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001 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] Snow project
002 Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] Snow project
003 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Media watch (2)
004 "James Harris" [jimbohar at hotmail.com] West of Sydney
005 Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au] West of Sydney
006 Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] Cheap Filters wanted
007 "Ben Tichborne" [tich at netaccess.co.nz] Savage southwesterly storm in Canterbury
008 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] West of Sydney
009 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] West of Sydney
010 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Rain/snowline
011 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] West of Sydney
012 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Perisher Packer
013 Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] Fwd: AMOS Reminder
014 "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au] West of Sydney
015 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) Snow project
016 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) West of Sydney
017 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) Bureau policies
018 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] West of Sydney
019 Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] Lightning!!!! in Adelaide.
020 David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com] Inland NSW storms for Thursday?
021 "Max King" [mnk at zip.com.au] West of Sydney
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001
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:42:59 +1000
From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au]
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collecting a data base of all Australian snowfalls is one of my aims as
well - keen to be invloved
Don White
Laurier Williams wrote:
>
> On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:32:09 +1000, Jimmy Deguara
> wrote:
>
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >Hi Jimmy here,
> >
> >Whilst at the weatherwatch meeting, it was brought up by Laurier that there
> >should be some research into the more misunderstood aspects of snowfalls in
> >Australia, particularly the historical aspects. So I would like to
> >re-iterate this message to people on the list and/or ASWA.
> >
> >Are there anyone who would like to take part in this project?? I know Tim
> >Crugeon is keen to get started. I would like to see some of the more
> >experienced people taking the leading role if they have time such as
> >Laurier, Don or Michael Scollay but really anyone can do it. This is an
> >important and ongoing project and will take some doing. If you would like
> >to be involved because you just love snow etc and would like to find out
> >more, contact Tim Crugeon
> >
> >Tim Grugeon
> >
> >At this stage, it is up to those in any state to join in if they wish and
> >organise themselves. You have been given this opportunity so I won't be
> >getting too involved with it.
> >
> I'm keen to be involved in this, Jimmy, and have cc'd Tim to let him
> know.
>
> --
> Laurier Williams
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From: Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au]
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>Laurier Williams wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:32:09 +1000, Jimmy Deguara
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi everyone,
>> >
>> >Hi Jimmy here,
>> >
>> >Whilst at the weatherwatch meeting, it was brought up by Laurier that there
>> >should be some research into the more misunderstood aspects of snowfalls in
>> >Australia, particularly the historical aspects. So I would like to
>> >re-iterate this message to people on the list and/or ASWA.
>> >
>> >Are there anyone who would like to take part in this project?? I know Tim
>> >Crugeon is keen to get started. I would like to see some of the more
>> >experienced people taking the leading role if they have time such as
>> >Laurier, Don or Michael Scollay but really anyone can do it. This is an
>> >important and ongoing project and will take some doing. If you would like
>> >to be involved because you just love snow etc and would like to find out
>> >more, contact Tim Crugeon
>> >
>> >Tim Grugeon
>> >
>> >At this stage, it is up to those in any state to join in if they wish and
>> >organise themselves. You have been given this opportunity so I won't be
>> >getting too involved with it.
>> >
>> I'm keen to be involved in this, Jimmy, and have cc'd Tim to let him
>> know.
>>
>> --
>> Laurier Williams
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I'm also keen to get involved. Luckily, in South Australia, that won't
involve an enourmous amount of work. ;)
Phil 'Paisley' Bagust
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From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: aus-wx: Media watch (2)
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:37:34 +1000 (EST)
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Not content with their wind speeds yesterday, ABC Online is now
carrying a report attributing a death in Cartagena, Colombia, to
Hurricane Bret.
This is quite an impressive effort, given that the closest Bret
got to Cartagena was about 2000 kilometres. Somehow, I suspect that
a separate area of storms (visible on the satellite picture) might
have had something to do with it...
Blair Trewin
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Subject: aus-wx: West of Sydney
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:38:14 EST
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Hey All,
Sorry if someone else has already posted something similar to the list, but
just looking out the window at Nth Sydney to the West there are 3 very nice
looking Cells over the mountains. And with the Sun setting in the background
they make a very nice sight.
One just E of Katoomba has a bit of pink on the radar at around 5:20pm.
Looking at the Anvils though they seem to be facing the S - SW .
Later, James H
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:53:04 +1000
From: Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au]
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I was watching these all the way home from the city this afternoon but
the sun was pretty glary so I couldn't observe any lightning.
