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001 Ira [jra at upnaway.com] nicks!!
002 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au] Severe T'storm in SEQ
003 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au] Severe T'storm in SEQ --- no warnings
004 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] Severe T'storm in SEQ --- no warnings
005 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.com.au] nicks!!
006 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] Severe T'storm in SEQ --- no warnings
007 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] Severe T'storm in SEQ --- no warningsstorm spotters
008 "Paul Graham" [v_notch at hotmail.com] ABC News: Ipswich Storm Report...
009 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au] Orange weather
010 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] QLD ASWA Meeting Date
011 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) Mirc settings -- and my nick
012 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.com.au] Humour
013 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] avn data and grads program - breakthrough
014 Greg Spencer [hawk at aisnet.net.au] Mirc settings -- and my nick
015 Greg Spencer [hawk at aisnet.net.au] Mirc settings -- and my nick
016 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) GRADS software
017 steve baynham [bayns at nor.com.au] IRC chat
018 "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au] nicks!!
019 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] Severe T'Storm Advice for SE QLD (N of Brisbane)
020 Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com. VIRUS ALERT (and Mail)
021 Phil Bagust [mail.cobweb.com.au at redback.cobwe Bored....but what about those jets and
022 Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au] Humour
023 Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au] Mirc settings -- and my nick
024 "Kevin Phyland" [kjphyland at hotmail.com] Nicks...
025 "Kevin Phyland" [kjphyland at hotmail.com] Internet Chat & Macintosh...
026 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au] (no subject)
027 David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com] nicks!!
028 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) BoM severe weather items
029 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) ABC item on forecast Qld storms
030 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) BoM severe weather items -- CORRECTION
031 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Bored....but what about those jets and sprites?
032 "Grant Boyden" [boyden at zeta.org.au] nicks!!
033 Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] sprites in NT
034 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] GRADS software
035 Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] GRADS software
036 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] SE QLD T'Storms
037 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] GRADS software
038 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) GRADS software
039 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] GRADS software
040 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au] NZ Weather
041 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au] SEQ severe t'storm warning
042 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au] SEQ severe t'storm warning
043 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] More Brisbane Storms
044 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Re: greetings from another fanatic
045 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Mirc settings -- and my nick
046 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Brisbane - Kilcoy Chase 10/1/99
047 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au] Who wants to live in Bourke?
048 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] Brisbane - Kilcoy Chase 10/1/99
049 Ben Quinn [Bodie at corplink.com.au] Blue Sprites and Red Jets
050 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Very slight chance of a storm tomorrow ???
051 David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com] Re: Jimmy: Bris - Kilcoy Chase
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001
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:24:01 +0800
From: Ira [jra at upnaway.com]
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Could everyone please to email me their nick that they use on Irc, their
real name and city location so we can compile a list that you can print
out and put next to your computer so you know whos who.
Ira Fehlberg
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002
From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: Severe T'storm in SEQ
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:34:22 +1000
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Hi all, James from Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane here.
Sketchy media reports indicate a very severe t'storm moved through Ipswich
and the Brisbane western suburbs. "Trees down everywhere...its chaos" is a
quote. A woman rang the emergency services to say that her house had been
demolished. Trees on other houses. More news later.
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James Chambers
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html
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003
From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Severe T'storm in SEQ --- no warnings
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:59:43 +1000
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Hi again, its James from Brissie
At least 40 calls so far to the SES for assistance around Ipswich
especially. Houses unroofed, flash flooding and trees on powerlines. News
reports during Tuesday will tell us more. I would like visual proof of that
demolished house.
By the way, its the 3rd day in a row when severe t'storms have struck parts
of Southeast Queensland without warnings!
Day 1 Sat 8/1/99: An area of storms moved up from the Border Ranges dumping
incredible rain on southern Brisbane suburbs. 107mm at Archerfield, 89mm at
Calamvale, 87mm here at Eight Mile Plains... Most of that rain inside
45mins.
Day 2 Sun 9/1/99: flash floods in Toowoomba; and while I was in Beaudesert I
saw a probable "pulse severe t'storm" with wild scud under the rain free
base (RFB) that looked great on radar..
Day 3 Mon 10/1/99: Wild storms in Ipswich as mentioned earlier.
I think a call to the Weather Bureau might be required....
James Chambers
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html
>Sketchy media reports indicate a very severe t'storm moved through Ipswich
>and the Brisbane western suburbs. "Trees down everywhere...its chaos" is a
>quote. A woman rang the emergency services to say that her house had been
>demolished. Trees on other houses. More news later.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 06:40:19 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Severe T'storm in SEQ --- no warnings
storm spotters
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James and all those on the list. Jimmy Deguara here....
There are always calls from the Bureau for people to become storm spotters.
I feel that this is most efficient ways we as a group in ASWA can help in
the warning service. Storm chasers for instance can be recognised as mobile
storm spotters and we are important as we go into areas that typically will
not have storm spotters, and typically those areas that do not have good or
any radar coverage. If there are people on the list who would like to be
storm spotters for the Bureau, please contact their local Bureau of
Meteorology and they will send you out a training kit and instructions
telling you what to do and so on. Phone numbers are (normally) free: after
all, you are volunteers. Once every 2 years, they provide training sessions
here in NSW and I would say in other states and we are due for one this
year so be ready.
