From: "bussie" <bussie at netc.net.au>
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 06:57:08 +1000
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It was channel seven Melbourne weather report where I heard it.

Bussy

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> Was it the BoM or Channel 7 that gave the 161km/h figure? The highest
> gust I can find in what looks like a continuous record for Falls Creek
> was 63kts or 116.6km/h at 4.30am. Digit transposition perhaps? The
> highest 10 minute average wind was 39 knots (72km/h) at 4am. Mt Buller
> got a couple of gusts of 130km/h late last night, with average winds
> up to 87km/h, which is plausible, though Mt Buller has been a bit
> erratic of late. I don't think I believe 161.
>
> Laurier
>
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:10:10 +1000, "McDonald" <mcdonald at one.net.au>
> wrote:
>
> >Hey Don,
> >
> >The BoM seemed pretty sure that it got to 161km/h at Falls Creek.  And I
> >would've thought that a wind gust of 78knts at Mt Hotham would've been
> >somewhat a verifier for the Falls Creek reading.  Other gusts recorded
> >virtually at sea level were in excess of 45knts....so maybe the AWS is
> >incorrect.
> >
> >Just my 2c worth.
> >
> >Macca.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Don White <donwhite at ozemail.com.au>
> >To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 5:46 PM
> >Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wind speed
> >
> >
> >> The AWS reported max gust of 56 knots so I doubt 161 km/hr
> >> Don W
> >>
> >> "Leslie R. Lemon" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hey, that is about 48 m/s!!  Wow.......in other words, near 88 kts!!!
> >> >
> >> > Les
> >> >
> >> > > > Just caught this on the Seven news. Falls creek (correct me if
I'm
> >> > wrong),
> >> > > > maximum wind gust today of 161kmh! Wind chill of minus 21C I
think
> >they
> >> > > > said.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Bussy (NE Victoria)
> >> >
> >> > ************************
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> >> > Radar, Severe Storms, & Research Meteorologist
> >> > Tel. 816-373-3533, 816-213-3237
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> >> >
> >> > essage text written by INTERNET:aussie-weather at world.std.com
> >> > >> Just caught this on the Seven news. Falls creek (correct me if I'm
> >> > wrong),
> >> > > maximum wind gust today of 161kmh! Wind chill of minus 21C I think
> >they
> >> > > said.
> >> > >
> >> > > Bussy (NE Victoria)<
> >> >
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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 04:28:54 +1000
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The BOM would only have the AWS to go one  so I doubt they would have
confirmed 161. Anyway, 116 isn't too bad and would give a sizable wind
chill with a negative temp.
They tell me people go there for fun !?! 

bussie wrote:
> 
> It was channel seven Melbourne weather report where I heard it.
> 
> Bussy
> 
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> 
> > Was it the BoM or Channel 7 that gave the 161km/h figure? The highest
> > gust I can find in what looks like a continuous record for Falls Creek
> > was 63kts or 116.6km/h at 4.30am. Digit transposition perhaps? The
> > highest 10 minute average wind was 39 knots (72km/h) at 4am. Mt Buller
> > got a couple of gusts of 130km/h late last night, with average winds
> > up to 87km/h, which is plausible, though Mt Buller has been a bit
> > erratic of late. I don't think I believe 161.
> >
> > Laurier
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:10:10 +1000, "McDonald" <mcdonald at one.net.au>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Hey Don,
> > >
> > >The BoM seemed pretty sure that it got to 161km/h at Falls Creek.  And I
> > >would've thought that a wind gust of 78knts at Mt Hotham would've been
> > >somewhat a verifier for the Falls Creek reading.  Other gusts recorded
> > >virtually at sea level were in excess of 45knts....so maybe the AWS is
> > >incorrect.
> > >
> > >Just my 2c worth.
> > >
> > >Macca.
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Don White <donwhite at ozemail.com.au>
> > >To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 5:46 PM
> > >Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wind speed
> > >
> > >
> > >> The AWS reported max gust of 56 knots so I doubt 161 km/hr
> > >> Don W
> > >>
> > >> "Leslie R. Lemon" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Hey, that is about 48 m/s!!  Wow.......in other words, near 88 kts!!!
> > >> >
> > >> > Les
> > >> >
> > >> > > > Just caught this on the Seven news. Falls creek (correct me if
> I'm
> > >> > wrong),
> > >> > > > maximum wind gust today of 161kmh! Wind chill of minus 21C I
> think
> > >they
> > >> > > > said.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Bussy (NE Victoria)
> > >> >
> > >> > ************************
> > >> > Leslie R. Lemon
> > >> > Radar, Severe Storms, & Research Meteorologist
> > >> > Tel. 816-373-3533, 816-213-3237
> > >> > E-Mail: lrlemon at compuserve.com
> > >> >
> > >> > essage text written by INTERNET:aussie-weather at world.std.com
> > >> > >> Just caught this on the Seven news. Falls creek (correct me if I'm
> > >> > wrong),
> > >> > > maximum wind gust today of 161kmh! Wind chill of minus 21C I think
> > >they
> > >> > > said.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Bussy (NE Victoria)<
> > >> >
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From: "Phil Smith" <drdisk at hktrade.com>
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This forecast is being made from Hong Kong and therefore may not be fully
accurate:
There will be a sudden gust registered throughout South East Queensland
sometime today.
This will occur when list member Carl Smith blows out four dozen candles on
his birthday cake!
Happy birthday Carl!

