--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "trekkergr" <king_makis@...> wrote:
>
> http://nifada.com/
>
> http://nifada.com/diary/2009/funnel.htm
>
> I know i have gone for a long time in this group. It is a period that my job
doesnt allow me to log on.Cheers to all...
>
> Makis,
> Athens,Greece
>

http://armenistis87b.blogspot.com/2009/10/wall-cloud.html

http://nifada.com/

http://nifada.com/diary/2009/funnel.htm

I know i have gone for a long time in this group. It is a period that my job
doesnt allow me to log on.Cheers to all...

Makis,
Athens,Greece

http://nifada.com/

http://nifada.com/diary/2009/funnel.htm

I know i have gone for a long time in this group. It is a period that my job
doesnt allow me to log on.Cheers to all...

Makis,
Athens,Greece

--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, Angel Dimitrov <stormlaboratory@...> wrote:
>
> hellouuu howdy? anybody getting storms out there in north Italy?

Not really, something on the NE Italy, but everything is quite too tight to
mentions.
Summer is still alive and kicking.
The cold front crossed the alps yesterday night, followed by a gusty föhn.

The situation now is 28.6°C, 23% and only 32mm of rain in the last 40 days.
http:/www.awekas.at for more info on my station (Merate).

hellouuu howdy? anybody getting storms out there in north Italy?

  Angel Dimitrov

"The weather has been changing across Greece Saturday, with rain,
gale-force winds and snowfalls in the west and north. At the same
time, the authorities are trying to locate a 4X4 vehicle with an
unidentified number of passengers after being carried away by a
torrent near Ierapetra, Crete. In parallel, the Fire Brigade has been
called on several times to help in cutting trees in Attica, the
mainland and the Peloponnese, where problems might arise due to gale
force winds blowing there.

Meanwhile, homes and shops in Ierapetra flooded Friday, while a
civilian at Stomio on Saranti saw a 4X4 being carried away by a torrent.

9 to 10 Beaufort gale force winds are blowing in the east and south,
while the temperature has dropped in Attica, where it ranges from
12-21C and in Thessaloniki from 8-14C. "

Source:
http://news.ert.gr/en/greece/society/15854-kakokairia-se-oli-ti-xora.htm

Makis,Athens

Hi all!

Just returned from amazing Cyprus and downloaded some thunderstorm pics on my
website. Here some photos of thunderstorm crossed Cyprus from south to north
during the night 14/15 Oct 2008.

http://meteoweb.ru/photo005-8.php?pic=photo005-8-6.jpg

To view all photos please press numbers below the main photo.

Regards,
Oleg

--
Meteoweb
(Russian Amateur Astronomy & Meteorology)

Athens 31/08/:
http://nifada.com/diary/2008/storm_20080831a.jpg

http://nifada.com/diary/2008/storm_20080831b.jpg

Flash flood at Volos city
http://nifada.com/diary/2008/Volos_31Aug2008_Solon.jpg

Source: http://nifada.com/

Makis,Athens

--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, Angel Dimitrov <stormlaboratory@...>
wrote:
>
>
>  Hello,
>
>  Do you know where to find wave information for Mediterranean sea in
GRIB format? I want to run Wavewatch III and I did it with sample
data, but the package is not supported by NCEP, so it's hard to run it
alone.
>
>  Thanks for any ideas.
>
>
>  Best regards,
>
> Angel Dimitrov
>
> http://www.stormlab.net
>

Are you going for sailing Angel? ;p Here's a link. I hope its usefull
http://pelagos.oc.phys.uoa.gr/page11.html

Makis,Athens

Hello,

  Do you know where to find wave information for Mediterranean sea in GRIB
format? I want to run Wavewatch III and I did it with sample data, but the
package is not supported by NCEP, so it's hard to run it alone.

  Thanks for any ideas.


  Best regards,

Angel Dimitrov

http://www.stormlab.net

Here they are some pictures and a video from the thunderstom event in
Athens:

http://www.nifada.com/diary/2008/storm20080810a.jpg

http://nifada.com/diary/2008/storm20080810b.jpg

http://nifada.com/diary/2008/storm20080810c.jpg

(source: http://www.nifada.com/ )

http://www.meteoclub.gr/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=65
->Hail concert

(source: http://www.meteoclub.gr/ )

There were also big orange and red mammatus(sunset time).


