Weather TALK [forecasts, etc]

[pop3corn]

Bakit ganito? Parang 6pm na........
OB, explain mo nga.

pano ba i-e-explain eto



yan habagat na sinasabi nila eh pulling up na, as forecasted dun sa Haiku na yun pero bakit yun tail eh laging naka-stapler sa Manila!

this is one weird weather system. alam nyo kinekelangan na po tayo talaga mag-dasal. the earthquakes and this sobrang nakakapagtaka na tail eh andito sa Metro Manila lagi ayaw umalis. yun umaakyat na dilaw na yan would only mean fresh water pumped from the upper north to us.

yun kasi ibang tao sa FB eh, umaraw lang bigla kagad shoutout na capitalizing daw sa issue ang Church sa RH Bill.

I tell you, please stop. please lower your pride, and acknowledge that this event that we're having right now is something extraordinary/supernatural.. If we show to him or and even to nature that we're sorry, yun collective aura na yun will stop whatever it is that's causing this! let SCIENCE and LOGIC go!

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you may want to laugh at me sa mga pinagsasabi ko pero pls lang po, try to talk to nature within your hearts. we cannot survive another night like this

[chrismarte]

after baha!!! DENGUE naman....

Ingat kayo jan! yung ibang lugar kung kelan nawala na yung ulan tska pa pinapasok nang tubig like sa bahay sa cainta.

[ghosthunter]

after baha!!! DENGUE naman....

Ingat kayo jan! yung ibang lugar kung kelan nawala na yung ulan tska pa pinapasok nang tubig like sa bahay sa cainta.

Speaking of Dengue... our office is suddenly full of mosquitoes all of a sudden! I feel I am being attacked by squadrons just sitting here in front of my PC.!!!

[_Qwerty_]

sabi dito.. hanggang mamayang gabi pa ang ulan.. pero bukas clear skies na..

weather.com - Map Room - Satellite Map, Weather Map, Doppler Radar - Asia: Satellite

[XTO]

pano ba i-e-explain eto



yan habagat na sinasabi nila eh pulling up na, as forecasted dun sa Haiku na yun pero bakit yun tail eh laging naka-stapler sa Manila!

this is one weird weather system. alam nyo kinekelangan na po tayo talaga mag-dasal. the earthquakes and this sobrang nakakapagtaka na tail eh andito sa Metro Manila lagi ayaw umalis. yun umaakyat na dilaw na yan would only mean fresh water pumped from the upper north to us.

yun kasi ibang tao sa FB eh, umaraw lang bigla kagad shoutout na capitalizing daw sa issue ang Church sa RH Bill.

I tell you, please stop. please lower your pride, and acknowledge that this event that we're having right now is something extraordinary/supernatural.. If we show to him or and even to nature that we're sorry, yun collective aura na yun will stop whatever it is that's causing this! let SCIENCE and LOGIC go!

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you may want to laugh at me sa mga pinagsasabi ko pero pls lang po, try to talk to nature within your hearts. we cannot survive another night like this

Sabi nga nga kapitbahay namin palagi "aAyan, nagagalit na ang Diyos" Sa tuwing sinasagot ko ng "Oo nga ho eh, kukunin na daw tayo" ayaw na niya makipag usap :mop:

Todo buhos dito along E. Rod. QC. wala, baba na naman tubig nito sa Sta. Mesa, Roxas tsk tsk.

Yung mas malaking yellow clouds sa south eastern part natin....amf! mas malaking kaulapan yan kumpara sa nasa western part ng luzon.

[ZENMasterTYL]

Quiapo Underpass as of 12nn...

oh my gas! an lalim

[vinj]

oh my gas! an lalim

On the other side of the coin, if it was an estero, at least di pa umaapaw.

Lakas ulit ng ulan.

[dfopiso]

... out of the blue (sky) ... ang lakas nanaman ng ulan

[ecneret]

Quiapo Underpass as of 12nn...

deym! walang diving competition...

