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Hi All.

The first Northern Hemisphere cyclone of the season, E of the Philippines,
is now Super Typhoon Damrey, with winds gusting over 330 km/hr!.

Regards,
Carl.

>458
>WTPN31 PGTW 091500
>1. SUPER TYPHOON 01W (DAMREY) WARNING NR 016
>   01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC
>   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
>    ---
>   WARNING POSITION:
>   091200Z2 --- NEAR 17.3N1 135.2E1
>     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 040 DEGREES AT 12 KTS
>     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 025 NM
>     POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE
>   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
>   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 150 KT, GUSTS 180 KT
>   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM
>   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 100 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            065 NM ELSEWHERE
>   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 170 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            135 NM ELSEWHERE
>   REPEAT POSIT: 17.3N1 135.2E1
>    ---
>   FORECASTS:
>   12 HRS, VALID AT:
>   100000Z1 --- 19.8N8 136.4E4
>   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 140 KT, GUSTS 170 KT
>   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM
>   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 090 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            055 NM ELSEWHERE
>   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 160 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            125 NM ELSEWHERE
>   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 025 DEG/ 13 KTS
>    ---
>   24 HRS, VALID AT:
>   101200Z4 --- 22.2N6 137.5E6
>   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT
>   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 015 NM
>   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 070 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            035 NM ELSEWHERE
>   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 145 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            100 NM ELSEWHERE
>   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 040 DEG/ 17 KTS
>    ---
>   36 HRS, VALID AT:
>   110000Z2 --- 24.8N4 139.8E1
>   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 120 KT, GUSTS 145 KT
>   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
>   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 010 NM
>   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            025 NM ELSEWHERE
>   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 140 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            095 NM ELSEWHERE
>   VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 040 DEG/ 17 KTS
>    ---
>   EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
>   48 HRS, VALID AT:
>   111200Z5 --- 27.4N3 142.1E8
>   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 110 KT, GUSTS 135 KT
>   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
>   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 010 NM
>   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 055 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                                   OVER WATER
>                            020 NM ELSEWHERE
>   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 135 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                                   OVER WATER
>                            090 NM ELSEWHERE
>   VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 045 DEG/ 22 KTS
>    ---
>   72 HRS, VALID AT:
>   121200Z6 --- 33.3N9 149.9E3
>   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 100 KT, GUSTS 125 KT
>   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
>   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 050 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            015 NM ELSEWHERE
>   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 130 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
>                            085 NM ELSEWHERE
>    ---
>REMARKS:
>091500Z5 POSITION NEAR 17.9N7 135.5E4.
>SUPER TYPHOON (TY) 01W (DAMREY), LOCATED OVER THE PHILIPPINE
>SEA APPROXIMATELY 615 NM WEST OF SAIPAN, HAS TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD
>AT 12 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. THE WARNING POSITION IS BASED ON
>091130Z4 INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE WARNING INTENSITY IS BASED
>ON CURRENT SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 140 AND 155 KNOTS (T7.0
>AND T7.5). STY 01W HAS INTENSIFIED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. ANIMATED
>INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY AND A 090748Z8 TROPICAL RAINFALL
>MEASURING MISSION (TRMM) PASS CONTINUE TO DEPICT A WELL DEVELOPED,
>SYMMETRIC SYSTEM WITH A 14 NM CLOUD FREE, ROUND EYE. IMAGERY ALSO
>REVEALS TWO CONVECTIVE BANDS APPROXIMATELY 200 NM AND 320 NM EAST OF
>THE EYE. A MID LEVEL HIGH SITUATED EAST OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS IS
>EXPECTED TO BUILD BACK WEST DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS AS A SHORT WAVE
>RIDGE MOVES OFF OF JAPAN. STY 01W (DAMREY) IS FORECAST TO TRACK
>NORTHEASTWARD WITHIN A POLEWARD PATTERN THROUGH THE PERIOD. SUPER
>TYPHOON 01W (DAMREY) IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THE SYSTEM
>TRACKS TOWARD THE MID-LATITUDE WESTERLIES. ADJUSTED WIND RADII ARE
>BASED ON MICROWAVE IMAGERY. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT
>091200Z2 IS 32 FEET. REFER TO WWPW31 RJTX FOR ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT
>INFORMATION. NEXT WARNINGS AT 092100Z2 (DTG 091951Z5), 100300Z4 (DTG
>100151Z8), 100900Z0 (DTG 100751Z4) AND 101500Z7 (DTG 101351Z1).//


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                  MONTHLY GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY

                               APRIL, 2000

  (For general comments about the nature of these summaries, as well as
  information on how to download the tabular cyclone track files, see
  the Author's Note at the end of this summary.)

  SPECIAL NOTE:  The April summary is being issued in two installments.
  This first installment covers the Southwest Indian Ocean west of 90E.
  The second installment will cover the Australian Region and the South
  Pacific Ocean.

  I am taking the unusual step of issuing the first part of the April
  summary prior to completing the second installment of the March
  summary.   This was due to a delay in receiving all the information
  I needed for some of the March cyclones (due to the illness of one of
  my assistants), so I forged ahead with the Southwest Indian systems
  for April.    Since the cyclone tracks file for April has not been
  completed, I am including as part of this report the tabular tracks
  for the systems covered herein.

  I hope to have the remainder of the March summary ready by around
  15 May, and will endeavor to disseminate the second portion of the
  April summary no later than 26 May (as I shall be leaving the next
  day for a vacation).

