#Bureau of Meteorology

[techdriveplay]

Thredbo Resort Basks in Fresh Snow as Polar-Powered Storm Continues

Thredbo Resort is experiencing an exceptional winter season, courtesy of a relentless polar-powered snowstorm. The latest overnight snowfall added another 9cm, bringing the storm’s total accumulation to an impressive 14cm, transforming the resort into a snowy wonderland. The storm began on Sunday afternoon and has been unyielding in its delivery of fresh snow, blizzard conditions, and freezing…

[dearlittlebuttercup]

Me, watching the rain radar to figure out when it would be most beneficial to try to go to sleep: rain should start at 2257 so if i start trying to relax at 2230 it should give me enough to time to relax but have enough time to enjoy the rain before i fall asleep....

[moonstoneistired]

He literally kicked Tecchou (who is even higher in authority than a cop) in the face and then tried to blow him up. He would absolutely punch a cop.

Anyone who says otherwise is wrong and I will not hear them out!!!

The hunting dogs have the power to arrest people so they have similar legal powers as cops I believe,, they’re like a cross between cops and military. With superhuman strength and powers so uh yeah

i desperately need the public consensus on this

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[spacenutspod]

In today’s episode of SpaceTime, Stuart Gary delves into the latest climate predictions as Earth moves into a La Niña watch, signalling potential wet weather and flooding for eastern Australia. We also explore the initial signs of the sun's next solar cycle, detected through sound waves deep within the star, and the intriguing experiment of sending human muscle cells into SpaceTime to study their growth in microgravity. Join us for these stories and more! For more visit www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com www.bitesz.com

[starlightshadowsworld]

“Kunikida’s a bootlicker. He’s nothing but a boring goody too shoes.”

Kunikida stole a car. Kunikida broke into a meteorological bureau because they got the weather report wrong. Kunikida has been arrested 3 times.

Kunikida gave Junichiro, Atsushi and Kyouka weapons. Kunikida electrocuted Akutagawa and gained his respect. Kunikida’s best friend, Katai is a hacker.

Kunikida hates authority.

Kunikida threatened to break Atsushi’s arm when they met.

The fear people have that Kunikida could’ve become the Azure Messenger if he went too far. Not to mention the Azure Apostle, Nobuko Sasaki was the real life Kunikida’s first wife.

Kunikida set off a bomb and used Tecchou as a shield. Kunikida told Kenji to throw the Black Lizard out the window. Every time someone says Kunikida would be a good solider he immediately proves them wrong.

Goody too shoes my arse.

[afeelgoodblog]

Best News of Last Week - December 11

1. Biden administration to forgive $4.8 billion in student loan debt for 80,300 borrowers

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would forgive an additional $4.8 billion in student loan debt, for 80,300 borrowers.

The relief is a result of the U.S. Department of Education’s fixes to its income-driven repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

2. Detroit on pace to have lowest homicide rate in 60 years this year

A partnership to reduce Detroit crime is being praised with the City on pace for the fewest homicides in 60 years.

"This is the day we’ve been waiting for, for a long time," said Mayor Mike Duggan. The coalition which includes city and county leaders that Detroit Police Chief James White formed in late 2021 to return the criminal justice system in Detroit and Wayne County to pre-Covid operations.

3. Dog that killed 8 coyotes to protect sheep running for Farm Dog of the Year

Over a year ago, Casper was stacked up against a pack of 11 coyotes, and he overcame them all to protect the livestock at his Decatur home. Now he needs your help.

Casper, the Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dog, needs the public to vote for him to become the American Farm Bureau's "Farm Dog of the Year: People's Choice Pup" contest.

4. Shimmering golden mole thought extinct photographed and filmed over 80 years after last sighting

De Winton's golden mole, last sighted in 1937, has been found alive swimming through sand dunes in South Africa after an extensive search for the elusive species.

5. About 40% of the world's power generation is now renewable

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have released their first joint report to strengthen understanding of renewable energy resources and their intricate relationship with climate variability and change.

In 2022 alone, 83% of new capacity was renewable, with solar and wind accounting for most additions. Today, some 40% of power generation globally is renewable, due to rapid deployment in the past decade, according to the report.