I think we as a group can contribute to the Bureau whether you are a storm
chaser or not. After all, the Bureau is more or less interested in the
reporting of storms. And everyone is welcome to do so. You only have to
give details of reports of winds >90km/hr, rain heavy enough to cause
flashflooding and hail that greater than 2cm in diameter (Haha I bought a
set of calipers - 5 bucks they cost me and I can now get a good measure
rather than estimate -- 10.3cm or whatever!!). And of course you could be
lucky enough to report a tornado! So come on guys and gals, show your
interest and become a part of the elite storm spotter group. You can help
save lives and property particularly in your area.
By the way, I have been a storm spotter since 1989 and some others in the
group similar time. But this will help in your understanding of severe weather.
Jimmy Deguara
At 12:59 AM 1/12/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi again, its James from Brissie
>
>At least 40 calls so far to the SES for assistance around Ipswich
>especially. Houses unroofed, flash flooding and trees on powerlines. News
>reports during Tuesday will tell us more. I would like visual proof of that
>demolished house.
>
>By the way, its the 3rd day in a row when severe t'storms have struck parts
>of Southeast Queensland without warnings!
>
>Day 1 Sat 8/1/99: An area of storms moved up from the Border Ranges dumping
>incredible rain on southern Brisbane suburbs. 107mm at Archerfield, 89mm at
>Calamvale, 87mm here at Eight Mile Plains... Most of that rain inside
>45mins.
>
>Day 2 Sun 9/1/99: flash floods in Toowoomba; and while I was in Beaudesert I
>saw a probable "pulse severe t'storm" with wild scud under the rain free
>base (RFB) that looked great on radar..
>
>Day 3 Mon 10/1/99: Wild storms in Ipswich as mentioned earlier.
>
>I think a call to the Weather Bureau might be required....
>
>James Chambers
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005
From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: nicks!!
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 07:55:42 +1100
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Bayswater = Jane ONeill
(until I think of something a bit more creative )
Jane
-----Original Message-----
>From: Ira
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Date: Tuesday, 12 January 1999 12:34
>Subject: aussie-weather: nicks!!
>
>
>Could everyone please to email me their nick that they use on Irc, their
>real name and city location so we can compile a list that you can print
>out and put next to your computer so you know whos who.
>
> Ira Fehlberg
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006
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 07:11:34 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi all,
There was a small section in the newspaper this morning about the
storms, I was hoping for more though - might have to wait for the news
tonight. Here's the section:
"Storm hits Ipswich"
I'm wondering if the house with the roof caved in is the 'demolished
house' - the media can often exaggerate things at times when reports are
sketchy.
I saw some nice lightning here, the closest was a CG about 6km away.
The guster came through, with a max wind gust of around 45km/h, while
with the guster coming through, the winds sat between 20-30km/h.
Certainly not very strong, but considering I got the edge of a weakened
storm, it wasn't too bad! It generally only drizzled here, we received
0.5mm of rain.
I agree with you James, the fact that 3 storms in a row have gone by
without warnings, is certainly a concern. As I was saying though in a
previous email about the Dec 30 storms at my father's farm - the BoM
should really re-assess their storm warning/forecasting techniques.
Anthony from Brisbane
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007
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 07:14:00 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi all,
I just want to add something to that - if you want more motivation, you
do receive a very handy little "storm spotter's guide" book! Not to
mention a great pic on the front :)
Anthony
Jimmy Deguara wrote:
>
> James and all those on the list. Jimmy Deguara here....
>
> There are always calls from the Bureau for people to become storm spotters.
> I feel that this is most efficient ways we as a group in ASWA can help in
> the warning service. Storm chasers for instance can be recognised as mobile
> storm spotters and we are important as we go into areas that typically will
> not have storm spotters, and typically those areas that do not have good or
> any radar coverage. If there are people on the list who would like to be
> storm spotters for the Bureau, please contact their local Bureau of
> Meteorology and they will send you out a training kit and instructions
> telling you what to do and so on. Phone numbers are (normally) free: after
> all, you are volunteers. Once every 2 years, they provide training sessions
> here in NSW and I would say in other states and we are due for one this
> year so be ready.
>
> I think we as a group can contribute to the Bureau whether you are a storm
> chaser or not. After all, the Bureau is more or less interested in the
> reporting of storms. And everyone is welcome to do so. You only have to
> give details of reports of winds >90km/hr, rain heavy enough to cause
> flashflooding and hail that greater than 2cm in diameter (Haha I bought a
> set of calipers - 5 bucks they cost me and I can now get a good measure
> rather than estimate -- 10.3cm or whatever!!). And of course you could be
> lucky enough to report a tornado! So come on guys and gals, show your
> interest and become a part of the elite storm spotter group. You can help
> save lives and property particularly in your area.
>
> By the way, I have been a storm spotter since 1989 and some others in the
> group similar time. But this will help in your understanding of severe weather.
