Severe weather pounds parts of Texas with hail, 70 mph winds

April 24, 2008
0415z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite (12 hour loop)

The central longitude of North American is experiencing an heat transfer from the Equator, beginning to infuse with added moisture from the Gulf.


April 23, 2008
Kansas City, Kansas
Photographer states :: A nice blend of neon and the grandeur of a storm front!


April 24, 2008
0415z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of USA (12 hour loop)

April 23, 2008

Colby, Kansas

Photographer states :: Looking at Colby with light rain, dust and 51 mph winds

Passenger plane crash-lands in Bucharest

April 19, 2008
Timisora, Romania

http://www.chinaview.cn/
2008-04-23 04:01:25
BUCHAREST, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A passenger plane of Romanian airliner Carpatair on Tuesday evening ran off the landing strip on the Henri Coanda International Airport in Bucharest, because of the unfavorable weather conditions.
According to Catalin Radu, director of Civil Aviation Department with Transport Ministry, the BAE-146 plane coming from western city of Timisoara had some 60 passengers on board, and no passenger was injured.
"While attempting to land, because of the strong wind and the wet runway, the plane overrun the track, but the none of the passengers was hurt," Catalin Radu said, adding that all passengers left the plane safely.
Editor: Yan Liang

April 19, 2008

Timisora, Romania

Photographer states :: A view from my window.

That cloud formation is extremely similar to the edge of a hurricane, not a thunder storm.

The weather in Antarctica is (Crystal Ice Chime) cold and dark again.

SCOTT BASE WEBCAMS
These images are sent from video cameras situated at Scott Base. The first camera is located in the Hillary Field Centre briefing room, looking towards the vehicle hitching rail and the Pressure Ridges on the Ross Ice Shelf, with White Island in the distance, while the second is at the Arrival Heights Research Laboratory.


Updated Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:16pm AEST
A New Zealand energy company plans to transport three wind turbines to Antarctica.
Meridian Energy is sending the turbines to help provide power for its research bases.
Company spokeswoman, Claire Shaw, told the ABC the turbines will help reduce the use of diesel fuel.But she says setting them up will be a challenge.
"There's a lot of major challenges and often it's the logistics and the environment that get us," she said.
"We're quite happy with the technology, [but] obviously it's an isolated continent so we're going to have some real expert project managers there."
Australia established wind turbines at its Mawson base in 2005.