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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:10:21 +1100 Subject: aussie-weather: Weather photos From: "Mark Hardy"To: aussie weather Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hello everyone A new weather channel will be launched on Pay TV early next year. For those of you who already have seen the Foxtel or Optus channels, this channel will be a significant step forward. While it won't be aimed at the hard core weather enthusiast it will contain greater depth and more interpretive information than is currently available on TV in Australia. The channel will feature a live presentation on the hour hosted by a meteorologist and focussing on GMS and radar hotspots around the country. We would like to obtain some exciting weather photos to be made into some introduction slides on the channel. Radical shots of storms, floods, fire or wind would be prefect. If any of you have any photos which you would be happy to donate, then please drop me a line. If you are interested to learn more about this new channel, then I can certainly fill you in on that as well. We are also interested in canvassing ideas for the channel, so feel free to contribute in any way you like. Many thanks Mark Hardy _____________________________________________________ Mark Hardy. Information Media Pty. Ltd. 111 Jones Street, Ultimo 2007. Sydney Australia Ph (02) 9280 1880. Fax (02) 9280 1882. Mobile 0414 642 739 email: mhardy at magna.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au X-Lotus-Fromdomain: NSW_AG To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:01:44 +1000 Subject: aussie-weather: Aussie Weather!! Content-Disposition: inline Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Howdy all. What a great meeting last night. It was soooooo good to talk to people who share the same passion as you! And a late night too!! I encourage all who subscribe to this list to join the meeting on wednesday nights!! Not only is it a good learning forum, but it is a good place to meet & develop friendships! Talking about memorable storms, I think the best I have been in was when I was 16 and staying at Leura in the Blue Mountains. I remeber seeing the development, and then the squall line came through. Lightning struck the house I was staying in 4 times, hail covered the ground like snow, and the wind roaring up the valley was incredible. Raining was pelting against the window pain, and I remember seeing the Mammata (sic) sloud after the storm had passed, and how spectacular it looked against the sun set. Paul........ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Re: Membership or Society Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:30:44 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Sounds like a great idea. But how do we achieve it, perhaps we use an existing vehicle like Storm News, or make a similar publication. It would be good to be more organised. Michael -----Original Message----- From: paulmoss at tpgi.com.au To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Saturday, 10 October 1998 17:41 Subject: aussie-weather: Re: Membership or Society Further to my previous email, I have just thought about stepping on peoples toes, and I don't want to do that! So to the guys who have been round for ages.......Michael Thompson, Jimmy, Michael Bath, Laurier, Ira (& any others who I havn't mentioned....) PLEASE don't think that this is an attempt to over-run u guys or anything - just that it seems like a great idea....and hopefully everybody thinks so too! Other things we could do as a group: a.. Yearly conferences with guest speakers Like the guys above or people from Met or even internationals...u never know! b.. More regular organised chases in centres all over australia c.. combined experience, technology & knowledge! d.. So what does everyone think?? Lets do it !! Paul from Taree. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Brisbane Storm Report Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:12:56 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Great report James, I will get a link from my Storm Chase tour page ASAP. I keep referring to what we missed out on, now readers can go see ) Michael -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Cornelius To: Australian Weather Mailing List Date: Wednesday, 21 October 1998 17:37 Subject: aussie-weather: Brisbane Storm Report >Hi all, > >This is just a favour for a friend of mine (James Chambers) he's having >some difficulties with his email. James's storm report of the October >13 storms is up, if you'd like to read it goto: >http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm/reports/oct13_98.html > >My report is also finished, unfortunately I don't have any means of >uploading it to a server. So if you're interested, please email me >personally at cyclone at stealth.com.au it's rather large so I don't want >to send it over the list. I hope to eventually get some sort of page up >so I can eventually upload reports to the net. > >Anthony Cornelius -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: aussie-weather: Current Wollongong Weather Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:49:44 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com At 11am cool 20C, 1019 steady, 55% humidity, some cumulus from west, spreading out to strato-cumulus. 5/8 cover. A weak NW breeze has developed in the last hour. Way down south is total cloud cover with some healthy Cu over the far southern ocean horizon, looks like a S change headed this way around lunch time. Tried hard to rain yesterday evening, but did not get there. Michael Thompson http://thunder.simplenet.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: aussie-weather: Hunter Valley look good on Sunday Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:51:43 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com NGP's has the Hunter region looks looking good on Sunday, unlike the Bureau, NGP is still saying Saturday has a slight chance too. Have to work Monday so if Hunter chance is on, I will have to return that night. Michael Thompson http://thunder.simplenet.