One of our own #wawx members is recovering from a pretty bad bout of Covid. He's been in the community for a decade plus now, I've talked with him on Twitter since I joined the platform.
If any of you guys have an acct over there, go and wish him a speedy further recovery.
Hey all, I'm officially new to this forum but I've lurked around here every once in a few days since December 2021 to follow on the snow forecasts, and ever since I just generally lurked to follow the weather while learning things bit by bit.
I withheld on making an account because I don't have anything to contribute, I believe, and I wasn't sure how a newbie or an outsider would be treated. I have a very vague sense on how to read GFS or ECMWF maps but have no idea how to use them to pred
As this tornado season continues, this thread seems to be the good place to reiterate my belief that microwave energy can lessen the strength of CN thunderstorms; so strong the storms are capable of creating tornados. The forecasting by NWS is now accurate enough that mobile Aquariusradars can be station in advance along the threat areas. Just as storm chasers follow and video record the storms, the microwave transmitters could transmit microwave energy into the base cloud of the CN thunderstorm.as the truck upon which they are mounted is postioned for maximum effect. A single mobile unit with an effective range of 20 miles would radiate for 10 miles as the storm approached and 10 more as the storm moved away. This allows time for a second radar unit to set up and begin radiating at the storm as it approached the second unit. The first unit leapfrogs 40 miles ahead to setup and be ready. With a high speed capability, the two radars could possibly keep up with long track tornados.
The other operational idea is fixed radar transmitter stations in populated towns. These radars would be operated by emergency management. The fireman simply swithes hats, turns on the radar that sits atop the firestation and points the radar energy at approaching clouds designated by the NWS radar display(s)
.This could be the year of long track tornados as the storms have included the areas where the devastating 1923 tornado blitz occurred.
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