>
> Jimmy Deguara
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From: "Paul Graham" [v_notch at hotmail.com]
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Subject: aussie-weather: ABC News: Ipswich Storm Report...
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:43:56 PST
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A severe overnight thunderstorm has ripped through the city of Ipswich,
west of Brisbane, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. The storm
hit without notice, causing structural damage, flooding and blackouts.
Police say the storm was one of the worst on record and came without
warning about 9:30pm. Roofs were lifted off homes and one house is
reported to have been destroyed. Police say trees were uprooted by the
gale force winds and thrown onto homes and across roads. Heavy rainfall
caused flash flooding in the central business district and fallen power
lines caused blackouts to more than 9,000 customers. Emergency services
were placed on full alert. Ipswich Police Inspector George Pugh says
the storm was so bad a command post had to be established to coordinate
calls for assistance.
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009
From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: Orange weather
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:14:07 +1100
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Hi All,
Unfortunately no storms to spot around Orange at the moment.
After 3.5mm of drizzle last night, woke up to a fine blue sky. A small
amount of cu on the NW horizon.
At 10.10am 24C, 1012, 30%, NE at 5 Knots.
Terry.
mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:00:47 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: QLD ASWA Meeting Date
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Hi all,
The first QLD, ASWA meeting will be held on Saturday, the 23rd of
January, at 9:30am Please email me personally (even those who I've
already talked to about the meeting) on cyclone at stealth.com.au if you
are able to attend. Currently the meeting will be held at my house,
unless a large number of people contact me, in that case most likely, a
more suitable venue will be found. If you have any contacts to get a
more suitable venue, please contact me! Preferably it should have TV
and VCR facilities in case people have footage of storms and want to
show other people.
I'll send another email out later with more detailed information out
soon.
Sincerely,
Anthony Cornelius - QLD, ASWA Representative
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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Subject: aussie-weather: Mirc settings -- and my nick
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:14:46 GMT
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I know this information is somewhere, but can't find it. I have Mirc
installed but don't have the details for the server (or is it
servers?) I just checked austnet and there's no #Weather channel at
present. Is undernet for worldwide wx chat? 'Scuse my iggerance. Any
clarification appreciated.
My nic is just me -- Laurie = Laurie. I have some others, but wouldn't
dare use them in this company....
--
Laurier Williams
Australian Weather Links and News
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~wbc/
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From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Humour, Mirc & greetings from another fanatic
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:33:27 +1100
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Little ripper, Laurie - LOL somebody else's sense of humour is exactly what
I needed just then, thank you heaps for making me ROTFL!!
Jacob, can we have a web page entry point for those of us not on Mirc as we
have had? - works really well.
Had a phone call last night from Clive Herbert in Geelong who passes his
greetings on to all (especially those of you he's met & known for a while)
and is highly relieved to find many 'fanatics' just like him really do
exist. He will be getting onto the Net in the future, but in the meantime
I'll pass messages along on his behalf.
Jane
Melbourne
>My nic is just me -- Laurie = Laurie. I have some others, but wouldn't
>dare use them in this company....
>
>
>--
>Laurier Williams
>Australian Weather Links and News
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~wbc/
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:46:19 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: aussie-weather: avn data and grads program - breakthrough
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Hi everyone,
Jimmy Deguara here. As was discussed at the last ASWA meeting, a few of us
have been trying to get a grip of the use of Grads and the avn as well as
other data associated with it. I have just broken through which mean I will
now be able to play around with the various variables it allows you to map.
I am hoping to get it to do CAPE and other index variables. The program
allows you get
a fixed point variable value anywhere on earth,
a 2d line graph of one variable
a 3d plot area or country plot such as the Lifted Index most people are
aware of
a 4d plot which bascially means animations of data
I will play with this later and let you allknow what i come up with. I have
worked on it intermittently in the past week or so. Finally a breakthrough.
I have to go out but will be back later to see what more I can get out of this.
Jimmy Deguara
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:16:17 +0800
From: Greg Spencer [hawk at aisnet.net.au]
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Hi Laurier
We have established a #weather room in the Austnet: Australia server as we
were having trouble with the other one. The Austnet Server is purely for
Australian weather and the Undernet Servers (any of them) is more towards
international weather unless the channel is dominated by Aussies which tends
to happen during the day quite often. There is about 4 of us in the Austnet
#weather room at the moment if you care to join us. Its 9:15 WST now
Regards
Greg Spencer
Laurier Williams wrote:
> I know this information is somewhere, but can't find it. I have Mirc
> installed but don't have the details for the server (or is it
> servers?) I just checked austnet and there's no #Weather channel at
> present. Is undernet for worldwide wx chat? 'Scuse my iggerance. Any
> clarification appreciated.
>
> My nic is just me -- Laurie = Laurie. I have some others, but wouldn't
> dare use them in this company....
