Australian Weather Mailing List Archives: Monday, 29 November 1999

From Subject -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] Severe Storm Outlook... 002 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Severe Storm Outlook... 003 "David Croan" [wxbustchase at hotmail.com] Severe Storm Outlook... 004 "Chris Gribben" [chrisgribben at hotmail.com] Severe Storm Outlook... 005 Paul.Mossman at DWNNICH.OCA.nt.gov.au Sus Low / TC? / Media Stuff Up 006 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Lithgow storms 007 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] New radar site at Captains Flat 008 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Sus Low / TC? / Media Stuff Up 009 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Melbourne gets its first 30 010 "Steve" [sselka at ozemail.com.au] Terrible Hail Storm Joke 011 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Lithgow storms 012 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Severe Storm Outlook... 013 Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] Ist storm chase of the season 014 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Big Chase Update 015 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Re: Cyclone Tracking Maps 016 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] New Pictures 017 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Big Chase Update -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:45:22 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Severe Storm Outlook... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The current NGP projection shows the 200mb stream lines and isotachs will be particularly favourable for severe storms in NE NSW on Friday with sharp cyclonic curvature. I think by Saturday it may be too late, unfortunately. Also, W Victoria looks like the place to be on Thursday!!! - Paul G. On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Keith Barnett wrote: > This upper trough is probably the one that's approaching South Africa at > present causing forecasts of heavy rain in parts of that country. > There's a forecast of an ECL there as well. > > Jacob wrote: > > > > At 08:34 26/11/99 -0600, you wrote: > > >Hi everyone, It looks like a stronger jetstream accompanying a cold front > > >may bring the possibility of severe storms later next week for SA, VIC and > > >NSW/ SE QLD. Presently, it looks like SA for Friday, VIC/ W NSW for Sat, > > >NE NSW, SE QLD for Sun/Mon - Paul G. > > > > > > > The west coast is also looking good for Wednesday at this stage, this from > > the BoM's Extended Period Forecast for the South-West: > > > > A significant upper level disturbance approaches the west coast on > > Wednesday and > > at this stage there is a reasonably likelihood of widespread showers and > > thunderstorms developing especially in western districts including the west > > coast. > > > > Jacob > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > 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------------------------------ 002 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Severe Storm Outlook... Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:45:13 +1100 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 I will be leaving on Wednesday and heading for Victoria. Perhaps NE Vic, or the southern ranges. Not wrapped in trying to get to NE NSW from Victoria on Friday. Although I think NGP is pushing things a bit quicker than the other models. Anybody who wants to link up with me please ring 02 4297 1693. I prefer to stay in motels, so if you preference is caravans I will drop you off at a suitable park. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Sent: Monday, 29 November 1999 9:45 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Severe Storm Outlook... > The current NGP projection shows the 200mb stream lines and isotachs will > be particularly favourable for severe storms in NE NSW on Friday with > sharp cyclonic curvature. I think by Saturday it may be too late, > unfortunately. Also, W Victoria looks like the place to be on Thursday!!! > - Paul G. > > On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Keith Barnett wrote: > > > This upper trough is probably the one that's approaching South Africa at > > present causing forecasts of heavy rain in parts of that country. > > There's a forecast of an ECL there as well. > > > > Jacob wrote: > > > > > > At 08:34 26/11/99 -0600, you wrote: > > > >Hi everyone, It looks like a stronger jetstream accompanying a cold front > > > >may bring the possibility of severe storms later next week for SA, VIC and > > > >NSW/ SE QLD. Presently, it looks like SA for Friday, VIC/ W NSW for Sat, > > > >NE NSW, SE QLD for Sun/Mon - Paul G. > > > > > > > > > > The west coast is also looking good for Wednesday at this stage, this from > > > the BoM's Extended Period Forecast for the South-West: > > > > > > A significant upper level disturbance approaches the west coast on > > > Wednesday and > > > at this stage there is a reasonably likelihood of widespread showers and > > > thunderstorms developing especially in western districts including the west > > > coast. > > > > > > Jacob > > > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > > 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------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 X-Originating-IP: [203.0.101.2] From: "David Croan" [wxbustchase at hotmail.com] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Severe Storm Outlook... Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:25:59 EST Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Michael, Paul and all "Michael Thompson" wrote: >I will be leaving on Wednesday and heading for Victoria. Perhaps NE Vic, or >the southern ranges. Not wrapped in trying to get to NE NSW from Victoria >on >Friday. Although I think NGP is pushing things a bit quicker than the other >models. I also have been waiting for the right conditions to join the chase - with only 1 week's holiday to spare...maybe I am being too fussy. But I do like the look of western Victoria on Thursday as well and if the model prognosis holds true then that is where I will head - the roads there seem quite good for storm chasing. ______________________________________________________ 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------------------------------ 004 X-Originating-IP: [203.21.6.48] From: "Chris Gribben" [chrisgribben at hotmail.com] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Severe Storm Outlook... Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:42:07 PST Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, Just a note to those thinking of chasing Thursday in western Vic that the roads are probably amongst the best in the country - generally flat land, good road network and the majority of them are sealed roads too. NW Vic is even flatter but I am not sure that the roads are as widespread, more dirt roads up that way too I'd imagine. Good luck to whoever heads that way - I'll be flying through it on my way back home. I personally hope it holds off till Thursday night but that is looking less and less likely. Some impressive lightning last night for a couple of hours here in Darwin to the south and then to the west. Hot here today and fairly clear so hopefully we'll get another display tonight - Hector has shot up as usual to the north. Only 3 days left here then it is back to Melbourne, hopefully chase on thursday night depending on the speed of this system. ______________________________________________________ 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------------------------------ 005 From: Paul.Mossman at DWNNICH.OCA.nt.gov.au To: " - *aussie-weather at world.std.com" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Sus Low / TC? / Media Stuff Up Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:26:31 +0930 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id XAA10517 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Howdy all. The BOM up here up currently watching a Low that is stationary in the Gulf. Nothing at the moment bu they suspect some development within 48 - 72 hours. However - the NT news (a paper) has got everyone panicing with todays headline " Cyclone worry as Low forms" I rang the BOm and spoke with the Senior Forecaster who was quite annoyed - and even said " they will have the bloody shelters open soon ........ and allo this Low is at this stage is a normal Wet season Low". Maybe a "mini" cyclone or tornado or ??? 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------------------------------ 006 Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:25:03 -0800 From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Lithgow storms Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Michael and others, RE Storms in this area... The storms that form near Lithgow and move say, towards Mudgee area...What is the reason for that? Often during our tennis matches here in Blackheath you'll see a nice line of storms near Lithgow moving say, North east or whatever. We can have nothing but the storms will regularly form in that path. Just wondering. Lindsay P. Michael Thompson wrote: > > Bathurst is sort of wedged between higher ground in nearly all sides. To the > east near Mt Lambie it goes 1000m, same again west near Orange, and > southeast towards Oberon. Bathurst itself is about 600-700m. > > Michael +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: New radar site at Captains Flat To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:36:38 +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 > What was particularly significant was the announcement by Clem Jones, = > OIC Canberra BOM, that a new radar site will be established at Captains = > Flat and should be operational in the next 6 months. This is great news = > for Canberra (a long way from Sydney and the intermittently offline = > Wagga). It will also provide much needed improved coverage for large = > areas of the Southern Tablelands (and eastern parts of the Snowy Mtns) = > as well as the South Coast and up to the Illawarra. A lot of low and = > middle level cloud rain events in SE NSW currently go completely = > undetected on radar and many storms are underestimated or not seen - = > especially if Wagga is offline for radiosonde tracking. > Any indication of exactly where at Captains Flat? (I should be able to find out if you don't know) If it's on top of one of the hills to the east it will have excellent coverage over the Southern Tablelands and the coastal area (although, of course, anything below the escarpment line wouldn't be picked up). This range is at around 1000-1300 metres, depending on the exact location. 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: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Sus Low / TC? / Media Stuff Up To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:44:32 +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 > > Howdy all. > > The BOM up here up currently watching a Low that is stationary in the Gulf. > Nothing at the moment bu they suspect some development within 48 - 72 hours. > > However - the NT news (a paper) has got everyone panicing with todays headline > > " Cyclone worry as Low forms" A beat-up by the Northern Territory News? Never! (This is the paper which is well-known to fans of 'Media Watch' as the 'Darwin Dreadful'. Actually, I'm amazed that a story found its way onto its front page that failed to mention any crocodiles :-) > I rang the BOm and spoke with the Senior Forecaster who was quite annoyed - and > even said " they will have the bloody shelters open soon ........ and allo this > Low is at this stage is a normal Wet season Low". > Must be a slow news day in the NT. Once, in going through the clippings files, there was quite a bit of coverage of the fact that a rumour was, for some reason, doing the rounds that it was going to be 48 degrees in Melbourne on Christmas Day 1980, and the Bureau was making frantic efforts to hose said rumour down. The reality was a somewhat more prosaic 22.4 (in the midst of an otherwise very hot summer). 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------------------------------ 009 From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: aus-wx: Melbourne gets its first 30 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 17:01:28 +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 Melbourne reached 30 for the first time this spring, topping out at 30.4. This is the latest date only since 1992, although it seems more abnormal than that because each of the last five years has had a 30 in October. There should now be at least two more days over 30, and possibly three, depending on the timing of Thursday's change. Also looks to be a bit of moisture with the change - lots of potential for the chasers (and, as mentioned in another thread, northern Victoria has an excellent road network). 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 From: "Steve" [sselka at ozemail.com.au] To: "severeweather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Terrible Hail Storm Joke Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:08:18 +1100 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

