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001 Brian Wheldon [briwin at connexus.net.au] Melbourne Storm update
002 "Patrick Tobin" [pdtobin at hotmail.com] Canberra Storm Drought Ends
003 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Survey
004 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] CCCCOOOOOOLLDDD! Was "Frustrating Day in Brisbane"
005 Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au] Canberra Storm Drought Ends
006 "Kevin Phyland" [kjphyland at hotmail.com] Wyche weather non-event
007 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] Brisbane Wx
008 "Dane" [dpn at bigpond.com] Thunderstorm URL
009 Ben Quinn [Bodie19 at eisa.net.au] Thunderstorm URL
010 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] record N Qld rain?
011 Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au] Thunderstorm URL
012 Dane Newman [dpn at bigpond.com] Thunderstorm URL
013 David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com] waterspout at Lennox Head/NSW
014 "McDonald" [mcdonald at one.net.au] Melbourne Report.
015 "Chris Gribben" [chrisgribben at hotmail.com] Yesterday's storm chase
016 vortex at wwdg.com Tornado Near Hosham
017 Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] Sydney storm chance?
018 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Sydney storm chance?
019 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] SE QLD T'storms
020 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] Severe T'storm Warning
021 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] NSW severe thunderstorm advice
022 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au] severe t'storm Sth Brisbane
023 "John Graham" [gorzzz at one.net.au] rain, rain & more rain
024 David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com] Sydney storm chance?
025 Dane Newman [dpn at bigpond.com] Severe Thunderstorm advice
026 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au] melb svr storm warning 17.16
027 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] Storm in Hunter
028 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Sydney storm chance?
029 "Patrick Tobin" [pdtobin at hotmail.com] Sydney storm chance?
030 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au] Melbourne
031 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] Brisbane T'storms
032 "Chris Gribben" [chrisgribben at hotmail.com] Foxtel
033 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] Flooding
034 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] Very heavy rain at Yamba
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001
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 00:03:48 +1100
From: Brian Wheldon [briwin at connexus.net.au]
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Hi Dane
Brian from Gembrook looks like you had a field day there believe
it or not no rain here plenty of thunder and cc lightening quite amazing
really. down in Moorabbin there was some reasonably heavy rain short lived
then about an hour and a half of steady rain then fine I was there to see that
its currently 15C here 1011.5 hpa and rising foggy no wind
see ya soon
Brian
Dane Newman wrote:
> Just light rain and a little distant Thunder here in Kilsyth. Very heavy
rain falling in some sububs with flash flooding, Prahran and also Eltham have
reported flash flooding. Dane
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From: "Patrick Tobin" [pdtobin at hotmail.com]
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Subject: aus-wx: Canberra Storm Drought Ends
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 12:49:03 PST
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Hi all,
Perhaps whingeing has a place after all....
Canberra experienced a storm between 3.00-4.30
this morning. An impressive sound and light show
and rainfall of 4.5mm in Higgins (3mm at the airport
which is about 20km further east and away from the
ranges). Not a huge amounnt of rain but, in deference
to Adelaide members of the list - which I acknowledge
has had a VERY quiet summer, it was nice to see a
bit of action again.
At the risk of killing what potential there is, I will
say that conditions "feel" promising for some more action
later today. The cloud band is clearing east so there
should be some good surface heating (absent for the last
couple of days). Only worry is the forecast westerly winds
- hope the dew point doesn't end up crashing too far.
Patrick
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003
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:14:27 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Interesting thoughts Blair, I like 'em. :-)
Blair Trewin wrote:
>
> The topography. Canberra is in a rainshadow from the west and south-west,
> so a SW airstream (as in a classical cold outbreak) normally won't
> bring precipitation of any kind to Canberra. On the other hand, Orange
> in particular (Bathurst to a lesser extent), being near the top of the
> ranges, is ideally situated for precipitation from that direction.
>
> Canberra tends to get most of its snow in S/SE airstreams, but air
> from that direction which is cold enough for snow is rarer than from
> the SW - hence the higher frequency of snow at comparable altitudes
> on the Central Tablelands, despite their more northerly location.
>
> I'd be interested to see stats from somewhere like Tumbarumba - same
> altitude as Canberra, but exposed to the SW (but not the south).
>
> Blair Trewin
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:18:45 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Good info Michael,
I'll put this n my snow file.