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:26:57 +0800
From: Greg Spencer [hawk at aisnet.net.au]
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Forgot to add one thing. My nick in mIRC is hawk-wx for those who dont know
Greg Spencer wrote:
> Hi Laurier
>
> We have established a #weather room in the Austnet: Australia server as we
> were having trouble with the other one. The Austnet Server is purely for
> Australian weather and the Undernet Servers (any of them) is more towards
> international weather unless the channel is dominated by Aussies which tends
> to happen during the day quite often. There is about 4 of us in the Austnet
> #weather room at the moment if you care to join us. Its 9:15 WST now
>
> Regards
>
> Greg Spencer
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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Subject: aussie-weather: GRADS software
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 02:29:38 GMT
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To Jimmy and any others who may be interested in this software:
I downloaded a version of it about 18 months ago, but wading through
the manual made me realise that it would take quite some time to
become proficient with it, and time's something in short supply with
me at present. However, there have been newer versions (I think
there's a Windows one) that may be more user-friendly than the old DOS
version I tinkered with.
If you're going to get into it, I'd strongly suggest you join the
GRADS mailing list at . I'm still on it,
and it gets medium traffic (3 or 4 a day) of intelligent q and a. I
can't remember how to subscribe, but I'd start with the usual
majordomo commands. There's also probably a link off the GRADS
homepage somewhere.
--
Laurier Williams
Australian Weather Links and News
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~wbc/
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:03:05 +1000
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From: steve baynham [bayns at nor.com.au]
Subject: aussie-weather: IRC chat
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hey,
if ya bored, go to an AUSNET server, then aussie.nsw.au.austnet.org and hit
connect. then just type /join #weather.
see you there steve from the gold coast (Bayns)
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From: "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: nicks!!
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:21:32 +1100
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Hi Everyone,
My nick on IRC is supercell. I am from Blaxland NSW.
Matthew Piper
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>Date: Tuesday, 12 January 1999 0:27
>Subject: aussie-weather: nicks!!
>
>
>Could everyone please to email me their nick that they use on Irc, their
>real name and city location so we can compile a list that you can print
>out and put next to your computer so you know whos who.
>
> Ira Fehlberg
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:21:54 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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This came out a while ago, I forgot to send it to the list.
IDW10Q01
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
Queensland Region
Brisbane Office
Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with
this
warning.
PRIORITY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ADVICE
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
at 11:32am EST on Tuesday the 12th of January 1999
For the Southeast Coast District north of the Brisbane area.
The Bureau of Meteorology advises people living in areas to the north of
Brisbane of the possibility of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and
evening.
Damaging winds, heavy rain and large hail may accompany these
thunderstorms.
If severe thunderstorms do develop then severe thunderstorm warnings
will be
issued.
Updated information will be issued throughout the afternoon/evening on
radio and
will be available by telephone on Brisbane 1196 at local call rates and
1900 969
921 at 75 cents per minute.
People in the threatened areas should consider what action they may need
to take
to prevent injuries and minimise damage if severe thunderstorms develop.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:29:52 +1100
From: Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com.au]
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Michael Scollay wrote:
>
> Local_Court_Maclean at agd.nsw.gov.au wrote:
> >
> > Please be advised of the following in relation to a VIRUS...
> > JOIN THE CREW/ for PENPALS...
>
> [snip]
>
> This one smells like an earlier hoax entitled "Win a holiday". I will
> therefore report any significant outcomes from Telstra's dealings with
> this new "virus" to the group.
This particular mail chain has been confirmed by Telstra Corporate
Security as a virus hoax. The intent, as with "Win a Holiday" was to
choke up corporate and internet mail servers.
Michael Scollay mailto:michael.scollay at telstra.com.au
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From: Phil Bagust [mail.cobweb.com.au at redback.cobweb.com.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Bored....but what about those jets and
sprites?
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>Hi All,
>
>I'm bored. Anyone there??
>
>Andrew McDonald.
Okay. With the lack of action around the place (exept Ipswich by the sound
of it) I'll wade in with some trivia.
Some (most? all??) of the people on this list may be aware of the recently
discovered 'jets' and 'sprites'. These coronal/auroral type discharges
have been seen and filmed in the US coming directly out of the top of large
thunderstorms. Blue and red in colour, they shoot up through the
stratosphere and are best seen from planes or from storms on the horizon.
My question is - is anyone aware of any jet/sprite reports from Australia?
Oh yeah. regarding the IRC #weather chat. I know it's wednesday night.
Is it 8.30pm EST??
Cheers all
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From: Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Humour, Mirc & greetings from another
fanatic
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At 11:33 AM 12-01-99 +1100, you wrote:
>Little ripper, Laurie - LOL somebody else's sense of humour is exactly what
>I needed just then, thank you heaps for making me ROTFL!!
>
>Jacob, can we have a web page entry point for those of us not on Mirc as we
>have had? - works really well.
>
>Had a phone call last night from Clive Herbert in Geelong who passes his
>greetings on to all (especially those of you he's met & known for a while)
>and is highly relieved to find many 'fanatics' just like him really do
>exist. He will be getting onto the Net in the future, but in the meantime
>I'll pass messages along on his behalf.