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au X-Lotus-Fromdomain: NSW_AG To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:11:44 +1000 Subject: aussie-weather: Taree Obs. Content-Disposition: inline Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Taree Obs -= Warm!! Cumulus now developing , some with towers. Looking promising, seems more organised towards the west. Any warnings issued for anywhere? Humidity is high here, another good sign. Barometer is falling.................... Paul. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Sender: mbath at ozemail.com.au Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:13:42 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Michael Bath Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Mark, Will the channel replace the existing one, or will it be an additional subscription? I hope that it replaces the current one. I like the idea of having discussion of conditions - it is what is lacking in this country. Apart from some detail on obscure radio channles at irregular intervals, there is nothing. It will be useful to hear what meteorologists are forecasting, rather than just interpreting data we retrieve from the net. You are welcome to browse through our weather photography collection to choose some images you would like to use: http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/ for the effects of strong winds and other weather photography, I suggest Michael Thompsons pages: http://thunder.simplenet.com/photo/photo.htm Please keep posting messages to the list to keep everyone informed of progress. I think all will be thrilled with a Weather Channel more like what is offerred in the US. regards, Michael At 09:10 AM 22/10/1998 +1100, you wrote: >Hello everyone > >A new weather channel will be launched on Pay TV early next year. For those >of you who already have seen the Foxtel or Optus channels, this channel will >be a significant step forward. While it won't be aimed at the hard core >weather enthusiast it will contain greater depth and more interpretive >information than is currently available on TV in Australia. The channel will >feature a live presentation on the hour hosted by a meteorologist and >focussing on GMS and radar hotspots around the country. > >We would like to obtain some exciting weather photos to be made into some >introduction slides on the channel. Radical shots of storms, floods, fire or >wind would be prefect. If any of you have any photos which you would be >happy to donate, then please drop me a line. > >If you are interested to learn more about this new channel, then I can >certainly fill you in on that as well. We are also interested in canvassing >ideas for the channel, so feel free to contribute in any way you like. > >Many thanks >Mark Hardy >_____________________________________________________ >Mark Hardy. >Information Media Pty. Ltd. >111 Jones Street, Ultimo 2007. Sydney Australia >Ph (02) 9280 1880. Fax (02) 9280 1882. >Mobile 0414 642 739 >email: mhardy at magna.com.au >_____________________________________________________ *==========================================================* Michael Bath Oakhurst, Sydney mbath at ozemail.com.au Australian Severe Weather http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/ *==========================================================* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Sender: mbath at ozemail.com.au Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:24:08 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Michael Bath Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Taree Obs. Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com No warnings. A late weak S to SE change is expected. Forecasts for Sunday are now worse - looks like another rain event expected in northern NSW. Sydney is now fine with fresheing NW winds for Sunday. Michael At 12:11 PM 22/10/1998 +1000, you wrote: > > >Taree Obs -= Warm!! Cumulus now developing , some with towers. Looking >promising, seems more organised towards the west. Any warnings issued for >anywhere? Humidity is high here, another good sign. Barometer is >falling.................... > >Paul. *==========================================================* Michael Bath Oakhurst, Sydney mbath at ozemail.com.au Australian Severe Weather http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/ *==========================================================* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Originating-Ip: [203.55.196.234] From: "Kevin Phyland" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:59:14 PDT Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi everyone, I love the idea of a new weather channel and I love the idea of sending photos in - but... I've already had hell's own trouble getting photos to Michael Bath (as he well knows!) so can anybody tell me a foolproof way of submitting photos over the net? I've got a Mac 6400 and have access to nearly any software (one of the perks of being a teacher) but I have no Web space... Help!! Kevin Phyland. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:36:51 -0400 From: David Hart To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Kevin Phyland wrote: > Hi everyone, > I love the idea of a new weather channel and I love the idea of sending > photos in - but... I've already had hell's own trouble getting photos to > Michael Bath (as he well knows!) so can anybody tell me a foolproof way > of submitting photos over the net? I've got a Mac 6400 and have access > to nearly any software (one of the perks of being a teacher) but I have > no Web space... The best way to move files like weather photos around the internet is with FTP (file transfer protocol). The most widely used ftp client for the Macintosh is called "Fetch" is free to users affiliated with an educational institution or charitable non-profit organization. It can be downloaded from: http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html The one trick you should know is: >From the menu go to: customize | upload | preferences and change "Default non-text format" to "Raw Data". The default "MacBinary" setting is best used only for Macintosh to Macintosh transfers. The problem however is to find a place to ftp to, and setting up passwords etc. If that part can be taken care if, ftp is a much more reliable way of transferring files that e-mail, where there are many competing standards and limits placed on mail space. David Hart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:33:06 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Get a decent photo type program and save as JPG images, the better photo programs will let you preview the compressed image so that you can decide what amount is best for any individual photo, believe it or not some compress better than others. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Phyland To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thursday, 22 October 1998 13:00 Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos >Hi everyone, >I love the idea of a new weather channel and I love the idea of sending >photos in - but... I've already had hell's own trouble getting photos to >Michael Bath (as he well knows!) so can anybody tell me a foolproof way >of submitting photos over the net? I've got a Mac 6400 and have access >to nearly any software (one of the perks of being a teacher) but I have >no Web space... > >Help!! >Kevin Phyland. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au X-Lotus-Fromdomain: NSW_AG To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:07:15 +1000 Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Taree Obs -STORM STORM STORM. Content-Disposition: inline Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com News Flash News Flash.....! at !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Small cell developing to the SW of Taree. Anvil now spreading towards Taree. Looking quite dark in the centre. Anvil shows signs of turbulence at that level. Anvil not glaciated as yet. Still quite "cauliflower". Can anyone say what the satpic looks like? Dont think it will be severe but his has developed since 11.30am, and is getting more organised. Paul from Taree! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au X-Lotus-Fromdomain: NSW_AG To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:58:23 +1000 Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Taree Obs -STORM STORM STORM. Content-Disposition: inline Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com A bit of CG lightning, a couple of microbursts...........hmm at least its something.......... Still looks like something from the west...Im hoping! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "James Chambers" To: "Aussie Weather" Subject: aussie-weather: forecast storm activity Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 16:46:39 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all...good IRC chat last night by the way! Here is the forecast for the Darling Downs tomorrow : DARLING DOWNS AND GRANITE BELT: Fine at first. A few showers and thunderstorms developing late Friday in the west and south. Light to moderate E/NE winds. Outlook for Saturday - Afternoon showers and thunderstorms The D Downs incorporates cities such as Warwick, Stanthorpe, Toowoomba, Oakey, Dalby and Inglewood. The strange thing about the forecast : the Warwick forecast is fine (that's in the southern part) I don't know Stanthorpe's forecast but I guess its a chance of storms. Saturday's forecast sounds good, but we'll have to wait and see. I'm disappointed Brisbane's forecast for Sun and Mon is fine. Especially Monday -- I think something will happen then. Now the Bureau believe that the bigger day could be Tuesday...but I'll believe it when I see it!! Regards ----------------------------------------------------------------- James Chambers jamestorm at ozemail.com.au The Brisbane and SE Qld Storm Site http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jimmy Deguara" To: Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Sunday's Bushfires... Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 00:06:37 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Probably when the fire got out of control.....HE HE Jimmy -----Original Message----- From: James Chambers To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 11:44 PM Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Sunday's Bushfires... >Do you know if a Total Fire Ban was in force when the 'controlled burn-off' >was started? I know one was issued but I wasn't sure when. > >- James > >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Graham >To: Aussie Weather >Date: Monday, 19 October 1998 23:11 >Subject: aussie-weather: Sunday's Bushfires... > > >>On Sunday in the Blue Mnts. west of Sydney a bushfire probably sparked by >>a routine burn-off destroyed >250 hectares of bushland and threatened >>people's homes (ABC report). I heard on tonight's news that the NSW rural >>fireservice, having been blamed, has passed on the blame to the Bureau of >>Meteorology for not accurately forecasting the potential hazard. I guess >>there will always be someone who has to get the blame... >>- Paul G. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "dpn" To: Subject: aussie-weather: Good on ya Michael Thompson Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 21:22:40 +1100 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Michael just read your letter in the Sept/October edition of the US magazine Weatherwise(to which I subscribe). Thank you for pointing out to the yanks that Australia does have interesting and exciting weather of all kinds. i know you were replying to an earlier article supposedly by an Australian living in the US who said Australian weather is boring but it was a well written letter and hopefully will lead to some americans checking out those URL's you mentioned in your letter. Dane Newman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 21:41:19 +1100 Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos From: "Mark Hardy" To: mbath at ozemail.com.au Michael The channel won't be on Foxtel but on Austar. Unfortunately that means it won't be available in Sydney. Yes, the US weather channel is being used as a model. The long term objective is to provide the viewer with more of a real time look at forecasting and weather interpretation. Special user group and topic segments will also be a feature. I am hopeful we can do a special thunderstorm hotspot segment whenever they are happening. Thanks for the offer for the photos. I'll