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Australian Weather Mailing List Archives: Saturday, 8 January 2000

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001 "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au]          Great storm action this afternoon
002 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]    Warm Air Lightning Possibilities (was eastern Brisbane storm
003 Ben Munro [benjamin at biosys.net]                Perth Heatwave
004 "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net]           Eastern Brisbane Storm Damage
005 Susan Puddifer [susanpud at healey.com.au]        Something interesting off the Qld Coast?
006 "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com]     Eastern Brisbane Storm Damage
007 "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com]     Great storm action this afternoon
008 "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com]     Eastern Brisbane Storm Damage
009 Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au]                     Perth Heatwave
010 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au]            Sydnwy's Weather
011 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]    First TC formed out in the Coral Sea (depending on who you l
012 Michael Fewings [mike at strikeone.com.au]        ASWA webmaster changes
013 Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au]              TC IRIS
014 "Nick Sykes" [njsykes at yahoo.com]               Heat for Melbourne
015 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]    Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night
016 Les Crossan [les.crossan at virgin.net]           Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night
017 Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au]              Re: Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night
018 "James Pickett" [juxie_69 at hotmail.com]         Great storm action this afternoon
019 Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org]             Heat for Melbourne
020 "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au]          Great storm action this afternoon
021 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]    Great storm action this afternoon
022 paulmoss at tpgi.com.au                           Re Maestro? & New BOM Page -
023 "James Pickett" [juxie_69 at hotmail.com]         Great storm action this afternoon
024 "James Pickett" [juxie_69 at hotmail.com]         Re Maestro? & New BOM Page -
025 Ira Fehlberg [jra at upnaway.com]                 Perth Heatwave
026 "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au]          TC Babiola getting stonger
027 "John Graham" [gorzzz at optusnet.com.au]         Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night
028 Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au]              TC Iris is getting bigger also
029 "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au]          Anyone heard from Jason Or Keith?
030 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]    Anyone heard from Jason Or Keith?
031 "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au]          Anyone heard from Jason Or Keith?
032 "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net]           TC Iris is getting bigger also
033 "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net]           Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night

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001
From: "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au]
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:44:07 +0930
Subject: aus-wx: Great storm action this afternoon
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Howdy all. 

Excellent storm here this arvo - lightning, thunder, strong - very 
strong winds. I had 30.2mm of rain in 12 minutes - decent localised 
flooding in the estate I live in - was excellent.

The best part was how the storm arrived. Great gust front, with 
cumuliform lip cloud rolling over, sudden quietness, and then these 
amazing showers of rain that you could hear coming - big fat splaty 
drops that lasted like 3 seconds - then proceeded up the street in 
sheets that were quite visible.

Then the wind hit blowing palm trees etc causing them to bend 
sufficiently. Then the rain hit - like the sounds of an express train.

Storm had low level scud cloud scurrying along in the downdrafts at 
the front of the storm. Was one of the better daytime ones I have 
seen whilst here. Very photogenic - not embedded - this was the 
storm that I reported earlier seeing the boiling updrafts and showed 
pink on radar.

Paul at Darwin. 
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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 23:41:53 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Warm Air Lightning Possibilities (was eastern Brisbane storm damage)
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Hi all,

Clyve Herbert from Victoria phoned me to talk about warm air lightning,
RE discussion from the aus-wx list.  He asked if I could put a few
proposals forth as a possibly explanation to 'warm air lightning.'

1) Occassionally you can have "loop lightning", this can be generated
near the core of the thunderstorm, and move quite a distance from the
storm.  Occassionally, it can even loop back, behind the thunderstorm. 
On occassions, lightning can also come from the top of the Cb (anvil),
and strike a nearby Congestus Cu (possibly on its flanking line), and
that will travel right through to the ground.  Clyve proposed this for a
few cases where it does appear lightning may be coming from a congesting
Cu, which is quite possible if you're looking at the storm from certain
angles.

2) A theoretical concept here...in places such as Darwin/Brisbane where
moisture content is generally high throughout the atmosphere - one would
expect less evaporation in the cloud.  Whereas frequently southern
states would have very dry air aloft, hence a lot of evaporation could
take place.  Some of this evaporation also consists of supercooled water
droplets.  The proposal here is, is it possibly that high evaporation
rates could actually cause the supercooled water droplets (and other
water droplets), to evaporate, thus stunt the static build up charge
process?  Where as, in areas of high moisture content (and also
frequently high CAPE's), the evaporation does not take place as readily
in congesting Cu's.  Hence, the static build up charge is still able to
build up.

However - on Wednesday, we had extremely dry air above us - so I
proposed the following in reply to Clyve's ideas:

That even in Congesting Cu's (ie warm air clouds), that hail/graupel can
form in the upper reaches.  This is clearly evident by the reasonably
frequent occassions when southern states (particularly during winter),
can get small hail from congesting Cu's.  Occassionally, they're
lightning active, even without glaciation.  Even in Brisbane, we have
had Congesting Cu give hail - I remember a few years ago (~95/96?) that
Brisbane had morning hail in some of the suburbs from congesting Cu. 
This occurred at around 4/5am I think - and I believe there was some
sizable falls (up to 6 inches or more of marble sized hail!)  This was
all from Congestus (so the weather bureau said on the news, and on the
diagrams they drew, there certainly was no anvil!)  James will probably
be able to give a better account of this.

