Australian Weather Mailing List Archives: Monday, 22 November 1999

From Subject -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 Ira Fehlberg [jra at upnaway.com] New chase pics 002 "Patrick Tobin" [patricktobin at ozemail.com.au] Canberra rain 003 Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] Canberra rain 004 Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com. US Navy satpics - was 005 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Wycheproof Rainfall Event! 006 Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] New chase pics 007 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] US Navy satpics - was "aus-wx: New chase pics" 008 Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] Favourable NSW Storm Situation... 009 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Brisbane - cool this November 010 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Big Chase Update 011 Paul Mossman [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au] Monsoonal rains................. 012 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Severe Storm Warning 013 Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] ASWA storm chase update 014 Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] Supercell .... 015 Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] Severe Storm Warning 016 "Patrick Tobin" [patricktobin at ozemail.com.au] Canberra storms 017 Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] Kingaroy/Gympie cell... 018 Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] Severe Storm Warning 019 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Supercell .... 020 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Cricket Ball Hail! 021 Paul Mossman [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au] Cricket Ball Hail! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 X-Sender: jra at upnaway.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:56:02 +0800 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Ira Fehlberg [jra at upnaway.com] Subject: aus-wx: New chase pics Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, Well i finally put up my pics of the chase Mike and i did on November the 2nd. Check em out at http://www.upnaway.com/~jra/weather.html Click on the mammatus pic of the month or go to it through the chase reports. Ive put all the pics from the chase as thumbnails at the bottom of the report so you can see them all. Its a better format than my old one i think and easier to use. I will endevour to change all my chase reports over like this as i have some good supercell pics i havent even scanned yet, been slack i know. Anyway hope you enjoy the pics, the mammatus was great! Ira Fehlberg PS thanks go to the guys from BSCH for saving the navy sat pics for me. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 From: "Patrick Tobin" [patricktobin at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Canberra rain Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 07:56:49 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Another 10.5mm at my place over night bringing the total from this event to 30.5mm. Our 8.00am temp of 15 has already exceeded yesterday's max - do I feel a heatwave coming on.....? (only kidding - BOM suggest a max of 23 with the chance of a storm - hope the last bit comes off). Speaking of the BOM, its good to see the forecasters working the nightshift have storms on their mind. This is from this morning's NSW notes issued by NSW RO at 3.30am: Thursday 25/11/99 9am On Thursday high pressure in the thunderstorm should continue to bring fine weather most of New South Wales, with only isolated showers on the north coast. Patrick +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 16:44:16 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Canberra rain Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > Speaking of the BOM, its good to see the forecasters working the nightshift > have storms on their mind. This is from this morning's NSW notes issued by > NSW RO at 3.30am: > > Thursday 25/11/99 9am > > On Thursday high pressure in the thunderstorm should > continue to bring fine weather most of New South Wales, with only isolated > showers on the north coast. > > Patrick Their coffee machine must be on the blink... - P +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:26:07 +1100 004 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: aus-wx: US Navy satpics - was "aus-wx: New chase pics" Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Ira Fehlberg wrote on Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:56:02 +0800: > PS thanks go to the guys from BSCH for saving the navy > sat pics for me. Three things... 1) Archive reports last gmsc/d image (partly intact) was labled at 199911210424 UTC. Last gmsc/d totally intact image was labled at 199911210131. This means no update of gmsc/d evident in the last 18-19 hrs. Can anyone else please confirm this or otherwise comment? 2) jtwc gms5 archive is intact. Last was 199911212224 UTC. Other images at NPMOC are intact also. It seems that only gmsc/d/full from main GMS5 series is affected. 3) If BSCH is getting intact navy satpics for GMS5 gmsc/d sector, please let me know the URL. The ones used by the archive are; http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/satimages/gmsc.jpg http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/satimages/gmsd.jpg http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/products/jtwc/archive/g5iwp/*.jpg Note#1: jtwc archive of last 2 days only to avoid mass download of old images after those have been compressed ready for condensed and consequent tape archive. Note#2: gmsc/d gaps can be filled by jtwc to a degree when requesting cropped extracts from the archive. Image resolution is adequate for printing & publishing major storm events. Michael Scollay mailto:michael.scollay at telstra.com.