>
>Jane
>Melbourne
>
>
I just tried to see if the web based irc would work for austnet, and it
doesn't, so anyone who wants to chat on austnet #weather will have to get
an irc client such as mIRC, unless I can work out another way of doing it.
(mIRC is a lot better than the web based irc anyway).
I will keep the web irc page up for undernet at:
http://www.iinet.net.au/~jacob/chat.html
as a few of us go to both channels.
The weekly meetings will obviously take part in austnet now, still at the
same time and day, Wednesday nights at 9pm EDT.
use the server au.austnet.org
Lots of people join the channel at other times too, which is great, last
night we had 12 people on at 10pm Perth time, 1am EDT.
Jacob
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From: Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Mirc settings -- and my nick
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At 12:14 AM 12-01-99 GMT, you wrote:
>I know this information is somewhere, but can't find it. I have Mirc
>installed but don't have the details for the server (or is it
>servers?) I just checked austnet and there's no #Weather channel at
>present. Is undernet for worldwide wx chat? 'Scuse my iggerance. Any
>clarification appreciated.
>
>My nic is just me -- Laurie = Laurie. I have some others, but wouldn't
>dare use them in this company....
>
>
>--
>Laurier Williams
>Australian Weather Links and News
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~wbc/
Undernet is a world #weather channel, but United States based, and its the
biggest IRC weather channel out there. Austnet #weather at this stage has
mainly Australians on it, but a few international people from undernet's
#weather has visited us sometimes.
server to use for austnet is au.austnet.org
server to use for undernet is NewBrunswick.NJ.US.Undernet.Org
and type /join #weather
Jacob
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Hi every1,
Wyche = Kevin Phyland from (where else?) Wycheproof.
Kevin.
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Subject: aussie-weather: Internet Chat & Macintosh...
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 20:27:45 PST
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For any Mac users out there, mIRC is going to be a bit of a problem,
however there is a great little shareware program called "ircle" which
lets us use the chat rooms...
It can be downloaded from:
http://www.ircle.houseit.com/download.html
if you need any help with it feel free to query me. Good Luck!
Kevin from Wycheproof.
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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:02:13 +1100
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Hi All,
At 16.10, 29C, 1012, 20%, E at 10 Knots.
At the moment some cu and altocumulus castellanus. Some of the clouds
appear to be upside down anvils. Very flat bottoms. Look promising!!!!!
(Where have I heard that before).
Excuse me while I hold my breath and turn blue.
Terry.
mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 21:53:17 -0800 (PST)
From: David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: nicks!!
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David Croan here - nick is 'meso', and im located in NE Sydney.
Cheers
---Ira wrote:
>
> Could everyone please to email me their nick that they use on Irc,
their
> real name and city location so we can compile a list that you can
print
> out and put next to your computer so you know whos who.
>
> Ira Fehlberg
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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Subject: aussie-weather: BoM severe weather items
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 06:00:17 GMT
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A couple of items may interest those in NSW.
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/inside/sevwx/stsrep98/stsrep98.shtml
is a report on Bureau severe weather accuracy for the 1997/98 season.
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/inside/sevwx/stsrep98/stsrep98.shtml
gives details of the NSW severe weather warning system.
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Laurier Williams
Australian Weather Links and News
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Subject: aussie-weather: ABC item on forecast Qld storms
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 06:10:48 GMT
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>From the ABC, today, 4.10pm edst:
The Weather Bureau is forecasting the possibility of
several thunderstorms as severe as yesterday's,
which left
8,000 homes in Ipswich and Brisbane's western
suburbs
without power.
Duty forecaster Don Cameron says the severe
thunderstorms, accompanied by damaging winds and
large
hail, should develop from a trough lying from about
Caboolture north to Kilcoy.
But Mr Cameron says it is hard to predict at this
stage
exactly where the storms will strike.
"I'd certainly say the...Sunshine Coast area and
the
hinterland of there up towards Kilcoy, even as far
as
Kingaroy," he said.
"And because we have got fairly decent southerly
winds in
the upper atmosphere, that might move towards the
Maryborough region tonight."
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Laurier Williams
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: BoM severe weather items -- CORRECTION
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 06:27:49 GMT
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:18:02 +1100, Laurier Williams wrote:
>>
>> A couple of items may interest those in NSW.
>>
>> http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/inside/sevwx/stsrep98/stsrep98.shtml
>> is a report on Bureau severe weather accuracy for the 1997/98 season.
>>
>> http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/inside/sevwx/stsrep98/stsrep98.shtml
>> gives details of the NSW severe weather warning system.
>>
Sorry, that second URL should be
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/inside/sevwx/stsdir/sdir9899.shtml
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Bored....but what about those jets and sprites?
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G'day Phil
Yes they are seen in Australia, and have been studied in NT, by some
americans scientists.
If i remember correctly, northern australia, some parts of america and
alaska you can see them, but dont quote me.
Do a search for them "blue sprites and red jets"
and you will receive a tonne of info about them, also about ball lightning
(all sort of catergorised as rare storm phenomona)
hope this helps
Matt Smith
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From: "Grant Boyden" [boyden at zeta.org.au]
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:04:56 +1100
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Grant_B
******************************************
Grant Boyden
http://www.zeta.org.au/~boyden/storm
http://www.2ky.com.au
IRC = au.austnet.org and #2kyRacing port 6667
ICQ = 23511159
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> From: Ira
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Subject: aussie-weather: nicks!!