Phil
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Apparently Odnadatta AWS recorded 51 kt southwesterlies at 10:42 last night
and averaged over 30 kts from 10:30pm to 11:30pm. Golly!
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From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams)
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The low/trough moving through eastern SA has been generating some
interesting weather this morning. Oodnadatta AWS, mentioned in an
earlier post, sent in a string of 40 to 45kt *10-min average* reports
between 10.30 and 11 last night, with a report of 51kt (94.5km/h)
*average* at 10.42pm. I don't have any gust information. Mt Lofty was
averaging 34kt gusting 48kt at 7.30am. All times are CST.

No wonder given the pressure gradient over the area. At 7.30am,
Oodnadatta's barometer (QNH) was 1009 while Neptune Island was 988.5
-- 20hPa over 850km. Adelaide's pressure dipped below 990 between 6.30
and 7.30, bottoming out at 989.5 at Kent Town at 7am. Some heavy rain
between 3 and 6am -- Kimba 10, Parawa 10, Loxton 11, Renmark 11 the
best but lots between 4 and 10 across the southern half of the state.
Maitland had 19 and Cape Border 20 between 9pm and 6am. 

How about some reports from the locals :-)


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Those following Clyve Herbert's outlooks on MSC or GWS will have seen his
prediction of decent rain in the first week of Sept for the Otway Ranges. He
predicted 100 mm could be received in the Otways in the first 7 days.  In
fact Weeaproinah (wettest farming area in Vic) recorded 105 mm.
Congratulations Clyve - keep it coming (the forecasts as well as the rain).
Geelong has been on water restrictions for nearly two years and while the
spring outlook is good (GWS predicts 75% probability of above average rains
for Otway catchments) our main storage is only at 38% capacity. Lindsay
Smail, Geelong Weather Services.

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:56:02 +1000 (AEST)
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Hi all,

Very interesting looking at model traces yesterday and this morning for
the Brisbane area this afternoon. Is anyone up there going to be chasing
today? LAPS is indicating only marginal buoyancy, but a fantastic shear
profile with sfc-600 hPA shear of 48 knots, and SRH -459 m^2s^-2 (this is
with sfc winds 020/15KT). Low level moisture is the big problem of course
- looking at CAPEs of ~500 J/kg at dew points of 14C and sfc T 28C. The
cap would be about 3C under these circumstances.  

A pretty sharp shortwave trough lies to the well to the west of Brisbane
this morning moving rapidly eastwards, with some upper troughing evident
as well. 9 am (EST)  obs across Brisbane have temps in 23-24C range, and
dew points 13-15.  Appears a seabreeze has come in across the city
already. Just hope the strengthening NWerly doesn't dry everything off.
Thunderstorms are currently active in southwest Qld/northwest NSW. Could
be an interesting day!

Cheers,

Jonty.



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Current weather:

very windy, as I write you can here the wind whistle over the roof here, sky 
is white grey with rain to come. My Barometer at home has been hovering 
between 999 and 1010 for the last two weeks, seems like the highs haven't 
been coming over Vic for a while.

Les
PS Geee thanks for the Abuse whoever it was, it wasn't called for.
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Temp has dropped, from 9.5 to 7.5 at my place since 11am with the rain.

Light to moderate rain, easing as I speak.

Light WNW wind.


This is a great list, keep up the good work everyone :-)


Lindsay Pearce.

Laurier Williams wrote:
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> The low/trough moving through eastern SA has been generating some
> interesting weather this morning. Oodnadatta AWS, mentioned in an
> earlier post, sent in a string of 40 to 45kt *10-min average* reports
> between 10.30 and 11 last night, with a report of 51kt (94.5km/h)
> *average* at 10.42pm. I don't have any gust information. Mt Lofty was
> averaging 34kt gusting 48kt at 7.30am. All times are CST.
> 
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Hi Everyone,
           It looks like that the Bureau's forecast of 25c for Sydney today 
will be a long way off the mark with many AWS stations reporting in the 12c 
to 15c at 11:30am.  I guess they didn't anticipate so much cloud.
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Hi all,

Someone a while back posted a link to a site that you can monitor in
realtime all the satellites around the globe - can you please repost it? It
was a java webpage that plotted their positions.

Also, does anyone have information on any website or a Win95 program that
tracks the orbits of the NOAA Polar Orbiting weather satellites?
On this site:
http://www.marine.csiro.au/~lband/weather/index.html
it has "The next pass is NOAA12 orbit 48384 on 06/09/2000 at 19:03 UTC"
which updates after each new data is received.