Lindsay
Michael Scollay wrote:
>
> Hi Fellow Aussie-Snow Theorists (FAST)!
>
> June/July/August/September 1998 was weird year in which several
> spectacular dumps were followed by balmy, warm and sometimes wet
> weather that knocked the stuffing out of those dumps. I watched my
> satpic animations in horror as warm, humid, tropical air made its way
> from near East Timor, right across Australia to form a nice, warm lows
> in the Tasman that inevitably killed New Zealand's snow season
> completely. NZ finally got some decent snow in late August, September
> and October, just as the resorts were closing. Fortunately for
> Australia, the brunt of this warm air often missed our ski fields, but
> not completely:-(
>
> The Aussie Perisher Valley big dumps of 1998 came on;
>
> 01-28/07 - Light/medium falls (3 or 4) to create base of 40cm.
> 28-30/07 - This snow fell right up into QLD. About 1.2m fell in
> blizzard
> conditions (-8C to -4C). Base >1.6m. Rain followed:-(
> 07-09/08 - 40cm of snow in maginal conditions (-2C to +1C). Base 1.3m.
> Rain followed:-(
> 15-18/08 - 90cm of snow in calm conditions (-4C to 0C). Base ~2.0m.
> Rain
> followed reducing base to about 1.3m with temp around +8C
> into
> week 1 of September.
> 04-06/09 - 40cm of snow in blizzard conditions. Rain followed. Base
> 1.2m
> 15-16/09 - 60cm of snow in blizzard conditions. Rain followed. Base
> 1.1m
> 23-24/09 - 20cm of snow. Rain followed. Base <0.5m.
> 24-30/09 - Very warm conditions >+10 leading to no base by season
> close.
> 07-08/10 - 30cm of snow came too late.
>
> In between strong cold fronts that dumped a reasonable amount of snow
> each time, a weak low would form in SA from warm air at about 35S that
> would move W > E dumping rain on our skifields. This was often
> followed by a vigourous cold front from the SW. The one major
> exception to this was the dump of 15 to 18 August.
>
> The blizzard that Lindsay notes was the one of 28-30/07 I'd say from
> my records.
>
> As for FAST, I don't advocate probability as David suggests but I do
> have a hefty dose of selfish optimisim:-)
>
> Michael Scollay mailto:michael.scollay at telstra.com.au
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Hi Patrick,
I can get your storms anytime you want - all I have to
do is leave my sunroof open at night. :)
Still - the great (and loud!) show was worth a couple
of wet seats.
Chris
At 12:49 2/03/99 PST, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Perhaps whingeing has a place after all....
>
>Canberra experienced a storm between 3.00-4.30
>this morning. An impressive sound and light show
>and rainfall of 4.5mm in Higgins (3mm at the airport
>which is about 20km further east and away from the
>ranges). Not a huge amounnt of rain but, in deference
>to Adelaide members of the list - which I acknowledge
>has had a VERY quiet summer, it was nice to see a
>bit of action again.
>
>At the risk of killing what potential there is, I will
>say that conditions "feel" promising for some more action
>later today. The cloud band is clearing east so there
>should be some good surface heating (absent for the last
>couple of days). Only worry is the forecast westerly winds
>- hope the dew point doesn't end up crashing too far.
>
>Patrick
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Subject: aus-wx: Wyche weather non-event
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 15:05:10 PST
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Hi every1,
About 5 p.m. last night I disconnected everything at home at settled
back to watch what promised to be and certainly looked like the beast of
the year. Cirrus banding from northern horizon to southern
horizon...inflow bands...very dark and lowering. All the signs were
there. It looked absolutely awesome on satpic to the NW and near
Warracknabeal. The scene was set.
Two hours later I was scratching my head. Well, what happened to it? It
seemed to peel into two distinct cells - one heading to the south of
Wycheproof and one to the north. We received a couple of spits of rain,
three rumbles of thunder and nothing!!! As it cleared in the west new
smaller cells could be seen with anvils spilling SE'ward but nary a
storm to be seen here!
The black hole of Wycheproof strikes again! Hope others had more
successful days - I hadn't heard about the Horsham tornado (any
confirmation there Paul?)
LI's are less convincing today and I think the trough has moved east but
I'll keep my fingers crossed!
Kevin from Wyche.
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 09:24:07 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi all,
Well, it's 9:11am, and 27.4C, DP of 23C, 1009hPa falling with a light NE
breeze here, accas gallore and a lot of haze and 6-7/8 leftover Cu/Ns.
