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Franklin in Europe

#1 Postby P.K. » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:53 am

Ex-Franklin is now approaching Iceland. 8-)

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#2 Postby Coredesat » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:10 am

Holy crap, I've been looking for those maps for a LONG time (I'd like to see where the storms go after they become extratropical). Thanks for posting this. :lol:
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#3 Postby P.K. » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:16 am

I'd been following it anyway but it us now far enough across to be listed on there. Still can't work out why the Germans name everything though. :lol:
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#4 Postby WindRunner » Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:59 am

And what's with the "Namen" :?: :D
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#5 Postby EDR1222 » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:26 am

Looks like Franklins remenants continue on. Maybe he will make it all the way to Europe.
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#6 Postby P.K. » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:33 am

Across Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and into Norway by the looks of the latest Met Office forecasts.

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#7 Postby Astro_man92 » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:32 pm

Franklin need to E-mail me and tell how he is doing lol
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#8 Postby EDR1222 » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:58 pm

Astro_man92 wrote:Franklin need to E-mail me and tell how he is doing lol



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#9 Postby ChaserUK » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:40 pm

well here is why they name everything:

Giving names to high and low pressure systems has a long tradition. Since 1954, the Institute of Meteorology of the Free University of Berlin has done so. Every single high or low that influences the (middle) European weather obtains a female or a male name. You can see them in many weather briefings in newspapers, on radios and on TV-stations.

Weather report Berliner Tagesspiegel and n-tv Fernsehen
With Adopt-a-Vortex everybody is able to participate in the naming process. This is not only for entertainment purposes, but it has a very serious reason. Adopting a vortex means to enable the continuation of the comprehensive weather and climate observation, which is carried out at the Institute of Meteorology of the Free University of Berlin, Euro by Euro.

Of course supporting this initiative does not mean that you really influence the weather itself, instead you can leave your signature on the weather charts. After the high or low has ‘died’ or vanished from the weather charts, every client of ours gets a ‘Post Mortem Documentation’ consisting of a certificate, weather chart of the ‘day of birth’ and some other individual information about his / her vortex. So give joy to yourself or loved ones!

In 2005, highs obtain female names and lows get male names. In 2006, this will change and highs will be male and lows will be female. In the following table you can see the current situation: The given names, their adopters and the ‘day of birth’. Free names are indicated by their first letters and also have the status ‘free’.
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#10 Postby P.K. » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:37 pm

Ah so there is a reason, I hadn't actually looked into why they were naming them. :lol:
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#11 Postby ChaserUK » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:43 pm

LOL - its all a bit odd is it not - personally I think in the UK we should name our intense Atlantic LP's - say anything with winds of 35mph or more.
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#12 Postby P.K. » Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:41 pm

I'm sure there was a discussion about this on Net-Weather over the winter but I don't think there was a definitive yes or no to that. Would we have to retire names that do damage as well then? (I'm thinking about that storm in the winter with 133mph winds)
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