[Monseratto]

Jeez buhos ulan dito for almost an hour...

[pop3corn]

sabi dito.. hanggang mamayang gabi pa ang ulan.. pero bukas clear skies na..

weather.com - Map Room - Satellite Map, Weather Map, Doppler Radar - Asia: Satellite

why TF? is china trying to stop the entry of that Haikui Tropical cyclone sa region nila. kung pumasok na yan sa shanghai eh tapos na problema ng lahat ng weather systems dito sa west and east pacific. their land will make that typhoon weaker and dissipate.

very unnatural yun nangyayari eh, stalemates ang weathers systems dito


Haikui is bigger and has more rainfall than what we're experiencing right now, Yes, that part of China is already submerged and the entry of Haikui would mean more floodwaters to them ... tsk tsk. pero ganun talaga ang natural order of things.

[ZENMasterTYL]

it's raining again like there's no tomorrow

parang 6PM na

[Sarsi]

as of 3:03pm, araneta ave from e. rod to quezon ave. closed to all vehicles.... *mmda

[CVT]

as of 3:03pm, araneta ave from e. rod to quezon ave. closed to all vehicles.... *mmda

Bro.,- malakas din ba ang ulan diyan?

Dito, buhos sa SouthMM,- buhos na naman ang ulan,- parang 8pm na sa dilim....

Put3,- kotse pa naman ang na-drive ko ngayon...

16.5K:sunny::sampay:

[pop3corn]

China

China’s Experiments with Weather Modification: A Cause for Concern
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Ajey Lele

October 12, 2009
An important facet of China’s conduct of the Olympics last year and of the 60th year celebration earlier this month was successful weather control and modification. Though weather control was exercised to ensure the smooth conduct of the two major events, if employed on a larger scale such ‘mastery over weather’ would have strategic implications.

A major attraction of the National Day Parade was the aircraft fly past scheduled at 1100 AM. Air Force meteorologists found in the morning hours that clouds were approaching Tiananmen area from the south-west. Between 0730 and 0900 hours, they launched four ‘attacks’ on the bank of clouds. To keep skies clear of cloud and rain, 432 rockets were fired at these clouds. Eyewitnesses stated that a few hours before the start of the parade the weather was extremely gloomy and visibility was poor due to pollution. There were thick clusters of cloud and some mist, and rain appeared imminent. But subsequently clear weather prevailed and people felt that the clouds had been held back from the square. Probably, the firing of rockets at the clouds made them evaporate or alternately precipitate before reaching the parade ground. Thus, these weather modification experiments allowed the conduct of the parade under clear weather conditions.

Chinese agencies had made a great deal of preparations to thwart any adverse weather approaching the parade ground. They had 48 specialized vehicles ready to throw streams of air to chase away any approaching fog. Efforts were also made to ensure that visibility would remain fine and the surroundings would remain devoid of any mist or haze. Eighteen aircraft were kept ready to sprinkle adequate quantities of dry ice, salt and silver iodide over cloud tops to evaporate them before they start moving in the direction of the parade area.

Similarly, on August 8, 2008, the day of the Olympics opening ceremony, it was reported that the Chinese Weather Modification office had fired a total of 1,104 rain dispersal rockets. These rockets were fired to stop raid clouds approaching the Olympics arena. This operation lasted for eight hours and rockets were launched from 21 different sites. It is probably because of such an ‘attack’ that these rain bearing clouds precipitated at those locations where they were hovering at the time the rockets were fired at them. Excessive rainfall was in fact witnessed in these areas, with some locales measuring more than 100 millimetres. August is the rainy season in Beijing and the meteorological observatory had predicted rainy weather for the Olympics opening ceremony night. Actual humidity around the stadium was touching 90 per cent in a further indication that rains were likely to come.

