news Severe Weather Discussion Thread

[Denim&Venöm 18,887]

So with Hurricane Matthew looming on the horizon, now would be a good time to talk about storms. 

 

Anyone interested or even fascinated by severe weather? Does it ever get your attention more when it's on the news somewhere? Does seeing how storms form & strengthen pique your curiosity? Do you just like documentaries, shows and movies about natural disasters? How about hypothetical scenarios? Things like what would happen if a hurricane hit New York City or if a tornado ran though Washington DC? 

 

If those are things that interest you, than feel free to share them here. Also please do share any crazy weather happening in your area. 

 

 

[Surprise 1,003]

I might've past through the worse right now in Orlando, Florida. Also I got Hurricane Sandy hit up New York years ago. The streets were like a river like holy heck. When I was in North Carolina, I think I got Hurricane Irene, but before that a freaking Earthquake happen few days ago rocked there and even felt beyond New York (yes my parents moved a lot and I think the earthquake reached even in Canada?)

 

I hate natural weather disasters honestly

Edited October 7, 2016 by Sunrise Surprise

[Luminance 2,186]

Nothing like severe drought here. We need some of that Matthew rain!

[Envy 6,160]

The only severe weather I like and am interested in is winter weather. I do not care for 'warm' storms because they are too dangerous and scary for my liking. My dream location of living would be somewhere where severe thunderstorms, hurricanes, and the like are very rare.

[CheeryFox 23,821]

I like to keep an eye on severe weather. I'm an active member of the SKYWARN network. I'm a huge fan of Pecos Hank in Texas - flippin' awesome stuff he has...   I have a thing for derechos -- #wow-wee... lol

[Luminance 2,186]

Weather in general had always intrigue me. To see how weather patterns form and the resulting effects it has in local climate. You see historically speaking, my variable topography restricts any rain from the coast towards inland and thus creating a rain-shadow effect for my area. Precipitation does fall but only does so during the winter because of the southern dip of the jet stream bringing in moist cool air and any high elevation mostly about 3,000' would receive snow. During the summer, high pressure systems usually linger creating very low humidity and arid conditions perfect for wildfires and drought. Mediterranean is perhaps the best explanation of my local climate due to the weather activity during the most of the year.

 

Where I used to live a while back, I experience consistent warm weather and it was nice. Thunderstorms would developed during the afternoon and acted like an muggy air conditioner until the night when it would at least cool down but high dew points create sticky uncomfortable conditions. Winters there are nice, warm and rarely seen frosts besides rare cold fronts from polar vortexes. Every year, a devastating freeze would kill back tropical plants that live on the verge of this climate but they always bounce back by the warmer rainy season. The rainy season rains a lot and can also bring some flooding to the areas with nonporous soil or with an high water table. Unfortunately, tropical storms do develop during the summer and can become really bad, if they do happen. "Borderline Tropical" if I say so myself located on the line of subtropical and tropical weather while not totally classifying it due to rare frosts.

 

Out of the two I've experienced, I prefer the latter because I gotten used to the warmth even though it may rain a lot. I just love it when the rain falls and the sound it produces compared to the sparse, dryer weather I now live in. Noting severe here but I was just comparing the two from each other and my perception of it.

[Techno Universal 2,575]

We had a massive hail storm here in Melbourne last Tuesday. We haven't had a storm that bad for around 3 years here. Plus remember cyclone Winston that hit Fiji earlier This year. Well we where due to leave to go there on our first overseas holiday just a few hours before the cyclone hit. But we still went a week later and saw all the damage done to the small farms. We even saw a huge line of power lines that had fallen over.

In fact speaking of hail storms the worst one so far here was back in 2011 when we had hail stones that where bigger than golf balls. The damage was intense ranging from people being covered in blood and scratches to car windows and windshields been cracked and some even smashed. That is the worst storm on record here in Melbourne but now whats really strange is that we are now starting to get stormy weather in the middle of summer and less rain in winter. Now is this a effect of global warming or WHAT!?

Edited October 8, 2016 by Techno Universal

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,449]

Severe weather was always something that scared me and fascinated me at the same time. I am terrified of tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms, yet I tend to look up videos of these things all the time. It is strange. Living in Indiana, the severe weather season around here seems to mostly be in the Fall months now, so it will be interesting to see if anything pops up. If it was out in a field, I would actually really like to see a supercell thunderstorm with a tornado. They are both such powerful things.

