From                                           Subject
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001 davidjpl at mira.net (David Lalor)                NE Victoria going off!
002 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     Brisbane Obs
003 "wilkes" [lwilkes at mail.austasia.net]           Victoria Storms
004 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     SE QLD "Storm Situation"
005 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]        The wash-up from an interesting few days in Melbourne
006 Local_Court_Maclean at agd.nsw.gov.au             Victoria Storms
007 Local_Court_Maclean at agd.nsw.gov.au             Northern Rivers Situation
008 Paul Graham [pgraham1 at mail.usyd.edu.au]        Severe Storm Report Form...
009 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]        More on the weekend in Melbourne
010 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     Severe T'Storm Advice
011 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]    brissie storms
012 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     brissie storms
013 Ross Portas [rportas at mindless.com]             brissie storms
014 Greg CURTIS [curtisg at ecn.net.au]               brissie storms
015 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]    brisbane storms - rotation
016 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]    Qld: Wide Bay Warning
017 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     Brisbane Hailstorms
018 steve baynham [bayns at nor.com.au]               gold coast storms
019 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]   Cat 5 in Australia
020 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     Weather Meeting Tonight
021 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]   NE Victoria going off!
022 Andrew Puddifer [andypudd at backmeup.net.au]     gold coast storms

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001

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:03:18 +1100 (EST)
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Hi all

I'm located at Thurgoona near Albury.
(A student in Melbourne alot of the time too!)

I am new to this list and new to weather observing. I am in the local SES
and have witnessed my fair share of good storms. The storm in this warning
looked very threatening to the NNW of Albury around 1800 but tended to move
in a more southerly direction and miss the main areas of population.
However, on the scanner there have been numerous call to water over roads
and trees down in the Yarawonga area and just recently the Beechworth area.

I was out this evening but at sunset I got a chance to view this storm,
stacks of lightning, about 1 strike per minute. 

After I learn a bit more about storm formation and weather observation I
hope I can add something more worthwhile to the list.

Anyway, I'll sit back and watch and learn. It's a very interesting hobby.
I'm also into amateur radio so hopefully that may assist in a chase. Being
able to speak to others and get their observations.

Cheers

David Lalor


>Hi every1,
>This just off the net..
>IDW16V00
>
>BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
>VICTORIAN REGIONAL OFFICE
>
>
>NEWS FLASH - FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
>
>Severe Thunderstorm Advice
>
>Issued at 1802 on Tuesday the 15th of December 1998 for the Northeast 
>and
>Northern Country Districts.
>
>Thunderstorms, with possible severe wind gusts, large hail and locally 
>heavy
>rain are possible tonight in the northeast and northern country 
>districts.
>Melbourne radar at 6pm shows a severe storm near Yarrawonga moving 
>eastsoutheast
>at 35km/h. 
>
>If storms approach people are advised to move cars under cover and stay 
>indoors
>until the storms have passed.  Driving conditions may be hazardous. 
>
>This Advice is valid until midnight and should not be used after this 
>time. 
>
>Anyone on the list in NE Victoria?
>This sounds bad!
>
>Hope this gets to the list before Friday! ;)
>
>Kevin from Wycheproof.

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002

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 09:05:57 +1000
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Hi all,

Well those storms to the west looked good at first (was up to 225 CG's
in 5mins at one stage!!!)  But they slowed down, and probably got killed
by there own outflow.  Probably another need for a good jetstream.  My
obs at 8:53am was 27.3C, DP of 20C, 1011hPa and the winds were calm, but
since there is no wind, it's possible my temperature reading is a bit
out.  I observed some Altocumulus Castellanus earlier on, so things are
looking fairly good!

Will keep you posted.

Anthony from Brisbane

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:13:23 +1100
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Hi Andrew,

I'll be in on it, if you're still going to have Friday off.

I'm pretty new to it though, so hopefully you don't mind.

Please let me know what your plans are.

