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001 Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au] Latest MRF worth a look
002 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Highs and Colorado etc
003 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Latest MRF worth a look
004 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] [Fwd: [Lightning] Is this really the UK???]
005 Chas & Helen Osborn [hosborn at tassie.net.au] Cloud Seeding
006 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Cloud Seeding
007 "Ian Weller" [IYW at rbfb.tas.gov.au] Cloud Seeding
008 Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] Cloud Seeding
009 Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] Cloud Seeding
010 "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com] Cloud Seeding
011 "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com] Cloud Seeding
012 "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net] Interesting day in Sydney (Matthew Pearce, not Don)
013 Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] A Stormy Question
014 "Keith & Jason" [kevans at kisser.net.au] TC Rosita
015 "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net] [Fwd: [Lightning] Is this really the UK???]
016 "David Croan" [wxbustchase at hotmail.com] Interesting day in Sydney (Matthew Pearce, not Don)
017 "Lyle Pakula" [remote at leski.com.au] Highs and Colorado etc
018 "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net] A Stormy Question
019 Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] Cloud Seeding
020 Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] Sydney April 14 DOPPER RADAR!!!
021 Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] A Stormy Question
022 "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net] Interesting day in Sydney (Matthew Pearce, not Don) etc
023 "tony middleton" [anvil_industries at hotmail.co radars
024 wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) radars
025 "Peter Tristram" [petertri at midcoast.com.au] rain
026 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au] SE Qld T'storms & Showers
027 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] Night Showers and T'Storms Result in PJ Chase!
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001
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:35:44 +1000
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From: Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Latest MRF worth a look
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Hi Laurier.
I think you mean TC Rosita currently N of Port Hedland, TC Paul is
currently passing to the S of the Cocos Is headed towards Africa, so would
have to behave in a rather radical fashion to cross the NW coast of WA!
With 4 named SH TC's - Ex-TC Neil S of Suva, TC Rosita N of Port Hedland,
TC Paul S of the Cocos Is, and TC Innocente further out in the Indian Ocean
- it is easy to get confused. :-)
Regards,
Carl.
>The 00z MRF run is worth a look -- probably worth framing if it all
>comes true. The 12-hourly sequence at
>http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/fiorino/wxmap/mrf/archive/2000041700/mrf.alltau.prp.a
>usnz.htm
>shows:
>
>1. TC Paul making landfall about halfway between Pt Hedland and Broome
>late Thurs morning. MRF has been consistent with the trajectory, but
>yesterday's run had it crossing the coast late Wed morning.
>
>2. A curious band of max intensity rain lying east-west through
>central WA from Wednesday morning, and remaining virtually stationary
>until TC Paul whisks it away to the SE late on Friday. Again, MRF has
>been consistent with this feature, though it's hard to explain what
>causes it -- possibly a low level convergence line in the moisture
>band SEof the TC, though it's so far removed from the TC at first to
>make that questionable.
>
>3. The ridge currently lying from under WA into W NSW gradually
>rotating to a SW to NE axis by Friday morning with a 1036hPa High west
>of Tassie by Sat morning ridging to the south, and a low of around
>1000hPa east of Tassie, with an almighty gradient southerly between,
>pushing the 540 thickness line up to the Murray Valley.
>
>GASP ignores Paul, but slowly develops a deep surface trough over WA
>Tues/Wed, and gives heavy rain over inland SA Thurs to Sat as the
>trough moves east. GASP also favours strong high development west of
>Tassie at the weekend, with 1035 by Sunday and 1038 by Monday!
>Although GASP doesn't like a low developing east of Tassie, it still
>pushes the 540 line briefly into Vic on Sun morning. The 850 temp 2
>degree isotherm is up into central NSW by then, so check you have film
>in the camera, Lindsay.
>
>NOGAPs rather unrealistically has Paul taking a week to get to
>Karratha after a liesurely journey down the coast, but also features
>the central WA intense rain band from midweek. It also develops a
>strong high over western Bass Strait by Sunday, but shoots the cold
>air northwards into the Tasman rather than over Victoria.
>
>JMA also has intense central WA rainband, but orients the weekend high
>more WSW to ENE, keeping colder air farther south.
>
>ECMWF (no precip forecasts) is similar to MRF with the weekend high
>and low west/east of Tas, but, despite taltalisingly having a cold
>pool of <528 about 200km SW of Tas at 12z Sat, shoots it into the
>Tasman rather than over us by Sunday night.
>
>While the details vary (apart from the WA rain, which is remarkably
>consistent from model to model), the general trend is for a
>substantial change in the weather for Tas/Vic/S NSW/S SA at the
>weekend. I'll be at Phillip Island watching the bike races on Sunday
>in the top row of an uncovered stand just above the Bass Strait
>cliffline, so I'll be taking something warm :->
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--
>Laurier Williams
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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:14:51 -0700
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Lucky you Lyle, lucky you. Well, the portents for a cold change next
weekend are reasonable (Damn its hard to type whilst sitting on top of a
3 feet high milk can! I feel like Humpty Dumpty. We are painting,
computer room is stacked with furniture).
