From: "Dean Sgarbossa" To: Subject: aus-wx: Real Time Satellite Tracking Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:58:14 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Hello,
    Just thought that some of you may be interested in this great site. It is a NASA web page dedicated to satellite tracking and prediction. You can see where exactly the International Space Station is or even GMS-5. To view a JAVA 3D tracking program "J-Track 3D", click on "Spacecraft Tracking". It will display several options of which weather satellites are included. Scroll down to "J-Track 3D" to which you click. A java screen will pop up and bingo, there you have it. Right before your very eyes, every satellite in its true position. Satellite information is updated every minute. Such information provided includes Lat, Long. Altitude (km), Velocity (km/s), Period and Inclination. The URLs are :
 
The Main Page:
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/rocket_sci/satellites/
 
J-Track 3D:
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html
 
    Hope you like it.
 
            Dean Antonio Sgarbossa
 
 From: Malcolm Ninnes To: "'aussie-weather at world.std.com'" Subject: aus-wx: Tornado documentary tonight Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:40:32 +1000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, There's another tornado documentary on tv tonight (Channel 7 I think) at 7:30pm, called "Storm Force : Tornado". Sounds like it could be one show in a series (similar to 'Storm Warning', etc) Apologies if everyone already knows about this (maybe I am the last one to find out!) :) Mal. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: davidkc at advanceenergy.com.au Subject: aus-wx: Real Time Satellite Tracking To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 11:32:41 +1000 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Domino/Advance(Release 5.0.2 (Intl)|4 November 1999) at 22/05/2000 11:32:42 AM X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id VAA22325 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Dean, I have been using this site alot lately following the Shuttle and Space Station around. If you choose just J Track it will give a 2D view of Satellites on screen as well.. If you choose Options and select weather then select Finish the site then updates with weather from Intellicast.. Very nice colour pic as well.. If anyone is interested in Space Shuttle Tracking and Real Audio from Houston, Nasa pls don't hesitate to email me personally not through this list.. I have a lot of sites.. Dave ---------------------- Forwarded by David Carroll/Advance on 22/05/2000 11:25 --------------------------- "Dean Sgarbossa" at world.std.com on 22/05/2000 10:58:14 Please respond to aussie-weather at world.std.com Sent by: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com To: cc: Subject: aus-wx: Real Time Satellite Tracking Hello,     Just thought that some of you may be interested in this great site. It is a NASA web page dedicated to satellite tracking and prediction. You can see where exactly the International Space Station is or even GMS-5. To view a JAVA 3D tracking program "J-Track 3D", click on "Spacecraft Tracking". It will display several options of which weather satellites are included. Scroll down to "J-Track 3D" to which you click. A java screen will pop up and bingo, there you have it. Right before your very eyes, every satellite in its true position. Satellite information is updated every minute. Such information provided includes Lat, Long. Altitude (km), Velocity (km/s), Period and Inclination. The URLs are : The Main Page: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/rocket_sci/satellites/ J-Track 3D: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html     Hope you like it.             Dean Antonio Sgarbossa +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: Blair Trewin Subject: aus-wx: Cold outbreak update To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather) Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 12:36:48 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The new ECMWF has now come out. Things certainly seem to be building well for a cold outbreak between Friday and Sunday. In brief: ECMWF Friday 1200Z - 992 hPa low just south of Tasmania, 1038 hPa high centred south of Cape Leeuwin at latitude 45 or so. Tongue of sub-528 thicknesses covering SA coast between Port Lincoln and the Victorian border, with sub-524 almost reaching Kangaroo Island. Saturday 1200Z - little change in high. Secondary low develops over NE Tasmania with main centre moving off to SE and very tight pressure gradient to its west. Sub-536 thicknesses over all of SE Australia south of a line Port Lincoln-Broken Hill-Newcastle with an extensive pool of sub-532 over southern NSW and northern Vic (528 locally near Canberra). Sunday 1200Z - low moves well off to east, high edges SE. Deep S/SW flow over all of eastern Australia. Thicknesses over most of NSW/Vic in 536-540 range. GASP Friday 1200Z - very similar to EC except low is centred over Tasmania. Cold air does not push quite as far north, but still sub-528 thicknesses over SE SA. Saturday 1200Z - again surface circulation similar to EC, except no secondary low