> Date: Monday, 11 January 1999 12:24
>
> Could everyone please to email me their nick that they use on Irc, their
> real name and city location so we can compile a list that you can print
> out and put next to your computer so you know whos who.
>
> Ira Fehlberg
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:30:57 +1100
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From: Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: aussie-weather: sprites in NT
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Phil and everyone,
Try this URL:
http://ritz.otago.ac.nz:808/~omnipal/NTsprites.html
It details observations taken in Nov-Dec 1997 (same time I was in Darwin).
regards, Michael
*==========================================================*
Michael Bath Oakhurst, Sydney mbath at ozemail.com.au
Australian Severe Weather
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:48:05 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: GRADS software
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Laurier and everyone,
Jimmy here. I have used the windows version of the grads software to
successfully and quite easily reproduce the data for surface lifted index
exactly as it was on the 7th January. I had at the time saved a few gif
file maps of various variables so that when I get the grads software
working, I could test it to see if is giving the correct values. Well it is!
Tomorow and the rest of tonight, I will be become familiar with the
tutorial on how to change settings and so on. Once working, it is a
powerful thing to use. I will try to map other variables to see if they are
available, particularly CAPE and the KI index which is really why I went to
all the trouble. My next step will then be to get forecast aerological
diagrams for any place in Australia. This is although not as accurate as
real time data, is very important to give indications of certain conditions
in the atmosphere in certain areas which will help in getting some
understanding of where future storm development may occur. Anyway, I will
keep everyone informed.
Regards
Excited ....Jimmy Deguara
At 02:29 AM 1/12/99 +0000, you wrote:
>To Jimmy and any others who may be interested in this software:
>
>I downloaded a version of it about 18 months ago, but wading through
>the manual made me realise that it would take quite some time to
>become proficient with it, and time's something in short supply with
>me at present. However, there have been newer versions (I think
>there's a Windows one) that may be more user-friendly than the old DOS
>version I tinkered with.
>
>If you're going to get into it, I'd strongly suggest you join the
>GRADS mailing list at . I'm still on it,
>and it gets medium traffic (3 or 4 a day) of intelligent q and a. I
>can't remember how to subscribe, but I'd start with the usual
>majordomo commands. There's also probably a link off the GRADS
>homepage somewhere.
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From: Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: GRADS software
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Jimmy,
Once you produce some maps, will you be posting some to the web each
morning (while you're on holidays at least)? That is until we can get some
automation going.
Excellent work!
Michael
At 20:48 12/01/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Laurier and everyone,
>
>Jimmy here. I have used the windows version of the grads software to
>successfully and quite easily reproduce the data for surface lifted index
>exactly as it was on the 7th January. I had at the time saved a few gif
>file maps of various variables so that when I get the grads software
>working, I could test it to see if is giving the correct values. Well it is!
>
>Tomorow and the rest of tonight, I will be become familiar with the
>tutorial on how to change settings and so on. Once working, it is a
>powerful thing to use. I will try to map other variables to see if they are
>available, particularly CAPE and the KI index which is really why I went to
>all the trouble. My next step will then be to get forecast aerological
>diagrams for any place in Australia. This is although not as accurate as
>real time data, is very important to give indications of certain conditions
>in the atmosphere in certain areas which will help in getting some
>understanding of where future storm development may occur. Anyway, I will
>keep everyone informed.
>
>Regards
>
>Excited ....Jimmy Deguara
*==========================================================*
Michael Bath Oakhurst, Sydney mbath at ozemail.com.au
Australian Severe Weather
http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/
*==========================================================*
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 19:58:59 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: SE QLD T'Storms
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Hi all,
Some more thunderstorms developing to my SW, can see occassional
lightning, but lightning tracker shows the full picture. The lightning
I can see are from the weaker, closer cells though (near BNE) hopefully
the storms near Inglewood will arrive here at, at least the same
strength!
Lots of T'storms in QLD today, from the border up to Gladstone, best
ones were from Gympie to Gladstone though.
Anthony from Brisbane
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:29:12 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: GRADS software
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I will try some other stuff and then will be easily post stuff on the
internet only if the other stuff is different than waht is already
available ie it is useless to put the LI up again. I am hoping that other
variables can be mapped. If not, I will have to try some other data files.
Jimmy
At 08:58 PM 1/12/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Jimmy,
>
>Once you produce some maps, will you be posting some to the web each
>morning (while you're on holidays at least)? That is until we can get some
>automation going.
>
>Excellent work!
>
>Michael
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: GRADS software
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:53:34 GMT
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:48:05 +1100, Jimmy Deguara
wrote:
>My next step will then be to get forecast aerological
>diagrams for any place in Australia. This is although not as accurate as
>real time data, is very important to give indications of certain conditions
>in the atmosphere in certain areas which will help in getting some
>understanding of where future storm development may occur.