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------------------------------ 005 From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wycheproof Rainfall Event! To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:33:54 +1100 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > > Good to hear you got a good bucketing out there Kevin. The weather here so > far today has been disappointing. Overcast with weakening rain/showers as > they approach Melbourne...with only one short heavy shower and 2 mm in > Heidelberg so far. It seems to be one of those rainshadow scenarious from > the Divide by the northerlies. It is very frustrating to see a good rain > band approaching and then splitting before the city to be north over the > ranges and south over the bay and then re-forming east of the Dandenongs. > Hopefully as the wind swings around we'll get some more rain later. Even a > break in the dull scud with some convective clouds would be nice! > > Phil. It's now Monday morning, and Melbourne just about missed the lot. 2.6mm was the relatively inconsequential amount, on a weekend when virtually all of Victoria other than the coast from Melbourne eastwards got at least 10mm, and widely 30 or more. Given everything else that has failed to happen in Melbourne in recent times, this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. An interesting stat on the lack of interest in spring in Melbourne this year, with 9 days to go: Lowest values for highest maximum temperature of spring: 28.0 1999 (so far) 28.6 1879, 1973 28.9 1856 29.1 1917 Highest values for lowest maximum temperature of spring 14.0 1938, 1981, 1999 (so far) 13.9 1921 The 28.0 figure is likely to be challenged on Thursday (forecast 28). We're not yet in record-breaking territory for latest first day over 30 - there are 10 instances (most recently 1992) of the first day over 30 being in December. 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------------------------------ 006 X-Sender: paisley at mail.cobweb.com.au Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:20:51 +0930 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: New chase pics Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Hi all, > Well i finally put up my pics of the chase Mike and i did on >November the 2nd. Check em out at >http://www.upnaway.com/~jra/weather.html Those are beautiful pics Ira. I really like the sequence as the anvil rises over the horizon and 'moves towards the camera'. Hope you get your supercell soon :) Phil 'Paisley' Bagust paisley at cobweb.com.au http://www.chariot.net.au/~paisley2 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 10:58:43 +1100 From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: US Navy satpics - was "aus-wx: New chase pics" Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey Michael, Everyone.. Michael Scollay wrote: > > Ira Fehlberg wrote on Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:56:02 +0800: > > > PS thanks go to the guys from BSCH for saving the navy > > sat pics for me. > 1) Archive reports last gmsc/d image (partly intact) was 2> labled at 199911210424 UTC. Last gmsc/d totally intact > image was labled at 199911210131. This means no update > of gmsc/d evident in the last 18-19 hrs. Can anyone else > please confirm this or otherwise comment? > 3) If BSCH is getting intact navy satpics for GMS5 gmsc/d > sector, please let me know the URL. The ones used by the > archive are; Haven't been able to get GMSC/D since yesterday afternoon.. and it was down from probably 11:30pm Saturday night till early Sunday morning.. but i have been using this URL: http://207.133.112.37/gms5/austir.jpg It isn't a bad sat pic.. maybe this could be used as a 'backup' for when the navy sats go down? +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 19:39:05 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Favourable NSW Storm Situation... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Dew Pt's in the high-teens along the NW slopes, upper level jet axis through Hunter, temps to the high 20's/low 30's, trough expected from Coonabarabran to Sydney by around 10pm tonight. Looks like the best place for chasing is anywhere from the S tablelands up to the mid N coast - possibly even Sydney. - P G. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: aus-wx: Brisbane - cool this November To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:04:59 +1100 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Brisbane's mean maximum for November so far is sitting on 24.7. This is well below the previous record for the airport (25.4 in 50 years of record), but the old regional office site has had 24.8 in 1933. (The regional office site was also a little warmer than the airport, so this 24.8 probably equates to something around 24.6 at the airport). Adelaide (currently 21.0) is unlikely to threaten its record of 20.2 in 1916, but might get its second lowest mean maximum for November (currently 21.2 in 1971). Canberra (19.4) is currently equal with its record (in 1943 and 1992), but probably won't break it given the forecast for the coming week. 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------------------------------ 010 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:26:48 +1100 From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Big Chase Update Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey Ben from Brisbane here.. heard from Anthony, James and Rosco about 45 mins or so ago - they are on the eastern Darling downs with storms to their S, SE, NE and distant west.. as i was talking to Anthony he described the updrafts as "quite awesome" and they were pulling over to get pictures.. Also heard from Matt Smith and James Harris - they are at Goondiwindi and are photographing quite a nice storm (moving over goondiwindi as we speak) with a nice dark rain curtain, and a rainfoot (possibly microburst) in the storm a short time ago.. Here in Brisbane i can see a storm approaching from the SW (south of Gatton at the moment) which has just gone red on radar.. it is quite nice with very hard updrafts on the northern side and generally looking fairly healthy at this stage - it could make it to Brisbane or at least western suburbs of Brisbane.. Latest radar shows the storm is quite strong now - red on radar for 20 mins and an interesting shape to the red.. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:14:06 +0930 From: Paul Mossman [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (Win98; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Monsoonal rains................. Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Howdy all. Monsoonal type depression has brought very heavy rain to some parts. Pirlangimpi received 64mm between 9 - 3pm I received 10mm in a 5 min downpour! Lots of yellows/pinks from small cells screaming in and dumping their loads. Other noticeable falls til 9am were: Jabiru : 24mm Wave Hill: 26mm Borroloola: 108mm!!!! Wollograng 34mm The BOM here is saying this type of rain will last for 3 days and get heavier late tonight / tomorrow. Hopefully some great falls to report soon. Paul at Darwin. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 18:10:50 +1100 From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Severe Storm Warning Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey Ben from Brisbane here.. I must say that this year that both the BOM and some radio stations (i listen to MMM) have been EXCELLENT as far as storm warnings go! This time last year a warning probably wouldn't have been issued for a storm like this.. and if one was issued radio stations didn't play it unless the sky was looking threatening to the west or ppl rang in without reports of hail etc etc.. but this year the radio stations (MMM at least) are flogging the warnings like there is no tomorrow!! And the BOM seem to be issuing warnings more often.. Maybe Anthony has been writing a few letters? Whatever has happened I LIKE IT! The warning that was just issued is pasted below, this storm has been going for over 1 1/2 hours and it was red for 40 mins straight between about 5-5:40pm .. visually it was looking veeeeeeery nice.. but right now (6:10pm) it appears to have weakened slightly.. TOP PRIORITY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane at 5:53pm EST on Monday the 22nd of November 1999 For the Southeast Coast A severe thunderstorm with damaging wind squalls and large hail was observed approaching Ipswich from the west at 5.50pm. The storm is expected to pass across the Ipswich area within the next hour. People are advised to secure outside items, move cars under cover and seek shelter. The next warning will be issued at 6.30pm. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 X-Sender: mbath at pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:47:13 +1100 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: ASWA storm chase update Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com A very excited Matthew Piper just called with a large cell just to their west which they are keeping E of. They suspect they have seen a supercell earlier, but the one now has been very green with a nice guster and strong winds, and its about to hit Dalby. Check the Brisbane broad and local radar to see it move through. They have called the BoM to issue a warning for that area. Michael ================================================================== Michael Bath mailto:mbath at ozemail.com.au Wollongbar NSW 2477 http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/ Australia http://www.lightningphotography.com/ Secretary 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------------------------------ 014 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 03:11:10 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Supercell .... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Looks like a supercell heading towards Brisbane - judging from movement and intensity. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 015 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 03:19:07 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Severe Storm Warning Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I suspect that it appeared to weaken only because it passed right over the radar sight so the echoes will have dropped off as the beram does not point straight up.. =- Paul G. On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Ben Quinn wrote: > Hey Ben from Brisbane here.. > > I must say that this year that both the BOM and some radio stations (i > listen to MMM) have been EXCELLENT as far as storm warnings go! This > time last year a warning probably wouldn't have been issued for a storm > like this.. and if one was issued radio stations didn't play it unless > the sky was looking threatening to the west or ppl rang in without > reports of hail etc etc.. but this year the radio stations (MMM at > least) are flogging the warnings like there is no tomorrow!! And the BOM > seem to be issuing warnings more often.. Maybe Anthony has been writing > a few letters? Whatever has happened I LIKE IT! > > The warning that was just issued is pasted below, this storm has been > going for over 1 1/2 hours and it was red for 40 mins straight between > about 5-5:40pm .. visually it was looking veeeeeeery nice.. but right > now (6:10pm) it appears to have weakened slightly.. > > TOP PRIORITY > SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING > Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane > at 5:53pm EST on Monday the 22nd of November 1999 > > For the Southeast Coast > > A severe thunderstorm with damaging wind squalls and large hail was > observed > approaching Ipswich from the west at 5.50pm. > > The storm is expected to pass across the Ipswich area within the next > hour. > > People are advised to secure outside items, move cars under cover and > seek > shelter. > > The next warning will be issued at 6.30pm. > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 016 From: "Patrick Tobin" [patricktobin at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Canberra storms Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:15:10 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