Terrible hail storm
===================

A blonde was driving back from the mall when there was a terrible hail
storm. Huge hail stones the size of golf balls pelted her car leaving it
full of dents. She drove to the body shop and asked what she should do.
The body man explained what needed to be done and that it would cost at
least $4,000 to repair. She said that was too much and asked if there was
some other way to fix it.

The body man decided to have a little fun and said, "Well you could blow
into the tail pipe real hard and they might pop back out." She decided to
give it a try before spending that much money.

She drove home and was in the garage with her lips wrapped around the
exhaust pipe when her blonde neighbour came over to visit.

"What are you doing?" she shrieked thinking the worst and thankful that
she may have just prevented her friend from committing suicide.

"I'm blowing into the tailpipe real hard to pop all these dents out of my
car," explained the first blonde.

"Well silly, it's not going to work," replied her neighbour.

"Why not?" asked the first blonde.

"Because you've got to roll up the windows first."

011 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Lithgow storms Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:20:13 +1100 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 I suppose there are different reasons on different days. But I think that the rear escarpment of the Blue Mountains plays a part on some days. The Blue Mountains also tends to be the inland air mass barrier, for example it can be much hotter in Bathurst then the Blue Mountains, this air could be upsloped east of Bathurst and form storms around Lithgow. Michael > Michael and others, > > RE Storms in this area... > > The storms that form near Lithgow and move say, towards Mudgee > area...What is the reason for that? Often during our tennis matches here > in Blackheath you'll see a nice line of storms near Lithgow moving say, > North east or whatever. We can have nothing but the storms will > regularly form in that path. Just wondering. > > Lindsay P. > > Michael Thompson wrote: > > > > Bathurst is sort of wedged between higher ground in nearly all sides. To the > > east near Mt Lambie it goes 1000m, same again west near Orange, and > > southeast towards Oberon. Bathurst itself is about 600-700m. > > > > Michael > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Severe Storm Outlook... Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:16:41 +1100 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 My mobile number is 040886 4025 so give me ring on the road. The only concern I have about western Victoria is if the action skips to NE NSW the next day I will be out of range, however with the high pressure ridge the change should slow, so hopefully the Western Vic - Mid NSW - NE NSW - Se Queensland could be the 4 day tour. Michael > >I will be leaving on Wednesday and heading for Victoria. Perhaps NE Vic, or > >the southern ranges. Not wrapped in trying to get to NE NSW from Victoria > >on > >Friday. Although I think NGP is pushing things a bit quicker than the other > >models. > > I also have been waiting for the right conditions to join the chase - with > only 1 week's holiday to spare...maybe I am being too fussy. But I do like > the look of western Victoria on Thursday as well and if the model prognosis > holds true then that is where I will head - the roads there seem quite good > for storm chasing. > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > 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------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: paisley at mail.cobweb.com.au Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:40:54 +0930 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Ist storm chase of the season Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Well, ya gotta start somewhere... I had 3 hours free this afternoon and with Cu's popping up all over the place and a check of the radar showing some yellow heading SSE towards Port Wakefield. I headed north. 10ks north of Adelaide I was greeted with a lovely anvil in the distance poking up over lots of smaller Cu's! Piccie #1 Kept driving north, the horizon got dark, cars started coming the other way with lights on. Yee ha! Piccie #2 Radio started to crackle, rain feet started to appear, some good scud action occurred - I punched the core (just wanted to say that ;)) got rained on but finally got to the north side of the storm. Unfortunately it was heading out over the gulf (no chasing there) so I had to satsfy myself with some more rain features and some nice cool outflow winds (and almost getting bogged). Piccies #3 & 4 All in all a very 'whitebread' storm, but you've got to start the season somewhere. As I drove home big congestus was popping up over the Mt Lofty ranges - was anyone chasing there? Andrew n Kathryn?? 