--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@...> wrote:
>
> "Summer Storm Damaged Crops
> 11 ��� 2008 10:01:00
>
> Yesterday's storms and hailstorms caused damages to crops in Orfanos
> municipality in Kavala, Farsala and Korinthia while thunders sparked
> fires in Elefsina, Korinthia and Eboia. Also traffic was suspended in
> part of Egnatia road outside Thessaloniki due to flood water. In the
> Karditsa prefecture hailstorms caused damages mainly to cotton and
> corn crops while strong winds blew away roofs and broke trees."
>
> Source:http://news.ert.gr/en/c/8/34554.asp
>
> --- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@> wrote:
> >
> > "Summer Storm Hits Greece
> > 10 ��� 2008 20:14:00
> >
> > Sources: ���, ��� 105.8, ANA-MPA
> >
> > Showers and storms broke out early on Sunday evening in several
> > regions across Greece. A strong hailstorm hit the central Greek cities
> > of Megara and Elefsian, while thunderbolts sparked fires in the areas
> > of Alepohori and Karaouli. The downpour that followed put out the
fires.
> >
> > Similar conditions prevailed in the towns of Gythio and Zaharo in
> > southern Greece. The Fire Service received dozens of calls to have
> > flood waters pumped out.
> >
> > Serious problems were also caused in the northern Greek towns of
> > Halkidiki and Kavala, while landslide and flood waters suspended
> > traffic on Egnatia Odos near the town of Asprovalta for two and a half
> > hours.
> >
> > The hailstorm also caused serious damage to crops in Thessaly "
> >
> > Source: http://news.ert.gr/en/c/8/34549.asp
> >
> > Makis,Athens
> >
>

"Summer Storm Damaged Crops
11 Áõã 2008 10:01:00

Yesterday's storms and hailstorms caused damages to crops in Orfanos
municipality in Kavala, Farsala and Korinthia while thunders sparked
fires in Elefsina, Korinthia and Eboia. Also traffic was suspended in
part of Egnatia road outside Thessaloniki due to flood water. In the
Karditsa prefecture hailstorms caused damages mainly to cotton and
corn crops while strong winds blew away roofs and broke trees."

Source:http://news.ert.gr/en/c/8/34554.asp

--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@...> wrote:
>
> "Summer Storm Hits Greece
> 10 Áõã 2008 20:14:00
>
> Sources: ÍÅÔ, ÍÅÔ 105.8, ANA-MPA
>
> Showers and storms broke out early on Sunday evening in several
> regions across Greece. A strong hailstorm hit the central Greek cities
> of Megara and Elefsian, while thunderbolts sparked fires in the areas
> of Alepohori and Karaouli. The downpour that followed put out the fires.
>
> Similar conditions prevailed in the towns of Gythio and Zaharo in
> southern Greece. The Fire Service received dozens of calls to have
> flood waters pumped out.
>
> Serious problems were also caused in the northern Greek towns of
> Halkidiki and Kavala, while landslide and flood waters suspended
> traffic on Egnatia Odos near the town of Asprovalta for two and a half
> hours.
>
> The hailstorm also caused serious damage to crops in Thessaly "
>
> Source: http://news.ert.gr/en/c/8/34549.asp
>
> Makis,Athens
>

"Summer Storm Hits Greece
10 Áõã 2008 20:14:00

Sources: ÍÅÔ, ÍÅÔ 105.8, ANA-MPA

Showers and storms broke out early on Sunday evening in several
regions across Greece. A strong hailstorm hit the central Greek cities
of Megara and Elefsian, while thunderbolts sparked fires in the areas
of Alepohori and Karaouli. The downpour that followed put out the fires.

Similar conditions prevailed in the towns of Gythio and Zaharo in
southern Greece. The Fire Service received dozens of calls to have
flood waters pumped out.

Serious problems were also caused in the northern Greek towns of
Halkidiki and Kavala, while landslide and flood waters suspended
traffic on Egnatia Odos near the town of Asprovalta for two and a half
hours.

The hailstorm also caused serious damage to crops in Thessaly "

Source: http://news.ert.gr/en/c/8/34549.asp

Makis,Athens

Hi all,

I had a small thunderstorm last Tuesday and it produced very complex
discharges in the rainshaft below the cloud base.
http://www.lightningwizard.com  (Latest photos)

Two nights ago I observed sprites with the Watec camera, I was at the
edge of the cloud system just 100 km away. Not ideal because the anvil
obscured the sprites. When the sky cleared sprites could be recorded
over a big French MCS and I took color photos of some sprites. Not
really ideal from inside a village because of the light pollution.
Using an anti light pollution filter the exposures still had to be
only 1 second!