A nice group of storms just to the south and west of Canberra.

The cell just to the south is quite electrically active (around 1 stroke/sec), has a

backsheared anvil, very heavy precipitation core and is backbuilding nicely to the NW.

Should be an interesting couple of hours ahead.

Not a day that I thought would have been all that productive this far south with the dreaded NW blowing strongly for most of the day (has died off now - perhaps to become inflow?) and DP's around 6 or 7 (currently 7). I guess it goes to reinforce that unbreakable rule of weather - that there are no unbreakable rules of weather.

Patrick

017 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 03:55:06 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Kingaroy/Gympie cell... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Possibly another supercell up towards Kingaory heading roughly towards Gympie now on radar.... - Paul G. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 018 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 04:19:38 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Severe Storm Warning Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com ...Depending on whether precipitation is reaching the ground... On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Paul Graham wrote: > I suspect that it appeared to weaken only because it passed right over the > radar sight so the echoes will have dropped off as the beram does not > point straight up.. > =- Paul G. > > On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Ben Quinn wrote: > > > Hey Ben from Brisbane here.. > > > > I must say that this year that both the BOM and some radio stations (i > > listen to MMM) have been EXCELLENT as far as storm warnings go! This > > time last year a warning probably wouldn't have been issued for a storm > > like this.. and if one was issued radio stations didn't play it unless > > the sky was looking threatening to the west or ppl rang in without > > reports of hail etc etc.. but this year the radio stations (MMM at > > least) are flogging the warnings like there is no tomorrow!! And the BOM > > seem to be issuing warnings more often.. Maybe Anthony has been writing > > a few letters? Whatever has happened I LIKE IT! > > > > The warning that was just issued is pasted below, this storm has been > > going for over 1 1/2 hours and it was red for 40 mins straight between > > about 5-5:40pm .. visually it was looking veeeeeeery nice.. but right > > now (6:10pm) it appears to have weakened slightly.. > > > > TOP PRIORITY > > SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING > > Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane > > at 5:53pm EST on Monday the 22nd of November 1999 > > > > For the Southeast Coast > > > > A severe thunderstorm with damaging wind squalls and large hail was > > observed > > approaching Ipswich from the west at 5.50pm. > > > > The storm is expected to pass across the Ipswich area within the next > > hour. > > > > People are advised to secure outside items, move cars under cover and > > seek > > shelter. > > > > The next warning will be issued at 6.30pm. > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > 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------------------------------ 019 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:06:51 +1100 From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Supercell .... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey Paul, Everyone.. This storm was a beast!!! As soon as i sent the warning to the list i walked outside (still a fair bit of light around) to be greeted by lightning every second! Even more frequent for short periods! Most of the lightning was in cloud lighting (only 19 whites on the tracker when the lightning was at its peak), but boy were the anvil crawlers spectacular!!!! And get this.. at approx. 6:30pm i saw lightning run from one end of the storm to the other (right up the top of the anvil) and then strike (In a forked fashion) waaaaaaaaaay outside of the SE end of the storm!!! AND I WAS LOVING EVERY PRECIOUS SECOND OF IT!!!!!! I watched the storm visually from when its development and until it dissipated..and given that it lasted for well over 2 hours, maintained high intensities on radar for long periods (and moved NE when from memory steering winds are more NW or WNW) and visually appeared veeeeeery nice (rock hard updrafts on the northern side of the storm - and updraft after updraft after updraft going up) i agree with Paul that it could have been/probably was a supercell.. Paul Graham wrote: > > Looks like a supercell heading towards Brisbane - judging from movement > and intensity. > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 020 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:37:27 +1100 From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Cricket Ball Hail! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey, me again.. I've just learnt that cricket ball sized hail has been reported to the BOM from south of Gatton (SW of Brisbane) from this storm.. Normally i try to delay radar for at least 24 hours, but given the situation i think an exception can be made.. Check out the radar for this storm: www.bsch.simplenet.com/ben/bring-it-on/eventloop.gif I've just looked at Brisbane radar and nearly fallen off my chair!! Quite a nice line of storms heading our way! over 100 whites on the tracker as well.. Paul Graham wrote: > > Looks like a supercell heading towards Brisbane - judging from movement > and intensity. > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 021 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:41:36 +0930 From: Paul Mossman [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (Win98; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cricket Ball Hail! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Gee....sure it wasnt one of Adam Gilchrists 6's?? Hope the chasers are there and can confirm this....... would be interesting. Pictures would be even better. Paul. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------