What I want to know is what times of the day will NOAA12 and NOAA14 pass
into view of a receiving station in SE Australia.

eg. For yesterday afternoon/evening (6th Sep) the CSIRO site in Tasmania
received these:
NOAA12  0602z
NOAA14  0635z
NOAA12  0741z
NOAA14  0817z
NOAA12  0923z

I have contacted the author of the CSIRO page for info, and received this
response.
But I'm not really sure where to go from there.

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The "next pass" information is based on our own calculations as to when
our receiver can expect to start receiving NOAA AVHRR data, ie when the
spacecraft first appears above our horizon. The information will be slightly
different for locations north or south of us.

There is a heap of free software out on the Net which will calculate this
Tbus information from the latest Two Line Elements (TLE) information from
NOAA see ftp://celestrak.com/pub/elements/weather.txt

We have been using some freeware called Xsat for some non-operational
scheduling but we use much more sophisticated home-grown astronomical
and scheduling software suites than the freeware available on the Net.
We use a steerable dish to capture the high resolution high bandwidth
HRPT data stream form the NOAA spacecraft. With the spacecraft moving
over the earth at 6 klm per second we need the most accurate orbit
prediction programs availablehave to ensure the dish is aimed ready for
the instant the satellite rises above our horizon.

Anyway I hope this information is useful to you.

With all the ready-made and plans for home-made APT receivers as
described on the Net, I'm sure you'll be able to find either a site
with the latest Tbus or programs which will enable you to calculate
your own from the TLE's.
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Maybe good ol' Ch 7 editorially juxtaposed the last two digit, i.e., 116
became 161.  Would be pretty typical of Ch 7, who had trouble recently with
'Gail' instead of Gale and 'Tasmainia' instead of Tasmania.
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It was channel seven Melbourne weather report where I heard it.

Bussy

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Hi all

Pretty wild night and morning here in Adelaide.  I've recorded 25mm of rain
with more showers to come.  Lots of standing water in the saturated
backyard.  Some pretty solid gusts out of the north west too.  Quite a few
houses in the north eastern suburbs have been flooded by creeks bursting
their banks.  Alas, no hail or thunder at this stage, repeating the pattern
of this cool, wet, but stormless winter.

Roll on spring!

Phil


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G'day Chris, bussy and All,

It's getting rather difficult to remember a day
without rain along the NW Coast! With all the lows
passing lately we have had some very good cells moving
thru. I would of liked to have taken some photo's but
I just haven't had the time to stop and admire:-(
There also has been some decent hail falls as well.

Andrew.

--- bussie <bussie at netc.net.au> wrote: > I'm wondering
too. Has been "hanging" there for a
> while. If it is rain etc,
> then it must be damn wet there.
> 
> Bussy (NE Victoria)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Daley" <jindivik at bigpond.com>
> To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 5:18 PM
> Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tassie Wx
> 
> 
> > Hi Shaun,
> >
> > This has actually gotten me a few times, I'm not
> sure if it is actually
> > precip or not as it will be there for a couple of
> days straight sometimes.
> >
> > Anyone in the area on the list?
> >
> > I would be interested to know if it is possible
> that the radar returns
> could
> > be echoes caused by low clouds, terrain in the
> area.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shaun Whelan" <wheelsthepusser at hotmail.com>
> > To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>;
> <tcywhelan at hotmail.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 12:52 PM
> > Subject: aus-wx: Tassie Wx
> >
> >
> > > Did anybody get a firsthand account of the heavy
> precip. activity in NW
> > > Tassie today? The Wx Radar showed some heavy
> yellow areas tending to red
> > in
> > > the center around Burnie/Waratah? It looked
> interesting. I was wondering
> > if
> > > there was any cell activity worth reporting?
> > >
> > >                                                 
>      Cheers
> > >                                                 
>            Shaun
> > >
> > > P:S Just looked at the Wx radar for NW tassie
> and there's still some
> heavy
> > > precip. activity happening.
> > >
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Hi,

I am from Golden Grove.

Last night to morning, we had countinsously rain until after 8:30am, we got
30mm from a rain band. I was pleased to see some good steady rain to soak the
ground. Of course the weather was rough. We had some squally wind and short
burst heavy falls in the morning. There will be showers and windy during the
day. Severe wind advice for South Australia including Greater Adelaide. No
embedded thunderstorms from rain band unfortunately. There were thunderstorms
with rain mostly over Northern half of South Australia.
I have seen on Aviation metar Briefing, the wind gust to 61 knots has affected
in Oodnadatta.

From Nathan.

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A bit of breeze and cool I can handle but that's stretching the friendship a
bit. Too cold for me.