Follow the results of the EuroSprite campaign here:
http://eurosprite.blogspot.com

cheers,
Oscar

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/2638179363_c9b7a67b09_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2638178027_5d65bfc0bd_b.jpg


--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@...> wrote:
>
> We also got a thunderstorm yesterday evening. Here are some pics...
> http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080705a.jpg
>
> http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080705b.jpg
>
> http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080705d.jpg
>
>
> --- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@> wrote:
> >
> > The 9/6 thunderstorm in Athens:
> > http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080609.jpg
> >
> > http://nifada.com/diary/2008/storm_20080609.wmv
> >
> > The 7/6 thunderstorm in Crete:
> > http://nifada.com/Temp/storm_hrakleio_freddy.jpg
> >
> > Makis,Athens
> >
>

We also got a thunderstorm yesterday evening. Here are some pics...
http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080705a.jpg

http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080705b.jpg

http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080705d.jpg


--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@...> wrote:
>
> The 9/6 thunderstorm in Athens:
> http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080609.jpg
>
> http://nifada.com/diary/2008/storm_20080609.wmv
>
> The 7/6 thunderstorm in Crete:
> http://nifada.com/Temp/storm_hrakleio_freddy.jpg
>
> Makis,Athens
>

The 9/6 thunderstorm in Athens:
http://nifada.com/diary/2008/20080609.jpg

http://nifada.com/diary/2008/storm_20080609.wmv

The 7/6 thunderstorm in Crete:
http://nifada.com/Temp/storm_hrakleio_freddy.jpg

Makis,Athens

Hello,

I wanted to ask if someone know the prediction for this year, about heat waves
especially
in Europe - Portugal.

If someone, know where I can take this information, please let me know. :-)

I need this for preventing the staff of the
hospital, putting so the hospital better to respond in case of heat wave.

Thanks, for now ..


Whit the best regards,
Filipe Santana Lopes,
Coordinator of Volunteers’ of Civil
Protection
  Consulter
of Safety


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Hello,

  I have a new version of my weather tool MeteOS:
  http://www.stormlab.net/wrf/wrf.html
  It has new 3D viewer and some things are improved, other still need additional
work. You can download the demo version, so you can try it for your self.

  Thank you very much for your time.

  Best regards,

  Angel Dimitrov
Varna, Bulgaria
http://www.stormlab.net

Hard to believe I've already been back for a week from my stormchase in the
US. It was a great experience, well worth the effort and the money.

I toured/chased with Cloud 9 Tours from May 18 untill June 1. While Cloud
9's philosophy seems to be: just sit in the van and we'll take you to where
you want to be, when you ask the right persons, they will provide some
background
information. If you intend to actually learn more about chasing or storms,
this might get a bit frustrating. I did bring my laptop so every morning
I was well aware of the day's situation well before we left. From what I
heard, some other companies will give an extended briefing each morning.
Yet to some people that also got frustrating, when after 15 minutes of seeing
charts the 'Shut up and chase!' feeling would take over.

As far as 'getting you where you want to be' goes... Cloud 9 did a great
job there. In fact, they got me much closer than I was expecting. The group
was quite large, but almost everyone followed the instructions quite well
so we were able to move pretty quick despite having to load/unload 19 people
in three cars.  Cloud 9 also handled the motels and restaurants well, not
an easy job with 19 people around a chaser magnet, aka a HIGH RISK area,
during the memorial day weekend.

So, shut up and chase...

The good and the bad news: the ridge would move but it would inhibit any
serious storms for the first few days of the chase. So we visited the Big
Texan in Amarillo, where the smallest person in our group attempted to eat
the 72 Oz. steak, she managed to eat half of it. We hopped by the Cadillac
Range and took a look in Greensburg to see the state of the town 1 year after
the EF5 tornado struck. Just seeing the hospital that still is build from
barracks and tents made clear how devastating the tornado had been.

We spend the night in Dodge City and drove north the next day, hoping for
some storms to form north of Denver. That never happened and after another
attempt a bit further north (Cheyenne, Chugwater) it was time to move back
south to get in position for the target area for Thursday May 22 around Hays
in Kansas.

Thursday I saw my first supercell and it had a rotating wallcloud all the
time. It produced some funnels and for a few seconds some dust was rotating
on the ground underneath one of them. Technically that was my first tornado,
but not an impressive one.