over Tasmania (still the very tight cyclonic gradient over Bass Srait, though). Sub-532 thicknesses over all of Victoria, with a sub-528 pool over Gippsland and sub-528 tongue still touching coast near Mount Gambier. Precip progs show heavy precip over alps. Sunday 1200Z - surface again similar to EC. Large sub-532 cold pool over central NSW. Monday 1200Z - remaining in deep SW flow, becoming increasingly anticyclonic. Cold pool (down to 534) moves NE to New England/SE Queensland. UKMO Friday 1200Z - low a bit further SE than others and with a more N-S orientation. Sub-528 tongue reaching SE SA (similar to GASP). If these models were to come off as planned, then I would expect the following: - heavy snowfalls over the eastern and north-eastern highlands of Victoria (with 3-day totals likely to approach 1 metre in favoured locations) - falls down to 500 metres, and perhaps lower, on the central highlands, Otways and Grampians in Victoria, most probably on Friday night and Saturday morning. Possible snow showers to near sea level in SW Vic and SE SA. If the EC is correct then the low-level snowfalls could extend to the Adelaide Hills and Flinders Ranges. - possible snowfalls on the central and northern tablelands of NSW, depending on how much moisture is left in the flow by the time it gets there (GASP being the most promising for this). It is not impossible that this could reach the Queensland border highlands. Unless the flow turns S/SE at some point (unlikely) I would not expect significant snow in Canberra, although the air will probably be cold enough (and I wouldn't be surprised to see a maximum well below 10 there on Sunday) - some whopper frosts throughout inland eastern Australia early in the new week, with many May records possible (especially given the favourable timing at the end of the month) Of course, given Murphy's Law, the system will probably slide SE and give us nothing more than a spell of cold south-westerlies, but this system looks more promising than anything I've seen since August 1997. Blair Trewin +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: Chris Nitsopoulos Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:23:28 +1000 To: aussie-weather , aussie-weather Cc: aussie-weather , aussie-weather Subject: aus-wx: URGENT! possible Tropical Cyclone User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.0-pre10 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Everyone (I\'m still not used to using E Mail so bear with me) The possibility exists that a late season tropical cyclone may form in the North Eastern Coral Sea.(12.8S, 158E) and move towards the Queensland coast. I am getting very excited about this system as I have been monitoring its growth over the past 48 hours but its only know that I believe we could see one of the latest cyclones ever in the Australian region. The low is currently 1002 Hpa and has gale force winds on its Southern and Eastern sides as well as 25-30 knotters on its Northern and western side. I am just going on sattelite pictures and the High seas forecast. I know a lot of you guys are based in NSW and Victoria but I was wondering if you have any good Real Time info on this Possible cyclone.e.g below is a segment of the High Seas forecast issued at 10AM on the 22/5/2000. UPDATED SECURITE HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA 10 NORTH EASTERN AREA EQUATOR TO 28S, 142E TO 170E ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, BRISBANE FOR 24 HOURS FROM 0001UTC 22MAY 2000 = PART 1 = WARNINGS A Gale Warning has been issued by Brisbane for 35/40 knot gales in the southern and eastern quadrants within 100nm of a low near 12.6S 158.0E, moving slowly WSW. = PART 2 = SITUATION At 212300UTC.. . 1002 hPa low near 12.6S 158.0E moving slowly WSW and forecast near 12.8s 156.0e [1000hPa] at 221200utc, 13.0s 154.0e [1000hPa] at 230001utc. . 1030hPa high over SE Australia extends firm eastward ridge across north Tasman Sea. . Trough near Eq/150E to low, then to 18S170E. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: "dann weatherhead" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cold outbreak update Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:54:41 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com This is a great email Blair! I am a model/chart follower although, i don't profess to understand it as much as some. It is great to have a commentary of up-coming weather, in relation to models that some of us use. Thanks once again. ================================ Daniel Weatherhead weatherhead at ozemail.com.au Sydney Storm Chasers http://www.sydneystormchasers.com ================================ > The new ECMWF has now come out. Things certainly seem to be building > well for a cold outbreak between Friday and Sunday. In brief: > > ECMWF > > Friday 1200Z - 992 hPa low just south of Tasmania, 1038 hPa high > centred south of Cape Leeuwin at latitude 45 or so. Tongue of sub-528 > thicknesses covering SA coast between Port Lincoln and the Victorian > border, with sub-524 almost reaching Kangaroo Island. > > Saturday 1200Z - little change in high. Secondary low develops over > NE Tasmania with main centre moving off to SE and very tight pressure > gradient to its west. Sub-536 thicknesses over all of