Okay, time to process the reports sent from the harsh waters of the Indian Ocean by our Klt. Bothersome and his weather boat
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bothersome
OK im at
36,46'S by 19,10'E course 110 Speed 13
March 26 02:13 GMT.
Overcast, Precip Heavy, Fog Light, Winds 15, Direction 52
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This is just S of the Cape.
Climate zone: warm temperate climate southern
Your current season: autumn
Weather zone: should be warm temperate southern (high winds)
Min-MaxWeatherChangeInterval = 3-12 h
Min-Max WindSpeed = 1-15 m/s
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bothersome
New weather report...
April 2, 1943 17:00 GMT
Pos. 28d 29m S by 52d 10m E <-- fixed in edit
Rain Heavy, Fog Heavy, Overcast, Wind 15
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This is past the southern coast of Madagascar, heading E
Climate zone: either warm or hot temperate climate southern.
In both cases the season is still autumn
Weather zone: either warm temperate southern (moderate wind) or hot temperate southern (moderate wind).
in both cases:
Min-MaxWeatherChangeInterval = 3-12 h
Min-Max WindSpeed = 1-13 m/s
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bothersome
New report...
April 4, 1700 GMT
Pos 24d 26m S by 60d 34m E
Rain None, Fog Medium, Partial Clouds, Wind 15
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Position as per SSteel map
Climate zone: either warm or hot temperate climate southern.
In either case, the season is still autumn
Weather zone: either one of the weather zones listed for your second report, warm temperate southern high winds (as per your first report), or hot temperate southern high winds 1 (1 stands for narrow seasonal variability):
hot temperate southern high winds 1:
Min-MaxWeatherChangeInterval = 3-12 h
Min-Max WindSpeed = 1-14 m/s
Some remarks:
1. so far, it seems that heavy rain is always connected with 15 m/s wind speed
2. maximum wind speed seems to happen even where we wouldn't expect it (weather zone max wind speed set to lesser than 15; see second report). Two possible explainations:
2.a heavy rain can induce high wind speeds, even in zones with max wind speed lesser than 15;
2.b once heavy rain/high wind speed have started, they follow you until they end their cycle, no matter if in the meanwhile you moved to an area where wind speed range have been narrowed down to lesser than 15 m/s
Unfortunately, in many cases I am not able to determine your current climate/weather zone as I don't know how to convert lat/long coordinates to the Mercator-like projection used in SH5 (any idea anyone?).
Had you posted a screenie of your map with MQK enabled, you would have done things a bit easier for me. The more zoomed in the map view, the better