So - in this, is it possible that some congesting Cu, can infact bulld
up fairly large quantities of hail/graupel that does assist in the
static build up charge process?

It could also possibly be a combination of the above, each having
differing effects of the situation.

Any feedback would be much appreciated :)

Clyve Herbert & Anthony Cornelius; Victoria & Queensland ASWA Reps.
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From: Ben Munro [benjamin at biosys.net]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Perth Heatwave
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Jacob wrote:
>
>Today is the 15th day in a row that Perth City made it over 32C, the record
>is 16 days in a row in February, 1996.


Hi Jacob

Could you tell me what the minimum temperatures have been over the same
period?
How long has the temperature stayed above 20C?

I've moved a bit closer to the coast in Sydney, and a bit lower in
altitude, and have noticed that i've been getting minimum temperatures
above 20 more often (which i kind of expected), although that may be due to
fairly cloudy conditions so far this summer. 
In comparison to your summer, I've only had a few days over 30 so far, and
sydney city failed to reach 30 in december(the top temp was only 26.6 i think)

Ben Munro

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From: "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Eastern Brisbane Storm Damage
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 00:31:19 +1000
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Adding my 2 cents worth.  As I understand it, it is in fact the 2,000 odd thunderstorms which are in progress at any one time which keeps the ionosphere charged to this potential.  They are the "pump", i.e., electrostatic generators.  It is the "upside down" flashes out of the top of a storm which charge the ionosphere, and which occur when the anvil becomes sufficiently highly charged.
 
I agree with Paul, you need friction to separate charge (i.e., strip electrons), and conventionally either two insulators in friction or an insulator (dielectric) and an insulated conductor.  Dry ice (i.e., not "wet") fills the bill for an insulator very nicely, as does dry air.   Put a lot of tiny water droplets (mist) in cold air and you have small conductors in an insulated medium.  Ice (i.e., hail) falling through such an an updraft would create just the friction and hence charge separation process required.  Also lets not forget that water is conductive by virtue of ions created by dissolved salts, pure water (distilled) is only sparingly conductive, thus it may be possible for large water droplets falling through an updraft to produce a similar but weaker effect.
 
Add to this gross movement of air parcels.  Once a parcel becomes charged (or should we say the tiny water droplets (mist) suspended in the parcel), this will be transported around the cloud as the air parcel is subjected to rising, falling or latitudinal (through wind shear) moments.   Evidence suggests that most CG's occur when a large parcel of charged air descends towards the ground, increasing field strength until breakdown occurs.  I havn't done the math to see if it is significant, but there would also be an attractive force due to the potential, which may act to accelerate a charged downward moving parcel of air.  
 
Warm air can hold a lot of moisture and become quite conductive, sufficiently so that charge leaks away faster than it can build.  I suspect this is the primary reason why lightning is absent in strongly turbulent but warm clouds or heavy rain clouds in the tropics.   I am sure we have all observed better and more "crackly" lightning on days when there is cold dry air aloft, or in inland situations when the air is hot and very dry.
 
I was taught (yea many years ago) that the essence of the scientific method is observation.  Therefore one of the  best ways to understand a process is to observe it.... so bring on the storms....
 
John. 
>snip
..... and ice, being less conductive than water, allows the charge to accumulate. Water simply allows the charge to leak away - as you'll know lightning doesn't like rain. When electrons are stripped off atoms the atoms become more positively charged and the surplus of electrons are pooled to form a negatively charged region. I don't know if the glaciation process and movement of ice through a cloud is sufficient by itself, mind. Again there's a +225kv battery up there, called the ionosphere...

Les(UK)

 

