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001 John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net] Want Food for Thought? Then Ponder this Occurence...
002 Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au Hail Storm Update.
003 Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] Want Food for Thought? Then Ponder this Occurence...
004 David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com] World's Biggest Hailstone?
005 John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net] Shiver....
006 "Mark Hardy" [mhardy at magna.com.au] (no subject)
007 Michael_Bath at amp.com.au Australias Largest Hailstone?
008 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au] Shiver....
009 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Low temps roundup - record at Wagga, possibly others
010 "Kevin Phyland" [kphyland at hotmail.com] Re: Vic meeting
011 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au] La Nina for NZ.
012 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au] Orange Weather
013 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Very heavy rain in NE Northen Territory
014 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] World's Biggest Hailstone?
015 Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au New Virus Warning
016 "Paul Graham" [v_notch at hotmail.com] August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
017 Dane Newman [dpn at bigpond.com] First Frost
018 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] Very heavy rain in NE Northen Territory
019 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] another get together for ASWA members
020 "Mark Hardy" [mhardy at magna.com.au] (no subject)
021 "John Roenfeldt" [wa_tornado at hotmail.com] Hail Storm Update.
022 "Rod Aikman" [raikman at hotmail.com] First Frost
023 Tim Grugeon [timg at iniaccess.net.au] Showery, cool and windy
024 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] First Frost
025 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Sydney Hailstorm Report and Damage Photos
026 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] New Virus Warning
027 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
028 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] World's Biggest Hailstone?
029 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] Showery, cool and windy
030 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au] Sydnay hailstorm information
031 Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au] New Virus Warning
032 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
033 "Paul Graham" [v_notch at hotmail.com] August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
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001
From: John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Want Food for Thought? Then Ponder this Occurence...
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:01:45 +1000
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Hi Anthony,
I can confirm a nice circular lowering which appeared very distinctly from
a large and very dark RFB at around 3:15pm. I noted it approximately over
the Inala area towards the rear of the cloud base. Initially I thought
"Holy Snapping Mackeral, that looks like a wall cloud", however, try as I
might, I could not observe rotation or any great degree of turbulence,
although it was clearly an inflow area rather than a downdraft. I observed
precipitation begin shortly thereafter, to the East of the lowering, which
gradually increased until about 4:00pm, which is when I noted that you
should be getting a shower.
John.
>Snip
After this I'm sure many of you are going to question my
sanity/reliability of reports - so before I go on, I'm saying now that I
do not believe to "exagerate or dramatise" my reports.
As many of you are aware, there was some Congestus/TCU in Brisbane
today, some of it was extremely dark, and one turned into a small Cb,
that gave some very local thunder, and James reported that he saw a
possible hail shaft near him. This small Cb looked quite nice from
where I was, and it was going to pass over me...I noticed a lowering on
the ~WNW of the t'storm, and I initially didn't think anything of it,
except has a platonic lowering that can often occur. I was talking to a
friend while I was watching it (I even had convinced him to come outside
and look at some of the "cool structures"!) As I was watching the
lowering, I thought there was rotation...of course, I thought I was
imagining it initially - however I stared at it for a while, and the
lowered base was actually rotating in my eyes. My friend asked me what
I was looking at, and I questioned him whether or not he saw rotation,
initially he didn't...but soon he responded with "hey, yeah it is too,
what does that mean?" I replied with "umm, I'm not quite sure because
it's not meant to be rotating!" Of course, there was a lot of shear
around, ample infact to allow a thunderstorm to rotate. But this is the
first complication, during this, I heard at the most 5-6 faint rumbles
of thunder, no claps, nor cracks - just very faint. On radio, I had
very occassional and minimal static interference - however this could
have been anything, and not neccessarily lightning induced static.
It was a very nice little lowered base on the edge of the t'storm...and
it was rotating, slowly - it was nicely curved just above me. Winds
were generally 10kn NE, but as it passed almost directly overhead...for
a short period (~30secs) my ears popped! It scared the .... out of me,
because I certainly was not expecting it. As it passed, immediately
after there were some *EXTREMELY LARGE* drops of rain - they actually
looked like hail, and sounded like hail on the tin roof! Certainly, it
was melted hail...
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From: Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au
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Yeah the hail was 20 - 50 cent pieces (in my haste....) BUT after ringing
aorung a few friends in the suburbs of Old bar, Mitchells Island, manning
Point and Harrington hail the size of Golf balls were reported in large
quantities. Apparently Coopernook (near Harrington) was worst hit with
moderate damage by strong - very strong squally winds and hail. A friend of
mine from Old Bar has kept a hailstone the size of a golf ball (or so he
tells me) in his freezer for my inspection when I get back. So strange that
there was no more damage reported.