Jimmy, are you aware that you can call up a variety of aerological
diagrams for any location (based on MRF/AVN) at the READY site at
http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/profile.html. As you say, they are
pretty broad brush, but are very useful where you want to interpolate
between stations that have actual Skew Ts
BTW, this site appears to be by far the quickest in getting new issues
of each model available.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:00:25 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: GRADS software
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Yes, Laurier. We have a link to that site. I know you can map aerological
data but very minimal as compared to an example I have seen. A script has
been written to do it but I am unsure at this stage whether it can be done
with the data available. It may depend on the variables in the control file
or it may be independent.
Will check this tomorrow. If it works, it will be far superior than any of
the data avilable in Australia. Fingers crossed.
Jimmy
At 10:53 AM 1/12/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Jimmy, are you aware that you can call up a variety of aerological
>diagrams for any location (based on MRF/AVN) at the READY site at
>http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/profile.html. As you say, they are
>pretty broad brush, but are very useful where you want to interpolate
>between stations that have actual Skew Ts
>
>BTW, this site appears to be by far the quickest in getting new issues
>of each model available.
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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: NZ Weather
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:18:08 +1100
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Hi All,
No action again another disappointing day. A clear red sunset with a little
cu.
Just grabbed the attachment on Reuters news for those interested. Seem like
NZ had it hottest year last year as well.
Terry.
mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au
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From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: SEQ severe t'storm warning
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:45:44 +1000
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These storms have weakened noticeably on the lightning tracker but
nevertheless heavy rain could be a problem with these. Here it is:
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
Queensland Region
Brisbane Office
TOP PRIORITY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
at 9:25pm EST on Tuesday the 12th of January 1999
For the Southeast Coast district
Thunderstorms with possible severe wind squalls and possible flash flooding
were
observed about 60 km SW of Toowoomba moving northeast at about 50km/h.
Latest
radar observations show the thunderstorms have weakened slightly, but they
may
re-intensify.
The storms are expected to be near Toowoomba and Warwick in the next 1 to 2
hours.People are advised to secure outside items, move cars under cover and
seek
shelter.The next warning will be issued at 10.00pm.
**** NOT FOR BROADCAST AFTER 10.00pm ****
This warning is also available by telephone on 1900 969 921 at a cost of
around
75 cents per minute.
------------------------------------------------------
James Chambers
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html
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From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: SEQ severe t'storm warning
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:47:56 +1000
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Hi all
As soon as I sent that, it is now back up to 85 new strikes for the last 5
minutes. You can see that on this site by the way:
http://bastion.energex.com.au/strike/
James from Brisbane
>These storms have weakened noticeably on the lightning tracker but
>nevertheless heavy rain could be a problem with these. Here it is:
>
>BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
>Queensland Region
>Brisbane Office
>
>TOP PRIORITY
>SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
>Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
>at 9:25pm EST on Tuesday the 12th of January 1999
>
>For the Southeast Coast district
>Thunderstorms with possible severe wind squalls and possible flash flooding
>were
>observed about 60 km SW of Toowoomba moving northeast at about 50km/h.
>Latest
>radar observations show the thunderstorms have weakened slightly, but they
>may
>re-intensify.
>
>The storms are expected to be near Toowoomba and Warwick in the next 1 to 2
>hours.People are advised to secure outside items, move cars under cover and
>seek
>shelter.The next warning will be issued at 10.00pm.
>
>**** NOT FOR BROADCAST AFTER 10.00pm ****
>This warning is also available by telephone on 1900 969 921 at a cost of
>around
>75 cents per minute.
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: More Brisbane Storms
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:35:39 +1100
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Famous last words as they say !
>rumbles of thunder. Ipswich is probably getting it now, these storms
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Re: greetings from another fanatic
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:41:24 +1100
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Can't wait until Clyve gets on the net, I am sure he will love the friendly
group, as you say he thought that he was alone in Australia with an interest
in weather. Clyve has some ' interesting ' theories on supercell formation
that I am sure will fire a discussion when he does get connected.
Michael
>Had a phone call last night from Clive Herbert in Geelong who passes his
>greetings on to all (especially those of you he's met & known for a while)
>and is highly relieved to find many 'fanatics' just like him really do
>exist. He will be getting onto the Net in the future, but in the meantime
>I'll pass messages along on his behalf.
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Mirc settings -- and my nick
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:43:38 +1100
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Nothing original here, I very rarely use Mirc, but have it and know how to
use, Nick is same as E Mail = Michaelt
I know, highly imaginative, isn't it !!
Michael
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Brisbane - Kilcoy Chase 10/1/99
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:32:41 +1100
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Sounds like you guys had fun ! and probably a better storm than any Sydney
chasers have seen for a month, SE Queensland has been the hot spot this
season.
Michael
-----Original Message-----
>From: Ross Portas
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Date: Monday, 11 January 1999 20:12
>Subject: aussie-weather: Brisbane - Kilcoy Chase 10/1/99
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Ross from Brisbane here announcing that his storm chasing cherry has
>been popped :-).