It's looking rather nice here, and we're all hoping our 0Z soundings
remain the same or better then the 12Z soundings, here are last nights
12Z soundings - they're very nice!!!
Cap Strength: -0.09 C
Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index at 300 mb: -2.99 C
Lifted Index at 700 mb: -2.01 C
Showalter Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C
Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C
K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 267.90 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1254.33 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 50.09 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -27.3 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2
ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.05
Bulk Rich Number: 32.02
Bulk Shear: 39.17 m/s
While are SRH isn't that high, EHI is ok(not great though), BRN is
perfect, and if BS was just a tad higher (0.83) it'd be perfect too -
but I can live with the current figure.
Hopeful Anthony from Brisbane
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From: "Dane" [dpn at bigpond.com]
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Subject: aus-wx: Thunderstorm URL
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:22:01 +1100
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If you are interested thunderstorms then check this site out. Dane
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 09:36:15 +1100
From: Ben Quinn [Bodie19 at eisa.net.au]
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Dane Newman wrote:
>
> If you like Thunderstorms check out this site. Dane
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Name: A description of Atmospheric Soundings.url
> A description of Atmospheric Soundings.url Type: Internet Shortcut (application/x-unknown-content-type-InternetShortcut)
> Encoding: base64
Hey Ben from Brisbane here..
That is actually a page i compiled Dane, it's a bit of a mess at the
moment unfortunately - i have heaps more info to add to it, and oodles
more URL's and pictures (the pictures are not loading up at the moment
for reasons beyond me), but unfortunately i've been tied up with college
lately.
I had trouble opening that URL, for those who cant open it you can
access the Thunderstorm page, and a Soundings page (and a half hearted
Tornado page) from this URL:
www.nemas.net/edu/index.htm
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From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: record N Qld rain?
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:04:28 +1100 (EST)
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>
> Hi all, James from Brisbane here
>
> A recent news report from the ABC news: ...take a look at the last paragraph
> especially
>
> ----------------------------
> Record rainfall figures for far north
> Tuesday 2 March, 1999 (11:14am AEDT)
> Rainfall figures for the last month are showing that far north Queensland is
> in the grip of a true wet season.
>
> Several towns have recorded their highest February rainfall figures in
> history.
>
> The wettest town in the far north last month was Topaz, a small community
> south-west of Cairns.
>
> Topaz received just under 1,500 millimetres of rain, two-and-a-half times
> its February average.
>
> The Greenhaven testing station recorded just over 1,000 millimetres of rain,
> more than double its February average of 450 millimetres.
>
> The only other town in the far north to break the metre mark was Babinda -
> the wettest town in the country.
>
> It recorded 1,078 millimetres but was well below its stunning February
> record of 2,655 millimetres set in 1977.
>
> And the wettest spot in the region was once again the ABC transmitter on the
> top of Mt Bellenden Ker which recorded two and a half metres of rain in
> February - with 1,800 millimetres falling in the two days surrounding
> Cyclone Rona.
> -----------------------------------------
>
> ....Over 1800mm in 2 days? It would be nice to know if thats an official
> BoM observation and if it was, it would have to make some sort of record for
> 2days of rain or even 24hrs, depending on the 2day rainfall break down.
>
> Does anyone know if that was official? Its the first I've heard of it.
Bellenden Ker is an official BoM site, but doesn't report in real time
- it sends in a written report at the end of each month. As far as I
know the February report hasn't reached us yet - the January one was
in by mid-February so hopefully the February one will come in within
a couple of weeks.
Assuming that 24-hour observations were taken, an 1800+ fall in two
days would have to include a 24-hour record fall somewhere - the
Australian record 0900-0900 is 907mm. (The Bellenden Ker fall in
1979 is somewhat in dispute - as far as I know, there was no 24-hour
observation taken and the large total occasionally cited was a 30-hour
observation 0900-1500, but I forget the exact details).
Blair Trewin
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Hi Ben,
If you need a hand reformatting the HTML and links then give
me a yell...
cheers,
Chris
At 09:36 3/03/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Hey Ben from Brisbane here..
>
>That is actually a page i compiled Dane, it's a bit of a mess at the
>moment unfortunately - i have heaps more info to add to it, and oodles
>more URL's and pictures (the pictures are not loading up at the moment
>for reasons beyond me), but unfortunately i've been tied up with college
>lately.