SE Australia > south of a line Port Lincoln-Broken Hill-Newcastle with an extensive > pool of sub-532 over southern NSW and northern Vic (528 locally > near Canberra). > > Sunday 1200Z - low moves well off to east, high edges SE. Deep S/SW > flow over all of eastern Australia. Thicknesses over most of NSW/Vic > in 536-540 range. > > GASP > > Friday 1200Z - very similar to EC except low is centred over Tasmania. > Cold air does not push quite as far north, but still sub-528 thicknesses > over SE SA. > > Saturday 1200Z - again surface circulation similar to EC, except no > secondary low over Tasmania (still the very tight cyclonic gradient > over Bass Srait, though). Sub-532 thicknesses over all of Victoria, > with a sub-528 pool over Gippsland and sub-528 tongue still touching > coast near Mount Gambier. Precip progs show heavy precip over alps. > > Sunday 1200Z - surface again similar to EC. Large sub-532 cold pool > over central NSW. > > Monday 1200Z - remaining in deep SW flow, becoming increasingly > anticyclonic. Cold pool (down to 534) moves NE to New England/SE > Queensland. > > UKMO > > Friday 1200Z - low a bit further SE than others and with a more N-S > orientation. Sub-528 tongue reaching SE SA (similar to GASP). > > If these models were to come off as planned, then I would expect the > following: > > - heavy snowfalls over the eastern and north-eastern highlands of > Victoria (with 3-day totals likely to approach 1 metre in favoured > locations) > - falls down to 500 metres, and perhaps lower, on the central highlands, > Otways and Grampians in Victoria, most probably on Friday night and > Saturday morning. Possible snow showers to near sea level in SW Vic > and SE SA. If the EC is correct then the low-level snowfalls could > extend to the Adelaide Hills and Flinders Ranges. > - possible snowfalls on the central and northern tablelands of NSW, > depending on how much moisture is left in the flow by the time it > gets there (GASP being the most promising for this). It is not > impossible that this could reach the Queensland border highlands. > Unless the flow turns S/SE at some point (unlikely) I would not > expect significant snow in Canberra, although the air will probably > be cold enough (and I wouldn't be surprised to see a maximum well > below 10 there on Sunday) > - some whopper frosts throughout inland eastern Australia early in > the new week, with many May records possible (especially given > the favourable timing at the end of the month) > > Of course, given Murphy's Law, the system will probably slide SE and > give us nothing more than a spell of cold south-westerlies, but this > system looks more promising than anything I've seen since August 1997. > > Blair Trewin > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ X-Sender: carls at ford.ace-net.com.au Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:18:29 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Carl Smith Subject: Re: aus-wx: URGENT! possible Tropical Cyclone Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Hi Everyone (I\'m still not used to using E Mail so bear with me) > >The possibility exists that a late season tropical cyclone may form in the >North >Eastern Coral Sea.(12.8S, 158E) and move towards the Queensland coast. I am >getting very excited about this system as I have been monitoring its >growth over >the past 48 hours but its only know that I believe we could see one of the >latest cyclones ever in the Australian region. The low is currently 1002 >Hpa and >has gale force winds on its Southern and Eastern sides as well as 25-30 >knotters >on its Northern and western side. I am just going on sattelite pictures >and the >High seas forecast. I know a lot of you guys are based in NSW and Victoria >but I >was wondering if you have any good Real Time info on this Possible >cyclone.e.g >below is a segment of the High Seas forecast issued at 10AM on the 22/5/2000. Hi Chris and All. I have also noticed this system for the last couple of days. The only other info I have seen is the BoM High Seas Weather Warning issued this morning and the JTWC ABPW, pasted below. Look for the next BoM HSWW at about 4-5 pm EST. FMS is not mentioning this system, but that could be due to the current political situation in Fiji. You can view hourly satpics at the following URL's, which are worthy of bookmarking: [NPMOC]: Australia GMS-5 Hourly : http://207.133.112.37/gms5/austir.jpg - Current IR http://207.133.112.37/nsds-e20shots/austir/ - IR Archive http://207.133.112.37/gms5/austvis.jpg - Current VIS http://207.133.112.37/nsds-e20shots/austvis/ - VIS Archive http://207.133.112.37/gms5/austwv.jpg - Current WV http://207.133.112.37/nsds-e20shots/austwv/ - WV Archive Links to all warnings etc. are on my website at: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/current.htm. Regards, Carl. IDW01Q00 SECURITE HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10 ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, BRISBANE 2333UTC 21 MAY 2000 WARNING FOR NORTH EASTERN AREA = SITUATION Tropical low with a central pressure of 1002 hectopascals centred at 212300 UTC near 12.6 south 158.0 east moving slowly west-south. Position fair. = AREA AFFECTED Within 100 nm of centre in southern and eastern quadrants = FORECAST clockwise winds reaching 35 to 40 knots in southern and eastern quadrants. Seas very rough with moderate to heavy swells Forecast positions 221200 UTC 12.8S 156.0E central pressure 1000 hPa 230001 UTC 13.0S 154.0E central pressure 1000 hPa = REMARKS All Ships in the area please send weather reports every three hours. = WEATHER BRISBANE + 974 ABPW10 PGTW 220600 MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN/220600Z/230600Z MAY 00// REF/A/RMG/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/220151Z MAY 00// AMPN/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// RMKS/ 1. WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AREA (180 TO MALAY PENINSULA): A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: (1) AT 220000Z4, TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W WAS LOCATED NEAR 21.4N7 124.7E4, APPROXIMATELY 225 NM NORTHEAST OF PORT SAN VICENTE, PHILIPPINES, AND WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 16 KNOTS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS. SEE REF A (WTPN31 PGTW 220300) FOR FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM. (2) NO OTHER TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS. B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY: NONE. 2. WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (180 WEST TO 135 EAST): A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: NONE. B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY: (1) THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 12.6S9 159.5E0 IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 13.2S6 157.6E9 IN THE NORTHERN CORAL SEA. ANIMATED SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS SHOWN INCREASED VERTICAL WIND SHEAR OVER THE SYSTEM IN THE LAST 8 HOURS. A RECENT MICROWAVE IMAGE DEPICTS A PARTIALLY EXPOSED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER WITH THE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION BEING SHEARED TO THE SOUTHEAST. UPPERLEVEL OUTFLOW REMAINS GOOD IN ALL QUADRANTS. UW-CIMSS VERTICAL WIND SHEAR CHARTS SHOW MODERATE VERTICAL SHEAR OVER THE SYSTEM, AND INCREASING TO THE SOUTH. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED AT 1004 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS REMAINS FAIR. (2) NO OTHER SUSPECT AREAS. FORECAST TEAM: COX/JACKSON// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carl Smith. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Email: carls at ace-net.com.au Internet: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/index.htm Current Cyclone information: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/current.htm Cyclone Tracking Maps: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/TCMaps.htm or: http://cyclones.50megs.com/maps/TCMaps.htm Tropical Cyclone Archives: http://cyclones.50megs.com/ Please note the new location of all archive type material and update your bookmarks and website links. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:43:49 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cold outbreak update Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Yeah Dann, I second your thoughts here, thanks Blair, there are plenty of us amateurs that love the weather no less and its great to get a run down of things to come like this. Cheers, Lindsay Pearce PS: 14 Degrees at Blackheath today, (my place) bewdiful, it was even warmer in Lithgow today with virtually no breeze. dann weatherhead wrote: > > This is a great email Blair! > I am a model/chart follower although, i don't profess to understand it as > much as some. It is great to have a commentary of up-coming weather, in > relation to models that some of us use. > Thanks once again. > ================================ > Daniel Weatherhead > weatherhead at ozemail.com.au > Sydney Storm Chasers > http://www.sydneystormchasers.com > ================================ > > The new ECMWF has now come out. Things certainly seem to be building > > well for a cold outbreak between Friday and Sunday. In brief: > > > > ECMWF > > > > Friday 1200Z - 992 hPa low just south of Tasmania, 1038 hPa high > > centred south of Cape Leeuwin at latitude 45 or so. Tongue of sub-528 > > thicknesses covering SA coast between Port Lincoln and the Victorian > > border, with sub-524 almost reaching Kangaroo Island. > > > > Saturday 1200Z - little change in high. Secondary low develops over > > NE Tasmania with main centre moving off to SE and very tight pressure > > gradient to its west. Sub-536 thicknesses over all of SE Australia > > south of a line Port Lincoln-Broken Hill-Newcastle with an extensive > > pool of sub-532 over southern NSW and northern Vic (528 locally > > near Canberra). > > > > Sunday 1200Z - low moves well off to east, high edges SE. Deep S/SW > > flow over all of eastern Australia. Thicknesses over most of NSW/Vic > > in 536-540 range. > > > > GASP > > > > Friday 1200Z - very similar to EC except low is centred over Tasmania. > > Cold air does not push quite as far north, but still sub-528 thicknesses > > over SE SA. > > > > Saturday 1200Z - again surface circulation similar to EC, except no > > secondary low over Tasmania (still the very tight cyclonic gradient > > over Bass Srait, though). Sub-532 thicknesses over all of Victoria, > > with a