew Dew Dew Current High Low Current High Low Point Point Point Relative Relative Relative Day Temp Temp Temp Temp Temp Temp Humidity Humidity Humidity Rain 1 67.8F 78.1F 58.5F 55F 57F 46F 65% 89% 34% 0.00" 2 71.2F 84.2F 60.1F 59F 61F 50F 65% 87% 33% 0.00" 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 East Walpole, MA Station-Elevation 200 Feet) Matthew Skywarn Spotter Mattcarow{at}aol.com WHDH CH-7 Weather Watcher Mattcarow{at}aol.com Subject: CASI NetNews : MSNBC Says Goodbye to WSI / WeatherTap / Un"exciting" 3-D Weather Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 18:01:33 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (www.weatherwatchers.org). Send your reports of recent changes or additions to the websites of *major* weather providers to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to major websites which affect the Internet community. This message is sent out first to CASI Members then later posted to appropriate Newsgroups.] 1. MSNBC Says "Goodbye" To WSI At 5pm today MSNBC switched their Weather Maps and Links from WSI/Intellicast to AccuWeather. They have completely dropped WSI, who had been their Internet Weather Provider since MSNBC's inception. For the celebration AccuWeather has released new radar maps that are Internet-friendly, include cities, county borders, and are much more detailed than what we've seen before from them. In addition they have added US and Regional 24-Hour Precip Accumulation much like Intellicast's. Check it out: http://www.msnbc.com/news/WEA_Front.asp 2. WeatherTap Taps Away At Competition As you may have heard already, WeatherTap burst onto the Net this week offering Base Reflectivity and Loops for all Continental US Local NEXRADs at $5-$6/month. The images are from the Harris System ( http://www.hisd.harris.com/products/weather/ ) which Aviators may be familiar with. They also feature a number of other Aviation interest maps and one heck of a High Res Visible Satellite for the Southeast US. Competitors beware! http://www.weathertap.com/ 3. Un"Exciting" 3-D Weather Paul Britton tipped me off this week to the addition of a "3-D Weather" section to Excite Weather's page. This is another Java app that will take a Pentium II to make any sense out of. Right off hand it looks like a four-day forecast with some backgrounds, possibly animated, I can't tell with my ancient P166 ;) http://www.excite.com/java_forecast/srch_index.dcg -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : New Members, ICQ/LiveWx Pages Updated, Eastern Chaser Picnic Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 21:17:09 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi folks! I haven't spoken to you in a while. Wanted to update you on a couple things. First, the CASI-NORTH Meeting has been cancelled due to lack of response and in fact was cancelled in the favor of the Eastern Chaser Picnic by Team Hyundai in Meadville PA on Sept. 6, which will probably be co-sponsored by CASI next year. I will certainly be there and I would advise any other CASI Members interested in storm spotting or chasing who can make it to do so. For more information on the Eastern Chaser Picnic please see StormTrack at http://www.storm-track.com/ Next, I have updated a couple of the areas on the CASI Site. A number of you have come up with Live Weather Stations on the Net, which I think is just fantastic. I'd just as soon that we have a huge network of them. The Members that I know of currently who have live updating electronic weather stations on the web are listed at the bottom of the CASI HQ Live Weather Station page at: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/liveobs.shtml In addition, I *think* that I have gotten all the people in the CASI Member ICQ List that requested to be added. If I haven't gotten you or there are any errors please contact me. There are quite a few of us on there now! http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/private/Members_Only/ICQ/ And Last But Not Least, the List of New Members since last posting: Frank Gough Ashland Pa MWST C/O David Moran Tulsa OK Shawn Caldwell Blacksburg Va Victor Jimenez Emerald Isle NC Jimmie Bise, Jr. Waldorf MD Brian Booth Philadelphia PA Ken Hughey Lawrenceville GA Charles Thorne Greenville NC Don Arnold Pascagoula MS Michael J Hitt Florida City FL Gina Peterson Houston TX Tony DiLuzio Erie PA john payne murrells inlet sc James Stein Baltimore MD chas brand brockton ma Matthew Carow East Walpole Ma Jim McClamroch Chapel Hill NC Bill Harrell Cary NC Bill Whisnant Shelby NC -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : FEMA Hurricane Damage-Prevention Roundtable Scheduled (fwd) Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 21:42:58 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: FEMA Hurricane Damage-Prevention Roundtable Scheduled (fwd) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 20:30:24 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSC." To: Jesse Ferrell MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 Skywarn is the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com SEVERE WEATHER NEVER SLEEPS; Keepup with the forecast, don't play catchup! *************************************************************************** FEMA TO HOLD HURRICANE DAMAGE-PREVENTION ROUNDTABLE and TOUR August 3, 1998 - This advisory announces a special event to be held later this week. More information will be posted as it becomes available. WHO: FEMA Director James Lee Witt will be joined by business leaders, civic leaders, and citizens who conduct hurricane damage reduction activities. DATE: Friday, August 7, 1998. 11:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EDT WHAT: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a roundtable discussion and tour on hurricane damage prevention and disaster prevention partnerships between FEMA, the media, and businesses. Director Witt will take a tour of sites that have been retrofitted to withstand strong winds. WHERE: Deerfield Beach, Florida Deerfield Beach High School Gymnasium WHY: Director Witt will highlight the progress that government, businesses and private citizens, in partnership, are making to prevent the economic loss, damages, injuries, and deaths that result from hurricanes and other natural disasters. BACKGROUND: Deerfield Beach has been hit by at least seven major hurricanes in the last 75 years and was designated by FEMA as the first Project Impact: Building a Disaster Resistant Community participant in November 1997. Project Impact is a national initiative developed by FEMA that brings together the resources of the public and private sectors to promote actions that enable communities to reduce the impact of future disasters. In conjunction with Project Impact, Deerfield Beach is actively engaged in community-wide preparedness and prevention activities. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Emergency Information & Media Affairs --- Washington, D.C. Information Available 24 hours a day . . . ... on the World Wide Web: http://www.fema.gov ... FEMA is also co-sponsor of Storm98: http://www.storm98.com ... via fax-on-demand: phone in the U.S.A. (202) 646-FEMA (646-3362) ... via digital audio for broadcasters & print: contact eipa{at}fema.gov and listen to the FEMA Radio Network on the FEMA Website using RealAudio END OF FEED FROM MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSOCIATION. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Web cams getting a lot of coverage / Low Temps in GA / OBS: East Walpole Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 06:46:43 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Low Temperature Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 22:52:42 -0400 From: "Shane" To: "Storm Investigators" The low temp here in NE Ga for the second day in a row hit the 50's. Yesterday, August 2, we hit 59° F for a low, with a high of 82° F. This morning, August 3, we had a low temp of 55° F and reached an afternoon high of 86° F. I sure hope the cool morning temps keep around 55° F, and the afternoon temps drop by about 5° or 10° F. It is currently 62° F, at 10:52 pm, looks like it'll be in the 50's in the morn too...:) Shane ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: OBS East Walpole, Ma 032259 Clear & Humid 72.5F Hi 85.3F August Rainfall 0.00" Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 23:05:49 EDT From: Mattcarow{at}aol.com To: BarCarow{at}aol.com, WXOBS-SNE{at}SHORE.NET, casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org, DWCarow{at}aol.com, 105641.2202{at}compuserve.com, 75152.2120{at}compuserve.com, carow{at}valinet.com, Mattcarow{at}aol.com AUGUST,1998 Current High Low Dew Dew Dew Current High Low Current High Low Point Point Point Relative Relative Relative Day Temp Temp Temp Temp Temp Temp Humidity Humidity Humidity Rain 1 67.8F 78.1F 58.5F 55F 57F 46F 65% 89% 34% 0.00" 2 71.2F 84.2F 60.1F 59F 61F 50F 65% 87% 33% 0.00" 3 73.2F 85.3F 63.5F 63F 64F 52F 70% 79% 33% 0.00" 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Web cams getting a lot of coverage Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 21:54:34 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: Last month it was the 'Motley Fool' article (which mentioned our cam in the same breath as the infamous Jennicam?) Now this Wire piece from ap today http://www.cleveland.com/news/pdnews/state/oawebcan.htm You want traffic - Our cam is (By far) the most hit-on page on the site Charlie Milford, Pa. http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Subject: CASILIST : Low Temps in WNC / GA / PA Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 07:24:25 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Low Temperatures for the Eastern US Continue... a report from Member Jess Parks of Boone NC follows. Here in State College PA we hit 49 last Friday I believe. Member Howard Robinson from Milledgeville GA is looking at 62 this morning which he says they haven't hit in a long time. Temperatures this morning are 61 in Greensboro NC and 60 in Raleigh NC which I'm sure has them chilled. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re:Low Temps in WNC Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 22:13:18 -0400 From: Jess Parks To: J Just looking at reports of cool weather....can't help but mention our low here this AM was 41.5....yesterday was 44.7....pretty nice for August 3 and 4th....high today was 77......can't ask for better weather...blue sky...low humidity....and cool temps...guess that's why we live here.......know we'll pay this winter......J. Parks...Todd, NC Subject: CASILIST : CASI Founder Quoted in Newspaper re: Storms and CASI Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 18:43:30 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here are some quotes from an interview I had with the High Point (NC) Enterprise newspaper about this year's storm damage and CASI in general. If any of you guys have been quoted in the press recently please let me know; I can pass it on to the CASILIST and might put it on the website too. "City gets storm cleanup bill" - By Teresa Killian Staff Writer High Point Enterprise Area News Section Page 1 July 15, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Story about how High Point is expected to need >$150,000 to pay for landfill and overtime public service costs] ... "Meteorologist Jesse Ferrell, president of the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators, said he thought the Southeast had seen more storms than usual this spring and early summer. CASI is a group of almost 300 amateur and professional weather observers from all over the world that communicate mostly through the Internet. 'I think that that is due in part to eh El Nino event,' he said. 'Most agree it was the strongest one we've seen so far.' ... He added that a cooling of the waters in the Pacific Ocean, La Nina, is taking place. While the effects are hard to pinpoint, he estimated that the Southeast will probably not be as active storm-wise next year." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Low Temp and website Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 20:39:26 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Low Temp and website Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 20:39:23 -0400 From: "Shane" To: "Storm Investigators" Well, My little portion of NE Georgia hit the 50's for lows once again lthis morning with 59°. That makes the 4th straight day we have been in the 50's for low temps. Highs have been from 82° to 89°(today) over the 4 day period. The NWS is calling for mid 50's again in the morn, but I think it'll bottom out around 60°. Anyway, you can keep track of the weather extremes on my website, http://www.stc.net/~cyclone/p2kdata.htm. It has current conditions updated every 20 minutes plus all the weather extremes since the first of the year here in Tallulah Falls Georgia. Later all, Shane Subject: Help Identifying Phenomenon on Radars this morning Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 20:59:00 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi folks, need some help on interpreting a radar phenomenon here. When I awoke this morning I checked the ILM radar to see if the relatives were going to get any wet weather this morning at Long Beach, NC, and I noticed something odd - a circle of data formed and expanded east of the radar (near Wilmington). I dismissed it as chance until I saw similar things taking place in various areas in the Carolinas and in fact all over the Southeast, according to the WSI Regional, and none of them were centered on the radar like bad data usually is. I've seen many a funny thing on radar, from ground clutter to anomalous propagation to mountains, birds, gust fronts, you name it. But I hadn't seen this before today. Please check out the following page where I have posted some loops of the images and let me know if you can explain this phenomenon. I will also be asking on the weather newsgroups. Thanks. The best example (GSP this morning) loads on the page, and there are links to other sites and other radar products (r1,r2,r3,r4,v1,cr). I also have some individual products from 10:58Z for GSP and the stills of all the animations if you need them. Notice on the GSP an "explosion" to the SE, WSW, and NE of the radar. These are what I am talking about. In the "regional" directory, the first image shows the WSI Regional which shows a number of these circles throughout the SE US (although WSI's Quality Control Program wiped some of them out). http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/radarwhat/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Cool morning, Columbia SC Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 21:13:51 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Cool morning, Columbia SC Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 20:45:49 +0500 From: powell{at}scsn.net (Powell Way) Organization: BEARly Organized To: J CC: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Howdy all! I guess Columbia SC had to get in the act here too. 60 this morning officially, and the record for the 5th is 57! Powell --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Controversial Wx News : Gray's Predictions / Stormy Weekends Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:58:51 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients There are a couple of weather stories in the mass media today that are causing some controversy in the field of meteorology, and are in the very least interesting and thought provoking. Here are some web addresses. 1. STUDY FINDS IT RAINS MORE ON WEEKENDS -Pollution Factors Play a Role but some Scientists Say Report Skewed http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/rainy980805.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/185572.asp http://cnn.com/WEATHER/9808/05/man.made.weather/index.html 2. GRAY PREDICTS LANDFALLS -Dr. William Gray, the famous hurricane number predictor, turned to predicting landfall probabilities with his latest set of predictions, according to a CNN report. CNN's on-air newscast interviewed someone at the NHC who called Gray's landfall predictions "disturbing" due to the methodology and possible errors. Media stories: http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/scitech/080698/hurricanes.sml http://www.storm98.com/reports/HURRAPOD.htm Official scientific paper: http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/1998/aug98/index.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Roundtable Broadcast Live Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 10:48:47 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Hurricane Roundtable Broadcast Live Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 19:40:17 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSC." To: Jesse Ferrell MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 Skywarn is the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com SEVERE WEATHER NEVER SLEEPS; Keepup with the forecast, don't play catchup! *************************************************************************** August 6, 1998 -- The Hurricane Damage Prevention Roundtable announced earlier this week will be broadcast live via satellite tomorrow, August 7 from 12:00 noon until 2:00 pm EDT. Satellite Coordinates: C-Band KU-Band Galaxy 6 SBS6 Transponder 9 Transponder 9 The audio feed will also be available live from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. EDT via the FEMA website linked from the homepage at http://www.fema.gov. The direct URL connection will be http://www.fema.gov/impact/im_liv.htm At the roundtable, FEMA Director James Lee Witt will highlight the progress that government, businesses and private citizens, in partnership, are making to prevent the economic loss, damages, injuries, and deaths that result from hurricanes and other natural disasters. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Emergency Information & Media Affairs --- Washington, D.C. Information Available 24 hours a day . . . ... on the World Wide Web: http://www.fema.gov ... FEMA is also co-sponsor of Storm98: http://www.storm98.com ... via fax-on-demand: phone in the U.S.A. (202) 646-FEMA (646-3362) ... via digital audio for broadcasters & print: contact eipa{at}fema.gov and listen to the FEMA Radio Network on the FEMA Website using RealAudio END OF FEED FROM THE MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSOCIATION.... Subject: CASILIST : Member's New Web Site Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 11:48:06 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients From: Mike Visniewski To: Undisclosed.Recipients{at}mail1.javanet.com Date: Friday, August 07, 1998 12:11 AM Subject: New Weather Site I'd like to announce the opening of Weather Web, the newest and most up-to-date weather site on the web. On Weather Web you will find.... - Tropical storm information from the Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and western Pacific. News stories on active storms are updated twice daily and can be viewed directly on the Weather Web main page. A separate page with tracking maps, satellite photos, wind data, strike probabilities, and past and current coordinates is kept for each active storm. - A variety of forecasting tools and links for your city or town that include long-term and short-term forecasts with radar, visible, and IR maps. - Severe weather warnings for the entire United States. You can zoom in on your region and see what watches and warnings are active in your county. - Links to over 30 Windows 95, Windows 3.x, and DOS weather software products for your computer. All are reviewed and checked for new versions monthly and new programs are added all the time! - Reviews of weather monitoring hardware for equipment from Davis Weather Instruments, Oregon Scientific, and Peet Brothers along with current prices. - A fully-functional bookstore providing a variety of well-known and trusted weather books at a fraction of the cover price. - Other non-weather features such as real-time earthquake monitoring and dates for space phenomenon. If you are interested in any of the above and would like to test drive the site now, point your browser to: http://weather.hypermart.net/ Subject: CASILIST : Tropical Cyclones Site Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 19:48:11 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: Tropical Cyclones Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 01:34:32 +0300 From: AG2 Booth To: CASI Members As we keep a vigilant eye on the central Atlantic Ocean, it is important to prepare for what may lay ahead in the near future. Don't let complacency set in as we analyze the charts each day. Although this has been a slow start to the hurricane season, it also offers us an opportunity to brush up on the skills required to analyze, track, and forecast these tropical systems. We can do this in many different ways. Perhaps a convenient way is to refer to past tropical systems in the Atlantic, their associated tracks, weather data and satellite imagery. Another way is to study current systems, not just in the Atlantic, but around the world. This gives us the chance to not only do a little forecasting, but also to get that real time experience that may prove helpful when dealing with systems near us. As we know, the western Pacific Ocean is much more active than the central Atlantic. Right now we have the chance to track a real tropical system (Tropical Cyclone Penny) off the east coast of Luzon in the Philippines. A lot can be learned. We can also brush up on satellite interpretation, atmospheric characteristics of a cyclone, how land interaction plays a role in storm intensification, and many other basic concepts to get us all ready for hurricane season. I have found that the tropical products at http://www.npmocw.navy.mil/npmocw/prods/jtwc.html are particularly useful. Studying current systems keeps us finely tuned and ready for the weeks to come. Thank you for your time. Comments are more than welcome. Respectfully, Brian Booth, AG2, U.S. Navy :) Part 1.2 Type: application/ms-tnef Encoding: base64 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Tropical Cyclones Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 01:34:32 +0300 From: AG2 Booth To: CASI Members As we keep a vigilant eye on the central Atlantic Ocean, it is important to prepare for what may lay ahead in the near future. Don't let complacency set in as we analyze the charts each day. Although this has been a slow start to the hurricane season, it also offers us an opportunity to brush up on the skills required to analyze, track, and forecast these tropical systems. We can do this in many different ways. Perhaps a convenient way is to refer to past tropical systems in the Atlantic, their associated tracks, weather data and satellite imagery. Another way is to study current systems, not just in the Atlantic, but around the world. This gives us the chance to not only do a little forecasting, but also to get that real time experience that may prove helpful when dealing with systems near us. As we know, the western Pacific Ocean is much more active than the central Atlantic. Right now we have the chance to track a real tropical system (Tropical Cyclone Penny) off the east coast of Luzon in the Philippines. A lot can be learned. We can also brush up on satellite interpretation, atmospheric characteristics of a cyclone, how land interaction plays a role in storm intensification, and many other basic concepts to get us all ready for hurricane season. I have found that the tropical products at http://www.npmocw.navy.mil/npmocw/prods/jtwc.html are particularly useful. Studying current systems keeps us finely tuned and ready for the weeks to come. Thank you for your time. Comments are more than welcome. Respectfully, Brian Booth, AG2, U.S. Navy :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1.2.1.2 Type: application/ms-tnef Encoding: base64 Subject: CASILIST : Front of Hornets Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 00:28:12 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Oh *great* something *else* to feed my "strange radar" appetite ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Front of Hornets Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 23:29:43 -0400 From: "Shane" To: "Storm Investigators" Well, for the first time in two weeks, we are getting some much needed rain here in Tallulah Falls. I saw the precip on radar around 6 pm and saw that it was coming from the S.E. which is very unusual. I checked back with it every so often (30 minutes or so) and decided that we were in fact going to be on the receiving end of the precip. Little did I know that the precip would start out as Yellow Hornets (Japanese Hornets). I was standing on the porch when the main gust of wind came just prior to the rain and all the sudden I heard some bumping on the door behind me. I turned to see about 10 Hornets bumping into the light and door and wall of the house. I elected not to go into the house through that door for obviuous reasons. It hadnt started raining yet so I took off to the garage and came in that way. I went to the front door and watched the disoriented hornets bump everything then hit the porch floor. I decided to turn the back lights on and see if they were there too, well, as it turned out, they were. Im not sure where they came from, but it seemed that they didnt arrive until the big gust of wind just prior to the rain. Maybe they were caught out of the nest and trying to out run the rain, I dont know, but any suggestions are certainly welcome. By the way, we have recieved so far from the rain, .23" and it looks like there might be at least that much more to come. Shane Subject: CASILIST : Birds...uh not really! Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 11:38:46 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Somebody's *always* got to be the joker... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Birds...uh not really! Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 00:46:45 +0500 From: powell{at}scsn.net (Powell Way) Organization: BEARly Organized To: WX-TALK{at}POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU CC: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org, tornado{at}wildstar.net Jesse --I'm not Service J !!-- Ferrell said: Hi folks, need some help on interpreting a radar phenomenon that I saw this morning. Maybe I've not been looking at clear-air radars enough in the morning, but I swear I've seen my share of ground clutter, AP, "bullseyes", "spikes," birds, gust fronts and whatnot in my day but this one I hadn't. I'm fascinated by the kind of things that the 88-D's pick up, so please bear with me. Whatever it is, it's a good example of it. Here's the URL where I posted the loops: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/radarwhat/ Now we all thought it was birds. Um that was right over me..so I have to let the cat out of the bag. UH, I hate to tell you but it was the 5 Allsups Burritos I ate with the special sauce that I had aved from my early June Texas Panhandle vacation. I uh don't think I 'll ever be the same! Talk about some GUST front!!! Powell (who wants to open an Allsups EAST!) s --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : New Davis Catalog & more Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 11:40:39 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: New Davis Catalog & more Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 08:54:14 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Happy Weekend Weather Crew Few notes from 'the Mountain' Technology scores again... The new Davis Instruments 1998 Print Catalog is out with a nice surprise. Low prices (and a myriad of different solutions) including 'wireless', low-end and High-end new stuff. http://www.davisinstruments.com WA2AAB - Northeast Pa Our own WX station will go 'live' (first with the WX-200) Should be in about 10 days (Just getting the last 'kinks' out) Milford Pa at 1540 ft. New International Weather I've posted a list of Direct Government Weather authorities at http://www.sbccomputer.com/internationalweather.htm Also the Pike Weather Links have been updated (including Doppler from Scranton & NY) at http://www.sbccomputer.com/pikecounty.html The Pocono Mountain WeatherCam(s) While the old cam has been getting A LOT of deer (and missed the 700 pound bear (no exaggeration) this week - The planned Westfall cam may be delayed as I'm still looking for a less-expensive solution for the Camera itself (The CCD's I've tried (ALL) can't handle the direct 'sky-shot') http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Steal it! If you want to link to our cam - feel free to cop the 'new' image at http://www.sbccomputer.com/camlink.html An often updated list of Cam Software solutiona can be found here: http://www.camcentral.com/links/software.shtml --------- From the Electronics Front ---------- There have been numerous articles about PC RAM prices bottoming this week. >From past experience, this 'usually' sparks a 'artificial' shortage and drives prices higher. Mid-week (Don't try it on a weekend - you'll get bombarded!) at Onsale last week we scored a bunch of 32 meg simms (for our own use) at (Have a seat) $21 each. You can read 'our take' on the industry at the SBC Market letter http://www.sbccomputer.com/marketintro.htm Cleaning House? If anyone's interested I have the following 'surplus' laying around (Open to trades) Pulled from equipment: 1 Each Pentium 75 Pentium 100 Pentium 120 Zip 100 atapi 1 new AMD K6-233MMX (fits Socket 7) in box with fan and 3-year warranty Panasonic KXL600A pocket Digital Camera - mine (small but finicky) It's mine but upgrading ----- This one's for Jess...... 1) Lotta ribbing about 'Beanie Weather' New 'shareware' program available for download for die-hard beanie collectors at http://www.cniche.com/ Cool stuff from a nice guy.. 2) Jess' been working 29 hours a day on the CASI site so we gotta hit it a lot and send him a lot of mail (even if you don't mean it!) telling him how great it is... http://www.weatherwatchers.org Don't be fooled by the 'Front door' - there's some VERY cool HTML inside. (Seriously) ---- Almost forgot - since everyone seemed to be bored with the Tropics this week (and sending out the nighttime lows?)...Today here..... at 6:23 AM 60.6F (our Low for the past 4 days) And finally (Are you bored yet?) ...Happy to report 'Accuweather' seems to be slowly 'seeing the light' Not only are they offering more FREE stuff (and a J pointed out earlier, the new provider for MSNBC) but they're actually starting to respond to E-Mails and finally replaced my defective disks http://www.accuweather.com Have a Great Weekend Charlie Subject: CASILIST : The Flooding Rain Event Of Friday 6-12-98 To Thursday 6-18-98 In E.Walpole, Ma Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 21:36:59 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: The Flooding Rain Event Of Friday 6-12-98 To Thursday 6-18-98 In E.Walpole, Ma Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 21:33:36 EDT From: Mattcarow{at}aol.com To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org, Mattcarow{at}aol.com Saturday June 13,1998 Rainfall As Of- Event Includes 0.11" On Friday And 6.89" On Saturday Also 1.68" On Sunday And Another 1.30" on Monday With Another 0.03" On Tuesday And 0.83" On Wednesday And 0.35" So Far On Thursday For A Event Total Of 11.19" So Far. 10:06 A.M. 1.48" 11:29 A.M. 1.58" 0.10" Since Last OBS 1:03 P.M. 1.94" 0.36" Since Last OBS 2:03 P.M. 3.76" 1.82" Since Last OBS (WOW)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3:03 P.M. 5.19" 1.43" Since Last OBS 4:03 P.M. 6.14" 0.95" Since Last OBS 5:03 P.M. 6.44" 0.30" Since Last OBS (With Thunder) 6:17 P.M. 6.65" 0.21" Since Last OBS 7:22 P.M. 6.74" 0.09" Since Last OBS 8:32 P.M. 6.74" Trace Since Last OBS 9:50 P.M. 6.74" Trace Since Last OBS 10:30 P.M. 6.75" 0.01" Since 7:22 P.M. 11:34 P.M. 6.79" 0.04" Since Last OBS 11:59 P.M. 6.89" 0.10" Since Last OBS Sunday June 14,1998 7:33 A.M. 7.77" 0.88" Since Last OBS 8:43 A.M. 8.48" 0.71" Since Last OBS 9:44 A.M. 8.55" 0.07" Since Last OBS 10:50 A.M. 8.57" 0.02" Since Last OBS 11:51 A.M. 8.57" 0.00" Since Last OBS 9:19 P.M. 8.57" Trace Since Last OBS Monday June 15,1998 12:00 A.M. 8.57" Trace Since Last OBS 3:56 P.M. 8.92" 0.35" Since Last OBS 5:35 P.M. 9.48" 0.56" Since Last OBS 6:45 P.M. 9.67" 0.19" Since Last OBS 8:36 P.M. 9.85" 0.18" Since Last OBS 9:44 P.M. 9.86" 0.01" Since Last OBS 11:59 P.M. 9.87" 0.01" Since Last OBS Tuesday June 16,1998 12:05 A.M. 9.88" 0.01" Since Last OBS 4:01 P.M. 9.90" 0.02" Since Last OBS 11:59 P.M. 9.90" 0.00" Since Last OBS Wednesday June 17,1998 5:53 P.M. 10.44" 0.54" Since Last OBS With Loud Lighting 6:59 P.M. 10.53" 0.09" Since Last OBS With Thunder Around 7:59 P.M. 10.55" 0.02" Since Last OBS 10:17 P.M. 10.72" 0.17" Since Last OBS 11:59 P.M. 10.73" 0.01" Since Last OBS Thursday June 18,1998 5:10 P.M. 10.99" 0.26" Since Last OBS Thunderstorm 6:15 P.M. 11.03" 0.04" Since Last OBS Thunderstorm 8:15 P.M. 11.08" 0.05" Since Last OBS E.Walpole, Ma Weather Watcher: Matt Subject: CASILIST : Heavy Rain in SW VA Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 23:18:02 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is indeed a slow moving system. My 5-day forecast has rain all over it, and it's a good thing since I've only had a trace since 7/24. Here's a report from Jamie on his rainfall totals from Roanoke. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Heavy Rain in SW VA Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 23:13:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamey Lee Singleton To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org We've had our fair share of rain today, too! Heavy downpours today produced widespread 2-4" rain totals across the Blacksburg CWA today, with some rainfall amounts in excess of 1-1.5" an hour. Lynchburg, VA received 5.26" of rain in 9 hours! >From drought to deluge in 24 hours. What a difference a day makes! Jamey Roanoke, VA Subject: CASILIST : Mailing List Forming Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 11:22:55 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Mailing List Forming Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 09:48:42 EDT From: Herb0412{at}aol.com To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org The Mid-Atlantic Weather Station (CASI Member), out of Columbia, Maryland, has just initiated a mailing list. The purpose of this mailing list is to enhance communications with 'web weather watchers' primarily in the mid-Atlantic region, and especially for severe weather potential, and tropical and winter weather events in this region. Presently, joining the mailing list may be accomplished via two site locations: Mid-Atlantic Weather Station --Home Page http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html or Mid-Atlantic Weather Station Hurricane Page http://members.aol.com/herb0412/hurrican.html -Herb Subject: CASILIST : East Walpole, Ma Selected High Outdoor Dew Point Temp's So Far This Summ... Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 14:47:26 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Fwd: East Walpole, Ma Selected High Outdoor Dew Point Temp's So Far This Summ... Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:45:11 EDT From: Mattcarow{at}aol.com To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org, Mattcarow{at}aol.com Subject: East Walpole, Ma Selected High Outdoor Dew Point Temp's So Far This Summer 1998 Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 13:04:41 EDT From: Mattcarow{at}aol.com To: WXOBS-SNE{at}SHORE.NET, Mattcarow{at}aol.com CC: tgross{at}weatherman.com tgross{at}weatherman.com harveywx{at}aol.com, 105641.2202{at}compuserve.com I GOT SOME HIGH DEW POINT TEMP'S FOR SOME SELECTED DATE'S THIS SUMMER OF 1998 SO FAR IN EAST WALPOLE, MA. DATE HIGH OUTDOOR DEW POINT TEMP Tuesday July 14,1998 72F Wednesday July 15,1998 75F Thursday July 16,1998 77F Friday July 17,1998 77F Saturday July 18,1998 73F Monday July 20,1998 79F Tuesday July 21,1998 72F Wednesday July 22,1998 77F Thursday July 23,1998 75F Friday July 24,1998 73F Tuesday July 28,1998 72F Wednesday July 29,1998 75F Thursday August 6,1998 72F Friday August 7,1998 72F East Walpole And WHDH CH-7 Weather Watcher: Matthew (Mattcarow{at}aol.com) Subject: CASILIST : NC STORM CHASER T SHIRTS Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:16:07 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here's a note from the CASI Organizational Member NCSC. If you would like one of these shirts please contact them directly at the enclosed address: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: NC STORM CHASER T SHIRTS Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:43:52 -0700 From: ncstormchasers{at}juno.com To: rick_davis{at}hotmail.com, webb2{at}intrstar.net, laceshow{at}webtv.net, j{at}weatherwatchers.org, jimmy{at}teleplex.net, JBrand9297{at}aol.com, tzha64c{at}prodigy.com, FDuval{at}FLOSC.net, jra{at}upnaway.com, LJL4745{at}aol.com, IOKAYUOK{at}aol.com, larry1{at}vnet.com, skywatch{at}salisbury.net, jmiller{at}cetlink.net, Cat5Huricn{at}aol.com, Katie13{at}prodigy.net, multi-vortex{at}mailexcite.com, momc{at}salisbury.net, cwade96167{at}aol.com, SVRStorms{at}aol.com Greetings Storm Chasers: Hope all is well with each of you and that you have been keeping tabs on the skies!! I received your letters in response to our second t shirt printing this year. As stated in the original message, the cost of each shirt is $18 postage included to all us orders. As of now, we need about 7 more orders in order to complete our minimum printing requirement that we normally go with, since we only print as needed. So consider this the final announcement to the group that we are taking orders at this time for nc storm chaser t shirts. Please see below for ordering instructions. Also, for those of you who did not order last year and are curious what the shirts look like: I will try to get a pic uploaded somehow of how they are arranged on our web site. If I can't, the shirts are black with a small left breast print that states "NCSC" in small letters. On the back, in full size, there is the words "NC STORM CHASERS" in an arch across the top. In the center is a twister graphic. Under neath the twister graphic are the letters, "BIG GAME HUNTERS". ALL PRINT IS DONE IN YELLOW ON A BLACK SHIRT. This was done to keep our cost down, but it still looks great!! We had no complaints last year that we were aware of. We do thank you for being interested in our logo t shirts! Please remember that we do not sell t shirts to make profit. We only print them as members request them, normally once per year unless we have alot of requests. The cost simply includes printing, postage, packing, and a trip to the post office and printers. Actually, last year we came up a bit short, that is why the cost increase a minute amount to cover the expensive packing and shipping. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As we did last year, the way that we will handle orders remains the same: **all orders must be prepaid by money order or certified check, please no cash!!! The reason for this is basically our printers rule and we dont have the money to front up to them. (you know how finances are sometimes!!) I realize that many people dont like doing this for obvious reasons, but I do appologize that this is the way we have to do it. An email confirmation will be sent to you once the order is received. **from the time we put in the order to the printer, it normally takes about one week to complete the print job, unless there are problems unforeseen. As soon as they come in, we ship them. We promise!! **when sending your order in, please include the following information: name, address phone number email address shirt size quantity desired money order or certified check **if for some reason the order cannot be fulfilled as planned you will receive your money back, promise!! **ALL SALES ARE FINAL EXCEPT FOR THE REASONS LISTED ON THIS EMAIL MESSAGE!! MAKE SURE YOU ORDER THE RIGHT SIZE AND QUANTITY OF SHIRTS THAT YOU WANT. send your order to: NC STORM CHASERS PO BOX 397 LOCUST, NC 28097 AS SOON AS WE HAVE ENOUGH ORDERS TO GET OUR PRINTING COMPLETE, THE ORDER WILL BE PLACED WITH THE PRINTERS. IF IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG DELAY, YOU WILL BE NOTIFED AND GIVEN THE OPTION OF CANCELLING YOUR ORDER OR JUST WAITING. NORMALLY, IT GOES OKAY. WE JUST DON'T LIKE ANYONE TO THINK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SCAM THEM!!!! -----------------------NC STORM CHASERS---------------------------- ----------------------"RESPECT THE WIND"----------------------------- http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8546/ ncstormchasers{at}juno.com ROMANS 10:9 THE KEY TO LIFE _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Subject: CASILIST : New Lightning Photos & Storm Investigations Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 22:29:26 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi folks! I finished up a couple of old storm reports this weekend and tonight. I apologize for the delay on these. Please check them out, especially the lightning pictures. Good stuff! May 29, 1998 Investigation of Possible Tornado in Bellefonte, PA This was an old fashioned, enjoyable, true "investigation" into storm damage about 10 miles from CASI HQ. Pictures of the damage including large Maps of the investigation are included. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0529/ May 31, 1998 Live Storm Investigation / Storm Chase to Hepburnsville, PA (Near Williamsport) The most AWESOME lightning pictures I have ever captured on video. Large video captures and GIF Animations galore. Also maps and radar, lightning detection imagery from that day. Undecoded and decoded observations for the Tornado that passed by ALB. Enjoy! http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/0531/ As always, let me know if you find any typo's or broken links. Thanks! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI NetNews : Intellicast To Add New Local NEXRAD Product Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:05:04 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well... this isn't really NetNews since somebody beat me to it on WX-TALK last night... but it might be NetNews to you! Intellicast, in a strike against the other competitors, has announced that it will be adding an additional Single-Site NEXRAD product to its Base Reflectivity on its Free site. What will it be? YOU can decide. It will be one of: Extended Base Reflectivity Storm Relative Velocity Velocity Azimuth Display Vertically Integrated Liquid EchoTops They are all excellent scientific resources, and there are explanations of each on the voting page. http://www.intellicast.com/survey/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : NASA joins Hurricane Flights] Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 05:59:57 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: NASA joins Hurricane Flights Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 01:49:31 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington, DC August 12, 1998 (Phone: 202/358-1730) Tim Tyson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (Phone: 205/544-0034) RELEASE: 98-147 HIGH-ALTITUDE HURRICANE STUDY COULD SAVE LIVES AND MONEY With an aim to better understand and improve ground-based predictions of hurricanes, two specially equipped NASA aircraft soon will take to the skies -- collecting high-altitude information about Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms. The Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX) mission is scheduled for August and September. Results from the mission may increase warning time -- saving lives and property -- and decrease the size of evacuation areas -- saving money -- while giving scientists a better understanding of these dramatic weather phenomena. CAMEX will yield high-resolution spatial and temperature information on hurricane structure, dynamics and motion, leading to improved hurricane prediction. Results also will be used to validate existing measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission of hurricanes and tropical storms and to develop algorithms for future Earth science missions. Led by the Atmospheric Dynamics and Remote Sensing program at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, the experiment unites eight NASA centers, other government weather researchers and the university community for a coordinated, multi-agency and - university Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm study. "We only know what goes on in the bottom half of a hurricane -- from sea level to 27,000 feet," said Robbie Hood of the Global Hydrology and Climate Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL. "With all of the agencies and the university community working together, we now can learn about these storms from top to bottom -- and hopefully improve hurricane prediction." When a hurricane or tropical storm erupts in the Atlantic, a NASA Dryden Flight Research Center DC-8 -- equipped with instruments to measure the storm's structure, environment and changes in intensity and tracking -- will fly into the storm at 35,000-40,000 feet. At the same time, a specially equipped Dryden ER-2 -- a high- altitude research plane -- will soar above the storm at 65,000 feet. The high-flying plane will measure the storm's structure and the surrounding atmosphere that steers the storm's movement. On the ground, the storm research team will launch weather balloons and monitor land-based sensors to validate the high- altitude measurements taken by instruments aboard the planes. Hood and her team plan to fly the NASA planes in conjunction with scheduled storm flights of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that will take off from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL, and the "Hurricane Hunters" -- the U.S. Air Force's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, MS. The Air Force's Hurricane Hunters and NOAA routinely fly into tropical storms and hurricanes to determine the location, motion, strength and size of the storm. The information that the two organizations gather is used to predict the potential strength and size of the storm as well as landfall. In addition to providing Doppler radars on each research plane, NASA for the first time will bring state-of-the-art airborne instruments to measure moisture and wind fields around the hurricanes under observation. NOAA flies a WP-3 "Orion" -- a four engine turboprop plane -- into storms at altitudes below 27,000 feet. And the Hurricane Hunters fly a WC-130 "Hercules" -- a four-engine turboprop aircraft -- at 5,000-10,000 feet. "We will analyze the high-altitude storm information within the context of more traditional low-level aircraft observations, and satellite and ground-based radar observations," said Hood. "This new information should provide insight to hurricane modelers -- forecasters who continually strive to improve hurricane predictions." Scientific instruments provided by Marshall to be flown on the Dryden aircraft will be augmented by instruments from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. The hurricane study is part of NASA's Earth Science enterprise to better understand the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment. -end- from http://www.nasa.gov Charlie Milford Pa. "A CASI affliate??!" http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html Subject: CASI NetNews : Intellicast beefing up NEXRADs, Weather Underground improves site Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:19:01 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (www.weatherwatchers.org). Send your reports of recent changes or additions to the websites of *major* weather providers to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to major websites which affect the Internet community. This message is sent out first to CASI Members then later posted to appropriate Newsgroups.] Major weather providers continue to improve their services this week in a virtual "Net War." The latest developments: 1. As someone posted to WX-TALK when I was asleep at the wheel, Intellicast is adding an additional Local NEXRAD Product to their site, and like other sites of recent, they are letting YOU vote. If you haven't cast yours yet you can do so at http://www.intellicast.com/survey/ 2. In other Intell News, they have followed Accu's lead by posting a complete US map with sites plotted and a text list of sites below. No more cryptic codes and browsing through cities to find the NEXRADs they offer - the are all here. http://www.intellicast.com/weather/usa/nexrad/ Includes all 143 (?) Continental US NEXRADs, some of which weren't displayed before, and San Juan PR plus two in Hawaii. WSI is unique in the San Juan radar in that they were able to get their land line to the NEXRAD there fixed after the recent riots while UNISYS, who provides weather to most of the competition, appears to have been unable to do so. Should a hurricane approach PR this summer I will throw myself between the two ends of the broken line so we can ahieve redundancy. They are also unique in that they have the power to obtain two of the Hawaii NEXRADs while UNISYS is unwilling to thus far, according to sources. 3. The Weather Underground has further improved their site this week by adding automatic translation of any page into 23 different languages. They have also added more Current Condition Maps and Regional Current Condition Maps: Alaska | Northwest | Midwest | Northeast | Southwest | Southcentral | Southeast | Temperature | Radar Map | HeatIndex | Windchill | Humidity. They have been long standing an excellent database of Current Conditions in weird International places as well as all accessible stations in the US. Now they have added 2-4 day forecasts to every International site (they continue with NWS forecasts for US locations). http://www.wunderground.com/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "I'm still waiting for the ASOS at Area51 (id A51 no doubt) to be unveiled. I *know* they've got one there - planes flying in, planes flying out..." Subject: CASI ADMIN : ENCWW-CASI Merger and Weather Conference Updates Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 12:14:47 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients TO: CASILIST MEMBERS TO: NON-CASILIST MEMBERS TO: CASI ADMIN [Note to Non-CASILIST Members, this is not a CASILIST posting, you are still removed from the list. This is a major change to the administration of CASI and as such you may need to know. These announcments should number only a few per year.] Hi folks, I was going to try to wait to announce this until I had the pages designed, but with a day's worth of New Member Processing today followed up by a redesign of the CASI Weather Station software and a Tropical project I was working on, I am beginning to realize it's not going to happen this week. ENCWW (the Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers) and CASI are merging. Chris Phillips of ENCWW has agreed to head up part of CASI called CASI-SOUTH, while I will continue to administrate CASI overall, he will be available to setup educational conferences in the South (officially NC-FL but really anyone who's there can attend). Because I can so rarely get down south now, I don't feel that I can give the Southern Members the personal attention they deserve. ENCWW will become CASI-SOUTH on Jan. 1, 1999 and all Members of ENCWW will become Members of CASI. Meantime ENCWW will wind-down its Member services and convert to CASI. The CASI Website will eventually have webpages for both divisions with current news and conference updates, but as I say, this is not something I can get done this week. Also I need to get the original CASI logos from backup to redesign them for North and South. This will probably also involve a redesign of the front page of CASI to make it more interesting and informative. So, in summary, Chris Phillips of ENCWW will be holding meetings and conferences for CASI Members who can't attend the ones this far north. Information follows on details on his upcoming fall conference for ENCWW/CASI-SOUTH, it sounds great and I wish I could be there. If you need any more information on it please contact Chris directly. Thanks to Chris and ENCWW for recognizing this need and fulfilling it! Also Northern Members remember that there will be the Eastern US Chaser Picnic on September 6 NW of CASI HQ in Meadville PA, held by Hyundai Team Extreme. For more info see http://www.storm-track.com/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather Conference Update Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:23:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers To: stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com, cn1599{at}coastalnet.com, bjhall{at}gabn.net, skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com, darnold{at}datasync.com, j{at}weatherwatchers.org, webmaster{at}assembly.net, cthorne{at}ecu.campus.mci.net, k5pf{at}aol.com, kimberly{at}unity.ncsu.edu, pietrych{at}rap.ucar.edu, wxman96{at}aol.com, daniel.bartholf{at}noaa.gov, gregs{at}abts.net, powell{at}scsn.net, shane.wise{at}pov.net, fduval{at}flosc.net, svoros{at}execpc.com Hi folks We have an exciting show planned for the weather conference, but we still need more speakers and we need more people to sign up for this free conference. Heres what we have lined up so far: There will be discussions on: Damage Assessments and Severe Weather An Emergency Managers Prospective on SKYARN and severe weather and we are hoping to have some slides and videos in time for the conference also. This will be probably the most upbeat, relaxed weather conference you will ever go to. We have a few suprises, along with some information we got from the National Weather Service that should help you the next time you need to go out and Spot Storms. Heres the Attenative agenda which is subject to change: Friday Registration and Open House Saturday Welcome and Opening Ceremonies Damage Assessments after a Severe Weather Event The Emergency Managers prospective of SKYWARN and of course a lunch break and roundtable discussions Sunday More speakers and Closing Ceremonies Saturday will be the main event, and we sincerely hope you will attend! Please pass this message along to all of your fellow SKYWARN members and remember seating is limited to 250 people Chris Phillips Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips Web Page: For more Information on The Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers www.assembly.net/encww Mirc Channel #encww on DalNet; also check out these other channels, #Skywarn, #Weather, # Meterology, #stormchasers ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : FWD: Bowling Green KY Storm of 4/16/98? Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 13:55:12 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is a note from Nikki who is going to become a Member this weekend when I get done with Member processing. If you can help her out please email her directly. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: FEEDBACK TO J: Other Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 16:48:27 -0400 (EDT) From: n.siegert{at}mailcity.com NAME: Nikki GEOGRAPHY: B.G. KY EMAIL: n.siegert{at}mailcity.com COMMENTS: Do you guys know of a storm that hit Bowling Green on April 16 1998? If you do, do you have a radar image of it ? Thanx! Nikki Siegert A soon-to-be, hopefully, member ------------------------------------------------------------ Server protocol: HTTP/1.0 Remote host: 206.24.57.66 Remote IP address: 206.24.57.66 Web Interface: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows 95) ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: CASILIST : GOES - What's the deal? Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:40:43 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Jesse Ferrell (CASI) [mailto:j{at}weatherwatchers.org] > Sent: Monday, August 17, 1998 2:39 PM > To: Charles Anzman > Subject: Re: GOES - What's the deal? > > Yes GOES 9 was dying (fortunately they knew it ahead of time) and GOES > 10 > was there to replace it, > thank goodness, or we'd have no satellite pictures of the hurricanes > this summer... > > Charles Anzman wrote: > > > Last night,at my usual insane 3 AM surf time, I wandered onto a NOAA > > site that in small print said 'we are now using GOES-10' > > > > Huh?? > > > > Was I sleeping? (again) > > > > Well, I did a little wandering around of the Gov't & other > > sites, and actually found a page (which I don't have here at > > the moment) that is devoted to reporting the daily repositioning > > of GOES-10 (to replace GOES-9). As of last night, it was 3-4 days > > away from where they want it, and going on schedule. > > > > Guy at NOAA was either having a 'bad hair day' or They're testing? > > Hey, you guys know more than I do ... So there's a topic for > > conversation... > > > > Well, after a LONGGGG spell of no rain (and A LOT of dead grass) > > We're getting a nice continuous stream...Of course, I'm not > > where 'the Weather Center' is, and the 'rain gauge' wasn't added > > yet...but at least it's finally up and working reliably > > (Now that I said that....) > > > > So...are we ever going to see 'Hurricane Charley'? > > > > Charlie (Correct spelling) > > WA2AAB > > SBC Milford Pa. > > The Pocono Mtn Weathercam (and Weather Station??) > > http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html > > -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Winter & Non-Precip STorm Format changes Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 20:27:23 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Winter & Non-Precip STorm Format changes Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 09:26:21 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSC." To: masa{at}execpc.com MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 Skywarn is the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com SEVERE WEATHER NEVER SLEEPS; Keepup with the forecast, don't play catchup! *************************************************************************** Dist: Advanced 425 NOUS41 KWBC 141808 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 215 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 1998 TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES SUBJECT IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF NEW FORMAT OF WINTER STORM AND NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER WARNINGS FOR MOST OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SITES WITH MINOR UPDATE OF THE NEW FORMAT...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 15 1998 ***IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATIONS MANUAL LETTER 4-98 OCT 15 1998*** FOR NWS OFFICES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE OFFICES ***UPDATE TO SEGMENTED STYLE FORMAT*** THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ RELEASED A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ON MAY 15 1998 DELAYING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW SEGMENTED STYLE FORMAT FOR WINTER STORM AND NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER HAZARD MESSAGES. THE NWS HAS NOW SET AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 15 1998 AT 0800 AM EDT... 1200 UNIVERSAL TIME COORDINATES /UTC/ WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE OFFICES THAT WILL IMPLEMENT THE NEW FORMAT AT A LATER DATE THIS FALL/WINTER. THOSE NWS OFFICES PLANNING A LATER IMPLEMENTATION ARE TULSA /TSA/ AND OKLAHOMA CITY /OUN/ OK... AND DENVER/BOULDER /BOU/ CO. SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF OML 4-98...THE NEW SEGMENTED STYLE FORMAT HAS BEEN UPDATED /SEE UPDATED FORMAT BELOW/. THE DATE TIME GROUP IN EACH INDIVIDUAL SEGMENT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED /PAGE 5... SECTION VIII - GENERIC WSW/NPW PRODUCT FORMAT/. ........................ UPDATED GENERIC WSW/NPW PRODUCT FORMAT - AUGUST 1998 CCCNPWXXX /OR CCCWSWXXX/ TTAA00 KCCC DDHHMM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE /OR WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NAME ST HHMM AM/PM LT DAY MTH DD YYYY ...OVERVIEW HEADLINE... /OPTIONAL/ .OVERVIEW WITH GENERAL INFORMATION /OPTIONAL/ STZXXX-XXX-XXX-DDHHMM- COUNTIES INCLUDED- CITIES INCLUDED- /OPTIONAL BY REGION OR AREAL DESCRIPTORS/ ...HEADLINE TEXT... TEXT $$ STZXXX-XXX-DDHHMM- COUNTIES INCLUDED- CITIES INCLUDED- /OPTIONAL BY REGION OR AREAL DESCRIPTOR/ ...HEADLINE TEXT... TEXT $$ ETC. SURNAME /OPTIONAL/ ........................ IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS...PLEASE CONTACT JANNIE L. GIBSON OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY W/OM12 1325 EAST WEST HWY... SSMC2 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 301-713-1726 EXT. 149 End of feed from the Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association. Subject: CASILIST : Welcome New Members (300!) / Tropical Wave Radar Animation / Wx Stations Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 21:32:18 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well the Tropical Atlantic is looking up, finally tonight. A large wave between Africa and the Leeward Islands is being watched, and a smaller Tropical Wave increased in strength considerably today near Puerto Rico. In fact I have uploaded a NEXRAD Radar Animation from the Puerto Rico radar onto the CASI site and it is now accessible from the top "Welcome" section of the main Tropical Pages. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ If you have tropical pages on your website and I have neglected to put them on the CASI Tropical Pages under Member Pages please let me know so that I can add them. Next, I had to update the CASI1 Weather Station software to a new version this week, which has some nice features but unfortunately no longer supports GIF imagery - so my images now look a little worse and have increased in size from <100KB to >600KB. I apologize for this but it was the only way that the software maker could continue - UNISYS, the owner of the GIF format, charges individuals $150,000 to produce them. In any case, the new software is much more user-friendly and computer-friendly. It has nice additions such as e-mailing of current conditions or alarming conditions. For now I have restored the previous imagery as best I could - I will modify this in the future to try to cut down on file size. I also had trouble mimicking the "Current Condition" image that I had on the front page of CASI so I ended up using UNIX scripts to parse out the conditions on an hourly basis from the emails that the station sends every hour. In any case, you can see the CASI1 Weather Station on the web at its normal address http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/liveobs.shtml Note that I have also added a number of CASI Members stations at the bottom of this page. Glad to see them. Keep up the good work! And finally, a warm weather welcome to the new Members this time around - and good news: CASI has passed the 300 mark; there are now 307 Members of CASI. Michael Bryson of Lake Worth FL was #300. Also of note - we have at last assimilated the famous Chaser Cartoonist Allan Rosenberg. He is the author of a very successful chaser cartoon, Negative Tilt, formerly known as the Gilbert Zone, and is a frequent poster of humorous remarks to wx-talk/chase. If you haven't seen Negative Tilt, you've got to. www.gilbertzone.com New Members in the last 2 weeks: Randy McCray RTP/Durham NC Mike Blake Plymouth NH William Smith Bowie MD Steven Owen Sr. Rockville IN John Besedic Clearwater Beach Fl Terry Brown Hephzibah GA David Hriblan Morgantown WV Paul Britton Norwalk CA Michael Bryson Lake Worth Fl Randy Brooks Monroe NC Charles Houska Phoenicia NY Wayne Ackerman Columbus NC Kevin Hunt Salem NH Nikki Siegert Bowling Green KY Wayne Isaacs Ellicott City MD Allan Rosenberg Bridgewater NJ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Pike Weather Station - Milford, PA - already below 60?] Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 06:43:46 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have 48.4 at 6:30am... hello, fall! -- ================================== Charilie: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Pike Weather Station - Milford, PA - already below 60? Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:37:25 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" CC: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" Welcome to the future? Well, if you are receiving this E-Mail, there's a good chance you helped in some way make it happen (or.... I just felt like sending it to you?). It's here, it's not going anywhere, and we plan to add lots more. The 'old' E-Mail spotter system is still very much here for emergencies (and school closings) except that data will now be posted to this page instead of the Pike County Page. A number of Active Mini-Gif's are being uploaded every 30 minutes (You can see a few on the Cam Page or the PA Page) which will also be improved as time goes on (and are Great for linking - just drop me a note) For you 'non-Amateurs' that actually get PAID for this :) There a link to 48 hours of 'raw data' from the station http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html And, in the tradition of 'The UnderGround' (No, not the DV Underground - that's a Different list!!), The 'credits' appearing at the bottom of the page will be augmented by a page of "Sites that are Linking" CASI stuff and "The Golden Tornado Award"? My congratulations to member 300 ! Looks like Jess' 24 hours a day staring at the screen is creating something really positive here and to those receiving this note (that didn't get that note?) Check out his 'latest work of Art' - "Where is Hurricane Charley??" http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/tropical.shtml That's it from here where it's ...Huh?? ...58.5 Deg F Charlie WA2AAB SBC Computer & Components Milford, Pa. http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html "Not tonight honey, I have a modem" Subject: CASILIST : TD#2 / Rainfall Observation For East Walpole, Ma Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 18:16:33 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Special note: Tropical Depression #2 has formed in the Atlantic. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ Now back to your regularly scheduled CASILIST Message ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Monday August 17,1998 Rainfall Observation For East Walpole, Ma Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:34:39 EDT From: Mattcarow{at}aol.com To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org, Mattcarow{at}aol.com Special Report: On Monday August 17,1998 - East Walpole, Ma Recieved 2.64" Of Rain During The Day From Heavy Rain & Downpours Which Began Between 9:00 A.M. AND 9:30 A.M. And It Went On And Off During The Day Until Midnight. East Walpole, Ma And WHDH - CH 7 Weather Watcher, Matt (Mattcarow{at}aol.com) Subject: CASILIST : NEW! CASI Tropical Surface Observations Page (partial) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:37:56 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well folks, I have a little something to show for my last week of work - couldn't finish it in time, but since Tropical Storm Bonnie is creeping up on the islands, I have partially completed that portion of the project. **NOTE: This page is not for public use - yet. I will email you all again when it is complete and ready for public use. Right now it's just a partial test page and I only have it online for the benefit of the CASI Members. Please check out the crippled-until-I-get-done-with-it CASI Tropical Surface Observations Page. You can click on any red dot to obtain the latest surface observations, if the station is active, which most of them are but a couple I noticed are not. Right now the ONLY stations which will work are those in the immediate path of Bonnie - the northern islands through part of the Dominican Republic. It ain't much yet but I wanted to get it up tonight because of Bonnie. Still to do: Add "help" section. Fix a number of stations that are in the wrong place or wrongly ID'd. Make Synoptic#/ICAO# come up in the status bar. Link to a framed page which displays both NWS and WeatherUnderground formats, and complete station information, perhaps more. Add radar circles. Add webcam dots. Add similar product for African Coast, SE US, E. Pacific, Hawaii, Guam **** Right now which page you will go do will depend on what kind of browser you are using: **** NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR 4.0+ ONLY http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/index.html A dynamic HTML page which overlays the CASI Map on the current Purdue Tropical Surface Map: ANYTHING ELSE (NS 3-, IE, etc.) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/index2.html A plain HTML page which shows the CASI Map and the Purdue Tropical Surface Map below it for reference. Again, right now only the portion of the map near Bonnie is clickable but it will all be by tomorrow or Saturday. Enjoy! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Charley's Deer ;) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 06:58:26 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients To the 'Weather gang'...obviously, right after the 'mass blast' the other night... we had a little 'crashola' (Not the hardware - I did it)... Expect 30 minute updates from 'the mountain WX station' to return hopefully tomorrow! And....now that we have TS Bonnie...guess who's next? Early warning! (If Charley ... wish they had spelled it right ... isn't at least a Cat 4 ... I'm gonna be VERY disappointed) My wife says it will probably 'peter out' .... A regular 'Vidcam visitor' sent this back to me tonight http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/CWINDOWSTEMPnsmailBA.jpeg It's a Stampede!! -- Charlie A. Milford PA Subject: CASLIST : Tropics - Model Update Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:42:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients As you may know we now have *2* Tropical Storms to deal with. The CASI Page has been updated and I will update the Tropical Surface Map ASAP to include the area of Charley. -Jesse Now, Model discussion from Mike: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Model Update Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 12:42:57 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: "J" CC: J, please feel free to pass this on to the list... ---------- The plot continues to thicken with the future path of Bonnie still in great debate. Last night's NOGAPS took a radical departure from the previous 3 days of runs, now showing Bonnie getting further west to about 74W before turning NNW then NNE, moving about 120nm east of Cape Cod and nearly passing over Eastport Maine! Also making a radical departure, the MRF which has changed it's mind yet again, rams Bonnie from again about 74W NNE passing about 100 miles east of the Cape and then actually turns NNW striking downeast maine and heading into southeastern Canada. MRF has bonnie a bit closer to the Cape and strikes it with high winds and torrential rains from the Cape to about route 495 within Mass, Maine (especially downeast Maine then to Caribou) bares the full force of the system. This all hinges on the following idea. A strong shortwave moving across western Canada, dives and merges with a weak shortwave moving out of the Rockies. The now strong shortwave digs southeast into Minnesota and forms a cut-off low that alters the flow at 500-300mb along the east coast from westerly to southerly, in fact it begins going negative tilt around Day 4. This has been advertised by several models now for a number of days. Important update: The ETA [12z Fri] is now out through 48 hours and shows Bonnie on a continuos WNW march [about 295 degrees] and places it further west about nearly 200 miles than last night's NOGAPS and MRF. This is very consistent with last night's ETA run. Another important note, it shows the MRF/NOGAPS digging shortwave and does begin the process of cutting off at 500mb about 48 hours over Minnesota / Michigan. It shows a rapidly strengthening unseasonable Great Lakes surface system taking shape nicely at that time. If you use linear persistence from the 48 hour ETA and blend it in with the MRF, that Great Lakes system 48-72hrs later would merge with Bonnie over southeastern Canada. The NHC/TPC "official" track for Bonnie leans towards the GFDL and brings Bonnie all the way to 26.5N 76.5W. That seems to mesh very well with this morning's ETA output. As you'd be aware, even if Bonnie began to recurve at that location, it likely would still have some significant impact on the US mainland [both North Carolina then possibly eastern New England]. A nice CDO signature is appearing in the enhanced color satellite pictures of Bonnie, probably signifies that hurricane strength shall be achieved by evening or sometime early Saturday morning. Bonnie still has not reached the anomously warm SST region yet, that begins at 70W and is generally up to 32C!! Hurricane watches are now in effect for the southeastern Bahama Islands, I expect this will be extended this evening. casi.homesite.net will be updated with information about Bonnie later this afternoon. As with Winter storms, I will try and focus on the computer model aspect of the system and aggregate any reports from Casi observers along the east coast that are passed through the list. Get your camcorders out of the closet folks, we might need them! And that is not even considering Tropical Depression #3 (or the disturvance at 12N/45W that is looking rather impressive this afternoon). Actually a quick word on TD3, certainly impressive looking on Visible loops, unfortunately the ETA does not really resolve the low well.. But based on Vertical Velocities and precip output it basically pushes the system WNW [285-290] degrees slowly and would make landfall later tonight or tomorrow morning baring any unforseen change in direction. Since it does not close off the low, it does not deal with intensification. But given the fact water temps are 31-32C in the region, their is an anti-cyclone aloft.. all the factors are there for steady intensification up to actual landfall, so the NHC/TPC forecast of 50 kts as it hits land looks reasonable. Looks like Texas is going to get it's much needed drought breaker! Mike Reddin -----Original Message----- From: J To: Mike Reddin Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 9:05 PM Subject: Re: TD 2, We may need coordination >Yep it could be interesting, though I have not really had much time to look... best I can do >is keep the CASI Tropical Pages pointing to current info ;) > Subject: CASILIST : Tropics - Model Update & Charley & Surface Map Update Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:15:13 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have updated the Surface Map that I mentioned last night to now include ALL available stations. The page is still not complete but all the stations (red dots) are clickable now. Blue stations are valid stations that have not reported within the last 99 hours (probably no longer in service). Will still be improving map tomorrow. Netscape 4+ ONLY: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/index.html Netscape/IE/etc.: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/index2.html -Jesse ------------------------------------------------------------------ Next, Charlie says: ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY... Can't say I didn't warn you :) Charlie (with an IE) Milford http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html The New Pike Weather Station (getting better every day) ------------------------------------------------------------------ In addition, Mike has some more stuff up on his site: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASLIST : Tropics - Model Update Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:20:08 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: "J" CC: My website: http://casi.homesite.net Is now officially back in business with an extensive update on T.S. Bonnie. An important note, Recon now inside the storm discovered a serious pressure drop to 988mb in just a few hours!! This coupled with the improving cloud signature on IR enhancements all point to immenent hurricane status, possibly by the 11pm advisory. The page right now is a graphical representation of my earlier discussion. I hope to keep adding data to compare how the structure and motion of the storm changes both on some of the various computer models and satellite/radar images. Mike Reddin (mreddin{at}nii.net) Subject: CASILIST : Final Thoughts on Bonnie/Charley Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 00:06:42 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well I have to get some sleep eventually. I will probably get up for the 5am statements then take a nap until the 11's. ;) To keep up with the storm, keep your eye on http://casi.homesite.net/ http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ (which also links to other CASI Members' Tropical Pages) And for satellites I sure have been having fun with Basically best estimations at this time is that Bonnie is going to increase in strength and hammer some portion of the Bahamas tomorrow, then threaten the SouthEast US Coast. She is already practically a hurricane and surely will be declared one at 5am. According to the Sea Surface Temperature Map at http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/otis/otis_nrus_sst.gif Bonnie will be going through warm waters for a while, though not as warm as today. I think rapid strengthening will be likely but maybe not as soon as some people are callilng for. Bonnie does have the potential to become a major hurricane. Where she will hit (or not) is still a guessing game - but this afternoon the Hurricane Center's GFDL model was still calling for much more chance of landfall than the other forecast models. Charley will be over with by this time tomorrow night, having dropped 4-8" of rain over Texas. The "tropical wave" behind Bonnie may soon be declared a Tropical Depression. The Hurricane Center is always hesitant to name a storm without "wind proof" however it looks quite impressive on satellite. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:18:24 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients As of this morning the track of Hurricane Bonnie is still usure, but what we are sure of is the fact that it has become a hurricane - 85mph winds and increasing. Last night's run of the TRANTECH model, which I believe is based on climatology, shows the storm hitting the Carolina coastline on Wednesday. The NHC's official track shows a slight turn away from the Northern Florida coast on Monday. This is based on many models showing a turn out to sea, BUT the NHC's own GFDL model showing a more westward track. All of these tracks, besides the GFDL, which I don't think is available on the Internet, can be found at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI-SOUTH : Hurricane Bonnie Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 14:46:52 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 14:39:33 -0400 (EDT) From: CASI-South To: J Hello Everyone We have been monitoring the situation with Hurricane Bonnie down here in Eastern NC, and I am afraid its going to take the same paths as Hurricanes Bertha and Fran before. If this happens with close to 90 degree water temps, I imagine it would be a very high Category 3 or low Category 4. so this is my prediction: -Bonnie will hit the Coast of North Carolina near WilmingtonAt 12:18 PM 8/22/98 -0400, you wrote: -Bonnie will be a Major Hurricane between a Category 3 or 4 on the Saffiar-Simpson Scale -Bonnie will be here Tuesday, at the latest Wednesday unless its forward speed decreases Everyone in the CASI-South district of CASI should prepare for the worst and hope for the best Now would be a good time to check Hurricane supplies, keep your gas tank at least half full, keep a schedule of where every family memberis going to be for the next couple of days and also the obvious keep monitoring the situation. Chris >As of this morning the track of Hurricane Bonnie is still usure, but >what we are sure of is the fact that it has become a hurricane - 85mph >winds and increasing. Last night's run of the TRANTECH model, which I >believe is based on climatology, shows the storm hitting the Carolina >coastline on Wednesday. The NHC's official track shows a slight turn >away from the Northern Florida coast on Monday. This is based on many >models showing a turn out to sea, BUT the NHC's own GFDL model showing a >more westward track. > >All of these tracks, besides the GFDL, which I don't think is available >on the Internet, can be found at > >http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ > >-- >============================================================== >Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org >Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org >"Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings >in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || > > > > Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie Update Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 18:10:18 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hurricane Bonnie is now at 90mph sustained winds. It is moving just to the east of the Eastern Bahamas now. Forecasts have not changed much in the last 24 hours - NHC is still calling for a "turn to the north" early next week. Of course the longer it goes without a Northward turn the more of a chance there will be that it will clip areas of the coast which jut out - hence, Eastern NC residents should keep a very close eye on this storm. I have added links on the CASI Tropical Pages to a Map of the Bahamas, as well as City Forecasts and Current Conditions for selected cities in the Bahamas which are in the path of the storm. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ The National Hurricane Center's Front Page has been down for much of the afternoon as they are overloaded; don't forget that the CASI Tropical Pages have direct and alternate links to the current statements and graphics. I have also updated the Tropical Surface Report Map at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/index.html (Netscape 4 Only) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/index2.html to fix a couple errors and update the look of the map. Click on any station in the vicinity of the storm to get current conditions (and forecasts for some). *Do any of you know where I can get current or past synoptic data on the web? I have the Tropical Surface Map linking to the Weather Underground for synoptic stations (non-hourly) because that's the only place I know where to get the current observations, but they don't keep data from the past. Let me know. Thanks. The latest reports from the two stations closest to the storm (see map) were of winds steady at 11, 18, 20, and 23mph, so we're not looking at very harsh conditions at any of the reporting stations yet, and may not be, as the Bahamas are on the southern, weaker side of the storm. The NHC is also flying a plane tonight or tomorrow into what is probably already TD#4 behind Bonnie. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Cool in Columbia SC / Hurricane Bonnie Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 00:33:25 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hurricane Bonnie has continued to increase in strength all evening and is now 105mph. NHC says that a landfall for FL is now less likely but SC/NC is more likely. The most likely of all, however, is still for the storm to turn away. You wouldn't know it from this morning's NOGAPS model run, which has it plowing into Charleston SC next week, but that is the left-most model. The NOGAPS run for 00z today is just now completing at http://metoc-u1.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap/web/ngp.namer.1998082300.htm Some forecasts also indicate that Bonnie may stall or meander for a couple days as it gets stuck up against the bottom of the upper level wind pattern. All in all - still too early to tell. But it's dangerous enough to make most of CASI-SOUTH worry. Bonnie currently has winds of 105mph sustained but estimates are that it could increase to 130. In comparison, Hugo was 160 and Andrew 155 at their top strengths, though not at landfall. Fran was 115. Keep an eye on her at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ PS: Hurricane Howard is kicking in the EastPac with winds of 150mph. In other news: The CASI site was down this evening for about half an hour at 11pm - our provider, PAIR.COM, had a problem with the server. Powell in SC beat me for coldness today - by a good 5 degrees this morning. Also, he called me at 10pm to say he was 68. I was 73. There's a switch! Powell from SC Writes: Howdy all! 58 here in Columbia this AM officially. I had 56 yesterday. The 58 this AM was a record. Now waiting to see what Bonnie does. I know we're in trouble if I see Jim Leonard in my back yard! I'l be watching things closely when I run my Sunday 6 AM to 3 PM shift at WKDK in Newberry SC! The big 1240 doesn't go far, but they do get gooood weather when I am there.... Powell --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie and Tropical Wave Update Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 11:42:17 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hurricane Bonnie has become a Major Hurricane this morning - Category III. She has already equalled the maximum wind speed of Fran, 115mph, and will probably still increase in strength. Current predictions are for slow strengthening to add another 10 knots through 72 hours. Right now she is "wobbling" or "meandering" which means that she has taken a jog to the North temporarily, but don't let it fool you, she's only feeling the effects of a trough pressing down on her from the North and will likely resume a WNW track later today. If you don't believe me check out this extreme example of "meandering" - Hurricane Roxanne from 1995: http://wxp.atms.purdue.edu/hurricane/1995/ROXANNE/track.gif And finally, never assume anything... they can do plenty of other strange things, such as 90 degree turns: http://wxp.atms.purdue.edu/hurricane/1995/SEBASTIEN/track.gif or loop-de-loops: http://wxp.atms.purdue.edu/hurricane/1996/MARCO/track.gif The longrange climatological hurricane tracking model Trantech has now moved estimates of landfall to Cape Hatteras only. The regular weather models are producing varying results today because they had to be "started" with a zero motion for Bonnie. The National Hurricane Center's official track is for Bonnie to move towards SE NC (saying nothing of what it might do before it hits as their forecast only goes out 72 hours) and the AccuWeather prediction is similar with a little more of an eastward track. In any case we won't have to worry about landfall until Wednesday. A Heavy Surf advisory is up for N. Fl and GA today because Bonnie is big enough to generate large waves hundreds of miles out. It will likely be added to the Carolina beaches when Bonnie starts moving again. Unfortunately the public continues to be confused, and it runs the gamut from being too prepared to not enough. People are "boarding up" in Miami, where of course the chance of landfall is basically Zero at this time. In Daytona Beach a man was quoted as saying "People aren't doing much - it's still 700 miles away isn't it? Wait until it gets about 100 miles and you'll see some changes." If the storm was within 100 miles of him there would be changes - but to the buildings and the trees - for they would have been under Tropical Storm force winds for 75 miles already and the area would have been evacutated. The Tropical Wave to the SE of Bonnie looks very impressive on satellite, but a check of the stations on the islands that it is moving over this morning yielded sustained winds of only 18mph maximum. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/index2.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Bonnie - More Info - Large Waves, Ship Report, Website Updates Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 12:26:15 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients More information just received - a buoy off the Florida coast reported 12 foot waves this morning and TWC notes that size could *double* for the Heavy Surf area. A ship report from over 100 miles to the NE of Bonnie indicated 51mph sustained winds this morning. I have added a link to text and imagery for current Ship/Buoy reports (Ship reports are not available from the CASI Tropical Surface page because they move around) to the Bonnie and Main Page, and also added a link to Tropical Forecast Models (includes GFDL!! thanks to Bill Harrell for this link) as well as a link to a Javascript converter so you can convert Knots to Mph, mb to In., etc., all of this added to the Main Tropical Page. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/tropical.html If anyone knows of a webcam in the Bahamas please let me know. I'm working on making the Tropical Surface Observations page public today. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie Update / Tropical Surface Page Finished Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 17:02:20 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients For the first time in this storm's history, the National Hurricane Center is talking about a good possibility of Bonnie, now at 115mph, hitting the Southeast US. They say with some dismay at 5pm: LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MODEL FIELDS...THERE IS NOW A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT BONNIE COULD BE TRAPPED BENEATH A NARROW RIDGE ALONG ABOUT 36N LATITUDE OR SO. IF THIS IS THE CASE...BONNIE COULD REACH THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST NEAR THE END OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. -- http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/pub/forecasts/discussion/MIATCDAT2 I have made some more changes to the CASI Tropical Surface pages. I am about to make them public so if a few of you could please test them and make sure they work OK. It should now push you to the correct page depending on your browser. Thanks very much, if you could let me know if they are OK as soon as possible: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie update Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 05:55:47 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients At this time the NHC's forecast shows the storm pointing towards Charleston SC at the end of the forecast period, 72 hours. AccuWeather shows the storm pointing at Wilmington NC. Neither predicts what it will do after that point, that point being where the storm is 100 to 300 miles offshore. The WeatherUnderground has the storm coming ashore in Wilmington NC. These are a few of the predictions. But, the weather forecast models took yet another turn last night and are now mostly predicting the storm to scrape the shore, enough to bring some Tropical Storm force winds to NC, but to not come on shore. Its closest pass or landfall will likely be late Wed. or Thur, maybe even later if it doesn't get going - moving at 5mph this morning. So once again - no one knows. Except that we do not that it's not definite that it will miss us - so keep an eye on it. I'll be sending a more comprehensive report when I get home from work today along with the 5pm update. Bonnie's winds have not increased in the past 18 hours and her pressure is rising. The eyewall has even disappeared temporarily. This could be partially due to the fact that she has cooled the water underneath her by blocking the sunlight and even upwelling cooler waters. If she gets moving again then there might be a chance for a little more strengthening. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: Tropical Storm Danielle, Hurricane Bonnie Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 17:58:28 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I apologize again this evening that the CASI server is down. This is the second time in as many days. Before these outages, the CASI server had *never* been down. I have alerted my provider that I will take my business elsewhere. A new Tropical Storm formed today east of the islands. It is Danielle. Meantime, Bonnie churns in the Atlantic, moving slowly to the NW. Still the same strength as 2 days ago, she can't increase in strength until she moves off of the water that she has cooled by clouds and upwelling. Hurricane Watches have been posted for the coasts of NC and SC in preparation for the storm, indicating that best guesses for landfall are near the NC/SC border. Attached is a message from Mike about model updates and the CASI Aux. Site. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: TD 2, We may need coordination Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 16:39:15 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: "J" Hi J, Just completed a full update of http://casi.homesite.net with the latest 21z NHC data and this morning's model comparison between the ETA and NoGaps plus some of my thoughts on the how's and why's of the track forecast. Mike Subject: CASIILST : Hurricane Bonnie Update Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 07:22:31 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Folks I have got to run to work and won't be able to speak to you again until this afternoon. Let it suffice to say that Bonnie is moving quicker now and HURRICANE WARNINGS have been posted for the Carolina coasts. Here's an update from Mike: Subject: Bulletin Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:11:37 -0400 From: mreddin To: J References: 1 A quick special bulletin!! Airforce recon at 0430z found that Bonnie has been taking more of a westerly jog in the last 3 hours, now at 27.6 73.7. This is critical because the TPC prediction for 12z was 28N 73.8W and Bonnie by the time you get this message will have gone further west than that location. The new ETA model from 00z this evening now shifts Bonnie considerably more west, making landfall near Wilmington NC in 48 hours. This means that NC/SC residents must rush any preperations to completion as it appears to me that you only have 36 hours prior to the first significant spiral bands from coming inland. So unless Bonnie pulls another fast one and turns more north, at this time she is now accelerating and heading more westerly (about 315-320deg) than it was at 00z. Satellite pictures not overly impressive but recon did find 116kt winds at flight level, so she is still a solid Cat-3 and will approach the gulf stream later tomorrow. Mike Reddin Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie - Updates - Keep Me Updated Etc. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:06:25 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hurricane Bonnie is expected to make landfall in North Carolina tomorrow around noon. Tropical Storm force winds should be in effect tonight and hurricane force by morning. I will add an interactive Map of surface observations for the Carolinas tonight to the web site so that you can keep up with the observations during the storm, some of which are likely to be amazing. For more info please visit the CASI Tropical Season 1998: Bonnie page at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ Due to the increasing threat of Bonnie and the increasing hits on the CASI site I will be suspending most updating of Danielle until Bonnie is over. I have added links to a number of local and regional radars. MHX (Morehead City NC)'s radar started seeing Bonnie on the Composite Reflectivity product as the first bands swung through this morning. Be aware that most major weather companies' sites are down or slow today due to the increased load, which sometimes doubles or triples their normal traffic. I have provided redundant links where possible. How are you Members doing? For those of you in E. NC, what are your plans, are you preparing or do you need to? Just a little over a year ago I lived in E. NC, but now, 500 miles away, I need to depend on you to give me live reports. Send them in email to me and I will compile them for the CASILIST and maybe for the website. Unless you specify otherwise I will assume any storm reports sent to me can be public knowledge. I spoke to Member Bill Harrell who is leaving Raleigh for Pender County as we speak to investigate the storm. Here is info from Charlie Anzman who was taking vacation in NJ: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >From the scene? ... Well gang, if I didn't have my wife and daughter with me, probably would have stayed. Yep, 3-day 'vacation' to Point Pleasant NJ. The swells were there (and was the riptide) SUNDAY. (You had to be a good 200 lbs or more ... which I'm not to stand). For those that haven't heard the National news, a 23 year old - only knee-deep - was swept out to see last evening - Today just prior to our leaving 4 LIFEGUARDS had to be rescued by the coast goard. 38 years on Long Island - never saw surf like this in my life (and we were 5-600 miles away from Bonn...when we left) Simply awesome Caught a glimpse of our site on AOL (Yuk!) down there ... now I know why Jess keeps the resolution high on his Wx station & just turned ours up! The good news - the weather Station and cam stayed active throughout. Because there are some 230 E-Mails here, there are a few BCC's to local 'pals' - try to answer all tongiht Back to work tomorrow! Charlie Milford PA http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : 7pm Model Discussion Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:45:16 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 7pm Model Discussion Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:36:09 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: CC: I have updated the website: http://casi.homesite.net Reflecting some thoughts from the ETA/AVN 12z models and comparing them to the Navy NOGAPS depiction. At this point based upon a compromise between the ETA and NOGAPS, plus persistence based on the last 6 hours of motion, I continue to favor a landfall within North Carolina near Cape Fear late Wednesday night or Thursday morning, passing just west (or right over) Cape Hatteras then just east of the Virginia Capes. The Hurricane Center favors the AVN and their GFDL model and take Bonnie over the eastern outer banks (east of Cape Hatteras) then near 40N 70W around 60 hours. Please keep in mind that Bonnie is a large storm effecting upwards of 200 miles around the storm center, the hurricane force winds expanded today and now cover an average of 100 miles around the center and 50kt winds over around 125 nm. So Bonnie does not need to pass right over the Carolinas to deliver hurricane force conditions. Certainly any precautions or preparations for this storm should be rushed to completion!!! I am asking any CASI members to begin forwarding their observations and reports to the casi mailing list starting tomorrow morning from SC to DE. I will begin archiving them on the casi.homesite.net website and I'm sure J will pass them along in digest form to the list. :) Airforce recon is flying within Bonnie right now and I expect a "vortex" message in the next hour or two. In order for the NHC/TPC track to verify, Bonnie must begin a due north turn within the next few hours... Mike Reddin Subject: CASILIST : Words from the Members, Surface Observations Map Online Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:45:13 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hurricane Bonnie continues to track towards eastern NC. CASI Members in this area should be prepared to take cover if necessary, and document the storm as it comes through. I have placed online a very sloppy took-me-one-hour-to-do map of the Carolinas online, in a similary format to the other interactive map that I placed online Sunday. Carolina Coastal Surface Observations: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/carolinacoast It now includes webcams (blue circles). There weren't many that qualified as genuine weather cams which actually worked ;) If you know of any more cams on the coast there let me know although I will probably not be able to update the page before Bonnie hits I will update it eventually... Also if there are any major problems with the page let me know and I'll update it later today MY PLANS: To monitor the storm more efficiently (hello 4GB/400Mhz/T-1) I am probably going to go to work very early tomorrow, maybe 3am. Get a couple hours sleep. I will attempt to carry the CASILIST database with me so that I can post from there, however it might not work and I might have to come back home around 6 or so to post. If you need to reach me from 3am to 3pm tomorrow you can call 814/235/8794 or email me at j{at}weatherwatchers.org And of course to make the situation more frenetic I have the first Severe Thunderstorm in two months bearing down on me as we speak ;) ========================== Member Comments on the Storm: >From Ken Thrasher: Here in Myrtle Beach at 8p.m., there is an overcast and light winds. Expecting the conditions to worsen as the night progresses. I am 7 miles southwest of the pavilion area in Socastee. ------------------- >From Charlie A.: To the same bunch as the earlier one (after a little sleep) So I didn't use the spell-checker (after driving 3 hours and saying to myself...shoulda stayed 1 more day) At least this is one area where I pride myself at (unfortunately) being right? Charlie's official amateur prognostication for Bonn: Will hit the Jet sometime overnight, stregthening somewhat to poss. Cat 4 intensity. West side following the shoreline NNE, weakening back to Cat 3 while making this slow turn, a pass over the East End of Long Island NY, Connecticut..... We'll see (It's cheaper than playing the stock market) The best part of this Hurricane was watching the look on John Hope's face Monday - "We just don't know" - Over 2 days almost stationary....Like I said earlier, the sea was truly a site to behold! This Internet Cam is located about 1/2 mile south of where the 23-year old unfortunately was caught in the New Jersey Riptide. It's dark at night but should have a good view of the 'wave activity' in the morning. Pt Pleasant Beach http://www.nj.com/shore/ocean_cam.html Charlie A. -------------------------- Chris Phillips, CASI-South (Attached) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie - Updates - Keep Me Updated Etc. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:55:43 -0400 (EDT) From: CASI-South To: J Hello Everyone, Its 8:45pm EST here in Eastern NC as we are gearing up for Hurricane Bonnie. Shelters have been opened by the Red Cross and people are actually taking heed to the warning of evacuations. Also, as I will be working with Red Cross, I will be out in the field doing Damage ASsessments amongst other things. I will attempt to keep everyone informed as to what is going on as best as I can, but time constraints may render me having to delay it for a couple of weeks. There are some weather stations that have been placed strategically around Craven, Pamlico, Jones, and Carteret Counties in hopes to help us with readings, but if Bonnie does like Frna and Bertha Before, we may not be succesful at getting readings. One last note before I get back to work, we have been advised that 12' swells will be possible in the low lying areas of Craven County tonight by 10pm. Good Luck everyone and I hope to hear from each and everyone of you after the storm. Chris Phillips New Bern, NC \At 07:06 PM 8/25/98 -0400, you wrote: >Hurricane Bonnie is expected to make landfall in North Carolina tomorrow >around noon. Tropical Storm force winds should be in effect tonight and >hurricane force by morning. I will add an interactive Map of surface >observations for the Carolinas tonight to the web site so that you can >keep up with the observations during the storm, some of which are likely >to be amazing. > >For more info please visit the CASI Tropical Season 1998: Bonnie page at > >http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ > >Due to the increasing threat of Bonnie and the increasing hits on the >CASI site I will be suspending most updating of Danielle until Bonnie is >over. > >I have added links to a number of local and regional radars. MHX >(Morehead City NC)'s radar started seeing Bonnie on the Composite >Reflectivity product as the first bands swung through this morning. > >Be aware that most major weather companies' sites are down or slow today >due to the increased load, which sometimes doubles or triples their >normal traffic. I have provided redundant links where possible. > >How are you Members doing? For those of you in E. NC, what are your >plans, are you preparing or do you need to? > >Just a little over a year ago I lived in E. NC, but now, 500 miles away, >I need to depend on you to give me live reports. Send them in email to >me and I will compile them for the CASILIST and maybe for the website. >Unless you specify otherwise I will assume any storm reports sent to me >can be public knowledge. > >I spoke to Member Bill Harrell who is leaving Raleigh for Pender County >as we speak to investigate the storm. > > >Here is info from Charlie Anzman who was taking vacation in NJ: > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>From the scene? ... > >Well gang, if I didn't have my wife and daughter with me, probably >would have stayed. Yep, 3-day 'vacation' to Point Pleasant NJ. > >The swells were there (and was the riptide) SUNDAY. (You had to be >a good 200 lbs or more ... which I'm not to stand). For those >that haven't heard the National news, a 23 year old - only knee-deep - >was swept out to see last evening - Today just prior to our >leaving 4 LIFEGUARDS had to be rescued by the coast goard. > >38 years on Long Island - never saw surf like this in my life >(and we were 5-600 miles away from Bonn...when we left) > >Simply awesome > >Caught a glimpse of our site on AOL (Yuk!) down >there ... now I know why Jess keeps the resolution >high on his Wx station & just turned ours up! > >The good news - the weather Station and cam stayed active throughout. > >Because there are some 230 E-Mails here, there are a few BCC's >to local 'pals' - try to answer all tongiht > >Back to work tomorrow! > >Charlie >Milford PA >http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >-- >============================================================== >Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org >Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org >"They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- >storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || > > > > Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 04:43:47 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well I got into work about 3am, is 4:30 now. Been trying to collect the latest data since then. Hope this message makes it through OK. Appears that Bonnie is taking a more westward track, causing Hurricane Warnings to be extended further into South Carolina. There is still much questioning on the eventual landfall but the general feel is that it will still be in NC, although possibly farther South than previously thought. At this time the storm is at the same speed and strength as last night. Buoys near the coast of the Carolinas have reported winds to 63mph and waves to 31.5 feet this morning. I have updated some of the links on the CASI Tropical Pages to include more radars; the meat of Bonnie is now coming onto the Wilmington scope. Hope everyone and their friends and families makes it through it OK. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie : 89mph gust, Member reports Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:02:47 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hurricane Bonnie continues unabated towards SE NC. Keep in mind that the worst storm surge and winds will be to the North of the landfall. Frying Pan Shoals offshore light tower (FPNS7) reported a 89mph gust a few minutes ago. For that and more see the Tropical Surface Observations page. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larry Livingston from Va. Beach VA reports: Just wanted to let you know everyone here is getting ready for Hurricane Bonnie. Most residents have supplied themselves with emergency drinking water and other necessities. Our local emergency personnel and news media are taking this hurricane extremely serious. We are anticipating severe flooding in the Sandbridge (Southern end of Virginia Beach), Oceanfront, Shore Drive (along Chesapeake Bay) areas of the city. With the hurricane as large as it is, even on the projected path which shows the eye passing to the east of Virginia Beach, our local meteorologists are forecasting winds as high as 115 mph on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Meteorologists are not expecting Bonnie to weaken much until after it turns more north, after passing Virginia Beach. At least one local TV station is saying the eye will pass directly over the Hampton Roads area (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News). As the hurricane approaches our area Wednesday evening and early Thursday, I'll try to relay what is happening here to you for CASI's use. It all depends on electrical power, phone lines, and my trusty generator - and, those large oak trees I wish I'd taken down. Also, Hampton Roads has a neat web site at http://www.hremc.org which has some interesting information pertaining to storm surge. You may wish to check it out. Larry Livingston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Members from Cumberland county NC report in this morning: I know the shore is getting the brunt, but thought I would let you know how we are doing 87 miles west from Wilmington. Cloud bands are moving in more quickly now, stratus, cumulus, and nimbocumulus, winds are picking up a bit.. The county is under flash flood watch, and they have closed the schools and some of the businesses, so they are expecting some activity here.... We aren't part of the official list yet, but since we have been getting the update posts, (thank you for that,,,,yours is the most accurate info we have been getting) we thought we should share how far in Bonnie is reaching.... Vincenza and Alex( FugitiF5) Carter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Member Marcus Sharpe mentioned these cameras, they are the same ones accessible via the Coastal Carolina Surface Observations page: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/carolinacoast Here are some live streaming video cams from Myrtle Beach, S.C. They were online at 7:50 am EDT. http://www.gocarolinas.com/beach/beachcams/cam2.html http://www.gocarolinas.com/beach/beachcams/ http://www.gocarolinas.com/beach/beachcams/cam3.html Good luck everyone, stay safe, Marcus Sharpe http://marcussharpe.com/Cam.htm http://marcussharpe.com/weather.htm Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie Make Landfall Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:31:08 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hurricane Bonnie is making landfall at Wilmington NC with 115 mph winds sustained. Fortunately most of the high winds are to the ocean-side of the storm. The highest sustained wind recorded thus far on land is 42 mph in Wilmington, with gusts to 74. Immense flooding is taking place with 5" of rain in Wilmington. Bonnie is expected to continue north through eastern north carolina into Delaware, but it is moving slowly so the battering of winds and rain will continue for up to an additional 12 hours for some portions of NC. Member Reports: ------------------------------- Vale, NC Here in Lincolnton, We are feeling some effects of Hurricane Bonnie, So far I have recorded gusts at 30 Mph to more than 40 Mph. We are under a High Wind Advisory for 30 Mph and we might be upgraded to a Tornado Watch as soon as the storm moves more inland. Don't forget to check out these sites for Hurricane Bonnie and Hurricane Danielle: http://www.storm98.com http://www.weatherwatchers.org And stay tuned to the Weather Channel at: :00, :30, :50 after each hour for the latest More e-mails may come as soon as The storm moves in! Jamie Clark Rockin tha Night Away! ------------------------------- From: JLSCALLY{at}aol.com To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org Hi , I am in Central Maryland . And our sky's are blue it looks to be a great day ! Thanx , The President of AWA & ( ameteur ) Meteorologist in charge ( at AWA ) " J " ------------------------------- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : NWS Feeling Frustration of Bonnie "Forecasts" Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:52:32 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Forwarded by Mike Reddin. If you think that forecasters have been vauge on Bonnie's track, they have. And so have their tools - the forecast models. From NWS-Boston this afternoon: FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 240 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1998 WELL...ALL THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD ARGREEMENT ON BONNIE... KEEPING IT SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DURING THE NEXT 48 HRS. THEREFORE THIS FORECAST SHLD BE EASY?? ... AS FOR BONNIE...SOMEONE IN THE S PUT IT BEST "ONLY GOD KNOWS"! WL GO PC FOR THU NIGHT AND FRI...THO NEW AVN BRINGS UP SOME FUN WX BY SAT. .BOS...SCA FOR ALL WATERS EXCEPT BOS HARBOR. ...HEAVY SURF ADVISORY FROM MERRIMACK RIVER TO WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Report on Jones County Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:14:01 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I just updated the Bonnie page with new information from 5pm. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ Here is a note from Member Brian K about conditions in Jones Co. NC: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie Make Landfall Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:53:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Bryant Korzeniewski To: J I have been in contact with family and relatives at home at least every three hours..... The latest is that Pleasant Hill in Jones County has been without electricity since about 1:30 p.m. this afternoon........ a lot of rain and wind.......nothing compared to Bertha and Fran thus far in the storm........(that may change soon) In Mount Olive on the Wayne and Duplin County Border transformers within the city limits have blown. However, areas in Mount Olive as of 4:00 p.m. still had power.......a glimpse of good luck so far.... I've also heard on CNN that the Brunswick Co. Hospital's roof had blown off and patients were being evacuated as of 4p.m. I'll e-mail more as I talk with family....... Later Bryant A Better WxPAGE! Coming Sooner Than You Think! Link to http://members.tripod.com/~wxpage4000 WxPAGE 4000: North Carolina's Weather Page for The New Milennium Subject: CASILIST : Bonnie Radar Images, 3 for 3 in ILM ; Member Updates Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:59:49 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients NEW IMAGES: NEXRAD 1Hour Precip, StormTotal, Reflectivity, Comp. Reflectivity - Capture from AccuWeather software at 10:47pm for Morehead City NC, this is a temporary image just for you guys' info: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/241z.gif NEXRAD Reflectivity Output from Morehead City Radar at 8:40pm from actual 88D output courtesy Powell Way http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/Storm.gif I am also getting ready to update the thumbnail picture and CASI Tracker at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/2/ as we speak... Sorry I've been "out of it" for the last few hourse folks, I just couldn't stay awake anymore after being up since 2am. Getting older ;) Keep in mind that as Bill Harrell reminds me, this is 3 hurricanes in 3 years for landfall near ILM. Will this year be another '96? Who knows but it's not starting out good... http://www.weatherwatchers.org/carolina/nchurricanes/ Now I am back awake for an update... here are a plethora of messages from members, starting out with a note from Mike that casi.homesite.net is updated again, check it out! Status of the storm: moving very slowly, will cause massive amounts of rain and flooding over E. NC tonight and tomorrow. 180,000 without power. =================================================================== http://casi.homesite.net Wow, I hope someone is actually looking at this website, as I've spent my entire time at work working on it, doh! (Good thing I'm the owner). ;) As many of you know, there is a significant difference between the Hurricane Center's forecast track and many of the other short range and medium range models. ETA/AVN keeps Bonnie along the coast then at 72 hours moves it to southern New England, making a secondary landfall around Narragansett Bay, RI. NGM is on it's own by racing Bonnie ahead of the trof, passing near 40N/70W and hitting eastern Mass and the Cape with flooding rains and gusty winds. The Navy NOGAPS and the NHC's GFDL hooks it northeast and accelerates it well south of the cape. The main concern with the ETA/AVN scenario is not so much the New England connection but the fact that you have a slowly weakening Cat-3 hurricane sitting along the coast for almost 2 days!! Anyways for complete details and comparison photos visit cassia.homesite.net I also started linking archives for buoy data, recon flights and your own reports your mailing off to J. Please let me know if for some reason you do not want a report appearing on the website. Mike Reddin =================================================================== Organization: William N. Harrell, Jr. To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org will email a report Bottom Line: Wind Damage, Cat 1 level, except within 1/2 mile of beachfront, there were some uprooted trees within .5 mile of beach in New Hanover Storm Surge Cat 2 Level avged about 6-8 feet Only minor complete ocean overwash Most flooding came in the back way from the sounds (not due to wind, but because sound side of WB and along waterway is lower than dune line) Media has overhyped this one Only twice had to slow to crawl on I-40 At 700pm, eyewall ended about Burgaw, last of blustery effects about Rose Hill more later Big threat may be inland rain, 12inches in Lumberton already as of right now, a filled eye centered about over WRightsville when I was in New Hanover County 4-630pm, there was a big lull on the edge of the ragged eye, certainly not a classic CDO like in Fran, more like Bertha. HEADLINE: BONNIE SCORES 3 FOR 3 ON WILMINGTON: 3rd Landfalling Hurricane there in 3 year. Hurricane Mecca Bill Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:16:41 =================================================================== >> Hi , >> I am in Central Maryland . And our sky's are blue it looks to be a great >> day ! ...but that high overcast in MD is definitely Bonnie's outer cloud shield!!! --Herb c/o Mid-Atlantic Wx Station http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html =================================================================== Subject: Unofficial Storm Report on Tornado Touchdown in Riverdale Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:21:50 -0400 (EDT) From: CASI-South To: J We have had a Tornado to touchdown in Riverdale this afternoon, with more Tornado Warnings being issued for other cities as I type this message. The destruction in Riverdale was not that bad, as there were some limbs down and power lines down, but for the most part no real structural damage. One house was knocked off of its foundation according to Emergency Services reports. More later............. ---Chris Phillips =================================================================== From: Francis Duval Organization: Stom Trackers To: Just a note from Darlington SC. Bonnie has not been much of a problem to us.Only wind up to 40mph and .18 of rain. We think the worst is over.Good luck to all who are in the path of the storm. =================================================================== From: rlf Organization: SCCoast.Net To: J Jesse, I'm 5 miles south of the NC border on Hwy 76 and about 45 miles inland from North Myrtle Beach. Power just came back on, it was out since 11:30 AM. Had several hours of sustained winds of 25-30 with high gust of 49. Local TV reports pretty extensive damage from Little River south to at least Surfside Beach. Details still sketchy. Ron =================================================================== From: "Mike Reddin" To: CC: Based on the loop of Bonnie over the last 4 hours, Radar loops from Intellicast and the last couple of Recon reports, I believe Bonnie may be executing a tight loop along the coastline, now about 15-20 miles east of Cape Fear, apparent motion looks to be east-northeast at speeds of about 5-8 knots max. This *might* give weight to the predictions of the AVN/ETA from this morning's run and right now ETA NAILED the 00z position better than any model [especially the TPC's GFDL]. The other option is that it has stalled and is meerly wobbling, but again that gives in to the ETA/AVN senario but only time will tell. Another interesting thing to point out is the cirrus outflow and outer feeder bands are advancing north/northwestward slowly but steadily into West Virginia to Central PA. This really should not be occuring if the westerlies were poised to crash the 500mb ridge. Instead, it appears the ridge is forcing moisture northwestward and it is overrunning a convergence zone (surface and aloft) from WV to MA. This zone should be pushing southeast per the NHC/TPC's expectations, but looking at regional radar and the enhancement on satellite, the zone is stationary in MA and retreating westward slowly elsewhere. This tells me that the shortwave is now north of Bonnie and is passing her by, though a mean trough persists at about 85/90W at 500mb. Thoughts or opinions, where are you Gary Gray?? ;) "My Bonnie lies over the ocean, my Bonnie may go out to sea, my bonnie lies over the ocean, or will the ridge bring her back to me??" Mike Mike Reddin =================================================================== Subject: Member Storm Report-Fayetteville/Hope Mills Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:24:53 EDT From: SVRStorms{at}aol.com To: stormreport{at}weatherwatchers.org From: Douglas Bennett Location: Fayetteville/Hope Mills As of 2000hrs, 26AUG98, we have been receiving steady, moderate rain for several hours which has now surpassed 2 inches. Sustained winds have been in the 30-35mph range for three hours with consistant gusts in the range of 49-55mph. We've had reports of downed trees and powerlines with some intermitant power outages. In addition, a construction site was damaged (collapsed walls) in Hope Mills. However, no major damage has been reported at this time. A curfew has been established in the area so I won't be able to survey the situation until morning. =================================================================== Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 18:02:46 -0700 From: "JimmieBise,Jr" To: "J" A report from here in Southern Maryland. Skies are clouding up quickly, and temps remain in the low 90's with high humidity. Looks to be perhaps a storm band from Bonnie, perhaps. The clouds are piling up from the horizon and the winds are picking up as well. I don't have access to any weather instruments from my e-mail position, so I apologize for not being more specific. I'd expect conditions to change more quickly farther to the south, along the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. -Jim Bise, Jr. =================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Massive 6pm update Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:02:54 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: CC: http://casi.homesite.net Wow, I hope someone is actually looking at this website, as I've spent my entire time at work working on it, doh! (Good thing I'm the owner). ;) As many of you know, there is a significant difference between the Hurricane Center's forecast track and many of the other short range and medium range models. ETA/AVN keeps Bonnie along the coast then at 72 hours moves it to southern New England, making a secondary landfall around Narragansett Bay, RI. NGM is on it's own by racing Bonnie ahead of the trof, passing near 40N/70W and hitting eastern Mass and the Cape with flooding rains and gusty winds. The Navy NOGAPS and the NHC's GFDL hooks it northeast and accelerates it well south of the cape. The main concern with the ETA/AVN scenario is not so much the New England connection but the fact that you have a slowly weakening Cat-3 hurricane sitting along the coast for almost 2 days!! Anyways for complete details and comparison photos visit cassia.homesite.net I also started linking archives for buoy data, recon flights and your own reports your mailing off to J. Please let me know if for some reason you do not want a report appearing on the website. Mike Reddin Subject: CASILIST : Jones Co. Update #2, NC Tornadoes Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 00:41:10 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients But first here's the storm reports for this evening's tornados from Charlie Anzman Appears we have at least more than one touchdown so far in NC This text just received from StormWarn (and Mike beats me to the punch with "My Bonnie lies over the ocean....") SPC TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REPORTS UNOFFICIAL - FOR OFFICIAL REPORTS, SEE PUBLICATION 'STORM DATA' FOR 06CST WED AUG 26 1998 THRU 22CST WED AUG 26 1998 EVENT LOCATION REMARKS (CST)TIME .....TORNADO REPORTS..........TORNADO REPORTS..........TORNADO REPORTS..... 1 *TORN RIVERDALE NC (6 SSE EWN) 26/1115 TORNADO WITH MEASURED WINDS OF 131 MPH (HOME MHX/LSR 3498 7698 ANOMOMETER) DAMAGED S 2 *TORN GUM NECK NC (38 S ECG) 26/1535 SR 1315 TORNADO DESTROYED 2 STORAGE BLDGS BY MHX/LSR 3571 7614 TOSSING THEM 100 YDS D 3 *TORN COLUMBIA NC (24 S ECG) 26/1545 TORNADO REPORTED TOUCHED DOWN ON SR 94 S OF MHX/LSR 3591 7625 COLUMBIA NEAR CHERRY F 4 *TORN ZION VA (25 ESE CHO) 26/1625 TREE BLOWN INTO A HOUSE BY A BRIEF TORNADO AKQ/LSR 3800 7800 5 *TORN PINETOWN NC (38 NNE EWN) 26/1639 PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH NO MHX/LSR 3561 7686 DAMAGE. Charlie Milford, Pa http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Bonnie Radar Images, 3 for 3 in ILM ; Member Updates Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:47:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Bryant Korzeniewski To: J Hello again!!!!! Keepin' tabs on family at home..... The latest as of 11:30 p.m.: Jones County, Pleasant Hill Area still without power........ Wayne County-according to a friend of my aunt's, the scanners are going crazy with reports of tornados touching down all over the county...... Grandma told me that ch. 9 (simulcasting on 95.1FM, 98.7 and 101.1FM, i think) has reported Fire Tower Rd. has collapsed due to flooding of the roads.....that could be attributed to the construction that was done on the road about a month ago to prepare for the addition of a center lane......that is in Greenville around the corner from the ch. 9 studios.... Also, she says that according to radio, the brunt of the storm was going to hit mount olive and seven springs soon..... i've also been in touch with my aunt in newton grove and she says that the storm has knocked out power there in northern sampson county within the city limits with trees blocking the only way out on the road my cousin lives on........ If anyone hears anything about Myrtle Beach in terms of damage.... please contact me by e-mail at korzen{at}cyclone.atms.unca.edu Several religious organizations have had plans to go to Myrtle Beach on Friday and I think it will be a close call as to whether the trip will go as planned due to the present position of Bonnie and the evacuation orders, when they will be lifted....... Good night and best of luck to everyone in Bonnie's Path...... >From UNC-Asheville Bryant Korzeniewski A Better WxPAGE! Coming Sooner Than You Think! Link to http://members.tripod.com/~wxpage4000 WxPAGE 4000: North Carolina's Weather Page for The New Milennium Subject: CASILIST : StormForm back up / Model role reversal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:07:24 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi folks, the CASI STORMFORM has been repaired. It died sometime recently for an unknown reason. It has been restored. I apologize that it had to be down during this important time. If you would like to submit reports of rain,winds,etc. from Hurricane Bonnie (or any other weather event) to be included on our Recent Weather Events Page (www.weatherwatchers.org/recentwx.html) please do so at: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform/ Also here is a note on the weather models this morning from Mike Reddin: -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Holy role reversals batman! Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 02:16:31 -0400 From: mreddin To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org, ne.weather{at}channel1.com The ETA at 00z Thursday at 48 hours rolls Bonnie's center into the virgina capes, then just east of Dover and Millsville NJ as it trucks NNE about 15 - 20 knts towards southern New England. This is now the 3rd model run of the ETA showing this trend.. Remarkably now the 00Z NOGAPS shows the same identical track taking it right over eastern Massachusetts / downeast Maine.. Even shows it picking up a little strength [this maybe from dyanmical forcing] but the water off VA/MD/DE and southern NJ is marginal at best, 78-82. The AVN was only out through 24 hours but showed a similar position and motion as the ETA. Nogaps has latched on to the idea once again of the strengthening 500mb ridge over Bermuda, hence it's westward shift of Bonnie. By the 84 hour time frame, Danielle enters the Bahamas moving northwest. It turns northeast around 120 hours or so just before hitting the Carolinas. [Ironically that was Nogaps original forecast for Bonnie!] Mike Subject: CASILIST : Weblinks, Final Southern Bonnie Reports, Bonnie leftovers model disc. Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:15:55 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Some URL's about Bonnie: Storm Batters Wilmington (thanks Bill Harrell) http://starnews.wilmington.net/daily/08271998/front_pa/2035.htm http://starnews.wilmington.net/daily/08271998/local_st/local_st.htm CNN Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9808/27/bonnie.03/ (more links at bottom of page under "Related Stories" Also read about Hurricane Danielle, which is taking the same path of Bonnie and is now northeast of Puerto Rico: http://cnn.com/WEATHER/9808/27/hurricane.danielle.03/index.html Member Reports: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:47:35 EDT From: Littflowr1{at}aol.com To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org Update from Cumberland County NC We came thru this great,,,sporadic power outages reported in county, some trees down, but no where near the damage of Fran. At 7:41 am, still heavy cloud cover and windy, gusts at up to 15 to 20 miles per hour reported in my area of Fayetteville, stronger in other areas. Rain has been on and off all night,,the heaviest was at about 3Pm yesterday. We are looking forward to saying good bye to Bonnie and turning our attention to Danielle. That is if Bonnie ever decides to leave the NC coast. Vincenza and Alex Carter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:26:22 -0400 From: Charles Anzman Organization: SBC To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Well crew, as earlier reported, when we were down sunning in Point Pleasant, the Coast Guard (and a few choppers) flew over to a rescue, of what was supposedly a swimmer taken out to sea by the rip-tide. WCBS radio this morning is reporting that the entire thing may have been a hoax??!!. Evidentally this 'young man' was about to face numerous charges in Bergen County, NJ (not the least of which was 'assault')... The event was reported by his fiancee (who is now also missing). Looks like the worst is past... Quick recovery for those that lost power....etc (Been there, done that...NOT fun).. Charlie http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:33:15 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: CC: Tropical Storm Bonnie now located just south of Elizabeth City, NC is heading off to the Northeast at 10mph according to the NHC. They noted an increase in winds reported by buoy and Nexrad radar and improvement of the satellite imagery. This is because the eastern side of Bonnie is over water temps in the lower 80s, and just to it's north temps average around 79-81 for about 120 miles. Hence she may regain hurricane intensity tonight as it moves completely offshore. the ETA and NOGAPS show Bonnie heading NE or even NNE and move it across Cape Cod on Saturday [Nogaps a bit slower than the ETA but identical tracks]. The AVN shows Bonnie passing over Nantucket [roughly 41/70] and passing about 30nm south of Chatam in 48 hours. The NHC has extended Tropical Storm warnings to Watch Hill Rhode Island and Watches to Plymouth Massachusetts. Their favoring their GFDL model and have their track for Bonnie passing through 40.7N 69.7 W, thats about 60NM southeast of Nantucket as it then turns more ENE. The wind field [which will likely expand with time] would clip the warned area with 34-50kt winds and maybe the islands might get brushed with 50-65kt wind field. Obviously if Bonnie does stay on the more northerly track and strikes Cape Cod, there will need to be an extension of advisories. The big news story here will not be the winds but the potential for flooding rains. The ETA model cranks out 3+" of rainfall in a 12-18 hour time period with the local weather service office anticipating much higher amounts possible if the ETA's predications ring true. This means the track would need to be over or near the Cape with the storm maintaining it's current structure. Well while the track is questionable [linear persistence at 45 degrees takes the storm over the Cape at this time], the storm structure is not only intact but improving at the moment.. if this trend continues and the 35-45 degree motion holds, then most of eastern Mass, RI, southern CT and especially the Cape maybe under the gun for serious rainfall and strong gusty winds. Obviously nothing like what North Carolina got but still deserves serious consideration. Mike Reddin Subject: CASILIST : Bonnie Precip Images / Storm Reports Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 19:00:54 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients A number of Storm Reports have been submitted by CASI Members and are available at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform/unprocessed/ Also the 24hr precip images from today are beautiful: http://www.accuweather.com/msnbcbin/msnbc_qx01/ilm/precip http://www.intellicast.com/weather/ilm/precip -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Discovery Channel Looking for Video of Hurricanes Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:50:14 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have been contacted by a couple people from the Discovery channel about Hurricane video. They are looking for high-action stuff. If any of you can help them out please contact them directly. ==================================== 1. Fran ==================================== Subject: Hurricane Fran Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 13:18:49 -0700 From: Catharine Parke To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org Hello! I am working on the Discovery Channel's television series, "Storm Warning". Are you aware of any home video that was shot during Hurricane Fran? I'm looking for visuals of the storm in progress. Please let me know at your earliest convenience. Call me collect at (604) 668 8300. Thanks! ==================================== 2. General (attached) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Dicovery Channel Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:27:00 -0700 From: Todd Serotiuk Organization: GNP Media Ltd. To: casi{at}weatherwatchers.org Hello, I'm sure that this is a very busy time for you, but I have a quick question. I am doing research for a Discovery Channel series on storms and severe weather. We are currently trying to put together a segment on Atlantic hurricanes and are looking for both dramatic video and compelling survival stories. Having sampled some of the video on your website, I'm wondering what other material and people you might be able to point out. I would be very grateful for any assistance. Please email or call me collect at (604) 668-8300. Thanks for your time and consideration. With Regards, Todd Serotiuk Storm Warning Vancouver, BC, Canada Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Danielle? Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:39:45 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Sorry for the delay, this one got lost in the fray... Last I heard Danielle is "supposed" to turn away from the coasts per most forecast models, but we all know that no one can really tell until the last minute... http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/4/ --Jesse P.S. : I have received this article from a couple of people, it is interesting: Weather Sites Battered By Storm http://www.msnbc.com/news/190676.asp FWD: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : StormForm back up / Model role reversal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:12:56 -0700 From: "Nikki Siegert" Organization: MailCity (http://www.mailcity.com:80) To: "J" Hey, it's Nikki. What do you guys think about Hurricane Danielle ?!? She rocks because she's named after me! My middle name is Danielle! Send some cool info and where she may go! Thanks, Nikki -- On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:07:24 J wrote: >Hi folks, the CASI STORMFORM has been repaired. It died sometime >recently for an unknown reason. It has been restored. I apologize that >it had to be down during this important time. If you would like to >submit reports of rain,winds,etc. from Hurricane Bonnie (or any other >weather event) to be included on our Recent Weather Events Page >(www.weatherwatchers.org/recentwx.html) please do so at: > >http://www.weatherwatchers.org/stormform/ > >Also here is a note on the weather models this morning from Mike Reddin: > >-- > > Now MailCity offers forwarding so you can check your MailCity messages and other e-mail all in one place. Go to http://www.mailcity.com Subject: CASILIST : Anyone for cheap raingauges? Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:45:34 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients John McLaughlin from KCCI TV is buying raingauges and if he can get enough orders can get them for $12.50/ea rather than $31.00. These are the 4" gauges which someone at some point told me were "official" but I don't remember who or when. They are the "Professional Rain Gauges" on Page 19 of the Wind&Weather catalog this month. What I can say is that they are great gauges, don't break in winter, and measure to 0.01". Because of the way they are made you can measure frozen precipitation too and rain up to 11". Here is John's message. If you would like to go in on this deal please let ME know and I will tell him how many we have. I will be purchasing a couple for Christmas presents this year and I sure would love to be able to get this deal on them. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:39:33 -0500 From: John McLaughlin Subject: Rain gauges anyone? When we sign up volunteer weather watchers for our TV station, we provide them with a professional rain gauge. These are the clear plastic 11" tall cylinders with a funnel cap draining into a smaller tube with .001 graduations. Gauges attach to a 4" post with included bracket. In quantity, they can be purchased for $12.50 ea. which is less than half of the $31.00 retail. If any other TV stations, spotter groups or individuals want to go in on a bulk order, please drop me a note. I will be placing an order in a few weeks. Regards John McLaughlin KCCI TV 888 9th Des Moines, IA 50309 515-247-8851 ------------------------------ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Boring Bonnie Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:31:42 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients My 2cents worth, I think the media overhyped Bonnie because they underhyped Fran. We've all heard that the damage from Bonnie was minimal, nothing like Fran, even though they were supposed to be the same strength and hit in the same area. The highest sustained wind that I saw on land was in the low 50's even though the storm should have had 115mph sustained winds. I have all they buoy and surface data from the event, I'll have to go through it and be more specific about that. Attached is Brad Riley's report: -- ============================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Boring Bonnie Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:22:06 -0400 From: rgtopday To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org I'll give my log of Bonnie, though it was like a really long severe storm. 2:00am I ran into Richard Horodxier, from the Nat. Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. He was going to meet Jim Leonard at the next hotel. 3:10am laying on my bed in Wilmington, N.C. Getting apprehensive watching weather channel. Can't sleep. 9:07am Just past the Doppler on Wheels going N on 17; tells me I'm in the right area. I'm just to the N of Wilmington. Actually, I'm in Ogden. The wind is out of the NE gusting at 51mph. 9:20am sustained: 31mph gust: 45mph 10:00am rain really coming down now, driven by wind at 24-41mph. 11:04am sustained wind out of the E at 38mph 11:12am E-NE 40-57mph 11:24am first significant tree fell. Diameter 1' 1:01pm gusting from the E at 58mph. 1:25pm gust: 60mph 1:42pm gust: 64mph 2:25pm gust: 70mph 3:35pm about 20 trees are down around the parking lot. Shingles are starting to blow off, as well as all kinds of debris 5:15pm gust: 74mph 5:30pm my @#$% anemometer broke. 5:45pm I went to Porter's Neck Inlet. Large tree's on road. Power lines down. Docks underwater. Tough time getting out. 11:20pm After some sleep at my hotel, not much is happening. The winds went dead for about 3 hours but I expect them to pick up shortly. 11:44pm in the eye wall 80-90mph winds from the W. 2:00am starting to see some inland flooding. Raining in sheet's for about 12 hours. 3:00am to hell with it, I went to bed with the wind howling. Bonnie was a long and strange storm. Brad Riley Subject: CASILIST : News Articles on Hurricanes (incl. "Snow" and "Hurricane inside Hurricane") Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:14:26 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients There have been a number of interesting articles in the news lately due to the hurricanes. Bonnie coverage / photos: CNN.com starnews.wilmington.net People wait out Bonnie in Bald Head Lighthouse http://www.charlotte.com/observer/pub/037361.htm Forecasters' trouble with predicting hurricanes: http://www.gatewayva.com/rtd/dailynews/virginia/predic28.shtml And finally, I hesitate to forward this without a hard reference, a number of people heard about and have been asking about this article and unfortunately the person who forwarded it to me can no longer recall where they got it from, and a search of every news organization I could find on the web concluded that the article doesn't exist. It mentions a couple of controversial topics without any scientific elaboration, including a snow squall and strange hurricane eye behaviour in Bonnie. If any of you can find the original article please let me know. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientists fly into the eye of the storm NASA scientists were flying scientific missions into and over the hurricane as it hit the shore, and initially reported that Bonnie appeared to be birthing a second hurricane near its top. But a return flight in a NASA ER-2 jet showed no signs of a second hurricane. "In Bonnie, the eye was not a cylinder as you would expect," weather scientist Ed Zipser said. Instead, he said it was doglegged, making it appear that there were two eyes -- or two hurricanes -- when in fact there was only one. The team of NASA and other U.S. government scientists flew into the hurricane to study lightning and perhaps gather additional data on several other anomalies, including why the hurricane's eye has repeatedly failed to hold its shape. On one flight the eye appeared to "blink" at the scientists as it disappeared and reappeared. "Bonnie is like nothing we would expect," said Zipser. On an earlier flight, one of the planes actually ran into a snow storm inside the hurricane. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Here's the Snow Article / Thanks for Bonnie Coverage Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 12:54:08 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Found the official source of the 'hurricane snow' thanks to Paul Britton and another friend of mine: http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd25aug98_1.htm This next forwarded message is from a New Member in Atlantic Beach NC, thanks for all the help that you guys have provided me during Bonnie! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Bonnie Coverage Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 10:38:57 -0400 From: "Jay Barnes" To: CC: Dear CASI, Of all the info on the web, I found your site to be the among the best for providing links and coverage of Hurricane Bonnie. The eastern eyewall passed directly over us, and your links to various forecast tracks and radar images were used through the whole ordeal. Thanks for providing such a service. Jay Barnes, Author of "North Carolina's Hurricane History" and "Florida's Hurricane History" Visit my site: http://sunsite.unc.edu/uncpress/hurricanes/ Subject: CASILIST : Sunday Night (8/30) Weather Shows on The Discovery Channel Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 20:50:08 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS] wrote: > Plenty to choose from on Sunday, August 30 on The Discovery Channel > > 6-8:00 pm Raging Planet - Meteorologists and geologists explain tornados, > earthquakes and hurricanes. > > 8-9:00 pm - Nature's Rage "Without Warning". Storm-chasers and rescue > units are among the first at disaster scenes. > > 9-10:00 pm - Nature's Rage "In Harm's Way". People study natural disasters > despite the danger to themselves. > > 10-11:00 pm - Nature's Rage "Tracking the Killers". Experts spot, track > and warn of natural disasters. > > ---Herb --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Bonnie - Cruise Ship Report and E. NC Damage Report Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 11:05:42 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients First an amazing story from Member Gary Townley of his "Cruise through Bonnie" Scuba wrote: > I have just returned from a cruse to Bermuda and had the ultimate > storm > chase of my life. The cruse ship Zenith, of the Celebrity Cruse > Lines > sailed through the center of what was minimal Hurricane Bonnie. It > all > started at about 2A.M., on Friday when I was awaken by the powerful > shaking of the boat. Waves at that time were estimated at about 15 to > > 20 feet. As daybreak came, the skies were partly cloudy and waves > were > 20 feet with a red sun rise. This was the start of the day from Hell. > > Me and my wife stayed in our cabin for the rest of the day, until 10 > P.M. at night. As noon approached, we were experiencing the outer > squalls of the storm. Waves were now up to about 30 feet, the waves > were starting to break over the bow of the boat. We had all that we > could do to get up to go to the bathroom. In the bathroom we had to > hold on to the towel rack and the wall in order not to slide off the > seat. People that were up and about were falling. At noon the > captain > made an announcement, that we were about 90 nautical miles to the West > > of the storm and conditions would improve at about 6 P.M. and the ruff > > seas were being generated by the boat passing through the Gulf Stream. > > I said to my wife YAA RIGHT, HE IS FULL OF it!! As the afternoon > passed on conditions continued to go down hill. It was now raining > with > about 50 feet visibility. With each passing large wave you could now > hear the cashing of dishes, doors, and other things. It was like > being > on a roller-coaster and not being able to get off. We were on the > sixth > level and the water was breaking even with our window. We were now > popping Dramamine like candy. At 6 P.M. the captain made an > announcement, that we were about 130 nautical miles West of the storm > and ruff seas were being generated by us passing the Gulf Stream, I > again said to my wife, HE IS FULL OF it!!! At 7 P.M., occurred the > worst combination of waves yet, everything fell off the table, the > mattress that we were laying on slid off the box-spring on to the > floor. > All we could hear throughout the ship was the sound of breaking glass. > > I said to myself, how much more could I take of this and how much more > > could the ship take of this before we start to break up. Fortunately, > > the worst was over at about 10 P.M.. When I got up to get a soda, I > went to a bar on the eight floor, water had come through the doors and > > the T.V. set had fallen out of the wall and smashed on the floor. > When > I arrived in New York yesterday, upon leaving the boat I kissed the > ground and vowed never to take a cruse again. Member Gary Townley skubaaruba{at}eci.com Now a Report from CASI-SOUTH Leader Chris Phillips about the damage in Eastern NC: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Hurricane Bonnie Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 08:24:27 -0400 (EDT) From: CASI-South To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Hi folks, In the 4 counties that I am working with the American Red Cross, we have had very isolated damage. Most of the damage is considered to be minor, Minor meaning shingles are missing, siding loose, missing or damaged, broken windows, or cosmetic damage such as missing shutters. Minor damage is a structure that is currently habitable or requires minor repairs to be habitable. That is what we have as a result of Hurricane Bonnie. There are some places, that did recieve Major damage or were destroyed but they are very very isolated. One home in Craven County was knocked off the foundation and the rear of the house now sits where the front of the house is supposed to be. This was due to a tornado during Hurricane Bonnie. There was also a trailer or mobile home that was destroyed in a trailer park in Carteret County. We are very very fortunate not to have had more damage then what we did. I will try to keep you updated as time permits, which time is osmething I don't have enough of right now. Stay dry and comfortable and keep an eye on Danielle. As far as Danielle goes, we are hoping that the forecast for it not to hit the SE US holds up. I got word yesterday that today would tell us more about this Hurricane, so keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best. Chris Phillips Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Tropical Storm Earl Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 17:55:08 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Tropical Storm Earl formed in the gulf with the 5pm statement from NHC. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/5/ Interesting AccuWeather discussion this morning hints at possible parallels with Hurricane Elena and the Blizzard of '93: http://www.accuweather.com/hurr98f/atlantic_qx01 They have also added a mirror of the NHC statements (the more the merrier!) http://www.accuweather.com/hurr98f/nhcindex_qx01 More info / technical discussion by Member Mike Reddin: We my "sooner" than later prediction has come true, The National Hurricane Center has upgraded TD5 right to Tropical Storm Earl on the first advisory, max sustained winds 35 knots, pressure 1002mb heading NW at 4 knots. Earl is projected to strike near the Florida panhandle as a minimal hurricane in just 72 hours followed by rapid acceleration up the eastern seaboard. [The track and speed is subject to great debate between UKMET/NOGAPS vs. AVN/GFDL. I will update the casi.homesite.net with the scoop this evening if possible. Because conditions are forecasted to become favorable for development with SST of 32C, keep an eye out for *possible* explosive tropical cyclogensis to occur within 48 hours. One thing for sure though, Earl promises to be a very VERY wet storm system with 6-12"+ rainfall amounts anticipated on the Gulf Coast states within a couple hundred miles of where Earl makes landfall [if??]. Accuweather is talking about a possible parallel with Hurricane Elena, which some of you may recall was a bear to forecast! Let's hope that does not end up the case. In summation, the ETA model shows a slow drift north for Earl with subtle signs of a NE turn after 48 hours. The AVN is similar with a northward drift, turning NE at 48-60 hours and striking the Florida panhandle in 72 hours. Last night's MRF carried the system right up the eastern seaboard as a "coastal hugger", with an acceleration that would carry it to New England by the end of the week! NoGaps and the UKMET keep the system drifting aimlessly [literally] in the central Gulf. The NHC/TPC's GFDL model is initialized off the AVN so if the AVN initialization is in error it can carry out to the tropical models as well, most of these models take Earl to the Florida Panhandle or Mississippi coast then accelerating NE. The key to the path is a digging trough at 500mb over the Great Lakes and several strong shortwaves roating through the trough. The AVN paints the picture of a strong short-wave now diving into the upper Midwest as picking up Earl, while NOGAPS lets the short-wave pass the storm by, leaving it in a collapsed steering environment. Quite honestly either scenario is viable, so stay tuned for updates. Mike Reddin -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI NetNews : Intellicast adds Velocity / Accu adds MSNBC Radars to Personal Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:09:23 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (www.weatherwatchers.org). Send your reports of recent changes or additions to the websites of *major* weather providers to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to major websites which affect the Internet community. This message is sent out first to CASI Members then later posted to appropriate Newsgroups.] Due to the Tropical Weather lately I haven't had much time to snoop around on the internet sites. But here are a couple of quickies: 1. Intellicast Comes Through With Velocity Images As promised Intellicast added the Storm-Relative with Cappi Winds product to its arsenal of free weather data this afternoon. This is included for all their NEXRAD sites, which number 142 Continental US plus San Juan Puerto Rico and two Hawaii's. Intellicast's Local NEXRAD imagery is updated every 30 minutes with no delay. http://www.intellicast.com/weather/usa/nexrad 2. AccuWeather Adds MSNBC-like Radars To Personal AccuWeather In other news, AccuWeather added their new nicer "state" (44 regions of US) radars they have on MSNBC (including regional and US 24-hour precip) to their Personal AccuWeather service last week. The timing is the same for their Free service (30 min update/ 30 min. delay) but their Pay service now includes the same radars updated every 15 minutes with no delay. http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/radarf_qx01 -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : New Members Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:57:46 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients A warm welcome to our New Members during the last fortnight. We had record applications this time around due to increased traffic from Hurricane Bonnie. An amazing 32 applications were filed during the last two weeks, pushing our Membership number to 342. I was overwhelmed with all the New Member Processing which is why this message is about a day late. Of particular interest this time around are the following non-continental US members joining our group: Bruce Rider San Juan Puerto Rico Erling Gotschalksen Oslo Norway Hector Cintron San Juan Puerto Rico We will appreciate their international reports. I am also proud to welcome to the club: Jay Barnes Atlantic Beach NC Jay is the author of the North Carolina and Florida Hurricane History books. I own the NC edition and it is an excellent resource. http://sunsite.unc.edu/uncpress/hurricanes/ Additional New Members: John Hartwick Rembert SC John Goodwin Framingham MA Jack Toomey Poolesville Md Barry Baxter Silver Spring MD Alexander Carter Fayetteville NC R.W. Greydog Beaufort SC Christine Parfait Houma LA Tony Cannon Asheboro NC ellen shelton Paris VA Justin Scally Baltimore MD American Weather Association c/o Justin Scally Baltimore MD Scott Davis Chauvin LA Chris Spittle Rockport MA Mark Galkowski West Yarmouth MA Janet Davis Liberty SC Andrew Slater Sandston VA charles aiken Raleigh NC joshua beutel freehold nj Jerry Laroche Warren RI Leigh Reynolds Ft. Pierce Fl Alex Taylor Hope Mills NC Bob Reed Elysburg Pa Alan Hickman Cleveland GA Sharon Kimbleton Lanham MD David Giovengo Powells Point NC Tina Oliver Shallotte NC Theresa Somers Hope Mills NC Jay Barnes Atlantic Beach NC Brian Pevear Auburn NH Tim Walker Houston TX -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Earl defies models and begins NNE acceleration? Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 18:56:29 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have updated the CASI Site to include links to a number of Local and Regional radars which will be capturing Tropical Storm (probably soon Hurricane) Earl... Here's discussion from Mike: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Earl defies models and begins NNE acceleration? Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 16:02:16 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: The center of Tropical Storm Earl has reformed several times today, each time towards the north and east. Overall motion appears to be north-northeast at 10 knots and the 5pm Advisory calls for Earl to approach the Louisiana coastline as a Hurricane late tomorrow afternoon or evening, passing just west of New Orleans. It's actual motion is somewhat in question so this forecast could change. Earl is imbedded on the edge a very deep Central Dense Overcast (CDO) which is a signal that Hurricane Intensity will be reached in the next 12 hours most likely. If the weak shear now over the system lessens, there is still a chance for explosive intensification before landfall. Most of the computer guidance is confused, since they initialized with erroneous information.. Since the center has reformed and appears to have a NNE motion, immediately all the guidance [NOGAPS, AVN, ETA] shall be in error by 00z tonight (12 hour forecast). The majority of these models slowed Earl, drifting it north and then due west towards Texas. Heck the NOGAPS moves the center back into the Bay of Campeche!! Based on current satellite images all day and the northeastward reformation of the center, it appears the previous forecasts of Earl getting caught by the shortwave now digging into the Midwest *might* work out afterall. Tonight will be the deciding factor to see that if Earl continues a north-northeast or even northeast motion continues or even accelerates. All residents along the Gulf Coast should monitor the progress of Earl, certainly nobody is out of the woods but the highest strike potentials right now is the Louisiana and Mississippi coastlines (and perhaps the panhandle of Florida). As if all that was not enough, there is a tropical disturbance approach the Leewards that has *some* potential for further development as it heads WNW, medium range models place it in the Bahamas in the 3-5 day range. Mike Reddin Subject: CASILIST : The wild ride of Mr. Earl] Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 18:24:54 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: The wild ride of Mr. Earl Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 13:15:33 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: CC: Earl continues to confound (if not astound) the Hurricane Center and the computer models with it's continued "reformation" here, there and everywhere a decent cluster of thunderstorms can be found. Just when Airforce Recon gets a fix, the center re-materializes about 60 miles from it's previous location. As we speak [18z] this appears to be happening yet again. At 8am CDT, as most of you are aware Earl was upgraded to a Cat 1 Hurricane. Certainly the relative storm velocities being supplied by Intellicast (even at 45min old this is a VERY useful product, learn to read it and love it folks!!) show peak SE winds at 78 knots at 3,000 feet above sea level. This was seen from the Panhandle of Florida and the peak of the system is to the east/southeast quadrants of Earl which is not yet in radar range. Airforce recon, satellite images and buoy data indicate at 17z, Earl was located at 28.8 N 88.0W with pressure of 990mb and maximum sustained winds upgraded to 75 knots (90mph) with little apparent motion. The NHC noted (and this is very obvious from IR satellite loops) that Earl is in the process of reforming to the east of the given location, a position which would surround most of the center in very intense convection. It also would mean a potential landfall further east (Appachacola Bay potentially) and may give it additional time for further intensification. Please stay tuned for updates there are bound to be more critical changes! I will try and have casi.homesite.net updated no later than 6pm. Hurricane force conditions may overspread the Florida pandhandle and/or Missisippi coastlines within the next few hours. Mike Reddin Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Earl Briefing Live On Internet Thursday Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 21:36:04 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Hurricane Earl Briefing Live On Internet (fwd) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 17:37:38 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILW. AREA SKYWARN ASSOC." To: Jesse Ferrell MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 Skywarn is the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com SEVERE WEATHER NEVER SLEEPS; Keepup with the forecast, don't play catchup! *************************************************************************** FEMA Director Briefing Live On Internet Washington, September 2, 1998 -- FEMA Director James Lee Witt will brief reporters on Hurricane Earl at approximately 9:30 a.m. EDT tomorrow morning. The briefing will be carried live on BROADCAST.COM (http://www.broadcast.com) and will be archived following the event for those who miss the live broadcast. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Emergency Information & Media Affairs --- Washington, D.C. Information Available 24 hours a day . . . ... on the World Wide Web: http://www.fema.gov ... via fax-on-demand: phone in the U.S.A. (202) 646-FEMA (646-3362) ... via digital audio for broadcasters & print: contact eipa{at}fema.gov and listen to the FEMA Radio Network on the FEMA Website using RealAudio Subject: CASILIST : Storm Chaser "Who's Who" & About Those Raingauges & RE: Help with Hurr.Info Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 21:58:56 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Before I send these other messages I want to apologize once again for the CASI site being down this evening. This time it was caused by a massive attack of "network flooding" by hackers which has downed ISPs across the state of PA and likely elsewhere in the NE. So far no one has been able to stop them and more outages may ensue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Jeff Catlett tipped me off to this one: StormTrack.com is making a "Who's Who" list of Storm Chasers for their website at http://www.storm-track.com/whoswho.htm If you consider yourself a chaser, you'll want to submit some info to the authors at that address so you can be included in this directory. If you can, feel free to mention membership in CASI - the more publicity the better ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. About those raingauges.. I do now have enough orders to satisfy the supplier's requirements, however I have not heard back from the contact there. I will let you know when I do. -Jesse --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Subject: Re: Help with Hurricane Info Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 23:30:47 EDT From: FstFdToys{at}aol.com To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Hi all, I'm new to the list, but I thought I'd respond to this one. I am on the NC coast and have been through several hurricanes . One as a child , and then several recently. If you'd like any information about what it's like , just let me know what particulars you are looking for. I could talk for hours about it . I hope it's okay that responded in this manner to this posting. Thanks, Tina in NC -- ===== Subject: CASILIST : 24HRPrecip Images from Earl, NetNews: Local NEXRAD Wars - AWC/WeatherTap Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 21:19:56 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients 24-Hour Precip Images from Earl (get them before 8am if possible as they will change them) Accu US http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/radarmr_qx01?zipcode=&partner=ACCUWEATHER&selecttwo=US_&selectthree=24 Accu FL http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/radarmr_qx01?zipcode=&partner=ACCUWEATHER&selecttwo=FL_&selectthree=24 Accu GA http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/radarmr_qx01?zipcode=&partner=ACCUWEATHER&selecttwo=GA_&selectthree=24 WSI US http://www.intellicast.com/weather/usa/precip WSI FL http://www.intellicast.com/weather/tpa/precip/ WSI GA http://www.intellicast.com/weather/atl/precip/ NetNews: [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (www.weatherwatchers.org).] The "Local NEXRAD Radar Wars" continue this week with both WeatherTap and AWC considering image changes. AWC has publicized their first try on their website: http://www.weatherconcepts.com/graphics/junk.gif which adds less intrusive city names and adjusts the color table to be more like their old images before the conversion to Freese-Notis. AWC is also claiming 3-8 minute updates... I was under the impression that NWS NEXRADs were 10 in clear air, 6 in precip, and 5 in severe weather mode. (Someone mentioned "hurricane mode", is that 3 minutes?) WeatherTap is also trying some things, but not publicizing it on their website (sample is same as it was). They are adding city dots and names. I grabbed this one this evening: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/temp.gif -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Member Reports - Latest on Tropical Storm Earl Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 21:52:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: re:earl Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:34:59 -0500 (CDT) From: hrobins{at}sleepy.giant.net To: J from Milledgeville got 5.5 inches of rain. We had hail here to and a very nice squall line. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Latest on Tropical Storm Earl Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:45:02 -0400 From: "Tom Myers" To: "Jesse Ferrell" The latest conditions from the effects of what was formerly Hurricane Earl on the Rockwell (Rowan Co.) NC area of Central NC: Presently we have heavy rain falling with a total of 1.47" since around 1 PM this afternoon. The winds have been increasing steadily since 7 PM. We now have sustained winds of 14 MPH from the ENE with gusts to 28 MPH within the last hour. The barometer is now down to 29.69" and continues to fall. Local radar continues to show bands of heavy precipitation to our south and southwest so there will be more to come. In contrast Hurricane Bonnie brought 0.00" of rain and wind gusts to 27 MPH last week even though it came ashore less than 175 miles from my location. Subject: RE: CASILIST : 24HRPrecip Images from Earl, NetNews: Local NEXRAD Wars - AWC/WeatherTap] Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 21:54:56 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > More Net news from North of TS Jess? > > Dave Heider puts up a new site > http://www.weatherview32.com > > There's a 'quickie' animated GIF > (Feel free to 'cop') on our vidcam page > http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html > > Site secured for the Westfall PA Weathercam > (This is the one that will be completely boring > to 'the public' and complete AWESOME for Weatherwatchers > (pardon-the-phrase) Should be operational by > mid-to-end next week using Stardot Panoramic Camera. > > And..finally now just about 24 hours a day > The Pocono weatherstation (Which is using the > lastest verion of Dave's software) is just > about done, and has been going 24 hours for about 2 weeks. > http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html > > That's it from 'the hill' > Charlie > WA2AAB > SBC Computer & Components > > -----Original Message----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : More Earl Reports Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 22:15:33 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is a voice report from Powell Way of Columbia SC whose power is out currently and he cannot get online: "A number of tornadoes earlier in SC on radar, one confirmed in Beaufort Co... lots of creek flooding in Augusta... heavy rains and wind across SC... my power is out, as are a number of places... where it is not, it is blinking.... lots of tree braches down... gusts estimated approx. 65mph... it was really festive to watch... eat your heart out, Brad!" This is an email from Tim Armstrong in Cary, NC: "This is from Tim Armstrong...temporarily in Cary, NC just SW of Raleigh. We've had three good squalls come through here from the south beginning around 7 PM with winds gusting well into the 30s. Local TV and ham radio reports from Raleigh area repeaters indicate no significant problems due to the storm so far... Tim" -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : Final Reminder : Eastern Chaser Picnic this Sunday Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 07:12:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is a final reminder that there is an Eastern U.S. Storm Chaser Picnic at Team Hyuandai Extreme's place in Meadville PA on Sunday. For (a little) more information see http://www.csonline.net/storm/picnic.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASI NetNews : Yahoo add Local NEXRAD Loops for Free Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 11:19:44 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks to Member Paul Britton for this tip: For the first time on the Internet, Yahoo Weather is offering all* US NEXRAD single site local radars loops for free. http://www.yahoo.com This is what I have observed this morning: These are medium quality black-background 400x400 Single Site NEXRADs which contain the last 10 frames from the NEXRAD (5,6,or 10 minutes). They are updated every 5,6,or 10 minutes with a 60 minute delay. *At this time they don't have NEXRADs mapped to all cities but do to major cities. For this reason it is impossible to see how many locals they have, but they have at least all the major cities and some minor (they have MHX which is often left out of a non-complete list but they may have put in for the hurricane). It is probably reasonable to assume that they will have complete US coverage soon. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : OBS East Walpole, Ma 032306 East Walpole, Ma Wind Stat's Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 18:14:09 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: OBS East Walpole, Ma 032306 East Walpole, Ma Wind Stat's Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 23:09:11 EDT From: Mattcarow{at}aol.com To: BarCarow{at}aol.com, Tgross{at}weatherman.com, WXOBS-SNE{at}SHORE.NET, casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org, DWCarow{at}aol.com, 105641.2202{at}compuserve.com, 75152.2120{at}compuserve.com, carow{at}valinet.com, Mattcarow{at}aol.com HIGH WIND GUST'S Sunday August 23,1998 (11:40 P.M. - 11:59 P.M.) 4.0 MPH (WEST) 264 DEGREES AT 11:54 P.M. Monday August 24,1998 12.5 MPH 314 DEGREES (NW) AT 3:10 A.M. Tuesday August 25,1998 6.9 MPH 251 DEGREES (WSW) AT 3:28 P.M. Wednesday August 26,1998 6.3 MPH 160 DEGREES (SSE) AT 12:50 P.M. Thursday August 27,1998 8.3 MPH 104 DEGREES (E) AT 1:00 P.M. Friday August 28,1998 7.8 MPH 141 DEGREES (SE) AT 4:30 P.M. Sunday August 30,1998 6.9 MPH 245 DEGREES (WSW) AT 3:00 P.M. Monday August 31,1998 4.9 MPH 338 DEGREES (NNW) AT 4:10 P.M. Tuesday September 1,1998 6.7 MPH 112 DEGREES (ESE) AT 9:55 P.M. Wednesday September 2,1998 6.7 MPH 124 DEGREES (ESE) AT 12:33 P.M. East Walpole, Ma And WHDH CH 7 Weather Watcher, Matthew Mattcarow{at}aol.com Subject: CASILIST : Member Page Changes Done / Severe Archive Updated / FEMA.GOV Hurricane Articles Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 22:28:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I apologize for the delay folks, but if you requested a CASI Member Page Change recently it should now be done. If there are any changes not done please alert me. I am of course looking into easier ways to do this but right now I can't do enough automatic error checking to make an automatic process work correctly. I have updated the WX-* Text Archive at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/archive/ as of Sept. 2. Unfortunately I am having some trouble with CASI's ISP trying to get the mail forwarded from my old account which they had to move due to server problems. They may hold it throughout the weekend and if so I will not be able to update the archive until next week as all the Watches and Warnings are going to the old address. In any case the bi-monthly move of the Archives has occurred, so *if you were linking* to anything at /archive/ please rewrite your pages to reference the new location at the CASI archive site, casi.simplenet.com, which you can find the specifics about from the URL above. FEMA's Website has a number of interesting articles that you may want to read tonight at http://www.fema.gov Some of the headlines include: President Orders Disaster Aid for Florida Hurricane Recovery Federal Disaster Aid Approved for Virginia Hurricane Recovery Hurricane Aid for Local Governments Approved for South Carolina Hurricane Earl Cleanup and Recovery Begins -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASI-SOUTH Weather Conference Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 21:06:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Hurricane and Severe Weather Conference '98 Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 14:05:28 -0400 (EDT) From: CASI-South To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org >Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 03:29:41 >To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org; skywarn{at}postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu; nc-arrl{at}ncarrl.org >From: CASI-South >Subject: Hurricane and Severe Weather Conference '98 > >Hello folks, > >We are almost a month away from the 1998 Weather Conference scheduled for October9-11. If you haven't made your hotel reservations, you need to do so quickly. We would also like for anyone who is planning on being at the Weather Conference to drop us a email, so we can get a count of people. We have seating for 250 people, so if you want to reserve your space, do it today. October 9th we will be Registering everyone from 6pm-10pm at Craven Community College. > >To get to Craven Community College from Kinston: > Take Hwy 70to New Bern, you will see a sign that says Craven Community College, take that exit, when you get to the Stoplight take a right. You will come to another stoplight, take another right. Take the second right and follow the road around to the very back parking lot. The Auditorium is there. > >To get to Craven Community College from Jacksonville: > Take Hwy 17 to New Bern, you will need to take a left onto South Glenburnie Road. Keep straight for two stoplights. >Take a left at the second stop light into the college. take the second road to your right and follow the road around to the very back parking lot. The auditorium is there. > >Remeber this conference is being offered at no charge to everyone. > >We will have speakers on Severe Weather, SKYWARN, Hurricanes and Damage Assessment of Severe Weather events. > >If you have any questions please email me direct at stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com > >Thank you for your continued support > >Chris Phillips, CASI-South Leader > > Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Eastern North Carolina Weather Watchers, President Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : WX causes Fatalities to the North Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 10:07:46 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: WX causes Fatalities to the North Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:02:48 -0400 From: "SBC Weathercam" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Looks like 'Nasty' Storms have passed to the North SPC Severe T Storm Watch for our our area just cancelled Rain still in 'forecast' for later today (Not so lucky Upstate...again) Charlie Milford Pa. http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK 756 AM EDT MON SEP 07 1998 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0100 AM PORT BYRON NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 CAYUGA DAMAGE TO CHURCH 0100 AM WATERLOO NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 SENECA WIDESPREAD TREES AND WIRES DOWN THROUGHOUT NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 0104 AM AUBURN NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 CAYUGA DAMAGE TO ROOF OF BJ'S WAREHOUSE. ALSO WIND GUST MEASURED AT 54 MPH. 0110 AM SYRACUSE NY 1 INCH HAIL 09/07/98 ONONDAGA 0123 AM SYRACUSE NY 75 MPH TSTM GUST 09/07/98 ONONDAGA MEASURED GUST AT SYRACUSE AIRPORT 0130 AM SYRACUSE NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 ONONDAGA *** 2 DEAD, 7 INJ *** 2 FATALITIES AND 7 INJURED AT NYEW YORK STATE FAIR GROUNDS. 1 FATALITY FROM TREE ON TRAILER. OTHER HIT BY BUILDING DEBRIS. TIME ESTIMATED. 0130 AM MARCELLUS NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 ONONDAGA NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM MARCELLUS TO MINOA / POWER OUTAGES 0200 AM KIRKLAND NY 1.75 INCH HAIL 09/07/98 ONEIDA NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES 0200 AM CAMILLUS NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 ONONDAGA POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN CAMILLUS AND DEWITT ROADS BLOCKED BY TREES IN ONONDAGA HILL AREA 0211 AM PETERBORO NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 MADISON EST WINDS >75 MPH / POWER OUTAGES 0215 AM COOPERSTOWN NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 OTSEGO TREES AND WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. 0220 AM CLINTON NY 1.75 INCH HAIL 09/07/98 ONEIDA WIND DRIVEN DEBRIS CAUSED RESIDENTIAL DAMAGE ON POST STREET 0223 AM PLYMOUTH NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 CHENANGO TREES AND WIRES DOWN 0223 AM EARLVILLE NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 CHENANGO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN 0223 AM NORTH NORWICH NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 CHENANGO TREES AND WIRES DOWN 0300 AM SIDNEY NY WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 DELAWARE TREES AND WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. 0426 AM ORWELL PA WIND DAMAGE 09/07/98 BRADFORD TREES AND WIRES DOWN ------------------------------------------------------------------- SPC TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REPORTS UNOFFICIAL - FOR OFFICIAL REPORTS, SEE PUBLICATION 'STORM DATA' FOR 06CST SUN SEP 6 1998 THRU 06CST MON SEP 7 1998 EVENT LOCATION REMARKS (CST)TIME .....TORNADO REPORTS..........TORNADO REPORTS..........TORNADO REPORTS..... 1 *TORN ST JOHNSVILLE NY (36 ESE UCA) 7/0050 SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO ALB/LSR 4300 7466 TOUCHDOWN WITH TREES D .......LRG HAIL/STRONG WIND RPTS.............LRG HAIL/STRONG WIND RPTS...... 20 WNDG RUTHERFORD COLLEGE NC (8 W HKY) 6/1342 COUNTY COMMS REPORTED TREES/POWER LINES BLOWN GSP/LSR 3575 8153 DOWN 3 A175 1 N PENNINGTON GAP VA (39 WNW TRI) 6/1350 GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF MRX/LSR 3676 8303 PENNINGTON GAP. REPORT 21 WNDG MORGANTON NC (17 W HKY) 6/1515 COMMUNICATIONS REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN AND GSP/LSR 3575 8169 POWER OUTAGES ALSO URB 22 WNDG 1 N CASAR NC (19 SW HKY) 6/1630 SPOTTER RELAYED SCANNER REPORT OF AT LEAST ONE GSP/LSR 3553 8163 TREE DOWN AND COUPLE H 23 WNDG ANDREWS NC (43 SSE TYS) 6/1630 PLANE BLOWN OVER AT ANDREWS AIRPORT. REPORTED MRX/LSR 3519 8383 BY SHERIFF. 24 WNDG RUSKIN FL (20 SE PIE) 6/1730 TWO OAK TREES KNOCKED DOWN. FENCE AND HOUSE TBW/LSR 2771 8243 ANTENNA ALSO KNOCKED D 25 WNDG CHATTANOOGA TN (3 W CHA) 6/1733 TREES DOWN IN WEST CHATTANOOGA. REPORTED BY MRX/LSR 3504 8528 EMERGENCY MANAGER. 27 WNDG 14 ESE BITTERWATER CA (42 N PRB) 6/1740 TREES DOWN ACROSS COALINGA ROAD 3 MILES FROM SFO/LSR 362912073 COUNTY BORDER 26 WNDG BITTERWATER CA (48 ESE MRY) 6/1740 TREES REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 25 AT SFO/LSR 363812100 BITTERWATER RD. 28 WNDG HOLLISTER CA (31 NE MRY) 6/1740 TREE DOWN ON LOCUST STREET SFO/LSR 368412139 29 WNDG BOISE TERMINAL ARPT ID (0 SW BOI) 6/1800 ON-DUTY METEOROLOGISTS ESTIMATE GUSTS OF 60-70 BOI/LSR 435611623 MPH. SMALL TREE UPROO 30 WNDG BOISE ID (2 N BOI) 6/1815 STOP SIGNS REPORTED BLOWN OVER ALL ALONG RIVER BOI/LSR 436111621 STREET 31 WNDG HOLLISTER CA (31 NE MRY) 6/1820 TREE DOWN ON CAPUTO COURT SFO/LSR 368412139 32 WNDG TAMPA FL (13 ENE PIE) 6/1830 SHINGLES AND ROOF PAPER REMOVED FROM AN TBW/LSR 2798 8246 APARTMENT BUILDING AT 33 WNDG BOISE TERMINAL ARPT ID (0 SW BOI) 6/1900 ON-DUTY METEOROLOGISTS ESTIMATE GUSTS OF 60-70 BOI/LSR 435611623 MPH. SMALL TREE UPROO 34 WNDG ST ALBANS BAY VT (19 ENE PBG) 6/1910 TREES DOWN BTV/LSR 4479 7313 35 WNDG BOISE ID (2 N BOI) 6/1915 STOP SIGNS REPORTED BLOWN OVER ALL ALONG RIVER BOI/LSR 436111621 STREET 36 WNDG NEWARK IL (11 NNE MMO) 6/2001 POWER OUT CHI/LSR 4153 8858 37 WNDG GRUNDY COUNTY IL (16 ESE MMO) 6/2031 POWER LINES AND 8 IN DIA BRANCHES DOWN. GUSTS CHI/LSR 4128 8838 TO 49 MPH. 38 WNDG SUTTON VT (20 SSE EFK) 6/2045 SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN BTV/LSR 4463 7203 66 G 62 PARK FOREST IL (26 S CGX) 6/2050 TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN BY CHI/LSR 4148 8768 SPOTTER 39 WNDG OLCOTT NY (27 N BUF) 6/2155 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SKYWARN SPOTTER BUF/LSR 4333 7871 67 G 68 ROCHESTER NY (4 NNE ROC) 6/2215 BUF/LSR 4318 7763 68 G 61 ONTARIO NY (19 ENE ROC) 6/2245 SKYWARN SPOTTER BUF/LSR 4321 7728 41 WNDG WATERLOO NY (35 NW ITH) 6/2300 WIDESPREAD TREES AND WIRES DOWN THROUGHOUT BGM/LSR 4290 7686 NORTHERN PART OF THE 40 WNDG PORT BYRON NY (25 WSW SYR) 6/2300 DAMAGE TO CHURCH BGM/LSR 4303 7663 10 A175 NEDROW NY (9 S SYR) 6/2320 EST WINDS >60 MPH BGM/LSR 4298 7613 69 G 65 SYRACUSE NY (4 SSW SYR) 6/2323 MEASURED GUST AT SYRACUSE AIRPORT BGM/LSR 4306 7616 42 WNDG MARCELLUS NY (12 SW SYR) 6/2330 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM MARCELLUS TO MINOA / BGM/LSR 4298 7631 POWER OUTAGES 43 WNDG HARTFORD MI (13 ENE BEH) 6/2335 TWO LARGE TREES DOWNED IN HARTFORD TOWNSHIP. GRR/LSR 4219 8616 44 WNDG CAMILLUS NY (10 SW SYR) 7/0000 POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN CAMILLUS AND DEWITT ROADSBGM/LSR 4303 7630 BLOCKED BY TREES IN 11 A175 KIRKLAND NY (4 S UCA) 7/0000 NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES BGM/LSR 4308 7538 45 WNDG PETERBORO NY (18 SW UCA) 7/0011 EST WINDS >75 MPH / POWER OUTAGES BGM/LSR 4296 7566 46 WNDG COOPERSTOWN NY (39 SE UCA) 7/0015 TREES AND WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. BGM/LSR 4269 7491 47 WNDG HERKIMER NY (19 ESE UCA) 7/0017 SHERIFF REPORTED TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES ALB/LSR 4303 7501 DOWN. POWER INTERUPT T 70 G 68 FAIRFIELD NY (21 E UCA) 7/0018 SPOTTER REPORTED MEASURED WIND GUST OF 78 MPH.ALB/LSR 4313 7493 12 A175 CLINTON NY (6 S UCA) 7/0020 WIND DRIVEN DEBRIS CAUSED RESIDENTIAL DAMAGE ONBGM/LSR 4304 7538 POST STREET 48 WNDG 3 S LAWTON MI (16 WSW AZO) 7/0020 ONE LARGE TREE DOWN IN PORTER TOWNSHIP. GRR/LSR 4211 8584 50 WNDG NORTH NORWICH NY (35 NE BGM) 7/0023 TREES AND WIRES DOWN BGM/LSR 4261 7553 49 WNDG EARLVILLE NY (26 NE BGM) 7/0023 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN BGM/LSR 4245 7558 71 G 52 GLOVERSVILLE NY (33 NW ALB) 7/0040 SPOTTER ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH. TREES ALB/LSR 4304 7434 AND LIMBS DOWN. 72 G 70 GLEN NY (27 WNW ALB) 7/0042 SPOTTER REPORT OF MEASURED WIND GUST OF 80 MPH.ALB/LSR 4288 7433 15 A175 NEDROW NY (9 S SYR) 7/0050 EST WINDS >60 MPH BGM/LSR 4298 7613 51 WNDG SIDNEY NY (31 ENE BGM) 7/0100 TREES AND WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. BGM/LSR 4231 7538 52 WNDG JONESVILLE NY (10 N ALB) 7/0105 POWER POLES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN JONESVILLE,ALB/LSR 4290 7381 BURNT HILLS, MARTA RI 54 WNDG SCHAGHTICOKE NY (14 NE ALB) 7/0120 TREES DOWN ON ROAD REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.ALB/LSR 4290 7358 53 WNDG OPPENHEIM NY (34 E UCA) 7/0120 SPOTTER REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH ALB/LSR 4306 7469 POWER OUTAGES. 57 WNDG 3 NW NAPOLEON MI (10 ESE JXN) 7/0150 TREES DOWNED IN NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP. ONE LARGE GRR/LSR 4220 8429 TREE BLOCKED MICHIGAN 56 WNDG SARATOGA COUNTY NY (18 SW GFL) 7/0150 FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALB/LSR 4311 7383 WITH ROADS BLOCKED IN 55 WNDG PLEASANTDALE NY (6 ENE ALB) 7/0150 BOAT WITH MULTIPLE PASSENGERS CAPSIZED ON THE ALB/LSR 4279 7366 HUDSON RIVER. 58 WNDG WOODFORD VT (32 NNE PSF) 7/0200 VERMONT STATE POLICE REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES ALB/LSR 4288 7308 DOWN. 59 WNDG 4 W BROOKLYN MI (13 SSE JXN) 7/0210 TREES DOWNED IN COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP NEAR GRR/LSR 4209 8433 INTERSECTION OF JEFFER 60 WNDG CHESTERFIELD NH (9 W EEN) 7/0220 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN PER KEENE MUTUAL AIDBOS/LSR 4288 7246 61 WNDG STODDARD NH (14 NE EEN) 7/0225 TREES AND WIRES DOWN BOS/LSR 4308 7209 62 WNDG ORWELL PA (25 SSW BGM) 7/0226 TREES AND WIRES DOWN BGM/LSR 4188 7626 63 WNDG PETERBOROUGH NH (17 E EEN) 7/0235 TREES AND WIRES DOWN PER MUTUAL AID BOS/LSR 4286 7193 64 WNDG ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NH (13 WSW PSM) 7/0315 NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. SOME PWM/LSR 4301 7109 BUILDINGS BURNED DOWN. 65 WNDG NEWBURYPORT MA (18 S PSM) 7/0345 TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED IN HALF...TREES AND BOS/LSR 4281 7086 POWER LINES DOWN PER Subject: CASILIST : Sure..just when 'the coast is clear' : PA Severe Watch Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 10:42:36 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Very heavy rain here in State College at 10:40am. It got very dark - darkest I can remember in recent memory. Line has mostly parted for the "severe weather shield" we have here in centre county but will nodoubt refire to the east of here. -Jesse >From Charlie: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Sure..just when 'the coast is clear' Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:34:36 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Well..just ot be 'politically correct' The SPC just in with a 'new' issue: URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 819 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1014 AM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHEAST NEW YORK NEW JERSEY EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1045 AM UNTIL 400 PM EDT. HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WILKESBARRE PENNSYLVANIA TO 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LAKEHURST NEW JERSEY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 818... DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS CENTRAL PA AT NEAR 50 KT. POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26545. ...VESCIO (Hey...Vescio...make up your mind..huh? Anyone for a view from the mountain? :) Charlie Subject: CASILIST : PA : [Fwd: Special T-Storm Report Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 14:27:55 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Conditions here in Central PA are better now but the massive increase in lightning, quick rainfall, temperature fall, pressure spike, and increased winds were also recorded on my weatherstation at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/liveobs.shtml Here's a note from Charlie regarding his weather station and cam: http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html : --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Special T-Storm Report Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 13:53:02 -0400 From: Charles Anzman Organization: SBC To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org CC: newspal{at}ptd.net The Cam has been taken out by a spike (I'm not there to reset it) I DID reset the WX station from here but about (the best?) 15 minutes of Data was lost - Should update at 2 (Significant burst of rain probably not recorded) 1/4 in. hail here for about 2 minutes - Local Fire depts (as well as NNJ) all on alert. Numerous reports of trees down wires, and spot power outages - Most in New Jersey (Decent chance we'll lost the wx station again as local lightning is continuing) (Awesome!?) and still rumbling - almost light enough for a visual now... Charlie Milford, Pa Subject: CASILIST : Summary of Severe Weather in NE US Today Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 19:42:42 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Attached is an excellent summary of the severe weather in the NE US last night and today by Member Greg Drollinger. For additional details, see the LSR's at the IWIN site: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/public.html http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ny/public.html http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ma/public.html And also see the complete digests of all LSR's issued on a per day basis, at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/archive/lsr/ when they update late tonight after the archive is delivered. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 19:32:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg D To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Major severe weather came through PA, NJ, and NY (inlcuding Long Island) today. Two main bathes were notable - one very early this morning in NY state, and another this afternoon across PA, NJ, and Long Island. NWS LSR's are still being sent...but early reports show many injuries and a few deaths... not to mention a LOT of damage in many areas. Here are the most notable reports: -- Overnight derecho in upstate NY: * 89 mph winds reported near Rochester - severe damage in the area. * 80 mph gust recorded in Glen. * 78 mph gust reported Fairfield. * BGM and BUF storm surveys today puts local thunderstorm wind gusts up to or above 110 mph. Onondaga county was hard hit with a microburst of F2 intensity. Path length was about 30 miles, and width was 6-7 miles. * 2 dead, 7 injured, in Syacuse from severe thunderstorms winds at the state fair. One death due to falling tree, and other from flying debris. * Widespread wind damge across the state, dozens of reports. -- PA, NJ, LI daytime Squall Line (derecho??): * Lots of trees and power lines down across western PA, as a bow echo formed in north central PA. * Considerable damage at the Arts Festival in Harrisburg, PA - 4 injured. At least $250K in damage. 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust recorded at MDT airport. * 1.75" hail 6 miles south of Muncy, PA, and 2.25" hail 2 miles south of Mucny. (this size hail is quite unusual around here). Reflectivity data showed DBZ's in excess of 65 at the time of the "hail fall". * 67 mph gust recorded near Mechanicsburg, PA. Power out, trees down with houses damaged, and roofs partially ripped off. * Tamaqua, PA. Looks like microburst to me. Store brick wall colapsed onto cars. Store sign bent. Windows blown out of houses. Portion of roofs taken off houses. Trees down. * Vietnam Veteran Memorial wall blown apart in Hazleton, PA. 1" square steel rod supports bent. May be damaged beyond repair. * 74 mph thunderstorm gust measured at AVP airport. * 100 mph thunderstorm gust recorded in Chatham, NJ. We know that the anemometer didn't "freak out", as it broke under the force of the wind before it could measure antyhing higher. * 75 mph thunderstorm gust recorded in Freehold, NJ * Windows blwon out of several businesses and homes across NJ, with injuries. People thrown out of boats. Boats/jet skis overturned at harbor. * 1.75" hail at Union City, NJ. Trailer overturned by wind i Linden * 80 mph gust recorded at Richmond, NY. Many trees down * 1 dead from falling tree in Bronx, NY. 3 others injured. * Building collpase in New York. Scaffold collapse. * Tornado spotted in Bethpage, LI. * Many other reports of wind damage/large hail. Numerous injuries across LI and NJ, and NYC. Full Summary and radar images on my site soon: http://www.angelfire.com/pa/pawx --Member Greg Drollinger --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASI NetNews: NASA Satellite Image Heaven / NEXRAD Single Site Archive Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 19:56:01 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I always hesitate to send out sites under the NetNews heading that aren't *really* news, that is to say they didn't come into being in the last couple of weeks. But these two are *fairly* recent additions and I find them very exciting and useful resources as a meteorologist and weather geek. For that reason I believe they may be of interest to y'all as well. They are: NASA Real-Time Satellite Page - http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/ You want satellite data? You've got it here! You can zoom into any region of the image and have a larger resolution image drawn for you, with the option of an animation of up to 20 frames (requires Java). They have: GOES8 North America: 8KM/1KM Vis, IR, Enhanced IR, WV GOES8,GOES10: 32KM/4KM Vis, IR, Enhanced IR, WV World: 56KM/14KM IR NCAR/RAP's NEXRAD Data Archives Viewer http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/pneilley/NIDS_archives.html This is the only archive of all regions and many single sites that I know of on the Internet. NCDC has a long-range archive of US only imagery, but here at UCAR they currently have 20 single sites, with perhaps up to 120 soon, they say, as well as US and Regional composites. Reflectivity or Velocity data, every 5/6/10 minutes, or regional Reflectivity. Every image from 48 hours past to 11 days out. Pick from a variety of starting times, loop lengths, and image frequencies. Javascript required. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Storm Aftermath - Fatal - Tornadoes (CT, NJ, LI) - The Pike Cty Crew?.... Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 21:35:32 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: Storm Aftermath - Fatal - Tornadoes (CT, NJ, LI) - The Pike Cty Crew?.... Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 20:21:18 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Sept 7 1998 - Good Evening all... As some of you (that are on the 'pseudo-office weather list?') know... I was away from the 'main' computer much of the time during todays' outbreak. Did what we could. The Wx station I was able to restore after a power outage, the cam was out fo about 3 hours - NBC & CBS both reporting 4 tornadoes in the NE corridor - One in CT - One in Rahway, NJ - and two on LI (Manhasset area & Bethpage). As of this hour, they are all unconfirmed. What we do know is the path - Which eviditally originated to the West of here, no doubt came over here (at Dingmans Ferry), followed a line south thru New Jersey, into Manhattan (where, amongst other things, a scaffolding collapsed), and east out to LI's Nassau and Suffolk Counties. For those that don't get them, the last 3 SPC & NWS reports follow (There were 24 on the computer at last count) Think we managed, to keep the community active (once we heard about, then saw HAIL) , despite the fact that I was in the 'wrong place at the wrong time' - No real significant damage here in Pike, but It was definately something to watch go by on Route 739..... Charlie SPC TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REPORTS UNOFFICIAL - FOR OFFICIAL REPORTS SEE PUBLICATION 'STORM DATA' FOR 06CST MON SEP 7 1998 THRU 17CST MON SEP 7 1998 EVENT LOCATION REMARKS (CST)TIME .....TORNADO REPORTS..........TORNADO REPORTS..........TORNADO REPORTS..... 