>
>I had trouble opening that URL, for those who cant open it you can
>access the Thunderstorm page, and a Soundings page (and a half hearted
>Tornado page) from this URL:
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From: Dane Newman [dpn at bigpond.com]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Thunderstorm URL
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:00:24 +1100
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You compiled this site Ben, good stuff. I noticed that none of the pics loaded
i thought it was my pc that was the problem. Thanks again. dane
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Dane Newman wrote:
>
> If you like Thunderstorms check out this site. Dane
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Name: A description of Atmospheric Soundings.url
> A description of Atmospheric Soundings.url Type: Internet Shortcut (application/x-unknown-content-type-InternetShortcut)
> Encoding: base64
Hey Ben from Brisbane here..
That is actually a page i compiled Dane, it's a bit of a mess at the
moment unfortunately - i have heaps more info to add to it, and oodles
more URL's and pictures (the pictures are not loading up at the moment
for reasons beyond me), but unfortunately i've been tied up with college
lately.
I had trouble opening that URL, for those who cant open it you can
access the Thunderstorm page, and a Soundings page (and a half hearted
Tornado page) from this URL:
www.nemas.net/edu/index.htm
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013
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:36:17 -0800 (PST)
From: David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: waterspout at Lennox Head/NSW
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Hi Michael, Jimmy and everyone.
Yep I heard the waterspout report on ABC radio so probably Halden was
the one behind the correct description. The locally famous Warriewood
tornado, near where I live here in Sydney, was a waterspout that was
rated as F2 based on the damage to property in the area- I'm pretty
sure it wasn't spawned by a supercell so whatever the source of
rotation they can get pretty strong with or without water.
Also I think Jimmy's was a good idea - this was a very interesting
trough system with the various severe weather phenomena reported.
Hopefully we can get enough info on the conditions to get a decent
report up for future reference.
Regards
david
---Michael Bath wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the source of the report?
> Halden Boyd works for ABC based at Lismore, so if he has anything to
do
> with it, you can thank him for the correct description being relayed.
>
> I know the Lennox Head area very well (its just 10km north of
Ballina) and
> the funnel would not have to last long to hit houses on the hills,
as the
> hills are right on the coast.
>
> From images I've seen of waterspouts, most would consist mainly of a
> condensation funnel, rather than much in the way of water. So the
> circulation would not necassarily die as soon as it crosses onto land.
> There have been many documented cases of waterspouts crossing onto
land and
> causing considerable damage. Although the sea temp plays a part,
there has
> to be a significant circulation from surface to cloud base for one
to occur.
>
> regards, Michael
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From: "McDonald" [mcdonald at one.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Melbourne Report.
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:32:45 +1100
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Morning All,
Today's Herald-Sun news report on Melbourne's Storms.
Tempest leaves trail of chaos
3mar99 SWIRLING wind and torrential rain caused chaos in Melbourne's
northern suburbs, Geelong and western Victoria yesterday afternoon.
The black, wild thunder storm plunged many areas into premature darkness.
It caused flash flooding and severe damage to houses and shopping centres.
Lightning strikes caused major disruptions.
Baggage handlers at Melbourne Airport stopped work and in-coming flights
were put in holding patterns away from the storm.
One strike zapped a power pole, bringing the Upfield railway line to a
halt.
Another bolt caused blackouts in Coburg.
Staff at a Coburg community centre were moved out after the explosion
caused a power surge.
Traffic lights failed causing chaos on the roads.
A car floated down a Bundoora street, flooding hit the Glenroy and
Gladstone Park shopping centres and wind brought down power lines.
Shoppers at Gladstone Park were treated for injuries after a section of
roofing caved in.
Outside Melbourne a tornado swirled between Horsham and the Grampians.
"It's certainly a very heavy storm and they say there's more on the way,"
State Emergency Service spokesman Peter Cocks said.
"There's been a lot of action in Geelong, Corio and along the Bellarine
Peninsula. We've had 70 calls in a hour. There's been a lot of flash
flooding due to large hail and heavy rain."
By 6pm, the SES had received more than 250 calls. Hardest-hit areas were
Geelong with 80 calls, Broadmeadows with 60 calls and Keilor with 20 calls.
Mr Cocks warned children against playing in the flood waters.
Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman Norm Henderson said fire crews had been
"flat out" from about 1pm.