sub-528 pool over Gippsland and sub-528 tongue still touching > > coast near Mount Gambier. Precip progs show heavy precip over alps. > > > > Sunday 1200Z - surface again similar to EC. Large sub-532 cold pool > > over central NSW. > > > > Monday 1200Z - remaining in deep SW flow, becoming increasingly > > anticyclonic. Cold pool (down to 534) moves NE to New England/SE > > Queensland. > > > > UKMO > > > > Friday 1200Z - low a bit further SE than others and with a more N-S > > orientation. Sub-528 tongue reaching SE SA (similar to GASP). > > > > If these models were to come off as planned, then I would expect the > > following: > > > > - heavy snowfalls over the eastern and north-eastern highlands of > > Victoria (with 3-day totals likely to approach 1 metre in favoured > > locations) > > - falls down to 500 metres, and perhaps lower, on the central highlands, > > Otways and Grampians in Victoria, most probably on Friday night and > > Saturday morning. Possible snow showers to near sea level in SW Vic > > and SE SA. If the EC is correct then the low-level snowfalls could > > extend to the Adelaide Hills and Flinders Ranges. > > - possible snowfalls on the central and northern tablelands of NSW, > > depending on how much moisture is left in the flow by the time it > > gets there (GASP being the most promising for this). It is not > > impossible that this could reach the Queensland border highlands. > > Unless the flow turns S/SE at some point (unlikely) I would not > > expect significant snow in Canberra, although the air will probably > > be cold enough (and I wouldn't be surprised to see a maximum well > > below 10 there on Sunday) > > - some whopper frosts throughout inland eastern Australia early in > > the new week, with many May records possible (especially given > > the favourable timing at the end of the month) > > > > Of course, given Murphy's Law, the system will probably slide SE and > > give us nothing more than a spell of cold south-westerlies, but this > > system looks more promising than anything I've seen since August 1997. > > > > Blair Trewin > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > > message. > > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: "Damien Howes" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Real Time Satellite Tracking Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 18:52:13 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Hi Dean+ All, The NASA site certainly is brilliant, however, it does unfortunately miss/ignore quite a few of the visible satellites. To fill in the "gaps'' I use the following site:-                            http://www.heavens-above.com  . As with the NASA site it misses some of the visible satellites, but between the two you've got most of them covered. Just type in the country and town where it says and it gives you real-time pass predictions for satellites etc plus various astronomical curiosities i.e star charts, moon/sun rise set times, planets, iridium flares etc. If nothing else, at least it gives something to look at when there is no weather..which is pretty well all the time in Brisbane. Although I did spy a single wee flash of lightning from a cold Cb about 40 miles out to sea just after sunset !
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Hello,
    Just thought that some of you may be interested in this great site. It is a NASA web page dedicated to satellite tracking and prediction. You can see where exactly the International Space Station is or even GMS-5. To view a JAVA 3D tracking program "J-Track 3D", click on "Spacecraft Tracking". It will display several options of which weather satellites are included. Scroll down to "J-Track 3D" to which you click. A java screen will pop up and bingo, there you have it. Right before your very eyes, every satellite in its true position. Satellite information is updated every minute. Such information provided includes Lat, Long. Altitude (km), Velocity (km/s), Period and Inclination. The URLs are :
 
The Main Page:
 
J-Track 3D:
 
    Hope you like it.
 
            Dean Antonio Sgarbossa
 
 From: "Ben Quinn" To: Subject: aus-wx: Offshore Cb's (was: Real Time Satellite Tracking) Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:03:59 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Hi Everyone,
 
Damien Howes wrote:
 
>Although I did spy a single wee flash of lightning from a cold Cb about 40 miles >out to sea just after sunset ! 
 
I was saying to the guys in IRC before that i thought there might be the odd rumble of thunder offshore today - there were some large and intense showers/cb's off the coast most of the day.. this morning i woke up to see an anvil streaming in from off the coast, and i snapped a few pictures:
 
 
It looks a bit like a featureless shower in the pan shot - but the main precip curtain is in fact over 40km's away - it was a cluster of cells that moved NNW well off the coast, with one main intense cell in the cluster fluctuating between yellow, green and pink on radar for over 2 hours.. my guess is there would have been a reasonable shelf cloud on it, but unfortunately it stayed offshore..
 
Some models are looking interesting for us over the next few days - more coastal stuff *sigh* .. but i guess it beats blue sky...