The success achieved by Chinese meteorologists during the Olympics and now during the 60th National Day Parade underlines the importance the Chinese state is paying to artificial weather manipulation. Chinese sources indicate that more than 37,000 people are currently employed in weather modification activities nationwide. China has full-fledged weather modification units located in more than 30 provinces and municipalities. Some 30 aircraft have been modified to undertake various weather modification experiments. Approximately 7,000 anti-aircraft guns and 5,000 special rocket launchers are at the service of Chinese meteorologists. In order to have the world’s largest artificial weather modification programme, China invests US $63 million a year.

Such investments could allow China to maintain a weather of its own choice to a certain extent. Despite the limitations of the science of cloud seeding in creating artificial rainfall or in stopping rainfall, it appears that the Chinese are trying their best to master this art. Further success in this field will have significant relevance to Chinese agriculture. Moreover, weather modification has a military side to it as well.

The US Air Force had used various weather modification techniques to modify the weather for military purposes during the Vietnam War. Cloud seeding was undertaken over Vietnam at the beginning of 1967 under ‘Project Popeye’. Here, the purpose was to prolong the monsoon season, bring down more rains and cause flash floods to block enemy supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. According to some estimates, this gave significant dividends to the US forces, probably worth three years of sustained bombing.

There is a United Nations Convention called Environmental Modification or ENMOD convention, which entered into force on October 5, 1978. It prohibits states from ‘engaging in military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury to any other State Party’. Many countries including India, Pakistan and US are signatories to this convention. But China is not.

China’s weather modification actions during the October 1 National Day Parade or earlier during the Olympics did not cause any damage or injury to other states, nor were there any militaristic intentions behind them. However, when such techniques are used for military gains they fall into the category of ‘Weather Weapons’. Weather modification techniques could be used for changing the direction of cyclonic storms, create snow storms, flash floods and even forest fires in enemy territory. There are reports that countries like the United States are conducting experiments to control the characteristics of the ionosphere which could allow them to control enemy communications. However, there are significant technological limitations in employing such ‘weapons’ with precision.

But it appears that China is working towards overcoming such limitations. Today, apart from China many other countries including the United States are conducting research on weather modification. It needs to be understood that weather modification is a dual use technique; it would be extremely difficult to identify the intentions of the state undertaking such experimentations. The need for including issues related to weather modification in the ‘security lexicon’ has not been felt so far. The Chinese investment in this technology and its successful demonstration during the 2008 Olympics and the 60th National Day Parade raise some concerns. There is no guarantee that China would desist from using weather modification techniques in conflict situations to gain a military advantage. Even during peacetime, such techniques can be used to create artificial drought or floods to affect the economy of the adversary. In particular, states bordering China need to be careful. The weather knows no borders and weather patterns in a neighbouring state can be affected by experiments conducted on own territory. China thus needs to clear suspicions that have been aroused by its weather modification actions. To begin with it could sign and ratify the ENMOD Convention.

[Ry_Tower]

^Maliit lang effect niyan sa nararamdaman natin kais kahit noon olympics mismo, grabe pa din fogs dun. Nabawsan man nila during the games itself pero hindi pa rin kais permanent solution kaya the effects are momentay.

Deym, kala ko titila na talaga. Papunta pa naman ako Manila tom for a meeting. Cancel na lang, mahirap na.

[XTO]

good thing matibay na way ang t. morato then scouts streets then west ave na. negative na sa likod going to roxas district - lubog. salamat pauwi na hanggang maliwanag pa.

[ecneret]

nakita and share ko lang... kaawa...


grabe, aga ng penitensiya...tsk, tsk,...

[timrev]

meron pala weather satellite sa google map...donation center, evacuation center

[Monseratto]

Nakapow...Is this the road going to Antipolo?

*******ial rains cause part of road in Boso-Boso, Marcos Highway, Antipolo to collapse last night. YouScooper Rare Arabela Llorca reports a jeepney filled with 6 passengers fell with the road when it collapsed.—