Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Meteorology / June 2004

sh.t!  Overnight minimum of 11C predicted for Cairns tonight!
<http://www.weatherzone.com.au/forecasts/capitalForecasts.jsp>
Might as well live in friggin' Sydney!  But then, tomorrow is
predicted to be 25C in Cairns and only 17C in Sydney.  :)

Ostend Beach
10:00H
18°C, 1019 HPa, 94% Rh, watertemp.: 14.7°C, wind: W - 4 Bft.
Oostduinkerke Beach

Is there a readily-available source for maps (not point values) of
forecast surface dewpoint?  Forecast charts sometimes include things
like 700 mb relative humidity but I've not been able to find one with
surface dewpoints.  TIA.

is there a general method to find nautical twilight begin/end times if
you know civil twilight begin/end times as well as lat/long (and
elevation if that matters)?
any help will  be much appreciated...

I need to find all available wind observations for the vicinity of
Orange County, NY for this past Monday (June 21st).  I assume these are
archived somewhere on the web.  Could somebody point me in the right
direction?  Thanks.

    is there any website where I can pull up model-derived
(preferably ETA but any will do!) forecast skew-t data ***in
alphanumeric format*** for an arbitrary lat/long inside CONUS?
pictures I have aplenty, they do not help at all :(  Any help will be

If anyone is interested in finding out surise, sunset, moonrise, moonset,
sun altitude, sun rising azimuth, moon phase etc. in a SIMPLE to use and
display program try the one I have made up at www.rsimons.org/sunmoon.
The only information that you need to know is the latitude, ...

Anyone know of a Web site where I can find the all-time record high
and low temperatures for Watertown, NY?  I tried the NCDC, but the
data is obviously geared to the professional and not the average joe
such as me.

The current TAF for LGA is:
TAF KLGA 131131Z 131212 22005KT P6SM BKN250
    FM1600 18010G15KT P6SM SCT200
    FM1800 16010G20KT P6SM BKN200

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4949299-103690,00.html
Oil chief: my fears for planet
Shell boss's 'confession' shocks industry
David Adam, science correspondent

Pollution Shifting Rain Patterns in Sierra, Worldwide
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/10/state2020ED
T7076.DTL
or
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/061404G.shtml

Looks like there is a 1010 surface low in the gulf of mexico with a
closed low level circulation.  Be nice if it brought some moisture up
into the southeastern states that are experiencing drought.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/06/15/weatherpage.am.ap/index.html
Showers, storms forcast across U.S.
(AP) -- Scattered rain and thunderstorms were on tap Tuesday across the
East, while heavier rainfall was expected in the Deep South and Southeast.

Dianmu (West Pacific, East of the Philippines)
Looks it seems to "bomb".  Present central pressure: 892 mbar, winds
along the eye-wall: 145 kts.
See:  http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html  (Yes, it is in