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From: Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Want Food for Thought? Then Ponder this Occurence...
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>It was a very nice little lowered base on the edge of the t'storm...and
>it was rotating, slowly - it was nicely curved just above me. Winds
>were generally 10kn NE, but as it passed almost directly overhead...for
>a short period (~30secs) my ears popped! It scared the .... out of me,
>because I certainly was not expecting it. As it passed, immediately
>after there were some *EXTREMELY LARGE* drops of rain - they actually
>looked like hail, and sounded like hail on the tin roof! Certainly, it
>was melted hail...
>
>I lost view of it as it tracked NE, and it also weakened fairly
>quickly...
>
>Now - what would the chances of something like this occuring? I'm all
>open to possible explanations, especially the popping of the ears
>co-inciding with the base moving overhead...and the very little and
>faint thunder...
>
>If you think I'm crazy, I guess I cannot dispute it, because I'm totally
>puzzled myself...
I don't think you're crazy at all Anthony. This sounds very much like the
cloud I chased in Adelaide in Feburary. It had a black base, a rotating
lowering, great rainfoot, and cool inflow features (Michael Bath has the
piccies) but never gave more than a few crackles on the radio!
I think the moral here is that we should look hard at TCU's because they
can get severe-like structure without ever going severe.
Did you take any pictures??
Phil 'Paisley' Bagust
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:05:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Croan [bustchase at yahoo.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: World's Biggest Hailstone?
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> Anthony Cornelius wrote:
> I thought there were larger hailstones? 14cm in
> Armidale I think?
>
> I know that the Dec 16 hailstorm in Brisbane had
> confirmed hail to
> 10cm....
>
I think your right Anthony...there was a report of 14 cm hail from the
Sept 96 Armidale storm and also a 12cm hailstone at Tamworth either
last year or the year before. According to Optus electrical engineers
at Rosebury, the recent Sydney storm dropped 6-8cm average over the
exchange but there were some 'single' stones that were found on the
ground afterwards (as opposed from the ones they collected from inside
their office) that were reportedly 1/2 as big again (10-12cm) hence the
damage bill of around $1 billion.
So to be confirmed I gather that they must be seen by BoM employees and
not spotters or anyone alse. In that case I dont think I have seen a
confirmed report of hail larger than 9 cm in Australia.
David
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From: John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Shiver....
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:34:12 +1000
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Hi All,
New low min for the year this morning at Mt. Crosby, just 13C. Shiver....
The BoM had forecast a gusty Southerly change overnight with showers, so
surprise surprise... what do we have but a have a gentle W/NW'er this
morning with a brilliant clear 0/8 sky. Guess a small low has formed near
the coast somewhere not far south of here which may have something to do
with all the Cu yesterday.
John W.
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: another get together for ASWA members
From: "Mark Hardy" [mhardy at magna.com.au]
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>
> Should we make a time?? I would say that people nominate themselves to come
> along and everyone is invited to do so. Let me know ASAP perhaps via phone
> 96271943 and I will be there. There is a large variety of food and you will
> like the....
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a FREE BEER
b Topless waitresses (and waiters too of course - equal opportunity)
c The cumulonimbus wallpaper
First correct entry wins a year's membership to the ASWA.
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From: Michael_Bath at amp.com.au
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Subject: aus-wx: Australias Largest Hailstone?
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There was also a report of a 14cm hailstone near South Kempsey on 21st
December 1991 that seems to have dissapeared from the records too (this was
measured by a spotter I believe). I was at South Kempsey when the storm hit
and the stones were up to 8cm diamater - the hail photo on the main index
page of Australian Severe Weather shows it - you can also see the storm
structure and other hail pics, if you visit the 'weather photo catalog' and
choose images 051-095 of 1991:
http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/photos/1991/index0
2.htm
The large hail fell before any other precipitation occurred and made an
unforgettable whipping sound as they smashed through the surrounding
gumtrees. Torrential rain for 10 minutes followed with smaller hail. A
second storm with hail to about 2cm swept through the same location about
45 minutes later.
regards, Michael
mbath at ozemail.com.au
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From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Shiver....
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:14:43 +1000
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3.6C in Bayswater at 6.55am this morning - John, I'd be delighted to swap
with you
Jane
Bayswater, Melbourne
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From: John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Date: Thursday, 22 April 1999 9:50
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Shiver....
