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Domino
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Loc: Makati City, Philippines

Re: Have handheld weather station, will travel?
Sat May 13 2006 12:28 AM

Nice to see others out there

Luckily, I suppose, this storm turned a bit south. The forecast track a couple days ago had it nailing us in Manila with a direct hit. Today we are experiencing effects of the storm. We are getting rain bands every so often and some gusty winds. Unfortunately there is no place for me to go that is unprotected..but with my handheld station I have recorded as high as a 26.5 mph wind in a protected area.

The pressure is dropping in Manila. Yesterday morning it was 1007, last night on the way to work 1000, this morning down to 998. Dew point is a whopping 78 and outside temperature is 79.

I'm staying on the 16th floor of the Mandarin Oriental and I have a great view of the city. Lights are flickering on occasion but that's about it here.

I am still amazed by the difference between the JTWC and the local weather agency. The local agency last night was forecasting for this thing to recurve before ever hitting land and spinning out to sea in the Pacific. Not a single model was forecasting that. Also the local agency continues to call this a tropical storm and downplays the wind speed. I know if I'm getting 26.5 mph winds in a protected area over 200 miles from the center...they are getting a LOT more down there.

Talking to locals they say basically it never is forecasted for any typhoon to hit Manila. May I quote one..."if it does...surprise!" My theory is basically there is nowhere to go here so alerting the public would probably do nothing more than cause panic. Any thoughts?

Oh PS...I work here about 1/4 of the year, the rest of the time I live in Indianapolis. So far I've been here for a 5.8 earthquake, a coup attempt, a stampeed, a mudslide and now...a typhoon.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
TS Chanchu	Domino	Sat May 13 2006 12:28 AM
Re: TS Chanchu	Domino	Thu May 11 2006 11:19 AM
Re: TS Chanchu	Domino	Thu May 11 2006 03:37 PM
Typhoon Chanchu aka Tropical Storm Caloy	Domino	Thu May 11 2006 03:45 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu aka Tropical Storm Caloy	Barbiemanila	Sat May 13 2006 02:16 AM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu aka Tropical Storm Caloy	Margie	Sat May 13 2006 03:11 AM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu aka Tropical Storm Caloy	CaneTrackerInSoFl	Sun May 14 2006 12:24 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu aka Tropical Storm Caloy	Margie	Sun May 14 2006 01:52 PM
Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Margie	Sun May 14 2006 03:30 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Margie	Sun May 14 2006 07:18 PM
Philippines Aftermath for Chanchu aka Caloy	Domino	Sun May 14 2006 07:37 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Tiff	Sun May 14 2006 07:11 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Margie	Sun May 14 2006 07:32 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Tiff	Sun May 14 2006 08:20 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Margie	Sun May 14 2006 08:35 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Hannu	Mon May 15 2006 09:43 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Deep Surge	Mon May 15 2006 11:07 PM
Chanchu in cool waters	Margie	Tue May 16 2006 01:02 AM
Re: Chanchu in cool waters	Clark	Tue May 16 2006 03:59 AM
Re: Chanchu in cool waters	Deep Surge	Tue May 16 2006 04:49 AM
Re: Chanchu in cool waters	Margie	Tue May 16 2006 11:18 AM
Re: Chanchu in cool waters	Margie	Tue May 16 2006 02:05 PM
Re: Chanchu in cool waters	Margie	Tue May 16 2006 02:17 PM
Re: Chanchu in cool waters	Margie	Tue May 16 2006 02:18 PM
Re: Chanchu in cool waters	Margie	Tue May 16 2006 09:30 PM
Chanchu update	malt-teaser	Wed May 17 2006 05:18 PM
Re: Chanchu update	Margie	Fri May 19 2006 03:22 AM
Re: Chanchu update	malt-teaser	Wed May 17 2006 05:21 PM
Re: Chanchu in cool waters	Hannu	Tue May 16 2006 10:52 AM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Tiff	Sun May 14 2006 08:48 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	CaneTrackerInSoFl	Sun May 14 2006 10:01 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	HanKFranK	Mon May 15 2006 03:01 AM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Margie	Mon May 15 2006 02:50 AM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Clark	Mon May 15 2006 06:03 AM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Margie	Mon May 15 2006 02:16 PM
lesser storm	HanKFranK	Mon May 15 2006 07:35 PM
Re: lesser storm	malt-teaser	Mon May 15 2006 09:15 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	alyssum	Mon May 15 2006 12:53 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	malt-teaser	Mon May 15 2006 08:54 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	alyssum	Tue May 16 2006 04:19 AM
Chanchu is done	Margie	Mon May 15 2006 12:12 PM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Tiff	Mon May 15 2006 03:00 AM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu bombing	Margie	Mon May 15 2006 03:24 AM
Have handheld weather station, will travel?	Margie	Fri May 12 2006 04:49 PM
Re: Have handheld weather station, will travel?	CaneTrackerInSoFl	Fri May 12 2006 09:26 PM
Re: Have handheld weather station, will travel?	Margie	Fri May 12 2006 10:50 PM
Re: Have handheld weather station, will travel?	Domino	Sat May 13 2006 12:28 AM
Re: Typhoon Chanchu aka Tropical Storm Caloy	hockeyucf	Thu May 11 2006 04:22 PM

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