005 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 02:09:10 +1000 From: Susan Puddifer [susanpud at healey.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Something interesting off the Qld Coast? Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Susan from Balmain Looks like something interesting building off the Qld Coast midway between that cyclone between Fiji and Noumea and at a guess - Cairns? Seems to have a double centre whatever it is. Any takers? +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:34:57 -0500 From: "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Eastern Brisbane Storm Damage To: "INTERNET:aussie-weather at world.std.com" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id KAA06284 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Les(UK) wrote: > ..... and ice, being less conductive than water, allows the charge to > accumulate. Water simply allows the charge to leak away - as you'll know > lightning doesn't like rain. When electrons are stripped off atoms the atoms > become more positively charged and the surplus of electrons are pooled to form > a negatively charged region. I don't know if the glaciation process and > movement of ice through a cloud is sufficient by itself, mind. Again there's a > +225kv battery up there, called the ionosphere... Good stuff! The dielectric constant for water is ~ .93 or nearly unity while that for ice is ~ .19. So, ice is much less conductive, as Les says. This not only represents the conductivity of these but it also it is, in part, why water is so much better as a reflector/re-radiator of radar microwaves energy than is snow. Les ************************ Leslie R. Lemon Radar, Severe Storms, & Research Meteorologist Phone: 816-373-3533 E-Mail: lrlemon at compuserve.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------------------------------ 007 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:59:31 -0500 From: "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com] Subject: aus-wx: Great storm action this afternoon To: "INTERNET:aussie-weather at world.std.com" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id LAA10523 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Paul of Darwin wrote: > The best part was how the storm arrived. Great gust front, with > cumuliform lip cloud rolling over, sudden quietness, and then these > amazing showers of rain that you could hear coming - big fat splaty > drops that lasted like 3 seconds - then proceeded up the street in > sheets that were quite visible. > > Then the wind hit blowing palm trees etc causing them to bend > sufficiently. Then the rain hit - like the sounds of an express train. Great description, Paul!!! Wish I had been there.....[S]. Les ************************ Leslie R. Lemon Radar, Severe Storms, & Research Meteorologist Phone: 816-373-3533 E-Mail: lrlemon at compuserve.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------------------------------ 008 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 11:26:03 -0500 From: "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com] Subject: RE: aus-wx: Eastern Brisbane Storm Damage To: "INTERNET:aussie-weather at world.std.com" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id LAA15732 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com John: > Adding my 2 cents worth. As I understand it, it is in fact the 2,000 odd A great 2 cents worth!! Les ************************ Leslie R. Lemon Radar, Severe Storms, & Research Meteorologist Phone: 816-373-3533 E-Mail: lrlemon at compuserve.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------------------------------ 009 X-Sender: jacob at mail.iinet.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 02:04:19 +0800 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Perth Heatwave Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com At 02:02 8/01/00 +1100, you wrote: >Jacob wrote: >> >>Today is the 15th day in a row that Perth City made it over 32C, the record >>is 16 days in a row in February, 1996. > > >Hi Jacob > >Could you tell me what the minimum temperatures have been over the same >period? >How long has the temperature stayed above 20C? > >I've moved a bit closer to the coast in Sydney, and a bit lower in >altitude, and have noticed that i've been getting minimum temperatures >above 20 more often (which i kind of expected), although that may be due to >fairly cloudy conditions so far this summer. >In comparison to your summer, I've only had a few days over 30 so far, and >sydney city failed to reach 30 in december(the top temp was only 26.6 i think) > >Ben Munro > Hey Ben, Here are the minimum temperatures for Perth City: 17/12 15.3C 18/12 20.0C 19/12 21.0C 20/12 15.6C 21/12 18.9C 22/12 21.4C 23/12 20.2C 24/12 18.7C 25/12 18.9C 26/12 17.9C 27/12 21.7C 28/12 22.4C 29/12 21.1C 30/12 22.3C 31/12 21.8C 1/1 20.0C 2/1 20.5C 3/1 18.4C 4/1 19.8C 5/1 20.9C 6/1 22.1C 7/1 16.4C 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------------------------------ 010 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 08:00:56 +1000 From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie Weather [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Sydnwy's Weather Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Sydney's top temperature in December was just 26.8 on 8th. 24 of the 31 days were below normal including all from 17th to the end. Fsailing to reach 30 in December is rare. It last happened in 1992 and before that in 1986, 1978 and then back in 1952. Failing to reach 28 is een rarer. It last happened in December 1860 when the top temp was 27.9. Failing to reach 27 - that's never happened before. The average max was the lowest since 1960 but even then the top for the month was 31.7 on 27th. Brisbane, of course, went one better. Their mean max in December of 26.4 smashed their previous lowest ever of 27.3 in 150, 1962 and 1963 and their ave min of 17.7 was also the lowest ever for December - the previous being 18.4 in 1963 and 1983 but at least they reached 30 twice - on 29th and 31st. 