Country Fire Authority spokesman Peter Philp said Geelong crews had been
particularly busy.
By 5pm, the highest recorded rainfall was at Melton, where 67mm fell.
Casterton recorded 45mm, Avalon 28mm, Geelong Airport 26mm, Stawell 20mm,
and Melbourne Airport 15mm.
More storms are expected today.
Andrew McDonald (who was just near melton yesterday when it hit).
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From: "Chris Gribben" [chrisgribben at hotmail.com]
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Subject: aus-wx: Yesterday's storm chase
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:12:45 PST
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Hi everyone, here's my account on my storm chase yesterday with Andrew
Mcdonald.
As we both had commitments in the morning, our chase didn't get underway
until 1.10pm. We headed for the Western Ring Road which allowed us
options of where we wanted to go. Ten minutes into the chase we got a
precursor of what was to come as we drove through a very heavy shower.
Thanks to an update from Jane (who also told us about the rotating meso
and raised dust Clyve saw - lucky so and so) we headed towards the
Princes Fwy. We could see enormous towers going up in a big line from
south of Geelong to around Sunbury. The gust front was well formed by
this stage and there were a lot of lowerings. Jane was kind enough to
keep ringing us with radar updates as well as visual and we eventually
turned off at Hoppers Crossing, by which time ( about 1.45pm) the gust
front was right above us. The sky to the WSW was an incredible green
colour and we sat in an open area just to the north of Hoppers with the
gust front blowing dust everywhere, more lowerings as well as powerful
CG's about 5kms away. We got another call saying that this cell was
probably going to rain itself out but one to the north was intensifying,
so we headed towards the Western Hwy along Tarneit then Hopkins Rd. It
was pitch black by now and as we pulled into a servo at Rockbank to get
lunch, the storm hit.
We sat undercover near the petrol bowser for 30 mins or so watching the
CGs get closer and closer. I reckon about 12 were within a km of us and
1 hit the power pole across the road (100m or so) as Andrew was talking
to Jane. We headed off shortly afterwards to try and get behind the
beast into some clear air. There was flash flooding everywhere and full
marks to Andrew for his driving in these conditions. We turned north to
Diggers Rest to head towards the backbuilding area to the NW.
We got to Diggers Rest and decided to head towards Woodend as that was
the only clear area we could see. We kept going and going until past
Kyneton, we had a sense of deja vu as another very green cell made an
appearance. Although not as electrically active as the one near Melton
it looked threatening enough and there were more lowerings here, though
they tended to be shortlived. We headed right towards it and were
expecting hail but just got extremely heavy rain and strong wind gusts.
We got through this into some clearing air and to cut a long story short
we saw nothing else much of interest apart from a few Cu trying to get
going over the Grampians. We got a great view from a fire tower to the
north of Castlemaine however.
Andrew has all the notes we made so he could probably give you better
times, accurate places etc. We took quite a few photos so a proper
report may be written soon.
Looking good for today as well, lucky I got lots of sleep.
Chris
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From: vortex at wwdg.com
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:05:50 -0700
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Subject: aus-wx: Tornado Near Hosham
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Hey All.
I also heard about the tornado, but at the time was trapped in a doctors
appointment and couldn't get out. I'm in the process of finding out information
and who witnessed it and hope to have a report forthcoming soon.
Paul.
Paul Yole
2 McDonald Street
Murtoa. Vic. 3390
Australia
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Mobile: 0419 367 920
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From: Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: aus-wx: Sydney storm chance?
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Might be some action in or near Sydney today.
The gloom of fog and haze from this morning has cleared to reveal congestus
along the ranages. Some altocu and cirrus is clearing towards the east
which should result in some decent heating.
The LI from the 18z AVN run shows values from -3 to -4. Winds are very
light or calm (at 1.15pm).
Michael
*==========================================================*
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 13:33:11 +1100
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Hi Michael
I can see the cu starting to tower up a bit from here, i cant chase as i
have work from 4pm-11pm =(
Anyway ill be taking my camera etc incase anything interesting happens in
the local area i will be in.
Good luck to all that chase!
Matt Smith
>
>Might be some action in or near Sydney today.
>The gloom of fog and haze from this morning has cleared to reveal congestus
>along the ranages. Some altocu and cirrus is clearing towards the east
>which should result in some decent heating.
