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New Weather tool: RAMMB Slider
BossHog posted a topic in Philippine Weather: Typhoons, Earthquakes & Other Natural Disasters
This is a new online tool for those who like/need to follow near real-time satellite images of weather. http://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/ Be sure that the satellite is set to Himawari-8 for the western Pacific. You can zoom in and out, choose different bands (I find myself often looking at band 13), and select the number of images in your loop and so on. Note: this doesn't provide projected track and model information which can be found elsewhere. PS. RAMMB stands for Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (NOAA) -
Here's some recently published data on Philippine typhoons over the past decade: ocha_phl_destructive_typhoons_2006_to_2016.pdf According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its geographical location which generally produce heavy rains, flooding of large areas and also strong winds which result in heavy casualties to human life and destruction to crops and properties. On average, the country is frequented by 20 tropical cyclones annually, almost half of which ma
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I was having lunch today with a college and the subject of Overseas Aid came up He is a Rotarian and was saying how relief goods destined for victims of Typhoon Yolanda where being held up in the Port of Cebu. He wasn’t sure of all the facts and it was just in general conversation. When I got home it was still in my head so I did a little research of my own and found this. While on the face of it, there are faults on all sides, but Why can not commonsense come into play? It’s as though they are all playing. “Mine Is Bigger Than Yours” game Anyway, for what its worth, here it is.
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Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
BossHog posted a topic in Philippine Weather: Typhoons, Earthquakes & Other Natural Disasters
Worth keeping an eye on. Has the potential to develop by the looks of things. -
There is no area specific thread for these locations yet, the international community needs to start hearing about our friends to the north of Cebu. Please post what you can for information regarding Typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda in Cebu Provinces worst hit. -
If anyone has a bit of time to donate to the survivors of Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan, there is a massive effort repacking food being held at the CICC (Cebu International Conference Center) across from Parkmall. Efforts are going on 24 hours a day, until further notice.