Bussy

----- Original Message -----
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> The BOM would only have the AWS to go one  so I doubt they would have
> confirmed 161. Anyway, 116 isn't too bad and would give a sizable wind
> chill with a negative temp.
> They tell me people go there for fun !?!
>
> bussie wrote:
> >
> > It was channel seven Melbourne weather report where I heard it.
> >
> > Bussy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Laurier Williams" <wbc at ozemail.com.au>
> > To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 11:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wind speed
> >
> > > Was it the BoM or Channel 7 that gave the 161km/h figure? The highest
> > > gust I can find in what looks like a continuous record for Falls Creek
> > > was 63kts or 116.6km/h at 4.30am. Digit transposition perhaps? The
> > > highest 10 minute average wind was 39 knots (72km/h) at 4am. Mt Buller
> > > got a couple of gusts of 130km/h late last night, with average winds
> > > up to 87km/h, which is plausible, though Mt Buller has been a bit
> > > erratic of late. I don't think I believe 161.
> > >
> > > Laurier
> > >
> > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:10:10 +1000, "McDonald" <mcdonald at one.net.au>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hey Don,
> > > >
> > > >The BoM seemed pretty sure that it got to 161km/h at Falls Creek.
And I
> > > >would've thought that a wind gust of 78knts at Mt Hotham would've
been
> > > >somewhat a verifier for the Falls Creek reading.  Other gusts
recorded
> > > >virtually at sea level were in excess of 45knts....so maybe the AWS
is
> > > >incorrect.
> > > >
> > > >Just my 2c worth.
> > > >
> > > >Macca.
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: Don White <donwhite at ozemail.com.au>
> > > >To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 5:46 PM
> > > >Subject: Re: aus-wx: Wind speed
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> The AWS reported max gust of 56 knots so I doubt 161 km/hr
> > > >> Don W
> > > >>
> > > >> "Leslie R. Lemon" wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Hey, that is about 48 m/s!!  Wow.......in other words, near 88
kts!!!
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Les
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > > Just caught this on the Seven news. Falls creek (correct me
if
> > I'm
> > > >> > wrong),
> > > >> > > > maximum wind gust today of 161kmh! Wind chill of minus 21C I
> > think
> > > >they
> > > >> > > > said.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Bussy (NE Victoria)
> > > >> >
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> > > >> > >> Just caught this on the Seven news. Falls creek (correct me if
I'm
> > > >> > wrong),
> > > >> > > maximum wind gust today of 161kmh! Wind chill of minus 21C I
think
> > > >they
> > > >> > > said.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Bussy (NE Victoria)<
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Hi Michael,

I use a program called Satscape, very good quality, constantly updated, has
speech to tell you when a sat is in view of your position and best of all,
it's free.

The address is http://www.satscape.co.uk/

Is quite large so it might take a while to download, but is well worth it as
I think it is the best quality program you can get. Just as good as some of
the commercial programs I have looked at.

Chris

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> Hi all,
>
> Someone a while back posted a link to a site that you can monitor in
> realtime all the satellites around the globe - can you please repost it?
It
> was a java webpage that plotted their positions.
>
> Also, does anyone have information on any website or a Win95 program that
> tracks the orbits of the NOAA Polar Orbiting weather satellites?
> On this site:
> http://www.marine.csiro.au/~lband/weather/index.html
> it has "The next pass is NOAA12 orbit 48384 on 06/09/2000 at 19:03 UTC"
> which updates after each new data is received.
>
> What I want to know is what times of the day will NOAA12 and NOAA14 pass
> into view of a receiving station in SE Australia.
>
> eg. For yesterday afternoon/evening (6th Sep) the CSIRO site in Tasmania
> received these:
> NOAA12  0602z
> NOAA14  0635z
> NOAA12  0741z
> NOAA14  0817z
> NOAA12  0923z
>
> I have contacted the author of the CSIRO page for info, and received this
> response.
> But I'm not really sure where to go from there.
>
> -----
> The "next pass" information is based on our own calculations as to when
> our receiver can expect to start receiving NOAA AVHRR data, ie when the
> spacecraft first appears above our horizon. The information will be
slightly
> different for locations north or south of us.
>
> There is a heap of free software out on the Net which will calculate this
> Tbus information from the latest Two Line Elements (TLE) information from
> NOAA see ftp://celestrak.com/pub/elements/weather.txt
>
> We have been using some freeware called Xsat for some non-operational
> scheduling but we use much more sophisticated home-grown astronomical
> and scheduling software suites than the freeware available on the Net.
> We use a steerable dish to capture the high resolution high bandwidth
> HRPT data stream form the NOAA spacecraft. With the spacecraft moving
> over the earth at 6 klm per second we need the most accurate orbit
> prediction programs availablehave to ensure the dish is aimed ready for
> the instant the satellite rises above our horizon.
>
> Anyway I hope this information is useful to you.
>
> With all the ready-made and plans for home-made APT receivers as
> described on the Net, I'm sure you'll be able to find either a site
> with the latest Tbus or programs which will enable you to calculate
> your own from the TLE's.
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Got to agree with you there. Excellent stuff Clivi. And me being a
learner/listener it is fairly easy to read and understand. Great work!!!