>Hi All,
>
>New low min for the year this morning at Mt. Crosby, just 13C. Shiver....
>
>The BoM had forecast a gusty Southerly change overnight with showers, so
>surprise surprise... what do we have but a have a gentle W/NW'er this
>morning with a brilliant clear 0/8 sky. Guess a small low has formed near
>the coast somewhere not far south of here which may have something to do
>with all the Cu yesterday.
>
>John W.
>
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From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: aus-wx: Low temps roundup - record at Wagga, possibly others
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Highlights from this morning:
Victoria
Ararat -4 (the record is an impressive -5.6 on 26/4/81)
Beechworth -3 (unfortunately, the post-86 Beechworth site doesn't
report outside of fire season, so records are
fairly meaningless)
Mildura 2 (possible April record - current is 1.8)
NSW
Cootamundra -4
Young -3 (both have had major site changes in recent years,
so records meaningless)
Wagga -1 (April record - previously 0.0)
Dubbo 1 (possible April record - current is 1.2)
Tasmania
Nothing below -5.
-5 at Ross, Lake St Clair, Liawenee
Most impressive values on the north coast. -2 at Wynyard was an April
record (albeit in a 10-year record) and only -0.7 off the record for
any month.
South Australia
-2 at Yunta and Coonawarra.
Blair Trewin
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Hi Jane,
Mail Trouble Part II.
Just as soon as I set up a new account my old one came back on line!
(Murphy sure is giving me a hammering lately.)
Consequently...my old email address is fine: kjphyland at hotmail.com
I'm keeping my new account "dry" as a back-up and for possible
miskeying of my old mail address.
Sorry about the stuff up,
Kevin from Wycheproof.
P.S. I'm afraid Jane I'll have to be an apology for the Vic meeting
(again!)
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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: La Nina for NZ.
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:10:25 +1000
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Hi All,
For those interested in overseas happenings they still expect La Nina to
effect New Zealand according to the story below.
Terry.
mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au
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NZ SEES LA NINA CONTINUING THROUGH WINTER, SPRING
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WELLINGTON - The La Nina weather pattern is expected to continue through the
New Zealand winter and spring and alter rain patterns in farming areas, the
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) said yesterday.
The La Nina pattern that began last winter weakened in the past two months
but had now stabilised and was likely to strengthen again from mid-winter
1999, NIWA senior climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger said in a statement.
"Above average rainfall is expected in the north and east of the North
Island and below average rainfall is expected to continue in the south of
the South Island."
Drought affected areas of Central Otago could continue to expect dry
conditions, with below average temperatures in inland and southern South
Island areas.
"The scientific evidence now coming in shows that a large area in the
equatorial central Pacific Ocean remains cooler than average," Salinger
said.
"Seasonal climate models are now in agreement that La Nina conditions are
likely to strengthen again in winter.
"If so eastern areas of the South Island are expected to receive lower than
average spring rainfalls.
Drought conditions over the past two New Zealand summers have curtailed
agricultural production - most notably in the dairy, meat and wool sectors.
Salinger said the regions most at risk of dry conditions over next summer
were Otago and South Canterbury."
However he added that climate models were unclear and the weather pattern
may revert to a neutral one.
(C) Reuters Limited 1999.
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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Orange Weather
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:17:01 +1000
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Hi All,
Nice invigorating cold change. The Orange show is on Anzac weekend so I
predict it to be cold and showery.
At 13.15 12C, 2C wind chill, 59%, 1026, SSE 15-25 Knots.
Terry.
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From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: aus-wx: Very heavy rain in NE Northen Territory
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The tropical low that's been loitering off Arnhem Land for at least
the last week has finally done something of consequence. There were a
number of falls well into three figures in Arnhem Land in the 24 hours
to 0900 this morning, including a report of 509mm at Nabalco Mine.
(I don't know exactly where the mine is). In the light of other
observations (230mm at Nhulunbuy) this seems credible, at least on an
initial inspection. Gove Airport didn't report.
Blair Trewin
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:48:28 +1000
From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au]
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Anthony...
Confirmed by whom ? I have found that other snow, no other
meteorological phenomena is exaggerated more than hail size. I was led
to believe that nothing over 7 cms was confirned from Armidale and
singleton - the two major hailstorms in NSW in recent years, desite
media reports to doulbe that.
