The Weather, Typhoons, and the Beijing Olympics

Manuel · Last edited by Manuel on Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:40 am; edited 1 time in total

I got this from an Internet article: Olympics will be held two weeks later than originally planned because of weather concerns.
The games were scheduled for July 25 to Aug. 10. The International Olympic Committee executive board on Sunday agreed to move the dates to Aug. 8-24 at Beijing's request.
The change should mean better weather conditions with less heat and humidity and a decreased risk for thunderstorms, IOC sports director Gilbert Felli said.
Beijing had asked for the dates to be changed to avoid the height of the Beijing summer, when temperatures typically reach 100 degrees.
Beijing organizers expressed welcome to the IOC decision.
It is better to move back the games two weeks," said Wang Wei, vice president of Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
"But from our point of view it would be much better if the Games could be moved back one more week," he added.
(After the dates change) the conditions will be much better in terms of heat and humidity," Wang said.

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Now, the Chinese like to think they have everything under control. But Divine Providence rules! Don't get me wrong, I don't presume to say that the massive earthquake and major floods that have recently occurred in China are some kind of punishment for Tibet, etc, but let's observe and learn. One near future factor that may affect things not only in China but globally is the big typhoon that is approaching both Taiwan and the mainland. Feng-Shen, I think, is the name. At this early hour on Sunday, July 27th, the JTWC is saying that it will likely hit Taiwan directly, and then hit China. Mentioned in the discussion, however, is the real possibility that it will skirt the NW coast of Taiwan and head directly for the Shanghai area. Shanghai is the financial capital of China. This will be the second tropical cyclone to impact Taiwan and China in just a few days. It looks very impressive! Look at the Guam page! Interesting, huh? Let's see what happens.

--Manuel

GTBecker

Manuel

Apparently, the dates were changed back in 2003. This is where I got the information:

http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/jsp/contentp...3770671002

alorfi

What bitter irony that Beijing is enshrouded in smog right now. The big global warming conspiricists always want to blame the US as a main culprit while totally ignoring the Chi-Comms. China puts out more greenhouse gasses than any nation in the world -- not that CO2 is a "pollutant".

Manuel

You know, I would not be surprised if we started having global cooling soon. In fact, some of the global warming pseudo-scientists are now saying that the warming has been put on hold for a decade or so. The whole climate change agenda sounds like the "pre-emptive strike" doctrine applied to the environment.

Manuel

Please take a look at the swirling weather systems off the east coast of China. The only invest right now is south of Japan. It may move north toward Japan or northwest toward China. However, a less organized convective mass seems headed for Beijing or surroundings.

It seems that tropical/subtropical weather systems in the western Pacific behave differently than in the western Atlantic. Things seem a bit more chaotic over there. Maybe part of the reason are the huge mountain ranges in Asia and the fact that they have are so much more influenced by monsoon-like weather.

Manuel

Manuel

MAJOR BLOW TO HONG KONG!

BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Heavy rain battered Beijing on Thursday on the 13th day of the Olympics as the host city gripped itself to watch the 110m men's hurdles final without China's beloved Liu Xiang.
The skies were heavy and dark and the top temperature was likely to be around 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit), cooling from the 30 degrees Celsius the previous day.
Cuban world-record holder Dayron Robles goes for gold in the 110m hurdles in the absence of Liu after he limped injured out of the Bird's Nest stadium on Monday.
After Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt raced into the record books in the 200m on Wednesday, his compatriots will try to replicate the feat in the women's 200m showdown.
A typhoon that swept through the northern Philippines on Wednesday was heading towards Taiwan and the lowest standby signal was in force in nearby equestrian host city Hong Kong.
The former British colony will have sunny periods and haze with a few showers and squally thunderstorms later in the day. (Reporting by Kirby Chien; Editing by Nick Macfie)