These storms appear to be almost stationary..I have a good view of the
southernmost one from my place but haven't observed any lightning
despite the pink colour on radar. Anyone else see any lightning? (For
the purpose of my database I'm going to assume it occurred).
James Harris wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> Sorry if someone else has already posted something similar to the list, but
> just looking out the window at Nth Sydney to the West there are 3 very nice
> looking Cells over the mountains. And with the Sun setting in the background
> they make a very nice sight.
> One just E of Katoomba has a bit of pink on the radar at around 5:20pm.
> Looking at the Anvils though they seem to be facing the S - SW .
>
> Later, James H
>
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Subject: aus-wx: Cheap Filters wanted
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Hi everyone,
Does anyone know of anyone who either makes or can get hold of cheap
filters for cameras???
I own a Pentax MZ-20 with a Sigma 28-70mm 1:2.8-4 Lens on the front. The
filter I am after is a UV filter which I think might help bring out more
detail in cloud pictures etc... I heard someone on the list can make them
cheap, but for the life of me I cannot remember who. Also anyone know of
some cheap places to get an electronic cable release to suit this camera
aswell??
Also Does anyone have any information on this camera as I cannot seem to
get hold of instructions for it.
Oh BTW onto weather, We are expecting the first of our Spring/summer storms
to hit the Adelaide Metro area between the 16th and 20th of September, lets
hope its a good one like last years event on the 22nd..:)
Really any help appreciated.
Thanks
Andrew Wall (VK5NAJ)
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Paralowie 5108,
South Australia.
ph. (08) 82854590
S.A. / N.T. Co-ordinator for the ASWA Inc.
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From: "Ben Tichborne" [tich at netaccess.co.nz]
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Subject: aus-wx: Savage southwesterly storm in Canterbury
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:38:13 +1200
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A short-lived, but savage southwesterly change blasted Christchurch and
surrounds last Sunday (23rd) afternoon. In the city the squall brought a
brief period of gales, thunder, hail (a few stones up to pea size), and
even a mini-tornado which did some minor property damage. Eyewitnesses also
reported water-spouts out to sea. The temperature quickly dropped from 12C
to 4C. Similar weather lashed Banks Peninsula, but that area also had snow
to low-levels, which stranded several cars on the main highway. (about 450
metres asl)
This was the second wintry outbreak in the space of a week - the first one
(Tuesday 17th) saw light snow fall to about 200 - 300 metres, plus hail and
sleet to the lower levels. By contrast, today is fine in Christchurch, with
the temperature reaching 19C after a morning frost. Four seasons in one
week.
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:21:29 +1000
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Hi James
These things shot up all of a sudden didnt they!, ive seen a couple of
strokes of lightning... quiet nice :)
Matt Smith
>Hey All,
>
>Sorry if someone else has already posted something similar to the list, but
>just looking out the window at Nth Sydney to the West there are 3 very nice
>looking Cells over the mountains. And with the Sun setting in the background
>they make a very nice sight.
>One just E of Katoomba has a bit of pink on the radar at around 5:20pm.
>Looking at the Anvils though they seem to be facing the S - SW .
>
>Later, James H
>
>
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:18:31 -0700
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Thunder here at 6:20pm. Looked out the back window and saw CC light up
the sky. Its sort of coming from the NW direction, those with radar will
know more.
Looks to be heading towards Sydney.
Lindsay P.
James Harris wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> Sorry if someone else has already posted something similar to the list, but
> just looking out the window at Nth Sydney to the West there are 3 very nice
> looking Cells over the mountains. And with the Sun setting in the background
> they make a very nice sight.
> One just E of Katoomba has a bit of pink on the radar at around 5:20pm.
> Looking at the Anvils though they seem to be facing the S - SW .
>
> Later, James H
>
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:10:29 -0700
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Absolutely fascinating Michael.
I enjoyed that.
Lindsay P.
Michael Scollay wrote:
>
> Lindsay wrote:
> >
> > I was just reflecting on the borderline snow conditions up our way last
> > Saturday...
>
> Bit late on this thread but I was down at Perisher Valley during this
> event and late last week (Thursday) events worth reporting;
>
> 1) The "dryness" of the air after the snow of Fri 13/8/1999 was
> phenomenal, to say the least. Snow on the ground in Perisher
> Valley remained "dry and powdery" to temperatures as high as
> +4C, making the skiing great. Only in the sunniest, lowest and
> warmest areas did "wet snow" appear. There was still some
> powder snow to be found as late as Thu 19/8/1999.
