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Severe Flooding Sweeps Away Cars Across Southern China City

June 14, 2016 by robertspeta 0 Comments

The “Plum Rains” did not seem so innocent on Tuesday in the city of Luizhou China where over 250mm of rainfall occurred forcing the Liujiang River to burst its banks creating a torrent of mud and flood waters through the southern China city.

The video below shows the result of this horrific deluge which apparently hit rather swiftly. You can see people on top of cars in the video clinging on for their life as the vehicles wash through the streets.

At this time there has been no reports of casualties in THAT specific incident but over the past several weeks there has been casualties along with a estimated price tag of damages over 7.8 million dollars.

The spring rains are common for this time of year yet this years rains have been extra harsh on the southern areas of China.

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This synoptic setup also brought torrential rainfall across Taiwan and in to the Southern Japanese islands as well. In Taiwan one 72hr rainfall report pushed over 600mm. Okinawa also seen 143mm in just a 6hr span on Tuesday.

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Good news is soon the front should start to move north with the changing of the season towards summer. This means areas from Shanghai north will start to feel the impacts of the rainy season front.

See how the rainy season works below.

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Daily update- Tuesday, June 14, 2016

June 14, 2016 by voxianguy 0 Comments

NWPAC outlook, 14, JUN

The East Asian monsoon continues to wreak havoc across the north and central region, as it works slowly to the north with each passing day. The south region heats up again as the ENSO (El Niño–Southern Oscillation) changes start to work slowly into the global climate. The tropics remain silent today, which is both a blessing and a curse.

NORTH

Méiyǔ energy and moisture continue to creep into the north region as the East Asian rainy season, commonly called the plum rain, known as 梅雨, or, méiyǔ in China; 梅雨, or tsuyu/baiu in Japan; 장마, or, jangma in Korea; and затяжные, or, zatyazhnie in Russia, slowly works into the more northerly latitudes with each passing day. Much of the energy has been pushed south with the latest surge, but a new storm system will generate clouds, showers, and thunderstorms across Mongolia, Russia, and northern China later today. Other locations across the region will see a break today, but it will be short-lived with more energy moving into the region through the week.

City	High/Low C		High/Low F		Conditions
Ulaanbaatar	20	8	68	46	Scattered showers likely
Vladivostok	18	11	64	52	Cloudy
Beijing	22	17	72	63	Scattered thunderstorms likely
Seoul	29	20	84	68	Mostly fair
Tokyo	25	19	77	66	Partly cloudy
Xi’an	36	21	97	70	Partly cloudy and HOT
Shanghai	29	23	84	73	Mostly fair

CENTRAL

The latest surge from the north has pushed the East Asian monsoon front back down into the region, firing up more showers and thunderstorms across the region. Parts of southeastern China and Taiwan have already been inundated for the past several days, and Okinawa has seen severe weather break out at times. There will be more of the same for the next few days as lingering energy and incoming moisture generate round after round of rainfall. To the southwest, most of the moisture has been pulled away to the northeast, as a developing semi-stationary low pressure area over the Gulf of Tonkin evacuates the moisture and brings slightly drier air in from the north on the return flow of the system, stabilizing the atmosphere enough to suppress shower development. Temperatures will be hot over northern Vietnam and southern China, with heat indices approaching 48C (118F) in some spots.

City	High/Low C		High/Low F		Conditions
Kunming	25	16	77	61	Scattered thunderstorms likely
Hong Kong	32	28	90	82	Thunderstorms likely
Taipei	34	26	84	79	Scattered thunderstorms likely
Naha	28	26	82	79	Thunderstorms likely
Hanoi	39	29	102	84	Partly cloudy & HOT

SOUTH

The south region will see a rather benign weather scenario today, as latent moisture stays entrenched over the region and gets fired up by the intense afternoon sun into scattered clouds, showers, and thunderstorms. As has been the case for the past several days, slightly drier air from the north will keep showers activity muted across much of interior Indochina, helping temperatures jump way up and bringing heat indices up to hazardous levels. Just about everyone will see the possibility of an afternoon thunderstorm, and some of these storms could dump locally heavy rains in some spots with the possibility of localized flooding and landslides in the higher terrain.

City	High/Low C		High/Low F		Conditions
Siem Reap	37	27	99	81	Scattered thunderstorms & HOT
Ho Chi Minh	33	26	91	79	Thunderstorms possible
Manila	32	25	90	77	Scattered thunderstorms possible
Davao City	33	24	91	75	Scattered thunderstorms possible
Brunei	32	25	90	77	Scattered thunderstorms possible
Singapore	31	26	88	79	Scattered thunderstorms possible

TROPICS

I have another short and sweet report on the tropics today as there is nothing in the way of significant weather out there. Scattered pockets of general convergence embedded within the ITCZ (Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone) will help generate showers and scattered thunderstorms for most locations.

City	High/Low C		High/Low F		Conditions
Guam	33	28	91	82	Partly cloudy
Yap	34	26	93	79	Thunderstorms possible
Palau	30	27	86	81	Scattered thunderstorms possible
Chuuk	30	26	86	79	Scattered thunderstorms possible
Pohnpei	30	24	86	75	Thunderstorms possible
Majuro	30	27	86	81	Thunderstorms possible
Wake	29	27	84	81	Partly cloudy

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Courtesy: CIMSS, Tropical Tidbits, Intellicast, WUnderground.com, N.R.L., RAMMB-NOAA

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