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Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:16 pm
by Skydrag
Dewpoint..
Cape/li
Thunderwarnings... Get'm for the little weird stormchasergirl=ME ;)

""Sparks in Sky only hurt when they touch ground..! Dont visit open facilities unprotected!""

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:05 pm
by par
Yes, we have plans for severe weather alerts, though this is a big feature.

Why do you need dew point?
How many people here want dew point, guys? :)

What is Cape/li

Do you chase the storms like these guys on the Discovery channel?

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:50 am
by Skydrag
I will try to ansver as good as I can with my bad English.

My stormchasing can't be compared with Discovery's at all!
I mostly follow storms on the internet, watch from my windows at home or drive a few miles to get better sight, take poto's or film..
I have small children and that limits my possibilities to chase.

Very briefly:
LI the lifted index indicates air instability
Cape measures it :)

Dewpoint above +10 degrees means a higher risk for thunderstorms.

Well... Don't bother.. Guess I'm the only stormfanatic here anyway.

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:33 am
by chucky
I also have an idea

what would you think of a rain radar? or weather radar

then there are many provider should, seeing that his make what?

Perhaps because someone has another idea too?

one could also take storm thunderstorm warnings with a purely German Meteorological Service (DWD)

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:49 pm
by Skydrag
just a phantastic site: http://www.buienradar.nl and check out their european site http://www.meteox.com
All kinds of radar! http://www.winterbuienradar.nl showing snowheights, weatherreports and much more!
This family of sites have almost worldwide coverage! I warmly recommend them!
OOPS sorry, went off topic..

What types of thunderstorm alerts are beeing developed then?

Just sensed the opinion of me beeing too egoistic asking for things noone else would need. :oops:

Nice weekend to all of you..

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:06 pm
by par
Skydrag, thanks for the nice clarification of the snow-chasing terms!
Please show us some of your photos of storms.
I was not able to find snow-height data on the sites you have shared. Where is it?

Storm warnings will appear in YoWindow, but later.

Marcus, I didn't understand your idea.
Please explain it again :(

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:28 pm
by Skydrag
Well I'm sorry about the winter link. Here is the right one: http://winter.buienradar.nl/

I don't have too many photo's yet. My stormchasing is very modest because of my limitation due to familylife.
I started trying to catch lightning on photo last summer and only got one picture with one really fat lightning on it.
Sadly enough summer is quite short here up north and there were'nt many thunderstorms last year.

It's very hard to catch lightning during daytime. Only way is to burst with the camera and hope that something sticks.. There was only one nightly storm and by that time i had not learned how to use my camrea right. I use a compact digital camera wich limits my possibilities to catch lightning even more. Just bought an SLR and time is running out for me to learn all the features of it before thunderseason starts.
You could say I'm a beginner at photographing, but I have always watched and followed thunderstorms, have always beed interested and fascinated by theese mighty powers of nature. A mix of fear and love.

Some pictures:
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See'm all:
http://www.vildvaeder.se/aska-ovader-bi ... category=1
http://www.vildvaeder.se/aska-ovader-bi ... category=4
All the best.
/Sky..

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:53 pm
by daddylito
Hi Sky!

The third photo, that with the dark cloud and the tree is a excellent photo!
Congratulations!

Keep up your splendid photo work!

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:00 pm
by Skydrag
Oh :) Thank you Daddy!

I'm glad you like it :)

Go websurfing to my galleries... There are some pics there, even better!!! :)

See'ya!

Re: Stormchaser stuff..

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:17 pm
by par
Hey, Sky!

Very impressive photos, like them :)
I agree with Daddy, the 3rd photo is the best one.
And the lightening looks good, I wish we could have that kind of lightening in YoWindow.