WORLD WEATHER THREAD

Super Typhoon Bopha:

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This still image of Super Typhoon Bopha was taken by Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford on Sunday, Dec. 2 from the International Space Station, as the storm bore down on the Philippines with winds of 135 miles per hour.

Parts of the orbital outpost are seen in the picture -- the Permanent Multipurpose Module on the left, and Mini-Research Module 1 on the right.

Image credit: NASA
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Woohoo - about to get hit by a massive blizzard over here. Just been told work will be closed tomorrow \0/

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 12 TO 17 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR.
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Can't beat a bit of thundersnow :)
 
Blizzard Moves Through

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This image was taken from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on Saturday, Feb. 9, at 7:01 a.m. EST. Two low pressure systems came together and formed a giant nor'easter centered right over New England creating blizzards from Massachusetts to New York. the image was created by NASA's GOES Project at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

Image credit: NASA/GOES Project
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One of the first major supercells forming in the US as we speak. A very real threat to the people of Concord, Georgia.

Turned into one heckof a supercell and potentially very dangerous. The hook echo is clearly very profound and the velocity image on the right is showing a very tightly wrapping wind speed and a potential tornado.

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Strong Storms Over Oklahoma

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This image of the storm system that generated the F-4 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma was taken by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard one of the Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites. The image was captured on May 20, 2013, at 19:40 UTC (2:40 p.m. CDT) as the tornado began its deadly swath.

Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid
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Hurricane Sandy's near-surface winds are visible in this NASA GEOS-5 global atmosphere model computer simulation that runs from Oct. 26 to Oct. 31, 2012.

The model works by dividing Earth's atmosphere into a virtual grid of stacked boxes. A supercomputer then solves mathematical equations inside each box to create a weather forecast predicting Sandy's structure, path and other traits. The NASA model not only produced an accurate track of Sandy, but also captured fine-scale details of the storm's changing intensity and winds.
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Someone should start a chart in UK where they show predicted weather in a location and then what actually happens. I bet its only 50% right most of the time
 
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