>
>The LI from the 18z AVN run shows values from -3 to -4. Winds are very
>light or calm (at 1.15pm).
>
>Michael
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 13:40:25 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi all, I have a very nice line of t'storms to my W, it appears to be
very long, stretching as far S and N as the eye can see, I saw a very
strong anvil earlier, but can't see it anymore with the haze and
Cu...lightning tracker is going off nicely (but nothing huge quite yet)
22 whites at 1:16pm. Might see a warning soon if things keep developing
like they are, but we'll see.
Very hot and muggy, 30.5C (with a 15kt NE seabreeze) DP of 24C, (25C at
the AP) 1005hPa and falling fairly rapidly. Static on radio is around
60-70times a minute.
Keep you posted,
Anthony from Brisbane (1:38pm)
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 14:07:42 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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TOP PRIORITY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
at 1:58pm EST on Wednesday the 3rd of March 1999
For the Southeast Coast district
A line of Thunderstorms which extends from Kinaroy to Amberley to the
Gold coast
hinterland were observed moving ESE at 60 km/h. Wind gusts to 90 km/h
and heavy
rain with possible local flash flooding are expected through the
district south
of about Kilcoy in the next 1 to 2 hours.
People are advised to secure outside items, move cars under cover and
seek
shelter.
The next warning will be issued at 3.00pm.
**** NOT FOR BROADCAST AFTER 3.00pm ****
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Subject: aus-wx: NSW severe thunderstorm advice
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TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ADVICE
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL OFFICE
Issued at 1438 on Wednesday the 3rd of March 1999
This advice affects people in the following weather districts:
Central West Plains,
Lower Western east of line Balranald to Wilcannia,
Upper Western east of White Cliffs,
Riverina.
Thunderstorms are forecast within the advice area this afternoon.
Some of these are expected to be severe, bringing destructive winds, very
heavy rainfall and large hailstones.
The STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE advises that as storms approach people should:
* put vehicles under cover
* move indoors away from windows
During and after storms people should:
* take extreme care when driving
* beware of fallen trees and power lines
* keep away from creeks and drains as you may be swept away
If your house is damaged contact your local State Emergency Service unit,
listed under "S" in the White Pages, for emergency assistance. Don't use the
telephone during storms.
TV CRAWL: Severe Thunderstorm Advice current for the Central West Slopes and
Plains, Lower Western, Upper Western and Riverina weather districts.
NOT FOR BROADCAST: This advice message is valid until 7pm. The Bureau and
SES would appreciate it being broadcast regularly until this time.
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From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
To: "aus-wx" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: severe t'storm Sth Brisbane
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:28:45 +1000
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Hi all, James from Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane
We just got a severe storm! I just got home from work in time to get the
camcorder out and I videoed very nice W'ly gust front winds 100-110km/h!
Those GF winds struck at about 2.48pm. I've reported it to the Bureau and
I'm about to fill out that little card they give us storm spotters. I can't
give you an accurate measurement of rainfall because the gauge was blown off
the fence, but I'd say we've had 20-25mm and the rain is still steadily
coming down. Lightning wasn't frequent at all, but after the gales some CGs
occurred fairly close to me. I'd say some damage could have occurred to the
south, where the storms are stronger. Some branches are down around here
but only small. At the height of the storm, some crashing of debris could
be heard. Hopefully when I review the video I'll be able to see some of it.
More news soon.
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James Chambers
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html
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From: "John Graham" [gorzzz at one.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: rain, rain & more rain
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 14:50:03 +1100
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Hiya Everybody,
People have been telling me that it has coming down in torrents here in
Ballina.......well in the week that I spent in Brisbane (23/2 to 2/3) we had
422mm of rain here......Unbeliveable!!!!!!!!
Has anyone got a spare Ark for sale????????
Started to rain again......only 1.6mm so far today...let's hope it stops
soon.
See ya's
John
P.S......It's good to be back home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 22:21:04 -0800 (PST)
From: David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Sydney storm chance?
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I noticed that a decent cell went up to the north of Sydney (probably
lower hunter) on the way home from work (5:00pm). Another tower seemed
to have shot up in western Sydney (unless I missed it in a ob. session
10 minutes earlier).
So we at least look like we have a chance for a storm - Im trying to
get out of a movie appointment tonight so I can head off for a brief
chase if need be.
Cheers
David
---Michael Bath wrote:
>
>
> Might be some action in or near Sydney today.