We gave up on this storm and moved on the next in a line of supercells that
was moving quickly from south to north. While relocating we spotted a tornado
between Hoxie and Grainfield that remained visible for about 5 minutes. It
looked very much like a waterspout.

We continued towards WaKeeney and saw our target cell produce several tornados
south of the I70, though it was hard to tell whether it was one tornado that
kept reforming or several separate ones. Near Collyer we left the I70 and
found a spot where the wallcloud could intercept us. The wallcloud was rotating
very fast and as it moved over us a funnel was forming just to our west.
The collarcloud... well, the edge moved exactly over our head as 150 km/h
inflow winds bombarded us with sand and tumbleweed from the south. (The speed
was an estimate by the two hurricane chasers among us).

After spending the night in Hays, where the TIV/DOW circus was also staying,
we drove west towards Colby. We changed our minds and headed back east, going
south between Oakley and WaKeeney to intercept a cell that proved to have
poor visibility. As we tried to relocate by now going west again on the I70
we were stopped near Quinter. Which was not bad, as we watched a moderate
wedge tornado approach the I70 from the south. It disappeared, but reformed
just before crossing. North of the I70 it got rain wrapped but still it appeared
that it might have turned into a large wedge.

With the storm now to our northeast and having to drive west we were not
in a very good position. Radar indicated hail wasn't to bad, so Cloud 9 treated
us to a core punch. We encountered some dime size hail, yet when we left
the core there wasn't anything interesting around anymore.

We waited a while in Hill City as more storms approached from the south.
The tornado sirens sounded and we moved a bit north to intercept the tornado
warned cell. It was getting dark and apart from some lighting (one strike
so close it rocked the van) nothing happened so we headed back to the motel
in Hays.

We weren't chasing anymore, but this time a storm caught up with us. Driving
east along the I70 very carefully, we got a bit closer to a tornado crossing
the interstate than we intended as we saw a 18 wheel truck being flipped
over in front of us. So, ehm, we turned and headed back the wrong way on
the interstate and waited for several TVS's to head north before trying again.
We passed 4 trucks that had been flipped over.

Saturday was quite a bust, though we did see a nice LP storm in Nebraska.
Sunday we headed back to Kansas, though our target had been Iowa. This was
the day the large tornado struck in Parkersburg, Iowa. In Kansas we saw a
nice wallcloud, some funnels (one of them producing a brief touchdown) and
a landspout.

Another night in Hays at the Days Inn where the TIV circus was staying as
well before we headed a bit south the next day. We saw a lot of golfball
sized hail (with the cars parked safe) and weren't expecting any tornados
until we saw one in Pratt. It disappeared but after racing east through Pratt
we saw a new multivortex tornado approaching us. So we headed further east
which gave us a good look at the mothership structure of the storm.

Spend the night in Wichita and headed to Oklahoma the next day and repositioned
the day after that all the way to northern Nebraska.

May 29 our target was a large Supercell heading along the I80. We intercepted
it near Kearney and were able to see a large bowl shaped tornado (though
it needed a little help from lighting every now and then). The tornado produced
a lot of powerflashes and it was an eerie sight seeing a long line of cars
fleeing from Kearney. The tornado did quite some damage though fortunately
no one was injured.

While most chasers kept following this storm as it headed towards Grand Island
and Aurora we gambled and left it for some cells in northern Kansas. While
driving we found out we were not the only ones as we were racing both the
old and the new TIV almost all the way.

We intercepted this storm near Glen Elder and it immediately formed a cone
shaped tornado. By the time we got out of the car this one was gone, but
while crossing the road a nice rope formed kicking up quite some debris.
With the DOW, 2 TIVs and the Discovery crew in the neighborhood... I'm looking
forward to the new season of Storm Chasers, they must have had success on
this one. The rope disappeared but moments later a new multivortex formed.


This turned out to be the last tornado of the chase, but it was the best
as well.

So... I guess I picked the right tour in the right year. Seeing at least
1 tornado on 5 different days during a 14 day chase... I won't complain ;)

For some pictures, see my facebook profile (
http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=1301648713
). All my 'friends' chased as well so you can find more pictures on their
pages, though I'm not sure if their albums can be accessed by everyone.

Daniel

Hello Tarmo,

Thanks for noticing. They are not lost for eternity. It is an error
that I will solve over the next weekend.