Keep in touch if you can whilst in the US, I'll try and post this year's
snow chase photos to the group, well to the ASWA or something, like last
year.
Can't type anymore, I'm about to fall off...aaaaahh!
Lindsay P.
Lyle Pakula wrote:
>
> Hey Lindsay,
>
> I have noticed a slight shift in the high's to the north. I didn't want to
> say anything and pull a jinx. It was about this time last year that I got my
> first days snowboarding in up at Mt Baw Baw - let's hope for another strong
> southerly buster!
>
> I have to hope for this stuff, I'm off to the US in winter, so I won't get
> another southern hemisphere season. Though i'll spend a few weeks in NZ on
> the way and then be in Colordao for quite some time - can't complain :-)
>
> Cya
> Lyle
>
> - - ---==( lyle_pakula at hotmail.com )==--- - -
> .
> / \ .
> /~~~\/ \ " No Friends On A Powder Day "
> / \ \
> / \ \
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lindsay
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 9:31 AM
> Subject: aus-wx: Highs... and Welcome John
>
> > Hey, don't those highs look nice situating themselves a little further
> > north just now?
> > Almost (I said almost) looks like a winter pattern. I wonder if they'll
> > stay there for a while? Maybe we might get at least a rain event out of
> > this next front due in Sunday sometime. Might even get a bit chilly up
> > our way. Saturday's event left us with 1mm of rain and a bit of wind -
> > wow.
> >
> > Hey, looks like I've recruited another weather enthusiast from the
> > tennis club. He's 18 and has asked me if I would take him on a snow
> > chase this winter. His name is Adam and he said for me to say hello to
> > you guys as he doesn't have an internet connection.
> >
> > And also, welcome John! Good to have you with us. :-)
> >
> >
> > Lindsay Pearce
> >
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:24:30 -0700
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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I'll load up the camera today! :-) That young fella at tennis will be
pleased if this comes off, he's very quiet but loves his his weather,
especially snow. I've promised to take him on a chase this winter.
Cheers,
Lindsay (All painted out) Pearce
Laurier Williams wrote:
>
> The 00z MRF run is worth a look -- probably worth framing if it all
> comes true. The 12-hourly sequence at
> http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/fiorino/wxmap/mrf/archive/2000041700/mrf.alltau.prp.ausnz.htm
> shows:
>
> 1. TC Paul making landfall about halfway between Pt Hedland and Broome
> late Thurs morning. MRF has been consistent with the trajectory, but
> yesterday's run had it crossing the coast late Wed morning.
>
> 2. A curious band of max intensity rain lying east-west through
> central WA from Wednesday morning, and remaining virtually stationary
> until TC Paul whisks it away to the SE late on Friday. Again, MRF has
> been consistent with this feature, though it's hard to explain what
> causes it -- possibly a low level convergence line in the moisture
> band SEof the TC, though it's so far removed from the TC at first to
> make that questionable.
>
> 3. The ridge currently lying from under WA into W NSW gradually
> rotating to a SW to NE axis by Friday morning with a 1036hPa High west
> of Tassie by Sat morning ridging to the south, and a low of around
> 1000hPa east of Tassie, with an almighty gradient southerly between,
> pushing the 540 thickness line up to the Murray Valley.
>
> GASP ignores Paul, but slowly develops a deep surface trough over WA
> Tues/Wed, and gives heavy rain over inland SA Thurs to Sat as the
> trough moves east. GASP also favours strong high development west of
> Tassie at the weekend, with 1035 by Sunday and 1038 by Monday!
> Although GASP doesn't like a low developing east of Tassie, it still
> pushes the 540 line briefly into Vic on Sun morning. The 850 temp 2
> degree isotherm is up into central NSW by then, so check you have film
> in the camera, Lindsay.
>
> NOGAPs rather unrealistically has Paul taking a week to get to
> Karratha after a liesurely journey down the coast, but also features
> the central WA intense rain band from midweek. It also develops a
> strong high over western Bass Strait by Sunday, but shoots the cold
> air northwards into the Tasman rather than over Victoria.
>
> JMA also has intense central WA rainband, but orients the weekend high
> more WSW to ENE, keeping colder air farther south.
>
> ECMWF (no precip forecasts) is similar to MRF with the weekend high
> and low west/east of Tas, but, despite taltalisingly having a cold
> pool of <528 about 200km SW of Tas at 12z Sat, shoots it into the
> Tasman rather than over us by Sunday night.
>
> While the details vary (apart from the WA rain, which is remarkably
> consistent from model to model), the general trend is for a
> substantial change in the weather for Tas/Vic/S NSW/S SA at the
> weekend. I'll be at Phillip Island watching the bike races on Sunday
> in the top row of an uncovered stand just above the Bass Strait
> cliffline, so I'll be taking something warm :->
>
> --
> Laurier Williams
> Australian Weather News & Links
> http://ausweather.simplenet.com
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:08:59 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: [Fwd: [Lightning] Is this really the UK???]