> The gloom of fog and haze from this morning has cleared to reveal
congestus
> along the ranages. Some altocu and cirrus is clearing towards the east
> which should result in some decent heating.
>
> The LI from the 18z AVN run shows values from -3 to -4. Winds are very
> light or calm (at 1.15pm).
>
> Michael
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From: Dane Newman [dpn at bigpond.com]
To: "'aussie-weather at world.std.com'" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Severe Thunderstorm advice
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:30:42 +1100
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IDW16V00
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
VICTORIAN REGIONAL OFFICE
NEWS FLASH - FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Severe Thunderstorm Advice
Issued at 1719 on Wednesday the 3rd of March 1999 for the Central District.
Possible severe thunderstorms have been identified on radar in the Central
District near Sunbury. People are warned that severe thunderstorms may produce
large hail, localised heavy rain resulting in flash flooding, and damaging wind
gusts.
This advice is valid until 11.15pm Wed
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From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: melb svr storm warning 17.16
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:52:46 +1000
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BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
VICTORIAN REGIONAL OFFICE
NEWS FLASH - FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for the Melbourne Metropolitan area.
Issued at 1716 on Wednesday the 3rd of March 1999
A suspected severe thunderstorm was observed by radar just to the northeast
of
Sunbury and moving slowly to the eastsoutheast. People in the northern
suburbs
of the metropolitan area are advised of the risk of large hail, flash
flooding
and damaging wind squalls.
This warning is not to be used after 7.15pm this evening.
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James Chambers
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 18:40:52 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: aus-wx: Storm in Hunter
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Hi every1,
Jimmy here. I nice set of cells have developed in the Hunter region and is
persisting with some nice pulsed activity and more cells developing in the
multicellular system on the northern side. Another storm is located over
the northern Illawarra. I hope Michael T is after it.
I am quite interested in the stucture of the cumulus that have developed
today with some reasonable lowerings. I am looking forward to tomorrow. I
am supposed to go to a Birthday Party dinner. But who cares!!!! We weather
buffs know what is more imprtant....
Jimmy Deguara
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Jimmy Deguara
Vice President ASWA
from Schofields, Sydney
e-mail: jimmyd at ozemail.com.au
homepage with Michael Bath
http://www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Sydney storm chance?
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:43:15 +1100
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We have a very weak cell just west of Shellharbour now, probably near
Robertson, but I mean weak. The one just west of Sydney around 5.45 looked
great for a while, then collapsed on itself.
A SE ( Storm Eradicator ) change has developed over the last couple of
hours. Will not be surprised if coastal showers develop overnight.
Michael
-----Original Message-----
>I noticed that a decent cell went up to the north of Sydney (probably
>lower hunter) on the way home from work (5:00pm). Another tower seemed
>to have shot up in western Sydney (unless I missed it in a ob. session
>10 minutes earlier).
>
>So we at least look like we have a chance for a storm - Im trying to
>get out of a movie appointment tonight so I can head off for a brief
>chase if need be.
>
>Cheers
>
>David
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From: "Patrick Tobin" [pdtobin at hotmail.com]
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 00:18:59 PST
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Some good cells visible to the ENE of Canberra. Can also see
the cirrus outflow of cells in the central-west of NSW.
The development evident along the trough line may mean that
there may be some further action in Canberra at our new
favourite storm time of 3-4am!! (actually the AVN LI's
suggest a couple of hours earlier will be our most
unstable at around -2).
The LI's suggest another unstable peak late tomorrow morning
before things die off.
The AVN LI model seemed to be spot on with what developed
(or didn't) today. The model had Canberra in a hole of
stability for this afternoon. As it turned out we were
treated with cells visible to east and the development to
the far north-west. So it will be interesting to what
transpire in the next 18 hours.
It looks like the pick for tomorrow afternoon is the
Upper Hunter with LI's of -4.
Patrick
>
>We have a very weak cell just west of Shellharbour now, probably near
>Robertson, but I mean weak. The one just west of Sydney around 5.45
looked
>great for a while, then collapsed on itself.
>
>A SE ( Storm Eradicator ) change has developed over the last couple of
>hours. Will not be surprised if coastal showers develop overnight.
>
>Michael
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From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Melbourne
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:19:37 +1100
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Nothing severe to report in Melbourne itself, but our intrepid chasers
(Andrew, Claire & Chris) headed north up towards Seymour hot on the tail of
the BIG cell that developed to the north of Melb during the late afternoon.