Pieter Groenemeijer
ESTOFEX



2008/5/26 Tarmo Tanilsoo <tarmotanilsoo@...>:
> Hello.
>
> I have noticed that the archive of older forecasts before May 2006
> have gone down - http://estofex.org/cgi-bin/archive.cgi . Is this down
> for eternity?
>
> Just wanted to check whether Estofex had issued forecast for 26 May
> 2003 thunderstorm outbreak in Estonia, but the site was not found.
>
> Tarmo Tanilsoo
>
>



--
Pieter Groenemeijer
----------------------------------------------
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
office: +49 7247 822833
------------------------------------
European Severe Storms Laboratory (e.V.)
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Hello.

I have noticed that the archive of older forecasts before May 2006
have gone down - http://estofex.org/cgi-bin/archive.cgi . Is this down
for eternity?

Just wanted to check whether Estofex had issued forecast for 26 May
2003 thunderstorm outbreak in Estonia, but the site was not found.

Tarmo Tanilsoo

These opinions are bullshit and you know it.

--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Vancoillie"
<peter.vancoillie@...> wrote:
>
> Nothing to do with this, but congrats with your and everyone's
stunningly
> accurate forecasts at estofex (I'm talking about Hungary actually,
but I
> also think you guys do a really great job in general). Estofex is
by far
> superior to any other severe weather forecast or warning system in
Europe.
>
> Peter
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: eurochase@yahoogroups.com [mailto:eurochase@yahoogroups.com]
Namens
> Oscar van der Velde
> Verzonden: woensdag 21 mei 2008 22:51
> Aan: eurochase@yahoogroups.com
> Onderwerp: [eurochase] Re: To Estofex guys...
>
> --- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@> wrote:
> >
> > I want to ask you to put the Cyprus island in your forecasts. Its
in
> > the E.U and many cyprus friends of mine want to watch your alerts
for
> > their country.
> >
> > Makis,Athens
> >
>
> Hi Makis,
> Politics are not our criterion for the map, just the geographical
> area. Expanding means we have to include much more or Turkey and
> Russia as well, and there will always be other people near the
borders
> wishing they would be included. We decided to stay with the current
map.
> Oscar
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
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>
>
>
>
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i live in the azores islands the island of terceira

In Europe yes, in southern Belarus, the probably is high to exist tornados
there .. more information you can find here http://www.estofex.org/
About Portugal just thunder storms are predicted ..
 
Just one question for you Mr. Rodrigues, where in Portugal do you live??




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any tornadoes in the forecast for europe especially portugal?

Nothing to do with this, but congrats with your and everyone's stunningly
accurate forecasts at estofex (I'm talking about Hungary actually, but I
also think you guys do a really great job in general). Estofex is by far
superior to any other severe weather forecast or warning system in Europe.

Peter

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Oscar van der Velde
Verzonden: woensdag 21 mei 2008 22:51
Aan: eurochase@yahoogroups.com
Onderwerp: [eurochase] Re: To Estofex guys...

--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@...> wrote:
>
> I want to ask you to put the Cyprus island in your forecasts. Its in
> the E.U and many cyprus friends of mine want to watch your alerts for
> their country.
>
> Makis,Athens
>

Hi Makis,
Politics are not our criterion for the map, just the geographical
area. Expanding means we have to include much more or Turkey and
Russia as well, and there will always be other people near the borders
wishing they would be included. We decided to stay with the current map.
Oscar


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--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@...> wrote:
>
> I want to ask you to put the Cyprus island in your forecasts. Its in
> the E.U and many cyprus friends of mine want to watch your alerts for
> their country.
>
> Makis,Athens
>

Hi Makis,
Politics are not our criterion for the map, just the geographical
area. Expanding means we have to include much more or Turkey and
Russia as well, and there will always be other people near the borders
wishing they would be included. We decided to stay with the current map.
Oscar

I want to ask you to put the Cyprus island in your forecasts. Its in
the E.U and many cyprus friends of mine want to watch your alerts for
their country.

Makis,Athens

--- In eurochase@yahoogroups.com, "Makhs" <trekkergr@...> wrote:
>
> "04 Apr 2008 11:31:00
>
> A tornado hit Zakynthos Thursday afternoon injuring seriously a woman,
> who was hospitalized in a critical condition in Patra. Dozens of
> houses and cultivations sustained serious damage and several cars were
> destroyed. PPC (Public Power Corporation) crews are working to restore
> damages on electric-power pillars."
>
> Source: http://news.ert.gr/en/c/4/31948.asp
>
> There is also a video,im trying to find it.
> Makis,Athens
>

Found 'em! Enjoy people!
http://www.imerazante.gr/imera/news/detail.php?ID=8176

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezA5wefdEHA