  ***********************************************************************

                            APRIL HIGHLIGHTS

  --> Tropical Cyclone Hudah strikes Madagascar and Mozambique
  --> Severe Tropical Cyclone Rosita strikes Western Australia
  --> Two small midget cyclones form in Coral Sea--one hits Queensland

  ***********************************************************************

                           ACTIVITY BY BASINS

  ATLANTIC (ATL) - North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico

  Activity for April:  No tropical cyclones

  ***********************************************************************

  NORTHEAST PACIFIC (NEP) - North Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 180

  Activity for April:  No tropical cyclones

  ***********************************************************************

  NORTHWEST PACIFIC (NWP) - North Pacific Ocean West of Longitude 180

  Activity for April:  No tropical cyclones

  ***********************************************************************

  NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (NIO) - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea

  Activity for April:  No tropical cyclones

  ***********************************************************************

  SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN (SIO) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E

  Activity for April:  1 moderate tropical storm
                       1 subtropical cyclone (of at least gale force)
                       1 intense tropical cyclone (from March)


     The primary sources of information upon which the narrative is based
  are the warnings issued by the TCWC on La Reunion Island, associated
  with Meteo France, and which is the RSMC for the South Indian Ocean
  basin.  However, cyclones in this region are named by the sub-regional
  centres on Mauritius and Madagascar with longitude 55E as the dividing
  line between their respective areas.  La Reunion only advises these
  centres regarding the intensity of tropical systems.   References to
  sustained winds should be understood as meaning a 10-min averaging
  period unless otherwise stated.   In the accompanying tracks file
  some position comparisons have been made with JTWC's positions, and
  warnings from JTWC were used as a source of 1-min avg MSW estimates.
  Also, the comments about satellite imagery and other sources of data
  such as SSM/I and TRMM were obtained for the most part from the JTWC
  warnings.

     Much of the material presented on the so-called "subtropical
  cyclone" in mid-April was taken from information sent to me by Roger
  Edson of the University of Guam.  A special thanks to Roger for sending
  me the write-up on this very interesting system.


                   South Indian Ocean Activity for April
                   -------------------------------------

     Intense Tropical Cyclone Hudah, which had formed in March, was the
  major tropical cyclone item in the Southwest Indian basin during April.
  As the month opened the intense storm was still gathering strength
  about 200 nm northeast of Mauritius and made a destructive strike on
  northern Madagascar on the 2nd.  After weakening to below tropical
  cyclone (hurricane) intensity, Hudah made a comeback in the Mozambique
  Channel and made a second landfall in northern Mozambique.   Around
  mid-month minor Tropical Storm Innocente stirred the waters of the
  central South Indian Ocean for a few days.  Also, during the second
  week of April a system developed in the Mozambique Channel and
  flirted with the coasts of Mozambique and later Madagascar.  This
  system was classified as a subtropical cyclone by La Reunion and as a
  hybrid, subtropical system by JTWC.  However, Roger Edson and Mark
  Lander of the University of Guam feel that the system was primarily
  a tropical cyclone at its peak.   Roger has supplied an alternate
  track for the disturbance which is included below along with the
  track based upon MFR's warnings.



                Tropical Cyclone Hudah  (TC-21S / SIO #12)
                            24 March - 9 April
                ------------------------------------------

     To repeat the opening paragraph of the discussion of Hudah from
  the March summary:

     Intense Tropical Cyclone Hudah had many affinities with February's
  great Tropical Cyclone Leon-Eline.     Both formed in the Southeast
  Indian Ocean in Perth's AOR, moved on fairly straight westerly tracks
  across the entire South Indian, struck Madagascar as intense tropical
  cyclones, weakened, then regained intensity in the Mozambique Channel
  and made final landfalls in Mozambique.   Hudah was smaller in areal
  extent than Eline but was considerably more intense at its peak and
  at its landfall in Madagascar.   However, Hudah did not become as
  intense in the Channel as Eline did and was weakening some when it
  made landfall in northern Mozambique.   These two cyclones represent
  what could be regarded as the South Indian Ocean's counterpart to
  the Atlantic's famous "Cape Verde hurricanes"--great storms which
  form in the eastern reaches of the respective basins and manage to
  travel on westerly courses for thousands of miles to wreak havoc on
  islands and continents at the western sides of the oceans.

     Hudah had formed in late March in the western portion of the
  Australian Region and had reached tropical storm intensity just before
  crossing longitude 90E into the Southwest Indian basin where it was
  promptly named Tropical Storm Hudah by the Mauritius Meteorological
  Service.  For a detailed discussion of the first week of Hudah's life,
  please refer to the March tropical cyclone summary.   At 0000 UTC on
  1 Apr Hudah was an intense cyclone located about 225 nm northeast of
  Mauritius, moving on a westerly track toward a disastrous rendezvous
  with Madagascar.   La Reunion's (MFR) 10-min avg wind estimate was
  100 kts and was increased to 110 kts by 0600 UTC.  Dvorak ratings were
  a solid T=6.5 and JTWC increased their 1-min MSW estimate to 125 kts
  at 1200 UTC.  At 1200 UTC the eye of Hudah was 400 nm east of
  Antanambe, Madagascar, and moving west-northwestward at 13 kts.

     The cyclone reached its peak intensity of 905 mb and 120 kts peak
  10-min wind (per MFR's analysis) at 02/0600 UTC.   JTWC never assigned
  a 1-min MSW greater than 125 kts, but the 120 kts 10-min avg would
  equate to a 1-min MSW of 135 kts.  Hudah was still a small cyclone
  with 50-kt winds only occurring within about 25 nm of the center.  A
  SSM/I pass depicted a 20-nm wide eye with a concentric eyewall feature.
  By 1200 UTC the center was closing in on the coast of Madagascar, being
  located only about 85 nm east-southeast of Antalaha.     The eye of
  intense Tropical Cyclone Hudah made landfall around 1730 UTC on 2 Apr
  about 15 nm southeast of Antalaha with winds in the neighborhood of
  115-120 kts, gusting much higher.   The eye had moved off the northwest
  coast of Madagascar by 03/1200 UTC and was located about 35 nm north
  of Majunga.  The majority of the convection was south of the center,
  wrapping into the west quadrant.  JTWC was estimating the intensity
  at 70 kts, but MFR had dropped their estimate to 40 kts.  However, in
  the next JTWC warning at 04/0000 UTC the MSW was reported as 45 kts.

