The official NerdZoner's weather zone! How's your weather today?

[Hitcore]

We have Amy Light here. Or Diet Amy, if you're American. Lots of rain, and quite windy, but nothing extreme. I guess that my area is on the outskirts of the storm.

I'm kinda lucky, though. Tons of rain today and tomorrow, but most of it should by cleared up by Monday. Still, I'll pack my rain suit for my scooter rides to work, just to be sure.

 

[Tiffany]

I hope storm Amy doesn't affect you all much, no damage and everything is okay. This is a powerful storm with lots of wind and rain. I took a look at the radar and the storm covered a huge amount of territory from the far north of the UK into Scotland and southern areas too. I'm glad to see some of you got "Amy Light" as @Hitcore mentioned.

 

[live627]

And another one.

https://www.pinalcentral.com/arizona_news/what-to-know-tropical-storm-priscilla-to-drench-southwest-us-raising-deadly-flash-flood-risk/article_41f5ac87-375c-5230-aa8a-44994178ba28.html

Been raining quite solidly for an hour or two. I think thee last time we got a bunch of rain for several hours straight was back in October (what are the odds, eh) 2017 when the same exact thing happened—direct hit.

 

[live627]

XF's link unfurling sucks. (I have written one so I know that it's complicated to make one that works well)


EDIT: Just tested it with that link. It works

 

[Tiffany]

@live627 I hope all of your rain doesn't create flooding and everyone is good. Could you please send some rain my way? We haven't had rain for about two months now.

 

[live627]

The beans that were growing in the backyard drowned.

 

[Tiffany]

I'm sorry your beans didn't survive from all of the flooding @live627

 

[Retro]

Forecasting technology is improving:

New Met Office ‘breakthrough’ weather model to deliver more accurate forecasts

The Met Office has new technology which can forecast how space weather will impact conditions in the ionosphere and thermosphere

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[Tiffany]

Forecasting technology is improving:

I think your new technology is pretty cool:

The Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre will be able to forecast how space weather will impact the thermosphere, which stretches from around 50 to 400 miles above Earth’s surface. It will also be able to predict impact in the ionosphere, through which radio and GPS signals travel.

 

[Retro]

Damn, batten down the hatches!

Apparently, this is likely to be the very worst storm to hit Jamaica and is sure to be due to climate change.

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 5 as communities in Jamaica warned of ‘potentially unimaginable impact’ – live

Jamaicans urged to seek shelter immediately, and Cuba, Haiti and Dominican Republic also threatened

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tiffany]

I'm so worried about the Jamaican people's safety with Hurricane Melissa coming through as a high end Cat 5 storm. This reminds me of Hurricane Katrina that hit Louisiana years ago, however, this will be 100 times worse after looking at a video this morning that showed where the eyewall will hit southern Jamaica. This country is a very poor country, with very little good infrastructure on it's best days. The other countries in the path of this storm are also threatened and neither of them except for the Dominican Republic have good infrastructure to withstand the immense power of this storm.

Thanks @Retro for taking the time to post this good link, as these people will need the world to come together to help them recover.