As for Brisbane, all we need if proof
Cheers,
Don W
Anthony Cornelius wrote:
>
> Hi Don, and all,
>
> I thought there were larger hailstones? 14cm in Armidale I think?
>
> I know that the Dec 16 hailstorm in Brisbane had confirmed hail to
> 10cm....
>
> Anthony Cornelius
>
> Don White wrote:
> >
> > A Bureau guy at Erskvinville has a sinlge stone 9 cms in diameter. This
> > is confirmed size - and puts it as the biggest confirmed stone in
> > Australia.
> > Don W
> >
> > Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au wrote:
> > >
> > > Gday Paul G. The radio and TV are now describing the storm as a 1 in 200
> > > year event (which is purely baloney as they didnt have tiled houses 200
> > > years ago (only slate) and they didnt have motor vehicles. But goes to show
> > > how this monster crept up on everybody!
> > >
> > > I also heard some speculation about the possible monster hailstone a person
> > > had in their freezer - but no picture was identified.
> > >
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Subject: aus-wx: New Virus Warning
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Well, here goes - we jsut received this warning from our IT people.
Subject: Virus Warning
Date: 1999-04-22 09:11
If you receive an e-mail titled "IT TAKES GUTS TO SAY JESUS"
please "DO NOT OPEN IT"
It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was
announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a very
dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that there is NO
remedy for it at this time.
Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the re-format
function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents
on
the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible
computers.
This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it.
Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and
please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat
may be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that
may have access to your computer.
Forward this warning to everyone that might access the internet.
Otherwise its very windy and cold here....yuk.
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Subject: aus-wx: August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
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Hi everyone,
I thought this might be of interest to people on this list.
On the morning of Saturday the 21st of August, 1971, a severe
hailstorm accompanied by a tornado tore through the eastern suburbs of
Sydney - the scene of the recent hailstorm - bringing hail up to 5cm
in diameter and very heavy rainfall. What was quite extra-ordinary at
the time was, not only was this storm in winter but it also co-incided
with a partial solar eclipse. The Bureau of Meteorology reported that
this may have accentuated the darkness with the storm.
Indeed the headlines in the Sun Herald were: "Freak storm turned day
into night 'LIKE END OF THE WORLD'". One radio announcer was reported
in the Sun Herald as having said: "It looks like the end of the
world." Further reports were of hail "Piled up to three feet [in the
city]" and "[the wind] unroofed scores of homes."
The Sun Herald also reports that the storm first hit Richmond - NW of
Sydney - and "spread in a three pronged formation until it covered the
entire metropolitan area."
Further descriptions were of "cars stalled along this [Day] street.
These vehicles were temporarily 'glued' to the ground by piles of ice"
and that "many streets looked as though a severe snowstorm had swept
them."
Severe flooding was experienced: "gutters overflowed and floodwaters
thick with floating ice flowed into several shops."
Intense lightning was noted: "Mr Hunter Parsonson of Killara, said:
'We were blacked out for a couple of minutes after a violent blast of
lightning and thunder.'" and "In the north-western suburbs, the storm
brought with bolts of lightning which ripped across the sky, hitting
and bringing down powerlines..."
This certainly must have been a memorable storm.
- Paul G.
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From: Dane Newman [dpn at bigpond.com]
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Subject: aus-wx: First Frost
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:23:01 +1000
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Had our first frost of the year here this morning with the temp dropping to a surprisngly low 0.5c here in Kilsyth, Coldstream AWS(10km to the north) got down to -1c most other Melbourne suburbs had minima between 2 and 6c. Nice sunny day pushed the top to a high of 16.5c in Kilsyth. Dane
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:34:28 +1000
From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au]
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Blair...
I heard Gove Airport had 437 mm in the 24 hrs to 9 so 509 mm is right
Don W
Blair Trewin wrote:
>
> The tropical low that's been loitering off Arnhem Land for at least
> the last week has finally done something of consequence. There were a
> number of falls well into three figures in Arnhem Land in the 24 hours
> to 0900 this morning, including a report of 509mm at Nabalco Mine.
> (I don't know exactly where the mine is). In the light of other
> observations (230mm at Nhulunbuy) this seems credible, at least on an
> initial inspection. Gove Airport didn't report.
>
> Blair Trewin
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Guys, you won't guess it . It is not the topless types etc., just come
along and you will find out. Nothing major I can tell yoy that.
Tomorrow Friday night around 7:30pm I would suggest or wjenever you can
come along.