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Hi Les and all,
Surprising that nothing was posted on the aus-wx list! Can you shed any
light on this Les, or any other of our UK friends???
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Lightning] Is this really the UK???
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 07:06:23 PDT
From: "steve sargent" [sarge_15 at hotmail.com]
To: lightning at egroups.com
Hi all,
this I don't believe!!! The USAF Operation Weather Squadron have
put
out a Tornado watch for the south/southeast UK until 4.00pm BST. I have
never seen this before in my life. I'm going outside for a cigarette!
regards
Steve S.
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:50:13 +1000
From: Chas & Helen Osborn [hosborn at tassie.net.au]
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Hello Everyone
The cloud seeding aircraft flew into Strahan this morning. It is
chartered by the Hydro Electric Corporation at a cost of $1million. The
return, I believe, is around $20million in electricity produced.
The aircraft seeds the clouds off the coast.
Chas
Strahan Tasmania
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What is cloud seeding ?
Matt Smith
>Hello Everyone
>
>The cloud seeding aircraft flew into Strahan this morning. It is
>chartered by the Hydro Electric Corporation at a cost of $1million. The
>return, I believe, is around $20million in electricity produced.
>The aircraft seeds the clouds off the coast.
>
>Chas
>Strahan Tasmania
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:36:38 +1000
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Hi Chas and all...
We here in Hobart could CERTAINLY do with some cloud seeding here!!.
>>> Chas & Helen Osborn 18/04/2000 8:50:13 >>>
Hello Everyone
The cloud seeding aircraft flew into Strahan this morning. It is
chartered by the Hydro Electric Corporation at a cost of $1million. The
return, I believe, is around $20million in electricity produced.
The aircraft seeds the clouds off the coast.
Chas
Strahan Tasmania
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:05:48 +1000
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cloud Seeding
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Hi Matt,
Just a simplified reponse from what I recall. Cloud seeding is where the
put some sort of chemical (silver iodide) in the clouds that act as the
nuclei for cloud droplets to grow on. This then encourages rain to
increase. The catch is you need cloud almost ready to produce rain for it
to be worthwhile in other words the correct temperature. This is
unfortunately not available during extended dry periods and droughts. And
of course, this program is occurring in a very wet area where there are
useful clouds around. they do this in Victoria and Tassie mostly as far as
I know. Alan Wilkie's book has a picture of a cloud seeding program
experiment in 1947 so it has been around for a while.
Jimmy Deguara
At 09:27 18/04/00 +1000, you wrote:
>What is cloud seeding ?
>
>Matt Smith
>
> >Hello Everyone
> >
> >The cloud seeding aircraft flew into Strahan this morning. It is
> >chartered by the Hydro Electric Corporation at a cost of $1million. The
> >return, I believe, is around $20million in electricity produced.
> >The aircraft seeds the clouds off the coast.
> >
> >Chas
> >Strahan Tasmania
> >
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:09:32 +1000
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HI everyone sorry but I meant to post a URL
http://twri.tamu.edu/twripubs/WtrResrc/v20n2/text-1.html
But of course there is a lot of information out there on cloud seeding or
perhaps weather modification. There is aninteresting article on the weather
modification involving snow as well but you must search for it in yahoo. I
wonder if there are articles on the hail guns....
Jimmy Deguara
At 09:27 18/04/00 +1000, you wrote:
>What is cloud seeding ?
>
>Matt Smith
>
> >Hello Everyone
> >
> >The cloud seeding aircraft flew into Strahan this morning. It is
> >chartered by the Hydro Electric Corporation at a cost of $1million. The
> >return, I believe, is around $20million in electricity produced.
> >The aircraft seeds the clouds off the coast.
> >
> >Chas
> >Strahan Tasmania
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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:35:49 -0400
From: "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Cloud Seeding
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Chas from
Strahan Tasmania wrote:
> The cloud seeding aircraft flew into Strahan this morning. It is
> chartered by the Hydro Electric Corporation at a cost of $1million. The
> return, I believe, is around $20million in electricity produced.
> The aircraft seeds the clouds off the coast.
I will give a little background on this subject, as I understand it, from
the perspective of the U.S.
As I am sure many of you are aware, the plane releases an agent that causes
glaciation to occur. Most often, silver iodide flayers are used in this
country. The term glaciation is used in reference to supercooled water
(water that is still in liquid form even though its temperature is below 0
degrees C) that is caused to freeze and become crystalline. The
theoretical reason for this is that due to differences in vapor pressure
over ice vs that over water, the ice crystals in clouds will grow at the
expense of water and will convert more of the cloud water into
precipitation than would otherwise occur. Thus, the theory has it that
clouds left to their own 'devices' might not rain at all, but by applying
seeding to the updraft, precipitation is formed (ice crystals grow and
become snow which falls, capturing even more water by overtaking cloud
droplets) and the updraft is invigorated due to the latent heat release
when the water turns to ice. The falling snow then melts on the way down
becoming rain which falls to the surface.
