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Readers' comments on The Greensburg special have been
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"I have just finished reading the May issue of the I.
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Volume 33,
Number 330, August 2008 Subscribe or
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Each year, the August issue is a special issue covering
all TORRO's research from the previous year. Subscribe or order this
issue and read about all known tornadoes/whirlwinds in the UK during
2007 and site investigation results in Ireland compiled by TORRO's new
Head Professor John Tyrrell. Read Paul Knightley's review on TORRO's
progress on severe weather forecasting during 2007 along with Dr Rick
Wild's review on Heavy Snowfall and Blizzards. Not to be missed this
year though has to be John Mason's review on the severe rainfall and
flooding the UK experienced in 2007 (not exhaustive list of featured
reviews).
Volume 33,
Number 329, June/July 2008
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Includes
precipitation in the Indian Himalayas, archived tornado reports for the
UK, a time series approach to the role of pre-monsoon thunderstorm on
the onset of summer monsoon circulation.
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Professor Hasanean gives his study on causes for a
general warming in Egypt during August 1998 and a long awaited paper by
Dr Keul on Ball Lightning discussing whether it is an Electromagnetic
Hallucination phenomenon. TORRO member Colin Morris also presents his
tornado site investigation in Dundee, Scotland.
Volume 33,
Number 326, March 2008 (out now!)
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After problems were encountered during the first few
weeks of 2008, we have now managed to catch up with this latest issue
and we thank you for your patience and support through this time. In
this issue Mrs Kandalgaonkar et al. present their two year study
on lightning in Pune, India. Professor Timothy Burt (our editorial board
member) presents 2007 weather statistics for Durham, UK as well as a
fabulous letters section this month featuring a discussion where one of
our readers challenges Paul Knightley in what caused the Birmingham
tornado of 25 July 2005 (UK). The initial letter and Paul's response
makes thought-provoking, educational reading, not to be missed by any
tornado enthusiast.
Volume 33, Number 325, January/February 2008
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We are sincerely sorry for the delay encountered with
this issue caused by unforeseen events during January. Included in this
issue: a very interesting site investigation was done in the Galtee
Mountains in Ireland by TORRO Director John Tyrrell of a fascinating
funnel cloud. John's write up is the lead paper in the first issue of
2008 - not to be missed. We also have a great paper by our regular
authors Dr Shobha and Dr Dhar on flooding in India and also a stunning
photography section this month of a series of incredible tornado images
from Turkey (front cover). Regular features of TORRO whirlwind report,
Thunder report and Letters are also included.
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(2007)
Weather Myths/Lore In
this new section we discuss weather lore or myths - do you have
a myth you want us to research and find out if it is true?
Contact us with your weather lore!
Red Sky at Night,
Shepherds'/Sailors' Delight. Red Sky in the Morning,
Shepherds'/Sailors' Warning. Ever wondered where that saying
came from?
Even thousands of years ago,
man was attempting to forecast the weather and they'd use
observations to help decide when to plant crops or sail out into
the wide open seas.
When we see red sky in the
morning, this can mean that there is a high water content in the
atmosphere and as the sun rises in the east, the red colour
appears in the sky meaning that there is rain on the way.
Whereas, red sky at night denotes stable air and high pressure,
which generally means fair weather.
Some know the saying as
'shepherds' and others know it as 'sailors' this is because both
used the saying and forecast technique for their jobs. Shepherds
used it to identify when it was safe to plant crops and sailors
used it to work out when best to go out to sea.
Is it true, does it work? Try
it.
Ever feel like it purposefully
rains on Bank Holiday Monday? IJMet researchers are currently
looking back to these days to see just how many rainy Bank
Holidays we have had, and how many have been sunny. Is it just
that we're off work and notice the weather, or does it
purposefully rain on our parade to stop people getting in the
garden, or having a game of golf? What do you think? Send us
your weather mythical articles/letters!
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