Jimmy Deguara
At 10:36 22/04/99 +1000, you wrote:
>>
>> Should we make a time?? I would say that people nominate themselves to come
>> along and everyone is invited to do so. Let me know ASAP perhaps via phone
>> 96271943 and I will be there. There is a large variety of food and you will
>> like the....
>
>Please select from the following choices
>a FREE BEER
>b Topless waitresses (and waiters too of course - equal opportunity)
>c The cumulonimbus wallpaper
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Jane
This never seems to update. Do you know how often it's refreshed?
Mark
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>From: "Jane ONeill"
>To: "Aussie Weather"
>Subject: aus-wx: Melbourne Webcam
>Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:43 PM
>
> If you haven't found this one yet.....they keep moving it - absolutely
> stunning for an unbroken view of Melbourne from the east around to the
> north.
>
> http://www.omni-cam.com/Default.htm
>
> approximately 270 degree view of Melbourne from 101 Collins Street
>
> Jane
> Bayswater, Melbourne
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From: "John Roenfeldt" [wa_tornado at hotmail.com]
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>
>Yeah the hail was 20 - 50 cent pieces
Thats a good price for hail. You would need a big freezer though to
make it worthwhile. ;)
John R
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>Had our first frost of the year here this morning with the temp
>dropping to a surprisngly low 0.5c here in Kilsyth, Coldstream
>AWS(10km to the north) got down to -1c most other Melbourne suburbs
>had minima between 2 and 6c. Nice sunny day pushed the top to a high
>of 16.5c in Kilsyth. Dane
Minimum of 1.5 deg this morning; 2.2 deg yesterday morning. I have
recorded a sub zero minimum in April before, without going through my
records, I can't remember the date or year.
Rod Aikman
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:46:54 +1000
From: Tim Grugeon [timg at iniaccess.net.au]
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The weather here today was showery and cool with a gusty SSW wind. The
wind most likely gusted here at home at around 40kn at times. I am
kicking myself over the fact that I just sent my anomometer away for a
recalibration. Now I only can estimate the wind strenght.
By the looks of it from the radar, the lower Hunter isn't the only place
copping the showers. Many places up and down the coast are too.
An interesting thing I picked up today on the Williamtown sounding, is
that the 1000-500 hpa thickness was 5440 metres. On the long weekend of
last June, it was at a similar thickness. At that time 10 to 20
centimetres of snow fell on the Barrington Tops.
Tim Grugeon
Morpeth (Maitland), NSW
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From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: First Frost
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>
> Minimum of 1.5 deg this morning; 2.2 deg yesterday morning. I have
> recorded a sub zero minimum in April before, without going through my
> records, I can't remember the date or year.
> Rod Aikman
> Bendigo
Bendigo's -1 was the first sub-zero temperature recorded at an
official site in Bendigo in April.
There was a major site change in 1992, from the prison (which is on
a hill and probably isn't a wonderfully exposed site anyway) to
the airport. This has led to a MAJOR downward discontinuity in mean
minimum temperatures, at a guess 2 degrees (I haven't analysed it in
detail).
The record April low at the prison was 1.4 (1978). In seven years of
record the airport had recorded 0.0 three times, in 1992, 1994 and
1995.
In the best parochial tradition, I gather that the local council has
complained about their temperatures being too low!
Blair Trewin
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Sydney Hailstorm Report and Damage Photos
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:01:53 +1000
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Some good pics there Matt, I like the later lightning pics, The one with the
hail marks on the footpath is also a graphics reminder of the power.
Michael
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Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 1999 22:52
Subject: aus-wx: Sydney Hailstorm Report and Damage Photos
> Hi Everyone
>
> I have written a report about the Sydney Hailstorm and included my good
> photos in it, including ones i recieved today of the damage inspection
that
> took place last saturday with myself,Michael Bath,Matt Piper and Jimmy
> Deguara.
> http://www.braenet.com.au/~disarm/ is the addy, and it would be nice if
you
> signed the Guestbook as well =)
>
> Thanks alot !
>
> Matthew Smith
>
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: New Virus Warning
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:14:01 +1000
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Not the sort of message I would ever bother reading anyway.
Michael
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Subject: aus-wx: New Virus Warning
>
>
> Well, here goes - we jsut received this warning from our IT people.
>
> Subject: Virus Warning
> Date: 1999-04-22 09:11
>
> If you receive an e-mail titled "IT TAKES GUTS TO SAY JESUS"
> please "DO NOT OPEN IT"
> It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was
> announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a very
> dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that there is NO
> remedy for it at this time.