     Hudah continued to move westward farther out into the Mozambique
  Channel and slowly began to regain intensity as deep convection began
  to rebuild around the LLCC.  By 04/1200 UTC winds had picked up to
  50 kts (55-kt MSW from JTWC) and the storm was centered about 105 nm
  east-southeast of Nacala, Mozambique, moving westward at 11 kts.
  Hudah's forward motion slowed considerably as it neared the coast of
  Mozambique.  At 05/1200 UTC the center was only about 25 nm east of
  Porto de Moma and moving to the west at only 6 kts.   JTWC increased
  the MSW to 65 kts at 05/0000 UTC and MFR re-upgraded Hudah to tropical
  cyclone (hurricane) intensity 24 hours later.

     Upper-level diffluence over the cyclone improved on 6 Apr and winds
  climbed back up to 80 kts (90 kts MSW from JTWC).   The storm's motion
  became slow and erratic on the 6th as it drifted generally toward the
  south.   At 1800 UTC Hudah was centered about 120 nm southeast of
  Quelimane and appeared to be tracking south-southeastward at 4 kts.
  The cyclone was caught in a weakness in the subtropical ridge created
  by a mid-latitude trough just off the coast of South Africa.   A
  significant banding feature had developed over the western half of the
  system and a 06/1807 UTC SSM/I pass indicated an irregular eye 15 nm
  in diameter.   By 0000 UTC on 7 Apr Hudah was centered about 200 nm
  east of Beira and was drifting to the west-southwest at 2 kts.  The
  mid-latitude trough had decreased in amplitude considerably over the
  preceding 12 hours and the subtropical ridge was forecast to build
  back over the Channel.   At 0600 UTC MFR increased the peak 10-min avg
  winds to 85 kts with JTWC upping their MSW estimate to 100 kts.  By
  this time Hudah had begun to drift very slowly to the north-northwest.
  By later on the 7th Hudah was drifting northward with the trough
  having tracked eastward and the cyclone coming under the influence
  of a HIGH over Africa.

     Hudah's pace to the north picked up a bit on 8 Apr as the storm
  began to weaken slightly.  At 0000 UTC the cyclone was centered about
  85 nm east of Quelimane with the intensity having dropped to 80 kts
  (10-min avg) and 95 kts (1-min MSW).   Animated infrared imagery
  showed that the eye had become ragged and cloud-filled.   Tropical
  Cyclone Hudah made landfall around 0600 UTC near Pebane, Mozambique,
  tracking northward at 8 kts.  The storm began to weaken rapidly after
  making landfall with MFR writing their final warning at 1800 UTC on
  the 8th.   JTWC issued their final warning at 0600 UTC on 9 Apr, the
  system having essentially dissipated, although orographic effects
  of the mountains apparently were responsible for some localized,
  persistent convection as the remnants drifted northward over north-
  eastern Mozambique.

     Philippe Caroff and Patrick Hoareau have sent me some observations
  made on various islands as Hudah passed by.  On 31 Mar Hudah's center
  passed about 30 nm south of St. Brandon.  A maximum 10-min avg wind
  of 39 kts was recorded with peak gusts to 55 kts.  The northern edge
  of the eyewall was only 15 nm south of the island, implying that the
  extent of storm-force (>47 kts) winds was very limited.  The cyclone
  passed at some distance north of the islands of Rodrigues, Mauritius
  and Reunion where peak gusts did not exceed 45 kts.    The highest
  rainfall totals on Mauritius did not exceed 30 mm.   Shortly before
  reaching peak intensity Hudah passed only about 15 nm south of Tromelin
  where a maximum 10-min avg wind of 68 kts was recorded with the peak
  gust reaching 98 kts.  (Thanks to Philippe and Patrick for passing
  along this information.)

     The city of Antalaha on Madagascar where Hudah made landfall was
  about 90% destroyed.  The death toll was reported at 20 with over
  300,000 persons severely affected by the cyclone.  The storm destroyed
  food storage warehouses, and in Antalaha all wooden homes and buildings
  were destroyed and the roofs ripped off most concrete structures.
  Telephone and electricity lines were downed and schools and churches
  heavily damaged.   This region is one of the world's primary vanilla
  producing areas, and reports indicated Hudah destroyed approximately
  one-half of the vanilla crop.   Media reports stated that Hudah was
  the worst tropical cyclone to affect the Antalaha region in 20 years.

     There was a report from Antalaha of wind gusts to 163 kts.  It is
  unclear whether this was a reliable measured value or an estimate.  If
  verified, it would imply peak 10-min avg winds in the range of 115-120
  kts and a peak MSW of 130-135 kts at landfall.   The effects of Eline,
  Gloria, and Hudah have combined to make the 1999-2000 cyclone season
  the worst for eastern Madagascar since that of 1993-1994 when Tropical
  Cyclones Daisy, Geralda, Litanne, and Nadia all struck the eastern
  coast at full cyclone intensity.

     The author has received no reports of any damage or casualties
  resulting from Hudah's landfall in northern Mozambique.  If any become
  available later they will be reported in a future summary.



