Don't forget to order your Greensburg Tornado Special - this full colour special issue contains dramatic images of this horrific event along with informative and insightful papers about what happened on 4 May 2007 and the harrowing stories from those first on the scene.

Readers' comments on The Greensburg special have been absolutely excellent already:

IJMet is proud to announce the appointment of new Advertising Manager click here for this and other news features.

Special Issues Coming Soon!

"Britain Flooded" - Did you have first hand experience of the terrible flooding of 2007? If so, get in touch and send us your articles and photos.

"The London Tornado" - we are looking for articles/pictures on this event that occurred in London, UK on 7 December 2006. Please email in your accounts/papers and photos.

Look out for further details of these important special issues and ways to order further promotional/collector's copies.

Up-coming events and conferences:

TORRO Spring Conference 2008 and AGM - Free for members. Dates and venue to be confirmed soon. The agenda will be posted prior to the conference.

IJMet Calendar!

Calendars have been dispatched - thank you for all your support!

This calendar contains 12 stunning photos we received during 2007 and is jam-packed with weather, interesting facts, special dates and statistics!

Thanks must be expressed to WeatherNet who have kindly sponsored this calendar for IJMet this year.

Alternatively, download and fill out this form and send it with your payment!

New subscribers receive a free calendar when you subscribe by 10 December 2007!

*Special Issues coming up in 2008 (Volume 33)*: The UK Floods of 2007 and The Greensburg Tornado, (4 May 2007, USA). Subscribe to receive these specials automatically, or keep visiting the website for details on when these issues become available. Send us your photos, letters, articles on these topics for possible inclusion.

Special issues are important for documenting and explaining why such severe weather events occur, not just for further research but for members of the public to help understanding and provide vital information to aid survival and preparedness for the future. The IJMet continues to be the most prestigious severe weather devoted Journal of its kind bringing support, education and research to absolutely everyone.

All of IJMet's voluntary vacancies have now been filled. Thank you for all of your applications and be sure to keep checking the website for any more vacancies that may become available.

Latest News - The Journal's team is investigating possible ways of getting IJMet online, as a non-profit organisation this is difficult but as soon as we find the best way, we'll let you know. We want every subscriber to have the best online experience. Watch this space. A press release will be issued on this subject when decided.

Introduce a Friend 2008! Introduce a friend to the Journal and receive a 20% discount on your next renewal AND your friend receives a discount too! Click here for details.

Current issue: January/February 2008, (Dispatched);  Next expected issue: March 2008 (in-press) EDP 15/03/08
(Expected Date of Publication (EDP) is subject to change)

For any delays or problems please view the other side at the top of the webpage where the new issues are being made.

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Latest issues

Volume 33, Number 329, June/July 2008

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Includes precipitation in the Indian Himalayas, archived tornado reports for the UK, a time series approach to the role of pre-monsoon thunderstorm on the onset of summer monsoon circulation (subject to change).

FULL COLOUR Special Issue: The Greensburg Tornado, Kansas (USA) 4 May 2007 (Vol. 33, Number 328, May 2008) (Out now!) See the left hand column for readers testimonials of this issue!

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Volume 33, Number 327, April 2008 (out now!) Order now or subscribe

Professor Hasanean gives his study on causes for a general warming in Egypt during August 1998 and a long awaited paper by Dr Keul on Ball Lightning discussing whether it is an Electromagnetic Hallucination phenomenon. TORRO member Colin Morris also presents his tornado site investigation in Dundee, Scotland.

Volume 33, Number 326, March 2008 (out now!) Order now or subscribe

After problems were encountered during the first few weeks of 2008, we have now managed to catch up with this latest issue and we thank you for your patience and support through this time. In this issue Mrs Kandalgaonkar et al. present their two year study on lightning in Pune, India. Professor Timothy Burt (our editorial board member) presents 2007 weather statistics for Durham, UK as well as a fabulous letters section this month featuring a discussion where one of our readers challenges Paul Knightley in what caused the Birmingham tornado of 25 July 2005 (UK). The initial letter and Paul's response makes thought-provoking, educational reading, not to be missed by any tornado enthusiast.

Volume 33, Number 325, January/February 2008 (dispatched)  Order now or subscribe

We are sincerely sorry for the delay encountered with this issue caused by unforeseen events during January. Included in this issue: a very interesting site investigation was done in the Galtee Mountains in Ireland by TORRO Director John Tyrrell of a fascinating funnel cloud. John's write up is the lead paper in the first issue of 2008 - not to be missed. We also have a great paper by our regular authors Dr Shobha and Dr Dhar on flooding in India and also a stunning photography section this month of a series of incredible tornado images from Turkey (front cover). Regular features of TORRO whirlwind report, Thunder report and Letters are also included.

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Weather Myths/Lore In this new section we discuss weather lore or myths - do you have a myth you want us to research and find out if it is true? Contact us with your weather lore!

Red Sky at Night, Shepherds'/Sailors' Delight. Red Sky in the Morning, Shepherds'/Sailors' Warning. Ever wondered where that saying came from?

Even thousands of years ago, man was attempting to forecast the weather and they'd use observations to help decide when to plant crops or sail out into the wide open seas.

When we see red sky in the morning, this can mean that there is a high water content in the atmosphere and as the sun rises in the east, the red colour appears in the sky meaning that there is rain on the way. Whereas, red sky at night denotes stable air and high pressure, which generally means fair weather.

Some know the saying as 'shepherds' and others know it as 'sailors' this is because both used the saying and forecast technique for their jobs. Shepherds used it to identify when it was safe to plant crops and sailors used it to work out when best to go out to sea.

Is it true, does it work? Try it.

Ever feel like it purposefully rains on Bank Holiday Monday? IJMet researchers are currently looking back to these days to see just how many rainy Bank Holidays we have had, and how many have been sunny. Is it just that we're off work and notice the weather, or does it purposefully rain on our parade to stop people getting in the garden, or having a game of golf? What do you think? Send us your weather mythical articles/letters!