>
> Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the re-format
> function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all
documents
> on
> the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and
> Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible
> computers.
>
> This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it.
>
> Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and
> please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat
> may be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that
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>
> Forward this warning to everyone that might access the internet.
>
> Otherwise its very windy and cold here....yuk.
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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:12:48 +1000
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I am old enough to remember this one, I was a 15 year old fishing from one
of the jettys at Port Kembla on that day.
I remember looking up the northern Illawarra escarpment towards Sydney and
thinking just how black it was.
Michael
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Subject: aus-wx: August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
> Hi everyone,
> I thought this might be of interest to people on this list.
> On the morning of Saturday the 21st of August, 1971, a severe
> hailstorm accompanied by a tornado tore through the eastern suburbs of
> Sydney - the scene of the recent hailstorm - bringing hail up to 5cm
> in diameter and very heavy rainfall. What was quite extra-ordinary at
> the time was, not only was this storm in winter but it also co-incided
> with a partial solar eclipse. The Bureau of Meteorology reported that
> this may have accentuated the darkness with the storm.
> Indeed the headlines in the Sun Herald were: "Freak storm turned day
> into night 'LIKE END OF THE WORLD'". One radio announcer was reported
> in the Sun Herald as having said: "It looks like the end of the
> world." Further reports were of hail "Piled up to three feet [in the
> city]" and "[the wind] unroofed scores of homes."
> The Sun Herald also reports that the storm first hit Richmond - NW of
> Sydney - and "spread in a three pronged formation until it covered the
> entire metropolitan area."
> Further descriptions were of "cars stalled along this [Day] street.
> These vehicles were temporarily 'glued' to the ground by piles of ice"
> and that "many streets looked as though a severe snowstorm had swept
> them."
> Severe flooding was experienced: "gutters overflowed and floodwaters
> thick with floating ice flowed into several shops."
> Intense lightning was noted: "Mr Hunter Parsonson of Killara, said:
> 'We were blacked out for a couple of minutes after a violent blast of
> lightning and thunder.'" and "In the north-western suburbs, the storm
> brought with bolts of lightning which ripped across the sky, hitting
> and bringing down powerlines..."
> This certainly must have been a memorable storm.
> - Paul G.
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:41:01 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi Don,
Unfortunately, exaggeration is a problem with hail, I agree. I'm not
sure of who reported the 14cm hail in Armidale, but James' friend who
works in the Brisbane CBD measured the largest hailstone she could find
on the Dec 16 hailstorm (with a ruler) and it was 10cm, and I'm under
the impression that the BoM had another report of a 10cm hailstone?
(James, can you remember who that was?)
Anthony Cornelius
Don White wrote:
>
> Anthony...
> Confirmed by whom ? I have found that other snow, no other
> meteorological phenomena is exaggerated more than hail size. I was led
> to believe that nothing over 7 cms was confirned from Armidale and
> singleton - the two major hailstorms in NSW in recent years, desite
> media reports to doulbe that.
> As for Brisbane, all we need if proof
> Cheers,
> Don W
>
> Anthony Cornelius wrote:
> >
> > Hi Don, and all,
> >
> > I thought there were larger hailstones? 14cm in Armidale I think?
> >
> > I know that the Dec 16 hailstorm in Brisbane had confirmed hail to
> > 10cm....
> >
> > Anthony Cornelius
> >
> > Don White wrote:
> > >
> > > A Bureau guy at Erskvinville has a sinlge stone 9 cms in diameter. This
> > > is confirmed size - and puts it as the biggest confirmed stone in
> > > Australia.
> > > Don W
> > >
> > > Paul_Mossman at agd.nsw.gov.au wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Gday Paul G. The radio and TV are now describing the storm as a 1 in 200
> > > > year event (which is purely baloney as they didnt have tiled houses 200
> > > > years ago (only slate) and they didnt have motor vehicles. But goes to show
> > > > how this monster crept up on everybody!
> > > >
> > > > I also heard some speculation about the possible monster hailstone a person
> > > > had in their freezer - but no picture was identified.
> > > >
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Showery, cool and windy
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Tim, I have just heard that Morisett received hail as well. Can you find
out more of what happened in these storms all around please. The reason is
that it is not often that Morisett receives hail. Was it significant hail??
Jimmy Deguara
At 17:46 22/04/99 +1000, you wrote:
>The weather here today was showery and cool with a gusty SSW wind. The
>wind most likely gusted here at home at around 40kn at times. I am
>kicking myself over the fact that I just sent my anomometer away for a
>recalibration. Now I only can estimate the wind strenght.