>
> 2) Gale force winds of Wed night 18/8/1999 and the next day
> picked up snow and blew it to immense heights in full sun.
> It was a sight worthy of a pic.
>
> 3) Snow that fell on Thu 19/8/1999 night created some of
> the most strange "rain/snow" line phenomenas that I have
> experienced. One could almost draw a line at 1900m. Above
> that height, the snow (some 15cm) fell dry and powdery.
> As you skiied down the hill, within as little as 5m, the
> result of this snow fall changed from dry and powdery to
> a hard and frozen crusty cover. What struck me was the
> rapidity of change with height and presumably the
> temperature prevailing at the time.
>
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Keith, strikes are every 3 minutes sometimes longer.. very scattered... if
you blink you will miss it. Ive seen about 20 stikes lighting up the storm
from Ashfield Plaza carpark.. not worth any photos that far away from them
though.
Maybe Jimmy, Dan or Matt Piper who live closer comment more?
Matt Smith
>I was watching these all the way home from the city this afternoon but
>the sun was pretty glary so I couldn't observe any lightning.
>These storms appear to be almost stationary..I have a good view of the
>southernmost one from my place but haven't observed any lightning
>despite the pink colour on radar. Anyone else see any lightning? (For
>the purpose of my database I'm going to assume it occurred).
>
>James Harris wrote:
>>
>> Hey All,
>>
>> Sorry if someone else has already posted something similar to the list, but
>> just looking out the window at Nth Sydney to the West there are 3 very nice
>> looking Cells over the mountains. And with the Sun setting in the
background
>> they make a very nice sight.
>> One just E of Katoomba has a bit of pink on the radar at around 5:20pm.
>> Looking at the Anvils though they seem to be facing the S - SW .
>>
>> Later, James H
>>
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:08:19 -0700
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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That's just great Michael. I'm glad you've been amongst it. At least
someone has been getting it.
Lindsay P.
Michael Scollay wrote:
>
> Lindsay wrote:
> >
> > Hey yeah, I forgot Kerry owned half of the Aussie Alps. No wonder the
> > channel nine snow report has been at Perisher, doing huge camera pans of
> > the area and proclaiming its greatness.
> >
> > Lindsay P.
> >
> > Blair Trewin wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > ...and if you watch channel 9 Perisher Blue always seems to be rated good -
> > > > excellent, even earlier this season when it was a joke.
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > >
> > > I seem to recall 'Media Watch' had something to say about this a
> > > few weeks back.
> > >
> > > (For those who are unaware, both Perisher Blue and Channel 9 are
> > > owned by Kerry Packer)
>
> I've got to agree with some of the comments. True about Kerry
> Packer's position in regard to Perisher-Blue. True that the
> reporters are prone to exaggeration. However, also true that
> the conditions this year have been surprisingly good since
> about mid-July. I've had a weekend in late July and a week
> since August 14 and never skied in a better weather/snow
> combination in 20 years of skiing. Plenty of snow in the
> hills, not a great deal on the flats and sunnier sides,
> but the quality has been marvelous. This last week saw
> great conditions from Sat 14/8 to Wed 18/8. Big blow
> on Thu 19/8 that gave way to calm and sunny conditions
> from Fri 20/8 with the snow only marginally ruined
> below 1900m by some new wet snow freezing. I've had some
> better powder snow to lower levels but never with such
> clear, cold and calm conditions to follow. That's been the
> main difference with this year over others; some good snow,
> very little rain, if any and clear, cold, mainly calm
> conditions in between. Also, I almost forgot, some of the
> least congested conditions on the ski lifts also (last Thu
> excepted).
>
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:51:46 +1000
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au]
Subject: aus-wx: Fwd: AMOS Reminder
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Hi everyone,
I had forgotten totally about this AMOS meeting. I cannot attend due to a
rally being planned for this evening for teacher's rights!!!!
Please read the details below thanks.
Jimmy Deguara
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>From: "Andrew Treloar"
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>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:38:56 +1000
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>Hello Everyone,
>
>Just a reminder that the AMOS Scientific meeting is to be held tomorrow
>night as per details below:
>
>Speaker: Professor Martin A. Green, Director Photovoltaics Special Research
>Centre, University of NSW School of Electrical Engineering
>
>Topic: Silicon Solar Cells: From the Lab to the Rooftops of the World
>
>Venue: Macquarie University, Building E5A, Room 143 (Level 1)
>
>Time: 7.30 pm for a 7.45 pm formal start
>
>Parking: Parking fees apply at Macquarie, even at night. Be sure to obtain a
>ticket from one of the machines in the parking areas, or you may be fined.