That is the THEORY of how cloud seeding works. The problem is that
virtually all the experiments devised and conducted (e.g., seeding some
clouds and not others) have proven inconclusive, at best. Other
experiments have shown and concluded that overall, there is no augmentation
of precipitation at all. So, here, the scientific community as a whole has
refused to endorse these efforts or even opposed them. The opposition has
not helped the causes of science.
Here in the US, it is not uncommon in the high plains of western Kansas,
Nebraska, the Dakotas, and sometimes west Texas and Oklahoma, eastern New
Mexico and Colorado, to find farmers collecting money and paying cloud
seeders to make rain. The cloud seeders also claim that hail size is
diminished during the same process, preventing hail loss to crops. (The
seeding is said to cause "unfair" competition in hailstone growth
preventing any hail from growing to large sizes.) These same cloud seeders
will even claim that the seeding "prevents" tornadoes. Some of the farmers
will claim that seeding works in augmenting precipitation and preventing
damaging hail, others will simply go along just in case it might work, and
a few will refuse to pay, insisting that it does not work.
Interestingly enough, in the Russian and many of the communist block
countries, they use radar to identify hail clouds (existence of Weak Echo
Regions [WER] and Bounded WERs or BWERs) and they will then fire
ground-to-cloud cloud seeding rockets into these storms to prevent crop
damaging hail. (This is not endorsed in this country either.)
Les
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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:34:49 -0400
From: "Leslie R. Lemon" [lrlemon at compuserve.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cloud Seeding
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Thanks for this, Jimmy. The URL is great......biased to one side
obviously, but great none the less.
> HI everyone sorry but I meant to post a URL
>
> http://twri.tamu.edu/twripubs/WtrResrc/v20n2/text-1.html
>
> But of course there is a lot of information out there on cloud seeding
or
> perhaps weather modification. There is aninteresting article on the
weather
> modification involving snow as well but you must search for it in yahoo.
I
> wonder if there are articles on the hail guns....
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From: "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Interesting day in Sydney (Matthew Pearce, not Don)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 13:48:46 +1000
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Ah Michael,
Alas, also can I here in Brisbane, which is supposed to be in the 2nd most
Thunderstorm frequented part of Australia after the Top End.
John
>snip
You can count Wollongong's thunder days since September 1999 on 1 hand.
Michael
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Hi John and the list,
Not disagreeing or agreeing, but the cloud feature was situated at the rear
NW section of the storm and lasted some time. The hail did get to about
10cm around some central suburbs of Sydney but I think larger hailstorms
were discovered in some of the Coastal suburbs later with the second major
cell. There was certainly cold air aloft that day.
www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/photos/1999/0922jd01.jpg
Take a look at all the photos on the day as well as Matt Smith's ones for
the day. That may help in deciding the whole situation. There is no doubt
that the circular base is part of some rotation and there was updraught
into it.
Jimmy Deguara
At 15:58 17/04/00 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi Matthew and others,
>
>This was an interesting day. My thought is that the NE movement of this
>cell after it passed Parramatta may either be evidence a supercell, i.e.,
>becoming a left mover, or merely a response to NE seabreeze encountered as
>the storm got closer to the coast which influenced the direction of
>convection propagation. This latter explanation may also account for the
>sudden intensification also noted. However, the question arises as to why
>the weaker storm with which it collided, did not also change course. I seem
>to recall that at maximum intensity 10cent piece sized hail fell in parts of
>Ryde, certainly evidence of intense convection.
>
>It is interesting to note in the latter stages of the animation, that
>subsequently a second cell forms behind the one in question, which is itself
>an unusual event to say the least. This cell also initially moves East,
>then as it gains strength tends NE as well (last frame or two).
>
>Looking at the two photo's this does not strike me as a wall cloud, merely a
>small curved shelf cloud.
>
>Regards,
>John.
> >snip
>
>Subject: aus-wx: A Stormy Question
>
>Les Lemon and anyone else...
>
>I got talking to Jimmy this morning about a storm we had on Sept 22 last
>year (here in sydney) , with regards to a possible wall cloud that developed
>at the back end of the storm. This was an odd situation where 2 storms
>actually merged (a strong one and a weaker one), dumping alot of rain in and
>around
>Sydney
>
>Here is a photo I took of the possible wall cloud :
>www.sydneystormchasers.com/pictures/Matt/1999/09-22-99-08.htm
>
>A photo Jimmy took around the same time from the other side :
>www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/photos/1999/0922jd12.j
>pg
>
>Jimmy suspects it was a wall cloud (he viewed it as well) and Andrew Treloar
>(Head of Severe Weather in Sydney at the time) said the storm had
>"supercellular characteristics". I was just curious as to what your thoughts
>might be. Radar is below, as you can see the 2 storms merged and then moved
>north east for a short period.
>
>Any comments would be appreciated by the both of us.
>
>Matthew Smith
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From: "Keith & Jason" [kevans at kisser.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: TC Rosita
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:58:42 +0800
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Hi all
Looks like Port Hedland maybe in for a Cat 3 TC during thursday sometime unless Rosita increases in movement latest jtwc track has it heading there way after 24hrs from a S'ly track to SSE. http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/products/jtwc/sh2700.gif
Just read that the BoM are going to issue a TC warning at 1pm between La Grange and Whim Creek with a Watch extending west to Dampier and east to Cape Leveque.
