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From Subject -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Heat Wave continues in USA 002 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] Heat Wave continues in USA 003 Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com. Fw: Question for the Weather Guru 004 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] Lightning Detection 005 Michael Fewings [mike at strikeone.com.au] Wind Power 006 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Wind Power 007 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Wind Power 008 "Peter Adderley" [adderley at acay.com.au] lunar eclipse 009 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Lightning Detection 010 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Wind Power 011 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] who aussie-weather 012 "Daniel Weatherhead" [dpw14 at hotmail.com] Calling all map people....? 013 Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com. ASWA AGM - T-shirts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 17:00:51 -0700 From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Heat Wave continues in USA Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Me tooooooooooo! It deadset felt like September/October here today in the Upper Mountains. Climate change? Well, what else can it be? It's certainly been a pretty warm decade. Lindsay . I want the winter back! > > Phil 'Paisley' Bagust > paisley at cobweb.com.au > www.cobweb.com.au/~paisley > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 002 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 08:27:29 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Heat Wave continues in USA Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com What's this??? You want winter back??? It's here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too cold for me still! We have had more SE winds then SW winds though for winter, and while max temps have not really been higher/lower - I believe that mins have been slightly higher, but I don't think that much. Our July min is 9.6C, and we've had more 9.6+ then 9.6 - temps, but yes - still far too cold. I can't wait for summer!!!!!!!!!!!! Meanwhile, about the heatwave in the US - there have been some incredible CAPE's there....on the week-end, CAPE's went off the scale (scale goes to 8000) and the SLI's (surface lifted index) was up to (or down to) -14, but on one Skew-T that I was looking at, the 300mb LI's were -30C!!! This was due to a combination of high temperatures, and extremely high DP's (31C/28C in this case). Meanwhile...it looks like my 'forecast' for much colder wx when I was going down to Sydney came true...who needs forecast models when you can just use Murphy's Law!!! :) I'll be uncontactable from this email address until late Sunday, as I'll be leaving for Sydney this afternoon. Anthony Cornelius (from Brisbane) Lindsay wrote: > Me tooooooooooo! > > It deadset felt like September/October here today in the Upper > Mountains. > > Climate change? Well, what else can it be? It's certainly been a pretty > warm decade. > > Lindsay > > . > I want the winter back! > > > > Phil 'Paisley' Bagust > > paisley at cobweb.com.au > > www.cobweb.com.au/~paisley > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > > message. > > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 003 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:19:04 +1000 From: Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com.au] Organization: Telstra Strategy & Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Fw: Question for the Weather Guru Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Blair Trewin wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > Anyone want to tackle this request ?? Bit out of my league. > > > > Regards, > > Bill > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ingrid Christiansen> > To: Bill Webb (E-mail) > > Date: Thursday, 29 July 1999 3:51 PM > > Subject: Question for the Weather Guru > > > > > > > > > >Hi Webby, > > > > > >Here's an odd request for you. > > >Anyway you could find me a long range weather forecast for Nepal in > > >December? > > >Trying to figure out if there's likely to be snowstorms when I'm > > >planning to go up this mountain thing! > > > > > >Ta > > >Ingrid > I don't know about long-range forecasts, but December is very much the > dry season in Nepal - at Kathmandu (which is the only place I can > get data for easily) the December mean precipitation (all rain at > their elevation) is only 10mm. I imagine this goes up as you get into > the mountains (and snow becomes more probable), but not drastically > so. Ummph! Been there, done that and caught in a snowstorm too. Kathmandu is way down there away from the mountain action. Snowstorms sweep in from the NW and mainly deposit their load when the cold continental air meets the slightly wetter stuff (by comparison) still living toward the south of Nepal. Not uncommon to be bone dry in Kathmandu with 40cm of snow falling in the mountains above 3,000m to the NW,N and NE. We got caught in October with 0.5m falling over 3,500m while trekking around Annapurna. Couldn't move for 2 days while avalanches thundered day and night. That snowstorm went as low as 2,500m in October! Friends I know have been there during December. They were caught in snow