>
>By the looks of it from the radar, the lower Hunter isn't the only place
>copping the showers. Many places up and down the coast are too.
>
>An interesting thing I picked up today on the Williamtown sounding, is
>that the 1000-500 hpa thickness was 5440 metres. On the long weekend of
>last June, it was at a similar thickness. At that time 10 to 20
>centimetres of snow fell on the Barrington Tops.
>
>Tim Grugeon
>Morpeth (Maitland), NSW
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: aus-wx: Sydnay hailstorm information
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Hi there, Jimmy here,
In light of the Sydney hailstorm, I have aggressively searched around for
as much information about it. I would suggest thast everyone with home
pages mention something about the following:
we need to ask anyone who was in the area (or knows someone that does) that
we would appreciate any photographs or video or information of hailstones,
lightning, the storm and so on as well as other storms in their area. If
other storms, perhaps you ask if they can remember the date it was taken or
perhaps even the month or apporximate time of year. I believe that
photographs and video footage are out there but we must try and get hold of
it.
These are very important notes to put either on every report written or
perhaps a general one where all the links to these reports are.
Jimmy Deguara
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From: Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: New Virus Warning
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Your IT people should be sacked. 20 secs of searching the web bought
up the following:
http://www.us.sophos.com/virusinfo/scares/ittakesguts.html
http://www.stiller.com/guts.htm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html
You may also want to check out
http://www.urbanlegends.com/misc/good_times_virus_faq.html
You may also want to forward this onto your "IT" guys.
Chris.
At 15:55 22/04/99 , you wrote:
>
>
>Well, here goes - we jsut received this warning from our IT people.
>
>Subject: Virus Warning
>Date: 1999-04-22 09:11
>
>If you receive an e-mail titled "IT TAKES GUTS TO SAY JESUS"
>please "DO NOT OPEN IT"
>
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:24:21 +1000
From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
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Paul,
The BoM, prepared a detailed report on this storm, published by AGPS. It
was written by the then RD, Vic Bahr, Rosea Kemp (still at Bureau) and
D. Kurzeme. The main features of this storm were its time, (both of the
day and the time of year), its duration, its amounts of rain and amount
of hail - mostly small. The major cell formed near Richmondat 6.30 am
(on a Winter morning !)It reached Dural at 7.45 and the city around 9am.
It was located 50 kms ESE of the city at 11.45, shortly after it reached
max intensity. Hail fell in the city and across to the ESE. Depth of
hail varied - size was mainly pea size, with larger jagged bits to 4-5
cms. Hail drift to 120 cms were reported and photogrpahed. Between 8 am
and 11 am, sydney had 53 mm of rain. Another heavy storms in the early
evening brought an additional 81 mm between 5 & 9 pm - it was a
remarkable day. In a band from Ashfield to Bondi, hail ended up to 3
feet - 90 cms deep. Lightning was mentioned as another fetaure of the
storm. Therewas no wind damage and no report at all of a tornado in
anything written about the storm. Max wind gust reported was 29 knots.
Don White
Paul Graham wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I thought this might be of interest to people on this list.
> On the morning of Saturday the 21st of August, 1971, a severe
> hailstorm accompanied by a tornado tore through the eastern suburbs of
> Sydney - the scene of the recent hailstorm - bringing hail up to 5cm
> in diameter and very heavy rainfall. What was quite extra-ordinary at
> the time was, not only was this storm in winter but it also co-incided
> with a partial solar eclipse. The Bureau of Meteorology reported that
> this may have accentuated the darkness with the storm.
> Indeed the headlines in the Sun Herald were: "Freak storm turned day
> into night 'LIKE END OF THE WORLD'". One radio announcer was reported
> in the Sun Herald as having said: "It looks like the end of the
> world." Further reports were of hail "Piled up to three feet [in the
> city]" and "[the wind] unroofed scores of homes."
> The Sun Herald also reports that the storm first hit Richmond - NW of
> Sydney - and "spread in a three pronged formation until it covered the
> entire metropolitan area."
> Further descriptions were of "cars stalled along this [Day] street.
> These vehicles were temporarily 'glued' to the ground by piles of ice"
> and that "many streets looked as though a severe snowstorm had swept
> them."
> Severe flooding was experienced: "gutters overflowed and floodwaters
> thick with floating ice flowed into several shops."