Currently here in Karratha cloud is increasing with showers and storms likely tonight with strengthening winds expected tonight as Rosita moves closer to the coast.
http://www.kisser.net.au/kevans/webcam/ Current images from our web cam
http://www.kisser.net.au/kevans/weather/ Current weather obs
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDW55W00.html latest threat/track map from the BoM
http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/satimages/gmsc.jpg latest sat IR image
http://207.133.112.37/gms5/austvis.jpg latest VIS sat image
KARRATHA:
Cloudy with some showers developing and the risk of a thunderstorm. NE winds.
Maximum temperature: 33
UV Index: 10 [EXTREME] decreasing to 6 [HIGH] under cloud
UPDATED
PILBARA:
Cyclone Watch is current for coastal areas east of Whim Creek.
Showers and thunderstorms increasing over eastern and central parts. Some heavy
falls and local flooding in the northeast. Fine in the far west. Moderate SE/NE
winds.
Outlook for Wednesday :Widespread showers and storms.
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HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10 ISSUED BY THE
AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING
CENTRE PERTH AT 2305UTC 17 APRIL 2000
Corrected copy
STORM WARNING FOR THE WESTERN AREA
SITUATION
Tropical cyclone Rosita central pressure 986 hPa located at 2200UTC
Within 50 nautical miles of:
Latitude fithteen decimal eight south [15.8S]
Longitude one hundred and eighteen decimal seven east [118.7E]
and moving south southwest at 8 knots.
AREA AFFECTED
Tropical cyclone causing 30/45 knot winds within 90 nautical miles of centre
with rough to very rough seas, moderate swell. Winds within 30nm of centre
expected to increase to 50/55 knots during next 12 hours with high seas, heavy
swell.
FORECAST
At 1000 UTC 18 April 16.7 south 118.4 east 976 hPa
At 2200 UTC 18 April 17.5 south 118.2 east 966 hPa
Next warning issued 0500 UTC 18 April 2000
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WEATHER PERTH
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL OFFICE
Media: The Emergency Warning Signal should not be used with this warning.
TOP PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 1
Issued at 7:00 am WST on Tuesday, 18 April 2000
BY THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH
A CYCLONE WATCH is now current for coastal areas between La Grange [Bidyadanga]
and Whim Creek.
At 6 am WST TROPICAL CYCLONE ROSITA [severity category 1] was located
500 kilometres north of Port Hedland and was moving south southwest at 15
kilometres per hour and intensifying.
Gales are not expected on the coast today but could develop later on Wednesday.
Details of TROPICAL CYCLONE ROSITA at 6 am WST.
Location of centre : Latitude 15.8 South Longitude 118.7 East.
Recent movement : South southwest at 15 kilometres per hour.
Central Pressure : 988 hPa.
Wind gusts : 120 kilometres per hour.
Severity category : 1
The next advice will be issued at 10am this morning.
This advice is available by dialling 1300 659 210.
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BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL OFFICE
STRONG WIND AND GALE WARNING
for coastal waters between Cape Leveque and Cape Preston.
Issued at 10:55 am WST on Tuesday, 18 April 2000
SITUATION: Tropical Cyclone Rosita [990 hpa] located at 9am near 16.0 South
118.7 East moving south at 8kn.
Between Cape Leveque and Bidyadanga :
N/NE winds 18/22kn reached 20/30kn offshore this evening. Squalls to 45kn.
Seas rising 2m. Swell 2m.
Between Bidyadanga and Cape Preston:
015
E/NE winds 18/22kn reaching 20/30kn inshore tonight and 25/35kn offshore
From: "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: [Fwd: [Lightning] Is this really the UK???]
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:11:46 +1000
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Maybe "Tornado" as in aircraft... :)
>snip
Hi Les and all,
Surprising that nothing was posted on the aus-wx list! Can you shed any
light on this Les, or any other of our UK friends???
>snip
Hi all,
this I don't believe!!! The USAF Operation Weather Squadron have
put
out a Tornado watch for the south/southeast UK until 4.00pm BST. I have
never seen this before in my life. I'm going outside for a cigarette!
regards
Steve S.
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Interesting day in Sydney (Matthew Pearce, not Don)
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Well since the state of origin is not far away .-)
John wrote:
>Alas, also can I here in Brisbane, which is supposed to be in the 2nd most
>Thunderstorm frequented part of Australia after the Top End.
>
says who?? If you are talking capital cities then Brisbane, on average, has
no more thunderdays than Sydney (both average around 30-40 thunderday per
year). Or perhaps you are extending Brisbane city limits to the
Stanthorpe-Tenterfield area. Oh well I suppose I have to get my kicks
somehow - I aint getting any from the weather.....
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From: "Lyle Pakula" [remote at leski.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Highs and Colorado etc
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:32:04 +1000
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Hi,
Don't think i'll be chasing that front, not really strong enough to get a
good dump and hit the hills on. Still waititng for chase #1.