Bussy

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Subject: aus-wx: clyve's forecasts


> Those following Clyve Herbert's outlooks on MSC or GWS will have seen his
> prediction of decent rain in the first week of Sept for the Otway Ranges.
He
> predicted 100 mm could be received in the Otways in the first 7 days.  In
> fact Weeaproinah (wettest farming area in Vic) recorded 105 mm.
> Congratulations Clyve - keep it coming (the forecasts as well as the
rain).
> Geelong has been on water restrictions for nearly two years and while the
> spring outlook is good (GWS predicts 75% probability of above average
rains
> for Otway catchments) our main storage is only at 38% capacity. Lindsay
> Smail, Geelong Weather Services.
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Miserable! 8C here at present (1.45pm) after 3 overnight, steady rain, only
about 5mm so far and a cold Breeze from the East.

Bussy (NE Victoria)

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The barometer here has dropped from 1012 at 7pm last night to 1000 now
(2pm).

Bussy (NE Victoria)

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Subject: aus-wx: WEATHER: Wild and woolly in SA


> The low/trough moving through eastern SA has been generating some
> interesting weather this morning. Oodnadatta AWS, mentioned in an
> earlier post, sent in a string of 40 to 45kt *10-min average* reports
> between 10.30 and 11 last night, with a report of 51kt (94.5km/h)
> *average* at 10.42pm. I don't have any gust information. Mt Lofty was
> averaging 34kt gusting 48kt at 7.30am. All times are CST.
>
> No wonder given the pressure gradient over the area. At 7.30am,
> Oodnadatta's barometer (QNH) was 1009 while Neptune Island was 988.5
> -- 20hPa over 850km. Adelaide's pressure dipped below 990 between 6.30
> and 7.30, bottoming out at 989.5 at Kent Town at 7am. Some heavy rain
> between 3 and 6am -- Kimba 10, Parawa 10, Loxton 11, Renmark 11 the
> best but lots between 4 and 10 across the southern half of the state.
> Maitland had 19 and Cape Border 20 between 9pm and 6am.
>
> How about some reports from the locals :-)
>
>
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Alright, now we know that it is precip, my next question is......

Are there any geographical reasons why there would be so much precip in the
one area around Burnie when the skies are clear (?) everywhere else in NW
Tas?

I have watched this area a few times on the radar and noticed that the rain,
although very heavy sometimes, only hangs around Burnie.  Are there
mountains in the area that could be creating  areas good for rain in that
local, or even blocking the radars view past them?

Chris

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> G'day Chris, bussy and All,
>
> It's getting rather difficult to remember a day
> without rain along the NW Coast! With all the lows
> passing lately we have had some very good cells moving
> thru. I would of liked to have taken some photo's but
> I just haven't had the time to stop and admire:-(
> There also has been some decent hail falls as well.
>
> Andrew.
>
> --- bussie <bussie at netc.net.au> wrote: > I'm wondering
> too. Has been "hanging" there for a
> > while. If it is rain etc,
> > then it must be damn wet there.
> >
> > Bussy (NE Victoria)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Daley" <jindivik at bigpond.com>
> > To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 5:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tassie Wx
> >
> >
> > > Hi Shaun,
> > >
> > > This has actually gotten me a few times, I'm not
> > sure if it is actually
> > > precip or not as it will be there for a couple of
> > days straight sometimes.
> > >
> > > Anyone in the area on the list?
> > >
> > > I would be interested to know if it is possible
> > that the radar returns
> > could
> > > be echoes caused by low clouds, terrain in the
> > area.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Shaun Whelan" <wheelsthepusser at hotmail.com>
> > > To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>;
> > <tcywhelan at hotmail.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 12:52 PM
> > > Subject: aus-wx: Tassie Wx
> > >
> > >
> > > > Did anybody get a firsthand account of the heavy
> > precip. activity in NW
> > > > Tassie today? The Wx Radar showed some heavy
> > yellow areas tending to red
> > > in
> > > > the center around Burnie/Waratah? It looked
> > interesting. I was wondering
> > > if
> > > > there was any cell activity worth reporting?
> > > >
> > > >
> >      Cheers
> > > >
> >            Shaun
> > > >
> > > > P:S Just looked at the Wx radar for NW tassie
> > and there's still some
> > heavy
> > > > precip. activity happening.
> > > >
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From: "David Findlay" <nedz at bigpond.com>
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Is that a hook echo on the Moree Broad Scale radar? Can anyone point me to
an online article on identification of such?

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Those who may be offended by profanities had better not read this email
- this email portrays personal thoughts ONLY.  However, no one will be
offended I'm sure! :)

Oops - did I mention I spent 1.5hrs in traffic jams, a boring lecture, a
surprise exam for next week, a GST headache with programs that I have to
use but don't do what they're supposed to do, a computer that crashed
with 3hrs work on it today...I'm worse then a woman with raging PMS <g>

Naturally, no offence was taken - so in this event where we can all
lighten up, and say whatever we like without offending others - I'd like
to take this opportunity to say:

Go fuck yourself :-)
(That was a joke Mark)

Happy supercells to all,

AC

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> would be no fun at all. (That was a joke Anthony).
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Hi Mark and all,

Before things start getting going - yes it was a joke, I wasn't offended
at all.  But if I can now be serious now, and point a few things out:

- I had my relatives who have competed in the olympics been called
druggos
- I have been told I shouldn't be on the list, because I talk in IRC 
- I have been called narrow minded
- I have been singled out and called boring/dull

Now, of course I'm not offended by these - but I don't see why I should
have to put up with it?  I sent the email to prove a point - you can
joke all you like, but if you're not careful you'll still offend some
people.  If you know some one, you can joke around with them - but when
you're emailing the aussie-weather list, you're emailing nearly 200(?)
people, many of whom you don't even know and can take what you say in
any context.