[Balt 109]

A few weeks ago there was 3 tornados in all surrounding areas. we were lucky. the school finally started letting go. then they tried to get back in cuz of another warning but I was already out so I just left

[EpicEnergy 23,218]

I am fascinated by severe weather, it amazes me what nature is capable of doing.

[Splashee 28,563]

On 10/8/2016 at 12:24 AM, Denim&Venöm said:

Anyone interested or even fascinated by severe weather?

The US seem to get these kind of storms every year. We have started to get some severe storms here as well in Sweden, but after a few trees and a broken internet connection made me lose interest fast.

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,253]

We're expecting overnight severe weather in our area for tonight, Level 2 Severe Risk with all modes on the table  

[Savy 5,077]

Supposed to storm tonight, hopefully not too severe.

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,253]

Pop-up thunder showers today and severe weather possible for tomorrow  

[Mach33 816]

On 2016-10-08 at 7:24 AM, Denim&Venöm said:

So with Hurricane Matthew looming on the horizon, now would be a good time to talk about storms. 

 

Anyone interested or even fascinated by severe weather? Does it ever get your attention more when it's on the news somewhere? Does seeing how storms form & strengthen pique your curiosity? Do you just like documentaries, shows and movies about natural disasters? How about hypothetical scenarios? Things like what would happen if a hurricane hit New York City or if a tornado ran though Washington DC? 

 

If those are things that interest you, than feel free to share them here. Also please do share any crazy weather happening in your area. 

 

 

I used to love severe weather. Tornadoes, Hurricanes, "sub tornadoes". My favorite would have to hurricanes though because of the structure of the storm.

[Retro*Derpy 3,183]

I know severe weather is devastating for people, but I enjoy being near for the thrills. Moving from southern to middle missouri and it seems weather around here is just mild at most. I vivid remember one where I was close to an EF2 tornado, the branches and rain were circling around me. 

[Patty Thundersnow 4,163]

On 2016-10-07 at 5:24 PM, Denim&Venöm said:

Anyone interested or even fascinated by severe weather?

You could say that severe weather is the main reason I even got interested in meteorology in general.

[IronM17 5,373]

I am interested into meteorology, severe weather and also storm chasing. It all started in 2000 as a tornado hit my home village and I never experienced such a strong thunderstorm before (and besides the comet hale-bopp in 1997, it was also a big influence for my interest into natural science). Hurricanes or big tornados are here in germany not existent, so, thunderstorms with giant hail, storm and heavy rain are the most common severe weather phenomenons followed by autumn storms, heavy rain (like 2021 were my region was hit by the most destructing and deadly flood in germany since decades), droughts and heavy snowfall. 

Well, of course I always hope that there are no harms. The thing what really interest me in severe weather are the sructures those phenomenons have like those giant interestuing looking clouds like this cumulonimbus cloud I photographed  a few years ago. 

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[Dreambiscuit 9,691]

As a rule I love severe weather as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone or destroy property. I used to live in the Midwest and severe weather was always a threat. So much so that it took all the fun out of something as exciting as a simple summer thunderstorm. Everything was extreme; the summer heat was extremely hot and humid, and the winter brought severe ice storms. Tornadoes weren’t an everyday occurrence where I lived but to date I’ve experienced two of them, an F1 and an F3. Both did some terrible damage and lives in the area were lost. Now that I live in the west, a looming thunderstorm or some high winds are fun and beautiful to experience. So my opinion on how enjoyable or interesting weather can be depends strictly on where I live.

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,253]

Your love of severe weather surprises me Dreamy.  I just worry about the destruction that Hurricane Milton left behind and the years, if not longer for its residents to rebuild  

[Prospekt 11,018]

Having multiple big hurricanes in such a short time is pretty awful. And as if it couldn't get any worse, Milton's landfall was preceded by a bunch of tornadoes earlier in the day.

I'm glad I've never had to experience such a storm. My home state of Colorado has gotten its fair share of blizzards but they don't cause catastrophic flooding and the wind is nowhere near as destructive