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Alastair Thompson Profile picture
@althecat
May 20, 2021 • 15 tweets • 15 min read • Read on X
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We have another large #ArabianStorm which was not anticipated by the global weather models. And like those before it, it is fueled by the #WestAfricaMonsoon and a #WestAfricaWaterPlume. This time across the Red Sea in the vicinity of #Makkah.

Today's rainfall forecasts follow.
This animation shows the current state of a weather event that has been a few days in coming. #ArabianStorms

@Arab_Storms
The origin of this event is very similar to that which caused several days of extremely severe thunderstorms in #Oman earlier in the month. This animation is from May 18th shortly after it first appeared in the @zoom_earth satellite imagery.
Current precipitable water model observations for the #MiddleEast. The flow of water vapor from central Africa into northern #SaudiArabia is continuing.
10 Day Rainfall forecasts for 20 May follow:

First North Africa where a spectacular #DesertRain Western Sahara rain event is forecast.
2nd #HornOfAfrica #Ethiopia #nilebasin #GERD
3rd Middle East 10-Day
4th #MiddleEast long range 16 and 12 day forecasts.
5th #Jordan #Israel #palestine
It’s clear from the latest forecasts that the @NOAA GFS and @ECMWF models are still struggling to model the significantly more complex Middle East weather situation & its African Monsoon origins. Neither model is showing any Levant and Northern #ArabianPeninsula rainfall.
... #ThreadBreakFix...
You can watch the latest unusual #ArabianStorms causing event live at this link. zoom.earth/#view=26.25,39… on zoom_earth
None of this is a criticism of the leading GFS and ECMWF global models. They remain preeminent among supercomputer model. Their forecasts for Cyclone #Tauktae were spot on. Both models are now predicting a tropical storm in the Bay of Bengal.
MLSP forecasts showing a tropical storm making landfall near Calcutta mid next week.
Long range 10, 12 and 16 day rainfall forecasts for the Indian sub-continent and it’s attendant increasingly active adjacent seas, #ArabianSea #BayOfBengal

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I, for one hope very much that he succeeds in his objectives.
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Netanyahu’s Desperate PANIC & Massive Cover-Up Exposed via @YouTube
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He tweeted “only AFD can save germany” both before and after the Magdeburg attack
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This made me cry …. Tears streaming down my face. This is so very sad.

#Gazaunderattack
#GazaUnderFire
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And he will then have to make a decision on whether he is willing to remain in the U.S.
@realDonaldTrump Should he proceed as he has intimated that he should now be pursued by protestors everywhere he goes.
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🔴 Al Jazeera English FLASHBACK| Live via @YouTubeyoutube.com/live/gCNeDWCI0…
Immediately after this speech NETANYAHU ORDERED AIR STRIKES ON LEBANON
From the inside the global forum of all of the UN Building.
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The best outcome of this would be if it turned into a Dunkirk result for the injured and wounded of Gaza to be taken to Europe for medical treatment.
There is a lot of concern about evacuations of civilians from Gaza in the flotilla as anyone leaving may not be able to return any time soon. /2
But the moral hazard here is palpable. There are thousands of injured and starving mostly women and children. And we saw the young babies dying in the hospitals in the early stages of this war. /3
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Attacks from drones on the flotilla have resumed and Israel is presumably responsible for this. It is because of this that naval vessels from Europe are now joining the flotilla to protect their citizens rights of travel in international waters. /2
The escalation appears fairly slow at present and the flotilla is still within Greek waters at present /3
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