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------------------------------ 014 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:05:49 +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.. The chasers have had a fairly average couple of days, with only isolated storms in the past 48 hours - and most of them in un-chasable territory.. they did however chase a photogenic squall line on Saturday.. they are currently in Cunnamulla, and will probably head back into NSW in the next couple of days to meet up with the next system.. Something of interest - some of the VIC ppl took some video footage of a dust vortex on the northern flank of a storm during the first week of the chase.. Clive Herbert met up with the main chasing group over the weekend, and has examined the footage close.. and he thinks it is an F0 Tornado.. Also, they were nearly flooded in at Thargominda by the Bulloo river.. and apparently Broken Hill is currently isolated by flood waters - which is where they were planning to go at one stage, but decided against it.. Hopefully much more to report on from the next system forecast for the second half of this week.. Here in SE QLD, i wouldn't rule out the possibility of overnight storms in NE NSW on Friday, hopefully spilling over into SE QLD.. and then storms in SE QLD on Saturday.. some models are piss farting around with the trough in eastern Australia over the weekend too.. so hopefully something will come of that (ie. no ridge and a trough inland for the first half of next week).. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Re: Cyclone Tracking Maps Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 22:48:05 +1100 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 Thanks Carl It is great to see somebody producing these maps. I bet you are looking forward to this season, any potential in the low in the Coral Sea ? Michael > > With the onset of the cyclone season, some of you may wish to obtain > accurate cyclone tracking maps that print well on A4 paper. > > As there seems to be a lack of these, I decided to make my own, which are > available to download free of charge for your own personal use through my > website at http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/index.htm. > > These 30 pixel per degree grayscale maps with 0.1 degree plotting points > cover the Australian region from 96E to 168E and 0 to 36S in 2 sets - 5 > overlapping regional maps and 15 overlapping local maps - giving adequate > coverage for all areas. > > The place names usually used by the BoM in their cyclone warnings are black > with other place names grey. > > The URL of the maps page is http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/TCMaps.htm. > > I welcome feedback on the usability of these maps and suggestions on how to > improve on them for future versions - you can email me at > carls at ace-net.com.au. > > Carl. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Carl Smith. > Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. > carls at ace-net.com.au > Cyclone Tracking Maps Website: > http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/index.htm > Current Cyclone Information Page: > http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/current.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: New Pictures Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:07:41 +1100 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 The pics from 3rd November look excellent ! Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Sent: Wednesday, 24 November 1999 17:47 Subject: aus-wx: New Pictures > Hey, Ben here.. > > I have added 17 new pictures to BSCH.. these were taken by Andrew Maben > over the past 4 weeks.. from 3 or 4 separate storm days i think.. Some > very nice shots in here! > > http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/picturegallerynew.htm > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 017 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Big Chase Update Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:07:09 +1100 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 GASP is breaking down the ridge and hinting at an inland trough. I like the look of the ECMWF model as well as it has the ridge breaking down too. I think NGP has overcooked the timing of events a little, I would not mind betting that things will happen a bit slower. Michael > Hopefully much more to report on from the next system forecast for the > second half of this week.. > > Here in SE QLD, i wouldn't rule out the possibility of overnight storms > in NE NSW on Friday, hopefully spilling over into SE QLD.. and then > storms in SE QLD on Saturday.. some models are piss farting around with > the trough in eastern Australia over the weekend too.. so hopefully > something will come of that (ie. no ridge and a trough inland for the > first half of next week).. > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------