All I ask is that when people send their emails to the aus-wx list, that
they try and think about how the people you're referring to will respond
if you're making a slightly upsetting statement/joke.  For those who
often meet each other on a regular basis, there's little or no problem. 
For those who you don't know, things can often be taken the wrong way
and out of context if you're not careful.

I've said what I've wanted to say and will shutup now <g>

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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 02:27:17 +1000
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Hello Chris and Shaun

I believe the area you are talking about received about 35mm for the Thur
period. It is a reasonably hilly area and I have often thought it gave false
readings in close, say 30km.

Chas
Strahan Tasmania

Chris Daley wrote:

> Hi Shaun,
>
> This has actually gotten me a few times, I'm not sure if it is actually
> precip or not as it will be there for a couple of days straight sometimes.
>
> Anyone in the area on the list?
>
> I would be interested to know if it is possible that the radar returns could
> be echoes caused by low clouds, terrain in the area.
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 12:52 PM
> Subject: aus-wx: Tassie Wx
>
> > Did anybody get a firsthand account of the heavy precip. activity in NW
> > Tassie today? The Wx Radar showed some heavy yellow areas tending to red
> in
> > the center around Burnie/Waratah? It looked interesting. I was wondering
> if
> > there was any cell activity worth reporting?
> >
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> >
> > P:S Just looked at the Wx radar for NW tassie and there's still some heavy
> > precip. activity happening.
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Looking at temperatures and the latest BoM analysis chart - there seems to 
be a real mis-match.

The chart shows a NE-SW sloping cold front on the western NSW and Vic 
borders.

At 2pm in both Victoria and NSW there are some very cool temperatures along 
the inland slopes, tablelands and coast. Examples include: Wagga  9, 
Griffith 11, Bathurst 7, Cooma 5, Canberra 8, Camden 10, Nowra 13, Sydney 
15, Bendigo 7, Horsham 9, Albury 9, Hamilton 8. All these temps are ahead of 
the cold front.

Behind the cold front are Mildura 18, Renmark 17.

Over northern inland NSW there are much higher temperatures eg Bourke 29, 
Cobar 26.

Obviously the cool temps in NSW and Vic are partially the result of cloud 
and rain. They are also partly the legacy of the previous SW airmass. As the 
analysis chart is an MSL chart should there not be frontal boundaries drawn 
to separate the quite sharply different temperatures? I would suggest that a 
warm front should be drawn across NSW (in NE-SW direction) with the cold 
front (which will bring warmer surface temperatures) being more aptly shown 
as an occlusion at least in southern NSW and Victoria.

The other reason I think a warm front/occlusion should be shown is that the 
persistence of the colder surface air (even if it is fairly shallow) is also 
likely to have an impact on the trough as it moves eastward - with the 
warmer air being forced into rising over the colder air (to a greater extent 
than otherwise)thereby enhancing precipitation and possibly even prompting 
some storms - given sufficient conditional instability.

I would be interested in the views of others on the list on this topic.

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 00:20:00 -0400
From: "Leslie R. Lemon" <lrlemon at compuserve.com>
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David Findlay wrote:

> Is that a hook echo on the Moree Broad Scale radar? Can anyone point me
to
> an online article on identification of such?

I have written something on this but it is not on line......at least I
don't think it is.  I will try to find it for you.

Les


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By the way, a hook echo is a SMALL storm-scale feature.  Normally, it will
not measure much more than about 5 km across, give or take a little.  It is
part of one echo, a small appendage that is curved if the radar is scanning
it from relatively near range.  Otherwise, it will often be a small
appendage extending from a single echo.  This is called an appendage. 
Normally you will not find it on the broad scale.

> Is that a hook echo on the Moree Broad Scale radar? Can anyone point me
to
> an online article on identification of such?

Les
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From: "Damien Howes" <dhowes at flatrate.net.au>
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Hi Michael, in addition to Satscape you can try
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/jtrack3d.html  Wait a couple
of minutes for it to load, then when the little "world'' shows up drag your
cursor on it to get Australia. Then go to the menus to zoom in.  Another
site is http://www.heavens-above.com   Between the 2 sites you'll have most
visible satellites etc covered.     Damien.