Regards,

Leigh


-----Original Message-----
>Hi All,
>
>Sounds as though the whole coutry is going off.
>
>Jane made the call early this morning saying that there was a bit of
>activity around the SE suburbs.  Well there were a few small thunderstorms
>down that way this arvo - nothing severebut hey!!
>
>I may have the day off on friday so if any melbournians are bored or not
>busy then maybe we could chase if there is anything on offer.  Email me if
>you wish to organise something.  
>
>
>Andrew McDonald

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004

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:55:53 +1000
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Hi all,

First lightning showed up on Energex about 16minutes ago...some strikes
over Coolongatta way...Steve, if you're online or come online, can you
give us some info on what's happening down there?  I can see what
appears to be a very fibrous anvil forming to my SW

Midday obs from the AP were 30C, 51% RH, DP of 19C, 1009hPa and falling,
winds from the NNE  at  13km/h

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005

From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: aussie-weather: The wash-up from an interesting few days in Melbourne
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather)
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I've now got some of the numbers from a very interesting few
days in Melbourne.

Max temperatures (24-hour)

Friday		41.9
Saturday	40.9 (after min of 26.6)
Sunday		17.5 (but daytime max Sunday was 16.1 - 17.5 occurred
		at 0845 Monday)

The Friday figure was the 2nd highest December max this century.

The Saturday min equals the December 24-hour record (although there
have been higher overnight mins).

The day-to-day change from Saturday to Sunday (23.4) is not a record
- this stands at 24.9 (39.5 to 14.6, 13-14 December 1924). I do not
know whether the 14.6 on that occasion was a genuine 24-hour maximum.

The daily mean (33.7) for Saturday is the 2nd highest on record for
December (highest this century) and the 5th highest on record for
any month - the record is 34.2, set on 15 December 1876 and 21 January
1997.

Western Queensland looks like it could be worth watching later
this week for high temperatures - all models have a substantial pool
of air with 584+ thicknesses. GASP brings a slightly modified version
of this over Victoria on Sunday (if this happens, which I'd consider
unlikely, 42 could well get another shake in Melbourne), but the 
other models all keep the hot air well north.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see mid-upper 40s at Birdsville 
late in the week.

Blair Trewin

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006

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Howdy All. Where is everybody??

We are currently under a severe TS Advice........with dark looking clouds,
more organised then yesterday!! Will do a chse report tomorrow if this
develops!

Paul Mossman longing at Maclean.

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Current warning is from Bellingen (Coffs Harbour) to Ebor & Northern Rivers
(where in hell is Ebor??)

Looking great for activity now - 2 cells to the North with great precip
cascades & defined microbursts. Lightninng & thunder roaring above my head
now, Energex clearly shows the lightning up (im at the bottom of that map,
Just South of ballina!)

Talk later!

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008

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:35:19 +1100 (EST)
From: Paul Graham [pgraham1 at mail.usyd.edu.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: Severe Storm Report Form...
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May I take this opportunity to ask people to fill out the storm report
form at the soonest possible time after a severe storm.  Please write any
comments and suggestions along with your own account of events in the
space provided near the end.  The address is: 
http://www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/storm_news/stormrep.htm
Thank you.  - Paul G. 

----------------------------
Paul Graham
paul at marconi.mpce.mq.edu.au
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009

From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: aussie-weather: More on the weekend in Melbourne
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The Saturday max in Melbourne has been amended to 41.0. This generates
two other records:

- first instance of consecutive days of 41 or over since 17-19 January
1959

- first instance of consecutive days of 41 or over on record in December.

Blair Trewin

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010

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:14:30 +1000
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The storm was originally moving ENE, looks like to be moving almost N
now - complete change in direction!  Mum is 15km south of me and she
said the sky has gone totally green there.

TOP PRIORITY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
At 3.15 pm EST on Wednesday the 16th of December 1998

For the Southeast Coast District

Strong thunderstorms are currently moving north through the
Beenleigh/Redland
Bay area and are expected to move across Brisbane's eastern suburbs and
Moreton
Bay over the next hour or so.  

There is the possiblility of severe wind gusts, hail and some heavy rain
accompanying these storms. 

People are advised to take cover and secure all items.   

Next warning will be issued at 4.15 pm.

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011

From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: brissie storms
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:08:52 +1000
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Hi all

I just got home in time to watch a magnificent storm approach from the
south.  Actually, the green-brown gust front appeared to move in a NW
direction on an angle to the storm.  We only got winds to around 50km/h with
blowing dust but the coastal suburbs would have got something major I'd say.
Just heard of large and prolonged hail in the Brisbane city area.  We'll
hear more about that later.  I think Anthony would have got a fantastic
storm and just hope he has power so he can talk about it.