>
>It will be a very interesting talk and we look forward to a big audience.
>
>Andrew Treloar
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>Email: A.Treloar at BoM.Gov.au
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From: "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au]
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:51:21 +1000
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Hi Everyone,
At long last I have finally heard thunder again. A whole two rumbles in fact
which is better than nothing. Saw some nice CC lightning as well. A couple
of spits of rain here at Blaxland during the past few hours which looks like
all were going to get from them. On the way home from work I noticed the
storms over the mtns and thought am I dreaming or is there really storms
over my way.
Anyway its good to have finally broken the storm drought here. Lets hope
this heralds the start of a fantastic season.
Matthew Piper
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> Hey All,
>
> Sorry if someone else has already posted something similar to the list,
but
> just looking out the window at Nth Sydney to the West there are 3 very
nice
> looking Cells over the mountains. And with the Sun setting in the
background
> they make a very nice sight.
> One just E of Katoomba has a bit of pink on the radar at around 5:20pm.
> Looking at the Anvils though they seem to be facing the S - SW .
>
> Later, James H
>
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Snow project
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:36:37 GMT
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On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:42:59 +1000, Don White
wrote:
>collecting a data base of all Australian snowfalls is one of my aims as
>well - keen to be invloved
>Don White
>
OK, That's Tim (Hunter Valley), Phil (SA), Don (Sydney) and I (Blue
Mtns) -- anyone from Victoria? Tasmania? (Do we have any ASWA members
or list participants from Tassie?
I wrote an article on snow for the long-gone NSW Met Society journal
many years ago which detailed snowfalls by season and locality. It
would make a useful starting point. I could put it up on my web site
when I either scan it or type it up. It would then be possible to
progressively expand it as fresh information was dug up. This would at
least provide an initial database of snowfall in Australia,
concentrating more on snowfall away from the Alps. Is this the sort of
thing you had in mind, Tim?
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: West of Sydney
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:38:45 GMT
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On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:51:21 +1000, "Matthew Piper"
wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>At long last I have finally heard thunder again. A whole two rumbles in fact
>which is better than nothing. Saw some nice CC lightning as well. A couple
>of spits of rain here at Blaxland during the past few hours which looks like
>all were going to get from them. On the way home from work I noticed the
>storms over the mtns and thought am I dreaming or is there really storms
>over my way.
>
>Anyway its good to have finally broken the storm drought here. Lets hope
>this heralds the start of a fantastic season.
>
There was some excellent floccus above Sydney around 10am this morning
as I drove in from the Mountains. Made me wonder about the totally
storm-free forecast I was listening to on the radio...
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Subject: aus-wx: Bureau policies
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:10:00 GMT
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A couple of updates.
The Bureau has indicated that a draft Basic Product Set document will
be issued very shortly, with an intended implementation date late
October. For those not in the know, the BPS will determine what data
(including radar and derived products like forecast charts) will be
freely available (mostly on the web) and what will be charged for at
cost-recovery rates. When I know what the secondary distribution
policies finally are, I hope to make more real-time data available on
my web site. Senator Hill, in the last budget, indicated that
additional funds were being given to the Bureau to expand its range of
free products, with radar and country users being given priority.
For those interested in even more esoteric details, the Bureau will,
from 1 September, change its international exchange data bulletins to
provide main and intermediate hour synoptic bulletins for about 120
stations in Australia. What that means is that those first-order
stations will report throughout the year at 00, 03, 06... 21 UTC, i.e.
10am, 1pm... EST, and 11am, 2pm... EDST. These stations will continue
to report at the usual 9am, 12 noon... clock time as well, while all
the other second level stations will continue as before.
This is a major change for the Bureau. Virtually every country in the
world reports at the standard hours of 00, 03.. UTC, the only
exceptions being Australia, NZ during daylight saving, and some
Pacific Islands. Our non-standard hours, and the partial one-hour
shift during daylight saving time, give problems in both synoptic
meteorology and climatology, so the change is in some ways a welcome
one. Cynics might say, however, that it is a shrewd political move to
maintain the 9am status quo: by fulfillling international obligations
with a minimal network of stations, the issues surrounding total
standardisation can be allowed to languish a while longer ;-).
It will be interesting to see whether changes are to be made in the
Bureau's upper air program when daylight saving starts. Upper air
balloon flights normally are made at 22z during DST, even though they
are "nominally" labelled as 00z, an important consideration for storm
chasers. It means the Skew T and other diagrams you get from Wyoming
Uni are not quite as up-to-date as indicated, because, whilst the data
is collected an hour earlier, it is still distributed globally at the
normal time.