6. Jonathan the Tortoise: World’s oldest living land animal celebrates 191st birthday

The world’s oldest living land animal - a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan - has just celebrated his 191st birthday. Jonathan’s estimated 1832 birth year predates the invention of the postal stamp, the telephone, and the photograph.

The iconic creature lived through the US civil war, most of the reign of Queen Victoria, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, and two world wars.

7. New enzyme allows CRISPR technologies to accurately target almost all human genes

A team of engineers at Duke University have developed a method to broaden the reach of CRISPR technologies. While the original CRISPR system could only target 12.5% of the human genome, the new method expands access to nearly every gene to potentially target and treat a broader range of diseases through genome engineering.

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[soup-mother]

three beautiful women called Severe weather warning, sheep graziers warning and marine weather warning are speaking to me on the bureau of meteorology app

[baron-von-tibbles]

update 👍

hi perthians are you winning

[buried-in-stardust]

Context: Due to continuous high temperatures (over 40 degrees), the city of Chongqing decided to increase the amount of rain (rainmaking) the afternoon of September 2nd. At the same time, strong winds circulated the city on the same day. The meteorological bureau says that the rainmaking has nothing to do with the wind, however, stating that the winds were caused by natural conditions.

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[yuurei20]

Idia Facts Part 25: Idia and Deuce

Much like every other student Deuce refuses to go to Idia’s aid during Phantom Bride until Crowley blackmails their participation, but he may have saved Idia’s life during Glorious Masquerade, tackling Idia out of the way of a falling chandelier and injuring himself so that he was no longer able to run from the fire lotuses and essentially sacrificing himself for Idia.

The two butt heads all throughout the Wish Upon a Star event, with Deuce insisting that Idia participate in the performance in person rather than remotely.

Idia refuses: “I’m contributing as a Stargazer. I don’t need you to nitpick HOW I do it. Oh, but if we’re gonna nitpick—what about YOU? Are you pulling YOUR weight?…What, you think Wishing Stars are more valuable if you leave your room to get them? How about you get some results before hopping up on your high horse?”

Idia mocks Deuce to his face about being surprised by the weather (“You’re low-key being a baby right now. Who could’ve guessed the weather bureau’s meteorologically determined forecast would prove accurate? Not you, apparently. Sciencing is hard, LOL.”) and for going all out on “kiddie school activities,” for “running around like a headless chicken,” and being a chump, but Deuce is still sincerely impressed by the gear that Idia crafts for Ortho to enable him to fly into space.

Deuce is less impressed by Idia refusing to help clean up the mess that the gear makes: “He said, I quote, ‘I hard carried the whole team by crafting the Stargazer gear. I don’t owe them anything ever again.’”

Idia is Deuce’s interviewer for his second birthday vignette.

[techdriveplay]

Polar-Powered Snowstorm Sets In At Thredbo Resort

A cold polar air mass heading north has brought an intense snowstorm to Thredbo Resort, creating ideal conditions for winter sports enthusiasts. The storm began yesterday afternoon, delivering 5 cm of fresh snow accompanied by blizzard conditions, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. Experts predict that this low-pressure system will persist throughout the week, forecasting a fresh snow…

[nando161mando]

Heatwave to turn parts of Australia into ‘one of the hottest places in the world’ this week

https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/04/heatwave-to-turn-parts-of-australia-into-one-of-the-hottest-places-in-the-world-this-week

[the-hilda-librarians-wife]

@hilda-appreciation-week 2024 - Day 6: Favourite Location(s)

The Greater Trolberg Meteorological Bureau

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

The Southern Hemisphere, where it’s winter, has been really hot too

Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, and Australia had heat waves in the past few months. Now spring begins.

It’s been a hot, brutal, record-breaking summer across much of the world, and it’s not quite ready to let go as late-season heat waves bake parts of the United States, the United Kingdom, North Africa, and the Middle East.

The long goodbye is a fitting cap to a season of deadly heat that contributed to severe drought in some areas and torrential rainfall in others. High temperatures also set the stage for wildfires in Greece and Turkey, Canada, Hawaii, and Louisiana.

But at least people north of the equator can look forward to some relief as autumn and winter set in. The 850 million people in the Southern Hemisphere, on the other hand, are emerging from some of their hottest winter temperatures on record and bracing for even more heat as the warmer seasons begin.