----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 12:28 PM
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> Hi all,
>
> Someone a while back posted a link to a site that you can monitor in
> realtime all the satellites around the globe - can you please repost it?
It
> was a java webpage that plotted their positions.
>
> Also, does anyone have information on any website or a Win95 program that
> tracks the orbits of the NOAA Polar Orbiting weather satellites?
> On this site:
> http://www.marine.csiro.au/~lband/weather/index.html
> it has "The next pass is NOAA12 orbit 48384 on 06/09/2000 at 19:03 UTC"
> which updates after each new data is received.
>
> What I want to know is what times of the day will NOAA12 and NOAA14 pass
> into view of a receiving station in SE Australia.
>
> eg. For yesterday afternoon/evening (6th Sep) the CSIRO site in Tasmania
> received these:
> NOAA12  0602z
> NOAA14  0635z
> NOAA12  0741z
> NOAA14  0817z
> NOAA12  0923z
>
> I have contacted the author of the CSIRO page for info, and received this
> response.
> But I'm not really sure where to go from there.
>
> -----
> The "next pass" information is based on our own calculations as to when
> our receiver can expect to start receiving NOAA AVHRR data, ie when the
> spacecraft first appears above our horizon. The information will be
slightly
> different for locations north or south of us.
>
> There is a heap of free software out on the Net which will calculate this
> Tbus information from the latest Two Line Elements (TLE) information from
> NOAA see ftp://celestrak.com/pub/elements/weather.txt
>
> We have been using some freeware called Xsat for some non-operational
> scheduling but we use much more sophisticated home-grown astronomical
> and scheduling software suites than the freeware available on the Net.
> We use a steerable dish to capture the high resolution high bandwidth
> HRPT data stream form the NOAA spacecraft. With the spacecraft moving
> over the earth at 6 klm per second we need the most accurate orbit
> prediction programs availablehave to ensure the dish is aimed ready for
> the instant the satellite rises above our horizon.
>
> Anyway I hope this information is useful to you.
>
> With all the ready-made and plans for home-made APT receivers as
> described on the Net, I'm sure you'll be able to find either a site
> with the latest Tbus or programs which will enable you to calculate
> your own from the TLE's.
> -----
>
>
>
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From: "MSC - Jane ONeill" <cadence at stormchasers.au.com>
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: clyve's forecasts / WEATHER: Victoria
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:56:45 +1000
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Afternoon all,

I'd like to echo Lindsay's sentiments!  Clyve's outlooks have been *very*
accurate!!  Many thanks to Clyve, Lindsay & GWS for making them available.

CURRENT WEATHER: Melbourne - been raining steadily since about 9am : Bendigo
17mm, Horsham 14mm, Kerang 17mm, Nhill 13mm, Shepparton 11mm, Swan Hill
13mm, Melbourne 5mm (I'm going to get a rain guage for this building - we've
had more than that!!)

Pressures are amazingly low  - 991hPa here, 988.2hPa in Hamilton to the SW
of Melbourne & 987hPa in Nhill in the W.  10C in Melbourne at the moment.

Aviation Forecast for Victoria (0353UTC) reads like this (and contains the
magic word 'THUNDERSTORMS'):

TROUGH NEAR MT GAMBIER/SWAN HILL 05Z, PORTLAND/COOMA 11Z, WEBS/KING
ISLAND/CHOMP 17Z. RAIN NORTHWEST OF KING ISLAND/DELEGATE, EXTENDING TO NORTH
OF KING ISLAND/FLINDERS ISLAND BY 11Z, TENDING TO SHOWERS NW OF TROUGH.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND NW OF TROUGH. DRIZZLE DEVELOPING ABOUT
NORTHERN SLOPES OF RANGES AFTER 10Z. LOW CLOUD IN PRECIPITATION,
PARTICULARLY ABOUT WINDWARD RANGES.

Jane
---------------------------------------
Jane ONeill - Melbourne
cadence at stormchasers.au.com

Melbourne Storm Chasers
http://www.stormchasers.au.com

ASWA - Victoria
http://www.severeweather.asn.au
---------------------------------------

Those following Clyve Herbert's outlooks on MSC or GWS will have seen his
prediction of decent rain in the first week of Sept for the Otway Ranges. He
predicted 100 mm could be received in the Otways in the first 7 days.  In
fact Weeaproinah (wettest farming area in Vic) recorded 105 mm.
Congratulations Clyve - keep it coming (the forecasts as well as the rain).
Geelong has been on water restrictions for nearly two years and while the
spring outlook is good (GWS predicts 75% probability of above average rains
for Otway catchments) our main storage is only at 38% capacity. Lindsay
Smail, Geelong Weather Services.

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From: Blair Trewin <blair at earthsci.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: aus-wx: Low maximum temperatures
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With the major caveat that some of these may well warm up considerably
during the night or tomorrow morning, there have been some quite
low maximum temperature to 1500 over Victoria and southern NSW. 
Many Victorian sites have not (yet) reached double figures, which
takes some northern Victorian sites into unusual territory - Kerang's
current maximum of 10 would, if it ends up being the maximum, be
its second lowest on record for September. Canberra (9) is also 
currently looking at its coldest September day since 1985, although
I'd be surprised if 9 ends up being the maximum.

Also of note is the remarkable contrast between western and eastern
Sydney. There is nothing unusual about large temperature contrasts
in this area, but normally they're the other way around! Western
Sydney stations like Richmond, Penrith and Badgerys Creek had only
reached 11-12 by 1500, whereas the coastal sites had got to 18 or 19.

