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  • Re: What's a storm?

    From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Björn Felten on Sat Apr 1 11:08:20 2017
    Bjorn,

    there was one brief winter
    storm (if you want to call it that), that brought an inch or two of snow in January.

    I'm sorry to be totally off topic here, but I can't help taking the opportunity to ask if you guys across the pond mean the same thing as
    we do over here, when you say "storm".

    Sometimes -- usually when watching YouTube clips :) -- I get the feeling that it's mostly about the downfall and not about the wind
    speed. Over here storm means winds averaging 10-11 on the Beaufort
    scale (24.5 - 28.4 m/s).

    I doubt it means the same thing, especially from a meteorological
    standpoint.

    Wind wise, a Lake Wind Advisory is issued for winds (sustained or gusts)
    for a certain period of time, from 25 to 39 mph.

    Wind Advisories are from 40 to 55 mph, and High Wind Warnings are above
    that.

    Storm wise, it can mean any form of inclement weather...either severe
    weather (tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, flooding rain), winter
    weather (snow/blizzard, freezing rain/ice storm), or just a single thunderstorm. To many, if it "storms", they associate it with inclement weather.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mike Powell on Tue Apr 4 08:13:28 2017
    Mike,

    Here, they do sometimes "abuse" the use of the word storm. A heavy rainfall might be called a storm, for example. But "Severe Thunderstorms" are usually defined by wind and/or hail potential (and sometimes, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning), "Flash Flood (storm) Warnings" by the potential for heavy rainfall resulting in rapid flooding, and "Tornado (storm) Warnings" are usually severe
    thunderstorms with the potential of very heavy winds and spinning up a tornado (a storm with vertical twisting winds usually > 74MPH).

    If you go to www.weather.gov -- you see a whole slew of Warnings, Watches, and Advisories, for various "weather items". One item they issued years ago, but don't anymore, was a "Travelers Advisory for Slippery Roads".

    Daryl

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