In fact, the weather was pretty much like summer in June, July, and August across parts of South America, Africa, and Australia. Peruvians went to the beach last month as temperatures reached 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Similarly balmy weather engulfed Paraguay and Chile. Buenos Aires, Argentina, reached 86°F, the hottest August temperature in at least 117 years. The heat was downright dangerous in Brazil as thermometers ticked above 100°F. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology confirmed this month that Australia experienced its hottest winter since record keeping began more than a century ago. Even down near the South Pole, warmer air and water have led to the lowest sea ice extent on record around Antarctica.

“Some of these set new records by a large margin, also known as ‘record shattering’ extremes,” explained Michael Grose, a senior research scientist at CSIRO, Australia’s government science agency, in an email.

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[starlightshadowsworld]

Some random scenes in Bsd that we hear about that I’d love to see:

Chuuya and Ranpo inside Poe’s novel world. Chuuya trying to solve the mystery and then going fuck it and throwing hands. Also him just finally getting out covered in blood and seething.

Kunikida getting arrested.

I can just see the Agency celebrating and Minoura showing up like “hate to crash your party. But he’s coming with us.” Everyone fighting back until Kunikida turns himself in.

Fukuchi smuggling a coffin into the airport. Honestly any scene of him smuggling around Bram without anyone realising.

The conversation between Mori and the Agency after the boat fight. Fukuzawa learning who betrayed Ranpo and Atsushi. Atsushi in Akutagawa’s coat explaining what happened.

Two scenes from when Atsushi spent 2 weeks homeless. One from when he was human and one from when he was a tiger.

The first time someone woke up a sleeping Kenji. Since 55 minutes tell us that Kenji is terrifying to wake up.

Also on 55 minutes, Kunikida breaking into that meteorological bureau.

Sigma attacking and taking the memories of the page from Cheif Taneda.

Dazai and Ranpo discussing the Mersault plan. And Ango and Chuuya learning what their parts are.

Fukuchi seeing Fyodor doodling on the wall or whatever and deciding it means a world war is gonna happen.

Kunikida’s perspective on being under the effects of Q’s ability.

The government taking Kunikida’s body after the helicopter stuff. Atsushi and Kyouka spending 2 days up in a vent and learning the news.

Natsume finding and helping Katai and him figuring out Fyodor’s location.

Ranpo asking Poe about writing a novel for Fukuchi and Fukuzawa.

Whatever the ‘laughing lemon incident is.’

[theoutcastrogue]

"In December 2013, a curator and archaeologist purchased an antique silk dress with an unusual feature: a hidden pocket that held two sheets of paper with mysterious coded text written on them. People have been trying to crack the code ever since, and someone finally succeeded: University of Manitoba data analyst Wayne Chan. He discovered that the text is actually coded telegraph messages describing the weather used by the US Army and (later) the weather bureau. Chan outlined all the details of his decryption in a paper published in the journal Cryptologia. [...]

When Rivers-Cofield turned the dress inside-out, she found a small hidden pocket. Many women's dresses of the era had pockets, but this one would only be accessible by hiking up the overskirt. She puzzled over why anyone would make a pocket so inaccessible and thought it might have been used to smuggle messages. Hidden inside, she found two sheets of wadded-up translucent paper measuring about 7.5 inches by 11 inches. The text on each sheet consisted of 12 lines of recognizable common English words—except they made no sense. "Bismark omit leafage buck bank"? "Paul Ramify loamy event false new event"? [...]

With the invention of the telegraph, "For the first time in history, observations from distant locations could be rapidly disseminated, collated, and analyzed to provide a synopsis of the state of weather across an entire nation," Chan wrote in his paper. But it was expensive to send telegrams since companies charged by the word, so codes were developed to condense as much information into as few words as possible.

The challenge was figuring out which code book had been used since, otherwise, it would be nearly impossible to decode the message. Chan perused some 170 telegraphic code books, finally coming across a section about signals used by the US Army Signal Corps that were similar to the pages found in the antique silk dress. Eventually, he realized that the words were codes used by weather stations in the US and Canada to condense telegraph messages about meteorological observations. He relied on old maps to narrow the date to May 27, 1888."

Mysteries remain: who was the owner of the silk dress (a telegraph operator?), and why would she keep these papers in a hidden pocket?