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:05:36 +1000
From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au]
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Hey Ben from Brisbane here..
I can't believe i missed this system that effected NSW today.. I noticed
some very isolated weak and short lived showers/possible storms in NNE
victoria yesterday afternoon.. and again early thismorning.. and sure
enough isolated showers and storms devloped from NE VIC right up to
cetntral NE NSW this afternoon..
I believe they were caused by an upper level trough which was over VIC
this morning (and caused the showers/possible storms there this
morning), and has since moved NE to be over central and southern NSW as
i write this email.. Looks like the trough will move slightly further NE
overnight before it weakens and slips ESE tomorrow (well offshore)..
On a slightly different note.. fairly showery in parts of Brisbane
today.. with coastal shower type Cb drifting onto the coast at various
times throughout the day (mostly in the morning where i was) dumping
some quite heavy showers here and there.. I got 18mm here overnight and
today, with most of that falling during the early hours of this
morning.. some nice coastal/Maritime Cb (if there is such a thing!)
visible this afternoon as the cloud broke up where i was.. nothing
spectacular by any means.. but nice to look at..
Lindsay wrote:
>
> Thunder here at 6:20pm. Looked out the back window and saw CC light up
> the sky. Its sort of coming from the NW direction, those with radar will
> know more.
>
> Looks to be heading towards Sydney.
>
> Lindsay P.
>
> James Harris wrote:
> >
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Sorry if someone else has already posted something similar to the list, but
> > just looking out the window at Nth Sydney to the West there are 3 very nice
> > looking Cells over the mountains. And with the Sun setting in the background
> > they make a very nice sight.
> > One just E of Katoomba has a bit of pink on the radar at around 5:20pm.
> > Looking at the Anvils though they seem to be facing the S - SW .
> >
> > Later, James H
> >
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Hi ppls,
Well I finally got a look at some C-G lightning, after a very long dry
spell. A small single cell moved into the northern suburbs of Adelaide
tonight from the NW, producing about 4 cg's before moving off to the SE,
even though this storm was small it was quite impressive considering I have
not seen a decent storm in months.
Elizabeth which is about 5k's N of us had 0.4mm of rain since 9am, 0.2mm of
that came out of this small cell.
Doesnt look as though we will get anymore tonight, but I will be keeping
one ear open tonight.
Temp at 9:45pm local was 20.6 C
Wind is getting stronger
more rain on the way in, but seems to be slipping south of us.
Cyas all,
Andrew Wall
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:58:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Inland NSW storms for Thursday?
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perhaps not now that I have opened my trap.....
But it looks like we could see some more decent storm activity over
central western NSW on Thursday - I suppose it is getting toward that
time of year thankgod. Surface temps over the inland look like being
mid 20's ahead of a cold front although I wish the 500 temps would drop
back down a bit. A quick browse of AVN data set 48 hours out and
forecast (03Z 26/8) LI is down to -5 ish [CAPE, which will be an
interesting forecast tool to watch this season, is a whopping 1000J/kg
over the same area :) ]. Other indices seem to give similar relatively
storm friendly figures. There is also a little 200mb jet streak over
the area as well.
Thursday mornings Cobar sounding might be more revealing.
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From: "Max King" [mnk at zip.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: West of Sydney
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:52:38 +1000
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Just to let you know.....I was driving from Parkes to Sydney this afternoon
and passed directly under 2 cells.....One between Orange and Bathurst,
around Dunkeld about 2.30....some thuder and heavy rain, the other near Mt
Lambie (just west of Lithgow) about an hour later....just moderate rain
Max.
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: West of Sydney
> I was watching these all the way home from the city this afternoon but
> the sun was pretty glary so I couldn't observe any lightning.
> These storms appear to be almost stationary..I have a good view of the
> southernmost one from my place but haven't observed any lightning
> despite the pink colour on radar. Anyone else see any lightning? (For
> the purpose of my database I'm going to assume it occurred).
>
> James Harris wrote:
> >
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Sorry if someone else has already posted something similar to the list,
but
> > just looking out the window at Nth Sydney to the West there are 3 very
nice
> > looking Cells over the mountains. And with the Sun setting in the
background
> > they make a very nice sight.
> > One just E of Katoomba has a bit of pink on the radar at around 5:20pm.
> > Looking at the Anvils though they seem to be facing the S - SW .
> >
> > Later, James H
> >
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