Hurricane Ivan - Live webcam and weather station

[Sam Jowett]

Hi all,

Stuart Robinson (who some of you may know) has flown out from the UK to taste Ivans wrath when he makes landfall. He's taken with him a weather station that he half expects to get written off and a webcam, with the plan that he can feed back live data from the hurricane. It'll be dependent on power (though they'll have an invertor running off the engine at times) and internet connectivity (landline, via mobile etc). Hopefully they can feed back some useful readings and information.

It's all viewable at http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/chase/ivan.asp.

Stay safe guys and anyone else that happens to be in the path when he comes ashore.

[MBryant]

My condolences to your families.

[Sam Jowett]

Stuarts intention is to be completely responsible, not putting himself or anyone else in danger. He has plenty of experience storm chasing on the plains and witnessed the landfall of Hurricane Isabel last year, so I'm confident that his family have nothing to worry about.

With the skills of Jim Bartlett who is joining him, I expect they'll be in a position to actually help the relief effort once Ivan has moved on too.

[Sam Jowett]

Stu and Jim are currently still in Tampa, FL, but plan to take up position between Mobile, AL and Panama City, FL during Tuesday, according to how the latest forecast tracks look. This is why the output from the weather station and webcam are a little *odd*. I shall update you all when the rig gets mounted on to their vehicle and starts recording more useful data...

[Sam Jowett]

Stu and Jim are now en route to either Mobile or Pensacola and will settle in an appropriate building that is well above the potential storm surge and can survive the winds. The webcam and weather station are curerntly running live on top of the vehicle, hence the wind speed recordings of 60mph!