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JTWC forecasts this to increase to sustained of 50kn, and gusts to 65kn in the next 36-48hrs. Although Fiji is yet to recognise it, still referring to it as a Tropical Depression (05F) - with winds of 35kn sustained. I'm also watching (and I'm sure many others are too!), that low closer to the QLD coast. -- Anthony Cornelius Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association (ASWA) (07) 3390 4812 14 Kinsella St Belmont, Brisbane QLD, 4153 Please report severe thunderstorms on our Queensland severe thunderstorm reporting line on (07) 3390 4218 or by going to our homepage at 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------------------------------ 012 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 07:48:42 +0800 From: Michael Fewings [mike at strikeone.com.au] Organization: Strike One Lightning Photos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: ASWA webmaster changes Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, This is a general announcement to all members of ASWA to mention that I will be away for 6 weeks photographing lightning in the Kimberley. It is because of this that I will be un-subcribing to the aussie weather list for the period and that the web master email will redirect to Greg Spencer, who is filling in for me while I am away. If you have any questions, can you please direct them to me off the list before tomorrow afternoon. Kind regards and I hope you all get a storm that you want. -- Michael Fewings Photographer of: Strike One Lightning Photos http://strikeone.com.au Web Master of: Australian Severe Weather Association Inc. http://www.severeweather.asn.au Anthony Cornelius wrote: > Hi all, > > JTWC has recognised the disturbance near Vanuatu to be a Tropical > Cyclone! JTWC is forecasting it to move eastwards (noooooo!), but is > yet to have it show much intensity, it currently has sustained winds of > 40kn, and gusts to 50kn. JTWC forecasts this to increase to sustained > of 50kn, and gusts to 65kn in the next 36-48hrs. > > Although Fiji is yet to recognise it, still referring to it as a > Tropical Depression (05F) - with winds of 35kn sustained. > > I'm also watching (and I'm sure many others are too!), that low closer > to the QLD coast. > -- > Anthony Cornelius > Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association > (ASWA) > (07) 3390 4812 > 14 Kinsella St > Belmont, Brisbane > QLD, 4153 > Please report severe thunderstorms on our Queensland severe thunderstorm > reporting line on (07) 3390 4218 or by going to our homepage at > 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------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: carls at ford.ace-net.com.au Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 10:48:46 +1000 To: aussie-weather mailing list [aussie-weather at world.std.com] From: Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: TC IRIS Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi All. Fiji has upgraded the system in the Coral Sea to Tropical Cyclone Iris. Regards, 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------------------------------ 014 X-Apparently-From: From: "Nick Sykes" [njsykes at yahoo.com] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Heat for Melbourne Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:53:40 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey All Looks like Melbourne is finally going to get a good taste of summer. A summer that of late, has been on holidays. All the models, ngp, MRF and GASP predict a persistent northerly flow until at least Friday. Also of interest is the trough that will persist in the area, providing the trigger for hopefully a week of storms. If the NE flow persists plenty of moisture will be draw down over Vic :-) Well after weeks of below average temperatures it will be nice to get some hot wx. Beach here I come!!! P.S - I have just moved to Clayton South, in the SE suburbs of mebourne. Nick Sykes __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.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------------------------------ 015 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 11:09:16 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Australian Weather Mailing List [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all! Well, what a night it was! The Cu was building up all evening, continually getting smaller as the night went on! Eventually, just before 12am, it was nearly totally overcast, and the heavens opened up! First it was a very fine mist drizzle, this sent the ants into a flurry, as they sand-grained their nests in a bid to stop the rising dew! Then the winds came, up to 500 decametres/hr!!! The poor bacteria in the air didn't have a chance as they were brutally belted against windows and trees. Even leaves didn't stand a chance, violently swaying a few millimetres in the wind. The torrential drizzle continued to get heavier, the sand grains were barely holding - the wind was still howling at 500decamtres/hr...then, just when it was almost over - the rain went to such an intensity, that it was a once in a 336hr event!!!! The sand grains gave way, and the ants experienced incredible very minor flooding! If the rain had only been another 50 times heavier, the gutters would have overflowed!!! The morning aftermath said it all - with destruction at a near non-totality, and a record unbreaking 3.1mm. Even last Wednesday's storms hasn't cured my SDS!!! -- Anthony Cornelius Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association (ASWA) (07) 3390 4812 14 Kinsella St Belmont, Brisbane QLD, 4153 Please report severe thunderstorms on our Queensland severe thunderstorm reporting line on (07) 3390 4218 or by going to our homepage at 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------------------------------ 016 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 01:39:37 +0000 From: Les Crossan [les.crossan at virgin.net] Organization: Cosmic EuroCon Ltd. - note all times in GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Anthony Cornelius wrote: > Hi all! > > Well, what a night it was! "Freak" Drizzle! Is there such a thing as a nanocell? Les (UK) ------------------------------------------------------ Les Crossan Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, UK 54-59N 01-30W UK Storm Chaser Australian Severe Weather Association (ASWA)- Victoria http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence/ Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) - UK Thunderstorm Census Organisation (TCO) - UK http://www.torro.org.uk/ Email: les.NOSPAMcrossan at virgin.net (remove NOSPAM) ICQ: 17296776 ------------------------------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 X-Sender: carls at ford.ace-net.com.au Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 11:47:38 +1000 To: aussie-weather mailing list [aussie-weather at world.std.com] From: Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: Re: Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Anthony. Sounds like you need a few more good storms! Otherwise the men in white coats may come to take you away ha ha! Carl. PS - Was there any casualties amongst the ants? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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------------------------------ 018 X-Originating-IP: [203.25.188.133] From: "James Pickett" [juxie_69 at hotmail.com] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Great storm action this afternoon Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 02:31:21 GMT Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Paul, Wish i was there, great description, i agree with Les. Have you read the book Maestro, great descriptions in that too. Anyway, i went to Darwin last summer to witness the same sought of thing. I was there from around christmas to very early January and was extremely dissapointed, a broad monsoon trough was stationary just to the north, where it stayed the whole bloody time. Rain and overcast conditions persisted with quite srong northwesterly breezes. All promising cells it seemed dissapated into broad stationary areas of light rain, heavier if in the morning. I did notice more significant developments to the south but yet again, no lighting or thunder observed Is this normal or was it just due to a very well developed monsoon influence, perhaps the result of the cyclone (i forget the name)that battered Darwin earlier that month. I think i might of been there a bit late, for that season anyway. It seems a lot better this year and lets hope again next year as i shall return. If you have any info, particularly on last years season i would really appreciate it. I am pretty sure it was just bad luck, i dont know. I never really understood the weather up there, i better learn though! Cheers, REGARDS JAMES (WHITSUNDAYS)new to the list. >From: "Paul Mossman" >Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Subject: aus-wx: Great storm action this afternoon >Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:44:07 +0930 > >Howdy all. > >Excellent storm here this arvo - lightning, thunder, strong - very >strong winds. I had 30.2mm of rain in 12 minutes - decent localised >flooding in the estate I live in - was excellent. > >The best part was how the storm arrived. Great gust front, with >cumuliform lip cloud rolling over, sudden quietness, and then these >amazing showers of rain that you could hear coming - big fat splaty >drops that lasted like 3 seconds - then proceeded up the street in >sheets that were quite visible. > >Then the wind hit blowing palm trees etc causing them to bend >sufficiently. Then the rain hit - like the sounds of an express train. > >Storm had low level scud cloud scurrying along in the downdrafts at >the front of the storm. Was one of the better daytime ones I have >seen whilst here. Very photogenic - not embedded - this was the >storm that I reported earlier seeing the boiling updrafts and showed >pink on radar. > >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------------------------------ ______________________________________________________ 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------------------------------ 019 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 20:36:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Graham [tornado at hobbiton.org] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Heat for Melbourne Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Certainly looks like Melbourne is in for some summer eather but the absence of significant upper level winds will probably be a bit of a dampner for storm chasers. - Paul G. On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Nick Sykes wrote: > Hey All > > Looks like Melbourne is finally going to get a good taste of summer. A > summer that of late, has been on holidays. All the models, ngp, MRF and GASP > predict a persistent northerly flow until at least Friday. Also of interest > is the trough that will persist in the area, providing the trigger for > hopefully a week of storms. If the NE flow persists plenty of moisture will > be draw down over Vic :-) > > Well after weeks of below average temperatures it will be nice to get some > hot wx. Beach here I come!!! > > P.S - I have just moved to Clayton South, in the SE suburbs of mebourne. > > Nick Sykes > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.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------------------------------ 020 From: "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 13:40:41 +0930 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Great storm action this afternoon X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey James - thanx for your kind words. No I havnt read the book Maestro but I will now :-). I was also in Darwin last dec but earlier on (through TC Thelma). was a great experience. I rang the BOM on Friday to talk about the apparent lack of monsoonal activity. They expect a pulse of monsoonal activity starting this weekend and increasing into next week. Its true that when you have a very active monsoonal trough then there will be alot of rain/cloud because of the air masses combining. At the moment we have a weak trough developing just of the Coast - which allows any convection enough instability to continue onto heavy mosoonal storms that drift across any time of the day. Yesterdays storm as I found out developed within a weak trough located inland that drifted onto the coast in the afternoon. The postulation that most storms occur here are embedded is somewhat of a overexaggeration - the ones I have experienced here lately have been just like any other storm BUT for the exception that because we dont have decent jet action aloft and even less in the lower atmosphere - any anvils that form tend to slowly drift wherever the prevailing upper winds are heading - this often gives an impression that these storms are embedded - because you can experience 1 - 2hours of drifting anvil before you get the main stuff - rather like a frontal storm in Southern areas. However - alot of the night storms that we get are embedded because of the high levels of humidity at night - and the warm temps. Saying this there are more storms now forming to the east - which is where action occurs when the trough is just off the Coast. After developing they then head seawards as the trough tends to wander a little further out to sea at the end of the day - and back in early morning. If you do come to darwin please let me know - we can catch up and do some chasing (or any other person coming to paradise as well!). Paul. Ps just heard some massive rumbles of thunder - better check radar :-D +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 14:27:33 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Great storm action this afternoon Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Paul and all, Paul Mossman wrote: > > Hey James - thanx for your kind words. No I havnt read the book > Maestro but I will now :-). If this is the same Maestro that I read in Grade 12 in school, I'm not sure if you want to read it :~) -- Anthony Cornelius Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association (ASWA) (07) 3390 4812 14 Kinsella St Belmont, Brisbane QLD, 4153 Please report severe thunderstorms on our Queensland severe thunderstorm reporting line on (07) 3390 4218 or by going to our homepage at 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------------------------------ 022 From: paulmoss at tpgi.com.au To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 15:25:35 +0930 Subject: aus-wx: Re Maestro? & New BOM Page - X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Howdy Anthony, James & all. Ok then - what is Maestro? Has everyone seen the new BOM page? Its pretty good - allot sharper and 21st century looking. go to http://www.bom.gov.au to have a look. Not bad. 