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Typhoon Music Video 2012 Recap

Posted by: Spetrm, 3:14 AM GMT on April 27, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spVvDu_iSFA

A must watch for those of you who follow the western pacific and westpacwx.com. This video takes a look back at the 2012 Typhoon Season, some of the strongest storms and where they hit.

Music by Moss

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Japan Holiday Weekend Forecast / Hong Kong Storms

Posted by: Spetrm, 4:08 PM GMT on April 25, 2013

A little break in the weather across Japan today following yesterdays soaker that dropped nearly 200mm in central Japan. Although this brief break will end through Friday as a small disturbance pushes across much of northern Japan. Even Tokyo some light showers in the evening are possible before things clear up through the weekend with sunny skies across most of Japan over the holiday weekend here. For those in Hokkiodo though, a few lingerin...

Updated: 4:39 PM GMT on April 25, 2013

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Top 5 Strongest Typhoons in History (All Stronger than Wilma)

Posted by: Spetrm, 8:18 AM GMT on April 18, 2013

The Western Pacific has some of the Most Destructive Storms in the World, this video breaks down the Top five most intense typhoons according to pressure in recent history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW6hhhWB_OM

What comes away interesting from this list though is that even due to global warming all these occur in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Likely due to the fact Recon aircraft was available at the time. I wonder if recent storms would...

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Extreme Earth / Westpacwx101

Posted by: Spetrm, 11:12 AM GMT on March 29, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXA1AVpOdc

A web-series for weather in the western pacific, I have been working on this for awhile and really think it is something to share here. I hope you enjoy it!

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Indonesia’s Cloud Seeding Venture.

Posted by: Spetrm, 10:17 AM GMT on March 05, 2013

Indonesia has been practicing the act of cloud seeding for several years now, there goal to increase rainfall in drought stricken areas and fight forest fires across Sumatra and Borneo.

For those who are not sure of what cloud seeding is here is a quick explanation from Wikipedia.

“Cloud seeding, a form of intentional weather modification, is the attempt to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing...

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