>
>After a lot of umming and arring Ben Quin and myself finally decided
>to have a squiz at some of the activity that was happening around the
>SEQ region. Energex's Lightning Tracker was going berserk with several
>lines of storms showing up, mainly moving N/East.
>
>The question was where to go..... We left rather late in the day so
>it had to be reasonably close. One option was to go Beaudesert way and
>hopefully catch something that might develop there, or go to our
>north-west around Kilcoy where a fair bit of action was and had
>already happened.....
>
>We chose the Kilcoy option. Anthony Cornelius was commandeered into
>updating us via mobile phone. With the help of Ben's navigation we
>arrived in fairly quick time.
>
>Anthony informed us at 4pm that a new cell was just starting to get
>some strength almost directly west of where we were. Just before
>entering
>Kilcoy, we took a detour along a road heading northwards, so as to
>put us ahead of the new cell. This caused us to go over a weir that
>already had about 3 inches of water going over it, so it had to be a
>quick
>chase or a long wait for the water to subside when heading back. Not far
>up
>the road, we found a good place to take some photos of the northern
>part of the cell. Unfortunately my parking could have been better,
>because
>(barefoot) Ben stood straight into wet cow shit. Shit as they say,
>happens :-)
>
>Another change in direction west brought us closer to the action
>where a small gust front was forming up. Ben guessed the wind at around
>20knts max. We then decided to head back east a bit to see if the gust
>front
>would form up. Rain was falling but not very heavy where we were,
>although there were some very heavy rain shafts that we could see. A
>few small lowerings and a smallish shelf cloud developed as we headed
>back into Kilcoy. Luckily we managed to bypass the weir that scared us
>earlier.
>
>Heading east out of Kilcoy, we stopped for another photo opportunity.
>To get the best shot, we climbed through a barbed wire fence. Couple of
>snaps later, back to the car. Ben goes through the fence first, with
>me holding the wires apart, then he did the same for me..... and found
>out that with his bare feet, he made a rather good conducter for the
>electric fence wires we had failed to notice :-)
>
>As we headed east, back to the Bruce Highway, the cell, which was
>moving very slowly started to die out, and there was nothing else
>visible,
>so we headed home.
>
>All in all, it was an enjoyable first chase for me and great to meet
>up with Ben. Hopefully the photo's we took will come out OK. Our next
>chase will be Tuesday, with the latest AVN forecast predicting -10 LI's
>to
>the west of us. Expect another report shortly after :-)
>
>Cheers all,
>Rosco.
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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Who wants to live in Bourke?
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:48:16 +1100
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Hi All,
Just checking a few temps. At 20.47 at Bourke it was still 41C. Nice trying
to get an early night eh.
Terry.
mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:00:45 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Brisbane - Kilcoy Chase 10/1/99
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Yes, if we were in Qld, we would have nailed many of the storms. This was
also the case last season as well. Sydney leads to disappointment yet again.
Jimmy
At 10:32 PM 1/12/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Sounds like you guys had fun ! and probably a better storm than any Sydney
>chasers have seen for a month, SE Queensland has been the hot spot this
>season.
>
>Michael
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:10:48 +1100
From: Ben Quinn [Bodie at corplink.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Blue Sprites and Red Jets
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Matt Smith wrote:
> G'day Phil
>
> Yes they are seen in Australia, and have been studied in NT, by some
> americans scientists.
> If i remember correctly, northern australia, some parts of america and
> alaska you can see them, but dont quote me.
> Do a search for them "blue sprites and red jets"
> and you will receive a tonne of info about them, also about ball lightning
> (all sort of catergorised as rare storm phenomona)
>
> hope this helps
>
> Matt Smith
Also try www.nemas.net/edu/index.htm .. choose the thunderstorms page, there you
will find a section on Blue Sprites and Red Jets, and links to websites on the
internet.
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Very slight chance of a storm tomorrow ???
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:31:01 +1100
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Both NGP and AVN are going for a small centre of precip on the southern
tablelands of NSW tomorrow. AVN is going for more over a smaller area, then
NGP which has less intensity, but over a larger area.
I plotted the Lift Index ( thanks to one of Jimmy's fav sites ) and there is
a small closed area of negative over that area, as the day wears into
evening this will drift up into the central tablelands. The area is only
just in the negative range -3, so that means non-severe storms.
BOM is going for fine on southern tablelands.
It will be interesting to watch
Michael Thompson
http://thunder.simplenet.com
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 04:52:43 -0800 (PST)
From: David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Re: Jimmy: Bris - Kilcoy Chase
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Oh well Jimmy, every dog has its day. Sydney is well overdue for a
decent storm season, and we sure have had enough of these shocker ones
(3 in a row now - we can blame it global warning or maybe Murphy).
Funny thing is, even the opportunities to go to the nearby Hunter
(which had the highest no. of severe events in NSW last season) have
been few and far between this season. Im still counting on some sort
of a revival through Jan and Feb.
David
> Yes, if we were in Qld, we would have nailed many of the storms.
This was
> also the case last season as well. Sydney leads to disappointment
yet again.
>
> Jimmy
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