Weather TALK [forecasts, etc]

[Monseratto]

Hasn't rained much last night til this morning...another school day wasted. At least there'll be less traffic...

[dreamur]

...and I had the car washed last night.

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[shadow]

...and I had the car washed last night.

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Ako 1 week na Walang carwash . [emoji51]


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[Jun aka Pekto]

Yes bro.

The western part of Luzon is predicted to be wet.

From the way it is now, still no sign of it being wet.

Classes in the Metro are suspended for today...

Makati, BGC and Ortigas buildings are ghostly images, but i guess they're because of the smog.....

I'm not sure if the PH forecasters have more detailed forecast models to look at. But, it's a safe bet most schools end their classes at the hottest part of the day. It's best not to have students compound the potential traffic problems.

[dr. d]

Beautiful.

translation, please.
i don't have a degree in meteorology.

[baludoy]

Hasn't rained much last night til this morning...another school day wasted. At least there'll be less traffic...

In cases like these, it's best to err on the side of caution especially when it's the safety of kids that's on the line

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[Jun aka Pekto]

translation, please.
i don't have a degree in meteorology.

Not much translation required. The Dopplers are finally working. I'd breath a sigh of relief if I was a forecaster there.

[dr. d]

Not much translation required. The Dopplers are finally working. I'd breath a sigh of relief if I was a forecaster there.

i mean, what do the colors mean, to the average joe like me?

[_Cathy_]

translation, please.
i don't have a degree in meteorology.

Only a degree in medicine

BTT: I find it so fascinating how humans can predict the weather. It's 10 am and still no rain here.

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[Jun aka Pekto]

i mean, what do the colors mean, to the average joe like me?

Green usually means precipitable water. It doesn't mean they're falling as rain. They could also be suspended in the clouds, waiting to get heavy enough to fall as rain. I don't know the standard operating procedures of PAGASA. But, precipitable values can vary from location to location. For some, it may be green. Others? Yellow.

The Dopplers can also analyze wind flows and vertical cross sections. They can also apply algorithms to filter out useless frequencies or colors. They can even see where the potential for rain amounts are highest. It's a powerful tool. Obviously, a lot of these can only be seen from the control console.

As you could see, there are already showers at the mountainous areas around the metro. They'll only get worse as the daytime temperatures rise.

Just like here where I am, you don't need rain overhead to see flash floods. If heavy rain fall over the mountains, they have to flow somewhere, usually the lower elevations such as the coast and the metro.