Between us, we kept the BoM informed of flash flooding in Wallan, golf ball
sized hail (Jimmy!!!) and large branches down across the roads in Central
Victoria between Tallarook & Trawool. Everything's died off now but many
thanks once again to Michael Bath & Jimmy Deguara for their help in our
endeavours today.
Jane
Bayswater
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 19:35:25 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi all,
We got a nice t'storm at around 2:55pm here today. At around 2:40pm I
began to see a distant shelf cloud. Very soon it was a 'dark navy blue'
and was looking very nice. We had 20-25kt inflow, but the seabreeze
would have certainly aided in the strength of the inflow.
We had 3 power surges in 5mins, and the shelf cloud was getting very
close, I quickly took pictures as it approached at a very fast speed
then hastily retreated inside, and out to the patio area in time for the
first ~50km/h gust as it passed. This sent leaves flying back around
the yard, and my dog(16 weeks old) decided he wanted to chase all of the
leaves, so I quickly went to get him while a near 80km/h gust occurred
and this sent twigs and bark from a nearby tree flying into me, and got
a nasty little hit on the cheek :( At the same time, I heard a "thump
thump BANG" which I later found out was half the wheelie bins in the
street falling over.
Shortly it started to rain, and winds were near 40km/h, the rain was
very light at first, but very soon it started to come down. We received
15mm in 15mins, but the gutters overflowed in the heaviest 5mins of the
t'storm. There wasn't much in the lightning department surprising
considering the frequency of the static on the radio just before the
t'storm, however we have a tin patio roof, so any thunder is sometimes
difficult to hear unless it's very close.
Certainly a typical strong multicell squall line with locally severe
winds. I'm glad the BoM did issue a warning though - but apparently the
radio stations from my knowledge didn't broadcast it often or barely
mentioned it (big grrr).
After the t'storms, we had some further rain we had 24.5mm up to 6:30pm
today, and we also had a very nice sunset :)
I haven't had a chance to look at the models yet, but I've been told
that tomorrow doesn't look too bad...we'll see.
Contented Anthony from Brisbane (after a near 2month storm drought)
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From: "Chris Gribben" [chrisgribben at hotmail.com]
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Subject: aus-wx: Foxtel
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 03:40:57 PST
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To those of you with Foxtel or Austar, there is a Discovery Channel
special on tornadoes at the moment and is repeated tomorrow morning at
11am.
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 23:11:08 +1100
From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au]
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Ben
My mate at Mudgeraba had 165 mm to 9 am yesterday
Don Wihte
Ben Quinn wrote:
>
> Hey Ben from Brisbane here..
>
> There's been some pretty wild weather overnight in some places, with
> parts of Northern NSW affected by flash flooding, with water entering
> houses and cutting roads in Mullumbimby, Ballina, Byron Bay and
> Bangalow.. and even reports of a waterspout causing damage at Lennox
> Head! Also unconfirmed flash flooding in Mudgeraba (From Channel 7), and
> on the gold coast last night.
>
> I've had 42mm here overnight, 25mm falling in a period of rain that
> lasted approx. 45mins earlier in the night.. BOM is reporting unofficial
> reports of over 60mm in some metropolitan areas.
>
> I'm hoping for some action here this afternoon if the cloud clears
> enough, with LI's of -4 to our near west at 6z, and quite low all day
> prettty much.. At the moment it is overcast, but it's starting to thin
> out.. 27C, 92% Humidity and a DP of 26C <<-- I think my wetbulb/drybulb
> tells me lies..
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 23:15:23 +1100
From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Very heavy rain at Yamba
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blair...
had a reliable report from Yamba area - he measured 256 mm at Yamba (3
km west of coast) so 300 is probably correct.
Don White
Blair Trewin wrote:
>
> According to the NSW 0900 bulletin 300mm fell at Yamba in the 24 hours
> to 0900 this morning.
>
> I've checked the 3-hourly figures and they are consistent (49/24/62mm
> for the 3-hourly blocks 9-12, 12-3, 3-6 yesterday, then 166mm in the
> 12 hours to 6 this morning), but it is still quite a bit higher than
> anything else in the area (132mm at Evans Head is the next highest).
>
> If confirmed, this would be a new 24-hour record for the site.
>
> Blair Trewin
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