Still, I'm sure it'll get all the resorts heralding the "First Flakes" and
"What a season *this* one is going to be!" media hype/crap. Quick, throw
some money out the window - the ski season is comming!
cya
Lyle
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/ \ .
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Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 1:14 AM
Subject: aus-wx: Highs and Colorado etc
> Lucky you Lyle, lucky you. Well, the portents for a cold change next
> weekend are reasonable (Damn its hard to type whilst sitting on top of a
> 3 feet high milk can! I feel like Humpty Dumpty. We are painting,
> computer room is stacked with furniture).
>
> Keep in touch if you can whilst in the US, I'll try and post this year's
> snow chase photos to the group, well to the ASWA or something, like last
> year.
>
> Can't type anymore, I'm about to fall off...aaaaahh!
>
>
>
>
> Lindsay P.
>
>
>
> Lyle Pakula wrote:
> >
> > Hey Lindsay,
> >
> > I have noticed a slight shift in the high's to the north. I didn't want
to
> > say anything and pull a jinx. It was about this time last year that I
got my
> > first days snowboarding in up at Mt Baw Baw - let's hope for another
strong
> > southerly buster!
> >
> > I have to hope for this stuff, I'm off to the US in winter, so I won't
get
> > another southern hemisphere season. Though i'll spend a few weeks in NZ
on
> > the way and then be in Colordao for quite some time - can't complain :-)
> >
> > Cya
> > Lyle
> >
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> > / \ .
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> > / \ \
> > / \ \
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lindsay
> > To:
> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 9:31 AM
> > Subject: aus-wx: Highs... and Welcome John
> >
> > > Hey, don't those highs look nice situating themselves a little further
> > > north just now?
> > > Almost (I said almost) looks like a winter pattern. I wonder if
they'll
> > > stay there for a while? Maybe we might get at least a rain event out
of
> > > this next front due in Sunday sometime. Might even get a bit chilly up
> > > our way. Saturday's event left us with 1mm of rain and a bit of
ind -
> > > wow.
> > >
> > > Hey, looks like I've recruited another weather enthusiast from the
> > > tennis club. He's 18 and has asked me if I would take him on a snow
> > > chase this winter. His name is Adam and he said for me to say hello to
> > > you guys as he doesn't have an internet connection.
> > >
> > > And also, welcome John! Good to have you with us. :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Lindsay Pearce
> > >
> > >
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From: "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: A Stormy Question
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:35:41 +1000
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You mean 10mm surely...?
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: A Stormy Question
Hi John and the list,
Not disagreeing or agreeing, but the cloud feature was situated at the rear
NW section of the storm and lasted some time. The hail did get to about
10cm around some central suburbs of Sydney but I think larger hailstorms
were discovered in some of the Coastal suburbs later with the second major
cell. There was certainly cold air aloft that day.
www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/photos/1999/0922jd01.j
pg
Take a look at all the photos on the day as well as Matt Smith's ones for
the day. That may help in deciding the whole situation. There is no doubt
that the circular base is part of some rotation and there was updraught
into it.
Jimmy Deguara
At 15:58 17/04/00 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi Matthew and others,
>
>This was an interesting day. My thought is that the NE movement of this
>cell after it passed Parramatta may either be evidence a supercell, i.e.,
>becoming a left mover, or merely a response to NE seabreeze encountered as
>the storm got closer to the coast which influenced the direction of
>convection propagation. This latter explanation may also account for the
>sudden intensification also noted. However, the question arises as to why
>the weaker storm with which it collided, did not also change course. I
seem
>to recall that at maximum intensity 10cent piece sized hail fell in parts
of
>Ryde, certainly evidence of intense convection.
>
>It is interesting to note in the latter stages of the animation, that
>subsequently a second cell forms behind the one in question, which is
itself
>an unusual event to say the least. This cell also initially moves East,
>then as it gains strength tends NE as well (last frame or two).
>
>Looking at the two photo's this does not strike me as a wall cloud, merely
a
>small curved shelf cloud.
>
>Regards,
>John.
> >snip
>
>Subject: aus-wx: A Stormy Question
>
>Les Lemon and anyone else...
>
>I got talking to Jimmy this morning about a storm we had on Sept 22 last
>year (here in sydney) , with regards to a possible wall cloud that
developed
>at the back end of the storm. This was an odd situation where 2 storms
>actually merged (a strong one and a weaker one), dumping alot of rain in
and
>around
>Sydney
>
>Here is a photo I took of the possible wall cloud :
>www.sydneystormchasers.com/pictures/Matt/1999/09-22-99-08.htm
>
>A photo Jimmy took around the same time from the other side :
>www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/photos/1999/0922jd12.
j
>pg
>
>Jimmy suspects it was a wall cloud (he viewed it as well) and Andrew
Treloar
>(Head of Severe Weather in Sydney at the time) said the storm had
>"supercellular characteristics". I was just curious as to what your
thoughts
>might be. Radar is below, as you can see the 2 storms merged and then moved
>north east for a short period.