                       Subtropical Cyclone  (SIO #13)
                                7 - 17 April
                       ------------------------------

     An extratropical system moved off the coast of South Africa during
  the period 5-7 Apr.   A circulation was evident about 325 nm east-
  northeast of Durban by 0000 UTC on 7 Apr.     Whether or not this
  circulation was directly associated with the African extratropical
  LOW or already existed in the area along an old shear line isn't
  totally clear.     The circulation was indirectly part of the old
  frontal boundary/extratropical system so was basically classifiable
  as a subtropical LOW at this time.   Winds perhaps reached 30 kts on
  7 and 8 Apr but decreased on the 9th.  There was a south to north
  surge in low-level winds in excess of 30 kts west of the circulation,
  so the 30-kt MSW is an attempt to define the winds in the immediate
  vicinity of the LLCC.

     The disturbance initially drifted north-northeastward in the
  Mozambique Channel, then turned to the north, and by 9 Apr was drifting
  north-northwestward toward the Mozambique coast.  By this time the LOW
  was isolated from any extratropical system, and convection, although
  fairly shallow, began to slowly develop near the LLCC.   According to
  Roger Edson's track (see below) the center of the storm just reached
  the coast near Inhambane around 11/1200 UTC with the MSW estimated at
  55 kts.   MFR initiated warnings on the system at the same time,
  calling it a subtropical cyclone with 10-min avg winds of 30 kts.
  (Since it was MFR's 13th numbered disturbance of the season, I shall
  refer to it as STC-13.)         The center seemed to drift north-
  northeastward and moved just offshore over the next 24 hours while
  showing signs of strengthening.  JTWC, while referring to the system
  as a hybrid-type LOW, issued the first of three Formation Alerts at
  12/0130 UTC, and MFR increased the 10-min wind estimate to 35 kts
  at 1200 UTC.  In Roger's opinion the LOW reached hurricane force at
  12/0000 UTC and peaked at 70 kts 1-min MSW at 1200 UTC.   This was
  based upon visible, infrared, and TRMM imagery.   No warnings on
  STC-13 were issued by JTWC but the Formation Alerts indicated that
  maximum winds were likely in the 25-30 kt range.

     Following its flirtation with the Mozambique coast, STC-13 turned
  eastward and began to accelerate slightly as it headed in the direction
  of southern Madagascar.    By 14/0000 UTC the convection was beginning
  to shear off, and MFR decreased the 10-min winds to 30 kts while
  Roger's 1-min MSW estimate was down to 45 kts.    STC-13 was located
  about 250 nm west of Tulear on the southwestern coast of Madagascar
  at this time, and subsequently seemed to brush the southwestern tip
  of the island and then move on off to the southeast.  By 0000 UTC on
  the 15th all the convection was gone and the mid-levels were overrun
  by extratropical cloudiness.   JTWC had issued the third Formation
  Alert at 0130 UTC on 14 Apr but cancelled it at 0530 UTC after it
  became obvious that the convection was shearing off and STC-13 was
  beginning to acquire more extratropical features.   Scatterometer data
  still showed a circulation on 16 and 17 Apr but this wasn't apparent
  in satellite imagery.

     It is obvious that there is disagreement among tropical experts as
  to how to classify this system.   La Reunion and JTWC considered it to
  be a subtropical, hybrid-type system, while Roger Edson and Mark Lander
  feel that it was a "true blood" tropical cyclone.   There is no doubt
  that it became isolated from any extratropical system and that it had
  at times some convection rather tightly wrapped around an eye-like
  feature.    The sticking point seems to be the shallowness of the
  convection, with cloud top temperatures ranging from only around -45 to
  -55 C--considerably warmer than in most conventional tropical cyclones.
  I went back and read some of the TPC/NHC discussions on Tropical Storm
  Nicole in November, 1998, at the time that system was named.  Based
  upon the comments and also upon my memory of Nicole's appearance in
  satellite imagery at the time as compared with STC-13's appearance,
  I think it likely that the two systems were very similar in the degree
  and depth of convection.    In Nicole's case there was a ship report
  of sustained winds to 58 kts about the time that an intermittent
  eye appeared in the small CDO.      This perhaps might suggest that
  STC-13 could have been of a comparable intensity.  (In his comments
  Roger points out that he had no surface observations upon which to
  base his intensity estimates--only infrared imagery, TRMM data, and
  scatterometer data.)



               Tropical Storm Innocente  (TC-26S / SIO #14)
                              12 - 19 April
               --------------------------------------------

     Tropical Storm Innocente was a weak, insignificant system which
  traversed portions of the central South Indian Ocean for a few days
  in the middle of April.   An area of convection was located on 9 Apr
  generally between Christmas and Cocos Islands within an area of
  troughing accompanied by strong convergence.   The disturbed weather
  moved westward over the next few days and scatterometer data on the
  10th revealed a LLCC.   By 12 Apr the system was approaching 90E and
  convection was still fluctuating near the LLCC.  Strong southeasterly
  flow was occurring along the southern periphery of the LLCC and the
  system was experiencing moderate vertical shear.   RSMC La Reunion
  (MFR) began issuing bulletins on the LOW as Tropical Disturbance
  #14 at 12/1800 UTC.  The disturbance by this time had entered the
  Southwest Indian basin and was located about 500 nm west of Cocos
  Island.

     The system continued to move westward over the next couple of days
  with some slight strengthening on the 13th.      MFR upgraded the
  disturbance to a tropical depression at 13/0000 UTC, and a STWO from
  JTWC noted that there had been an increase in convective organization.
  However, on 14 Apr scatterometer data indicated a broad LLCC which
  was fully-exposed with isolated deep convection south of the center.
  At 14/0600 UTC MFR relocated the center about 115 nm to the east-
  northeast of the previous warning position.  Coverage was temporarily
  dropped six hours later as the system remained weak and disorganized;
  however, bulletins were re-instigated at 0600 UTC on 15 Apr as the
  disturbance was showing signs of regeneration.  JTWC issued a Formation
  Alert at 1000 UTC, noting that there had been a significant increase
  in areal coverage of convection and that the LLCC appeared to be
  located on the eastern edge of the deep convection.    Upper-level
  (200-mb) analysis indicated that the system was now located under
  a ridge.   At 1200 UTC MFR re-upgraded the disturbance to a tropical
  depression with 30-kt winds, and at 1800 UTC JTWC initiated warnings on
  TC-26S, estimating an initial MSW of 35 kts.   The depression by this
  time was located about 640 nm southeast of Diego Garcia and was moving
  west-southwestward at 10 kts.   Organization was still improving with
  deep convection wrapping around the LLCC.   A 15/2028 UTC TRMM pass
  depicted a convective band from southeast to west of the system with
  the LLCC located about 15 nm east of the convection.  Although under
  the upper-level ridge axis, the system was still experiencing some
  light to moderate vertical shear.