More news soon.
------------------------------------------------------
James Chambers
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:29:38 +1000
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Hi all,

Unfortunately I still have power! :-/

We didn't get any hail here, but the rain drops were HUGE, we got 7mm
all up, although the storm lasted for about 20mins, it appeared we had
two gusters.  The first came through with strong winds (Force 6) and
gusty from all directions, the storm did appear to have rotation,
unfortunately, the main part of the cell was about 2km east of me, I'd
be interested to see if there was any hail east of me!  It was generally
very dark blue, but a touch of green could be seen.  Throughout this
period, it was just very spitty and thundery, with a few cracks.  It
also had a shallow, but defined shelf.  It then went calm for a few
minutes, before extremely heavy rain and winds around Force5/6 came
through again, that 7mm basically came down in 5mins, which is very
heavy!

My mum contacted me after the storm, she said one of the forman at a job
site at Catherdral Place (in the city/valley) rang her up and told her
they received tennis ball sized hail!!!

Anthony from Brisbane

James Chambers wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I just got home in time to watch a magnificent storm approach from the
> south.  Actually, the green-brown gust front appeared to move in a NW
> direction on an angle to the storm.  We only got winds to around 50km/h with
> blowing dust but the coastal suburbs would have got something major I'd say.
> Just heard of large and prolonged hail in the Brisbane city area.  We'll
> hear more about that later.  I think Anthony would have got a fantastic
> storm and just hope he has power so he can talk about it.
> 
> More news soon.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> James Chambers

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013

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:33:32 +1000
From: Ross Portas [rportas at mindless.com]
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Hi,
For James and Anthony, who know Bris, I was near the P.A. Hospital at Buranda.
At about 3.40pm some one says "Oh, look. it's going to rain.". So I looked out
the window to the south, and what a beautiful sight. The lighting and contrast
was just superb. Some scud cloud forming up around the base, and the tell-tail
green precip. Only small to middling size hail, but very irregular shapes. Hail
didnt last too long. At that stage, I got yelled at for not paying attention to
the meeting and had to sit down again. Bummer.....

Cheers everybody, I'm off to the work xmas party to get trashed,

Rosco.   :-)

James Chambers wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I just got home in time to watch a magnificent storm approach from the
> south.  Actually, the green-brown gust front appeared to move in a NW
> direction on an angle to the storm.  We only got winds to around 50km/h with
> blowing dust but the coastal suburbs would have got something major I'd say.
> Just heard of large and prolonged hail in the Brisbane city area.  We'll
> hear more about that later.  I think Anthony would have got a fantastic
> storm and just hope he has power so he can talk about it.
>
> More news soon.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> James Chambers

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:56:19 +0000
From: Greg CURTIS [curtisg at ecn.net.au]
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I live 4 kilometres south west of Brisbane CBD and have a view of the
City itself. No hail here but I could hear the noise of the rain & hail
from this distance. 

Radio reports hail in a path from the Gold Coast - Beenleigh - Redland
Bay - City - Toombul - Chermside and Redcliffe. (Plum sized)

9000 consumers without power.

Greg from Brisbane

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015

From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
To: "Aussie Weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: brisbane storms - rotation
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:57:52 +1000
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Hi again...I just got this email from someone who watched the storm in the
city, and on looking back I saw the same sort of thing.  I thought I was
under the Rain free base (RFB) to the west of the storms, but I had noticed
(and not told anyone) that I saw an area of low level rotation to the WNW.
Soon it started raining here and after a few new CGs to the NW now where the
rotation was, it completely filled in with rain/hail under what was the RFB.
That is where the golf/tennis ball hail was.  It developed so quickly it was
hard to believe.
Anyway, here is part of an email I just received:

>I am a storm watcher who works in the city.  today's storm I am sure had
some rotation. After watching it come up from the south on the energex site
a dark low
cloud enveloped the city.  My view is to the north west and I am sure that
it was rotating clockwise - the side of the cloud I saw was heading towards
the south in comparison to the scud which were heading north?
Some scud or some lower , lighter cloud came in under the dark cloud and it
seems to be sucked up into the middle of the dark rotating cloud.  I was
expecting a funnel to appear any minute.  Then the hail started and the
clear view went.  After fifteen minutes it was over and now is sunny with a
few CGs to the north.
Unfortunately, my view is very limited because
of the nature of the building.