1 *TORN RAHWAY NJ (9 SW EWR) 7/1222 POSSIBLE TORNADO...DIME SIZE HAIL NYC/LSR 4059 7428 2 *TORN BETHPAGE NY (16 ENE JFK) 7/1308 STATE PARK POLICE REPORTED SMALL TORNADO NYC/LSR 4073 7348 Subject: CASILIST : August Weather Watch Summary Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 15:17:10 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: August Weather Watch Summary Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 22:09:31 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILW. AREA SKYWARN ASSOC." To: MASA.E-mail.lists:; MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 Skywarn is the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com SEVERE WEATHER NEVER SLEEPS; Keepup with the forecast, don't play catchup! *************************************************************************** Hi Everyone, Hope Labor Day was good for you, During the month of August severe Weather Watches across the nation got off to a slow start. Only 5 Severe Thunderstorm Watches were issued within the first 15 days of last month and it looked as if the severe weather season was definitely on its last leg. After the 15th however, things began to pick up again as 22 Severe Thunderstorm and 6 Tornado Watches were issued for the second half of the month. On the 24th alone, 11 Severe Thunderstorm Watches were issued throughout the day from the Upper Midwest through the Great Lakes region. Three Tornado Watches on the 26th and the 27th were issued, compliments of Hurricane "Bonnie" (these Watches were issued in 12 hour intervals). For Wisconsin residents, Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Watches (TOR) were issued as follows: 8/16 WW781 EXTREME NORTHWEST WISCONSIN 8/19 WW783 NORTHWEST WISCONSIN 8/23 WW786 CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN 8/24 WW792 SOUTHERN WISCONSIN 8/24 WW798 SOUTHERN WISCONSIN 8/22 WW785 WESTERN WISCONSIN (TOR) WATERSPOUT TO TORNADO (F3) The Wisconsin "event" of the month was the F-3 rated multiple vortex tornado in Door County. The tornado which developed as a waterspout over the Bay of Green Bay (N.E. Wisconsin), entered western Door County around 6:30 PM on Sunday the 23rd. The tornado touchdown was 3 miles south of Egg Harbor and stayed on the ground for 2-3 miles. The damage path was up to 1/2 mile wide. Extensive damage, as well as 2 injuries were reported. To many Wisconsin residents the Door county area during the summer is a favorite vacation and tourist location. The twister was the 8th of this century for the Door Peninsula. The NWS in Green Bay has put up a website documenting the Door county tornado. With the help of area storm spotters and storm chasers it contains excellent photos of the storm structure, the waterspout/tornado, as well as radar imager and a severe weather discussion. This is must reading for serious storm spotters. This NWS 'central region office' can be accessed thru our MASA homepage (www.execpc.com/~svoros). REVIEW OF WEATHER WATCHES FOR 1998: JAN 19 FEB 55 MAR 76 APR 115 MAY 222 JUN 229 JUL 58 AUG 33 ------------ 807 TOTAL FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 8/31/98 A final reminder; severe weather watches are issued when conditions are favorable for a particluar event (severe thunderstorm or tornadoes to develop in and close to the watch area. Nearly 85% of all watches produce some severe weather events. If your outside, but near the watch area---severe weather is still possible. As our words of training should remind us: "Keep-up with the forecast, don't play catch-up.". Thats all for August...Have a safe September! Rick Swierczynski(N9TPY), Associate Director, Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association, Inc. ----------------------------------------------- HMMM? Subject: CASILIST : Re: RCM Data Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 17:13:58 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: Jim Floyd , CASI Mailing List Recipients Jim, I don't know the answer to that but I will CC: this to the CASILIST and if anyone knows please reply. I downloaded the software as well and it gave no indication of where you could get these, though I do remember them from my college days, and they may be available for free somewhere on the net. May even be in the WMO routines... Jim Floyd wrote: > Do you know of a source on the net for RCM data? I have the GDRCM > program, but have not found a source for data. > > Thanks and 73, > > Jim, W9KID > -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Gulf Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 17:50:42 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Tropical Depression #6 has formed in the Gulf. I have just finished updating the CASI pages for it. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/6/ It is expected to become Tropical Storm Frances soon and move into Texas. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Earl a pussycat to Floridians Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 07:32:41 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Earl a pussycat to Floridians Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 03:48:30 -0400 From: Brad Riley To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org I was at Panama City Beach, Fl when Earl came ashore. Like Bonnie, Earl was weak. It knocked down a few trees, poured inches of rain, but spared the panhandle of serious damage. A manager at my hotel in Destin said the power didn't go out once. I did get some good video before dark but the night was dull. At 6am I went to sleep. At 3pm I got up, went down to the beach, and interviewed the locals. They all said they had no damage. The beach looked fine. I won't even bore you with my log of wind speeds this time. Coming back home my brakes gave out for the second time in two weeks on I-10. You can bet I'm not giving out any Dodge endorsements! -Brad Riley Subject: CASILIST : Temperatures in PA / GA Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 18:51:43 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here is a note from Member Shane Adams in NE Georgia about temperature falls this week. We have also experienced this here in Central PA - Sunday was our hottest day of the year, 90, but Monday we were lucky to get above 60! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Temperatures Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:55:24 -0400 From: "Shane" To: "Storm Investigators" Talking about a sharp contrast in temperatures, Sept. 7 the high temp here in Tallulah Falls Ga was 91° and the low was 64°. Now, all the sudden this morning I got out of bed and it was 49° with a morning low of 48° and the high today only got up to 77° at around 5 pm et. The NWS is talking about record breaking lows tonight for North and central Ga. Athens, about 60 miles away got down to 55° and tied a record set back in 1956. The NWS station on Mt. Leconte (6400 ft) in the Smoky Mountains reported a low of 30° this morning, Oconaluftee, NC (2200 ft) reported a low of 35°. Shane Adams Subject: CASILIST : The 'Early Warning System', school closings, etc.] Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 21:48:41 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: The 'Early Warning System', school closings, etc. Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 21:11:45 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Hey Gang... First of all 'the cam is in' and once we work our way though the inevitable 'politics', The Westfall SkyCam should be up by Friday (or Saturday?). Hardware is tested & ready - just finalizing the location. For those of you keeping track of the 'Monday Madness' and/or the 2 'insurance guys' that asked if there was a touchdown in Pike??? There have been a stream of the reports below coming through since Monday - I have nothing that says a Tornado hit anywhere in Pike County (that doesn't necessarily mean it didn't) Certainly we had VERY SEVERE lightning & Hail in parts of the county. Especially around route 402 and 209 (See Below) >From what I hear, a 'cable channel' has indicated that there was a 'Tornado' in one of the Delaware Twp communities (If anyone has information on this, please let me know) Certainly, the earlier reports from NY, LI and the Jersey Shore were MUCH more intense? (Lynbrook LI is a dense populated area - Apparently they were very lucky) PS: Better safe than sorry??.. Considering the drop in temperatures, and 'strange' activity this year. The system we set up last year to keep EVERYONE informed will be back on by this coming weekend. If you weren't on last years list, here's how it works... and what YOU can do. DON'T report Lightning, Thunder, Clouds..... DO report any signs of HAIL, or HIGH WINDS, (Please no UFO sightings), ... ICE on roads, and...well Snow amounts (Hadda say it sooner or later) and...if you get it before we do, DV school closings. (and tell a few other people!) ALL 'spotter' info MUST (especially during daylight hours) got to sbccomp{at}sbccomputer.com. DON'T use the wxcam address. The information this year will appear on the WEATHER page (not the Pennsylvania page), and be passed, as possible by E-Mail. Feel free to 'pass the word'...the more the merrier? Last year we had good coverage in Sunrise, Gold Key, Westfall, Milford, and Pt Jervis. This year, I am going to try to get the Chamber of Commerce (and if possible, the schools, to 'mirror' the 'unofficial reports' as they come through. As we all know, the weather here can vary as much as 2 miles. And, as we all remember, Ice Storms can take place in less than 5 minutes. Lets hope that between us and the media, we can keep everyone in Pike safe this season?? Charlie Milford, Pa. http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html (Featured today on a California Radio Staion??) NWS reports - 1245 PM BUCK HILL FALLS PA TORNADO 09/07/98 MONROE NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND AN F1 TORNADO DAMAGE TRACK WHICH EXTENDED FROM ROUTE 191 WEST OF BUCK HILL FALLS EASTWARD THROUGH BUCK HILL FALLS AND ENDED IN CANADENSIS. TRACK LENGTH WAS 3.0 MILES. TRACK WIDTH WAS 30 YARDS. NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES. SIX HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. HUNDREDS OF TREES DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. O AN F0 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS UP TO 73 MPH WHICH OCCURRED FROM NORTHERN PLAINFIELD EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN SCOTCH PLAINS. SIGNS OF ROTATION WERE EVIDENT IN THE DAMAGE TO TREES AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS INCLUDED THE SIGHTING OF FUNNEL CLOUDS. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 2 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 30 YARDS. HIGH WIND GUSTS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CALLED THE GUST FRONT...CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS UNION COUNTY DURING LABOR DAY. LARGE TREES FELL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSED POWER OUTAGES THAT LASTED FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTY. Subject: CASI : Re: SC Storms Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 15:49:18 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: Jennifer Jarrell CC: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi Jennifer, A quick search at http://www.infoseek.com/ yielded these pages: http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sco/schurr_pub.html http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/meteorology/storms-faq/part1/faq-doc-33.html I will CC: this message to the CASI Mailing List to see if anyone here can provide you with additional info. Members: If you can help Ms. Jarrell out please email her and CC: me. Thanks! Jennifer Jarrell wrote: > CASI: > > I am interested in information on a storm that hit South Carolina in 1893. I believe it was a hurricane. One area where lives were lost was Pawleys Island (then called Magnolia Beach). Any information you could give me on this devastating storm would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Jennifer Jarrell -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI : Re: SC Storms Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 15:49:18 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: arosenbe{at}ix.netcom.com CC: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi Jennifer, A quick search at http://www.infoseek.com/ yielded these pages: http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sco/schurr_pub.html http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/meteorology/storms-faq/part1/faq-doc-33.html I will CC: this message to the CASI Mailing List to see if anyone here can provide you with additional info. Members: If you can help Ms. Jarrell out please email her and CC: me. Thanks! Jennifer Jarrell wrote: > CASI: > > I am interested in information on a storm that hit South Carolina in 1893. I believe it was a hurricane. One area where lives were lost was Pawleys Island (then called Magnolia Beach). Any information you could give me on this devastating storm would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Jennifer Jarrell -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Temperatures in GA Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 15:50:23 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Sorry this took so long to forward. I am still looking for other ways to do the CASILIST - that are inexpensive and ad-free. --J --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Temperatures in PA / GA Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:16:58 -0400 From: Larry Kollar Organization: Arris Interactive, LLC To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org I can corroborate Shane's report. Lows were 48F Wed. and Thurs. mornings at home (Dawson county GA, about 5 mi. east of Amicalola Falls). Highs have been in the low 80s. My dilemma -- do I ride the motorcycle to work, or take the car & skate at lunch? I guess I need to figure out a way to mount the skate bag on the bike. Well, I *did* say on Sunday that I was ready for autumn.... Larry Kollar (kollar{at}stc.net) Subject: CASILIST : 1893 Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 17:26:01 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Responses thus far, thanks!: ===================== FROM : Ron Fogle That's one of the more famous storms that hit the south end of the Myrtle Beach area. I don't know exactly how many, but some houses in the Pawley's Island area are still in existence today. Also, There were several casualties, including people who tied themselves into trees when the water started rising. The local newspaper has a website at http://myrtlebeachaccess.com I'm sure they have some old articles that would be helpful. Good luck. Ron Fogle ============== --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 1893 Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 17:22:31 -0400 From: Pine Knoll Association To: jjarrell{at}wvdhhr.org CC: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Jennifer, Check out the Sept/October issue of WEATHERWISE magazine (your local library may be a source). It contains a great article on the Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893. Also, this issue contains my article CREATURES IN THE STORM, which looks at how wildlife endures hurricanes. Good luck, Jay Barnes Author of NC HURRICANE HISTORY and FLORIDA'S HURRICANE HISTORY pka{at}clis.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : La Nina - Overview, Winter Season, and "More Hurricanes Coming" Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 22:07:45 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The Tropics seemed to have quieted down for the moment. BUT - we're just now entering the second part of the Hurricane Season, and quote "We are looking at hurricane activity to accelerate in the latter half of the season." according to the following article on MSNBC (thanks Member Frank Noonan for the tip-off) which also gives a good overview of the La Nina expectations for this Winter Season region by region. http://www.msnbc.com/news/194466.asp -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : WX-200 Weather Station Software Page Updated Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 01:08:01 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Finally got a chance to revamp (and update for first time since 5/98) the Radio Shack WX-200 Software Page. Features software for UNIX, Windows, Mac, OS/2, etc. If you have the Radio Shack WX-200 station and have been looking for alternative software this is the place to go. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/wx200/software.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : The best part of putting up a WebCam Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:59:42 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: The best part of putting up a WebCam Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:32:51 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Blame it on the ISP.... Well, even though we get 'daily logs' from our ISP...cam (and wx station) were down since Saturday. (Murphy's Law - I had just recommended this compan to 4 people....AND... a guy at Microsoft had been 'tuned in' (again?) for a possible writing opportunity (Biy did he pick the wrong time and the wrong Editorial!!!) As of tonight (we're back)...49 E-Mails??!! "Where's the deer??"... (Not including the 'for profit' type and SPAM...) No not you, Bud... The good news for the weather crew...keep any eye here http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam2.html Barring a snow storm - The valley cam should be up tomorrow!!! Then...everyone send Vance at Stardot...a few bust his chops E-Mail (He's getting married in 2 weeks)..."Hey Vance - can i get one of those.... by the way ______ " (Fill in the blanks??!!) Nite all Charlie NE Pa. Subject: CASILIST : I'm still here ; Tropical Situations Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:36:08 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi folks just a couple quick notes: First of all, I am still here, but have had an unusual number of social and work related activities this week which has kept me away from CASI for most of this week and will continue to until the weekend. If you have sent me Member Page changes or other things to do in the past week, I have received them, but will likely be unable to process much until this weekend; I apologize for the delay. Second, what little time I do have during this week will be completely dedicated to updating the CASI Tropical Pages. Tropical Depression #7 formed off the coast of Africa this morning and all conditions point to #8 forming in the Gulf soon, probably tomorrow. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ Also, I noticed that NASA has added MET-7 to their Satellite data page which means that you can now access and zoom in and/or animate Infrared, Water Vapor, and Visible Satellite data for the continent of Africa and the eastern Atlantic. This will be the best view of TD#7 for the next several days. http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/metsat7ir.html http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/metsat7wv.html http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/metsat7vis.html Click and zoom! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : CASI South / Weather Conference 98 Cancelled Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 22:25:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather Conference '98 Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 21:37:09 -0400 (EDT) From: CASI-South To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Due to unforseen circumstances the Weather Conference scheduled for October 9-11, 1998 has been cancelled. Murphy's Law has taken effect and everything that can go wrong has. (1) Some of the speakers (3/4 of them) have had to cancel due to the Hurricanes and Red Cross Duty. (2) I will be in Virginia the weekend of the conference due to the Hurricanes. (3) and last but not least, the place in which the conference was suppose to be held, has called and said we can't do the conference there, so........ I will try to get one put together before April of 1999 and maybe we can have a better response and better commitments. I apologize for any inconvience this may cause you Sincerely, Chris Phillips Do not let us forget, if we are uneducated so is the general public, education is the most valuable tool you will ever have when it comes to meterology. ---Chris Phillips ************************************************************************** NWSO-Newport Advanced Skywarn Spotter Central Atlantic Storms Investigator Member NC Storm Chasers Member TExas Severe Storms Association Member Alert Member ************************************************************************** Subject: CASILIST : Major Hurricane Georges Barrells Towards Islands; TS Hermine in Gulf Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 11:23:24 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The most impressive and most powerful hurricane of the year is barrelling towards the Eastern Leeward Islands this morning. It jumped from 105mph/970mb at 5am to 125mph/948mb at 11am. It is now a strong category III storm and may be category IV before its all over. Interests in the islands should batten down big time today; the islands will be under the effect of Hurricane Georges by this time tomorrow. Any CASI Members on the islands are urged to contact me to report on your thoughts and preparations for this storm. A minimal Tropical Storm Hermine is SE of Louisiana this morning, just declared at 11am. It is heading Northeast. For more information on either of these storms, travel to: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/7/ http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/8/ for links to some very impressive Satellite shots of Georges and some radar shots of developing Hermine. And don't forget to keep an eye on surface observations during Georges at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : New : CASI Tropical Radars Interactive Map & Hurricane Georges Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:04:28 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients In the spirit of the CASI Tropical Surface Observations Map that I did last month, I now bring you the CASI Tropical Local Radars Interactive Map: Netscape (communicator) 4.0 ONLY: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/radar/index1.html All other Web Browsers: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/radar/index2.html Currently this links to the only source of Mexican Radars and to Intellicast for US Radars. In the future I plan to link to various sites providing US radars but I wanted to start with Intellicast since they are the most current for free. Speaking of the tropics, Tropical Storm Hermine is nearing Louisiana with little force; Hurricane Georges is now at 150mph sustained winds with gusts to 175mph - a strong Category 4 storm and a rare site in the Atlantic. The satellite pictures of this are incredible... see http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/7/ for links to various satellites. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Situation in Antigua Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:31:08 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From CASI Member Steve Coghlan: It is also important to note that many Antiguans are not as well prepared as they were before "Luis". More: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Major Hurricane Georges Barrells Towards Islands; TS Hermine in Gulf Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 22:43:16 +0000 From: Steve Coghlan Organization: Jolly Roger To: J SAT 10:26PM EDT - Antiguan's are swiftly waking up to the very real possibility of a direct hit from a very powerful hurricane. Many people felt that after the battering we received during "Luis" that we would be spared for a while, but it seems that is not the case. Local weather reports here had earlier suggested that the storm was most likely to pass south of Antigua sometime tomorrow, so for most people today was a busy day. Most businesses are well battened down but many houses are not yet properly secured. Weather conditions in Antigua are normal, with winds from the east at about 10 mph and clear skies. The barometric pressures at the airport are rising, which I find a bit strange, but one look at the satellite pictures is enough to show what tomorrow will bring. I will try to keep you updated as conditions change tomorrow. Subject: CASILIST : [Fwd: Georges Eyewitness Accounts] Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 11:08:44 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks to Herb who is keeping up with this person in the islands... any of you other Members who reside in the islands give me updates if you can and I will forward them on to the list. Our hopes and prayers to you and yours as Georges approaches. Information on http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/7/ will be constantly updated today. [attachment 1: [Account#1]] shown below [attachment 2: [Account#2]] Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS] - http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html I've been corresponding electronically with Liane Le Tendre, who I believe lives either on Tortola or Antigua. Liane will "allegedly" (!) try to provide eyewitness accounts on Georges, assuming there is electrical power. I received this email at 7:50 Sunday morning. It is still written in a light-and-airy mode, so I'm guessing there hadn't been any really bad effects yet from Georges. Hopefully, I'll get a few more messages from Liane when there is something substantial to report. I hope Liane remembers to pack the computer! -------------------- Hi Herb, Well hell, this thing is a beast! Currently it is 5:30 a.m. and Georges is reportedly 150 miles per hour strong with winds gusting to 190 M.P.H. I'm not certain where I will end up staying ... that depends on which side of the island the storm will come from. I'd like to stay at my own place ... but my landlord hasn't even started boarding up and it doesn't appear there is enough wood to go around anyway. I think it is pretty clear that I won't be staying here. Based on the current position, it looks as though the track is heading straight for Tortola. Not good at all. I'm going outside to start making enough noise to wake everyone up and do what we can to board up. All is still calm and pleasant and darned near perfect for the meantime. Kind regards, Liane Le Tendre All-In-One BVI V --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Georges Eyewitness Account #2 Date: 20 Sep 1998 13:34:08 -0000 From: "Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS]" To: "Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS]" Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS] - http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html Message #2 from Liane. This may be one of the last communications until after the storm passes. Sounds like all the electricity gets turned off there. Seems to still have a sense of humor, altho no doubt getting very (understandably) uptight. I'm impressed Liane is even taking so much time to send lengthy messages. Date: 98-09-20 09:05:49 EDT Me again! Its 9:00 a.m. and based on my "personal interpretation" of the satelite images ... I think the eye will pass over or near Tortola. Not a happy thought. Damned near crippled at this point in time ... I am presently putting away all of my little treasures, taping cupboards shut, pushing all my furniture against the far wall of my apartment and rolling up my carpets and preparing to bail out of here. Georges is nearing a category 5 hurricane and is potentially catastrophic. I don't mind saying I am very frightened. Still no sign of my landlord or the wood needed to board up the apartments in this building. Apparently, he does not have access to the internet or T.V. ... or perhaps he believes that a higher power will protect us all. As sick as this may sound, it brings to mind a joke I heard several years ago. A very poor, unemployed man (with a large family) goes into his church and prays to God that he will win the lottery on Monday morning. To his great disappointment ... he did not. The following Sunday, he goes back to church and once again prays he will win the lottery ... but adds, "God, you are not listening to my prayers." "Please, I beg you to help me win the lottery tomorrow!" He doesn't win. Ticked off with life and desperately in need to feed his family, the man goes to church the following Sunday and declares to God, "I just want you to know that I no longer believe in your existance!" "I am fed up with you!" "I have always tried to be a good Christian and followed the ten commandments all my life; and what did it get me?" "You have deserted me in my time of need and to hell with you, God!" Just as the man was stomping out of the church, the sky became very bright and a huge clap of thunder stopped the man in his tracks. A loud voice boomed out, "Work with me here Bob; Buy a ticket!" I wish my landlord could see the irony in this joke. I may be able to report once more ... but then I am out of here. I will be staying with friends at the Lighthouse Villas in Cane Garden Bay. I just pray that we aren't hit from the north side! Best wishes and good luck to all! Kind regards, Liane P.S. At the moment ... everything is still almost perfect! ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to wxmail-unsubscribe{at}listbot.com Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/ Subject: CASILIST : TD#9 & Situation From Antigua Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 12:17:34 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients TD#9 has formed off the African coast this morning. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/9/ By the way for those not familiar with the Caribbean area I have put a small set of interactive maps which I did back in '96 on the CASI Site: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/maps/caribbean Now here is some news from Member Steve Coghlan: >From St. Johns, Antigua: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : [Fwd: Georges Eyewitness Accounts] Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 11:48:36 +0000 From: Steve Coghlan Organization: Jolly Roger To: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" SUN 11:36AM AST - The weather conditions in Antigua are beginning to change. Winds are Northeasterly , but still relatively light between squalls. I believe that the slowing of the storms forward speed has allowed residents here to finish making preparations. Persons that I have spoken to are taking Georges VERY seriously indeed at this time. That's all for now but I will attempt to keep you informed during the coming hours. Subject: CASILIST : Live Reports From the Islands Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:56:56 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is an excellent place to keep an eye on live reports from the islands during Georges: http://www.best.com/~ctr/hurr.htm#td7 -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Live Report From Antigua (8:30PM) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:08:38 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Live Reports From the Islands Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:39:22 +0000 From: Steve Coghlan Organization: Jolly Roger To: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" SUN 8:27PM AST - It looks like the party has started here in Antigua. Winds are from the North at tropical storm force (it's hard to tell the exact speed) , and gusts are probably hurricane force at times. No rain at the moment but I am sure we have lots on the way. This storm is not co-operating, and it now looks certain that the eye will be very close to us in about 5hrs. I will try to report again when the hurricane force winds start to affect us. Subject: CASILIST : FWD : FEMA Intensifies Preparations for Hurricane Georges Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:24:09 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: FEMA Intensifies Preparations for Hurricane Georges Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 18:35:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "MILW. AREA SKYWARN ASSOC." To: Jesse Ferrell MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 Skywarn is the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather Good spotters do Safety first, & submit measured wind-rain-hail reports. Paid Newsletter, FREE Email lists: masa{at}execpc.com SEVERE WEATHER NEVER SLEEPS; Keepup with the forecast, don't play catchup! *************************************************************************** Washington, Sept 20 -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today intensified federal mobilization efforts as Hurricane Georges drew closer to a potential strike on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition to regular briefings with the National Hurricane Center and FEMA advance teams and emergency management officials in the two threatened islands, the agency reported the following activities as part of the continuing federal response build up: FEMA headquarters began 24-hour Emergency Support Team (EST) operations at 7 a.m. with the partial activation of staff to cover information coordination, public works and engineering, firefighting, mass care, resource support, health and medical services, urban search and rescue, and hazardous materials. Full-scale EST operations begin at 7 a.m. tomorrow. Disaster medical teams from Kentucky, North Carolina and Massachusetts were placed on stand by and Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces from Florida and Virginia posted for deployment as required. A liaison from the U.S. Transportation Command was deployed to the U.S. Virgin Islands to complete an airport assessment and a Mobile Air Transportable Telecommunications System put on alert. Planning for a mobilization center in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico was initiated and a mobilization team dispatched to staff the center. Sufficient supplies of water, plastic sheeting, tarps, blankets, cots, tents and other emergency materials were identified for immediate use at a storage facility in Puerto Rico, with back-up supplies and air transportable generators available from depots on the U.S. mainland. Stores of radios and battery supplies also were being identified. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Emergency Information & Media Affairs --- Washington, D.C. Information Available 24 hours a day . . . ... on the World Wide Web: http://www.fema.gov ... FEMA is also co-sponsor of Storm98: http://www.storm98.com ... via fax-on-demand: phone in the U.S.A. (202) 646-FEMA (646-3362) ... via digital audio for broadcasters & print: contact eipa{at}fema.gov and listen to the FEMA Radio Network on the FEMA Website using RealAudio END OF FEED FROM MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN Subject: CASILIST : Last Message of the night Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:20:18 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well I do require *some* sleep so I will be bidding you all goodbye for now, will be back at approx. 5:30am tomorrow to collect more data as the 'cane passes the Leewards and heads toward Puerto Rico. Georges is a 125mph monster, and indications at 10pm are that it has ceased weakening and perhaps started re-strengthening. Winds are gusting to 47mph at Guadeloupe this hour: http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/current/TFFR.html For these and other observations, see the CASI Tropical Surface Obs Page (I'll be archiving the Ohio State image tonight). http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface I added browser detection to this page, if you have any problems let me know. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Georges in PR, Ivan and Jeanne Behind Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 19:17:01 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The third tropical storm in the atlantic at the same time formed this afternoon - Jeanne, just off the coast of Africa. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/10 Georges is pounding PR at the moment with winds >100mph. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/7 Through a special agreement with GoBeach CASI is giving away some of its bandwidth to that site because they would have had to close down if we didn't, you will notice that all island report links at http://www.gobeach.com/hurr.htm now go to the CASI alternate server at casi.simplenet.com. We will continue to help out as long as we can. The CASI main server at www.weatherwatchers.org has exceeded its daily bandwidth allotment (400mb transfer) for the past 2 days. And I am very tired! And will try to get some sleep tonight. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Tropical Update - 2 Hurricanes / 1 Strong TS / CASI Web Site Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:10:53 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Jeanne became a Hurricane this afternoon however she is closer to Africa than the Caribbean. Tropical Storm Ivan strengthened to 65mph this afternoon as well but is far from land. Of course the big story is Georges, who is now over the D.R. heading for Cuba. After that? Probably Florida. Evacuations began today in southern FL. CASI Members in southern FL are encouraged to get their family and their homes ready for the storm and report observations to me when safe. Georges has killed 8, left most of Puerto Rico and some islands without power and water, and damaged 70% of homes on St. Kitts. I will be putting up History links on the Georges page of the CASI site tonight along with additional links all over. Keep an eye on all three storms at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ The CASI Web Server rose from 8,000 (page/image/cgi) hits a day last week to 170,000 hits yesterday and probably more today, not including the 60,000 hits to the GoBeach information which we are holding for Gert at http://www.gobeach.com/hurr.htm (which may provide even more hits tomorrow as they were interviewed by USA Today this afternoon). We have far exceeded our daily allotment of bandwidth at CASI, transferring about 1.8GB through the webservers yesterday. If this tropical action continues for another week we may have to pare down parts of the CASI site, but with the help of Member Mike Reddin who has offered to help with bandwidth, we will hopefully not have to. If any of you are going to have updates on your web sites regarding Tropical weather and I do not have you on the above page already please let me know. Remember that CASI is not just me broadcasting to the web, it's all of you. And all of you I have to thank by making CASI powerful enough to receive all of the traffic it has been receiving during the last few days. Due to the Tropical Weather possibilities this weekend I am again adding Members to the CASILIST in an emergency fashion as I don't have time to create pages and links at this time and may not this weekend. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Member Report : Aftermath in Antigua Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:15:04 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is a forward from CASI Member Steve Coghlan on the situation in Antigua after the storm. Also I received this email today, if anyone can help this person out email me and I will forward it to her: "Hi - I'm trying to locate information on my daughter, Debbie Luther, and my niece, Kat Sowa, both were living in Cruz Bay (St. Johns). Any information so far on the conditions there??" -Jesse: [attachment follows] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : Georges in PR, Ivan and Jeanne Behind Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:05:15 +0000 From: Steve Coghlan Organization: Jolly Roger To: J TUE. 4:44PM AST - I must apologize for not being able to communicate earlier, but I am sure you will understand given the circumstances. Antigua was directly in the path of the storm, and from about 10pm to just after midnight we experienced winds in the 90 - 110 mph range. This was followed by about a 45 min calm in the eye and a very sudden reversal of wind direction with only a few seconds before the hurricane force winds began again, but from the opposite direction. By about 4:00am the winds were from the southeast and down to tropical storm force. There was very little rainfall in the first half of the storm but that changed in the early hours of the morning and some minor flooding was reported. In comparison with Luis in 95, Georges was neither as long or as destructive, but it was very intense just before and after the eye moved through. Reports suggest that the maximum sustained winds were 116 mph with gusts up to about 130 mph, and as mentioned there was only moderate rainfall. Damage appears to be most pronounced along the north and south coasts, with areas of extreme destruction being seen inland. It is safe to assume that there were tornadoes in the eye wall, because some of the damaged areas should not have been hit as hard as they were. The city of St John's was almost untouched, and with the exception of some downed power lines, today could have been a normal day at the office. The utility poles are for the most part upright, but many power lines are down so the island has no electricity yet. Water is also off at the moment but may be switched back on soon. It is important to note that most Antiguans have water storage cisterns, and many have generators, so this is not quite as critical as it might sound. Phone lines are ok in some areas and the cell phone network stood up well. The visitors to the island are being relocated to other destinations today, but some hotels will be up and running again within a few days and by Oct. 15th I believe most hotels will be open. The cruise ships should be able to return by next week, as there was no damage to the port, and many of the beaches seem ok. I have not been very specific because there are many areas that I have been unable to visit, but I will try to send more info when I can. Subject: CASILIST : Report from Orlando, Florida]= Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 20:09:18 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Report from Orlando, Florida Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 19:18:53 -0400 From: marcus sharpe To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi Jesse, It seems the local weekend forecast for the Orlando area does not look good. All three weather forecasts during the local TV news tonight predicted Hurricane Georges could be blasting us with winds up to 90 mph this weekend. The local forecasters so far seem to feel Georges will make landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast ( possibly in the Tampa Bay Area) and head NE into the state. I will be standing by as long as possible with updates from my backyard weather station here in Orlando and also my streaming video cam. Have a safe evening, Marcus Sharpe http://marcussharpe.com/weather.htm http://marcussharpe.com/Cam.htm Subject: CASILIST : Storm Data by County 1996-1998 Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:33:59 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well THIS is gonna blow your mind if you haven't already seen it and you're an avid Storm Investigator. http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms Thanks to Member Bud Younke for finding that one. It is an interactive state-by-state county-by-county version of the Storm Data publication (the de-facto standard for archives of storm data of all kinds, produced by NCDC - I used to work on it when I was there, it is an amazing publication) for 1996-98. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 23:04:28 -0400 From: Bud Younke To: "'casilist'" Found this URL in the wxchase archives, a searchable database by counties for weather events from 01-01-96 on.. nice stuff http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms Bud Subject: CASILIST : 3 Hurricanes, One Headed Towards Florida Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:50:24 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well unless you've been in a cave this week I'm sure you know by now that Hurricane Georges is heading towards southern FL tonight. Again, CASI Members in the area are encouraged to document and report on the storm as long as it is safe. At this time most professional forecasts are pointing to a landfall on the Florida Keys Friday morning of a Category 1 storm. Winds of 70-100mph are possible in SW most FL at that time with winds of Tropical Storm Force winds over the southern third of the state possible. In addition, we have two *other* hurricanes in the Atlantic, Jeanne and Ivan, neither of which are near land and also Tropical Depression #11 which gave Bermuda some trouble yesterday but is now heading out to sea. This season has equalled or past all of Dr. Gray's predictions thus far and we're only 13 days past the peak of an "average" season. I am going to try to get a good night's sleep tonight in order that I may *not* get one tomorrow night. As you know I feel a fierce dedication and harbor great interest in viewing and archiving weather information during a major storm, as well as keeping the public updated through the CASI Website. I have collected extensive views of the storms thus far and will have summaries and graphics up on the CASI Website after all this calms down. It is kind of anti-logical to place myself in the middle of a hurricane virtually when in fact I have the windows closed and it's 49 degrees outside; frost is likely here tonight at HQ. But it is such a life I lead here in the North. ;) -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : REAL LIVE URRICANE COVERAGE Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:29:57 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: REAL LIVE URRICANE COVERAGE Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:22:53 -0400 From: "BJ Hall" To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org For those that do not know. A couple of storm chasers out of Flordia are broadcasting live on RealAudio at: http://home.att.net/~hurricanecity/ Enjoy, they plan to ride out the storm live on the internet on generator power. BJ BJ Hall, KD4AHQ (Site Administrator) HOMEPAGE: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/index.html ICQ WORLD WIDE PAGER: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/783973 ICQ HOMEPAGE: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3486306 Automated Position Reporting System for Windows (WinAPRS™) 145.79MHz Licensed Remote Advanced InterRAD 3.1 Radar Site + FAA Radar Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Question Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:42:16 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I think that in 1995 we also had 4 at one time but that may have been the record. Anyone else? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Question? Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:14:54 -0400 From: Nick To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Does anyone know what the record is for the number of concurrent active Atlantic storms is??? We now have 3 hurricanes and 1 tropical storm. Seems like this might just be a record. Nick Tech Services DMan Inc. The Site Fights The Worlds First Internet Sport! http://www.thesitefights.com Nicks Home on the Web http://www.voicenet.com/~nickz/ Subject: CASILIST : Southern FL WebCams & NASA Georges Sprites Link Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 11:20:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Folks, my apologies, the CASILIST may be slow to send during the day today and tomorrow; the machine I used at work to dial in to my ISP and send it has broken down. Here are a couple URL's: 1. Member Charlie Anzman has been nice enough to put up a web page with legitimate, working, weather cameras in South Florida. I may get these on a map and I may not. In any case, here they are, thanks Charlie!: http://www.sbccomputer.com/georges.htm 2. Next a link about Sprites and other oddities above Georges, from NASA, sent to me this morning by Member John Benjamin: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd23sep98_1.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : RE: How many storms / Hermine = Karl?? Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 18:32:35 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients 1. Member Bryan Farr has proof that Tropical Storm Karl formed from the remnants of Hermine: "It was stated in the Tropial Cyclone Discussion last night that "Karl" may have formed from a low that was once possibly "TS Hermine". Today, I went back and plotted the data from Hermine from the NCEP Synoptic Charts and then tracked the remnant low from Louisiana on Sept 20 to the North Carolina coast on Sept 22. The low then tracked out to sea and began to deepen at 6Z on the 23. This was as far out as the synoptic chart plotted. Then at 21Z on the 23 the NHC classified TD 11 and 6 hours later named it Karl. You can see this plot and analysis at www.atms.unca.edu/~farr/98/karl.gif It is my opinion that Karl is just the rejuvinization of Hermine and actually should be classified as Hermine. " I note that the AccuWeather discussion also agrees with this: http://personal.accuweather.com/hurr98f/atlantic_qx01 -- 2. Here are the Member responses to Nick's question of "How Many Active Tropical Storms have there been in the Atlantic at one time since we have 4 today?": ============================ From: "Risnychok, Noel" A quick flip through The Tropical Cyclones of the North Atlantic HCS 6-2 will show that there have been many occurrences of at least four systems at one time since 1871. It's not unusual to find this during the most "memorable" seasons i.e. 26', 38' 69' etc ========================== From: (Bryan Farr) > Four tropical cyclones winds > 39 mph is a rare event in the N. Atlantic Ocean, but has occured in the following years.... 1995 Humberto, Iris, Jerry, Karen & TD 12 (Luis) Late Augusut. I do not have data readily available on this year. 1980- Danielle, Earl, Frances, Georges... Sept 6 1992 saw 5 Tropical cyclones at the same time.. TS Bonnie, H Charley, TS Danielle, TD# 6 (which became Earl), TD # 7 (remained TD)... Sept 26 1971 saw 5 Tropical cyclones and 4 named storms at the same time.. TS Edith, TS Fern, H Ginger, TS Heidi and TD 10 ( which became Irene) Sept 11. This is data for the past 30 years or so... Bryan =================================== -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : NEW! CASI Southern Florida Interactive Surface Observations Map Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 23:22:10 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients All I had time to do tonight was surface obs for the southern and western halves of Florida but should be helpful as Georges nears the Keys. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/florida/ Let me know if there are any problems. One station in SE FL I couldn't identify off the top of my head. Labeled it KXXX. If you know what it is please let me know. I may not be able to fix it for tomorrow but I will for next time. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Weather Website. Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 04:41:35 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather Website. Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:42:12 -0400 From: "Jeff Catlett" To: Hey J, Please checkout http://www.sunshinemarket.com/wxlinks.htm This weather website contains many links to various weather website throughout the internet including links to yours. I have also add your java scroll enlight of your recent letter regarding your need for more bandwidth. Fill free to share this link or mirror to other C.A.S.I. members. All links are given credit for their use. If you see anything you like, please fill free to use it. On the other hand if you see anything you don't like, let me know and i will remove it. Good luck tommorrow on C.A.S.I. site. I'm sure it will be very busy along with you for the next 72 hours. Best of Luck, Jeff Catlett P.S. Keep up the good work! --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : SBC Site outage, Miami Cam, etc. Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:02:40 -0400 From: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From Member Charlie Anzman: -- Last one from me before I head to work WSVN is providing dynamite Web coverage including shelters, evac routes, graphics, cam & more If you haven't seen the latest Geos8 shots, check this out (Don't miss it) - at 10 AM, the imagery was incredible http://www.wsvn.com/weather/hurricane/history/1998/graphics.html Charlie Milford, Pa. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Site outage, Miami Cam, etc Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 09:31:27 -0400 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" To those of you who may have been looking for us yesterday, we have isolated 'the source' of the recent site outages (and my apologies).. As of 9:30 AM we were back. Here's a great shot over Miami of the Outer bands of Hurricane Georges WTVT WebCam http://www.wtvt.com/skycam.htm (Creepy huh)... Also - lots of you have been sending in comments on OUR 2nd cam in Westfall, Twp. It's getting MUCH better every day and can be found here http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam2.html Have a GREAT weekend Charlie Anzman SBC Computer and Components (The Pike County Weather Center) http://www.sbccomputer.com http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html Subject: CASILIST : Ohio Earthquake Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 20:03:23 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I wasn't originally going to send this to the list since it's not "weather" related but there has been considerable interest in it. Anybody feel it? I did not. A 5.2 earthquake ocurred in Ohio today and was felt as far away as Eastern New York. Some minor damage was done. Original NWS Statement: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 424 PM EDT FRI SEP 25 1998 SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON OF AN EARTHQUAKE AT APPROXIMATELY 355 PM EDT. THE STEUBEN COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MINOR DAMAGE TO THEIR FACILITY. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE EARTHQUAKE WAS A MAGNITUDE 5.0 CENTERED NEAR ASHTABULA OHIO. After seeing this statement I went to the USGS and pulled this page which contains Details and Maps: http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/980925195252.HTML -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Mississippi Preparing Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 13:29:33 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From Member Don Arnold: HI all just put under hurricane WARNING. LOOKS like georges comming this way right now on ly a cat 2 winds of 105, if this trend continues will probably evacuate north to northern part of county some 30 miles inland however if it comes in as CAT 3 will be going further inland and be in touch once we find a spot to settle MIGHT go as far as 50-75 miles north of JACKSON MS don -- WEB PAGE UPDATED 05 SEP 98 DARLA (dawn) ICQ# 7341931 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6430 personal page other pages we are involved in Don (weathernut) ICQ# 14664294 http://hattiesburg.net/columns/index.shtml My BI-Weekly column http://www.qsl.net/kb5zvw Navy mars MS area page Subject: CASILIST : NWSFO Jackson, MS Statement Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 16:58:41 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: NWSFO Jackson, MS Statement Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 11:56:16 PDT From: "Joe Furr" To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org My NWS office issued this statement this morning concerning the inland effects of Georges. HURRICANE GEORGES IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH OVER THE EAST CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF COAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS UP TO 105 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GEORGES WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS GREATER THAN 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBIA TO HATTIESBURG LINE LATE SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI INTO THE AREA FROM PORT GIBSON TO QUITMAN AS WELL. THE EXACT LOCATION OF LANDFALL REMAINS UNCERTAIN BUT CURRENT PROJECTIONS BRING GEORGES INLAND NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EARLY MONDAY. THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD INLAND THROUGH TUESDAY. RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE STORM MOVES INLAND. FLOODING SEEMS LIKELY OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES COULD OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE. DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...TORNADOES OR DAMAGING WINDS LATE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. I live in Hattiesburg, MS and am going to stay here. Anything I find out I will post to the group if I have power, which will probably be out for a little while. I will also post any damage surveys I may conduct in conjunction with my research study and Hurricane Georges. -Joe Furr Joe Furr Webmaster, Tornadoes and Tornado Research http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/2430/ vigilantibus, non dormientibus, iura subveniunt Roma locuta est, causa finita est Roma Caput Mundi ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: Georges : Site Update Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18:41:10 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Georges Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 17:46:29 -0400 From: "Mike Reddin" To: "J" Hi J, Just wanted to let you know I just finished updating the http://casi.homesite.net with the latest information on hurricane Georges. This time comparing the ETA, NGM and NoGaps with one another and some speculation on the tracking and timing of landfall. Looks like the synoptic setup may be right for another "Elena" type senario..tough call. Expect some surprises with this one ranging from stalling to rapid strengthening. Mike Subject: CASILIST : Help Needed from outside sources - Radio Show in Spanish, FL Keys Damage Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18:44:25 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients If any of you can help either one of these people out please email them directly and CC: me. Thanks. 1. FL Keys Damage? Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 15:47:41 EDT From: Amischick{at}aol.com I am looking for how hard Key Largo in Monroe County was hit by Georges. I would also like to know if the surges were bad and how bad they were. If you have any information please email me at Amischick{at}aol.com as soon as possible Thanks JILL 2. Need spanish-speaker for Radio Show [attached:] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Your assistance is requested Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 18:27:05 EDT From: Isabelhrn{at}aol.com To: tropical{at}weatherwatchers.org I am the editorial coordinator for "Mundo 2000" spanish language science program of the Hispanic Radio Network (HRN) broadcast to 20 affiliates here in the US and to 18 countries in Latin America via satellite (our audience is estimated @ 80 million!) The topic of our next broadcast is...what else? Hurricanes--you guessed it. I am looking for two guest experts that speak fluent spanish. Ideally a hurricane forecaster and a hurricane hunter, but a meteorologist would also be just fine. Could you recommend anyone inside or outside the US? The interview would be next Tuesday the 29th, from 8-9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. We broadcast from National Public Radio Studios in Washington, DC., and the interview could be conducted via telephone or ISDN line. Given that time is of the essence, please respond as soon as possible. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Isabel M. Benemelis Editorial Coordinator Hispanic Radio Network 1450 G Street, NW, Suite 260 Washington, DC 20005 TEL: 202-637-8800 FAX: 202-637-8801 E-mail: isabelhrn{at}aol.com Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Info, Help With Technical Hurricane Info Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 22:35:34 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Members: Well folks we reached a milestone today when, for the first time since 1893, there were four hurricanes in the Atlantic basin. The bands from Georges began to hit the Gulf Coast this evening, Member Don Arnold of Pascagoula MS reports. Now for a forwarded message from someone on the Internet, if you can help them please email them directly and CC: me. Thanks folks! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org [forwarded message attached] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Info Help Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 21:22:50 -0500 From: Gentry Family Organization: The Gaia Foundation To: casi{at}weatherwatchers.org I don't know if yall can help with my request or not. I have been an avid Hurricane enthusiast since the early 60's. Only in the last year have I gotten into sites on the Net that have detailed mb charts, computer modeling, and discussion groups. This is obviously above my current level of understanding. Is there a site on the Net or a book I can purchase that would give me the opportunity to raise my level of understanding to the point of comprehending this new found material? Thank You, Brady Gentry Lake Charles, La. bgentry01{at}sprynet.com Subject: CASILIST : Story on the 4 hurricane record tie & Picture Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 13:14:19 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From Member Nick Zelinsky: I have an image of all 4 hurricanes at once I found at NASA. http://nickworld.thesitefights.com/hurri/4hurri.jpg Nick Also: [attached message] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Story on the 4 hurricane record tie Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:24:20 -0400 From: Nick To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org There's a story about the 4 hurricanes at once tying the record at CNN http://cnn.com/WEATHER/9809/26/four.hurricanes.ap/index.html Nick Tech Services DMan Inc. The Site Fights The Worlds First Internet Sport! http://www.thesitefights.com Nicks Home on the Web http://www.voicenet.com/~nickz/ HURRICANE HOT SPOT http://nickworld.thesitefights.com/hurri/ Subject: CASILIST : Last Message from Don Arnold Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 13:15:12 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Member Don Arnold of Pascagoula MS has evacuated. The last messages from him this morning follow: VIA EMAIL: Hi all first let ask you not respond to this message as it will become apparent am evacuating this location in a couple hours and this is last message till sometime tue by my best guess now we ARE NOT leaving the coast for reasons i will go into later for our family and cousins all over the country DON'T WORRY i have Darla and MRS Spooner tucked away in a nice safe place here, a place i could not use untill a few hours ago, they are completly safe except from a direct tornado hit so dont worry about them FOR MARS members I will be retaining GBA FUNCTIONS and moving my base of ops to NNN0NIR, will be on the air as soon as i can get set up will be on frequencies mentioned in my comcon set msg. for all IF YOU HAVE TO GET A HOLD OF ME and have e-mail send it but only for EMERGENCY USE untill storm passes, for REAL BAD EMERGENCIES CALL 228-762-1812 that will be a joint skywarn/navymars office here in PASCAGOULA. if i cannot be reached at that number you can try my mothers number 228-474-7334. its is 9:15 sun morning here i will be gone within the hour. stay safe and pray for george to die a quick death DON ARNOLD IN PASCAGOULA MS NNN0GBA MS KB5FHX -- VIA ICQ: HI THERE EVACUATING AT NOON, this is last computer message till i find shelter time 08:50 CST condition pressure 29.74 falling 03 hour winds ne 20 g 35 llight rain temp 75 humitity 100 will be back on line i hope tue night DON IN PASCAGOULA MS 1.5 miles off the beach -- Subject: CASILIST : Jim Leonard's Report / Panama City Photos / Worst Case for New Orleans Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 21:17:09 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Attached is a forward of world-famous Hurricane Chaser Jim Leonard's chase report for Hurricane Georges. Thanks to Member Powell Way for obtaining it and obtaining permission to forward it. Also, Member Mark Dale sends this URL with pictures from the Panama City Beach area: http://www.homtown.com/hurricane/ And finally, a New Orleans newspaper paints a horrifying picture of "the worst case scenario": http://www.nolalive.com/weather/mainstorm.html Jim's report is attached... --Jesse [attached message] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: (Fwd) A windy day in Key West! Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 18:11:08 +0500 From: powell{at}scsn.net (Powell Way) Organization: Gust Front Broadcasting To: J{at}weatherwatchers.org >From Jim Leonard: ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 20:58:40 -0500 (CDT) From: jmlcat-5{at}ix.netcom.com Subject: A windy day in Key West! Well we made it through hurricane "Georges" in KeyWest on Friday. Jim Edds and I left his house in Marathon around 5AM and headed down to Key West and waited for the arrival of the storm, we first sat on the south shore and waited for daybreak to survey different sites for when the core of the hurricane arrives. Around mid-morning we traveled around the north side of the island along US-1 in front of a car dealer and got some footage there. The next hour we moved around a little further west along the HWY and shot some more scenes. About 10:30 or so the winds began to gust over 80mph and pieces of signs began flying everywhere. For the next hour the winds increased to probably gusts over 90mph at times so we came back to next to the car dealer. I began to get restless so we braved the hurricane force winds and drove to the southeast shore of the island to where "houseboat row" is located and observed many of the houseboats severly damaged. looking down the road which is Roosevelt road, it was under water. Being it was salt water and I was in my own car We didn't go any further down, so we turned around and went back to in front of the Pizza Hut building which looked fairly sturdy and observed the western eyewall. The western eyewall was brief with winds gusting maybe as high as 90 to 95 mph. At about 11:30 or so the rain let up and the winds subsided along with the sky brightning it was obvious that the eye of the hurricane was beginning to move over our area. The relative lull lasted for nearly an hour. The winds subsided to around no less than 30mph, we were in the northern part of the eye itself. My lowest pressure was 979mb or 28.91 inches just one millabar lower than in my chase in Puerto Rico last Monday. During the eye we went to the south facing shore of Key West and took some shots of the ocean water comming onshore as the winds were beginning to increase from the southsouthest. During the next couple hours we went back to the north side of the island to observe the eastern eyewall as it made its way over the island. During the early afternoon the south winds really got wild. The eastern eyewall was much more impressive than the western part which was expected. The winds during this time probably gusted over 105mph frequently. The strong part eyewall lasted for about a half hour or so. For the next couple hours the winds and rain were down somewhat then about 4:00 or so we were smacked by a feeder band which I think the winds may have been stronger and the rain was much more intense than the eyewall itself, at this time I would estimate gusts to at least 110mph. About 5:30 or so we began, despite the winds still hurricane force to move around the island and went to check out houseboat row and were not able to get with a half mile of it because deep water, so we decided to start our journey back toward Marathon. We stopped for a few moments on Stock Island to wait to see if the feeder band would move on. We wanted to get going before dark so we could see what was in the road before we ran over it. So about 6:30 or so we braved the tremendous cross winds and started our drive back. When we got to SugerLoaf Key we noticed tremendous amounts of destruction from both storm surge and winds and the same story on Cudjoe Key and Summerland Key. The tree damage on Summerland Key looked to me like the winds had to exceed 125mph. We managed to make it through all the debris and high winds and even crossed the seven mile bridge in 60 to 70 mph wind and got back to Jim Edds house and found the entrance his house was completely blocked by fallen trees and then we crashed for some much needed rest. What a week!!! Jim Leonard (Old timer, storm chaser) Chasing since the dinosaurs roamed the earth. jmlcat-5{at}ix.netcom.com http://pw1.netcom.com/~jmlcat-5/index.html --------------------------------------------- powell{at}scsn.net http://www.scsn.net/users/powell --------------------------------------------- Subject: CASILIST : Georges Aftermath in MS / 24-Hour Precip Imagery Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 18:58:47 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here is a forward from Member Joe Furr in Hattiesburg MS about the affects from Hurricane Georges in his area. Also, there are a number of impressive 24-hour Doppler Estimated Precipitation images from various weather providers including AccuWeather, WSI, and Kavouras. You can link to these from the "Radar" section of the CASI Georges Page: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/7/ -- [text attachment : Joe Furr] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Georges Aftermath Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:51:22 PDT From: "Joe Furr" To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org We here in Hattiesburg, MS were spared the brunt of Hurricane Georges. We lost power Sunday night and just got it restored this morning. The worst winds were Sunday night with sustained winds of 40 to 45 mph and gusts to 65 and 70mph. Flooding was not a major problem for us as we did not see but 4"-5" of rain. The only areas flooded were those near the Leaf River in Hattiesburg and Petal. Damage consists of mostly fallen trees and structural damage caused by falling trees. Our neighbor unfortunately lost four trees with two falling on his house and one on our fence. Damage is very localized. Our neighborhood sustained the most damage in eastern Lamar county, but there is only about 1 sq mile of damage. Outside of this there are localized "pockets" of damage, but not widespread. The sustained winds were not really enough to down trees, but I am thinking these are caused by either the squalls of somethings along the lines of a microburst. There are still large areas in Hattiesburg without power or water and I know that the area south of Hattiesburg near Camp Shelby is without these. I have heard that vast parts of Jackson County on the coast are underwater with as much as nine feet of water over some parts of the highways. Most of the area south of I-10 suffered flood damage and large parts of Pascagoula are damage. CASI member Don Arnold lives in Pascagoula so he might be able to shed light on this. I also heard that the ports of Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, and Pascagoula (where Ingalls Shipbuilding is located) are closed. I have not gotten cable back so I have not seen any images from the coast. These are all things I have heard from people or from a radio station on the coast that happened to be able to stay on the air. The only other information I have is that 105 mph sustained winds were recorded in Biloxi with 120mph gusts and that Keesler AFB had a gust of 172 mph. -Joe Furr ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Subject: CASILIST : Georges Aftermath in British Islands Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 19:04:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is an eye witness account of Georges' passage through the Virgin Islands. This is someone who had been in contact with Herb throughout the storm. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Liane: Aftermath Date: 29 Sep 1998 16:02:30 -0000 From: "Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS]" To: "Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS]" Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS] - http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html Report on hurricane Georges from Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands - 6 days later: Pip (my 12 year old wonderdog) and I were staying at friends at the Lighthouse Villas. Six of us (plus Pip and Peanut, another canine refugee) congregated in their largest suite on the ground floor. We had all planned to stay there the night before the storm (Sunday) to help board up and prepare for the storm. By 11:00 a.m., September 21st (Monday and also my birthday ... by the way) the skies had become quite dark, the frigate birds were enjoying the high winds (approximately 40 mph) and were hovering high above the bay. Bits of leaves and light debris were blowing around. For those of you who do not know the area, Cane Garden Bay is "picture postcard" stuff with high hills, wonderful white sand beach and aquamarine waters. It is exactly what most of us think of when day-dreaming about a Caribbean vacation. The Lighthouse Villas are nestled into the hillside about 30 to 40 feet above sea level. The storm was coming from the SE and the villas face NNW, so we were able to keep the french doors overlooking the bay open for quite some time. We watched and waited as the wind speed picked up. The clouds were screaming overhead, travelling so quickly that I was unable to even guess the speed. The wind blew across the surface of the water causing almost the same,effect as when wind blows across a field of snow, sending the top bits swirling around in a light mist. The waves outside the bay were going in three different directions at the same time. Small waterspouts began to form. Then the rain began. We closed the doors but kept one window cracked open. Naturally, the power had already been shut down so as to protect against the possibility of fires or electrocution in the event that a line went down ... which is a foregone conclusion during a hurricane. Without power, there are no fans or air conditioning and it gets terribly hot and humid indoors. With windows boarded up and little light coming from the doors, it gets very dark and depressing. We had hurricane lamps, flashlights and candles going in various parts of the villa. Many who are lucky enough to have generators fired them up. We weren't amongst them. By 1:00, the storm was at full strength and the intermittent gusts were quite unnerving. Surprisingly, the sustained wind speed (which I have experienced in previous hurricanes) just wasn't the same. During Bertha, Marilyn and Luis, the wind seemed to be constant and the force didn't seem to vary much. During Georges, the wind would die down, then there would be huge gusts accompanied by driving rain and then the wind would die down again. I have heard varying reports of top wind speeds from 85 to 130 m.p.h. My guess is that the truth is somewhere in the middle. Unlike other hurricanes, we were able to go outside from time to time to check on the state of affairs around the building and our vehicles. My car hood was hit by a coconut, but all the others were just fine. The building sustained no damage of any kind. Jerry and Jeremy dragged a large branch (which had come down into the driveway) away from the building as it might have become a missile and possibly broken some windows or damaged a car. Around 2:30, my leg was throbbing and I decided that since the driving rain was preventing much "viewing" of the spectacle ... I would take a little lie down. I was staying in the suite above the rest on the second floor. Unfortunately, due to the lack of a long enough ladder, we were unable to board up the second floor windows at the rear of the villas. The noise up there was unbelievable and a little disconcerting. Just before I lay down, I took one last look out the doors and saw a windsurfing board fly by. Most of the people in the bay had done a pretty good job of securing everything, but two of the watersports places, located right on the beach, either ran out of time or didn't see fit to lash the boards, canoes and kayaks down. Somewhat antisocial if you ask me! Had any of those things hit somebody's home or car, there would certainly have been damage ... not to mention the potential to cause bodily harm. I quickly decided that it wasn't a good idea to stand in the doorway and opted to move the bed further away from the doors and windows. I had a nice nap and woke up around 5:00. The storm was still raging but the wind seemed to have died down somewhat. Pip and Peanut were crossing their legs, so Judi and I took them both out for a very brief and wet walk all the time keeping our eyes on the coconut palms on the opposite side of the driveway. We were all huddled around the battery operated radio trying to hear news of what was taking place on other parts of the island and the BVI. Nothing! I was quite shocked at the almost total lack of information the radio stations (ZBVI and ZROD) were putting on the air. In past hurricanes, ZBVI had always done a wonderful job of reporting that this boat in Sopers Hole was dragging its anchor or that tree was down on main street and the road was impassable. This time, we got zip! So we changed radio stations and tuned into WOSO in Puerto Rico and listened to John Tooey (spelling?) reporting about the storm from Florida. He did a fabulous job as usual! By 8:00 it was all over except for the rain and the clean up! I toured parts of town and the West End the following day and was pleasantly surprised to discover that we had sustained minimal damage. Of course the "usual" mess was to be seen; trees down, power lines lying across the street, roads torn up by the storm surge, some roof damage, leafless trees ... and many relieved faces. Considering the damage and loss of life Georges left in his wake throughout the Caribbean, the BVI's in general made out like bandits! I have heard that Peter Island sustained horrendous damage and will likely be closed until Christmas. I met a fellow last night who lost his roof and two walls of his home and apparently spent the last four hours of the storm hiding under his car with his cat and dog tucked under his arms. However, these stories are isolated incidences and I am guessing that his house was hit by one of the many tornadoes spawned by Georges. All in all, we were VERY lucky indeed. I hear that Florida is now taking a pounding by our very rude guest. I hope and pray that they will be as lucky as we were. We are all thinking of you. Kindest regards, Liane Le Tendre All-In-One BVI Vacations ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to wxmail-unsubscribe{at}listbot.com Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/ Subject: CASILIST : Discussion on the 172/171mph Gust During Georges Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:12:30 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks to Member Tim Armstrong for forwarding this discussion on the supposed 172mph gust from Alabama during Georges. I had wondered if there would be discussion on this topic. ____________________Forward Header_____________________ Subject: High Wind Reported with Georges Author: Dan Smith Date: 9/29/98 2:33 PM The following exchange may be of interest, regarding the report of a 170+ mph wind from Hurricane George when it made landfall along the Gulf Coast yesterday. -------------------- From: Pete Black[SMTP:Peter.Black{at}noaa.gov] NOAA/AOML Hurricane Research Division Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 8:13 PM To: Mark A. Lander Subject: Re: 171 mph in Georges? Mark, et al.- The 171 mph wind report from Keesler was ABSOLUTELY BOGUS. It was, as you surmised, Mark, from the FMQ hot film anemometer of the same type as produced the bogus Typhoon Paka high wind report at Andersen AFB. Lixion, in his media interview, went public with this report before we could tell him of our contact with folks at Keesler. I, and later Frank Marks, were in periodic contact with Josh Wurman via cell phone during the period of the report. He had one of his DOWs set up on the Keesler runway and was measuring 100 kt winds at about 2K ft elevation via Doppler at the time. He was "a stone's throw" from the Keesler wind ob and did not get blown away. It was raining very hard at the time and probably impacted the instrument, which is prone to major errors in the presence of heavy rain. The NOAA P-3s were also dropping GPS dropsondes in the area and did not detect winds at any level in any sonde above 110 kt. Most 10-m winds were 70-80 kt. Similar bogus reports came from Eglin AFB during Opal. Regards - Pete. _____________________________________ At 7:30 PM -0400 9/28/98, Mark A. Lander wrote: When I heard CBS news announce that a 171 mph wind gust was reported at Keesler AFB during Georges, I was immediately suspiscious. Recently, here on Guam, we were treated to a similar claim of extreme wind speeds recorded at an Air Force base (i.e., the now defunct world record wind gust of 236 mph recorded at Andersen AFB, Guam during typhoon Paka). It turns out that in the Guam case, High Tech spoiled the day -- the newly installed hot-wire anemometer was not fit for TC applications. I don't know for sure, but was the Keesler measurement made by a hot-wire anemometer? It doesn't seem as if damage reports match anything near that value of wind speed. Regards, Mark Lander Email: mlander{at}uog.edu or lander{at}npmocw.navy.mil University of Guam --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Welcome New Members - CASI Is 400 Strong! Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 21:56:22 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients During the last two weeks CASI has received a large number of inductees, bringing the total number of CASI Members to over 400! Following is a list of New CASI Members since last update. I want to take a special moment to extend a warm welcome to World-Famous AccuWeather Meteorologist Elliot Abrams who joined CASI last week. We hope you enjoy your stay, Elliot! Members In Last Two Weeks (Chronological Order): Robert Weisbloom Schaumburg IL Joe Mason Orrtanna PA Seth Harris Hickory NC John Glaveskas Berlin MD Barry Canzoneri Mandeville LA Jean Byrd Frederick MD Leon J. Cotten Asheville NC Jack Spitz Charleston SC JOSE CRUZ CAGUAS PR Teodosio J. Rucabado Rio Piedras PR GARDNER GENE sedgwick ks Nick Zelinsky Glassboro NJ R.D. Hood New Hope PA Fred Beck Sheboygan Wi Jeremiah Haynes Grand Prairie TX Mike Whitcomb Rockville MD Mark Spence Georgetown SC Henry Heck Washington NC dave wiseman london nw1 1 el uk chuck satkofsky Boynton Beach FL Elizabeth Smith Columbia SC Wade Smith Columbia SC Brian Fenner Peterborough, U.K. Alfred Feffer Marblehead Ma Brian Baker Seattle WA James McFarlane Pittsburgh Pa Alexander Minott South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands susan haldenby markham ON Canada Robert Stubbs, Jr. Mt. Pleasant SC Michael Willard Creswell NC Christian Redditt West Palm Beach FL Elliot Abrams Port Matilda PA Ed Boe Cicero IL Fred Else Lake Wales FL Porter Loring San Antonio TX Mark Webb Atlanta GA Steven Nascimento Hillsde NJ Lawrence Barr Jackson Ms Josh Humphries Roanoke VA timothy coulson collinsville il Ken Gallagher Philadelphia PA glenda haskell winter park fl Jerry Taft Tampa FL -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Asheville NC Upcoming Event : [Fwd: UNCA AMS Meeting] Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:06:07 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: UNCA AMS Meeting Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 01:01:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamey Lee Singleton To: J J, Could you please pass this info on for folks in the area who might me interested? Thanks, Jamey ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The UNC Asheville chapter of the American Meteorological Society will hold it's next meeting on THURSDAY OCTOBER 8 at 7pm. The featured speaker will be Laurance Lee, from the National Weather Service in Greenville/Spartanburg. He will discuss working at the NWS, and also talk about the infamous surprise snowstorm that pounded parts of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee this past January. The meeting will be held in Robinson Hall room 125 and everyone is welcome! If you're interested and/or need directions just get in touch with me via e-mail (jlsingle{at}bulldog.unca.edu) or call me at (828) 255-7378. Thanks so much! Jamey Singleton UNCA AMS President 1998-1999 "A NEW SENSATION!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: [Fwd: WE SURVIVED GEORGES] Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 18:07:21 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From CASI Member Don Arnold: Don or Darla Arnold wrote: > HI ALL!!!!WE SURVIVED > > just a quick note got power back last night but computer was dying > out from water in car no significant just on case but i let it dry 24 > hours just to be sure > > now we are fine and darla and i will get to each of you with all the > details asap > > WE DID NOT EVACUATE from the county although we left the house > > house has a couple minor roof leaks and about 15% of shingles gone > house also sustained some significant structural damage > 1 window broken 2 walls buckled and cracked that water leaked in all > minor > now we just got to wait on insurance adjuster, he has been contacted, > > minor water in car from a flooded parking lot where i was parked, > floorboard of passenger side back seat. > > the east side of the eyewall passed about 5-7 miles from my location > and there is significant damage on the coast, still a 10;00pm to > 6:00am > curfew > > my antenna system for my radio is so much twisted wire and metal so i > will be off the air for a while till i get backup antenna raised, the > insurance adjuster needs to view damage before i can raise another > antenna > > darla and Mrs. spooner are fine and safe, house IS LIVABLE > hove power, lights and water, no cable tv but have old cb antenna > converted for it to receive LOCAL stations. > > all read my weekly column on sunday night (SEE SIGNATURE FILE FOR > URL) > i will be giving a BLOW BY BLOW ACCOUNT of the storm and what all we > went through. > > all in all it has been a VERY INTERESTING WEEK since last friday > there were NO EVACUATIONS ORDER for jackson county mississippi > except for mobile home and low lying areas. this will be addressed > at the local govt. level and maybe higher. > > WE SURVIVED > > DON AND DARLA from PASCAGOULA MS > > -- > > WEB PAGE UPDATED 05 SEP 98 DARLA (dawn) ICQ# 7341931 > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6430 personal page --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Maryland Drought Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 19:14:01 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Member MAWS sent this through their list today, is interesting. Don't know about MD today but here in Central PA it has been cold and raining all day - high today : 49, and more predicted for tomorrow. -Jesse -- "Maryland Withering Under Extreme Drought" ... Glendening to seek disaster designation for nine counties While the Gulf Coast sops up after Hurricane Georges' torrential rains, central Maryland remains parched by three months of drought that federal climatologists now rank as severe to extreme. The damage goes beyond crispy lawns and a disappointing fall foliage season. Gov. Parris N. Glendening is expected to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare drought disasters in nine Maryland counties, where some farmers are facing the loss of up to 60 percent of their corn or soybean crops. "In dollars, it won't be anywhere near what last year was, or what [the droughts of] 1986 and 1983 were," said Tony Evans, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Agriculture. But "we're getting hit with all sorts of double economic whammies this year because the price of grain has gone in the tank. So, we have few units to sell, and they will sell at a greatly reduced price," he said. "Agriculture is not too profitable these days." Barely 3.6 inches of rain has fallen at Baltimore-Washington International Airport since July 1, less than one-third of the 11 inches of rain that is normal for the period. Perusing the latest federal drought maps at the Sterling, Va., forecast office yesterday, National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Strong said much of central Maryland fell last week into the extreme drought category. "It's one of the driest areas around in the East," he said. The area incudes the Eastern Shore from roughly Queen Anne's to Dorchester counties, and the Western Shore from Baltimore to the Patuxent River. Eastern regions also facing extreme drought conditions were southern Alabama (prior to Hurricane Georges) and northwestern Pennsylvania. Moderate to severe drought persists from Alabama through the higher elevations of Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia, the rest of Maryland east of Garrett County,Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern and western Pennsylvania. Long-range forecasts hold little hope for relief. In fact, the weather service's 90-day outlook says there is a slightly greater likelihood of drier than normal weather through December. El Nino-driven rains last winter and spring left the Baltimore region's reservoirs full and got Maryland's growing season off to a good start. But around the first of July, El Nino ended and the spigot shut off. "We went into a La Nina phase," said Dave Miskus, section chief at the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility in Washington. La Nina is an abnormal cooling of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that sometimes follows El Nino -- an abnormal warming of the same region. Both phenomena can have dramatic impacts on global weather patterns by altering storm tracks and the positions of atmospheric pressure systems. La Nina's local impacts are "pretty much the opposite from what El Nino does," Miskus said. El Nino brought wet weather and storms to the southern tier of the United States last winter and spring. The summer brought La Nina, storm tracks went elsewhere, and the South dried out. "We did, too," Miskus said. BWI recorded just four days of measurable rain -- a total of 1.42 inches -- in July. August brought only three days of rain, totaling 0.91 of an inch. September ended this week having added just 1.27 inches of precipitation on six days at BWI. Many areas nearby had even less rain. And it was hot. On average, September ended 3.2 degrees warmer than normal -- the fifth hottest September in the past 50 years -- and the hottest since 1980. The month produced eight days with highs in the 90s, the same number as in August. The high of 95 degrees on Sept. 27 set a record for the date, erasing the 91-degree mark set in 1933. Baltimore enjoyed some relief. There was a cool stretch from Sept. 8 to 10, when highs at BWI were in the 70s. During another three-day break last week, the daily highs twice stalled in the 60s. The low for the month at BWI was 42 degrees on Sept. 24. Water levels at Baltimore's three reservoirs have fallen 2 to 7 feet since filling to the brim during the rains last winter and spring. But they remain above normal for this time of year. "We're doing extremely well," said Kurt Kocher, spokesman for the city Department of Public Works. Subject: CASI Net News: Lightning Maps / Accu Movies / TWC Stickers / WXU Redesign? Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 21:54:39 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (www.weatherwatchers.org). Send your reports of recent changes or additions to the websites of *major* weather providers to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to major websites which affect the Internet community. This message is sent out first to CASI Members then later posted to appropriate Newsgroups.] Thanks to CASI Member Paul Britton for help with this addition. 1. Lightning Maps On Net Sept. 10 1998 - For those of you who enjoyed the AccuWeather Lightning detection maps that Gopost.com used to have, there is another source for them now. Gopost.com is still dead but theweatherstation.com has both the US and SE maps in full resolution updated every hour: http://www.theweatherstation.com/accuweather/ltus4p.gif http://www.theweatherstation.com/accuweather/ltse4p.gif 2. AccuWeather adds Quicktime weather movies Sept. 20 1998 - AccuWeather has added to their Free site (they added this to their pay site a couple months ago) quicktime weather movies which they call Animotions. They include a Surface Weather Map, Temperature Band Map, and Satellite/Radar Flythrough. The surface map is similar to CNN's (http://cnn.com/WEATHER/NAmerica/us.reg/mov.forecast.html) since both use the AccuWeather Ultra workstation. 3. TWC Adds "Weather Magnets" Sept. 20 1998 - The Weather Channel counters The Weather Underground by offering "weather magnets," which are similar to "weather stickers" offered by TWU. Both are advertisements for the respective companies which also display current conditions for sites. The Weather Channel's city list at thist time is much shorter than the Weather Underground's which includes every Zipcode and many international locations. http://autocobrand.weather.com/autocobrand/autointro.html 4. Weather Underground Redesign? Late September 1998 - Looking at this URL: http://autobrand.wunderground.com shows a "different" Weather Underground page design, probably something they will be implementing soon on their main site at http://www.wunderground.com/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : RE: Maryland Drought Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 12:49:35 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients William E. Smith wrote: > As an illustration of the drought we are experiencing, I have > attached a chart of the precipitation that I have recorded at my home in > Bowie, MD in Prince Georges County. > > - Bill > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [Image] - See http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/drought.gif > > William E. Smith > Senior Programmer Analyst > Goddard Space Flight Center -- Subject: CASILIST : Event: Technician Class (Amateur Radio) : Lincolnton, NC Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 12:53:42 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Fwd: Technician Class Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 09:48:46 -0400 From: Larry Wright To: Dennis Wright , J , Mike Robinson , Rodney Shubert , Steve Rankin , Todd Ward edward a belton wrote: > ANNOUNCING > > Ham Radio > Technician > Class Course > In Lincolnton > There will be no charge for the six week course, > Which will meet on thurday evenings. > > The required textbook for the class will be > "Now You're Talking!" > Textbook/studyguide, > available from your local Radio Shack, > for about $20. > > Who > Here's your invitation to a friendly, high-tech hobby that's got > something fun for every one.People from all walks of life pass their > entry- level exams and earn their Amateur Radio Licenses. > They all share the diverse world of activities you can explore with ham > radio. > > What > The most popular license for beginners is Technician Class license,which > No longer requires a Morse Code examination.To earn a Technician > license,you'll need to pass the Novice and Technician written > exams.These are multiple-choice tests, written with beginners in > mine.You'll study topics such as radio operation practices,fcc rules and > basic electrical theory. > > When > Thusday evenings from 7:00pm until 9:00pm.The classes start Thursday > October 8th,and run every Thursday for six weeks,until the final class > on November 12th. there is a testing session scheduled for > Saturday,November 14th, 9:00am there will be a nominal fee of $6.35 for > taking the FCC examinations. > > Where > The Lincoln county library,at 306 West Main Street, in downtown > Lincolnton.As you enter the library,the classroom will be the first door > on your left. > > Contact > If you have any questions about "Ham Radio" or the upcoming class you > may call or E-Mail: > Geoffrey Russell/KU4KM 483-6520,ku4km{at}conninc.com > Bill Fisher/W4GRW 276-1225,billybobfisher{at}juno.com > Ciff Brommer/WD4PIC 483-7291,wd4pic{at}juno.com > Gene Willis/NC4US 276-2982,nc4us{at}juno.com > > This Class is sponsored and conducted by the membership of the > Lincoln County RACES/ARES. > > WEB SITE http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/1373/races.html > > Lincoln County RACES/ARES is an organization of amateur radio operators > who volunteer their time and equipment to support Lincoln County,North > Carolina,Emergency services whenever traditional communications services > are temporarily disabled or additional resources are needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : 70mph winds in trenton / Severe WX - Tornado in KS Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 07:46:50 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Following are CASI Member reports on the severe weather in the Plains yesterday: Subject: 70mph winds in trenton Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 21:53:43 -0500 From: "Glen Briggs (wx)" before i start let me tell you this was one of the the worse winds / flooding that i have seen in my 10 years of storm spotting at arround 7:30pm weather service issued a servere thunder storm warning for grundy county.. at 7:44pm the winds switched from the east to the south, and gusted to at least 70mph during the peak gust visb was about 500ft and the power poles i could see were swaying in either direction about 4 to 5 feet, (i thought for sure the one with the street light would go down, but it never did) then the the rain kicked in.. the winds kept gusting to 65mph with zero visb.. (at one point the wind and rains were so strong i noted that i could not see my rain gauge post wich is about 10ft from my back door.. the scarest part happend when the winds gusted to the strongest point.. at about 7:48pm winds gusted to arround 70mph again.. at wich point i could hear the wind roaring along the roof of our house.. and i could hear, and see the windows on the southside of the house shakeing.. shortly after the winds began to die down.. and the rain began to let up.. however, 25 miles south me the rain kept comeing.. and we had reports of cars floating in the high school parking lot at chillicothe.. wich i have never heard that as i write this MANY roads in northern missouri are closed.. and the rain and lighting keeps pounding us Glen Briggs ------------------------------------------------------------ = e-mail: gbriggs{at}lyn.net ICQ: 1133850 = = backup: wx{at}lyn.net AOL: kb0rpj = = Ham Radio Station: KB0RPJ = ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: SEVERE WEATHER/TORNADO 10/4/98 Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 22:27:09 -0500 From: "Joey Ketcham" Jesse, This is storm spotter Joey Ketcham of Pittsburg Kansas. At 8:30 me and the rest of the Skywarn spotters was activated for Crawford County. I headed South on 69 Highway until I got to a truck stop about 5 miles South of Pittsburg. At first there was just cloud to ground lightning and light wind. At 9:00 PM CDT I noticed that the wind became calm and everything just felt weird. Just then about 3 miles west of where me and 3 other spotters was, a tornado touched down on the ground. The tornado travled at a estimated speed of 30 MPH to the Northeast. The tornado was on the ground for exactly 10 minutes before going back up. At 9:15 heavy rain began to fall along with 60 MPH winds. Rain measurement at this time is exactly 2.49" just within the last 2 hours. Pea size hail was also reported by our Spotter in the west parts of Crawford County Kansas. More severe storms are to be expected with possible tornadoes so I will close now. Tomorrow I am going out to do a damage survey and take pictures, I will send you a copy of the report along with photos that was taken. Joey Ketcham Pittsburg Kansas --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : SURGE! (Georges Report) Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 18:39:28 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: SURGE! Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 18:24:27 -0400 From: Brad Riley To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org I was in Mobile, Alabama when Georges came ashore in Mississippi. I witnessed the strongest surge I have ever seen. 10-12' in some spots. The causeway (hwy 98) over the bay was flooded for four days and stores on 98 were ruined. Made for some good video but I was genuinely sorry for them. That was the only source of income for them. All the way home I thought about the power of a hurr. to change people's lives. I guess that's the gamble for living on the coast. -- Subject: CASILIST : Jesse's Upcoming Schedule Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 19:45:54 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I will be entertaining relatives who are visiting from NC for the next week, through October 14, so I may be offline more than usual and be less available when I am online. I apologize for any inconvenience. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Past World Tropical System Images ; WeatherView32 For Peet Bros. Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 21:58:54 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I found this URL today but it was pretty buried in an unlikely place so I thought that a lot of you probably didn't have it. If you are a tropical weather fan it is a must see. It contains satellite imagery and loops of a bunch of famous Tropical systems including the West Pacific and Southern Hemisphere. http://www.meto.gov.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcim.html Also... the author of the software which is used for the CASI Live Weather Observation page has announced that his software, WeatherView32, is now compatible with the Peet Brothers Ultimeter Weather Station (it already was with TWI, Radio Shack, and Davis stations). The URL for the CASI Live Weather Station is http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/liveobs.shtml and the URL for the software that does it is http://www.weatherview32.com/ Note: You may notice strange temperatures from the CASI station this week. Unfortunately, despite the caliber (and price) of the station I am using, it looks like the temperature/dewpoint sensor has gone bad. It drifts around slowly so you might not notice a big difference but it may be reading wrong. For example, last night it gradually fell from 50 to 20 even though the low was in the mid 40's. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Front BLOWS Trough!! Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:07:55 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Front BLOWS Trough!! Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:41:12 -0400 From: "Shane" To: "Storm Investigators" First, yesterday morning, a low pressure off the coast of South Carolina funded us some badly needed rain. It started around 1 am and lasted until about 1 pm, most of the rain fell between 11 am and 1pm. We ended up getting a whopping 1.91 inches from that little weak low pressure. The upslope enhanced it quite a bit as it hit the higher terrain of North Georgia. The skies then cleared somewhat and allowed the temperature to rise to 72° by 5 pm. When the clouds started rolling back in, the temperature fell a little and then the rain started again around 8 pm, only this time is was coming in from the west. The front that has been lagging and caused such a mess out west was finally effecting us. Once the rain started falling it didnt let up until we received a total for the period 8 pm though 11 pm of 2.00 inches from that area of precip alone. We ended up between the two systems getting 3.91 inches of rain yesterday. Then, the front made it to the eastern part of Georgia today, and boy when it did you could really tell it. The temperature fell from 75° to 61° in a 2 hour period and the winds were whipping from the NW. Winds reached gusts of up to 25 mph and sustained of 12 mph were the normal. They have recently died down to around 8 mph gusting to 14 mph or so. Thus far for October we have received 6.51 inches of rain. Compared to September total of 4.78 for the entire month, it seems that October might be kinda wet, especially since we are only 8 days into it. I will be logging this and more info about this system at my website, feel free to check it out if you get a chance. http://www.stc.net/~cyclone/p2kdata.htm Shane Adams Tallulah Falls, Georgia El. 1690 ft Subject: CASILIST : CASI-SOUTH : Just a quick note... Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 20:51:03 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients ubject: Just a quick note.......... Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 20:40:07 -0400 (EDT) From: CASI-South To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org I will be out of town (Wilmington to be exact) this weekend for some more Red Cross training; Administering A Small Disaster Operation. If you have SKYWARN classes coming up in your district, please post them to the list, I have had various inquiries about classes across the Eastern part of the state of NC and have had to tell them that I didn't know of any. Also if you have any Seminars, Conferences, etc. post them also There are more and more people gaining an interest in Weather and how it works, we need to be able to supply them with this information When you do have a SKYWARN class, one of the things your Public Relations officer can do is invite various Disaster Related organizations such as, Fire Department Volunteers, Rescue Workers, Red Cross Workers, etc. In the state of North Carolina, SKYWARN classes count as continuing education classes for Volunteer Fire and Rescue Personnel, and it would also give you some more informed eyes in the sky........ Just a couple of suggestions to help boost your SKYWARN program Talk to everyone soon Chris, CASI-South Leader Subject: CASILIST : Frost and Freeze Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 19:12:45 -0400 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Finally Tallulah Falls Georgia got its first frost with a low of 34° yesterday morning here at my home, followed by a low this morning of 30°. The temperature this morning reached 32° for the first time at 3:36 A.M. and remained 32° or below for a total of 3.7 hours with a very heavy frost. I saw evidence of the frost from yesterday and this morning as I drove home from work this afternoon, the kudzu was turning brown. The NWS is calling for around the same temperatures for us tonight as last night, except they are expected to be below freezing for a longer period of time. Shane Adams Tallulah Falls Georgia http://www.stc.net/~cyclone/p2kdata.htm Subject: CASILIST : Eyes south again - Hurricane Mitch Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 15:26:44 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well this Hurricane Mitch in the Gulf is really something else now - I swear that the other day I switched on TWC and they were like "no development expected," then the next day there was a TS, next day a hurricane, and now a 145mph hurricane! But as I remind people on the CASI Mitch Page, Mitch is still not as strong as some of the more memorable hurricanes - speaking of maximum intensity only and saying nothing of landfall - GILBERT - 185, HUGO - 160, ANDREW - 155mph. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/13/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org FWD: From Charlie Anzman: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Eyes south again Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 01:50:07 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" While you were sleeping... The nocternal weather fanatic was keeping an 'eye' (Whew!) on Hurricane Mitch - A CAT 3 expected to intensify to Cat 4?? Jamaica bracing (first MAJOR in a decade) and..ugh..did you turn your clocks back? Charlie Milford, Pa. http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html Subject: CASILIST : Snow flurries Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:20:38 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Welcome to winter, CASI! Subject: Snow flurries Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 19:34:46 -0500 From: Harris To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org In Boone, North Carolina on Thursday (October 22) we had some snow flurries and the low Thursday night was 23 degrees. The autumn leaves will probably peak this week as more frosty mornings are expected this week. Seth Harris Boone, North Carolina Subject: CASILIST : Correction To Mitch Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:33:03 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients When I said "Gulf" in my last message I meant actually "NW Caribbean." That's where Mitch is, now a powerful 150-mph storm. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Mitch 180MPH! Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 17:36:40 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hurricane Mitch increased in intensity this afternoon at 5pm to 180 mph sustained 1-minute winds. Gusts are well over 200mph at this time. This is a "strong Category 5" - the categories stop with 5 being "155 and up." From what I know (please correct me if wrong), these are the comparisons: Strongest Hurricane Ever in Atlantic - Gilbert/185mph Strongest Hurricane Ever on Earth - Tip/190mph Hurricane Andrew At Landfall - 135mph Additional comparisons will be put on the CASI Mitch Pages later this evening. If you have pertinent information on this subject please let me know and I'll give you credit on the site. Please do check back to the website later this evening and I will have additional information about this historical storm. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/13 -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Super Hurricane Mitch = Historical? Discussion, Specifics, Table Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:55:45 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Quick report done - http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/13/mitch.html Discussion/Table of Strongest Hurricanes ever. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : Island In the Eye of the Storm Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 21:08:11 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients At 8pm on 10/26/98 the NHC stated: "...EYE OF CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE MITCH MOVING OVER SWAN ISLAND..." Find more about the island here: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/13/swan.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : Event: UNCA AMS Meeting Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 21:50:09 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Event: UNCA AMS Meeting Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:49:31 -0500 (EST) From: Jamey Lee Singleton To: J Sorry it's short notice, but folks in the Carolinas and in the region may be interested... The UNCA Chapter of the American Meteorological Society will have its third meeting of the year Tuesday, October 27 at 7pm at the Owen Conference Center on campus. (Note this is not the regular location of meetings.) The featured speaker is Meteorologist Jamie Simpson, who works in the forecast center at The Weather Channel. Jamie will be informing us about what it's like to work at TWC, some TWC history (videos) and a look at TWC's future. This should be a very exiting and informative meeting, and all are encouraged to attend! It's open to the public and free! Reply back to jlsingle{at}bulldog.unca.edu soon if you are interested and would like further information. Thanks, Jamey Singleton President, UNCA AMS Subject: CASILIST : Hurricane Mitch - Live Updates From Mexico Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:13:24 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Live Updates From Mexico and the islands are available from Gobeach.com again this time around; again CASI is mirroring the information and providing bandwidth to them. http://www.gobeach.com/hurr#td13 With the latest statement Mitch has decreased to 155mph. For more information see http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/13/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Satellite Outage and Hurricane Mitch Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:28:56 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Last night at about 1am the government's weather satellite GOES-8 had to be shut down due to a malfunction. This has caused a large data outage to all television and Internet providers for US satellite pictures. Those who are able to have substituted GOES-10 data onto their satellite maps. This is fine until you get off the East Coast of the US where the data stretches considerably. For examples of the areas covered to illustrate this situation see http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES [Note - I got to this site at 7pm but can no longer - if it's down, try again later] Click on the GOES-10 areas to access satellites for Hurricane Mitch if you cannot find them elsewhere. The major sites such as accuweather.com and intellicast.com are using GOES-10 data on their maps tonight so the outage is not a complete blackout for the US. The first attempt to restart GOES-8 was to be this evening at 6pm however I have not yet heard of the outcome. This is a very unfortunate outage as we will lose a great deal of research that could have been done on Hurricane Mitch, along with a slowdown in the forecasting process for this great storm. If GOES-8 cannot be recovered I assume that GOES-10 will be shifted over to cover the U.S. For a detailed explanation of last night's outage, see http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/13/g8.txt http://140.90.207.25:8080/EBB/ml/specialbull.html The latter URL should provide updates to the status. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Satellite Restored & Hurricane Mitch Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 22:00:53 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Member Hector Cintron alerted me that GOES had started transmitting again on fax. Its resurection is confirmed: "After a series of tests on the Earth sensor and attitude control, GOES-8 was commanded back to normal on-orbit mode at approximately 2300 UTC with the redundant Earth sensor in control. Full disk imaging and sounding operations resumed at 0145 UTC, 28 October. Image navigation performance will be severely degraded for 24 hours following the recovery." http://140.90.207.25:8080/EBB/ml/specialbull.html If your service provider has not restored satellite images by tomorrow morning, kindly remind them that GOES-8 is back. The latest on Mitch - is down to 140mph but according to the NHC, Honduras continues to be battered by the storm. "HAM RADIO REPORTS INDICATE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON THE ISLAND OF GUANAJA AND ROATAN." --NHC The last report from Roatan was Rain and Wind from the WSW sustained at 69mph at 4pm today. http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/current/MHRO.html http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/13/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : Live From Cancun Mexico Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:11:01 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Updates from CASI Member Kate Finnearty in Cancun MX: 1pm From: "Kate Finnearty" To: "Jesse Ferrell" wanted to report to you from Cancun - lots of confusion for us - some reports says Mitch is not coming here, others say we could have a hit by Saturday. Right now it is very cloudy, lots of wind, and some pretty awesome waves in the Caribbean. A little rain last night and this morning, nothing serious. So far, we are prepared, but nothing is happening other than the high winds, and they are intermittent. Will try to keep posted about what is really happening here. Saw CNN and several other stations, some reports are accurate, others are absolutely false. ----------------- 6pm Dear Jesse: The skies are darkening and the winds are getting higher, looks like bad weather is coming, but still nothing. I saw on CNN where they have decided it is probably headed this way, but as usual, we are staying calm and staying ready!! There have been many evacutaions in the rural areas, and are continuing. Thanks for your site, it is great to be on the team and I am especially glad I can forward info when possible or necessary. Will keep you updated, unless we lose power, then again as soon as I can. Thanks, Kate -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : NASA : Have I ever let you down Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:45:21 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The weather is a "GO" for launch! -- ============================================================== J --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Have I ever let you down Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:12:04 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" While the media is assembling the largest audience in NASA history for today's launch SBC makes it easy for you to bring it to the classroom, office, boardroom or home! With a collection of the most fascinating interactive sites on the Internet - Some already underway - Some with games, trivia, Video and more! Glenn's return to space.... Here's the link (to links?)! http://www.sbccomputer.com/sts95.html Enjoy Charlie Subject: CASILIST : News From Mitch Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:16:56 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients From: Kate Finnearty To: Kate Finnearty Subject: Re: Cancun Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 12:29 PM Talk about mysterious weather! It is 12:00 noon, and contrary to some of the news reports, Cancun fluctuates between sunny, blue skies, lots of fluffy white clouds to grey, cloudy and windy!.....go figure. One report says we are still under a hurricane threat, another says by the time it gets here it will be just another small tropical storm. For now, it is typical Cancun weather with a little wind thrown in for good measure. Will keep you informed. Kate Dennise_Bodden{at}trilogy.com wrote: > Thomas Frederick Bodden was able to cross from Sandy Bay to the > key(Bonnaco) and he said they are in desperate need of food, water, > clothes, and bedding (cots etc.). No specific information if there are any > deaths was received. Received e-mail from Posada del Sol, everyone (staff > and guests) are fine, but they don't know about anyone else. Clothing and > food drive has begun in Tampa Florida by the Caribbean American Club to > send by boat as soon as it can get across to Guanaja. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Entire Football Team (but not the opposition) Killed By Lightning Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:44:12 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This was so strange I had to forward it on. For the story see here: http://www.independent.co.uk/stories/B2910810.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : Archive URL's Changed ; Tropical Center Updated with Past Histories Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:28:30 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Members: This is the bimonthly notice that the Archive URL's have changed as we archive the text statements to our backup server; the new code is 199808-199810 for statements from the last two months. If you were referencing www.weatherwatchers.org/archive/tor/1234.html please change the reference to casi.simplenet.com/archive/tor/199808-199810/1234.html for example. For the CASI Text Archive see http://www.weatherwatchers.org/archive/ Also, I have updated the CASI Tropical Center with historical information for the 12 storms which we have had, prior to Mitch, which is still alive as a depression in Guatemala. I have added historical Track Images, linked to the archived CASI statements and linked to the Tropical statement Archive. Also, the image in the upper-left of each Storm Page has been replaced with an animation of all the images from the storm. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Flooding in Sedgwick KS! Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 13:00:06 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: Flooding in Sedgwick, Ks. Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:28:22 -0600 (CST) From: GENO70{at}webtv.net (GENE GARDNER) We have had over 9 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. I think the whole Arkansas Valley will flood. The water from the Little Arkansas River and Sand Creek has backed up into the city of Sedgwick. The water is now up on the foundation of the house. I Have never seen it this high before. Kathryn and I took a couple of sandbags to her mothers house this morning and we couldnt have made it without the blazer. Now we are stranded, but have all we need for survival and comfort. Kat always keeps fresh bottled water on kand. All travel in and out of town has been halted. Several towns around me are doing evacuations, somthing unusual in this area. A state of emrgency has been declared in several counties around us, and all the emergency systems are being taxed pretty hard. Calls have been sent over local tv asking for civilians to volteer some boats. Everyone is running out of sandbags. The phones and water and all are still on at this point. We are Expecting it to get much worse since the valley above us has had and is still getting heavy rains. Will keep you advised. Keep on smiling Gene KEEP ON SMILIN, GENE Subject: CASILIST : Pictures of KS Flooding Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 15:37:54 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks to CASI Member Gene Garner for these photos of the KS Flooding: Subject: City streets Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 13:54:18 -0600 (CST) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/ks/snapshot.jpg This is a photo of the city streets in Sedgwick, Ks. The rains are still coming. They are deminishing into waves. Still more rains are expected for the next 24 hours. We have been informed that the Newton Ks. flood gates will be opened soon. That is the next city obove us on Sand Creek. That means another wall of water will be here in about 8 to 10 hours. We will just have to wait to see. Will keep it coming as it changes. Gene Subject: Our Neighbors Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 14:16:07 -0600 (CST) Our neighbors down river in Wichita Ks, are really getting it too. This is a shot from our local news team at KSN channel 3 in Wichita. Yes that is a car top in the water. I understand the owner had to be rescued from that vehcle. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/ks/snapshot2.jpg Subject: CASILIST : More Pictures of KS Flooding Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 16:17:26 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Live report from Member Gene Gardner: Subject: A Top View Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:11:50 -0600 (CST) From: GENO70{at}webtv.net (GENE GARDNER) To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org KSN 3 (our local news team) sent their chopper out and got some good overhead shots of the flooding in Sedgwick. Here is one frame of that live coverage. Thanks to Ksn for giving permission to forward their pics. Most of the action has stopped around town. Most of the sandbagging is fnished and the people that can are going back into their houses. Now we will just have to sit back and wait. Another band of heavy rain is coming our way and more expected. It may be about 3 daysbefore we can expect the rivers and creeks to go down so we can get out of town. Some of us will think of it as a vacation from work. If we dont float away, we will keep you all posted. -- Subject: CASILIST : Receding Waters (KS) Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 18:58:38 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients GENE GARDNER wrote: > Today is a different kind of weather day. We only have a slow drizzle > comeing down today. The Little Arkansas River is expedted to crest > today. It is still rolling through part of town, But Sand Creek north > of town has dropped back into its banks and the water is gone from my > street and yard. Some others in town are not so lucky. Mostly thesouth > west part of town is still flooded the worst, but there is still water > backed up down town. The only damage that we suffered here was when i > drove Kathryns car across the lawn to higher ground and now there some > deep ruts in the lawn. The water was up on the foundation of the house, > but none came in. I think Kathryns prayrs must have been answered. > Some people we know got hit pretty hard. They didnt hav to open the > gates up above us after all. That really saved us. The schools are all > closed around the area. There were lots of tense moments. One such > event was a young couple out by sand creek were not expecting such a > rapid rise in he water, and before they knew it their house was > surrounded and left them with no way out. One of the local farmers has > been through this many times and knew they would be in trouble so he > drove is 4 wheeler down and got them out. He told me when he got there > that they had a miniature pony out n the lot and he couldnt touch > ground. The pony was just swimming around. Sad he was sure glad to get > his hoofs on solid ground when they got him out. Thanks to the voice of > experience. There are no reports of injury or deaths related to this > flood. There was a small house fire, and the electric power had to be > disconnected from another to prevent fire. So if the Little Arkansas > River drops in the next dayor so, We will all be ok. just the mess to > clean up and wait for the next one. We have not had one of these severe > floods since 1993. > KEEP ON SMILIN Gene > p.s. Thanks J > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > KEEP ON SMILIN, GENE Subject: CASILIST : Better, however the threat still remains (KS Flooding) Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 22:07:20 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients GENE GARDNER wrote: > I drove the blazer around town just before dark and got a final look at > the waters tonight. The whole school yard and most of the parking lot > is under water. The water continues back up 4th St. to the 4 way stop, > then turns down Maddison St. all the way to the south edge of town. I > guess there are about 20 homes still in the flooded area. All of Main > street has drained well. Sand Creek north of town is just up to the > bridge and across the road for about half block. All travel is cut off > from the west and from the south. The County line road from the east is > open and traffic is flowing in and out without any problems. Some of > our neighbors to the east in Agusta, Ks. and in Winfield Ks. are really > getting hit hard. There were over 1000 people evacuated from that > region. There were raw sewage plants flooded, so the Health Department > in Wichita is giving free tetanus shots/ The weather forecast is for > more rain , however it is not expected to be hard rains. It is expected > to aggrivate our situation. The Governor declared a state of emergency > in several locations, we were not that bad off. We are staying high > and dry. Keep On > Smilin Gene Subject: CASILIST : Hurricanes Affecting New York? Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 22:15:12 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have a request for information or web site references to hurricanes affecting New York. If you have any information on this please pass it along to me. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : NetNews : AOL Web Site uses new AccuWeather Radar / Satellites Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 22:52:12 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (www.weatherwatchers.org). Send your reports of recent changes or additions to the websites of *major* weather providers to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to major websites which affect the Internet community. This message is sent out first to CASI Members then later posted to appropriate Newsgroups.] AOL's Website, which currently uses WSC (Weather Services Corporation - www.wx.com) for thousands of 10-day forecasts as well as national and international weathermaps, today added Radars and Satellites by AccuWeather. The radars are smaller versions (different colors) of the MSNBC Regional Radars which appeared first on MSNBC.com's weather section and later on AccuWeather's personal weather service at www.accuweather.com. AOL's Weather Website: http://www.aol.com/mynews/weather/almanac.adp Note: You will have to access a city to see satellite or radar pictures. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Mitch Kills 7000 And Reforms In Gulf Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 21:55:28 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The latest number (via CNN.com) on Mitch shows that the Hurricane killed an estimated 7,000 people in Central America. At least 1,000 are still missing. Mitch reformed in the Gulf this afternoon and is currently a minimal Tropical Storm coming on shore on the Yucatan. Heavy rains and moderate winds will batter the peninsula tonight. For more information and links to Mexico Radars see the CASI Mitch Page at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/13/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Mitch Kills 10,000 / Leftovers flood So. Fla. Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 22:11:08 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well folks after a good bit of research I had quite a mailing for you tonight. Then the computer crashed as the Weather Station software conflicted with another program. I do not have the time to redo all the work. In short: CNN : Mitch has killed 9,850 people Country-By-Country Breakdown of Damage and Deaths http://cnn.com/WEATHER/9811/04/mitch.damage.ap/index.html TWC: 11,000 people are still missing (can't confirm this elsewhere) Mitch has been upgraded to 50mph this evening and observations have noted 65mph gusts. Doppler estimated precip exceeds 5" near MIA and 11" off the coast. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : CASI Email And Web Offline Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 19:38:20 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients All CASI Website and Email addresses To Be Unreachable... Folks, the Internic has chosen to shut down the CASI domain weatherwatchers.org. When I moved here from NC they refused to update my contact information, and they sent the bill to my old addresses in Raleigh. Although I have paid them, they will not restore the domain until at least Friday night. Because of the policies of your individual ISP's, you may not notice the disappearance for a day or two but also may not be able to reach the CASI site or send email to weatherwatchers.org for a period of up to several weeks. I apologize for the problems that this will cause. Unfortunately, I am not surprised at the lack of concern for their customers that Internic has shown - I used to work as an interface between them and an ISP's customers - their lack of technical ability and customer care is astounding. They recognize that they hold a monopoly over Internet Domains, but fortunately this monopoly is slowly being broken up by smaller companies. In preparation for this, you will be able to still read the CASI site at http://209.68.12.39/ And at any time you are not able to reach a page please insert the above numbers *instead* of www.weatherwatchers.org I will be able to be reached at the following address for the next few days: wxwatch{at}scire.pair.com -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. Subject: CASILIST : Dave Barry : In the Eye of the Storm Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 18:24:20 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Several people have sent me this column by Dave Barry today to pass along to the CASILIST. Not to make light of the Georges terror in Central America, Barry describes the local mayhem he experiences in Miami with an upcoming storm. It is a very funny article. Due to bandwidth constraints I can only send the URL. If you don't have a web browser I can mail it to you. http://www.herald.com/archive/barry/archive/98nov8.htm ================================================================ Hello All...This was forwared to me and I wanted to share it to all who haven't seen it....enjoy!!!... Bob Metivier N1XZJ ...73'ssssss Storm Warning By Dave Barry Subject: CASILIST : CASI Back Online / Request for Info on Camille / Storm Coming Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 18:32:57 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients If you hadn't guessed, the Internic worked out the kinks with our domain and CASI should be back online for most of you now. In other news, I have a request for Camille information: "ALSO, any info on Camille besides the standard fare available in any detailed web search? Looking to do a book on her if enough legitimate, detailed, and sufficiently technical data can be obtained." Let me know if you can help this fella out. Also, Big storm coming to the Central US - http://www.intellicast.com/weather/ddc/radar/ shows heavy snow and heavy thunderstorms in the same picture. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Winter Storm Classification System Considered Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 18:52:10 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- A new winter storm warning system patterned after hurricane and tornado alerts may become the nationwide standard if tests this winter in Nebraska and Wyoming prove successful. The system would warn the public about winter storms based on a 1-5 scale similar to those used for hurricanes and tornadoes. It will be tested in 15 counties through April. ...more: http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19981109/V000194-110998-idx.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : KS Severe Weather & 2 Years Ago Similar Situation Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 22:42:29 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Greg D. reminded me that it was almost exactly two years ago that a strong storm system, not unlike the one tonight, moved through the Eastern US. For details and graphics see my report here: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1996/1108/ --Now here from Joey in KS: From: "Joey Ketcham" Well, looks as if it will be a active evening. Severe thunderstorms began to develop soon after the SPC in Norman Oklahoma had issued a svr t-storm watch for most of central KS and SE KS. At 7:14 PM CDT Radar indicated a line of storms reaching from the Salina KS area Southward into Enid Oklahoma. These storms are moving due east at estimated speeds of 30 - 35 MPH and looks to hit Southeastern parts of kansas around 8:00 pm. Some storms has had a history of some rotation to it as radar indicated earlier but as of right now the main threat of these storms are winds in excess of 70-75 MPH and heavy rain. And due to heavy rains in the past that has caused many problems in parts of Kansas the SPC has issued a Flash Flood watch for all of SE. Kansas tonight into tomorrow. As I continue to monitor these storms I can see the storm itself intensify as it makes it's was eastward, and is expanding. Our Skywarn group here in SE KS is ready for deployment if needed and I myself won't be spotting but I'm getting ready to head out in the far western parts of Southeast Kansas. The svr t-storm watch is in effect until 11:00 PM CDT. so we still have a while and I believe storms will keep forming in central kansas and all move at a Eastward direction. One the storms has passed I will write back with anything I have about the storms. Joey Ketcham Subject: CASILIST : Tonight's Storm - Last Night's Storm (KS Severe Weather) - NW NC Forecasts Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:53:24 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi folks, The ISP CASI uses here in town went offline at 10am this morning and just came back, partially. Here's hoping this message reaches you. This is a combination of several CASILIST postings I received today: Tonight there are several things to mention. First and foremost of course is the HUGE storm system ripping through the heart of America today and getting ready to batter the NE tonight. Here at CASI HQ winds have been extremely high today, the highest since I moved to PA in fact, with a gust of 36mph recorded this evening on the weather station, whose pole is bending like a palm tree in a hurricane (which may make the readings too low). And I'm on the North side of the mountain - people on the south side likely have it worse. The raingauge for the CASI1 Alternate Radio Shack weather station was blown off the roof this evening; I found it dangling from the roof banging against the wall about an hour ago. Other things on my porch such as lawn furniture could not be recovered easily tonight. Winds this afternoon gusted to 93mph in LaCrosse Wisconsin, and both IA and MN set new all-time lowest pressure records, the lowest today being 28.43"Hg, according to the Weather Channel. An excellent picture of the pressure field with the storm is at: http://www.ems.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wx/pressstats.cgi Updates from the CASI Weather Station overnight can be found at (ISP permitting): http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/liveobs.shtml CNN's latest report and some impressive pictures can be found at http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9811/10/storm.wrap/ CASI Member Glenn Briggs notes from Trenton MO: " an all time record low baro. reading was set at trenton last night when the baro. fell to 29.09" wich beat the old record of 29.11" again, this is an all time record low baro. " -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In other news, Member Jess Parks sends this URL for those of you in the NC Mountains: " For an interesting perspective on Boone NC Weather and a special forecasting tool check out the following site http://mathsci.appstate.edu/u/cs/crr/snow.html " -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And finally, a report on last night's severe weather in KS by Member Joey Ketcham: Subject: KS Severe Weather Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:03:21 -0600 From: "Joey Ketcham" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Well, I just got back home and got done putting my reports together. At 11:21 PM CDT the NWS Office in Springfield Mo. issued a svr t-storm warning for the following counties here in SE KS: CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS As they issued the warning I went south on 69 highway, as I got to a truck stop right off 69 it began to rain. The wind began to pick up and the max. wind recording I have was 53 MPH and the rain was very heavy at times. I followed the storm eastward and I went back North on 69 until I reached Centennial Street that is right off 69 and goes east. I turned down Centennial and went east for about 3-5 miles. As I got up a little ways winds began to pick up to around 60 MPH. At this time I pulled over due to the rain making the visibility 0. The storm had let up a little and I continued east. I got about 6 miles east of Pittsburg where I ran into nickle size hail and damaging winds. Below is a report of damage. Trees knocked over, some power line damage. Small things damage such as trash cans dented ect... The storm that affect KS, OK, MO, ARK, And Texas was a squall line that reached all the way into texas. MORE REPORTS 0800 PM 2 NW DANVILLE KS- WIND DAMAGE 11/09/98 HARPER KS - ROOF OF CATTLE SHED BLOWN OFF 0832 PM 10 SW EUREKA KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST 11/09/98 0925 PM 2 S YATES CENTER KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST 11/09/98 1022 PM CHANUTE KS WIND DAMAGE - TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Request For Info : Snow Storms in DC Dec/1997 Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:19:44 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I received the following request for information today, if any of you have any information that meets these requirements please let me know. I have given the standard response listing web sites with this specific data; these are what I generally send to people requesting past weather data - if any of you know of any additional sites containing specific past weather data for any US location please also let me know. Thanks. "I am writhing to find out if there is any way of finding out about the day to day weather in my area (Potomac, Md.) in Dec. 97. I am looking for snow storms in this area. If you don't have this information than is there a site that you know of that provides this information. Bijan Ghovanlou" RESPONSE: It is very hard to find specific past weather information on the Internet. If you need to know the high/low/precip/snowfall/snowcover, Personal AccuWeather offers the last year of those, day by day, for all US Climatological Stations, for $4.95/mo, at http://personal.accuweather.com NCDC has a detailed hourly product for $2 per access at http://www.nndc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nndc/buyOL-002.cgi?FNC=qname__Alcdqmain_htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : StormWarn enhancements and lower prices Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 08:41:47 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks Charlie for the update: [attachment - text only] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: StormWarn enhancements and lower prices Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:56:36 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Well, I know a few of us have been using this service... here's the latest! Charlie Milford, PA http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.com Dataswitch Information Services is pleased to announce a MAJOR UPGRADE to the popular StormWarn service! For many months we've been working hard to produce what we believe will prove to be far and away the most powerful, flexible and cost-effective service of its kind. The enhancements and improvements are far too numerous to list, but the major changes include: 1. NEW DELIVERY METHODS. StormWarn now will not only deliver bulletins to email for the same low price, but also can deliver bulletins through a variety of means, including ALPHA PAGING, PCS/GSM PHONE, BUSINESS FAX, PRIORITY PAGING, and even through a tailor-made CUSTOM CLIENT. 2. NEW FORMATS. We've added a couple of new formats for you to choose from, which will be particularly helpful to persons receiving these messages on a pager, PCS or other limited messaging device. Of particular interest is that we have moved the formatting options to the bulletin-type level, so that different formats can be assigned to different kinds of bulletins in the same profile. CONDENSED formatting is now available for ALL county specific bulletins, not just short fuse warnings. A new NOTIFICATION format has been added for all bulletin types and will be helpful for very limiting PCS devices. You'll want to come to the website and modify your profiles to take advantage of our new formats. 3. NEW PRICING SCHEME. Instead of charging for "profiles" as we have been, we are now charging for "delivery options." If you only had one profile then this change won't affect you. If you had more than one profile sharing the same email address, then you'll receive the same service for significantly LESS, as multiple profiles are now free! To see exactly what your charges are under the new system, please log in at the website and go to the "Delivery Options" page. Instead of paying for a certain expiration date, the system is now based simply on account balance, which can be viewed at the "Account History" page. We want to reiterate that this change will LOWER or not change at all the cost of the service - it will not make it higher for anybody. 4. MONTHLY PAYMENTS. For those of you who would prefer a monthly payment, we now have the capability of doing so automatically and conveniently. 5. BUSINESS SERVICES. Dataswitch is positioned to offer custom business solutions in a variety of ways. If weather is important to your business and you need faster speeds, additional delivery methods, increased fault tolerance or customized services, or you'd like to consider partnering with Dataswitch to provide your customers with the best severe weather information available, please contact us at 219-299-2891, or visit our "Business Services" page at the website. It's all at the website, so login today to see what we've done to provide YOU with a better severe weather service! http://www.stormwarn.com Sincerely, Paul Watkins _____________________________ Paul I. Watkins Vice President of Operations Dataswitch Information Services, Inc. Email: admin{at}dataswitch.com Phone: 219-299-2891 Subject: CASILIST : AOL to launch ICQ-based portal / ICQ TV Meteorologist Forum Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:35:06 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Members: Information on the ICQ application that many of us use follows. Remember if you get it, ask to be placed on the CASI ICQ list. ICQ is an excellent tool for rapid-fire communication and chat. To see a list of CASI Members on ICQ and learn more about ICQ, please see http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/private/Members_Only/ICQ/ You should have received the password to access the above URL in your original Member Information packet via email when you applied to the group. If you could not read the attachment when you applied, email me and I can resend you the information. Subject: AOL to launch ICQ-based portal Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:34:34 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" This one's for the SBC-ICQ crew.... Here goes the neighborhood?... http://www.msnbc.com/news/214080.asp ========================= Also: " And look below for a new ICQ Interest Group for Television Meteorologists....if you could spread the word....thanks TV Meteorologists Online TV: the current and the future on icq groups.icq.com/group.asp?no=466318 Bryant K. wxpage4000 weather page for the new milennium members.tripod.com/~wxpage4000/ " Subject: CASILIST : (NonWeather) How to get Office 2000 cheap & New K-12 stuff Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 16:58:08 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: How to get Office 2000 cheap & New K-12 stuff Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 23:50:53 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" CC: "SBC Weathercam" Here's a few tidbits from MS just in thought you'd find interesting..... Note: The Office 2000 limited offer is available to everyone (I received different versions of this from both the 'MS IT Professional team' and the 'Education Business Partner group') if you have any questions regarding either ..just ask! So...If YOU didn't get it...now you did.... 20 bucks?? That's it from here (yeah right) for the weekend.. Hopefully we'll have the cams and the weather station back in the morning.... Charlie Year 2000 Web site Microsoft Corporation just launched an information rich updated Year 2000 Web site. You can find extensive resources such as tools, templates, customer-ready documents, marketing materials, a seminar, and other resources to help you build revenue and help your customers overcome Y2K challenges. Also, you'll find expert articles, a newsgroup, and links to additional Microsoft Year 2000 resources. Find this great information at http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/y2k Office 2000 Preview (Check this out!!) 20 bucks??!! http://www.microsoft.com/office/eval/2000/. New Tutorials for Educators on FrontPage and PowerPoint Easy-to-use and entertaining tutorials show teachers and students how to use Microsoft software applications in the classroom. FrontPage and PowerPoint are the latest in a series of self-paced online tutorials created in partnership with ACT360 Media, developers of interactive, online courses for teachers and students. Find these plus tutorials for Outlook Express and Internet Explorer 4.0. at http://www.microsoft.com/education/k12/learn.htm Microsoft Solution Workshops - Downloadable Tutorials Here are 5 tutorials, developed by International Technology Solutions, Inc., that walk you through very practical ways in which you can work more efficiently in an online learning environment. Please visit http://www.microsoft.com/education/hed/training/tutorial.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Subject: CASILIST: Non-Weather : Office 2000 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:03 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Folks, I think the orginal post was sent by mistake... so I have to apologize for the non-weather content, I know your bandwidth is important to you. However, that said, here is an important reply: From: Bud Younke To: "'casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org'" In the latest Info World ( I think it was info world, could be one of the other weekly tabloid size trade rags ) there is a write up on the new Office 2000 registration wizard. Ostensibly the MS line is that this is to make registration easier for users so they can take full advantage of upgrades ( read: This is another product that will be rushed out the door riddled with funky little bugs that will require multiple patches to fix ). The crux of the wizard is this.. the 51st time you start office 200 it will refuse to fire unless you have registered with MS. Mt read on this ( I may be wrong ) is that it will try to enforce an on-line registration. ( Hey Redmond wake up! some people are still not connected!!) Now while I don't object to registering software, I do object to allowing MS or anyone else to access my drive on-line. Not sure if this procedure will allow mail in registrations or not, but seems to be a bit self defeating if it does... Anyway just thought I'd pass this additional info along to the group.. Bud --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Office 2000 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:01:22 -0500 From: Bud Younke To: "'casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org'" In the latest Info World ( I think it was info world, could be one of the other weekly tabloid size trade rags ) there is a write up on the new Office 2000 registration wizard. Ostensibly the MS line is that this is to make registration easier for users so they can take full advantage of upgrades ( read: This is another product that will be rushed out the door riddled with funky little bugs that will require multiple patches to fix ). The crux of the wizard is this.. the 51st time you start office 200 it will refuse to fire unless you have registered with MS. Mt read on this ( I may be wrong ) is that it will try to enforce an on-line registration. ( Hey Redmond wake up! some people are still not connected!!) Now while I don't object to registering software, I do object to allowing MS or anyone else to access my drive on-line. Not sure if this procedure will allow mail in registrations or not, but seems to be a bit self defeating if it does... Anyway just thought I'd pass this additional info along to the group.. Bud Subject: CASILIST : Welcome New Members Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:33:32 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well it was a relatively nice weekend here at HQ and I was able to repair the light damage incurred last week from the high winds. And... to process New Members. I would like to issue a warm welcome to the New Members since 10/1/98: Margaret Branson Defiance Oh STEVEN GENCARELLE ASHAWAY RI Kate Finnearty Cancun, Mexico Jeff Bixby Great Mills MD kelvin yang chee wei kota bharu Malaysia Luis Chiesa Isla Verde PR TONYA GAMBLE WASHINGTON DC Johnny Reid Knoxville TN David Barnwell pAWLEYS sc Kathie McCarthy St. Thomas VI Richard Currier Homosassa FL Greg Schockling Sugar Land Tx Sean McAleer Commack ny Becky Ogden New Albany Ks john eli fuller st.john's,antigua Keith Burns Jacksonville FL Leon Mosley King NC Alton Webb Brandon Ms Billy Milton Gaunamto Bay CU Rick Rotondo Huntingdon Valley Pa Clayton Harryman Houston TX Ken Meehan Rochester Hills MI Stacy Desatnik Columbus OH Roddy Heyliger St. Maarten NA John Francis Musial Mountainside NJ Derek Maroot Newport VT Jose Carrion M.D. Port Huron MI kelly gill Fairview PA Charles Warner Appomattox VA Jay Grubb Bryn Athyn Pa Brett Bowe Port Washington OH Wong Kee SeNg Kuala Lumpur Malaysia jonathan mccarty biloxi ms MARK LABELLA MEDFORD NY Rick Hudson Revere MA David Moore Laporte Tx Eliot Alzamora Brick NJ Susan Burkey Frederiksted VI Carlos Benoit Santiago DO Rebecca Ratz Ann Arbor MI Joseph Scott Gilbertsville PA Alicia Brockington baltimore md George P. Tuttle Cruz Bay, St John VI reynoird thomas cancun mx Don Petch Supply NC JAMES REYNOLDS GREENSBORO NC Robert Smith Hopkinton MA LYN HOSEA OKLAHOMA CITY OK steve Lowenthal Fleetwood NY Tim Smith Burlington NC David Wierstad North St.Paul Mn Rob Guzek Orono ME mary k moss point pleasant beach nj VERNON CARVER LANGLEY SC Aaron Steen Lancaster MN Curtis Robertson Greenville Tx Michael Girone West Orange NJ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Leonids in Pa ? Yep! Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 04:08:50 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients , b{at}weatherwatchers.org Here is a report from Charlie about the meteors in his area. I heard from someone at work yesterday that they were seeing 2 per minute last night. At this time (4am) I am not seeing any though it is partly cloudy. Will check my viewing area and look again before work... Subject: Leonids in Pa ? Yep! Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:49:29 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" One in a rare (very rare) while, there's comes an advantage to keeping my strange office hours. Tonight was one of them. While everything I had read had said the meteor shower would be over on the 17th, I happened to wander across a site on the Net that was still reporting sightings....in the South (Thanks Herb!) So at 1 AM (and about 32 degrees??)...I wandered outside in the dark (No doubt being follwed by a bear?....) Anyone who has been up here knows, on a clear night, the sky fills with stars. Took a few moments to find the directions, and it became clear that the leonid meteor shower was not over. Many minor remote 'specs', and then, 4 magnificent shots right across the sky within 15 minutes of each other. The view from inside was not as good. Took one more wander out at about 2:30 AM (18th). Took about 4 or 5 minutes, and there was another 'beauty'. So out this note goes to a few of my science 'buddies' (Hey, Susan, I really hope you saw it!!!!) Have a Great Wednesday Charlie PS: The replays are occuring on many NASA and other sites... www.cnn.com , www.foxnews.com , www.msnbc.com, and other have LOTS of links. Just think, the next time we get one of these I'll be a 'senior citizen'??!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : NWS Baltimore/Washington Drought Statement] Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:01:55 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From CASI Member MAWS, the Public Info statement from BWI on the continuing drought of record proportions. Subject: NWS Baltimore/Washington Drought Statement Date: 18 Nov 1998 23:15:52 -0000 From: "Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS]" To: "Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS]" Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS] - http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html Kudos to MAWS Mailing List member Alan G. for bringing this to my attention. I posted this to a weather newsgroup, but not all of you read or have access it. =============== PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 610 AM EST WED NOV 18 1998 ...NEARLY UNPRECEDENTED DROUGHT ROLLS ON... 1998 BEGAN AS A WET YEAR. THE FIRST HALF OF IT RAINED SO MUCH IN FACT THAT IT WAS OUR WETTEST OF THE DECADE FOR THE JANUARY TO JUNE PERIOD. BACK THEN...EL NINO WAS ALL THE RAGE, AS WERE FLOODED BASEMENTS, AND DELUGED CROPS. HOWEVER...AS THE TROPICAL PACIFIC RETURNED TO NORMAL AND EL NINO SUBSIDED EARLY THIS PAST SUMMER...SOMETHING PECULIAR HAPPENED. THE RAIN STOPPED. HERE WE ARE NEARING THE END OF THE YEAR AND SIGNIFICANT RAINS HAVE YET TO APPEAR. IN THE 141 DAYS SINCE JULY BEGAN...BALTIMORE HAS HAD FOUR DAYS WITH A HALF INCH OF RAIN OR MORE - ONE IN EVERY MONTH BUT NOVEMBER. WASHINGTON HAS ONLY HAD THREE - ONE IN JULY...ONE IN SEPTEMBER...AND ONE IN OCTOBER. THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE STRETCH. SCANNING THROUGH THE HISTORICAL RECORDS...ALL THE WAY BACK TO A FEW YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR WHEN THE EARLY VERSION OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS BEING COMMISSIONED...YOU CAN FIND AN AMAZING FACT. IN ALL THOSE 128 YEARS OF WEATHER RECORDS SINCE 1871...FOR THE FIVE MONTHS OF JULY THROUGH NOVEMBER...ONLY ONE OTHER YEAR EVEN APPROACHED THE PALTRY AMOUNT OF RAIN WE HAVE RECEIVED. SINCE THE SECOND HALF OF 1998 BEGAN...WE HAVE HAD JUST OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN. /5.08" IN BALTIMORE...5.22" IN WASHINGTON/. 1930 WAS THE ONLY OTHER SIMILAR YEAR. IT HAD EVEN LESS. /3.29" IN BALTIMORE...4.75" IN WASHINGTON/. THE REST OF THE PACK (OF DRY YEARS) BEGIN WITH SEVERAL INCHES MORE. WITH A MONTH AND A HALF LEFT IN THE CURRENT YEAR ...WE HAVE ALREADY ALL BUT SECURED THE 2ND DRIEST SECOND HALF OF A YEAR EVER /JUL-DEC/. WASHINGTON EVEN HAS A SHOT AT THE DRIEST EVER IF WE REMAIN DRY. THE TOP FOUR DRIEST: JULY THROUGH DECEMBER PRECIPITATION YEAR WASHINGTON YEAR BALTIMORE 1930 6.79 INCHES 1930 5.24 INCHES 1998 5.22 **SO FAR 1998 5.08 **SO FAR 1941 11.65 1910 11.54 1895 12.45 1965 12.48 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE...THERE IS NO BREAK IN SIGHT AT THE MOMENT. IF WE CONTINUE INTO WINTER WITH THIS WEATHER PATTERN...IT WOULD MEAN AN ICY START TO THE SEASON. WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL...AND STORMS TRACKING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE GREAT LAKES...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO APPEAR AS THE ATMOSPHERE COOLS INTO THE WINTER SEASON. NWS STERLING ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to wxmail-unsubscribe{at}listbot.com Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/ Subject: CASILIST : Today We Mourn the Passing of A Weather Great Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 22:27:35 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Folks, I regret to inform you that Dr. Ted Fujita has passed away. Dr. Fujita's contributions to the science of Storm Investigation are unparalleled. He will probably be most often remembered for his invention of the Fujita (F) Scale for Tornadoes, but his endless works on thunderstorms, downbursts, and tornadoes have advanced the science immensely. His identification of downbursts have aided many to realize the full impact of strong straight-line thunderstorm winds and to consider their role in thunderstorms vs. the much talked-about tornado. I own two books by Dr. Fujita, "The Downburst" and "The DFW Microburst." I was first introduced to "The Downburst" while browsing the shelves at NWS-Asheville while I was volunteering there in the summer of 1994. I was amazed by the agility with which Mr. Fujita was able to draw complex conclusions based on small amounts of observational data. Later I was able to find the books through an out-of-print seller on the Internet. I consider them among my most prized possessions. I strongly admire and am inspired by few people in this world - Dr. Fujita was definitely one. He will be missed. More information on Ted Fujita can be found here: http://www.tornadoproject.com/fujitascale/tedfujita.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : Needed : Information from Hispanic Female Weather Forecaster Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:52:21 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [I received this request for information today. If any of you can help this lady out please identify yourself being from CASI and email her. Thanks!] "I am the editor of a textbook series for a major US publisher; the textbooks are designed for ESL (English as a Second Language) learners at the high school level. Within each chapter we profile a person in a career that fits thematically with the topic of the chapter. I have been trying to identify an Hispanic female weather forecaster or meteorologist who would volunteer to have a small photo and a few facts (background, reason for choosing career, personal comment re career) published in our book. The people profiled are designed to be role models for our ESL students. Could anyone help me or refer me to an association/group that could lead me in the right direction? Thanks in advance. Ann Kennedy akennedy{at}gmu.edu (or return to gspanos{at}erols.com)" -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: volunteer? Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:16:09 -0500 From: George Spanos To: casi{at}weatherwatchers.org I am the editor of a textbook series for a major US publisher; the textbooks are designed for ESL (English as a Second Language) learners at the high school level. Within each chapter we profile a person in a career that fits thematically with the topic of the chapter. I have been trying to identify an Hispanic female weather forecaster or meteorologist who would volunteer to have a small photo and a few facts (background, reason for choosing career, personal comment re career) published in our book. The people profiled are designed to be role models for our ESL students. Could anyone help me or refer me to an association/group that could lead me in the right direction? Thanks in advance. Ann Kennedy akennedy{at}gmu.edu (or return to gspanos{at}erols.com) Subject: CASI NetNews : Free Real-Time Lightning Maps / Interstate Wx / TWC Brazil / More Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 00:04:57 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [NetNews: Recent news about additions and enhancements to Major Weather-Related Internet Sites, brought to you by CASI, the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (www.weatherwatchers.org). Send your reports of recent changes or additions to the websites of *major* weather providers to netnews{at}weatherwatchers.org for consideration. We will not accept advertisements, only significant updates to major websites which affect the Internet community. This message is sent out first to CASI Members then later posted to appropriate Newsgroups.] 1. "It's a miracle!" Free Real-Time Lightning Maps on the Web! Finally a company has broken the "cone of silence" regarding Real-Time Lightning Data on the Web. And that company is... the company that owns the data. Global Atmospherics runs the National Lightning Detection Network, which distributes that data to everyone who has lightning data (that isn't from their own detectors). Normally this data costs thousands of dollars per hour, but Global Atmospheric's website now features low resolution US, US Regions, and Major Cites maps with "last 15 minutes of strikes" lightning data or animation overlay. There is a small signup process to receive the data but it is FREE. For now; they reserve the right to charge for it in the future. So, get it while the getting is good, folks. http://www.glatmos.com/et/et.html 2. This week AccuWeather introduced a Travel section of their Personal AccuWeather service which includes 5-day forecasts for each station along any of about 50 U.S. Major Interstates, just in time for your Thanksgiving plans. If you're paying for the service you'll get Current Conditions for the sites as well. http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/travel_qx01 3. Last week Intellicast introduced new SkiCast imagery to their website - including US and regional county-outlined maps of forecast Snow, Sun, 24-hour Temp Change, and also a unique Winter Storm Tracker (like a hurricane tracker). http://www.intellicast.com/skicast/ 4. TWC introduced Weather Channel/Brasil recently, a Brazilian Version of their Weather Channel site offering a number of weathermaps and specific forecasts for Brazil. http://tempo.weather.com/ Additionally this week, a press release indicates that TWC has partnered with Digital City, an online portal site which supports a number of major cities with local news and weather http://www.digitalcity.com/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Correction to "CASI NetNews : Lightning Maps" URL & Tropical Storm Nicole Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:19:21 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Way for them to change the URL on me since yesterday. New URL for Free Lightning Maps Signup is: http://www.glatmos.com/et/ Also, the tropics aren't over yet! TS Nicole formed this morning. It is 850 miles west of the Canary Islands, quite far from land and is not expected to reach the US. The satellite shot from this evening was not looking too impressive. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/14 -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : TV Show - History of the Internet - Tonight! Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 19:00:43 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Sorry for the short notice, folks, hope this finds you online. PBS (at least here in PA) is showing "History of the Internet" tonight from 8-11 Eastern. If you've ever been curious where it all came from and where it's all going to, this is the show to watch. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Happy Thanksgiving and Western NC Storms Last Night Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:24:49 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I hope you are having a happy Thanksgiving, folks. Here is some info from Member Jess Parks on the surprise storms last night in WNC. I combined some LSR's that he sent with some that I found and placed them at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/lsr.txt - Pretty impressive damage for Thanksgiving! Jess Parks wrote: > Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.....Strange weather here in the high country.....Very little cold weather...only one snow flurry and it is already thanksgiving.....then last night severe thunderstorms...reports from here and to our west had reports of up to 1.75 inch hail...in Boone..60 mph wind gusts...we had severe cloud to ground lightning, winds to 39 mph, and very little rain .2 inches..........Happy Holiday...Jess Parks....Todd NC > > Date: > Thu, 26 Nov 1998 12:57:18 -0500 > From: > Jess Parks > > Current conditions....Sunny skies...Windy average 10-15 mph.....gusts to 29 mph...temp 51 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Gray Predicts Continuing Increased Hurricane Activity Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:46:08 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Members: This is very funny, I was just about to press "send" on this message to the CASILIST and my mail notifier went off, so I figured I should check my mail before I sent it. And it was Bob Metivier sending me the same article! I can't slip one past you guys can I :) Thanx Bob ``Next year we'll be calling for above average hurricane activity, and we believe this is a reflection of the new hurricane era we entered in 1995,'' Gray said Tuesday. ``We expect this trend to continue for the next few decades.'' More: http://www.wral-tv.com/news/national/HurricaneForecasts______=TOPAP.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : More on The Western NC, Western VA storms Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 21:27:55 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients For the record, my parents in Southern Wilkes Co. NC heard some thunder but not much more - I told them tonight that they weren't far from the 2' trees downed in the Local Storm Reports... -Jesse Also: Member Josh "cyber" Humphries wrote: > Nasty storms, lost a patio table w/ glass top...got blown into side of > deck shattering it into a million tiny pieces. had to have been at > least 35 mph wind gust to do that > just thought i'd like to share that... > > -- -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org| Subject: CASILIST : New Weather Video and... Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:19:27 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Charlie knows that I'll wait until streaming video gets as good as play-as-you-go-Quicktime (technology before its time!) but anyway.... ;) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:22:27 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" For the 'weather list'.... Morning all... CNN now has streaming Video Weather Reports on the Web - US and International http://cnn.com/WEATHER/video/ You can get the latest Windows Media Player (and check out our upcoming project) at http://www.sbccomputer.com/streamthis.html Also....appears some of the Commercial guys may have convinced the NWS to move some of the direct text Dec 1st This message currently appears on some of the report for our area"?: "BEGINNING DECEMBER 1 1998 AT 8:00 AM EST THE PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ ID ALBZFPBGM AND THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ ID FPUS51 KBGM." Have a great day.... (and instead of fighting the crowds, why not support the Pike Independent Weather Station.... plug...plug....at www.sbccomputer.com/holidays.html :) Charlie Milford, Pa http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: New Weather Video and... Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:22:27 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" For the 'weather list'.... Morning all... CNN now has streaming Video Weather Reports on the Web - US and International http://cnn.com/WEATHER/video/ You can get the latest Windows Media Player (and check out our upcoming project) at http://www.sbccomputer.com/streamthis.html Also....appears some of the Commercial guys may have convinced the NWS to move some of the direct text Dec 1st This message currently appears on some of the report for our area"?: "BEGINNING DECEMBER 1 1998 AT 8:00 AM EST THE PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ ID ALBZFPBGM AND THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ ID FPUS51 KBGM." Have a great day.... (and instead of fighting the crowds, why not support the Pike Independent Weather Station.... plug...plug....at www.sbccomputer.com/holidays.html :) Charlie Milford, Pa http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html Subject: CASILIST : Meteorologists seek new hurricane scale... Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 12:26:46 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks to Member Paul Britton for alerting me to the article which is attached to this message. I also found a similar (but not exactly the same) article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_221000/221161.stm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Meteorologists seek new hurricane scale... Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:36:17 -0800 From: "Paul Britton Jr." To: "#weather UNDERNET" CC: "Mitchd{at}Mail. Svr. Vastnet. Net" , "Rob Mitchell" , "J" Hey Folx, Interesting article in the local Press Telegram. Unfortunately it wasn't on their site so I had to type it all out. :-/ MIAMI -- As the Central American nations devastated by Hurricane Mitch struggle to pick up the pieces, meteorologists here are beginning to consider devising a new scale for measuring hurricanes in an effort to give the public a broader view of their potential danger. The National Hurricane Center, which tracks most storm systems in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, has begun informal discussions on how to devise a scale to measure some geographic and sociological factors that often play crucial roles in determining how damaging a hurricane will be. The current yardstick used to classify hurricanes, the Saffir/Simpson Scale, measures a storm mostly by the strength of the winds at its center. An additional scale could include "a matrix of factors that contribute to a hurricane disaster and a computer model of that," said Jerry Jarrell, the director of the National Hurricane Center. Ideas on creating a new scale, which would coexist alongside the Saffir/Simpson, are still at an embryonic stage, and no financing for such a project has yet been procured, Jarrell said. Yet the disaster wrought by Mitch has led many experts who study hurricanes to reassess how they are classified. "Mitch is what brought this to the forefront a little bit," said Stephen Leatherman, the director of the International Hurricane Center at Florida International University. "The community is stoked up on this." Hurricanes are currently defined as tropical cyclones with winds of at least 74 miles an hour. The strongest type of hurricane under the Saffir/Simpson scale is a category five, with winds of at least 155 miles an hour. Mitch, which is estimated to have killed at least 11,000 people in Honduras and Nicaragua in the worst storm disaster in more than 200 years, had winds that barely reached hurricane force by the time it touched down over Central America last month. Most of its destruction was caused by the system's snail-like pace and its persistent rains, which drenched the region for days, causing landslides in the mountainous terrain that buried thousands under sheets of mud. In contrast, Hurricane Andrew, ranked as a category four to category five storm, killed 41 people in Florida and Louisiana. Andrew moved quickly, had less rain, and struck a mostly flat landscape. Besides a hurricane's winds, its ability to create a storm surge, or a dramatic rise in sea level, has traditionally been another main factor in determining its strength. Yet a recent study by a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center suggests that most deaths from hurricanes in recent years have actually come from flooding of rivers, rather than from storm surges, Jarrell said. Coastal communities have developed effective evacuation plans, which reduce the danger and deaths from storm surges. Indeed, the Saffir/Simpson scale may be more accurate in describing hurricanes that travel over water and in coastal areas than in measuring a storm's behavior on land, where the topography often causes changes in its strength and speed, Leatherman said. Hilly terrain can slow a hurricane, causing it to drench an area with rain, creating mudslides, as in Central America. One idea for a new scale, Jarrell said, would be to devise a list of factors such as rain and topography, among others, and create a model weighting each factor on a scale. Another possibility would be to have a list of factors that different regions could consider to estimate how a hurricane would effect a particular area. For example, Jarrell noted, if a storm were over water, it would go on a lower scale than one that moved over a populated area. If people were well prepared, that would downgrade a storm. Hilly terrain would enhance it, while striking an area with strict building codes and zoning laws would lower the rating, he said. "Suppose we list 50 factors, such as terrain, preparedness, population, flash floods, etcetera," Jarrell said. "You can go down and see how it applies. I think there are ways to do this and I think it's important." Still, devising a scale that could apply to regions as diverse as Central America's mountain ranges, Florida's flat topography and the many island nations that dot the Caribbean could take years to devise and may prove difficult to implement, experts warned. "It would be an excellent idea to have another measure of possible damage that a storm can do," said Bruce Albrecht, a professor of meteorology at the University of Miami. "But from my perspective it's hard to put hurricanes in a real category. There is a wide range of variability among the systems." In addition, a complex measuring stick that takes into account many factors would also have to be one that people could easily understand in order to know how to prepare for a storm, Albrecht noted. And because the hurricane season, June 1 to Nov. 30, does not produce that many storms, it may be difficult to make generalizations about the characteristics of hurricanes, he added. Yet few dispute that the Saffir/Simpson scale probably did not adequately portray Mitch's menace to the residents of Honduras and Nicaragua who were aware of it days before the storm came ashore. As it hurtled towards land, Mitch's winds increased to a maximum strength of 180 miles an hour and then slowed considerably before striking land. "This may have relaxed people," Jarrell said. "We expected there to be a disaster, I don't think anyone expected 10,000 or 12,000 dead. I don't think we were giving the real flavor of the impending disaster." -------------------------------------------------- Paul Britton Jr. Weatherguide Productions http://www.weatherguide.com/ "The most committed wins" -The Siege -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Severe Weather Costs Worst Ever in 1998 Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 20:22:58 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks to Member Jeff Catlett for the tipoff on this article http://www.msnbc.com/news/218737.asp WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 — Violent weather has cost the world a record $89 billion this year, more money than was lost from weather-related disasters in all of the 1980s, and researchers in a study released Friday blame human meddling for much of it. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : StormTrack Mag now on CDROM Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 14:45:34 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Forwarding this from WX-TALK for those of you who don't read it. The famous (and only more or less) Storm Chaser Magazine "StormTrack" is now available archived on a CDROM which contains the last 20 years of issues, since the beginning. Would make an excellent Xmas present... For more information please contact Tim at the address below. The web address for more information on StormTrack magazine is: http://www.storm-track.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:20:23 -0500 From: "tim p. marshall" <105566.1564{at}COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: STORMTRACK CD-ROM The complete STORMTRACK CD-ROM COLLECTION is now available just in time for Christmas. The CD-ROM covers all 121 issues of the magazine from 1977 (when Dave Hoadley founded it) through 1997. There are 1200 articles, 1000 photographs (mostly in color now), 300 chase cases, and 110 funnel funnies. Contains easy to follow instructions to load onto your web browser. The cost is $60 plus $5 shipping in the U.S. and Canada. Add $10 for overseas orders. Remit to Tim Marshall, 4041 Bordeaux Circle, Flower Mound, TX 75022-7050 before December 15th in order to receive this before Christmas. Please note the hard copy 20 year set of the magazine (which sells for $165) will no longer be available after March 1, 1999. ------------------------------ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Interesting Weather for the Great Plains & Warm Everywhere Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:38:08 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Indeed most of the nation is enjoying a huge warm spell - I noticed yesterday that TX was going to be in for a round of storms today. Here at CASI HQ in Central PA we are experiencing the warmest weather in quite some time, near record breaking temperatures in the mid 60's. Here's the word from Member Joey Ketcham in KS: Joey Ketcham wrote: > Well we have been having some very unseasonal weather conditions throughout > the plain. So far this year here in Kansas, we have not see temps reach > below 35, every day we have temps that is still reaching into the mid to > upper 70's. Just last night at 3:00 A.M. temps outside was 65 degrees with > the high yesterday being in the lower 80's. > > As of right now, 3:10 PM 11/29/98, the SPC in Norman Oklahoma has issued a > svr t-storm watch for most of the eastern parts of Texas. > > In my opinion, we could be in for a very bad severe storm season with > possible more tornadoes and more svr t-storms. Already since the start of > fall here in Crawford Co. Kansas we've had 6 svr t-storm warnings, if it is > that bad during the fall, imagine what it could be like during spring and > summer. > > Joey -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Subject: [Fwd: Strong Storms Pass through SE Kansas] Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 07:16:04 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Many areas continue to be far above normal temperatures today with 70's expected into PA. Attached is a report from Joey in KS about his storms last night: [text] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Strong Storms Pass through SE Kansas Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 23:48:52 -0600 From: "Joey Ketcham" To: "J" As I said before we are having some unseasonably strange weather. Around 10:00 PM CDT, storms began to develop across SE KS, no storms became severe but was very strong. The storm was a squall line which developed in Central Kansa and winds was measured at 55 MPH and very very heavy rain with frequent thunder and lightning. Not too big of a storm, but just kind of interesting that a squall line passed through at the end of Nov. Joey Ketcham Subject: CASILIST : CLOSER ON THE OFFICIAL ATLANTIC 1998 HURRICANE SEASON Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:13:16 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: CLOSER ON THE OFFICIAL ATLANTIC 1998 HURRICANE SEASON Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:46:24 -0500 From: "B.METIVIER NBWX" Hello All..here is a "closer of sorts" to the offical Atlantic Hurricane Season...very interesting presentation!!...however you'll need real audio to here it...73'sss to all Bob M N1XZJ http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/19981130.me.11.ram -- Note - Text reports also available here, though not as nice as NPR's: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=hurricane+season P.S. : Hurricane Nicole is still active in the Atlantic, if it lasts past midnight it will be the first December storm since 1984. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CLOSER ON THE OFFICIAL ATLANTIC 1998 HURRICANE SEASON Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:46:24 -0500 From: "B.METIVIER NBWX" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hello All..here is a "closer of sorts" to the offical Atlantic Hurricane Season...very interesting presentation!!...however you'll need real audio to here it...73'sss to all Bob M N1XZJ http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/19981130.me.11.ram Subject: CASILIST : NOAA SITE RELATIVE TO THE 1998 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:12:44 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is an updated and more technical version of predictions for future hurricanes: Subject: NOAA SITE RELATIVE TO THE 1998 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:48:16 -0500 From: "B.METIVIER NBWX" To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi...This is a very interesting composite of our now past 1998 Hurricane Season...deemed named "A MEAN SEASON"...with the outlook for next year relative to Dr.Gray's forecast...next years adjectives and verbs should prove very interesting....73'ssss Bob M http://www.outlook.noaa.gov/98hurricanes/ Subject: CASILIST : Drought Info, Need More / Record Highs / Dr. Gray's '99 Prediction / CRS in PA Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 19:27:44 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients DROUGHT/HEAT: Members Charlie Anzman and Greg Drollinger from PA both send some NWS information today - Greg details the drought and record highs across the state in a summary below... Charlie adds a note to remind PA residents that there is a Winter Weather Awareness Statement including average snowfalls at this URL: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/public.html CASI ARTICLE ON DROUGHT: I am planning to do an article on the CASI site about the Drought. If you have information on the drought from your personal observations, or links to pertinent articles on the Web please let me know ASAP - I plan to put the article up by Sunday evening. If you have sent me drought related information during the past few weeks I will add that as well. As far as the warm temperatures, don't expect them to extend far into next week, at least here in Central PA, where it's almost too hot to sleep at night with the windows open! I also gave in earlier this week and moved the houseplants outside. CRS IN PA: There is also a note at that URL explaining the conversion to the automated NOAA Weather Radio Computer Voice System, which has now taken over spoken voice here in Central PA. HURRICANE '99 FORECAST: Dr. Gray's new hurricane prediction for 1999 shows that he and his team expect another above normal year - about the same as this one was. For more information see http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/1999/fcst99/ -Jesse Ferrell j{at}weatherwatchers.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" For those of you that were working (woops) little 'factoid' below from the National Weather Service Charlie Milford PA http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html Get your Furby here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Extreme warmth/Drought Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:51:17 -0500 (EST) From: Greg D To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Well it was bound to happen sooner or later -- A drought declaration that is. ...The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has declared a drought. A drought watch has been issued for all 67 counties of PA, and a drought warning has been posted for just over a dozen counties. They include: ..Bedford... Cambria... Cameron... Centre... Clarion... Clearfield... Clinton... Crawford... Erie... Franklin... Jefferson... Lycoming... Snyder.. In addition, several city's under the drought watch or warning have declared a drought EMERGENCY - the highest drought declaration possible. This calls for extensive conservation of water. Even restaurants are not allowed to serve water to the customers unless asked by the customer. Car washes in many areas have closed for the time being. A state-wide burning ban is also in effect. Numerous wild fires are burning across the state, most, but not all, in Luzerne county. Besides the extremely dry conditions, there has been record temperatures both yesterday and today (although temps have been above normal for weeks). 60's and 70's across central/eastern PA (not to mention surrounding states) resulted in nearly every "official" reporting station breaking record high temperatures. Some peak temperatures for today as of 3 pm EST: Harrisburg International Airport (MDT): 74 Williamsport-Lycoming County Airport (IPT): 68 Philadelphia International Airport (PHL): 73 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport (ABE): 72 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP): 69 ...And with dew points well into the 50's at most locations, one might even say it feels a tad humid outside ;) Seriously though, if I hadn't looked at the calendar in a few months and didn't see Christmas decarations up, I would swear it was September/early October... See ya... Greg, Watsontown PA --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pennsylvania Weather Page -- http://www.angelfire.com/pa/pawx --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Weather, El Nina and bears?? Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:40:08 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather, El Nina and bears?? Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 21:38:30 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Once upon a time...on a mountain deep in the woods of Pennsylvania, there lived 3 bears. There was a mama-bear, and 2 cubby-bears, (and evidentally papa-bear had taken off with a 'Monica-bear'?). One December, this strange and unusual weather pattern came to the mountain. Record warmth during a time they were supposed to be getting ready for a long winter nap. Mama-bear awoke, and said to her siblings "Lets find some grub fast!" So off they went...on a Saturday... and they found a Dumpster with the words SBC Computer & Components. (and Tony's Deli...) They approached cautiously, making sure 'the coast was clear'. Then, Mama-Bear got on her hind legs (she appeared to be about 400 pounds or so...) easily removed the STEEL dumpster lid, and yanked out the first bag of garbage. Needless to say (despite a few intrusions by Tourists) the three bears had a party behind the dumpster...at one point, one of the cubs, just sat on top for about 10 minutes. And about 30 minutes later, as the sun was going down over Milford, retreated to the woods (Where one of the cubs was heard saying "You didn't eat the fax paper...did you...") Now, THIS is weather. (and..I didn't have my Camera...again!!!!!!) Charlie Subject: CASILIST : Severe Weather for Kansas Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 11:23:45 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Severe Weather for Kansas Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 09:27:23 -0600 From: "Joey Ketcham" To: "Jesse Ferrell (CASI)" CASI Members, Well, it's another odd December day here in Kansas and Oklahoma. About 9:00 AM the Storm Prediction Center in Norman Oklahoma had issued a svr t-storm watch for most of Central and NE Oklahoma and parts of Southeast Kansas, which is where I live. Below is a statement: URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 899 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 756 AM CST SUN DEC 6 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 830 AM UNTIL 200 PM CST. HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 80 MILES EAST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY ENEWD OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IN ADVANCE OF STRONG UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. 12Z SOUNDINGS AND VAD/PROFILER WINDS SHOW 40-50 KT SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WITH 80-90 KT MID LEVEL WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. ASSOCIATED DRY INTRUSION WILL ENHANCE DOWNWARD TRANSFER OF MOMENTUM WITH POTENTIAL FOR SMALL-SCALE BOW ECHOES TO DEVELOP. PRIMARY THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED NEAR THE QUASISTATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22050. ...WEISS So looks like the severe weather season hasn't ended yet. I'll keep in touch on what happens here in the Plains. Joey Ketcham --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Drought Report Up / New CASI Home Site Coming Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 20:47:02 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Folks, the report on the Drought of 1998 including your reports, links to news stories and government sites, and some statistics is now up at: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/drought/ I will be doing up a small report on the extreme temperatures in the Eastern US sometime this week. Also FYI there will be a new Front Page to the CASI Website www.weatherwatchers.org early this week and several other pages will be redesigned. The goal is to have the whole site converted over to the new format soon but I will be doing it piecemeal due to lack of time, converting only the large sections at first and the other pages as I update them. I have been working on this project for several weeks but still have a lot to do, and I have made the decision to not launch it until everything is pretty much done, which may mean waiting a few more days. To whet your appetite, it will include the following new sections: News - CASI, World Weather, NetNews CASI Weird Weather Observations Climate Data CASI Geographical Divisions US Severe Weather Section with Live Extreme Data Internet Section -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Bears, Concerts & Strange Weather Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 22:12:08 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > Hi Jess....and all... > > Well, it appears we did it again today. > > Yesterday, (I really can't believe J sent out my 'three > little bears' poem...but hey, you try living on a mountain > for a few months in the 'middle of...we...you...know') > > The Delaware Valley Chorus held their 'Winter Concert' > today...Needless to say...It was nice to have the first > Summer Concert in Winter. > > The station here is showing that we 'tied the record' > Considering it uses charts from the same elevation in Hawley, PA > (closest reporting station), I'm wagering a guess we broke it. > > Other NWS reports are at http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/pa.html > > To all (400??!!) of you.... > Have a GREAT week!! > Charlie Anzman > Milford, PA > http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html > Subject: CASILIST : Record warmth Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 17:49:37 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Folks, I will be putting together a page about the record warmth tonight and tomorrow night. If you have personal observations about this or suggestions on news articles or websites to link to please let me know, this will be similar to the Drought page I announced last night. Here is a report sent to the CASILIST from a member in Mass.: Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:38:17 -0500 To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Highest recorded temperature for Boston on this date was 66f in 1932. Located on Cape Ann, 26 nm NE of BOS, I have recorded a temp of 75.9 at 12:40 ET and that would be a new record for ALL of December since 1881. Alas, the bottom is going to drop out during the next few days.... Chris Spittle Cape Ann Weather98 Rockport, Massachusetts http://www.rockportmass.com http://www3.shore.net/~lobstax1/weather.htm lobstax1{at}shore.net webmaster{at}rockportmass.com -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Record warmth Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:38:17 -0500 From: Chris Spittle To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Highest recorded temperature for Boston on this date was 66f in 1932. Located on Cape Ann, 26 nm NE of BOS, I have recorded a temp of 75.9 at 12:40 ET and that would be a new record for ALL of December since 1881. Alas, the bottom is going to drop out during the next few days.... Chris Spittle Cape Ann Weather98 Rockport, Massachusetts http://www.rockportmass.com http://www3.shore.net/~lobstax1/weather.htm lobstax1{at}shore.net webmaster{at}rockportmass.com Subject: CASILIST : Preliminary Report on Heat Wave Up Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 22:12:07 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have done a preliminary page about the Heat Wave this evening, I will be completing it and the Drought page tomorrow night. If you have anything else to add or you have your own web pages about this stuff that I can link to, let me know. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/warmth -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : PA confirmed 'ALL-TIME' Record High For December Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 07:36:37 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients ...ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT WILLIAMSPORT... [text attachment] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: PA confirmed 'ALL-TIME' Record High Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 21:29:05 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" The NWS reporting Station at Williamsport issued the following "Special Weather Statement" today: ...ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT WILLIAMSPORT... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE WILLIAMSPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT TODAY WAS 69 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY SET ON DECEMBER 7TH 1951 AND SET A NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE PREVIOUS HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN WILLIAMSPORT WAS 68 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 1ST 1927. Charlie Anzman Milford, Pa http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : EVENT : AMS Meeting Thursday 7pm.... Asheville NC Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 19:44:03 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hey AMS guys, don't forget to mention CASI ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: AMS Meeting Thursday 7pm.... (fwd) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:54:12 -0500 (EST) From: Jamey Lee Singleton To: Laurence.Lee{at}noaa.gov, Vince.DiCarlo{at}noaa.gov, j{at}weatherwatchers.