     TC-26S (or SIO #14) continued to move slowly to the west on 16-17
  Apr, more or less maintaining its intensity.   At 1200 UTC on the 16th
  MFR upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm Innocente, but six hours
  later downgraded it back to depression status.  A SSM/I pass at 17/0310
  UTC indicated that the LLCC was beneath the northwestern edge of a
  convective band.  By 17/1800 UTC the system was located about 600 nm
  south-southeast of Diego Garcia, moving west at 5 kts, and had
  continued to slowly become better organized.   JTWC increased the
  MSW estimate to a peak value of 45 kts, and MFR upgraded the depression
  back to Tropical Storm Innocente with 10-min avg winds of 35 kts.
  Innocente displayed a broad LLCC with a weak band of convection around
  the southern side.   On 18 Apr the moderate tropical storm moved slowly
  on a west-southwesterly course and by late in the day was showing signs
  of weakening.     At 1800 UTC there was only intermittent convection
  blowing up near the center and JTWC decreased their MSW estimate to
  35 kts.        At 19/0000 UTC MFR downgraded Innocente to a tropical
  depression once more, and JTWC issued its final warning at 0600 UTC.
  There was no convection associated with the fully-exposed LLCC and
  the system had moved south of the subtropical ridge axis and was
  experiencing increased vertical shear.  MFR wrote their final warning
  on Innocente six hours later with the weakening center located about
  400 nm east-northeast of Rodrigues Island.   The residual LOW remained
  for several days with occasional flare-ups of convection but never
  showed any signs of redevelopment.

  ***********************************************************************

          SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS FOR APRIL
          ----------------------------------------------------

  Since all the cyclone tracks for April are not ready for dissemination
yet, I am including tracks for the tropical cyclones covered in the above
narrative so that they will be available for those who need them.  The
positions, central pressures, and 10-min avg MSW values were taken from
warnings issued by the La Reunion TCWC.   The 1-min avg MSW estimates
came from JTWC warnings.   Some comparisons were made between JTWC and
La Reunion positions.  (A special thanks to Patrick Hoareau for sending
me the tracks for Hudah and SIO Disturbance #13.)

*************************************************************************

Storm Name: HUDAH              Cyclone Number: 21S     Basin: SIO

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

00 MAR 24 1000  15.6 S   93.0 E  1000    30   30  Perth Warning
00 MAR 24 2130  15.1 S   91.7 E   992         30        "
00 MAR 25 0300  15.3 S   89.8 E   990    35   45        "
00 MAR 25 0600  15.3 S   89.2 E   992    55   40  La Reunion Warning
00 MAR 25 1200  15.3 S   88.5 E   984    70   50
00 MAR 25 1800  15.3 S   87.8 E   978    65   55  JTWC: 15.1 S, 87.4 E
00 MAR 26 0000  15.0 S   86.5 E   978         55
00 MAR 26 0600  14.8 S   85.5 E   976    65   55
00 MAR 26 1200  14.7 S   84.3 E   974         60
00 MAR 26 1800  14.6 S   83.5 E   974    65   60
00 MAR 27 0000  14.7 S   82.7 E   974         60
00 MAR 27 0600  14.6 S   81.6 E   972    80   60
00 MAR 27 1200  14.7 S   80.7 E   965         70
00 MAR 27 1800  14.8 S   79.5 E   965    90   70
00 MAR 28 0000  15.0 S   78.4 E   955    95   80
00 MAR 28 0600  15.1 S   77.2 E   955         80
00 MAR 28 1200  15.4 S   76.0 E   955   100   80
00 MAR 28 1800  15.9 S   74.9 E   955         80
00 MAR 29 0000  16.4 S   74.2 E   955    90   80  JTWC: 16.1 S, 73.9 E
00 MAR 29 0600  16.4 S   72.6 E   948         85
00 MAR 29 1200  16.7 S   71.4 E   948    95   85
00 MAR 29 1800  17.0 S   70.3 E   954         80
00 MAR 30 0000  17.0 S   68.7 E   954    90   80
00 MAR 30 0600  16.8 S   67.8 E   954         80
00 MAR 30 1200  17.0 S   66.4 E   960    80   75
00 MAR 30 1800  17.0 S   65.1 E   965         70
00 MAR 31 0000  16.9 S   64.1 E   965    80   70
00 MAR 31 0600  17.0 S   62.9 E   950         85
00 MAR 31 1200  17.0 S   61.7 E   940   100   90
00 MAR 31 1800  17.1 S   60.6 E   927        100
00 APR 01 0000  17.0 S   59.4 E   927   120  100
00 APR 01 0600  16.7 S   58.3 E   915        110
00 APR 01 1200  16.6 S   56.9 E   915   125  110
00 APR 01 1800  16.5 S   55.7 E   915        110
00 APR 02 0000  16.1 S   54.3 E   915   125  110
00 APR 02 0600  15.7 S   52.9 E   905        120
00 APR 02 1200  15.4 S   51.6 E   905   125  120
00 APR 02 1800  15.0 S   50.4 E   905        120  Making landfall
00 APR 03 0000  14.9 S   49.2 E         100   30  Inland over Madagascar
00 APR 03 0600  14.9 S   47.4 E   990         40
00 APR 03 1200  14.9 S   46.4 E   990    70   40  Over water
00 APR 03 1800  14.8 S   45.0 E   990         40
00 APR 04 0000  14.8 S   44.0 E   990    45   40  JTWC: 15.5 S, 44.1 E
00 APR 04 0600  15.0 S   43.2 E   990         40
00 APR 04 1200  15.5 S   42.4 E   982    55   50
00 APR 04 1800  15.8 S   41.6 E   980         55
00 APR 05 0000  16.5 S   40.8 E   980    65   55
00 APR 05 0600  16.7 S   40.2 E   975         60
00 APR 05 1200  16.9 S   39.7 E   975    65   60
00 APR 05 1800  17.3 S   39.3 E   975         60
00 APR 06 0000  17.7 S   39.2 E   975    70   65
00 APR 06 0600  17.9 S   39.0 E   965         70
00 APR 06 1200  18.5 S   38.7 E   965    70   70
00 APR 06 1800  18.9 S   38.6 E   955    90   80
00 APR 07 0000  19.0 S   38.3 E   955    90   80
00 APR 07 0600  18.7 S   38.3 E   945   100   85
00 APR 07 1200  18.5 S   38.2 E   945   100   85
00 APR 07 1800  18.2 S   38.5 E   945   100   85
00 APR 08 0000  17.9 S   38.5 E   952    95   80
00 APR 08 0600  17.1 S   38.3 E   960    80   70  Making landfall
00 APR 08 1200  16.4 S   38.4 E          70   45  Inland in Mozambique
00 APR 08 1800  15.5 S   39.0 E          55   30  JTWC: 16.1 S, 38.5 E
00 APR 09 0000  15.4 S   38.6 E          35       JTWC Warning
00 APR 09 0600  15.0 S   38.5 E          30            "