Now lets see what the news shows.
------------------------------------------------------
James Chambers
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html

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From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
To: "Aussie Weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Qld: Wide Bay Warning
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:20:51 +1000
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Hello all...storms a plenty in Qld :)
(more storms S and SW of Brisbane moving this way but probably aren't
severe)

TOP PRIORITY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane

At 5.00 pm EST on Wednesday the 16th of December 1998

For the Wide Bay and Burnett District
A possible severe thunderstorm is located about 20 km south of Maryborough
and
moving north at 40 km/hr.

Damaging winds and/or large hail are likely with this thunderstorm.
People should taken all necessary precaution and be prepared.

Next warning will be issued at 6.00 pm.
------------------------------------------------------
James Chambers
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 18:13:21 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi all again!

Ok...Channel 9 had a person who reported 8cm hail smashing through his
windscreen!!!  One person in Beenleigh lost part of their roof, there
was some good amateur footage of the hail, golf ball hail just
completely covered some areas!!!  There's another thunderstorm to my SW
heading in our direction, so we might get something else!

I'll get a report out soon.

Anthony from Brisbane

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hey guys,
yeah we got a couple of storms  after lunch, the first one passed too far
out to the west around mt tambourine. it was huge with a some CGs. the
second let out some great streaks right above us! could get another one
tonight:) hoorah!!
steve

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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Cat 5 in Australia, same in USA ?
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:09:22 +1100
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I had a great time there in 1985, surfing with a few US mates. Must admit I
was not mad keen on Los Angeles, but I did like the strip of coast from LA
to SF, San Diego although having similar surf conditions to Australia is far
too dry for my liking.

I hate to jump into the East vs West bandwagon, but I went to Florida that
same trip and scored thunder almost every day and experienced the outer edge
of Hurricane Elena.

Regards
Michael
>
> Thanks for your comments Michael, I've enjoyed reading them.  May I ask
how
>you liked California? ;)
>
>Paul
>wxguide on Undernet's #weather

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:50:53 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi all, just a reminder that the weather meeting is on tonight in
#Weather, it starts in 10mins (9pm EDT, 8:30pm CDT, 8pm EST, 6pm WST)

Plenty to talk about today, including Brisbane's awesome hailstorms!!!

If any new people aren't sure how to get in, please email me and I will
give you the instructions how to - but most of you have been to one
before.

Anthony

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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: NE Victoria going off!
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:51:10 +1100
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Thanks for your report David, I was watching these storms on the radar, they
all fell apart once hitting the ranges.

Michael



-----Original Message-----
>Hi all
>
>I'm located at Thurgoona near Albury.
>(A student in Melbourne alot of the time too!)
>
>I am new to this list and new to weather observing. I am in the local SES
>and have witnessed my fair share of good storms. The storm in this warning
>looked very threatening to the NNW of Albury around 1800 but tended to move
>in a more southerly direction and miss the main areas of population.
>However, on the scanner there have been numerous call to water over roads
>and trees down in the Yarawonga area and just recently the Beechworth area.
>
>I was out this evening but at sunset I got a chance to view this storm,
>stacks of lightning, about 1 strike per minute.
>
>After I learn a bit more about storm formation and weather observation I
>hope I can add something more worthwhile to the list.
>
>Anyway, I'll sit back and watch and learn. It's a very interesting hobby.
>I'm also into amateur radio so hopefully that may assist in a chase. Being
>able to speak to others and get their observations.
>
>Cheers
>
>David Lalor

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022

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:31:16 +1100
From: Andrew Puddifer [andypudd at backmeup.net.au]
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: gold coast storms
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Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

  Hi Everybody,

 Well, as usual, I missed all the storms! I was staying on the Gold
Coast/northern rivers(Maclean) all last week and I missed out on it all!
Next time!

 Andrew Puddifer.