>
>Any comments would be appreciated by the both of us.
>
>Matthew Smith
>
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cloud Seeding
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Didn't they used to use Dry Ice at one stage and drop it on top of the
clouds to produce rain, or am I thinking of something else????
At 11:05 AM 4/18/00 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi Matt,
>
>Just a simplified reponse from what I recall. Cloud seeding is where the
>put some sort of chemical (silver iodide) in the clouds that act as the
>nuclei for cloud droplets to grow on. This then encourages rain to
>increase. The catch is you need cloud almost ready to produce rain for it
>to be worthwhile in other words the correct temperature. This is
>unfortunately not available during extended dry periods and droughts. And
>of course, this program is occurring in a very wet area where there are
>useful clouds around. they do this in Victoria and Tassie mostly as far as
>I know. Alan Wilkie's book has a picture of a cloud seeding program
>experiment in 1947 so it has been around for a while.
>
>Jimmy Deguara
>
>
>At 09:27 18/04/00 +1000, you wrote:
>>What is cloud seeding ?
>>
>>Matt Smith
>>
>> >Hello Everyone
>> >
>> >The cloud seeding aircraft flew into Strahan this morning. It is
>> >chartered by the Hydro Electric Corporation at a cost of $1million. The
>> >return, I believe, is around $20million in electricity produced.
>> >The aircraft seeds the clouds off the coast.
>> >
>> >Chas
>> >Strahan Tasmania
>> >
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Excuse my dumbness, wheres the hook echo????
At 09:17 AM 4/17/00 +1000, you wrote:
Morning everyone
Nice little treat here for everyone, NSSL/NOAA (National Severe Storms
Laberatory) in America have put up Doppler Radar for the April 14 Storm
!!!
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/swat/Cases/990414/case.html
A hook echo is visable.
A huge thanks to Jane from MSC for the link, I didnt know it existed!
Would it have been so hard for the BoM to put something like this together?
I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that an american company puts some of our southern hemisphere stuff up on the web available freely for everyone, unlike here...
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au]
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Sorry John,
I was doing a whole lot of other things at the time. The hail size in some
of the coastal suburbs on the 22nd September event got to 3cm possible golf
ball as well.
Jimmy Deguara
At 16:35 18/04/00 +1000, you wrote:
>You mean 10mm surely...?
>
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>
>
>Hi John and the list,
>
>Not disagreeing or agreeing, but the cloud feature was situated at the rear
>NW section of the storm and lasted some time. The hail did get to about
>10cm around some central suburbs of Sydney but I think larger hailstorms
>were discovered in some of the Coastal suburbs later with the second major
>cell. There was certainly cold air aloft that day.
>
>www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/photos/1999/0922jd01.j
>pg
> Take a look at all the photos on the day as well as Matt Smith's ones for
>the day. That may help in deciding the whole situation. There is no doubt
>that the circular base is part of some rotation and there was updraught
>into it.
>
>Jimmy Deguara
>
>
>At 15:58 17/04/00 +1000, you wrote:
> >Hi Matthew and others,
> >
> >This was an interesting day. My thought is that the NE movement of this
> >cell after it passed Parramatta may either be evidence a supercell, i.e.,
> >becoming a left mover, or merely a response to NE seabreeze encountered as
> >the storm got closer to the coast which influenced the direction of
> >convection propagation. This latter explanation may also account for the
> >sudden intensification also noted. However, the question arises as to why
> >the weaker storm with which it collided, did not also change course. I
>seem
> >to recall that at maximum intensity 10cent piece sized hail fell in parts
>of
> >Ryde, certainly evidence of intense convection.
> >
> >It is interesting to note in the latter stages of the animation, that
> >subsequently a second cell forms behind the one in question, which is
>itself
> >an unusual event to say the least. This cell also initially moves East,
> >then as it gains strength tends NE as well (last frame or two).
> >
> >Looking at the two photo's this does not strike me as a wall cloud, merely
>a
> >small curved shelf cloud.
> >
> >Regards,
> >John.
> > >snip
> >
> >Subject: aus-wx: A Stormy Question
> >
> >Les Lemon and anyone else...
> >
> >I got talking to Jimmy this morning about a storm we had on Sept 22 last
> >year (here in sydney) , with regards to a possible wall cloud that
>developed
> >at the back end of the storm. This was an odd situation where 2 storms
> >actually merged (a strong one and a weaker one), dumping alot of rain in
>and
> >around
> >Sydney
> >
> >Here is a photo I took of the possible wall cloud :
> >www.sydneystormchasers.com/pictures/Matt/1999/09-22-99-08.htm
> >
> >A photo Jimmy took around the same time from the other side :
> >www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/photos/1999/0922jd12.
>j
> >pg
> >
> >Jimmy suspects it was a wall cloud (he viewed it as well) and Andrew
>Treloar
> >(Head of Severe Weather in Sydney at the time) said the storm had
> >"supercellular characteristics". I was just curious as to what your
>thoughts
> >might be. Radar is below, as you can see the 2 storms merged and then moved
> >north east for a short period.