*************************************************************************

Storm Name: None                Cyclone Number: 13     Basin: SIO

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

00 APR 11 1200  23.7 S   36.0 E  1008         30  See Note #1
00 APR 12 0600  23.5 S   35.9 E  1006   30    30  JTWC-0130Z: 23.7S,35.8E
00 APR 12 1200  23.7 S   36.0 E  1004         35
00 APR 12 1800  23.7 S   36.1 E  1004         35
00 APR 13 0000  23.7 S   36.2 E  1000   30    35  JTWC-0130Z: 23.8S,36.7E
00 APR 13 0600  24.0 S   36.5 E  1000         35
00 APR 13 1200  24.2 S   37.0 E  1000         40  See Note #2
00 APR 13 1800  24.5 S   37.7 E  1000         40      "
00 APR 14 0000  24.7 S   38.5 E  1002   30    30  JTWC-0130Z: 24.2S,38.4E
00 APR 14 0600  24.8 S   39.2 E  1002         30
00 APR 14 1200  24.5 S   41.5 E  1004         25

Note #1: This system was classified by MFR as a subtropical cyclone
throughout its lifetime.  JTWC also referred to the system as a hybrid
or subtropical disturbance.   No warnings were issued by JTWC but three
Formation Alerts were issued.

Note #2: The 40-kt winds referenced at these times were for possible
peripheral winds in the southern semicircle.

*************************************************************************

   Following is an alternate track for SIO Disturbance #13 provided by
Roger Edson of the University of Guam, based primarily upon infrared
satellite imagery and TRMM and scatterometer data.  (A special thanks to
Roger for sending me his version of this interesting system.)


Storm Name: None                Cyclone Number: 13     Basin: SIO

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

00 APR 07 0000  28.6 S   37.0 E         25        Subtropical LOW
00 APR 07 1200  28.0 S   37.3 E         30        See Note #1
00 APR 08 0000  27.5 S   37.5 E         30
00 APR 08 1200  26.8 S   37.5 E         25
00 APR 09 0000  26.0 S   37.5 E         20        Tropical system
00 APR 09 1200  25.5 S   37.0 E         20        See Note #2
00 APR 10 0000  25.0 S   36.5 E         25
00 APR 10 1200  24.8 S   36.0 E         30
00 APR 11 0000  24.2 S   35.5 E         45
00 APR 11 1200  23.8 S   35.3 E         55        Near Inhambane, Moz.
00 APR 12 0000  23.5 S   35.8 E         65
00 APR 12 1200  23.2 S   36.0 E         70        See Note #3
00 APR 13 0000  23.5 S   36.5 E         65
00 APR 13 1200  23.3 S   37.5 E         55
00 APR 14 0000  24.0 S   39.0 E         45        Beginning to shear
00 APR 14 1200  24.3 S   42.0 E         35
00 APR 15 0000  24.5 S   42.0 E         25        Convection gone
00 APR 16 0000  25.5 S   43.0 E         15        See Note #4
00 APR 17 0000  27.0 S   44.0 E         15

Note #1: On 7 and 8 Apr system displayed a circulation but was indirectly
part of an old frontal boundary/extratropical system; hence, the classi-
fication as a subtropical LOW.  A south-to-north low-level wind surge
existed with winds in excess of 30 kts to the system's west.  The MSW
values given are an attempt to define winds in the vicinity of the LLCC.

Note #2: In Roger's opinion, from 09/0000 UTC through 15/0000 UTC system
was purely tropical: it was being convectively maintained, was over warm
SSTs, and was isolated from any extratropical system.

Note #3: Visible, infrared, and TRMM imagery all suggested that the
maximum intensity occurred around 12/1200 UTC.

Note #4: From 15-17 Apr system seemed to "bounce" off southwestern
Madagascar and drift southward.  The circulation was still obvious in
scatterometer data but no clouds were depicted in the imagery.