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------------------------------ 023 X-Originating-IP: [203.25.188.126] From: "James Pickett" [juxie_69 at hotmail.com] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Great storm action this afternoon Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 07:21:12 GMT Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Thanks paul, will try to get up there next season. Hopefully before any of that monsoonal stuff! James. >From: "Paul Mossman" >Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Subject: Re: aus-wx: Great storm action this afternoon >Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 13:40:41 +0930 > >Hey James - thanx for your kind words. No I havnt read the book >Maestro but I will now :-). > >I was also in Darwin last dec but earlier on (through TC Thelma). >was a great experience. > >I rang the BOM on Friday to talk about the apparent lack of >monsoonal activity. They expect a pulse of monsoonal activity >starting this weekend and increasing into next week. > >Its true that when you have a very active monsoonal trough then >there will be alot of rain/cloud because of the air masses >combining. > >At the moment we have a weak trough developing just of the Coast - > which allows any convection enough instability to continue onto >heavy mosoonal storms that drift across any time of the day. >Yesterdays storm as I found out developed within a weak trough >located inland that drifted onto the coast in the afternoon. > >The postulation that most storms occur here are embedded is >somewhat of a overexaggeration - the ones I have experienced here >lately have been just like any other storm BUT for the exception >that because we dont have decent jet action aloft and even less in >the lower atmosphere - any anvils that form tend to slowly drift >wherever the prevailing upper winds are heading - this often gives >an impression that these storms are embedded - because you can >experience 1 - 2hours of drifting anvil before you get the main stuff - >rather like a frontal storm in Southern areas. > >However - alot of the night storms that we get are embedded >because of the high levels of humidity at night - and the warm >temps. > >Saying this there are more storms now forming to the east - which >is where action occurs when the trough is just off the Coast. After >developing they then head seawards as the trough tends to wander >a little further out to sea at the end of the day - and back in early >morning. > >If you do come to darwin please let me know - we can catch up >and do some chasing (or any other person coming to paradise as >well!). > >Paul. > > Ps just heard some massive rumbles of thunder - better check >radar > >:-D > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ ______________________________________________________ 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------------------------------ 024 X-Originating-IP: [203.25.188.126] From: "James Pickett" [juxie_69 at hotmail.com] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Re Maestro? & New BOM Page - Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 07:44:50 GMT Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com To answer Anthonys question, yes, that would be the one . And to answer pauls, no you have nothing to worry about. Lets just say the book is basically about a teenager growing up in Darwin. One line that i distinctly remember and probably always will is the description of Darwin as being "The city of booze, blow and blasphemy" There are heaps more, maybe Anthony might know, i should try and locate it in the school archives back in Syd. (OR MAYBE NOT!) James >From: paulmoss at tpgi.com.au >Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Subject: aus-wx: Re Maestro? & New BOM Page - >Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 15:25:35 +0930 > >Howdy Anthony, James & all. > >Ok then - what is Maestro? > > >Has everyone seen the new BOM page? Its pretty good - allot >sharper and 21st century looking. > >go to http://www.bom.gov.au to have a look. > >Not bad. > >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------------------------------ ______________________________________________________ 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------------------------------ 025 X-Sender: jra at upnaway.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 16:30:20 +0800 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Ira Fehlberg [jra at upnaway.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Perth Heatwave Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com What ive done over the heat wave, havnet scored a job inside the whole time, :( oh and to and any young ppl out there, what ever u do dont become a painter, :P >17/12 32.2C <-----working outside >18/12 34.5C <-----working outside >19/12 32.2C <-----working outside >20/12 29.7C <-----working outside >21/12 36.0C <-----working outside >22/12 39.6C <-----working outside >23/12 27.7C <-----working outside >24/12 37.6C <-----working outside >25/12 34.8C <-----working inside, hey its hard work drinking crownys! >26/12 35.9C <-----working inside, hey its hard work drinking crownys! >27/12 39.3C <-----working outside >28/12 35.2C <-----working outside/chasing >29/12 34.0C <-----working outside/chasing >30/12 33.9C <-----working outside >31/12 35.4C <-----working inside, hey its hard work drinking crownys! >1/1 36.6C <-----working inside, hey its hard work drinking crownys! >2/1 36.5C <-----working inside, hey its hard work drinking crownys! >3/1 35.9C <-----working inside, hey its hard work drinking crownys! >4/1 37.2C <-----working outside >5/1 36.9C <-----working outside >6/1 35.1C <-----working outside/chasing >7/1 33.4C <-----working outside Ira Fehlberg PS some of this information may be untrue casue i did drink Emu Bitter at some stage :) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 026 From: "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 18:54:26 +0930 Subject: aus-wx: TC Babiola getting stonger X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com IMMEDIATE DELIVERY REQ TO AMEMBASSY PORT LOUIS 