above 2,000m that got heavier toward 4,000m but were prepared. It was below -12C when they crossed a minor pass at 4,200m. That's my advice - be prepared for any weather in Nepal. It can be snowing on one side of the "pass" but fine on the other. October to December is supposed to be clearer. That is statistically so according to the records but no person that I know who's been there at that time has ever had totally clear trekking but there is almost certain to be clear spells. ,-_|\ Michael Scollay mailto:michael.scollay at telstra.com.au / \ Telstra Technology 7/255 Elizabeth St. Sydney NSW 2000 \_,^._* Strategy & Research snail: Locked Bag 6764 GPO Sydney 1100 v Sydney NSW Australia +61 2 9298 5891P +61 2 9298 5820F +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 004 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:49:46 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Australian Weather Mailing List [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Lightning Detection Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, I found this site today that has some (partially free) lightning tracker images for AU (well, the globe) it's not the best...but it's worth a visit. Look at "browse OTD data" http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/otd/ Anthony Cornlius +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 005 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:52:48 +0800 From: Michael Fewings [mike at strikeone.com.au] Organization: Strike One Lightning Photos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wind Power Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, The wind farm in Tasmania sounds like a great idea. 400 megawatts is huge!!! Esperance (where I come from) has two wind farms that supply 14% of the elsectricity needs of the town. But the total production from that wind farm is only around 1.5 megawatts. I hope that it shows the use of such a renewable energy source and that it becomes a viable choice without too much government funding. It must be windy down there too as it is in Esperance. Wind Grenerators in Esperance produce power for around 80% to 90% of the time. It saves millions of litres of deisel fuel each year as well. Thank you for alerting me to that Chas as I will be keeping my ears out for more information on it. -- Michael Fewings Strike One Lightning Photos http://strikeone.com.au Chas & Helen Osborn wrote: > Hello Everyone > > A different weather topic. > The Hydroelectric Corporation of Tasmania has just purchased 3000Ha of > land in the far North West of Tasmania (Woolnorth) to build a > 76MeggaWatt wind farm to come on line by 2004. A further two sites will > eventually produce a total of 400MeggaWatt. > > Chas > Strahan Tasmania +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 006 From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wind Power To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:10:34 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > > Hi all, > > The wind farm in Tasmania sounds like a great idea. 400 megawatts is huge!!! The total electricity production capacity in Australia is ~50000 MW , so the farm, if it happened, would supply about 1% of Australia's needs (or probably 20-30% of Tasmania's?) - this is highly promising stuff, not least because the HEC presumably wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't going to be a commercial proposition. > Esperance (where I come from) has two wind farms that supply 14% of the > elsectricity needs of the town. But the total production from that wind farm > is only around 1.5 megawatts. > > I hope that it shows the use of such a renewable energy source and that it > becomes a viable choice without too much government funding. > > It must be windy down there too as it is in Esperance. Wind Grenerators in > Esperance produce power for around 80% to 90% of the time. It saves millions > of litres of deisel fuel each year as well. It is a very windy area - it's probably better known in the meteorological community as Cape Grim. Blair Trewin +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 007 From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wind Power To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:16:38 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The HEC's media release on the matter is on the web at: http://www.hydro.com.au/newsroom/1999/29July1999_1319.htm (I'd paste it into the list, but it's fiddly to do this with my system) Blair Trewin +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 008 From: "Peter Adderley" [adderley at acay.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: lunar eclipse Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:12:32 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com In case anyone missed the sight I've put up a few pics of the Wednesday's lunar eclipse at: http://www.acay.com.au/~adderley/lunareclipse/ Can anyone tell me if there has ever been much research on the effect of the moon on rainfall? My late father was working on the subject many years (or moons) ago with the CSIRO. Cheers, Peter Adderley (resident newbie and lurker) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 009 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Lightning Detection Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:19:07 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com A very interesting little map you found all the same. Interesting to note is how the yellow of SE Australia extends seaward some kilometres, which kind of reinforces what I thought for many years. Also that there is a patch of higher activity in line with approx the NW slopes of NSW / Darling Downs - interesting for our EOY storm chase. The Amazon is not as ' hot ' as I would have thought, but the medium - high activity extends well down into almost Patagonia, I have always thought that the border areas of Argentina / Paraguay must get tornadoes. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] To: Australian Weather Mailing List [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Sent: Friday, 30 July 1999 10:49 Subject: aus-wx: Lightning Detection > Hi all, > > I found this site today that has some (partially free) lightning tracker > images for AU (well, the globe) it's not the best...but it's worth a > visit. Look at "browse OTD data" > > http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/otd/ > > Anthony Cornlius > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 010 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wind Power Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:22:47 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Certainly great to see, I always thought that Wollongong would be an ideal place for wind generation, the escarpment ensures that there is downslope offshores on many cold winter mornings ( when power is needed ) even when there is frost and fog in Sydney's west. In summer the NE sea breeze gets to 20knots regularly. Michael > Hi all, > > The wind farm in Tasmania sounds like a great idea. 400 megawatts is huge!!! > > Esperance (where I come from) has two wind farms that supply 14% of the > elsectricity needs of the town. But the total production from that wind farm > is only around 1.5 megawatts. > > I hope that it shows the use of such a renewable energy source and that it > becomes a viable choice without too much government funding. > > It must be windy down there too as it is in Esperance. Wind Grenerators in > Esperance produce power for around 80% to 90% of the time. It saves millions > of litres of deisel fuel each year as well. > > Thank you for alerting me to that Chas as I will be keeping my ears out for > more information on it. > > -- > Michael Fewings > Strike One Lightning Photos > http://strikeone.com.au > > > Chas & Helen Osborn wrote: > > > Hello Everyone > > > > A different weather topic. > > The Hydroelectric Corporation of Tasmania has just purchased 3000Ha of > > land in the far North West of Tasmania (Woolnorth) to build a > > 76MeggaWatt wind farm to come on line by 2004. A further two sites will > > eventually produce a total of 400MeggaWatt. > > > > Chas > > Strahan Tasmania > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 011 X-Sender: disarm at mail.braenet.com.au X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 22:37:36 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: who aussie-weather Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey guys Send your email to majordomo at world.std.com with: who aussie-weather in the body of the email Matt Smith > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--------------- >Jimmy Deguara >Vice President ASWA >from Schofields, Sydney >e-mail: jimmyd at ozemail.com.au >homepage with Michael Bath > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 012 X-Originating-Ip: [203.108.0.59] From: "Daniel Weatherhead" [dpw14 at hotmail.com] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Calling all map people....? Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 22:54:16 EST Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey everyone I must apologise for the blank email preceding this. In the efforts of doing the database thingy I have come upon a stumbling block. That is maps. I wished to include some simple maps in the publication but all companies I have contacted either want a royalty fee or haven't got back to me. I spoke to Susan at a meeting and she said something about government maps which are free of charge or somethig. I was just seeing if she is still on the list. If anyone knows anything about maps and copyright, and where I could get some, that I could reproduce, any correspondance would be greatly appreciated. Don't forget that they need to be pretty localised and cover country areas. Thanks daniel weatherhead weatherhead at ozemail.com.au ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 013 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 20:34:14 +1000 From: Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com.au] Organization: Telstra Strategy & Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie Weather [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: ASWA AGM - T-shirts Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com For those attending the ASWA AGM tomorrow and who have ordered T-shirts from Jane O'Neil, please have your money ready to pay. I will be bringing along all T-shirts etc. that were ordered for NSW people so they can pick them up at the ASWA AGM. Michael Scollay mailto:michael.scollay at telstra.com.au Treasurer, ASWA Inc. http://www.severeweather.asn.au +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------
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