*************************************************************************

Storm Name: INNOCENTE          Cyclone Number: 26S     Basin: SIO

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

00 APR 12 1800  10.8 S   89.0 E  1002         25  See Note #1
00 APR 13 0000  11.5 S   88.5 E   997         30
00 APR 13 0600  11.7 S   86.4 E   998         30
00 APR 13 1200  11.9 S   84.9 E   998         30
00 APR 13 1800  12.0 S   83.5 E   998         30
00 APR 14 0000  12.0 S   82.7 E  1000         25
00 APR 14 0600  11.0 S   84.7 E  1000         25  Relocated
00 APR 14 1200  11.2 S   84.5 E  1000         25  See Note #1
00 APR 15 0600  13.7 S   82.5 E  1000         25  Redeveloped
00 APR 15 1200  15.5 S   81.3 E   997         30
00 APR 15 1800  15.0 S   79.9 E   998   35    30
00 APR 16 0000  15.2 S   79.2 E   997         30
00 APR 16 0600  15.4 S   78.9 E   996   35    30
00 APR 16 1200  15.7 S   77.6 E   994         35
00 APR 16 1800  15.6 S   76.9 E   997   35    30
00 APR 17 0000  15.4 S   76.5 E   997         30
00 APR 17 0600  15.0 S   76.4 E   998   35    30  JTWC: 15.7 S, 76.7 E
00 APR 17 1200  16.7 S   75.8 E   997         30
00 APR 17 1800  16.9 S   74.5 E   995   45    35  JTWC: 16.8 S, 75.1 E
00 APR 18 0000  17.2 S   73.8 E   995         35
00 APR 18 0600  17.3 S   73.3 E   995   45    35
00 APR 18 1200  17.4 S   72.9 E   995         35
00 APR 18 1800  17.7 S   72.0 E   995   35    35
00 APR 19 0000  17.7 S   71.3 E   997         30  See Note #2
00 APR 19 0600  17.8 S   70.4 E   997   30    30
00 APR 19 1200  18.0 S   69.9 E   998         30

Note #1: Winds to 30 kts were possible in some areas along the southern
periphery of the system.

Note #2: Local winds to 35 kts were still forecast for the southern
quadrants.

*************************************************************************

  ***********************************************************************

  AUSTRALIAN REGION (AUG) - From Longitude 90E Eastward to Longitude 160E

  Activity for April:  2 tropical cyclones of storm intensity
                       2 severe tropical cyclones (hurricane)


  NOTE!!! The Australian Region will be covered in the second installment
          of the April summary which hopefully will be issued by late in
          May.

  ***********************************************************************

  SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (SWP) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E

  Activity for April:  1 tropical cyclone of gale intensity

  NOTE!!! The Southwest Pacific basin will be covered in the second
          installment of the April summary which hopefully will be issued
          by late in May.

  ***********************************************************************

                              EXTRA FEATURE

     In order to shorten the amount of typing in preparing the narrative
  material, I have been in the habit of freely using abbreviations and
  acronyms.   I have tried to define most of these with the first usage
  in a given summary, but I may have missed one now and then.  Most of
  these are probably understood by a majority of readers but perhaps a
  few aren't clear to some.  To remedy this I developed a Glossary of
  Abbreviations and Acronyms which I included in the July, 1998 summary.
  I will include this glossary from time to time, primarily in "lean"
  months without a lot of tropical cyclone activity to cover.  But if
  anyone missed receiving it and wishes to obtain a copy, send me an
  e-mail privately and I'll forward them a copy.

  ***********************************************************************

  AUTHOR'S NOTE:  This summary should be considered a very preliminary
  overview of the tropical cyclones that occur in each month. The cyclone
  tracks (provided separately) will generally be based upon operational
  warnings issued by the various tropical cyclone warning centers.  The
  information contained therein may differ somewhat from the tracking and
  intensity information obtained from a "best-track" file which is based
  on a detailed post-seasonal analysis of all available data. Information
  on where to find official "best-track" files from the various warning
  centers will be passed along from time to time.

    The track files are not being sent via e-mail.  They can be retrieved
  in the following manner:

       (a) FTP to:  hrd-type42.nhc.noaa.gov [140.90.176.206]
       (b) Login as: anonymous
       (c) For a password use your e-mail address
       (d) Go to "data" subdirectory (Type: cd data)
       (e) Set file type to ASCII (Type: ascii)
       (f) Transfer file (Type: get remote_file_name local_file_name )
           (The files will be named with an obvious nomenclature--using
           April as an example:   apr00.tracks)
       (g) To exit FTP, type: quit

    Both the summaries and the track files are standard text files
  created in DOS editor.  Download to disk and use a viewer such as
  Notepad or DOS editor to view the files.

     The first summary in this series covered the month of October,
  1997.   If anyone wishes to retrieve any of the previous summaries,
  they may be downloaded from the aforementioned FTP site at HRD.  The
  summary files are catalogued with the nomenclature:  apr00.sum, for
  example.

    Back issues can also be obtained from the following websites
  (courtesy of Michael Bath, Michael V. Padua, Tom Berg, Michael
  Pitt, and Rich Henning):

    <http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/cyclones/>
    <http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/6825>
    <http://www.hurricanealley.net/>
    <http://www.qisfl.net/home/hurricanemike>
    <http://www.met.fsu.edu/gsc/Docs/Grads/henning/cyclones/>

     Another website where much information about tropical cyclones may
  be found is the website for the UK Meteorological Office.  Their site
  contains a lot of statistical information about tropical cyclones
  globally on a monthly basis.  The URL is:

    <http://www.met-office.gov.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/sec2cyclone.html>


                   TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORTS AVAILABLE

     I have discovered that JTWC now has available on its new website
  the complete Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (ATCR) for 1998 (1997-1998
  season for the Southern Hemisphere).  Also, ATCRs for earlier years
  are available also.