> Intense lightning was noted: "Mr Hunter Parsonson of Killara, said:
> 'We were blacked out for a couple of minutes after a violent blast of
> lightning and thunder.'" and "In the north-western suburbs, the storm
> brought with bolts of lightning which ripped across the sky, hitting
> and bringing down powerlines..."
> This certainly must have been a memorable storm.
> - Paul G.
>
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
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Hi Don & everyone,
I have only had a brief look at the Bureau's report on this
storm. I do seem to remember that in the report, it was proposed that
the storm may fit the supercell model, in part due to its appearence
on PPI radar (I think a hook shaped echo). The Bureau of
Meteorology's severe storm database mentions that there was a tornado
but doesn't give any details. The Sun Herald does mention high winds:
"The storm was accompanied by high winds which tore off the roofs of
hundreds of shops and homes..." but doesn't mention anything about a
tornado. However, in the opening paragraphs, the Sun Herald mentions
the following: "The dark atmospheric conditions were caused by
menacing black cloud formations, which swirled low over the city at
300 feet before the storm broke." So perhaps whoever was researching
the Bureau's severe storm database found this paragraph and
interpreted it as a possible tornado given the wind damage...Unless
there are eyewitness accounts of a funnel associated with the shops
and houses which were unroofed. Nonetheless, it certainly must have
been an interesting storm.
- Paul G.
>From: Don White
>Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Subject: Re: aus-wx: August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:24:21 +1000
>
>Paul,
>The BoM, prepared a detailed report on this storm, published by AGPS.
It
>was written by the then RD, Vic Bahr, Rosea Kemp (still at Bureau)
and
>D. Kurzeme. The main features of this storm were its time, (both of
the
>day and the time of year), its duration, its amounts of rain and
amount
>of hail - mostly small. The major cell formed near Richmondat 6.30 am
>(on a Winter morning !)It reached Dural at 7.45 and the city around
9am.
>It was located 50 kms ESE of the city at 11.45, shortly after it
reached
>max intensity. Hail fell in the city and across to the ESE. Depth of
>hail varied - size was mainly pea size, with larger jagged bits to
4-5
>cms. Hail drift to 120 cms were reported and photogrpahed. Between 8
am
>and 11 am, sydney had 53 mm of rain. Another heavy storms in the
early
>evening brought an additional 81 mm between 5 & 9 pm - it was a
>remarkable day. In a band from Ashfield to Bondi, hail ended up to 3
>feet - 90 cms deep. Lightning was mentioned as another fetaure of the
>storm. Therewas no wind damage and no report at all of a tornado in
>anything written about the storm. Max wind gust reported was 29
knots.
>
>Don White
>
>Paul Graham wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I thought this might be of interest to people on this list.
>> On the morning of Saturday the 21st of August, 1971, a severe
>> hailstorm accompanied by a tornado tore through the eastern suburbs
of
>> Sydney - the scene of the recent hailstorm - bringing hail up to
5cm
>> in diameter and very heavy rainfall. What was quite extra-ordinary
at
>> the time was, not only was this storm in winter but it also
co-incided
>> with a partial solar eclipse. The Bureau of Meteorology reported
that
>> this may have accentuated the darkness with the storm.
>> Indeed the headlines in the Sun Herald were: "Freak storm turned
day
>> into night 'LIKE END OF THE WORLD'". One radio announcer was
reported
>> in the Sun Herald as having said: "It looks like the end of the
>> world." Further reports were of hail "Piled up to three feet [in
the
>> city]" and "[the wind] unroofed scores of homes."
>> The Sun Herald also reports that the storm first hit Richmond - NW
of
>> Sydney - and "spread in a three pronged formation until it covered
the
>> entire metropolitan area."
>> Further descriptions were of "cars stalled along this [Day] street.
>> These vehicles were temporarily 'glued' to the ground by piles of
ice"
>> and that "many streets looked as though a severe snowstorm had
swept
>> them."
>> Severe flooding was experienced: "gutters overflowed and
floodwaters
>> thick with floating ice flowed into several shops."
>> Intense lightning was noted: "Mr Hunter Parsonson of Killara, said:
>> 'We were blacked out for a couple of minutes after a violent blast
of
>> lightning and thunder.'" and "In the north-western suburbs, the
storm
>> brought with bolts of lightning which ripped across the sky,
hitting
>> and bringing down powerlines..."
>> This certainly must have been a memorable storm.
>> - Paul G.
>>
>> ______________________________________________________
>> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>>
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