1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 04S (BABIOLA) WARNING NR 006 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 080600Z4 --- NEAR 16.4S1 73.6E6 MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 250 DEGREES AT 13 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 040 NM POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 065 KT, GUSTS 080 KT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 055 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE 045 NM ELSEWHERE RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 125 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE 100 NM ELSEWHERE REPEAT POSIT: 16.4S1 73.6E6 --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 081800Z7 --- 17.1S9 71.2E0 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 075 KT, GUSTS 090 KT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE 055 NM ELSEWHERE RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 135 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE 110 NM ELSEWHERE VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 250 DEG/ 13 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 090600Z5 --- 18.0S9 68.7E1 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 085 KT, GUSTS 105 KT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 070 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE 060 NM ELSEWHERE RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 140 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE 115 NM ELSEWHERE VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 250 DEG/ 12 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 091800Z8 --- 18.9S8 66.3E5 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 090 KT, GUSTS 110 KT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 075 NM SOUTH SEMICIRCLE 065 NM ELSEWHERE RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 145 NM SOUTH SEMICIRCLE 120 NM ELSEWHERE VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 260 DEG/ 12 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 100600Z7 --- 19.4S4 63.8E7 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 100 KT, GUSTS 125 KT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 080 NM SOUTH SEMICIRCLE 070 NM ELSEWHERE RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 150 NM SOUTH SEMICIRCLE 125 NM ELSEWHERE --- REMARKS: 080900Z7 POSITION NEAR 16.6S3 73.0E0. TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 04S (BABIOLA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1000 NM EAST-NORTHEAST OF MAURITIUS, HAS TRACKED WEST- SOUTHWESTWARD AT 13 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. THE WARNING POSITION IS BASED UPON 080530Z6 VISIBLE AND INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE WARNING INTENSITY IS BASED UPON CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 65 AND 77 KNOTS. ANIMATED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGERY DEPICT INCREASING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT HAS FORMED A BANDING EYE. SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE STRONGER WINDS REMAIN WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE LOW- LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). THE STRONG CONVERGENCE IN THIS AREA IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CONVECTIVE BAND WHICH WRAPS INTO THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE SYSTEM. UW-CIMSS CHARTS AND THE 200 MB ANALYSIS SHOW THAT OUTFLOW OVER TC 04S (BABIOLA) HAS IMPROVED DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS. TC 04S (BABIOLA) IS FORECAST TO TRACK WEST- SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE 36 HOUR POINT UNDER THE STEERING INFLUENCE OF THE MID-LEVEL SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SITUATED TO ITS SOUTH. AFTER THE 36 HOUR POINT, TC 04S (BABIOLA) IS EXPECTED TO TRACK MORE WESTWARD AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS NORTHWEST TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST OF MADAGASCAR. TC 04S (BABIOLA) IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AT A NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL RATE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 080600Z4 IS 18 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 082100Z1 (DTG 081951Z4) AND 090900Z8 (DTG 090751Z2). REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 05P (IRIS) WARNINGS (WTPS31 PGTW) FOR TWELVE-HOURLY UPDATES.// Paul Mossman Civil Registrar Local Court Darwin Northern Territory Mail to: Paul.Mossman at nt.gov.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------------------------------ 027 From: "John Graham" [gorzzz at optusnet.com.au] To: "Aussie Weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 19:52:11 +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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] To: Australian Weather Mailing List [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 12:09 PM Subject: aus-wx: Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night > Hi all! > > Well, what a night it was! The Cu was building up all evening, > continually getting smaller as the night went on! Eventually, just > before 12am, it was nearly totally overcast, and the heavens opened up! > First it was a very fine mist drizzle, this sent the ants into a flurry, > as they sand-grained their nests in a bid to stop the rising dew! Then > the winds came, up to 500 decametres/hr!!! The poor bacteria in the air > didn't have a chance as they were brutally belted against windows and > trees. Even leaves didn't stand a chance, violently swaying a few > millimetres in the wind. The torrential drizzle continued to get > heavier, the sand grains were barely holding - the wind was still > howling at 500decamtres/hr...then, just when it was almost over - the > rain went to such an intensity, that it was a once in a 336hr event!!!! > The sand grains gave way, and the ants experienced incredible very minor > flooding! If the rain had only been another 50 times heavier, the > gutters would have overflowed!!! > > The morning aftermath said it all - with destruction at a near > non-totality, and a record unbreaking 3.1mm. > > Even last Wednesday's storms hasn't cured my SDS!!! > Boring night last night Anthony...............hehehehe John +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 028 X-Sender: carls at ford.ace-net.com.au Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 20:00:31 +1000 To: aussie-weather mailing list [aussie-weather at world.std.com] From: Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: TC Iris is getting bigger also Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Special Advisory Number THREE for Vanuatu on TC IRIS issued from RSMC NADI Jan 08/0809 UTC 2000 UTC. Tropical Cyclone IRIS 05F [980 hPa] was located