     The URL is:  <http://199.10.200.33/jtwc.html>

     Also, TPC/NHC has available on its webpage nice "technicolor"
  tracking charts for the 1999 Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific
  tropical cyclones; also, preliminary storm reports for all the 1999
  Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific cyclones are now available.

     The URL is:  <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov>

  Prepared by: Gary Padgett
  E-mail:  garyp at alaweb.com
  Phone:  334-222-5327 (nights & weekends) / 850-882-2594 (weekdays)

  ***********************************************************************
  ***********************************************************************


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Subject: aus-wx: NEW RADAR AT HALLS CREEK (WA) :)
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Hey Kat and chris !

Great read! reccomend everyone reads this song, well done guys, its all too
true ! :)

Matt Smith

>Hey There Everyone
>
>It is KATHRYN here (yep wrote that in capitals for those that still think 
>Andrew sent it)
>
>Anyway, over the course of the last week Chris Gribben and I have been 
>playing around with a song, adding references to weather/storms where we 
>thought possible.  After a few changes here and there we thought we had 
>done a pretty darn good job, and have decided we want to make it public.
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From: Blair Trewin <blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU>
Subject: aus-wx: Archive of surface charts now on web
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An archive of surface synoptic charts is now available on the Bureau's
web site at:

http://www.bom.gov.au/nmoc/MSL/

Charts available are for the Australian region, the Indian Ocean
and the Pacific Ocean. At present the archive extends from 1 December
1999, but there are plans to back-fill it in due course.

Blair Trewin
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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Subject: aus-wx: BoM MSL manual chart archive now available
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An archive of Australian, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean region manual
analysis charts is now available at http://www.bom.gov.au/nmoc/MSL/. 

It goes back to 1/12/99, and, although intended as a selection device
for those ordering higher resolution images, is still a very useful
tool given that the main Bureau site has no analysis archive at all.
For those of us that maintain our own archives, this is handy for
filling the gaps!

If you haven't caught up with them, there are similar archives for
satpix, sea surface temp, greenness and solar radiation images -- see
what's new on my site for the links.

-- 
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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Oops -- sorry for the duplication. I must have been composing my
message as Blair hit the send button.

Laurier

On Wed, 10 May 2000 06:13:04 GMT, wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier
Williams) wrote:

>An archive of Australian, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean region manual
>analysis charts is now available at http://www.bom.gov.au/nmoc/MSL/. 
>
>It goes back to 1/12/99, and, although intended as a selection device
>for those ordering higher resolution images, is still a very useful
>tool given that the main Bureau site has no analysis archive at all.
>For those of us that maintain our own archives, this is handy for
>filling the gaps!
>
>If you haven't caught up with them, there are similar archives for
>satpix, sea surface temp, greenness and solar radiation images -- see
>what's new on my site for the links.

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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 14:14:49 -0700
From: Lindsay <writer at lisp.com.au>
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Wednesday 5pm


It only reached 9.5 here at my place today (Blackheath).

Quite surprising that the cloudiness lingered and we actually have rain
now at 4:45pm


Only a couple of mm in the gauge though. Did Sydney get much?


Lindsay Pearce

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From: Blair Trewin <blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU>
Subject: aus-wx: Bureau's budget - no significant changes
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It didn't exactly get headline news in this morning's papers, but
the Bureau of Meteorology's position in the budget remained 
essentially unchanged. (The budget papers show a nominal increase,
but this is because of some technical accounting issues, not an actual
increase in the amount of money available to spend).

For those who enjoy looking at less-than-riveting administrative
documents (mostly us, so we can see on the Wednesday morning after 
the Budget if we've still got our jobs), it's on the web at 

http://www.environment.gov.au/library/pubs/budget/budget2000/pbs/
envher/section2c.html

There is some material there on performance indicators that might
interest some, although some of them look a bit odd at first glance
(one of them is the number of warnings issued - does this mean the
Bureau gets rapped over the knuckles if the weather in the next
financial year is too boring?)

Blair Trewin
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From: "Adam Mayo" <oyam at bigpond.com>
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Subject: aus-wx:  Central Tablelands - quite cool.
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:56:36 +1000
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Hi Everyone,

The temperature and Mona Vale isn't as low as the mountains but we have had
21 mm of rain between 9 am and 5.45pm.  Mostly from heavy showers.

Judy Mayo

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From: "Zac" <mnk at Dingoblue.net.au>
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Subject: Re: aus-wx:  Central Tablelands - quite cool.
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:48:18 +1000
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Hi Everyone,

I don't know what the figures were today, but where i was, down at Circular
Quay, we had numerous very heavy showers during the course of the day. They
actually started in my area around midnight last night, but had cleared by
this morning, before setting in again a little after 9am.

Max
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> The temperature and Mona Vale isn't as low as the mountains but we have
had
> 21 mm of rain between 9 am and 5.45pm.  Mostly from heavy showers.
>
> Judy Mayo
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 20:57:41 +1000
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From: Jimmy Deguara <jdeguara at ihug.com.au>
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Archive of surface charts now on web
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Now that is good news. I hope the archive goes back a long way as I have 
quite a few events I wished I knew the synoptic conditions for.

Jimmy Deguara

At 15:56 10/05/00 +1000, you wrote:
>An archive of surface synoptic charts is now available on the Bureau's
>web site at:
>
>http://www.bom.gov.au/nmoc/MSL/
>
>Charts available are for the Australian region, the Indian Ocean
>and the Pacific Ocean. At present the archive extends from 1 December
>1999, but there are plans to back-fill it in due course.
>
>Blair Trewin
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