02W Pakmar (Weather)

by dulan drift ⌂, Friday, March 30, 2012, 21:46 (4619 days ago)

Guess 01 was that thing that went through about a month ago, but since this is the first named typhoon of the season, it probably deserves a thread. Interestingly there's been a pretty dramatic upgrading in the last 24 hours - winds now expected to gust up to 100kts - that's getting pretty decent for March. Previously it wasn't forecast to get past TS strength.[image]

Hope we score some 'drift up' rain out of it - looks quite possible from the sat loop.
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by dulan drift ⌂, Monday, April 02, 2012, 19:29 (4617 days ago) @ dulan drift

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It's interesting to see how this rain pattern follows almost exactly the borders of Taidong. Do you know how the borders are defined in Taiwan - are they rivers, mountain ridges or a mixture of both? Whatever, they seemed to come into play with that nice piece of weather last night.

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by dan, Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 14:54 (4615 days ago) @ dulan drift

That is interesting. Is it a fluke or is that a regular pattern? I have no idea how the counties were defined, but a good site for historical information is http://www.takaoclub.com. Well, I actually don't know how 'good' the site is for information, but it has some great old pictures and it might contain some info on this issue.

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