> >
> >Any comments would be appreciated by the both of us.
> >
> >Matthew Smith
> >
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From: "John Woodbridge" [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Interesting day in Sydney (Matthew Pearce, not Don) etc
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:59:43 +1000
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Oh alright,
Notice that I said "in" not "is". I meant S.E. QLD generally as a district
not Brisbane as a city. Strictly speaking we are talking about the border
ranges anyway, but it does depend upon which reference you read and the
scale of any maps therein. Keeping in mind that any storms on the border
ranges are generally highly photogenic material from Brisbane city, I reckon
this is a fair enough call.
In any event, if we keep on as we are, our average thunderdays will soon be
around 5.
QQUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEENNSSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDEEERRRRRRR
GO THE MIGHTY MAROONS.
>snip
Well since the state of origin is not far away .-)
John wrote:
>Alas, also can I here in Brisbane, which is supposed to be in the 2nd most
>Thunderstorm frequented part of Australia after the Top End.
>
says who?? If you are talking capital cities then Brisbane, on average, has
no more thunderdays than Sydney (both average around 30-40 thunderday per
year). Or perhaps you are extending Brisbane city limits to the
Stanthorpe-Tenterfield area. Oh well I suppose I have to get my kicks
somehow - I aint getting any from the weather.....
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could someone with some sympathy for us non-computer people please explain
the procedure for saving the radar loops?what type of file etc.
it would be greatly appreciated.
thank you.
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Hi Tony
1. Get the loop you want up on the screen
2. Right click on the loop after it loads to bring up a popup menu
3. In Netscape, click on Save Image As...
In IE, click on Save Picture As...
4. File it wherever you want. I'd suggest making a directory for each
radar location, then adding before the given filename the date/time in
reverse order. So, for instance, a loop for melbourne for 6pm today
would be 200004181800IDR021lp.gif. This will keep your files in
chronological order and avoid madness.
Cheers
Laurier
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wrote:
>could someone with some sympathy for us non-computer people please explain
>the procedure for saving the radar loops?what type of file etc.
>it would be greatly appreciated.
>thank you.
>
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From: "Peter Tristram" [petertri at midcoast.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: rain
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:46:05 +1000
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Heavy rain at Repton tonight - over 25mm- the radar has the 'storm' sitting
just off the coast now. Perhaps Urunga copped much more looking at the loop.
I bet that's it for the night now - long time since it's rained all night!
Peter
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From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: SE Qld T'storms & Showers
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 22:37:42 +1000
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Hi all
I'd been watching quite nice looking areas of congestus today falling to
bits as soon as they got some height to them. It was a pleasant surprise
tonight to see showers and weak storms moving across the coastal areas. The
storms were weak - I've only seen 4-6 lighting flashes but the rain has been
heavy at times, mostly for brief periods. Radar shows precip in the region
of 40-100mm/hour in parts and I'd have to go along with that. Although on
the road about 20mins ago, the intensity was probably right on 100mm/hour,
but of course it only lasted for 30 seconds or so.
It was great that these storms occurred because I was just forgetting what
they looked like!!!
My gauge only has 8.8mm in it.
Regards
James Chambers
(Logan City)
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:02:20 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]
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Hi all,
I'm sure the gossip will get to everyone eventually, so you may as well
hear it from me first!
I phoned Matt Smith around lunch time to see if any of the CJ's were
precipitating. He reported only isolated 2-10's about. I suggested
that some storms may develop later on during the day. Some weak storms
developed in the Brisbane Valley and the Border Ranges during the
afternoon, but then things died down a little. I was feeling unwell,
and was not keeping an eye on things and was planning an early night.
In fact, I was just about ready to goto bed, but checked local radar to
a little surprise! Noticing that a 40-100 was going to move just to my
south, I decided that I'd try and chase it if possible! I had heard a
rumble of thunder just before. I grabbed my camera, and raced to my car
(yes, in my PJ's - no time to get dressed!), and quickly headed south.
I got a lot of drizzle along Creek Rd, and onto Logan Rd. Following
Logan Rd, I got into some moderate rain (10-20), which very quickly went
to 20-40 and 40-60, and around the 80-100 mark! I was on the phone to
Jane at the time (who was getting my exclamations of joy in her ear,
while she was saying "yes, I can hear the rain on the windsheild!!!"
There was a lot of water over the road, with gutters overflowing.
Visibility was greatly reduced (doing about 40-50km/h in a 70 zone), and
it was difficult to see the lines and where the road was going.
I received similar treatment on Mt Gravatt Capalaba Rd, and Creek Rd
while heading back home. I saw one flash of lightning on Creek Rd
(WOOHOO!!!!)
The things us poor, storm-starved Brisbanites do!
--
Anthony Cornelius
Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association
(ASWA)
(07) 3390 4812
14 Kinsella St
Belmont, Brisbane
QLD, 4153
Please report severe thunderstorms on our Queensland severe thunderstorm
reporting line on (07) 3390 4218 or by going to our homepage at
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