Hurricane Frances

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 05/09/2004 22:04

Hurricane Ivan is one too watch! Is currently situated at the same place Frances tracked thru. Give it 10 days or so and we could have this all over again

Its a wild prediction but im backing it!!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 05/09/2004 22:14

03 Stormchaser wrote:
Exciting stuff! Whish i was in the thick of it!

I thought that Geoff Mackley may of been Florida for this one but apparently he is back home in Auckland.

The news about Frances is overshadowing the Cat4 Typhoon, Songda which is now moving across the Jaanses Island of Anakawa

JohnGaul
NZTS

Manukau heads obs · Sun 05/09/2004 22:14

rain/flooding will be the biggest problem with frances becuase it is slow moving
taken 12 hours just to cross the coast line fully

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 05/09/2004 22:19

...um..sorry, I meant the Japanese island of Okinawa

JohnGaul
NZTS

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 05/09/2004 22:58

What is experienced inside the eye? They reckon its variable winds and humid sunshine.Is it true the Cbs etc around the eye can be seen and heard as the wind changes the other direction

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 05/09/2004 23:22

Michael wrote:What is experienced inside the eye? They reckon its variable winds and humid sunshine.Is it true the Cbs etc around the eye can be seen and heard as the wind changes the other direction

Michael Check out:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A11.html

A very interesting read

Manukau heads obs · Mon 06/09/2004 09:03

http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?CW2111

that station had the remains of the hurricane passing right over head now!

and:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi ... sh&last=24

max gusts 69 mph

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 06/09/2004 18:51

A view of the other hurricane in the Americas

http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastnheir.html

Manukau heads obs · Mon 06/09/2004 18:54

did you see the media got the windspeed units wrong again?

TV3 said 120kmh winds were reached

it was actualy just over 120mph at cape canaveral!
(over 193 kmh)

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 06/09/2004 19:25

Manukau heads observer wrote:did you see the media got the windspeed units wrong again?

TV3 said 120kmh winds were reached

it was actualy just over 120mph at cape canaveral!
(over 193 kmh)

Haha yea I did notice it

Manukau heads obs · Mon 06/09/2004 19:51

when will they learn....

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 06/09/2004 21:28

Its amazing watch American Weather watchers have at the finger tips! (for you tornado fans!!)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 06/09/2004 21:36

Well, as soon as the website is complete (HA!) We'll have a database of tornado events and sightings around NZ, I'll have to make it popular first so people can find it! But from then on it'll all be good.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 06/09/2004 21:40

http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/2 ... 3?storm=06

some good info there

hey, i am needing some research on the september 1990? tornado that went the lenght of the manukau peninsular.....anyone remember the exact date?

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 06/09/2004 22:39

It was on 5 Sep 1990 between 730-8am in waiuku There was a low just west of Taranaki that day with a NE with a cold SW behind it

it said 37.8mm rain 7am to 10am

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 06/09/2004 22:42

There was tornadoes in 1986 around the same week too in Onehunga

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Tue 07/09/2004 00:21

Micheal, you surprise me with your info! Good on ya!

Only one I know of in 1990 was from Pete McGhee's father, I've got the pictures of these funnel clouds:

1990 Ngauruwahia (Waikato) - Pete McGheeâ€™s father was hitchhiking when he saw two funnel clouds, passing car stopped to offer lift and conversation went something
like:
â€œWhere are you going?â€
â€œAnywhere, as long as it's away from that thingâ€ [pointing]
â€œBloody hell! Get in!â€ Car travelled about 5km further up road before they stopped and looked back and took a photo:).

I haven't heard of that tornado Brian, I'll have to do another gathering of info at some point.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 07/09/2004 04:00

it went along way that tornado, the full length of the peninsular
it was on a very active cold front
it came ashore at Big Bay
and first house was a house only being built....just the frames of the wall....and it twisted and pushed over the wooden frames

alot of pine trees had the branches ripped off and or they were twisted or pulled out of the ground and then later died....
it was not a very wide tornado, only a few metres at the base
it snaked around alot, ended up sucking up lots of shells off a beach!

where it ended up, west of Waiuku, it picked a farmer up off his motorbike as he was bringing the cows in...

i remember the morning,....we had torrential rain.....never seen it that heavy since....

i just couldnt remember which day in sept
thanks michael

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 07/09/2004 07:14

Re Awhitu Tornado.

I can remember that morning. The thunderstorm started about 7am and didn't ease until 9.30 am in central AK. There was hail also.

Tornadoes path must have been 15-20km.

1990 was a big year for tornadoes in NZ. There were a number of tornadoes. 12th August 1990, 43 buildings were badly damaged at Bellblock and Inglewood, Taranaki.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Tue 07/09/2004 07:48

Wow been looking thru (U.S) mays storm readings for the month of may 2004

This is one day 30/5/04

Tornadoes Reported:100
Wind reports: 578
Hail Reported: 195

Quite incrediable!!! over 500 Tornadoes for the month of May!!

wxgirl · Unread post by **wxgirl** » Tue 07/09/2004 09:04

Hey thanks for putting in all those interesting links guys, i guess what this forums about. Cheers

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Wed 08/09/2004 19:47

Although its not still a Hurricane the effects are still being felt. A reported 44 tornados touch down today sofar. All in N. Carolina, S. Carolina and a couple in Florida.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 09/09/2004 19:05

Another 17 tornadoes today, this time in Virginia, again N. Carolina and State of Maryland! Man I love Hurricanes!!!