near 16.7S 166.5E at 080600 UTC or about 60 miles to the west of Malekula. Position Fair based on GMS HIGH RES EIR/VIS imagery. Cyclone is currently moving east-southeast at 08 knots but is expected gradually turn southeast. Maximum winds are estimated at 55 knots close to the centre and is expected to increase to 65 knots within the next 6 to 12 hours. Winds above 47 knots within 30 miles of the centre and above 33 knots within 80 miles of the centre. The cyclone is a very compact midget system with the maximum winds confined close to the centre. It is expected to intensify further. On its current track its expected to pass close to Epi around 081800UTC. If this happens then expect Storm to Hurricane force winds about Epi, Southern parts of Malekula and near by smaller Islands. Gales will extend over the rest of Malekula, Ambrym and Vila. The rest of Vanuatu Group can expect strong winds. Heavy rain and thunderstorms associated with the cyclone is expected over most parts of the group. Forecast position near 17.0S 168.5E at 081800 UTC and near 17.3S 170.5E at 090600 UTC. The next Special Advisory for Vanuatu on this system will be issued at 081430 UTC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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------------------------------ 029 From: "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 20:45:50 +0930 Subject: aus-wx: Anyone heard from Jason Or Keith? X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Howdy all. Has anyone heard from Jason or Keith from Karrathra WA? Nothing heard since Tc John went through. ?? Paul. Paul Mossman Civil Registrar Local Court Darwin Northern Territory Mail to: Paul.Mossman at nt.gov.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------------------------------ 030 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 21:19:18 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Anyone heard from Jason Or Keith? Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Paul, Jason Bush is currently in Perth - he has been visiting his parents for the Christmas/New Year break. I believe he'll be returning back to Karratha soon. Not sure about Keith. Paul Mossman wrote: > > Howdy all. > > Has anyone heard from Jason or Keith from Karrathra WA? > > Nothing heard since Tc John went through. > > ?? > > Paul. > Paul Mossman > Civil Registrar > Local Court Darwin > Northern Territory > Mail to: Paul.Mossman at nt.gov.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------------------------------ -- Anthony Cornelius Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association (ASWA) (07) 3390 4812 14 Kinsella St Belmont, Brisbane QLD, 4153 Please report severe thunderstorms on our Queensland severe thunderstorm reporting line on (07) 3390 4218 or by going to our homepage at 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------------------------------ 031 From: "Paul Mossman" [paulmoss at tpgi.com.au] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 21:13:46 +0930 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Anyone heard from Jason Or Keith? X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Ok great - was worried there for a while Paul. Paul Mossman Civil Registrar Local Court Darwin Northern Territory Mail to: Paul.Mossman at nt.gov.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------------------------------ 032 From: "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: RE: aus-wx: TC Iris is getting bigger also Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 21:41:11 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Media could have a field day with this... "midget cyclone hits..." >snip Special Advisory Number THREE for Vanuatu on TC IRIS issued from RSMC NADI Jan 08/0809 UTC 2000 UTC. Tropical Cyclone IRIS 05F [980 hPa] was located near 16.7S 166.5E at 080600 UTC or about 60 miles to the west of Malekula. Position Fair based on GMS HIGH RES EIR/VIS imagery. Cyclone is currently moving east-southeast at 08 knots but is expected gradually turn southeast. Maximum winds are estimated at 55 knots close to the centre and is expected to increase to 65 knots within the next 6 to 12 hours. Winds above 47 knots within 30 miles of the centre and above 33 knots within 80 miles of the centre. The cyclone is a very compact midget system with the maximum winds confined close to the centre. It is expected to intensify further. On its current track its expected to pass close to Epi around 081800UTC. If this happens then expect Storm to Hurricane force winds about Epi, Southern parts of Malekula and near by smaller Islands. Gales will extend over the rest of Malekula, Ambrym and Vila. The rest of Vanuatu Group can expect strong winds. Heavy rain and thunderstorms associated with the cyclone is expected over most parts of the group. ... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 033 From: "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: RE: aus-wx: Intense Drizzle Event in Brisbane last Night Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 21:39:02 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hell!!! Wish I was there, 0.0mm in my rain guage and not even an ant to be seen with sand grain in hand (maybe coz I ain't got no sand and ants ain't got no hands, ha ha). But I had a chat to the big green tree frog on the front porch and asked him (it??) when it was gonna rain, and he said.... nufin. He was so still I thought he might have croaked (ha ha), but no he was just bored croakless. John. >snip Hi all! Well, what a night it was! The Cu was building up all evening, continually getting smaller as the night went on! Eventually, just before 12am, it was nearly totally overcast, and the heavens opened up! First it was a very fine mist drizzle, this sent the ants into a flurry, as they sand-grained their nests in a bid to stop the rising dew! Then the winds came, up to 500 decametres/hr!!! The poor bacteria in the air didn't have a chance as they were brutally belted against windows and trees. Even leaves didn't stand a chance, violently swaying a few millimetres in the wind. The torrential drizzle continued to get heavier, the sand grains were barely holding - the wind was still howling at 500decamtres/hr...then, just when it was almost over - the rain went to such an intensity, that it was a once in a 336hr event!!!! The sand grains gave way, and the ants experienced incredible very minor flooding! If the rain had only been another 50 times heavier, the gutters would have overflowed!!! The morning aftermath said it all - with destruction at a near non-totality, and a record unbreaking 3.1mm. Even last Wednesday's storms hasn't cured my SDS!!! +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------

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