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 23:03:47 -0500 (EST) From: Bryant Korzeniewski To: AMS 98-99 Members -- Anna Lee Campbell , blwoodard{at}uncavx.unca.edu, cdclary{at}uncavx.unca.edu, Christopher Todd Hunt , farr{at}tornado.atms.unca.edu, Jonathan Andrew McKay , James Chesty Raiford , "Jeffery Linn Haniewich Jr." , Jamey Lee Singleton , Jaime Michelle Hicks , Jason Michael Shive , Kate Elizabeth Wittman , Kevin James Roper , Kristin Marie Kuhlman , korzen{at}cyclone.atms.unca.edu, Kevin Ryan Brinson , melray724{at}aol.com, Mends2{at}aol.com, quinn{at}cyclone.atms.unca.edu, Richard Lee Jenson , Robert Nelson Helms , shinson{at}vortex.atms.unca.edu, Scott Lewis Arbogast , starman000{at}hotmail.com, sunny{at}ioa.com, Travis Ryan Sims , jcraifor{at}bulldog.unca.edu, Wendy Annette Caudill Subject: AMS Meeting Thursday 7pm.... Hi everyone! The Next Meeting of the UNCA Branch of the American Meteorological Society will meet this Thursday, the 10th, at 7:00 p.m. in Robinson Hall 125, the Physics Lecture Hall. Our featured speaker will be Bryan Farr, who will speak about the Hurricane Season of 1998. He will discuss the season as a whole with in-depth analysis of the main events of the Hurricane Season. Also, we will be discussing the following possibilities and opportunities we will have as UNCA AMS: The Spring Break Trip Co-Sponsorship of Hurricane Mitch Relief Campaign New Business or anything that has not been addressed so far this year. Also, we would like to encourage you to help out with Super Saturday next semester. It is a great opportunity if you want to gain some teaching experience, and would like to enhance your knowledge of weather and teaching kids the weather at the same time. We have about six people volunteering so far. We need a total of 12 people so that we can give everyone an opportunity to help out with this worthwhile cause. E-mail Mike Chase at mjchase{at}bulldog.unca.edu or reply back to this message for more information. Super Saturday will take place in February and March. If you have any questions about anything dealing with AMS or you would like to make any suggestions that you would like for us to consider for the remainder of the year, reply back to this message. Look forward to seeing you Thursday Night at 7 p.m. UNCA AMS 1998-99 President, Jamey Singleton Vice President, Bryant Korzeniewski UNCA AMS Online http://www.atms.unca.edu/AMS UNCA Atmospheric Science Dept. Online http://www.atms.unca.edu wxpage4000 weather page for the new milennium members.tripod.com/~wxpage4000/ TV Meteorologists Online TV: The Current and The Future on ICQ groups.icq.com/group.asp?no=466318 ICQ# 12823792 www.icq.com Subject: CASILIST : Record warmth in NE NJ & Pages Updated Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 20:29:32 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The heat wave pages have been updated, including the information that Michael sent to the CASILIST which is attached below. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/warmth/ I have run into a situation in which I will have limited computer time this week, and not wanting to launch the new CASI site until everything is complete, I will probably wait until this weekend to do so. Also, Sharon K. sends this URL about Hurricane Mitch. It looks like they are developing a cool interactive Java app there but it was not working this evening when I checked it: Here's some interesting info on Mitch's aftermath and what USGS is doing down there to provide disaster relief. << Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information.url>> http://cindi.usgs.gov/events/mitch/cent_amer.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Record warmth in NE NJ Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:34:12 -0500 (EST) From: mike1047{at}webtv.net (Michael Girone) To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Newark (EWR) tied a record high for 12/2 with 66F. A new record was set on 12/3 with 70F, and an all-time December high was set on 12/4 with 75F! Early this afternoon (12/7), EWR set another record high of 76F, which would make this the new all-time December high temp. (for some reason, I haven't heard of that being "officially" recorded). Mike West Orange, NJ Subject: CASILIST : December Tropical System forecasted to form in the Western Carribbean Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 20:25:42 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [text attachment - forwarded mesg] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: December Tropical System forecasted to form in the Western Carribbean Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 19:40:56 -0500 From: "Michael Pitt" To: CC: "Jesse Ferrell" A low in the Central to Western Carribbean Sea looks promising for possible subtropical and maybe tropical development over the next few days. The Computer Models seem to forecast this too! From NPEC Tropical Desk 12/10/98 1904z(1404 est): IN THIS CYCLE THE ETA IS DOING BETTER WITH RESPECT TO THE COLD COREUPPER LOW DOMINATING THE WRN CARIBBEAN. LIKE THE MRF AND EUROPEANMDLS PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED..THE ETA NOW FCSTS THE LOW TO FOLLOW ASLOW WNW TRAJECTORY..WHILE WEAKENING IN THE PROCESS. THE 250 HPALOW IS FCST NEAR LA CEIBA HONDURAS BY 24 HRS..MOVING OVER BELIZE BY48 HRS..WHERE IT WILL THEN FILL. THE EUROPEAN MDLS NOW SIDED WITHTHE MRF IN FCSTING WHAT APPEARS AS A LATE SEASON TROPICAL STORMOVER THE WRN CARIBBEAN BY 48 HRS..THAT SLOWLY TRACKS THROUGH HEYUCATAN CHANNEL BY 72 HRS. THE NGM/ETA HAVE NOT JOINED THEBANDWAGON..INSTEAD PROJECTING AN INVERTED TROUGH TO PROPAGATEACROSS THE REGION. THE UPPER LOW..AND DEVELOPING SFC SYSTEM..AREFCST TO SUPPORT AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL..FIRST CONCENTRATING OVER JAMAICA..AND SLOWLY SPREADING INTO CAYMAN ISLANDS BY 24 HRS. THEMDLS THEN PROJECT AN EXTENSIVE BAND OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION TO EXTEND ACROSS CAYMAN ISLANDS-YUCATAN CHANNEL..AFFECTING THE WRN TIPOF CUBA AND CANCUN AT 36-72 HRS. EXPECT UPPER CONVERGENCE OVERBELIZE-YUCATAN AS THE LOW/TROUGH TRACKS W THROUGH 48 HRS..BUT BY48-54 HRS THE DRYING TREND WILL BE REVERSED..WITH A SHARP INCREASEDIN LAYERED MOISTURE. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ Welcome to the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List. This is a simple mailing-list which members can use to communicate with each other. Until I find a successful automation method, all the posts will flow though me and be forwarded to the list, which could result in some lag-time. You may want to browse through the Archive to see discussions on past topics. 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Save this information for future reference. Addresses: Mail to the list and its recipents: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Request addition or removal: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org General CASI Information: casi{at}weatherwatchers.org Mailing List Archive: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/private/CASILIST/casilist.html (Same UserName/Password as for Member Pages) -Jesse Ferrell, President -Central Atlantic Storm Investigators ************************************************************************ Subject: CASILIST : Simply Incredible : NASA's J-Track Satellite Tracker Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 14:38:43 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is true, I bookmarked this J-Track site a couple of months ago. Although it is not weather related directly, you can track the various weather satellites on it. An impressive use of the Java language. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Simply Incredible! Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 03:04:01 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Well, I promised myself no biggie E-Mails this week.... but even if you're not a science teacher, this page has to 'blow you away'! (requires Java-enabled browser) Have a Great Weekend http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/JTrack/Spacecraft.html I've put the link on our 'weather page', so if you've got that 'bookmarked', it'll be there.... Have a Great Weekend to all! Charlie Anzman http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html Subject: CASILIST : Finally, A Station in the NC Mountains Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:19:50 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients When I lived in NC I was always dismayed at the lack of Current Condition Reporting stations in the mountains - Asheville was the only station in the mountains, and Hickory the only station in the foothills. This caused the mountain weather - which is significantly different than the Piedmont weather - to "disappear" on meteorological analyses of the area. I am pleased to see that there is finally a station there now, in Jefferson, NC (Ashe County). I think this is a recent addition to the NWS's observing sites available online. It appears to be an automated station. The station is not yet available from the NWS NC Observations page at http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/NC_cc_us.html, probably because the station has no name in their database and the station identifier is not in the NWS Lookup Database at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/siteloc.shtml However, it is available on the NWS's station conditions site at: http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/current/KGEV.html It is available through AccuWeather AccuData AMPS program but not Personal AccuWeather. It is not yet available on the Weather Underground. I have asked both sites if they can please add it. You may also want to ask your favorite site to add it to their list if they have not already. The specific information on the site is: KGEV - Jefferson, NC (formerly NC67) Latitude - 36 26N Longitude - 81 25W Elevation - 969 meters (via Boris A. Konon WSI Meteorological Operations) -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : RE: Finally, A Station in the NC Mountains - Two More Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:10:02 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thanks Jamey for the additional info. I have noted below who has them: Member Jamey Lee Singleton wrote: > I've also recently learned of two other western NC stations out there: > > KFQD - Rutherfordton, NC > > Weather Underground - Yes:http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=rutherfordton%2Cnc AccuWeather - Yes on AccuData (non-web program), No on Personal AccuWeather, will ask that it be added NWS - Yes on Station Page: http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/current/KFQD.html No on State List : http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/NC_cc_us.html PSU - Yes on Station Page: http://www.ugems.psu.edu/wea/bin/ReturnObs.cgi?stn=FQD&number=24 OR http://www.ugems.psu.edu/wea/bin/DecodeObs.cgi?stn=FQD&number=24 No on State Page http://www.ugems.psu.edu/ncwx/ > > > K6A3 - Andrews, NC > Weather Underground - Yes :http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=andrews%2Cnc AccuWeather - Yes on AccuData (non-web program), No on Personal AccuWeather, will ask that it be added NWS - Yes on Station Page: http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/current/K6A3.html No on State List: http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/NC_cc_us.html PSU - Yes on Station Page http://www.ugems.psu.edu/wea/bin/DecodeObs.cgi?stn=6A3&number=24 OR http://www.ugems.psu.edu/wea/bin/DecodeObs.cgi?stn=6A3&number=24 No on State Page: http://www.ugems.psu.edu/ncwx/ > Not quite sure how I got those, I remember someone telling me about them. > Makes you wonder if there are any more out there we don't know about, and > if there are, why the big secret? > I'm guessing that its just lack of updates to the companies' databases. There could be some reluctance to add ASOS (esp. early ASOS - maybe they haven't been 'approved' yet? Anybody who knows please step in here) stations. All three of these are probably Automated non-augmented ASOS stations I'm guessing. Keep in mind too that these type of stations are sometimes subject to errors in data especially precip type - I have sent an e-mail to the lady I used to work with at NCDC who has worked with the ASOS data to ask her opinion on the accuracy of the data, I will let you guys know what I hear back. > You can access the NOAA URL (Current Conditions page) for these also. As noted above. Again thanks Jamey -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : WEBSITE UPDATED Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:48:39 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Attach/Text --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: WEBSITE UPDATED Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:31:01 -0500 From: "BJ Hall" To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org SEASON GREETINGS CASI LIST...... WE HAVE UPDATED OUR SITE WITH SOME REAL-TIME WEATHER. CHECK US OUT TODAY IF YOU HAVE TIME. BJ STATION OWNER BJ Hall, KD4AHQ (Site Administrator) HOMEPAGE: http://www.gabn.net/kd4ahqweather/index.html ICQ WORLD WIDE PAGER: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/783973 ICQ HOMEPAGE: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/783973 Automated Position Reporting System for Windows (WinAPRS™) 144.390MHz Licensed Remote Advanced InterRAD 3.14 Radar Site + FAA Radar Subject: Re: CASILIST : RE: Finally, A Station in the NC Mountains - Two More Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 13:18:25 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: "MILW. AREA SKYWARN ASSOC." CC: CASI Mailing List Recipients "Yes" means the Internet site carries the observation site and "No" means it doesn't have any data for it. MILW. AREA SKYWARN ASSOC. wrote: > Looks interesting, but what does all the Yes and No mean > to the rest of us subscribers, or did I miss something? > (Sorry) > > Regards, > > Skip Voros, > Milwaukee CASI member. > > MASA ["May-sah"] is the Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 > Skywarn: the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather. > Offical free E-mail: Subscribe to our Paid Newsletter. > Join the MASA open to all listserver; Mke Skywarn: www.onelist.com > MASA is a Non-profit, Wisconsin Corporation and > Sullivan Committee member. Report Severe weather: storms{at}execpc.com > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: Re: CASILIST : RE: Finally, A Station in the NC Mountains - Two More Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 13:18:25 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: arosenbe{at}ix.netcom.com CC: CASI Mailing List Recipients "Yes" means the Internet site carries the observation site and "No" means it doesn't have any data for it. MILW. AREA SKYWARN ASSOC. wrote: > Looks interesting, but what does all the Yes and No mean > to the rest of us subscribers, or did I miss something? > (Sorry) > > Regards, > > Skip Voros, > Milwaukee CASI member. > > MASA ["May-sah"] is the Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 > Skywarn: the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather. > Offical free E-mail: Subscribe to our Paid Newsletter. > Join the MASA open to all listserver; Mke Skywarn: www.onelist.com > MASA is a Non-profit, Wisconsin Corporation and > Sullivan Committee member. Report Severe weather: storms{at}execpc.com > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI ADMIN : New CASI Website & CASI Needs Your Help Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:49:53 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients NOTE: This message is going out to all NON-CASILIST members as an administrative message. If you thought you were off the mailing list, don't worry, you are still are. You will receive this type of message a couple of times per year. TO: CASI ADMIN, CASILIST, NON-CASILIST Members SUBJECT: New Website Date: 12/13/98 I am proud to announce the relaunching of the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Website this evening with a new design that I have been working on for some time. After 2 years, the old, lame front page is gone and replaced with an interactive, dynamic page detailing current and forecast Severe and Extreme weather. Please take a look. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/ Several old sections have been deleted, temporarily, until I can figure out whether I want to kill them permanently or not. Several new sections have been created: Weather Observations - Your Obs and Obs on the Net Climate Data - Your Climate Data and Climate Data on the Net Weird Weather - Coldest, Hottest, Aliens, North Pole, you name it. Internet Education - Section not started yet, subjects can be seen from the home page. Divisions - CASI Geographical Divisions and Directors - North, South, etc. News - From CASI, World Weather News, and NetNews US & World Severe and Extreme Weather - Current Stats and Internet Links CASICAM - Page completely redesigned, have a look *Not all the sections have been completed but all besides the Internet section are partially complete. Most pages inside the site, other than the new sections, have not been redesigned yet and will be done piecemeal as I update them in the future. I have far exceeded my original deadline for launching this site so I wanted to go ahead and launch it tonight. I will probably hold off on announcing the new page to the public through Internet Newsgroups and Mailing Lists until early January when more of the content will be complete, Universities will be back in session and people will be back at their home computers. I NEED YOUR HELP: Here's how you can pitch in and help with the new site. 1. First and foremost, let me know if you receive any errors or see any typos on the new site. NOTE: I am aware that the links page (/education/web.html) needs a lot of work, so don't report errors there. ;) 2. If any of you have your personal weather observations that are currently on a website please let me know (see the new Observations page for more info and examples). 3. If any of you post obs to the PSU User Observations Database please send me the location of the city you post to (preferably the URL's like the ones on the new CASI Observations page) 3. If any of you have Climate (monthly summaries etc.) Data on your website or another website please let me know so I can link to it. Very soon I will also have set up an area at which you can submit your Climate Data to the CASI site but this is not complete yet. (see the new Observations page for more info and examples). 4. If you have any other suggestions about the new Site's design and organization please let me know. Thank you for taking a look at the new site which is here to serve CASI and the Internet. If you have any questions let me know. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : About the Obs Page Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:26:35 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Hi folks, I forgot to explain how the Observations page works (http://www.weatherwatchers.org/obs/). First of all, if you have live weather instrumentation on the Net please let me know so I can add you. *If you have a weather station listed on that page, or are interested in the technicalties of how the page is produced, read on: How I am retrieving the current temperatures is as follows. If you are running the WeatherView32 software, I am hitting your website and grabbing the hourly.txt file every 2 hours (maximum the CASI web server will let me do) and cutting out the appropriate lines and columns with UNIX. If you are running other software but have a text page I am attempting to do the same thing to it, but of course that is trickier due to the different formats. If you have only graphical data on your site then there is nothing I can retrieve unless you have a small graphic like Charlie A. does (and that was darn hard to fit in there, buddy! ;)) So, number one, keep an eye on that page and if you see something other than a temperature displaying in the Curr. Temp column let me know as I really just started testing this program tonight. If I have too much trouble with the non-weatherview software files then I may just have to call them N/A. If you are running the WeatherView software but there is an N/A under your Curr.Temp then it is because I found that you were not uploading the hourly.txt file or it was not updating. If you want your Curr.Temp to appear there then please start uploading the hourly.txt file and let me know. Now the only other thing is : for those of you who have a Curr.Temp on that page, this will cause 12 hits to your website per day, which won't affect graphical counters but will appear in your overall statistics. If this is not acceptable, let me know and I can assign your temp N/A. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Hanukkah Bukkie] Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:53:21 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Some of us have weather cams... Charlie however has the only 'deer' cam ;) SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > Well, while some of us were > 'taking in the tunes' at DV > This guy decided to take in the Sunset... > > Since many of you can't receive attachments and my ISP will kill me if I send anything big through the CASILIST I have uploaded the deer to http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/1213buck.jpg-Jesse > > > In case you missed hit > > Have a Great Week and Happy Holidays! > > Charlie > http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html > > (Did anyone notice that the first Hanukah candle > coincided with the third Advent candle...kinda > makes you think a little??) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Name: 1213buck.jpg > 1213buck.jpg Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg) > Encoding: base64 -- Subject: CASILIST : Info Request : Heavy Snow 12/92 / 12/93 in PA? Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:20:17 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I received this request from the Net today, if anyone can help her please let me know. Stephanie Rihel wrote: > i need to know if there was a blizzard (or at least a lot of snow) in > franklin county, pennsylvania in december of 1992 and 1993. i have > looked everywhere i can think of and i have used four different search > engines to help, but i havn't found what i am looking for. can you > help? > thanks for your time. > stephanie rihel > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Drought warning Updates Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 07:38:27 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > Governor Ridge today added the remaining NE counties > (including us in Pike) to the 'Drought Warning'. > > A drought warning in Pike (and Monroe) has > serious implications for New Jersey and > New York City, as the Delaware River Basin > supplies much of the water for those areas. > > WCBS Radio in New York was today announcing > the 'cutbacks' for New Yorkers and New Jersey. > > A Level 2 Warning could be issued as soon as > Christmas day if the current pattern continues. > > This would prompt mandatory regulations throughout > New York and New Jersey (Car Washing, etc.) > > It would also reduce the streamflow on the Delaware > at Milford to minimum . > > Charlie > WA2AAB Milford, PA > SBC Computer & Components > The Pike Weather Center > http://www.sbccomputer.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Site Updates : Fujita, Drought, Warmth, Mandela, NetNews - World Wx Maps Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:59:41 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The following areas on the new CASI Site have been updated in the last few days: NetNews: AccuWeather Adds International Maps (Details added to Net News on Front Page) AccuWeather has added over 30 Temperature Band Maps (Today/Tonight/Tomorrow) and over 40 Hi/Lo/Weather Icon Maps (Today/Tomorrow) for various International countries/continents to their Free Personal AccuWeather Service at http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/world3day_index_qx01 CASI Tribute to Dr. Fujita (New) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/education/fujita/ CASI Report on Late 1998 Drought (2 Reports from Greensboro, CASI HQ Rain Graph and URL's added) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/drought/ CASI Report on Late 1998 Warmth (Minor Updates) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/drought/ Nelson Mandela Narrowly Escapes Freak South African Tornado (Added to Front Page World Wx News) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Happy Holidays and Stay Warm Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:58:12 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well, the front has certainly passed through here... currently it is 16 degrees here (7pm) and the minimum wind chill today was -16 here at CASI HQ. Also check out the 24-hour graph if you get a chance... look at the pressure graph and ponder "hmm... now when did the front come through..." ;) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/obs/24hour.jpg Across the nation: Yesterday as the front made it through TX the temperatures at one point in the afternoon ranged from 5 degrees on the northern border of the state to at least 85 in southern TX. This evening the temperature in Memphis TN is 45 degrees lower than 24 hours ago. I also caught this from the PSU pull from the CASI page yesterday at 2pm: Highest Heat Index in Continental US Last Hour: 90.7 ° F at Mcallen TX Low Wind Chill in Continental US Last Hour: -58.5 ° F at Minot AFB ND That's quite a range! Well folks I am wrapping up the CASI stuff for the holiday season tonight. I will be making the last couple of Member Page changes that I have this evening. I will be offline for most of the time on Thursday - Sunday. I will be flying into GSO (Greensboro) Thursday morning, so hear's hoping that the TWC forecast of Ice doesn't come true, as it's still another two hours from there to Mom&Dad's house in Wilkes Co., NC. The people who are caring for the house here don't know the computer well so here's also hoping that the WebCam and WeatherStation can stay up for the duration. Member Mark Dale also sends his regards: "We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Dale Family" Happy Holidays! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : First below zero temp since 1995 - Trenton MO Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 22:09:01 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Glen Briggs (of Trenton MO) wrote: > our low this morning was -1ºf which was the first time we had been below > zero since 1995 > > Glen Briggs > ------------------------------------------------------------ > = e-mail: gbriggs{at}lyn.net ICQ: 1133850 = > = backup: wx{at}lyn.net AOL: kb0rpj = > = Ham Radio Station: KB0RPJ = > ------------------------------------------------------------ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI NetNews : Real-Time Lightning Maps / New Local NEXRAD Products / White Xmas Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:40:44 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well folks before I embark on what may be a long trip (Winter Storm Warning for my first stop in PHL, then Freezing Rain for my destination GSO) here's one last important NetNews update. Also, a White Christmas looks likely for much of the Mid-Atlantic. Member Rick Hudson wrote this morning: "Merry Christmas to all from chilly Boston. Yesterday morning's temperature 56 deg.F. Today - 19 deg.F with a dusting of snow at Logan airport!" The following maps are online indicating the climatological and actual chance for a White Xmas: http://www.weather.com/seasonal/holidays/white_xmas.html http://www.accuweather.com/iwxpage/santapaw/graphic2.htm http://www.rap.ucar.edu/~gthompsn/xmas.html Just a quickie NetNews for Radar/Severe Weather Fans: In moves sure to stun its competitors in the world of Pay Radar/Lightning Services on the Internet, WeatherTap (www.weathertap.com) today began offering additional products including 3 local NEXRAD products (Echo Tops, Storm Total Precipitation, and Base Velocity) in addition to their Base Reflectivity and BR Loops for all US NEXRAD sites. They also have added a Radar Users Tutorial and a huge 2700x2000 pixel US Radar Composite with counties overlaid. And, becoming the first company that is not the source of the data to offer it, they are offering Real-Time Lightning Maps with Pos/Neg Strokes and Age, for the US and 6 regions. The lightning maps can also be combined with a US Satellite. All this is in combination with other weather and satellite maps that they offer (details at their site). WeatherTap's service is $5.35-$5.95 per month. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Final Note - Member Winter Storm Reports Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:08:04 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Folks, I am really about to get off the computer, but lastly I am posting URL's of Member Reports on the winter weather here: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/1223/ Currently there is only a link to Shane Adams reports from N. GA including pix of the ice there. I won't be able to add reports other than links to your website at least until next week, but if you have info on your website on this storm I will add the link to that page (unless the power is off where I am going which is a definite possibility! Happy Holidays everybody! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Cranston, RI Snow / SBC Xmas / NetNews : TWC En Espanol Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 18:22:52 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI Operations have now returned to normal after the Holiday Break. The following is a NetNews statement, followed by messages came to casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org over the holidays: 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 CASI NetNews : The Weather Channel's website now is available in Spanish, with specialty maps and forecasts for Mexico, Central America, and South America. You can access the service at http://Tiempo.Weather.Com >From the Weather Channel: "Pronósticos locales, regionales y también internacionales, además de mapas e imágenes satelitales, estarán al alcance de su mano en forma simple y rápida. Nuestra meta es hacer que weather.com/español sea una parada obligatoria cuando busque información sobre el tiempo." 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- CASILIST MESGS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- > Mike Hardiman wrote at > Thu, 24 Dec 1998 23:07:24: > > Well, this first snowfall of the season (for here) produced 4.25" when it ended in the early hours of December 24th..... Please excuse expected long hours of sleep in this report.... > > Southeastern-most Cranston, RI..... Pawtuxet Village...... Providence/Kent County Lines.... near Narragansett Bay.... > > December 23-24, 1998 > *22:35 EST............Flurries..........27F > 22:40 EST...Dusting..Flurries & Snow Pellets....27F > 00:45 EST...0.25"....SN....25F > 01:30 EST................SN....25F > 02:10 EST...1.25"....SN....25F (*BOX*) > 11:10 EST...4.25"..............26F (*BOX*) F > Total for event: 4.25" > Total For 98-99 Season: 4.25" > > This report appears in PNSBOS.... IMO Header ABUS34 KBOS as "Cranston SE Part" > > This storm provided some nice opportunities for some still photography.... should have some stuff up on the net soon, once my scanner comes back from Tech Support.... (Never buy a Mustek Scanner!!!) > > Merry White Christmas to all, and to all a good night..... keep an eye on the weekend.... > > -Mike > http://www3.edgenet.net/ristorm5 > ===================================================================== Well, by now, you've all received one of those fancy animated greeting cards with Jingle Bells and all of that playin in the background... Check this http://www.sbccomputer.com/christmas.html for a Special Poem Merry Christmas! The Anzman Crew Subject: CASI-ADMIN : Forecasters Needed for CASI/NEMAS Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:55:45 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CC: "NEMAS / Matt D." TO: CASI NON-MAILING LIST RECPTS TO: CASILIST RECPTS CC: NEMAS This is an ADMIN email of which there will be only a couple per year. CASI Members who have UNSUBSCRIBED from the list, don't worry, you are not back on the list. One portion of the CASI Website that has always been missing, in my opinion, is a forecasting section. I know that many of you are interested in keeping up with the weather and the forecast models for your local conditions. I used to as well, when I had time (http://www.weatherwatchers.org/forecast/), before CASI became a full-time job. Since I no longer have time to manage any sort of forecasting weather-network, I am talking to "the Matt's" from NEMAS, the NorthEast Media of Atmospheric Science, http://www.nemas.net/, about doing some sort of partnership. They are looking for volunteers to do forecasts for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States. If there is enough response to NEMAS for the request below, CASI and NEMAS will likely form a partnership in order to bring forecasts for the Mid-Atlantic and NorthEast US to the Internet Public. If you are interested in the jobs below, or need more information about them, please contact NEMAS directly. Important : Make sure that you mention you are from CASI when applying as that will give us a measure of the interest in the project. Thanks! Subject: NEMAS recruitment Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:36:19 -0500 From: "Matt Rosier" To: "J" Please pass this along to all those who are interested. Thanks a lot, appreciate it. Matt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NorthEast Media of Atmospheric Science Forecaster Recruition Information The NorthEast Media of Atmospheric Science (NEMAS) is currently looking for volunteer forecasters from the Mid Atlantic and Northeastern United States to issue daily forecast products for selected areas in order to expand our regional coverage. Below is additional information on the objectives of NEMAS, a description of a forecaster's duties, and a listing of areas which currently are not covered by NEMAS. If interested in joining the NEMAS team, please follow the instructions at the bottom of this document. NEMAS Objectives: The purpose of NEMAS is to provide the general public with indepth and updated weather information and forecasts. Our primary function is the issuing of daily forecast products which are disseminated through our webpage located at http://www.nemas.net. In addition to issuing forecast products, NEMAS also provides additional weather information and services through our webpage, including a unique weather observation forum, a weather software section, and a question and answer interface. Our goal is to inform the public as much as possible about weather and its affects on everyday life. NEMAS does not interfere with National Weather Service objectives, we honor all National Weather Service advisories, watches, and warnings and make certain to alert the public of these advisories when they are issued by the National Weather Service. We do not issue our own advisories, watches, or warnings. In dangerous weather situations we suggest that the public always turns to the National Weather Service for appropriate information. Forecaster Duties: NEMAS forecasters work on a volunteer basis in order to complete the expected objectives. Each forecaster works under a specific "office" forecasting for a specified area. Depending on the number of forecasters under each office, the duties of a forecaster may vary. It is expected that each office issues a public forecast daily. There is no pre-defined time for product issuance, and forecasters/offices may update their products more than once a day if they wish to do so. Forecasters may also issue an optional forecast discussion, which is intended primarily for inter-organizational uses. In times of threatening weather, NEMAS offices may also issue a Special Weather Discussion summarizing the threat and listing any advisories/watches/warnings issued by the National Weather Service. There are no requirements in order to become a NEMAS forecaster. A degree or other formal education is not necessary, but is plus. However, it is important that forecasters have a solid understanding of atmospheric processes and knowledge in reading and interpreting weather data. Prospective forecasters may be subject to a small evaluation consisting of basic questions which relate to the forecasting process. Areas which NEMAS needs forecasters to cover: Maryland West Virginia Virginia Central and Western Pennsylvania Maine New Hampshire Vermont Western Massachusetts Connecticut New York For more information, or if you're interested in becoming a part of NEMAS, please contact on of the following persons: Matthew Douglas Matt Rosier NEMAS President or General Supervisor mdouglas{at}nemas.net mrosier{at}nemas.net Be sure to include your name and location. Thank you. Matthew F. Douglas, President NorthEast Media of Atmospheric Science president{at}nemas.net mdouglas{at}nemas.net http://www.nemas.net/ == Jesse Ferrell CASI President http://www.weatherwatchers.org/ To be removed from the CASILIST email your request to lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : Website Updates - IceStorm / Drought Pictures Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:04:29 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Members: The Winter Weather for Christmas 1998 had been added to, including video captures of the icestorm during my trip home to NC over the Christmas holiday. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/1223/ (I hear tonight that 50,000 people in VA are still without power) Also the pictures of the dry creek near me are up along with a few other updates to the Drought page. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1998/drought -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Strong Winds Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 02:42:24 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Happy New Year everyone! [text/attachment] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Strong Winds Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 20:44:53 -0500 From: "Shane" To: "Storm Investigators" Strong Winds occured in North Georgia on Dec. 30, 1998. As of Dec. 29, 1998 the strongest wind gust I have recorded at my station is 37 mph. That all changed on Dec.30, as a cold front passed through the area the winds kicked up and the power turned off. The wind was gusting from the low 30's to the low 40's. The highest wind gust I recorded was 43 mph from the WNW at 3:34 a.m.. The power went off briefly at two different times. At 5:30 the wind was still gusting into the mid 30's. For more details go to my web page and click on Recent Weather Events. http://www.stc.net/~cyclone/p2kdata.htm Shane Adams Tallulah Falls Georgia Subject: CASILIST : Storm / Westerly RI Conditions / Warmest Year On Record in NJ/PA Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 20:04:34 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well folks, a large storm system is heading towards the East Coast. Latest estimates are for blizzard conditions to overtake the midwest tonight and tomorrow. If the snow accumulates over a foot in Chicago, which it may, that would be the heaviest snowfall in 21 years according to TWC. Some areas in the MidWest could receive over 2 feet. When the storm moves to the Northeast, most of the precipitation will be freezing rain and sleet, which will spell major travel troubles. I did my Saturday shopping tonight and I'm staying home for the duration. Due to last night's New Years Eve activities and having to work normal hours today, I expect to crash into bed soon tonight, hopefully to arise tomorrow before the main precip starts here. ;) Is it cold? You'd better believe it! Some current temperatures across the Northeast: 7pm State College PA (Here): 12 Milford PA: 3 Binghamton NY: 1 Watertown NY: -18 Mt. Washington NH: -33 Other CASILIST Messages from today: ============================================================= Subject: CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS WESTERLY,RI Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 10:47:48 -0500 (EST) From: WSOUZA{at}RICONNECT.COM To: CASILIST{at}WEATHERWATCHERS.ORG THESE ARE THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS IN WESTERLY,RI. [can't send binaries to CASILIST ; uploaded to http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/wsouza.jpg] ================================================== SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > Well..gang...as we enter single digits here again...with an apparent > storm ready for tomorrow afternoon... > Happened to catch this from the NWS > > Warmest year ever?? > > Charlie > "The cam hasn't frozen yet but the Humidistat has!" > http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html > > PS: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! > > ABUS34 KPHL 011115 > PNSPHL > PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>026- > DEZALL-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012200- > > PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ > 615 AM EST FRI JAN 1 1999 > > ...END-OF-YEAR CLIMATE INFORMATION... > > ...WARMEST YEAR EVER AT ALLENTOWN AND ATLANTIC CITY... > ...TIED FOR WARMEST YEAR EVER IN PHILADELPHIA... > > ===================================================================== > > ...TEMPERATURE... > > 1998 WILL GO DOWN AS ANOTHER RECORD WARM YEAR IN THE 1990S. THE > AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AT ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA AND ATLANTIC CITY NEW > JERSEY (BOTH AIRPORT AND MARINA) WERE THE WARMEST ON RECORD. THE > AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT PHILADELPHIA TIED TWO OTHER YEARS AS THE > WARMEST EVER...WHILE AT WILMINGTON DELAWARE...1998 WAS THE 4TH > WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. More... http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/public.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Winter Storm / Thunderstorms Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 21:56:02 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Forward from Member Joey Ketcham of KS. This storm system is indeed powerful enough to have evoked two Tornado Watches for TX this evening. I saw at least 69dbZ on a radar there earlier. Keep an eye on it with http://www.intellicast.com/weather/hgx/radsum/ (Although currently I am getting bounced around between two computers in DC via UUNet and can't get through) -- [text/attachment] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Winter Storm Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 20:13:45 -0800 From: "Joey Ketcham" To: "J" Well, pretty active in Kansas winter wise. All of SE Kansas has been under a Winter Storm Warning and we are expecting about 8" of snow by the time the system passes. As of right now most roads are pretty bad here in Pittsburg as ice continues to build up on them. Ft. Scott Kansas, which is 35 Mile north of me has over 1,000 people without electricity. My dad, which works for the KGE Electric Plant here has already said with the ice building up on the lines and the winds we will have tomorrow that most of the lines will fall which will cause a shortage in electric leavings hundreds or thousands without electricity for up to 3 days. I will keep you all updated if the electricity holds and let you all know. Also in Eastern Texas they are under a tornado watch with about 4 tornado warnings right now and 3 svr t-storm warnings which is odd. Joey Subject: CASILIST : Palm Beach County, Florida rainfall ; Other Storm Updates Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 13:21:06 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients If you hadn't already heard about this it is something to behold. Apparently some very heavy convective showers have been occurring on the Gulf Coast. Yesterday I saw a 20" report off the coast of SE TX on the KHOU yesterday and thought it might be an anomaly - but I guess not! Today's radar estimates (which are normally somewhat inaccurate for heavy precip) from MIA and MLB indicate about 12" in the area in question. Below are details from John Benjamin. Below that are storm reports from Member Don Arnold in Pascagoula MS, who had quite an exciting night last night, and Tom Myers report from Western NC. Following that is a report from Member Joey Ketcham in KS. Currently here at CASI HQ we have snow and 13. Accumulation so far on roads and structures but the snowflakes are small so there hasn't been much accumulation on grass yet. The low this morning was 6. Keep an eye on the cam throughout this storm. http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxcam/ Member John Benjamin wrote: > For your information, from midnight to 10:30 AM today's date, the South > Florida Water Management District rain gauge registered 30 inches of > rainfall! We are under a flood warning with more rain expected. > > At my location, just north of Palm Beach Int'l Airport, in the area of > Belvedere Rd and North Military Trail my rain gauge only goes to 12 inches. > It had overflowed. > > This is in advance of the deepening low and cold front that is headed our > way late Sunday. > > GLUB....GLUB... > > John Benjamin - President > Benjamin Computer Services, Inc. > john{at}benjamincomputers.com > http://benjamincomputers.com > http://wwp.icq.com/9758145 > http://www.weatherwatchers.org/members/public/Benjamin.John > P.O. Box 17380 > West Palm Beach, FL 33416-7380 > Voice: 561-689-2326 / Fax: 561-471-7744 > Toll Free: 1-888-724-6662 ID: 5616892326 > PLEASE Leave Me A Message! > ICQ: 9758145 > =================================== > My "On-Line Bookstore" is OPEN! Please visit > http://benjamincomputers.com/bstore.html > =================================== > My On-Line Computer Store is NOW OPEN > http://www.icatmall.com/bcsonline Member Don Arnold Wrote: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:18:18 Its 6:08 here in Mississippi and we have a Tornado watch till 9 am i think it will be extended, the rain started about an hour ago and radar show main front coming thru BATON ROUGUE now, been a couple tornado warnings for LA already this morning and i will try to keep forwarding significant changes and instances of weather thruought the day, have been in touch with the Skywarn people here and we going to go on standby about 9 am and track this baby, weather service in mobile, with whom i have been in contact still keeps referring to this as a very deadly storm with all the potentional of being a killer storm I know whats happening to the north i hope it does not get that bad here ------ Hi all Well survivied another one i think Fron went through like a freight train power knocked out for about 30 minutes tornadoes all over the place except right where i am at recieved about 1.50 inches of rain in a little over an hour pressure down to 29.60 and still dropping temp down to 56 and still dropping but just rain now and light wind..did record a 40+ gust at hieght of storm minimal lighting but what was seen was felt as evidenced by down power i have reports from my SKYWARN friends of trees down and a couple barns in the rual areas damage but no damage in PASCAGOULA that i am aware of this will be final report except for a storm rain total when the rain ends tonight or on the morrow DON in Pascagoula -- OUR WEB PAGE UPDATED 01 JAN 99 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6430 Darla and Don's Website http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/8309 Darla's Christmas Page Christmas page updated 24 DEC 98 DARLA (dawn) ICQ# 7341931 Don (weathernut) ICQ# 14664294 Logic Does Not Always Apply ======================== Locally here in Central NC (Rowan Co) we are under a Winter Storm Warning with serious icing conditions expected later today and tonight. Just south of me from Cabarrus Co (Concord) southward into the Charlotte metro area there is a Winter Weather Advisory out for ice/sleet changing to rain after dusk with rising temperatures. At 10 am, I have a temperature of 28 degrees (down from 30 at 7 am); sustained winds of 14 mph from the Northeast with gusts to 25 mph. The dewpoint has fallen from 21 degrees at 7 am to a present reading of 14 degrees which will allow for the temperature to fall further with the onset of precipitation due to evaporational cooling. The barometer is still high at 30.36". All the radars within 150 miles of the area are showing very little in the way of precip but local radar out of Charlotte has shown an area of expanding light precipitation over the Foothills and Western Piedmont of NC over the last 1/2 hour. I will pass along any further weather developments out of West Central North Carolina as things begin to develop. Take care!!! Tom Myers Rockwell, NC ==============================' Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 00:12:46 -0800 Well, looks to be getting worse here in Ks/Mo. as it turns from rain to 100% sleet. Power transformer has gone out all across town here in Pittsburg Kansas and the worst is still to come. As of right a main gas pipe has broken near Arma Ks which may lead to evacuation in some areas until it is fixed. Trees has falled down due to the weight of ice and as of right now there are about 3 Firetrucks down the street from me. Worse yet, wind has picked up to 15 MPH which is another threat to power lines causing them to go down. I will provide you with more info as time goes by. Joey --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : I-95 Sinkhole ; GA Ice Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 13:54:22 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASILIST Be advised that I-95 in Palm Beach, Florida is now closed in the North Bound lane due to a very large sink hole opening up, due to the heavy rains that have occurred. I live in Boynton Beach, Florida which is about 15 miles from this area that has recieved over 30 inches of rain. Chuck Satkofsky ==================================================== Sat, 2 Jan 1999 13:49:47 -0500 "Shane" Tallulah Falls Georgia is under a Winter Weather Advisory for this afternoon and early tonight. The cold air is only on the east side of the mountains as I will explain later. Right now it is 29° down from 32° at 7 a.m. and the temperature seems to be steady over the last several hours. There is very light freezing rain falling now with some light accumalations on trees and other surfaces. The bridges and overpasses in the area have been reported to have some ice build up on them but the roads are okay at this time. I have taken some pictures but there isnt a lot to show, I will take some later this afternoon and if they turn out, I will be posting them plus a write up on the day on my web site. The temperatures in my area are 29° here, Cornelia at 27°, Toccoa at 32° and Blairsville on the West side of the mountains is sitting on 36°. The wind is generally from the N.E. at 8 mph and gusting to the upper teens. I have recorded .01" of rainfall in my guage, but I think it has now iced over and it isnt registering any further rainfall. I will keep CASI posted on further developements as they occur. Shane Adams Tallulah Falls Georgia --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Member Storm Reports - Ice (GA) - Snow (PA) - Snow (OH) Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:26:29 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here at CASI HQ we have been receiving light snow all day with little accumulation. The temperature has ranged from 6 at 6am to 14 at 2pm. We have missed the bulk of the precip thus far, but the main shield is still to our west. Sleet should occur later this evening and freezing rain tonight. In the east, the higher you are the better. NWS is calling for precip to change to rain above 3000 feet in PA this evening, and above 6000 feet in NC, but be frozen below that. A new Tornado Watch has just been posted for Northern Florida. This page shows how the warm air is surging northward west of the Appalachians but the cold air is trapped east of them. The white line is 32 degrees. http://www.ems.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wx/tempstats.cgi MEMBER REPORTS: > Shane wrote: > > The temp has now hit 30°, and the rain has slacked for a bit. We had some heavier showers that really added some ice to the trees. We now have a little over 1/8" of ice on the tree limbs, my rain guage is froze, as is my anemometer. At least my temperature guage is still working correctly. I got some good shots of the ice and will be updating my page later tonight after the icing completely stops. They are expecting temperatures to warm to above freezing by mid evening tonight. The heavier precip is getting real close now, it is about half way accross Ga and should be here within an hour or so. > Shane Adams > Tallulah Falls Georgia Sat, 02 Jan 1999 14:13:20 -0500 FROM: SCOTT GILBREATH UTICA, OHIO ALL THE SHOPPING MALLS CLOSED. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS. SNOW HAS BEEN PILING UP HERE SINCE 01:30 AM. WE HAVE 8.3 INCHES ON THE GROUND AND ARE EXPECTING MUCH MORE. WE ARE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND THIS IS MAKING TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. WINDS ARE 15-25 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE. WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED.. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Winter Storm Updates (NC,OH,PA) Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:43:43 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Here at CASI HQ we have the temperature continuing to rise at 15, but still not an inch of snow on the ground. Freezing rain is supposed to start before midnight and continue, sometimes heavy, overnight. The following image shows nicely the "bending" of the temperature field between 1.) The warm surge ahead of the front, 2.) The appalachians trapping cold air east of them, and 3.) A coastal front over Eastern NC. These factors result in 1.) the temperatures to be in the mid 30's in SW PA but be 10's in Central PA and 2.) The temperatures on the NC coast to be 60 while the mountains are in the 20's to lower 30's. http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/usstats/netemp.gif -Jesse Other reports: ================================================== Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:48:54 We're getting ready for a major ice storm event tonight.....Temp was 13.6 at 7 am and climbed all the way up to 22.3.....Currently moderate sleet (1 inch since 4 pm) on top of 4 inches of snow that has been on the ground since Wednesday with current temperature of 19.8 Prediction is for heavy precipitation until around midnight with temperatures below freezing.... Just tried the generator.....looks like we might need it...Sure am glad it started!!!! Good luck to all...Jess Parks...Todd NC --------------------------- scott wrote: > FROM SCOTT GILBREATH UTICA, OHIO IT IS 7:10 PM. EST HERE IN UTICA, > OHIO AND IT IS 38.2 DEGREES. THE LOW THIS MORNING HERE WAS 13 DEGREES AT > 08:20. IT HAS REALLY RISEN. WE HAVE FREEZING RAIN AT THIS TIME, BUT NO > REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES. MY WEATHER INSTRUMENTS ARE DOWN DUE TO > CONSTRUCTION ON OUR HOUSE, SO I AM USING MY BACK UPS. I DON'T HAVE MY > DIGITAL PRINTOUT FOR THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BUT MY BACK UP ICON DISPLAY > IS FLASHING LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH MEAN THE BAROMETER TOOK A TREMENDOUS > TUMBLE. IN THE SUMMER TIME IT WOULD MEAN A TORNADO WAS IN THE AREA. > FORECAST IS CALLING FOR ANOTHER STORM TO FORM FARTHER EAST WHICH IS > FORECAST TO TAKE WHAT MOISTURE IS LEFT FROM THIS STORM AND ABSORB IT. > FORECAST IS FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO RETURN LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ALONG > WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE SNOW MONDAY AS AN ALBERTA CLIPPER IS > POISED FOR THIS AREA. I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : GA Icestorm Pictures / Saturday, in the park, wish it was the 4th of July... Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 21:09:09 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 20:58:53 -0500 From: "Shane" I have updated my web page to have a small write up and 9 pictures of the ice storm occuring in NE Georgia at this time. The link is http://www.stc.net/~cyclone/storm.htm Shane Adams Tallulah Falls Georgia Bud Younke wrote: > Saturday, in the park, wish it was the 4th of July... > OK so alot of you might not recognize that line.. ( Charlie I'm sure you > do!) But since we have to travel to Dulles Airport outside DC today it > kinda expresses my thoughts!. As of 8:45 in the City of Altoona, PA no > precip yet. Hopefully will 1) return this evening not much after 11 PM, 2) > will still have power on our return. If above conditions hold true will > update the list on travel / WX conditions for the area from AOO to DCA. If > not, then enjoy the Winter Wonderland! > Bud OK approx 9AM the light snow found it's way into the city of Altoona.. 8AM conditions at AOO (Approx 20 miles S of the city) Weather Conditions at 8 AM EST on 2 JAN 99 for Altoona, PA. Temp(F) Humidity(%) Wind(mph) Pressure(in) Weather ======================================================================== 10 N/A SE at 5 30.52 Overcast Bud -- ============================= --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Storm Information / Icestorm (GA) / Storm (PA,NC) Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 23:25:50 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Currently here in Central PA, Heavy Sleet / 16 and rising. I would like to put some of these observations on the CASI Website at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1999/0102/ unless anyone has any objections to my posting the observations that I have received thus far today. I am about to retire for the evening, will talk to you all tomorrow. P.S.: AccuWeather has an excellent and unique Radar Map delineating between Ice (not just Mixed precip), Rain, and Snow here: http://personal.accuweather.com/weatherf/iwxpgraphrad_winter_qx01/ussir/surf/nat?partner=AccuWeather ----------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 22:43:32 -0500 From: "Shane" To: "Storm Investigators" Here is the forecast discussion from the NWS for the neihgboring counties around me. My county is forecast from a different office, so it is not icluded with this discussion. We still have icing going on at this time and the trees are really bending over now. The mountain laurel cant stand much of this, it is way to brittle to handle the weight. But, more of a problem are the tall pines that are also brittle and top heavy, I hope they dont start falling on power lines. If they do, we are in for one more mess. The temp is still hanging on to 32 and occasionally hitting 33. Shane Adams Tallulah Falls Georgia ----------------------------------------------------------------- SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > Well gang...in the 'tradition' of last year.... > for those of us that don't have cable (and God only knows what TSX will > do....).... > > The SBC - Pike Weather Station was activated at 10 PM this evening. > > I have a file full of Thank you's from last year, so obviously > it's being used....and a few already tonight. > > THIS SYSTEM CAN BE DANGEROUS > > If you were part of the 'Spotter team' last year, you already know what > this is about (Saving One injury?? - helping one person??) > > Currently, there are active spotters in Pt. Jervis, NY..... > Westfall Twp., Milford, Dingmans, Delaware and Blooming Grove. > > We are also, as always, in touch with the CASI gang in St College > (where it just started to sleet) > > No doubt some of these people will sleep?? > > So everyone's invited.... > > Tune to http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html > > The capital 'P' is important... > > (The pages REQUIRES a Java-enabled browser!) > > More information is there! > > Your info will be posted through the night and on into the morning. > > and...ugh...Happy New Year > > Charlie Anzman > > PS: This E-Mail was automated using last years list - feel free > to pass it along ! ------------------------------------------------------- From: "Gate Keeper" RE: CASILIST : Winter Storm Updates (NC,OH,PA) As of 22:14 EST here in Shelby, NC: Temp: 29 Baro: 30" and steady Humi: 45% Heavy sleet with lots of ice build-up. 6" in my back yard right now. Loads of trees reported down across roads. All roads in area are impossible to drive on. Power still on (thank God). Granted~R for that post. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:16:12 -0600 From: "Glen Briggs (wx)" greets folks, we got 5 1/4" of snow here.. with hvy blowing and drifting here now Glen Briggs Trenton MO ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Columbia SC weather Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 21:58:01 +0500 From: "Powell E. Way III" Organization: Gust Front Broadcasting Here in Columbia we have escaped freezing rain as temperatures have hovered all day mostly in the mid 30's. Temperatures are currently starting to climb and as of this report we are at 42 and FOG is developing. Powell --------------------------------------------- powell{at}conterra.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Page Up / STORM REPORTS (WI,NC,PA, Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 23:59:40 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Alright, last one of the night, really. See you in the morning. Page up from CASI Front Page but nothing y'all haven't seen before. You're killing me, Kathleen ;) Though it is up to 19 now! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: It's not bad Here Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 04:22:30 +0000 From: Kathleen McCarthy Weather in St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands....Midnight... Temp. 82 Scattered Isolated showers Winds SE 8-10mph Clear skies, starry night with brilliant Full Moon (almost) Our sympathies are with the U.S. Mainland -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Diane Mckenney Just I thought I write to you and see if you heard the lastest on the weather here in N.C. Well I am in the eastern part and we are in a TORNADO watch until 5am...I thought would send you this info.. I don't know if you can use it or not I am in Jacksonville, N.C. the temp.. is 61 dregs, here that is pretty warm for this time of the year.....Diane -------------------------------------------------------------------- MILW. AREA SKYWARN ASSOC. wrote: > Hi Everyone!! > > Wild Weather everywhere... > > Southeast Wisconsin---Milwaukee, WI. > > Blizzard Warning still in effect till 12N sunday. > Winds 20-40 gusts to 50MPH from time-to-time, > Snow 14-18 inches, less as you go north, > drifts 3-10 feet, Temp: Low 20's > > Had dry punch in NW Illinois, but never made to SE Wisconsin. > Lake effect snow makes Lakeshore counties get even more snow. > > Regards, > > Skip Voros(WD9HAS) > Milwaukee, WI. > > "Severe Weather Never Sleeps." > > MASA ["May-sah"] is the Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 > Skywarn: the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather. > Offical free E-mail: masa{at}execpc.com Subscribe to our Paid Newsletter. > Join the MASA open to all listserver; : www.onelist.com > MASA is a registered Non-profit, WI. Corp, and Sullivan Committee Member. > www.execpc.com/~svoros Skywarn & Storm Spotter Q & A: skywarn{at}execpc.com > ***APRIL 19-23, 1999 is WISCONSIN TORNADO & SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK*** > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > E-Mail List: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: more SC Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 23:45:41 +0500 From: "Powell E. Way III" Right now a thunderstorm and 45. A tornado watch has been issued for counties east of here until 5 AM. Powell --------------------------------------------- powell{at}conterra.com ------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Final Storm Reports ; CASI-SOUTH Severe Report ; CT/MA/RI New Storm URL; Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 12:54:27 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASI MA/CT/RI Members: Member John Goodwin sends this URL, which is not only another page full of links to external sites for MA, CT, RI, but is also a page where people living in that area can input their current conditions. http://www.yourweather.com/storm%20page.htm Final Storm Reports From CASI Members: Me - Ended up with about 1" of frozen precip, about half snow and sleet. Temp exploded from 15 last night to 33 currently. Roads are clear and except for yesterday evening roadwise I can't say that this was a very bad storm for anybody here. We never received any of the heavy ice accumulation that the media warned us of. -Jesse / State College PA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Sleet/Freezing Rain in VA Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 01:18:30 -0500 (EST) From: Jamey Lee Singleton To: j{at}weatherwatchers.org Here around Roanoke, VA, we have finally changed over to freezing rain...this after over 8 hours of sleet. As of around 1am, we have about 3.5 inches of PURE SLEET on the ground, roads, and everything else. Warmer air is finally making it's way in a little better aloft, and this has now turned us over to freezing rain. The temperature today was around 29 after midnight yesterday, and actually dropped to 22 this evening. It's now back up to 30. As if the sleet weren't enough, it looks like we'll have a few hours of MODERATE to HEAVY freezing rain. It all depends on how much more the temps warm up...we are in a protected valley so they may not. Either way, looking at the radar, there's heavy precip starting to move in. Could be some serious glazing here by dawn. We're preparing for possible power outages late tonight and early tom. morning. Jamey Franklin County, VA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: STORM RPT FINAL Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 09:37:55 -0600 From: Don or Darla Arnold To: "Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS]" , CASI Mailing List Recipients , Storm Spotter List , weather list , Weather Monitor List HI all read with intrest all the reports posted and check out the web pages YOUALL can have it thats why i moved south anyway totals for the storm yesterday 1.74 inches of RAIN, it finallymoved out about 4 yesterday afternoon but the temp kept on dropping and could have been disasterous temp as i type 35 low last night of 31 I do not envy youall noth of I-20 anywhere in the country today I will be watch and reading take care stay warm DON in PASCAGOULA MS on the Sunny gulf coast -- OUR WEB PAGE UPDATED 01 JAN 99 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6430 Darla and Don's Website http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/8309 Darla's Christmas Page Christmas page updated 24 DEC 98 DARLA (dawn) ICQ# 7341931 Don (weathernut) ICQ# 14664294 Logic Does Not Always Apply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Phillips wrote: > Current Temps and stuff for New Bern, NC > > 12:22am > > Cloudy > 66 degrees > 29.90 BP > Ceiling 2900' > 78% Humidity > Wind SE 17mph Gusts to 25 > Dewpoint at 59 degrees > Visib @ 10 miles currently > > These conditions are VERY unusual for January in New Bern > > Everyone In the CASI-South take care and keep up to date > > Hope for the best and expect the worst > > Also here is the Tornado Watch info I have recieved so far.......... > > > http://www.weatherwatchers.org/archive/watches/0118.html > > Chris > > American Red Cross Disater Action Team Coordinator > Central Atlantic Storm Investigators, CASI-South Leader > NWSO-MHX, Advanced Storm Spotter Subject: CASILIST : Altoona, PA Accums Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 14:25:47 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients [text/attachment] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Altoona, PA Accums Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 13:20:34 -0500 From: Bud Younke To: "'casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org'" OK, well we made it back from Dulles at noon Sunday:) Gave up at 3AM in Breezewood and spent the night. At that point we were getting moderate sleet and starting to pile up pretty well and the hiways were going down hill. Altoona receivrd about 4 inches of sleet / snow throughout the event with a glaze of ice on top. Travel conditions were marginal at best last night through northern MD SouthCentral PA but much improved as of 9AM Sunday. Final score for the trip... Vehicles in Median- 6 Most were no damage slide offs tho one pickup truck did chop some firewood on the way across the median. The most serious looking accident we saw was a rollover on the west bound lanes of I-70 about6 Miles East of Breezewood. Other than that I'll have to go dig out now..... Bud byounke{at}clntraining.com Subject: CASILIST : Storm info from NJ shore ; Conditions at westerly RI Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 16:08:40 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Sharon Kimbleton Lanham, MD Sends this URL detailing storms near D.C. in the Winter and how they work: http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/lwx/winter/DC-Winters.