check them out. I'll let you know which ones we use. I will continue to post info as we get closer to launch regards, Mark _____________________________________________________ Mark Hardy. Information Media Pty. Ltd. 111 Jones Street, Ultimo 2007. Sydney Australia Ph (02) 9280 1880. Fax (02) 9280 1882. Mobile 0414 642 739 email: mhardy at magna.com.au _____________________________________________________ ---------- >From: Michael Bath >To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos >Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:13 > >Mark, > >Will the channel replace the existing one, or will it be an additional >subscription? I hope that it replaces the current one. > >I like the idea of having discussion of conditions - it is what is lacking >in this country. Apart from some detail on obscure radio channles at >irregular intervals, there is nothing. It will be useful to hear what >meteorologists are forecasting, rather than just interpreting data we >retrieve from the net. > >You are welcome to browse through our weather photography collection to >choose some images you would like to use: >http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/ > >for the effects of strong winds and other weather photography, I suggest >Michael Thompsons pages: >http://thunder.simplenet.com/photo/photo.htm > >Please keep posting messages to the list to keep everyone informed of >progress. I think all will be thrilled with a Weather Channel more like >what is offerred in the US. > >regards, Michael > > >At 09:10 AM 22/10/1998 +1100, you wrote: >>Hello everyone >> >>A new weather channel will be launched on Pay TV early next year. For those >>of you who already have seen the Foxtel or Optus channels, this channel will >>be a significant step forward. While it won't be aimed at the hard core >>weather enthusiast it will contain greater depth and more interpretive >>information than is currently available on TV in Australia. The channel will >>feature a live presentation on the hour hosted by a meteorologist and >>focussing on GMS and radar hotspots around the country. >> >>We would like to obtain some exciting weather photos to be made into some >>introduction slides on the channel. Radical shots of storms, floods, fire or >>wind would be prefect. If any of you have any photos which you would be >>happy to donate, then please drop me a line. >> >>If you are interested to learn more about this new channel, then I can >>certainly fill you in on that as well. We are also interested in canvassing >>ideas for the channel, so feel free to contribute in any way you like. >> >>Many thanks >>Mark Hardy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 21:49:35 +1100 Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos From: "Mark Hardy" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Kevin Michael is right. JPG is the way to go. You can usually send these by email and if you stick to the JPG suffix they can be opened by both PC and Mac users. The other thing to remember if sending from a Mac is to make sure you use the UU encoding instead of the Mac binhex. This setting is usually somewhere in the attachments setting of your mail application. Mark ---------- >From: "Michael Thompson" >To: >Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos >Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:33 > >Get a decent photo type program and save as JPG images, the better photo >programs will let you preview the compressed image so that you can decide >what amount is best for any individual photo, believe it or not some >compress better than others. > >Michael >-----Original Message----- >From: Kevin Phyland >To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Date: Thursday, 22 October 1998 13:00 >Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Weather photos > > >>Hi everyone, >>I love the idea of a new weather channel and I love the idea of sending >>photos in - but... I've already had hell's own trouble getting photos to >>Michael Bath (as he well knows!) so can anybody tell me a foolproof way >>of submitting photos over the net? I've got a Mac 6400 and have access >>to nearly any software (one of the perks of being a teacher) but I have >>no Web space... >> >>Help!! >>Kevin Phyland. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: aussie-weather: Full set of MRF now at Navy site Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 23:46:55 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The Navy site with those models we all love now has a full set of MRF maps out to 144 hours. http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap/web/index.html On the bad side MRF and AVN are pretty much in agreeance for the weekend, perhaps something Sunday in the north, Monday elsewhere. NGP is a bit more gung ho about the spread of storms. Lets hope we get one, I am fearful about how this spring has been shaping up perhaps things will bounce around in November, the Indian Ocean seems not to exist at present. From over 700mm of rain in August I now have to water the lawn to keep it alive. True. Michael Thompson http://thunder.simplenet.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Good on ya Michael Thompson Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 23:16:48 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I subscribe to that magazine and still have not got that issue, come to think about it I haven't had one since June / July. Guess I will send an E Mail and find out what the go is. Thanks Michael -----Original Message----- From: dpn To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thursday, 22 October 1998 21:30 Subject: aussie-weather: Good on ya Michael Thompson >Michael just read your letter in the Sept/October edition of the US >magazine Weatherwise(to which I subscribe). Thank you for pointing out to >the yanks that Australia does have interesting and exciting weather of all >kinds. i know you were replying to an earlier article supposedly by an >Australian living in the US who said Australian weather is boring but it >was a well written letter and hopefully will lead to some americans >checking out those URL's you mentioned in your letter. Dane Newman.
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