WA News No54 - 16 th August 2009

WeatherAction advances Storm forecasts:
August storms success in Pacific and Atlantic - Mid August Report

Buildings swept into floods 12th August after Typhoon Morakot swept Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan
( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1205758/Typhoon-Morakot-Miracle-700-people-safe-landslides-obliterate-villages-Taiwan-typhoon.html#ixzz0ONDoUUNm ).

Tropical Storms (TS) Goni and Morakot formed in the South China Sea / nearby west Pacific in the 'around 4-6 August' period and region as forecast by WeatherAction. Morakot subsequently confirmed WeatherAction's 'End Game forecast' staying below Category 3 expectations of standard forecasts and tracking more south giving greater rain & subsequent flood damage to Southern Taiwan. Goni & Morakot both also hit mainland China in line with WeatherAction.com warnings and caused extensive damage. See also  9th August 2009 WeatherAction News No 52 .

Ts Etau become a TS on 9th Aug confirming WeatherAction's forecast for formation in Pacific West of Taiwan around 8th-9th and subsequently developed in 11-12 August forecast window for Formation/Rapid Development and grazed Japan in line with WeatherAction warning for a typhoon 'getting near Japan but proper hit unlikely' around or after then. 

In the East Pacific Weather Action's forecast windows for Tropical Storm formation / Rapid development of 8/9 Aug was confirmed by Tropical Depression 9E forming on 9th; and for period 11/12 Aug by TS Maka becoming Storm on 11th; TD Mala formed 11th and Hurricane-3 Guillermo TD 12th /TS 13th 03z.

In the Atlantic Tropical Depression Invest 99 formed off Gambia in WeatherAction's 8-9 Aug time window; and Tropical Storm Ana ( http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/2009/index.html )  formed on 11th deep in Atlantic - some way from USA - confirming WeatherAction's 11/12th window explicitly for 'Major TS Deep in Atlantic landfall unlikely' 

Piers Corbyn astrophysicist of WeatherAction.com said:

"We are very pleased with these long range forecast results in all three storm formation regions.

"The West Pacific forecasts show we can well predict likely landfalls or near landfalls in Taiwan, China and Japan as well as Philippines in earlier forecasts and improve in the short range on official forecasts of the tracks of deadly storms.

"For the Atlantic our explicit forecast for the formation of most notable Atlantic storm so far - in this so far low activity Atlantic season which we also predicted - was confirmed to the day in the deep Atlantic region we expected by Ana forming as a TD on 11th.

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9th August 2009 WeatherAction News No 52 = http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=71&c=1
Typhoon Morakot thrashes Taiwan in line with WeatherAction EndGame forecast. Extreme events worldwide well confirm forecasts for 4-6 August Solar Weather Impact Period

6th August 2009 WeatherAction News No 51 = http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=70&c=1
WeatherAction World long range Extremes Events Forecasts - New service launched

6th August 2009 WeatherAction News No 50 = http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=69&c=1
WeatherAction spot on forecast for South China Sea Storm Goni and END GAME TRIAL FORECAST for Typhoon Morakot headed for Taiwan

10th August 2009 WeatherAction News No 53 = http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=72&c=1
Met Office bashed over bonuses for trickery & failure! Piers Corbyn writes to Lord Peter Mandelson acting Prime Minister: "The MetOffice long range & Climate operation should be called to account & put-out to tender".

23rd July 2009 WeatherAction News No 47= http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=67&c=1  WeatherAction News 2009 No 47 What Does & Does Not Cause Climate Change and the threat to integrity in science - New PowerPoint Presentation & Letter from Piers Corbyn to Prof Sir Peter Knight, Imperial College Director of Research.