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: WSOUZA{at}RICONNECT.COM THESE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IN WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND AS OF 3:35PM TODAY 1/3/99. [can't send binaries to group CASILIST. Reuploaded to: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/wsouza.jpg ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Merrikat{at}aol.com wrote: > Hi...just checking in here from Pt Pleasant Beach NJ...the storm was a dud > here as far as ice and snow go but we had 1" of rain per half hour here this > morning..dont know totals yet..right now it is a balmy 54 degrees..up from 19 > yesterday...the wind is picking again and is supposed to gust to 25 mph later > this afternoon..perhaps our friend '"gale" is coming back...have a nice > day..Mary -- ======================= Subject: FYI...TEMPERATURE RISES OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 15:50:42 -0500 From: BOB METIVIER NBWX To: CASI Mailing List Recipients HELLO ALL..QUITE A SIGNIF. TEMPERATURE RISE OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS CONSIDERING BELOW ZERO READINGS WERE RECORDED NOT MORE THAN 24HOURS AGO..73'SSSS N1XZJ BOB M. >From National Weather Service: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/bobm.txt [NOTE: Due to the amount of mail I've sent this weekend and the fact that these won't retail well with a non-fixed font, I have uploaded these to the web server. These observations are available in real-time from http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/hourly.html where "xx" is your two-letter state code -Jesse]. Subject: CASILIST : Gravity Waves? / N. GA Cold Temperature Reports! / New Site Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 18:53:39 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From Member Daniel DeLuca: Hey guys and gals... With my eyes glued to radars and NWS discos and SW statements the other night, I noticed something that sparked my interest... yet know nothing about. T'WAS a Gravity Wave. It was mentioned in the early Sunday morning CTP weather disco... supposed to be some weather phenomena? A later disco stated that a textbook example occured near Lancaster PA around 7am Sun Morn... Temperature raised from, I believe, 41 or 42, then jumped to 52 in less than an hour, then back down to 42or so. Hmm, Gravity Wave, sounds like something out of a Star Trek flick. If someone could answer this for me I would appreciate it? Thanks --Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mon, 04 Jan 1999 09:00:28 -0500 From: Larry Kollar At home (in Dawson county, about 5 mi east of Amicalola Falls), I had 12 degrees this morning at 6:30 am. Listening to the Dahlonega repeater, temperatures ranged from 12-18 degrees in Lumpkin county, 15-18 in Hall. The repeater telemetry on Black Mtn (north of Dahlonega) reported *3* degrees! Supposed to be even colder tonight... Larry.Kollar{at}arris-i.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ yep, gonna be cold tonight, 11 here already... -J ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Member BUDDY OVERMAN wrote: > Here is a new site I just created(still under construction) but there is a > cool picture here that I thought everyone might enjoy! > http://members.theglobe.com/WEATHERNU2/default.html > > Buddy Overman > > Outer Banks N.C. Yep that's Emily alright! I remember her well - she threatened the coast for a while when I was at UNCA... considered going to the coast to observe her but she eventually left only affecting the 'Banks.... -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : RE: Gravity Waves / More Ga Cold Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 19:48:11 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients From: BOB METIVIER NBWX Hello...check this sight out relative to "gravity waves" enjoy..73'ssss N1XZJ Bob M. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/rah/nwa/wkshp.html > Shane wrote: > > It hit 14° here in Tallulah Falls this morning. It is sitting at 18° right now and is supposed to be in the single digits here by morning. The lows around the area were from 15° in Cornelia and Dahlonega, !3° in Clarksville, Tiger and Blairsville. The highs ranged mainly mid to upper 20's everywhere in N.E. Georgia. It hit 27° here, 27° in Tiger, 28° in Corenelia and a cool 23° in Blairsville. I will be updating my website with a full report tomorrow night, after the coldest air of the season. http://www.stc.net/~cyclone/p2kdata.htm > Shane Adams > Tallulah Falls Georgia -- ======================= --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Gravity Waves? / Florida's Hurricane History Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:19:59 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients For those who may have picked up my new book, "Florida's Hurricane History", I am seeking feedback, particularly factual corrections you may discover. I'll be working on a revised edition in 99-00 and want to make sure to make needed changes. Other comments are welcome too! Visit our website for excerpts and ordering info: http://metalab.unc.edu/uncpress/hurricanes/ and send comments to me at pka{at}clis.com Thanks! Member Jay Barnes Atlantic Beach, NC 11327960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Herb0412{at}aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/4/99 6:58:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, > j{at}weatherwatchers.org writes: > > << Temperature raised > from, I believe, 41 or 42, then jumped to 52 in less than an hour, then > back down to 42or so. Hmm, Gravity Wave, sounds like something out of a > Star Trek flick. If someone could answer this for me I would appreciate > it? >> > > Same occurrence observed in Columbia Md: > > 11pm Sat 20 degrees (warm front moved thru; temps rose steadily/slowly, then) > 6 am Sun 50 degrees > 7 am Sun 37 degrees > > --Herb c/o Mid-Atlantic Wx Station > http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : This Mailing List / New Members Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:42:27 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Members: I am trying to find an inexpensive, ad-free, large-capacity solution for the CASILIST but so far have come up empty-handed. My provider Pair.Com says that they have something like what I need, called Smartlist, but their documentation is for them, not for the end user, so I am forced to read a long online manual without any knowledge of how this is set up. At this time I have not been able to get any help from Pair or its users about this program - apparently no one has gotten it to work yet ;) If any of you are familiar with the UNIX - based Smartlist and its interaction with Procmail please let me know. If I can finally get this set up there is a possibility that I could separate the CASILIST into regional areas or break out the storm-reports into a different list. I would also like to consider how I can better merge the CASILIST with the CASI Web Site in times when large storm systems are affecting the US. If you have any ideas on this please let me know. Now a Warm Welcome to New Members since last posting in 1998. There was an unusual amount of New Members this last time, due in part to the Christmas holiday, the large number of storms, and, hopefully, the new CASI front page. I would especially like to welcome Dr. Dave Walker, Chief Meteorologist for FOX-8 TV in Johnstown PA. He has followed the work of CASI for some time and is glad to join us. Also weatherTap.com has joined CASI as an organizational Member. WeatherTap is a quality provider of NEXRAD and Lightning Data on the web for a reasonable price. http://www.weathertap.com/ New Members: Barbara White Barrigada Gu Brad Barrett Chapel Hill NC Chris White Fredericksburg VA Matthew Sickles Apex NC Matt Capper non US X Glenn Rolph Jessup MD larry dalton Arcadia Fl Sidney Anderson Effingham SC Robert Parsons Crossville TN weatherTAP.com Crossville TN Larry Davis Ebensburg PA John LaJoie Detroit MI J{at}D Storm Chasers Detroit MI Jean Maurie Puhlman West Palm Beach Fl Marcella Durham Ellicott City Md Tom Eckhoff Cole Camp Mo Michael Perritt Perkasie PA Dave Walker Davidsville PA Jimmy Powell Sikeston MO Missouri SKYWARN Team Sikeston MO Derek Jacobs Canton Ct Paul Dolan Port Jefferson Station NY Rick Clay Winston-Salem NC David Pitts Alpharetta GA Jeanne Pullum Milton Fl Bill Lindgren Milton FL -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI NetNews RETRACTION : ABCNews.com/AccuWeather Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:57:39 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients A notice was printed in the CASI NetNews bulletin recently that indicated that ABCNews.com has stopped using AccuWeather and had started using The Weather Channel as their Weather Provider. This was not in fact correct; although TWC replaced AccuWeather in the Navigation bar, AccuWeather remains the web weather data provider for ABCNews.com CASI regrets this error. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org Subject: CASILIST : Cold! (PA,GA) / Strange Snow Reports (PA,NC) Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 20:48:26 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients First, reports from CASI HQ: It was, and is, cold. 5 this morning and 8.8 currently. It is 0 south of Pittsburgh at this time. Also this morning an unusual situation set up where I was able to experience light snow with only about 1/10 of sky covered by clouds near the horizon. Low level winds were strong enough to make it snow "out of the blue sky" which is something I had previously seen once or twice in the foothills of NC. -Jesse Ferrell Other Member Reports from today: > Shane wrote: > > It got very cold in Georgia this morning. The temperatures today ranged from single digits in the extreme north to low teens elsewhere accross North Georgia. For more details go to http://www.stc.net/~cyclone/storm.htm > Shane Adams > Tallulah Falls Georgia From: "BUDDY OVERMAN" Just a quick weather observation from the Outer Banks. Along the extreme northern Outer Banks from Currituck beach to Va Beach we had some "ocean affect" snow flurries this morning. Its not all that rare, but then again its not all that common either. Buddy Overman Outer Banks N.C. -- || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: RE: CASILIST : Cold! (PA,GA) / Strange Snow Reports (PA,NC)] Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 22:00:12 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Jim Floyd wrote: > We had a warm night in Indianapolis last night, only -9. On the Eastside > (where I live) we received 11" of snow Saturday, and then freezing rain. > We received an additional inch of snow Sunday/Monday. We are now > forecast to receive an additional 1-4" of snow by late tomorrow > afternoon. The latest models show that a storm similar to last weekend > should hit us Friday and Saturday, although the HPC discussions predict > it will be a faster moving storm and thus a bit less intense. > > 73, > > Jim, W9KID -- Subject: CASILIST : AUDIO! and SNOW? / Weather at HQ / Severe Storms Conference '99 Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 20:11:37 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well, low this morning here at CASI HQ was a big fat '0'. Currently we have moderate snow. Quick note, know no one is thinking of this yet but there is a Severe Storms Conference in IA in Spring 1999. For more information see: http://www.ecity.net/~iowanwa/99conference/index.html Now from Charlie on 'the other side' of the state: SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > Another first for Pike County? > > The Pike Weather Center is streaming audio! > (This is an 'ASF' file and requires the > Microsoft Media Player). > > LOCAL- > Likelyhood of snow continues to increase tonight > with now, a 90 per cent possibilty from the NWS > Now calling it 1 to 4 inches. > NO Watch or Warning is in effect. > Road Spotters 'may' be needed tonite - > Roads in many of the communities are still solid ice > (A coating of snow might be good or bad - With Temperatures, > where they are, probably bad?) > > Onward and upward > > Charlie > Milford, PA > http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Snow? In Georiga? It is True!! / SC In Deep Freeze / Akron Cold Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 21:08:10 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Tue, 5 Jan 1999 23:43:47 +0500 From: "Powell E. Way III" Tue night: Brady Smith (Casi member) on WIS-TV reports most SC stations hovering right around 20 degrees over much of SC . It's even 21 at Myrtle Beach and in the upper teens in the upstate. 13 is forecast for Columbia here. When I got home 15 minutes ago it was 20.9 and now it's 19 and falling. I only had 21 this morning while the weather bureau at CAE just a couple miles up the road had 16. Normally I'm the colder location. =================================================== The low temperature at my station this morning was recorded at -3 degrees (8:30 am). This is the first sub zero low at Munroe Falls 1SW (near Akron) since two years ago this month (1997). Member Larry Huff =================================================== > Shane wrote: > > Well, it isnt often, usually about 3 times a year on the average North Georgia gets to see an accumaltion of snow. On this 6th day of January 1999, we got to see a light accumalation of the white stuff. Thats right, about 1/4" (locally higher amounts) fell in the North East corner of Georgia between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. today. It isnt much, but it is pretty to watch fall. I have some pictures of the snow that I will be posting on my website tomorrow night. I dont know if any other parts of North Georgia got snow, I do know it was raining South of Gainesville at 5 p.m. today. More than likely it did snow over near Jasper and Dalton today, but I havent heard. > Shane Adams > Tallulah Falls Georgia -- ============================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : Drought Near Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 07:34:42 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > This text is from WTSX.COM (with permission) > > Drought emergency near > The Delaware River Basin Commission declared a ‘provisional’ drought > emergency Tuesday. A full drought emergency will be declared if reservoirs > fall below drought levels for five consecutive days. The DRBC says that’s > likely to happen by the end of January. A drought emergency would mean > mandatory water restrictions. For now, residents of the Delaware River Basin > are urged to conserve by taking shorter showers and not running washing > machines and dish washers until they are full. > Tuesday’s declaration is based on current storage in the three Catskill > reservoirs … currently 36% of capacity. Normal for early January would be > 71% of capacity. The DRBC also notes that there is what it terms an “8-inch > precipitation deficit” since 1 July, in the portion of the basin above > Montague. > > Charlie > SBC > The Pike County Weather Station -- Subject: CASILIST : Upcoming Storm and GA Snow Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 21:48:57 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients It seems to me that the upcoming storm has not received much press nationally, although predictions for it, at least in my area, are for it to exceed last weekend's storm. Here in State College PA it is 13 degrees. 3-6" of snow followed by 'significant ice accumulation' is predicted for tomorrow. -Jesse P.S. For Members in the Central PA area, there is a new webcam up at Ch. 10's site: http://www.wtajtv.com/webcam.html Location : Altoona PA Update: 60 seconds Meanwhile in GA, From Member Shane Adams: > Shane wrote: > > I have updated my website with pictures of the light snow Georgia got esterday afternoon and evening. http://www.stc.net/~cyclone/storm.htm > Shane Adams > Tallulah Falls Georgia -- Subject: CASILIST : Cold in England / Storm For PA Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 21:55:02 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients matt.capper{at}talk21.com wrote: > CASI, > I'm not sure how to do this but here is an observation for Market Drayton, and the rest of England. > > Today we saw some colder air moving down from the artic. Quite a cool day in Drayton, temperature high was 7 degrees > celcius and the low was 2 degrees celcius. > A cold front passed through at about 3.30pm and gave moderate, locally heavy rain showers. > > Yesterday saw a 180 year old record broken when the temperature in London reached abou 15 dgrees which is 60 degrees farenheight. > > Matt Capper > > ----------------------------------------------------- > This message has been sent from talk21 http://www.talk21.com/ ----------------------------------------------------- Subject: NWS WinterStorm Watch Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 10:57:59 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" For the local gang DV two hour opening delay Today. The National Weather service has already posted a Winter Storm Watch for Friday AM. Many uncertainties still remain, but it's starting to look pretty 'real' and 'large'.... As usual, we'll try to get the word out...need you guys (and gals) to keep passing it along! (It worked the last time - think the 'E-Mail chain' hit more people than the phone chain??!!) Thanks to everyone who sent the snow stuff early today... (Needless to say sbccomp{at}sbccomputer.com is the address for tomorrow?) With the storm approaching, there's some Great shots on both of the WebCams today.... http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam.html http://www.sbccomputer.com/vidcam2.html That's it from here til tonight Now...for my buddy in State College... is this El Nina, La Pinta...or Santa Maria?.... Happy Shoveling? Charlie Milford Pa http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html PS: The following is from Paul Lester & http://wtsx.com "DV grad goes prime time" Mario C. Buda was voted “most likely to succeed” by the Class of 1975 at Delaware Valley High School. Buda is flying high … in the secret U-2 reconnaissance planes. Buda, 41, has been flying the U-2 for ten years. He was the first DV grad appointed to the US Air Force Academy. Tonight, Buda goes prime time. He’ll be featured on ABC’s “Behind Closed Doors With Joan Lunden”. The show airs at 10:00 PM on WABC, Ch 7, on all local cable systems, and WNEP Ch 6, Blue Ridge Cable only. By the way, Buda is the son of Westfall Supervisor and former Deputy Sheriff Mario A. Buda Subject: CASILIST : Weather Specials on Discovery Ch. / Another storm for Indiana Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 07:22:17 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients The snow has begun in Central PA! 11/Snow at 6am. TV Alert from MASA follows. For specifics sites such as TVGuide.com, Prevue.com, and My.Excite.com can give you detailed TV listings. Personally I have found http://my.excite.com to be the most accurate and user-configurable. Will require a short set up the first time through. http://www.prevue.com has less cities but has a search function. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MASA ["May-sah"] is the Milwaukee Area SKYWARN Association, Inc. Est 1992 Skywarn: the IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING of dangerous weather. Offical free E-mail: masa{at}execpc.com Subscribe to our Paid Newsletter. Join the MASA open to all listserver; : www.onelist.com MASA is a registered Non-profit, WI. Corp, and Sullivan Committee Member. www.execpc.com/~svoros Skywarn & Storm Spotter Q & A: skywarn{at}execpc.com ***APRIL 19-23, 1999 is WISCONSIN TORNADO & SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK*** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ E-Mail Lists: ALL Hi Everyone! Cable TV's "The Discover Channel" will be presenting a series of 13 one-hour programs on severe weather beginning January 8th. The series will utilize hi-res graphics from the Minnestoa based Kavouras company. Kavouras is one of leaders in weather graphics and is best knwon for their radar, satellite and 3-D fly thru effects. This programs should be worthwhile viewing, so spotters, EM's and even chasers may want to set up their VCR's. Member Jim Floyd wrote: > Jesse: > > I know what you mean. Central Indiana is also forecast to receive an > additional 3-6" of snow and a mixture of sleet and freezing rain by late > Friday night. Significant ice accumulations are possible here also. Here > we go again... > > "It don't snow in Indianapolis in the winter time..." > > 73, > > Jim Floyd > CASI Member - Indianapolis, IN -- ======================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : AOO (Altoona) ; State College Storm Reports Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 23:12:06 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Bud Younke wrote: > Just a quick note, at 10 PM about 4 inches of snow/sleet here in the city > of Altoona, temp still hanging at 25F with light freezing drizzle.. at this > point I find it difficult to accept that we will hit the mid 30's CTP was > talking about even tho the 10PM ZFP still calls for it.... looks like it > will be a good morning to get some ice pictures! > Bud I'll add my observations on to the end of this message: 3.5" Snow 5am-12pm today. 0.5" Sleet/Light Freezing Rain 6pm-8pm. Freezing Rain since 9pm. 0.365" Liquid Equiv. 12am-10pm. Temp this morning 10; Current Temp 25. Waiting to see if warm air will make it here or not. This afternoon temps were in mid-teens here in Central PA but in mid 40's in SWernmost PA. Due to all the snow, is very "bright" outside tonight - some of it even shows up on the CASICAM. Well *I'm* not going out this weekend. Will stay inside and catch up on some CASI adminstrative stuff that has been waiting around for way too long. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : England Weather / Update from CASI HQ on Weather Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 13:05:45 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients >From here in State College PA, it is currently snowing lightly and 28. The temperature did increase this morning to 35. matt.capper{at}talk21.com wrote: > Quick observation From Matt Capper, > > A big High is going to moving south west to north east accross England for the next few of days. So not much in the way of bad weather, although there is a few wintry showers around. Here were i live we have not seen any wintry precipitation at all so far this winter. > We have been experienceing record highs for the past few days. London saw 60.8F. > But further up north a band of heavy rain gave some pretty bad flooding in Cumbria. > > Matt > > ----------------------------------------------------- > This message has been sent from talk21 http://www.talk21.com/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Report from Beverly, Mass. Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 14:25:40 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Thought I'd throw in my report from Beverly, Mass. Snow began Friday around 4pm.. Accumulated to about 2.8" before changing to sleet then very quickly to rain around 11:30pm. Temperatures began the day around 21 and rose to 26, dropped to 22 when the snow began.. Climbed to 34F at the time of change over.. We now stand at 58f with Southwest wind at 20 knots gusting to 30 knots.. Very pleasant springlike day... However; the latest 48 hour ETA model shows a VERY strong arctic front on the way, 850mb cold pool of -35C heading southeastward.. The core should get shunted more eastward across northern New England but some very cold air on the way nevertheless and the possibility of an important overrunning situation coming in the 3-5 day period. Mike Reddin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CASILIST : AOO (Altoona) ; State College Storm Reports Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 13:40:43 -0500 From: "Mike Reddin" To: "J" Thought I'd throw in my report from Beverly, Mass. Snow began Friday around 4pm.. Accumulated to about 2.8" before changing to sleet then very quickly to rain around 11:30pm. Temperatures began the day around 21 and rose to 26, dropped to 22 when the snow began.. Climbed to 34F at the time of change over.. We now stand at 58f with Southwest wind at 20 knots gusting to 30 knots.. Very pleasant springlike day... However; the latest 48 hour ETA model shows a VERY strong arctic front on the way, 850mb cold pool of -35C heading southeastward.. The core should get shunted more eastward across northern New England but some very cold air on the way nevertheless and the possibility of an important overrunning situation coming in the 3-5 day period. Mike Reddin -----Original Message----- From: J To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 11:18 PM Subject: CASILIST : AOO (Altoona) ; State College Storm Reports > > >Bud Younke wrote: > >> Just a quick note, at 10 PM about 4 inches of snow/sleet here in the city >> of Altoona, temp still hanging at 25F with light freezing drizzle.. at this >> point I find it difficult to accept that we will hit the mid 30's CTP was >> talking about even tho the 10PM ZFP still calls for it.... looks like it >> will be a good morning to get some ice pictures! >> Bud > > >I'll add my observations on to the end of this message: >3.5" Snow 5am-12pm today. 0.5" Sleet/Light Freezing Rain 6pm-8pm. Freezing >Rain since 9pm. >0.365" Liquid Equiv. 12am-10pm. Temp this morning 10; Current Temp 25. >Waiting to see if >warm air will make it here or not. This afternoon temps were in mid-teens here >in Central PA but >in mid 40's in SWernmost PA. > >Due to all the snow, is very "bright" outside tonight - some of it even shows >up on the CASICAM. > >Well *I'm* not going out this weekend. Will stay inside and catch up on some >CASI adminstrative stuff that has been waiting around for way too long. > >-- >============================================================== >Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org >Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org >"Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes >*and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || > > Subject: CASILIST : New Software Turns Any Weather Station or Software into Remote Monitoring System Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 15:49:38 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients This is very interesting news. When I first had the WX-200 I was looking for a way to do this (albeit on a Win3.11 system which I'm guessing this software doesn't work on?). This software will apparently capture anything on your desktop and upload it to the Internet. I haven't checked it out yet but though some of you might want to know about it. Edward Edelman wrote: > Ambient Software News > > If you would like to unsubscribe from this mailing list, please return Email with the "unsubscribe" in the Subject Field. > > PC Everywhere Released > Ambient Software has just released PC Everywhere, which turns any program (or weather station) into a remote monitoring system! Visit my new web site at http://www.ambientsw.com. > > PC Everywhere captures live images (or files) from your PC desktop and transfers them to your remote Web Site. Complete automated and scheduled dial-up, PC Desktop Image SnapShot and FTP capability. > > Great for Web Cams, instruments and meters, and your existing weather station software. > > NOTE!!! If you are currently running Weather Web or Virtual Weather Station and plan on using PC Everywhere, you must download the latest Version of Virtual Weather Station (0.6) from Ambient Software's Web Site. The dll was upgraded, and is not compatible with the dll Vws and Weather Web use. > > New Web Site > Ambient Software has a new web site at http://www.ambientsw.com. The site will evolve over the next few weeks. > > Virtual Weather Station Version 0.6 > VWS has been upgraded to include a Windows 98 look, improved dial-up networking, and more features. You can download the latest version for free. > > Discussion Group > CyberAir (http://www.cyberair.com) has been kind enough to establish a Virtual Weather Station user's discussion group. To subscribe, go to http://www.ambientsw.com/Discussion.htm. > > Customer Support > I apologize if your questions were not answered timely. With the new program and the holidays, I have been following behind. I look forward to your comments and suggestions... > > Regards, > > Ed Edelman -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Final Storm Reports Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 18:36:51 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients **Reminder - about the Discover Ch. specials - if you missed the first one last night it repeats tonight at 7pm Eastern time. There is now a page up on the CASI site about this storm with a few weather images and a great picture of the icicles on the CASI bumpersticker on my car yesteday. It's a hoot! ;) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1999/0108/ -Jesse == Report out of Chambersburg PA: Subject: Winter Storm Report Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 16:55:04 -0500 From: bhile To: Jesse Hi Jesse, The second winter storm for 1999 created major road problems for motorists in Franklin Co PA. Roadways were very snowy, slushy, and then icy causing well over 2 dozen crashes. Traffic on I-81 came to a halt both north and southbound for several hours from the icy conditions. Truckers that had slowed down because of the dangerous road conditions found themselves stuck, and could not move as they attempted to climb grades and over bridges. Wreckers had to be called to pull trucks over grades to get them moving once again. After the temperatures began to rise near dawn 9 Jan, and salting of roads traffic began getting back to normal on I-81 and main roads. The next problem was just then starting. Heavy roadway flooding from storm drains being blocked by the plowed snow from the day before. The temperatures continued to rise to 37 degrees when it leveled out for the days high on 9 Jan. Many tree branches were downed from the heavy ice. Roads then began to dry as the afternoon winds picked up. 8 Jan 1999 Snow began falling at 0430 on 8 Jan 1999, and ended at 1330 8 Jan 1998 with a total of 3.25". After a quiet period in the day the sleet then began at 2015 hrs and continued till 2200 hrs giving only a trace of sleet. At which time sleet gave way to freezing rain and continued till 0001hrs with freezing rain of .08 ending the 8 Jan data, giving a total moisture amount of 0.48. 9 Jan 1999 Freezing rain continued until 1330 hrs 9 Jan 1999 giving a total of .66" when clouds began to give way to partial clearing. Temperatures tonight will drop into the single digits and no further precip is expected today. Total liquid from this event is 1.14" B Hile Subject: CASILIST : Member's Video could appear on Discover Specials Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:55:31 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: TV Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:01:03 -0500 From: Brad Riley To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Jesse, this is Brad Riley down in S.C. I recently did a video with Jim Leonard and Richard Horodner on Hurricane Georges. Pieces of it could be aired on The Discovery Channel on those thirteen shows this week. Jim covered Puerto Rico and Key West; Richard covered Bilouxi, and I did Mobile Bay. TLC did two shows with small pieces of our video Monday and Tuesday. Stay warm, Brad Subject: CASILIST : New Hurricane Model for SC ; Snow in Eastern NC Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 23:45:34 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients From: "Nick Travis" Didn't know if anyone was aware of this . Just came across it today . Nick Travis http://www.newscientist.com/ns/990109/newsstory3.html BUDDY OVERMAN wrote: > The radar in va and nc has blossomed tonight as the temps here on the outer > banks have gone from 65 today to 38 now. elizabeth city and norfolk r > reporting snow and suspect we will change over before long. > Just a note. All the comp models suggested some moisture here tonight after > the frontal passage but as usual the nws refused to mention snow in our > forecast. > > Buddy Overman > Outer Banks NC > Subject: CASILIST : Outer Banks / Discovery Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 11:17:27 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: Re: CASILIST : Gravity Waves? / N. GA Cold Temperature Reports! / New Site Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 10:02:57 -0600 From: "BUDDY OVERMAN" To: "J" Well, we did end up with a ground covering of sleet and snow here on the Outer Banks. Sleet fell most of the night then turned to all snow around 6am and ended around 8am. Yesterday afternoon the temp here was 65, by 11pm it was 36 and rain mixed with sleet. Buddy Overman Outer Banks NC matt.capper{at}talk21.com wrote: > Hi, > Matt from England here, > am i likely to be able to see any these TV shows? They sound pretty good. > If any one would like any footage from english weather experiences i will try get some for you or the discovery channel. > > Matt > > ----------------------------------------------------- > This message has been sent from talk21 http://www.talk21.com/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : New Pages Up : History of Weather on Internet / Net Surfing Tips Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 17:50:16 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients I have written a couple of pages for the CASI educational online module "Using the Internet" today. They can be accessed from http://www.weatherwatchers.org/education/internet/ The only valid links on that page are the ones I did today: "History of Weather on the Internet" and "Internet Surfing Tips" If any of you old-timers want to correct me on the History page, feel free, I had to guess on some of the dates. If you have Internet weather imagery from before 1994 or Intellicast imagery before 6/95 please let me know as I would like to display some of this imagery on the site. If there are any typos or grammaticos please let me know, I haven't fully proofread either of the pages. The Surfing Tips are meant for beginning users but you might be pleasantly surprised to find tips there that you didn't know about. If any of you have additional information that pertains to either of the pages please let me know. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Dust will make you blind, nothing you can find; Running scared ! Tornado !" --Vovoid, "Tornado" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: [Fwd: Gravity Wave Event Last Week] Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 08:11:12 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients My best guess is that what's shown here is just warm air ahead of a front, but I don't know gravity waves well. From what I understand they are rare localized events. Anyone else have comments? Herbert K Lowenstein wrote: > Jess, > Attached file is (I think !) of the gravity wave event in the > mid-Atlantic. Was this on 1/3/98? If not, give me the date and I'll > re-check this graph. Unfortunately, a few key hours didn't record, but > you can see the steep rise in temps from midnite to 4 am. Wasn't sure > if you have a special page yet for this event (I sent you some text > describing the event earlier as observed at my home in Columbia, Md. The > graph is from NW Wash, DC.). > > Herb Lowenstein c/o > Mid-Atlantic Wx Station > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [Image] [Can't send Image to List: Uploaded to http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/grav_wav.gif] -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASI NetNews : 21 Local Radar Types by AccuWeather Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 20:34:16 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients For any Radar Lovers out there, AccuWeather has pulled out all the stops this week by adding the following 21 Local Radar Types for 142 US and 1 Puerto Rico NEXRAD Radars to their Pay service, "In Beta Testing at this time" per the page. The Personal AccuWeather service is available for $3.33-$4.95 per month and includes many other products. A 30-Day Trial is available. http://personal.accuweather.com/ I give short explanations of some types below, for more information see their NEXRAD F.A.Q. at http://www.accuweather.com/iwxpage/paws/dopplerfaq.htm Base Reflectivity Tilt 1 (most common radar type) Base Reflectivity Tilt 1 With Storm Info Table/Storm Timer (shows MESO/TVS/HAIL etc and projected path of storm in 15,30,45,60 minutes) Base Reflectivity Tilt 2 Base Reflectivity Tilt 3 Base Reflectivity Tilt 4 Extended Base Reflectivity (Like "Base Reflectivity Tilt 1" but out to full scale 286mi.) Composite Reflectivity (Takes all tilts into account) Layer Composite Reflectivity - Low Layer Composite Reflectivity - Mid Layer Composite Reflectivity - High Radial Wind Velocity Tilt 1 (For thunderstorm rotation and outflow winds) Radial Wind Velocity Tilt 2 Radial Wind Velocity Tilt 3 Radial Wind Velocity Tilt 4 Storm-Relative Radial Velocity Tilt 1 (For better detection of possible tornadic signatures) Storm-Relative Radial Velocity Tilt 2 Storm Total Surface Rainfall Accumulation One Hour Surface Rainfall Accumulation Three Hour Surface Rainfall Accumulation Vertically Integrated Liquid (Good for detecting Hail vs. Rain) Echo Tops -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : RE: Gravity Waves Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 20:38:14 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients rick_hudson{at}arrowintl.com wrote: > Since air always moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure, a > low pressure zone, usually the center, can induce (gravity's direction down > towards earth) high pressure warmer and drier air to flow down into it. Similar > to a vortex effect. This low center area's weather may be affected by either > warming up or drying out, when associated with rain or snow. In some cases, as > the low proceeds along the front, the "back side" of the low returns the ground > conditions to that prior to the gravity wave. > In other cases, associated rain or snow areas dry up and disperse rather > quickly. I noticed this effect during a rainstorm a couple of years age. One > of the local TV meteorologists commented on it. > > Rick Hudson - Boston MA -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : (WX-CHASE Crosspost) : RE: X-Files Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 20:56:28 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients > From: "John E. Farley" > Anyone catch the X Files tongiht? It featured heart-shaped > hailstones, flying cows, and July snowstorms. Seems there > was this Kansas TV met who had strange powers. Every time > he got rejected by his love interest, he unknowingly triggered > severe weather. Now if only I could get this guy for a chase > partner on the day he gets dumped . . . I am so serious!! It was in fact "Make Fun of Twister" night on FOX, as before the 'Files they had the premier of the new Eddie Murphy foammation cartoon "The PJ's" where the super had to unclog a toilet - screaming "It's an F3! It's an F3!!!". Then of course the kid asks him, "Super, what's an F5 like?" Super looks aghast and says "Nobody's ever suh-vived an F5 son!" And so on. Actually considering that X-Files got the Coriolis Effect incorrect in a previous episode I was impressed that some of the meteorological banter in last night's episode was mostly correct. M: "You know much about weather radar, Scully?" S: "A little." M: "What's red mean?" S: "I think it means thunderstorms." Well yes Scully, if you're looking at Reflectivity data anyway. ;) The Chase Is Out There! -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Monthly climate sumary for Trenton, MO / METAR decoding problems Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 20:29:05 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients 15/Sleet/Freezing Rain here in Central PA tonight. I noticed that Weather Underground is misinterpreting precip codes tonight, resulting in -FZRAPL turning into "Mist." I'm guessing they couldn't interpret the FZRA (freezing rain) or PL (*new* code for Sleet (Ice Pellets)) and just read -F which would mean Light Fog which could be interpreted as Mist. Any of you who are converting METAR's to plain language keep that in mind, I believe the new sleet abbrev. went into effect recently, maybe last week? Glen Briggs (wx) wrote: > Monthly climate sumary for Trenton, MO > this may be found on the web at > http://www.lyn.net/users/gbriggs/weather/climate/dec-98.txt -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist ************************************************* Subject: CASILIST : PA Shuts Down ; Ocean Snow Event in Mass. Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 06:34:40 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Update from HQ: Currently : 8 and light snow. We received 1" of snow last night after a dusting of sleet and some freezing rain. A mixed bag of frozen precipitation coated PA last night and non-emergency travel is not recommended this morning. All roads in Central PA are being reported as "bad" by local law enforcement offices. Penn State University has shut down. Besides PSU, all schools in the area, and many schools in the state are closed. -Jesse Now live from Mass. via a CASI Member: Subject: Ocean event Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 05:42:16 -0500 From: Cape Ann Weather To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Hello, Greetings from the tip of Cape Ann, Rockport, Massachusetts. It's 5:40am and we are experiencing almost blizzard whiteout conditions in ocean effect snow (3" so far), NE gales @18-24mph, gusts to 36 and a temperature of 10 degrees F. My wife just called from Rt. 128, West Gloucester (3.5 miles away) on the way to work and there is no snow there!!! We get these conditions about once every 4-6 years. Expecting more significant wide spread snow this afternoon and tonight before a change-over to sleet and then rain. Chris Spittle Cape Ann Weather99 Rockport, Massachusetts, USA http://www.rockportmass.com webmaster{at}rockportmass.com Subject: CASILIST : Reports From PA Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 07:18:58 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients 4" (unexpected) Snow overnight here at HQ. Others: Subject: Delaware Valley Schools Friday Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:07:40 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" Asst Supt. Jim Purcell has announced that classes Friday will be held in South Africa (where it is summer) Boeing 707's are on standby at the DDMS complex at this hour See Below! (The real deal? 2 hour delay - effective immediately for Friday) Ongoing Updates, as always, at the Pike Weather Station http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html Subject: Snow/Ice - dangerous conditions Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:48:57 -0500 (EST) From: Greg To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Here, 3 miles outside of Watsontown PA, it is currently (12:30 am) sleeting at a good clip. It has been doing this much of last afternoon and evening, with the exception of between 6 and 8 pm when a break moved over the area. primarily snow fell during last morning, with accumulations of 3.1". Just to my north, in Muncy, 7" fell! Sleet accumulations were around an inch. I never did experience much freezing rain at my location like predicted, but areas of southern and western PA certainly did! Tree limbs down and many power outages are reported in western PA because of the ZR. Roadways are very hard to drive on, and in some areas virtually impossible. Several area roads here in the Middle Susquehanna valley have been closed because of too many accidents. Hundreds of schools in just central/eastern PA have closed both yesterday and today. Public places, like malls, have closed early yesterday. The Hazleton mall never even opened! That is the smart thing to do. You end up spending more money on electricity bills and paying the employees than you would ever make from the customers on a day like yesterday. Interstates like 80 and 180 were not well maintained today. Actually, only every few hours did a PennDOT truck even come by! According to them, temperatures were too cold to have the special chemicals (like a new anti-skid material, being used for the first time this year) work effectively. Allentown PA didn't get out of the single digits all afternoon! Temperatures were coldest at the lower elevations during the day today, due to cold air damming and warm air streaming in just a few thousand feet overhead. Winter storm warnings remian in effect through this morning for most of PA... drive safely.... Greg Watsontown, PA ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Pennsylvania Weather Page - http://www.angelfire.com/pa/pawx -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather stuff Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:44:54 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" By popular request, we are taking a 'contrarian view' with this update "Pike County Pennsylvania has been discontinued until further notice" and from CASI member Greg D (Is it me...or is this funny?) NEW ALLTIME MAINE STATE RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET ATALLAGASH... IN NORTHERN MAINE...WINDS HAD DIMINISHED A BIT OVERNIGHT... BUT TEMPERATURES WERE EXTREMELY COLD. OVERNIGHT...ALLAGASH RECORDED 55 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...BREAKING THE STATE'S ALLTIME MININMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD. THE PREVIOUS STATE RECORD WAS 48 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...SET AT VAN BUREN ON JANUARY 19, 1925. Atallasashsg? Hope this Guys OK!!!!! http://www.sbccomputer.com/newhampshiremoose.html Charlie Subject: CASILIST : Icing in ME NJ : I'm stuck at home Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:47:50 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Well folks, for the first time since I have lived here in Pennsylvania (OK only 2 years but still) I am unable to get the car out of the driveway. We had an unexpected 4" of snow last night, which fell on top of 1" of sleet which was on top of 2" of melted sleet and snow (read : ice). Got stuck in the snow and couldn't go backwards or forwards. I will be telecommuting today. -Jesse -State College PA ---- Conditions in NE NJ via Member Michael Girone: Here in West Orange, about 17 miles WNW of NYC, we have moderate freezing rain that has been falling for a good part of the morning hours. Roads are very slushy, but with the freezing rain falling moderately, there's not a lot of ice on the streets. It's a different story with regards to trees and power lines. 1'8" to almost 1/4" of ice has accumulated on trees and power lines, and they are beginning to sag under the weight of the ice. Currently (8:07 a.m.), the southern sky is starting to darken a bit as an area of heavy precip is moving in. I recieved just under an inch of snow yesterday. The snowflakes were very small and were falling sideways most of the day, which cut down on accumulations. Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for most of my area this morning for the ice. Mike West Orange, NJ Subject: CASILIST : RE: Reports From PA Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:33:04 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients SBC C&C - Pa wrote: > Updating earlier quicky > > There are numerous report of an up-to-50 car > mess on I 84 between New York and Pa in > the Westbound Lane. > > Raining here and freezing on contact > Temps running 20-32 degrees depending on elevation > > Snowing lightly in other spots > > Charlie Subject: CASILIST : Franklin Co. PA Report / NE PA Report / High Wind at Raleigh-Durham Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:06:03 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Subject: RE: CASILIST : Icing in ME NJ : I'm stuck at home Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:47:22 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" To: "J" Last Update from here Interstate 84 Shutdown underway at 11:45 from Middletown NY to PA (15 miles) due to the accident. No word on exact number of cars or trucks or injuries, (just starting to make national news). System pulling away (apprently) from our area - Temps held steady past hour. Most roads still very slick Total accums 4-8 inches. many closures throughout the area Charlie Pike PA Weather http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html PS: Welcome to PA (Wait until this stuff melts!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: 3rd Winter Event Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:57:50 -0500 From: bhile To: Jesse Franklin County Winter Storm Report 13–15 Jan 1999 The 3rd Winter Storm event for the area began 13 Jan 1999 at 1450 hrs with rain. Rain fell off and on in the afternoon with a high temperature for the day of 44 degrees and a low of 23 degrees by evening with rain changing to freezing rain. Sleet began at 2015 hrs and changed back over to freezing rain at 2230hrs. The 13th of Jan liquid precipitation totaled 0.08. The storm continued into the 14th of Jan 1999 with freezing rain off and on until 0700hrs, where it changed back and forth between light snow, sleet, and freezing mist. All sleet began falling by 0730 hrs, and continued for the remainder of the day with a total of 0.35 of liquid. On the 15th of Jan at 0001 hrs sleet continued falling till 0630 hrs when it changed to all snow before ending at 0930 hrs. Clouds then began to break up, giving way to partly sunny skies. The total precipitation for the day measured 0.14. Total liquid for this event totaled was measured at 0.57. The roads were never plowed until this morning causing many motorists to become stuck, or crash. This was the 2nd time that road crews failed to take action to clean roadways figuring on warm air moving into the area which never did. Numerous crashes were reported. Barry Hile ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Member Tim Armstrong Saw this METAR from RDU this morning... ================== SPECI KRDU 151014Z 33012G61KT 290V360 2 1/2SM +RA SQ BR SCT010 BKN017 OVC041 09/09 A2986 RMK A02 PKWND 24061/1009 WSHFT 0959 CIG 012 RWY 23R PRESRR P0012 ================== Winds before that were averaging around 10 kt, so I checked to see if this was a mistake, or if Raleigh was actually in the midst of something more significant...and found the following... ================== RDUSFDRDU TTAA00 KRDU 151132 STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 629 AM EST FRI JAN 15 1999 WILL BE UPDATING ZONES FOR PRECIP ENDING IN THE WEST...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SECTION AT 7 AM. PEAK GUST OF 61 KTS AROUND 515PM AT RDU AIRPORT REAL. CHECKED SRM...HAD FEW PIXELS OF 50KTS OR GTR. ALREADY MADE HEADS UP CALL. .RDU...NONE. RA ================== They meant to say 5 AM instead of 5 PM in there, but the rest of it is legitimate. As far as I can tell, they didn't update the NOWcast, they didn't issue any kind of warning, advisory, or even statement to address the fact that winds could approach near-hurricane force in the highly populated area of Raleigh, NC. Oh, well... Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- =========================================================== Subject: CASILIST : Reports From MA | NetNews : Alaska Radars Now Online Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:45:19 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients WSI now has several Alaskan radars online. See "NetNews" on the CASI front page for details. Member Mike Reddin wrote: > 1:30pm Beverly, MA Temp: 38F / Dew: 38F , 1/2 mile in Drizzle/Fog > > .50" liquid Equiv. Midnight to current time. > > Snow had begun around 1pm Wednesday behind the arctic front. Temperatures > dropped into the 20s and we got about 1" of snowfall before it tapered off > as flurries that evening. Snow began [ocean enhanced] around 8am with > a temperature of 4F and became heavier through the day... By 10pm I measured 9" here in Beverly, temperature was 11F at that time. About another 1" fell through Midnight at which point it began to mix with and by 1am Friday had turned to mostly sleet. That sleet fell heavily at times through 3 or 4am then finally turned to plain rain by 6am or so. Yuck :( > > Mike Reddin -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Final Storm Reports - MD Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:46:06 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients Matt Rosier wrote: > J, > > Thanks for the reports coming across the CASI list all day, as far as it > goes here in Carroll County, MD, we received about 1/2" of ice accumulation > total, which started as sleet during the early morning hours of Thursday > with on/off periods of sleet continuing throughout Thursday before changing > to a sleet/freezing rain mix during around 9/10pm. After midnight heavier > icing occured, mainly freezing rain which ended as a brief period of snow > around 9am this morning. Schools have been closed for 2 days and about > 160,000 residents across the state are without power due to downed trees > and power lines. Secondary road conditions were pretty bad this morning, but > have started to improve this afternoon as temperatures rise through the mid > 30's. The only remaining concern is additional downed trees and powerlines > due to the ice and stronger winds and the possibility of refreezing tonight > which could lead to hazardous road conditions. > > Matt -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : Post-storm Report, West Orange & a few surrounding areas Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:44:12 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Post-storm Report, West Orange & a few surrounding areas Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:29:27 -0500 (EST) From: mike1047{at}webtv.net (Michael Girone) To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org This was the first significant storm of 1999 where frozen and/or freezing precip fell for the majority (I'd say about 95%) of the event here in West Orange. Precip started early Thursday morning (just after midnight) as sleet. By dawn, there was about 1/2" of primarily snow on the ground. It snowed all day Thursday, but with only minor accumulations of up to 1/4" (the snow flakes were very small and falling sideways in the stiff N to NE wind). By nightfall, the precip had changed over to moderate sleet, which accumulated about 1/4" on the previously clear (relatively) streets. Total snow and sleet accumulation by this time was 1". When I woke up this morning (6:10 a.m.), the precip had changed over to moderate and occasionally heavy freezing rain, with at least 1/8" of ice on everything. Trees and power lines were sagging by mid-morning, and my lights were flickering for a little while. The freezing rain changed over to rain between 11:30 a.m. and noon before ending shortly afterward. Ice accumulations by then were 1/8" to 1/4", bringing the total wintry accumulation to 1 and 1/8" to 1.25". In Nutley (just to my NE), street flooding was a problem as the rain and slowly melting snow & ice had no where to go. NWS OKX put out flash flood watches and warnings to cover this. Tree limbs and branches were downed by the ice throughout the area. Scattered power outages have been reported across the area. Power went out late in the morning at the local Pathmark supermarket, making food shopping in the dark quite difficult as you can imagine. Mike West Orange, NJ Subject: CASI-LIST : Good News For the CASI LIST _ Mailing List - Please Read Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:27:02 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients CASILIST to get smaller - CASI-StormReport-LIST to spawn I looked further into the offerings from CASI's web service provider, that SmartList program, and have determined that it will be far too much trouble to use. It is unreliable and difficult to use. To keep the list moderated, which I want to do to avoid unnecesary bandwidth wasting, rogue posts, etc, I would have to telnet to the server each time I wanted to send a mail and forge a certain header with the elm program. Currently I am sending this with Netscape to four addresses so you can imagine which is easier. However, I have to either cut-and-paste, quote, or attach your messages to get them to the list. I am sending it through the local ISP's mail server which causes problems for them because of the number of recipients on the list. I was *thrilled* to find tonight on CASI's web service provider's site, an announcement of their own mailing list software, which at first glance seems to solve all of my problems - an easy way to moderate a large list from the web, subscribe and unsubscribe users, etc. And best news - although this service is $8/mo/list, for current clients (i.e. CASI) it is free for two lists. (The URL for the $8/mo is below in case you are interested in it for your own use. I have had a number of complaints about the amount of email from the CASILIST during active weather times. For this reason, I will be splitting the CASILIST up into two parts. One will be all types of current observations and storm reports, the other will be the regular version of the CASILIST minus all those. This way the people who want to see storm reports can, and the people who don't won't. Also, the Storm-Report list will likely be fed automatically into the CASI site automatically for use on the Recent Weather Events page and front page - basically semi-live storm reports from the Members will be available on the website without users having to post to more than one list or site. This service, via Pair.Com (http://www.pairlist.com/), will be complete March 1, 1999, but should be publicly available Feb. 1 1999, at which time I will attempt to convert the CASILISTs over. You will receive a CASI-ADMIN notice at that time. Meantime, hang in there. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || Subject: CASILIST : NASA Hurricane Study Reveals Intriguing Results Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 17:45:13 -0500 From: J Organization: Central Atlantic Storm Investigators To: CASI Mailing List Recipients -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [Fwd: NASA Hurricane Study Reveals Intriguing Results] Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:27:25 -0600 From: Don or Darla Arnold To: CASI Mailing List Recipients , Doug Perez , john bb , Kenny Lawler , Martin Mueller , michael redd , The NeXus -- OUR WEB PAGE UPDATED 01 JAN 99 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6430 Darla and Don's Website http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/8309 Darla's Christmas Page Christmas page updated 24 DEC 98 my online column update 3 jan 99 http://hattiesburg.net/columns/darnold.shtml DARLA (dawn) ICQ# 7341931 Don (weathernut) ICQ# 14664294 Logic Does Not Always Apply --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: NASA Hurricane Study Reveals Intriguing Results Date: 16 Jan 1999 04:59 UT From: baalke{at}kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Newsgroups: alt.disasters.misc David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington, DC January 15, 1999 (Phone: 202/358-1730) Tim Tyson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (Phone: 256/544-0034) RELEASE: 99-4 NASA HURRICANE STUDY REVEALS INTRIGUING RESULTS NASA and other weather researchers have gained intriguing new information about upper-level winds that drive hurricanes and the devastating impact of the storms as they collide with mountains. The research is from a seven-week study conducted last summer during the Third Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-3) that involved NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and several universities in a concentrated effort to gauge the strength of Atlantic hurricane winds and rainfall. "The wind patterns flowing into and out of the hurricanes at the upper altitudes were much more complicated than had been anticipated," said the lead mission scientist, Robbie Hood of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL. "At times, strong wind gusts were recorded at positions farther from the eyewall or with magnitudes greater than expected." CAMEX-3 used a variety of data-gathering instruments aboard aircraft and spacecraft. Researchers flew aboard NASA's specially equipped DC-8 jetliner into hurricanes Bonnie, Danielle, Earl and Georges. An instrument-laden NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft also was flown above the hurricanes to collect first-of-its-kind data. Researchers utilized data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite and from specially designed laser instruments aboard the DC-8. The data are expected to help weather forecasters better predict storm strength and direction -- potentially saving lives and reducing evacuation zones along coastal areas. "The multi-aircraft datasets obtained by NASA aircraft in these hurricanes are unprecedented in their comprehensiveness," said Dr. Ed Zipser, a weather expert from Texas A&M University in College Station. "They will provide researchers with the raw material to understand severe storms and their environment, and lead to improved track and intensity forecasts in the future." "The amazing thing about this data from Georges is that the rain was enhanced significantly by the mountains in the interior of the Dominican Republic," said NASA researcher Dr. Gerald Heymsfield of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. "We got a glimpse of the storm's impact with the mountainous island and the subsequent rain that eventually caused significant loss of life." Heymsfield's images from a Doppler radar on the high-altitude aircraft show Hurricane Georges slamming into 9,000-foot mountains -- producing what appeared to be huge thunderstorms over the mountains. "Understanding this very complicated interaction between Hurricane Georges and the mountains will keep us busy for a while," said Heymsfield. The two NASA aircraft were flown a combined total of 132 hours over the month-long mission to sample various aspects of the hurricane environment. Information from three storms was captured while they made landfall. The hurricane team also utilized ground-based instruments on Andros Island, Bahamas, to monitor the daily tropical environment before and after each storm. "Since each hurricane has its own personality with varying characteristics, having information describing four different storms represents a tremendous opportunity to improve our understanding of how hurricanes develop, change and move," said Hood. "Although these opportunities don't provide immediate comfort to those who directly experienced this season's devastating storms, the wealth of information collected by all the agencies will lead to better hurricane forecast capabilities in the future," she added. "The real success of CAMEX-3 was the breadth of hurricane information collected," said Dr. Ramesh Kakar of NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, who is the atmospheric dynamics and remote sensing program manager. "The combination of scientists from eight NASA Centers, and the multi-agency, multi-university teamwork of CAMEX-3 was a tremendous example for future research activities." Kakar said key to the success of CAMEX was assistance to NASA from numerous universities; the pilots and crews from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; team members from Goddard and NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and the project management staff from NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA. "We're very grateful for the advice and coordination efforts of NOAA and the support from the Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, MS. Help from the Federal Aviation Administration allowed the CAMEX-3 investigators to capitalize on key research opportunities when they arose," he added. -end- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist *************************************************