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HI all.. 

Dont forget Shuttle Atlantis going up very soon. 

This is a good site also to track the Shuttle and Space Station.. 

Dave 

Damien Howes wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael, in addition to Satscape you can try
> http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/jtrack3d.html  Wait a couple
> of minutes for it to load, then when the little "world'' shows up drag your
> cursor on it to get Australia. Then go to the menus to zoom in.  Another
> site is http://www.heavens-above.com   Between the 2 sites you'll have most
> visible satellites etc covered.     Damien.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Bath" <mbath at ozemail.com.au>
> To: <aussie-weather at world.std.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 12:28 PM
> Subject: aus-wx: NOAA Polar Orbiting Weather satellites
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Someone a while back posted a link to a site that you can monitor in
> > realtime all the satellites around the globe - can you please repost it?
> It
> > was a java webpage that plotted their positions.
> >
> > Also, does anyone have information on any website or a Win95 program that
> > tracks the orbits of the NOAA Polar Orbiting weather satellites?
> > On this site:
> > http://www.marine.csiro.au/~lband/weather/index.html
> > it has "The next pass is NOAA12 orbit 48384 on 06/09/2000 at 19:03 UTC"
> > which updates after each new data is received.
> >
> > What I want to know is what times of the day will NOAA12 and NOAA14 pass
> > into view of a receiving station in SE Australia.
> >
> > eg. For yesterday afternoon/evening (6th Sep) the CSIRO site in Tasmania
> > received these:
> > NOAA12  0602z
> > NOAA14  0635z
> > NOAA12  0741z
> > NOAA14  0817z
> > NOAA12  0923z
> >
> > I have contacted the author of the CSIRO page for info, and received this
> > response.
> > But I'm not really sure where to go from there.
> >
> > -----
> > The "next pass" information is based on our own calculations as to when
> > our receiver can expect to start receiving NOAA AVHRR data, ie when the
> > spacecraft first appears above our horizon. The information will be
> slightly
> > different for locations north or south of us.
> >
> > There is a heap of free software out on the Net which will calculate this
> > Tbus information from the latest Two Line Elements (TLE) information from
> > NOAA see ftp://celestrak.com/pub/elements/weather.txt
> >
> > We have been using some freeware called Xsat for some non-operational
> > scheduling but we use much more sophisticated home-grown astronomical
> > and scheduling software suites than the freeware available on the Net.
> > We use a steerable dish to capture the high resolution high bandwidth
> > HRPT data stream form the NOAA spacecraft. With the spacecraft moving
> > over the earth at 6 klm per second we need the most accurate orbit
> > prediction programs availablehave to ensure the dish is aimed ready for
> > the instant the satellite rises above our horizon.
> >
> > Anyway I hope this information is useful to you.
> >
> > With all the ready-made and plans for home-made APT receivers as
> > described on the Net, I'm sure you'll be able to find either a site
> > with the latest Tbus or programs which will enable you to calculate
> > your own from the TLE's.
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As Blair observed, some very unusual temperature contrasts for 4pm currently 
around:

Bathurst 15
Orange 14


Goulburn 8
Canberra 8
Bankstown 13

Normally well and truly the reverse!!!

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Well there was quite a bit of rain here in Adelaide last night and early 
this morning, although it was the more intense short bursts of rain from 
8:00am to 8:30am that boosted the total of 23mm.  No thunderstorms though 
which is typical for this year.  News of a fallen tree killing one person in 
the Adelaide Hills and a River Torrens Flood Advice was issued earlier this 
afternoon, (the first this year I think???)  Anyway not much rain today I 
wouldn't expect heaps tonight either.  Think the pattern from now on looks 
like it will be pre-frontal stuff that brings the most rain and not much in 
the way of unstable air-streams behind the fronts or lows.  I really hope it 
starts to warm up soon.  This winter hasn't been good for storms and I would 
rather see the end of it!!!  Very intense wind gust moved through just then 
would estimate it at atleast 45knots.
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From: "Michael Thompson" <michaelt at ozemail.com.au>
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Subject: aus-wx: Strangest storm in southern Illawarra
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We had  quite a few rumbles just offshore around 5.30pm today. Very strange
imbedded stuff, bases quite high, cloud appeared thin, even allowing golden
light through yet there was lightning. The lightning was orange and with the
light very thin in appearance.

Must admit this is the weakest cloud I have seen consistent lightning from.

Michael Thompson
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From: "Michael Thompson" <michaelt at ozemail.com.au>
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These pictures are really good. They certainly show the shear just above the
cloud base, almost shearing back 180'.

Michael
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> Been a while since i've typed up one of these - I have uploaded my chase
> report for August 23
>
> http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/storm-chasing/2000/23-08/index.htm
>
> This report is in a new, and hopefully much better style - similar to the
> July 10 and 28 reports from Anthony Cornelius.  Infact, all chase reports
> have been converted to this style.  I would appreciate any feedback people
> could give me on this
>
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Hi all

If anyone is interested, I have put up some pictures from August which
consisted of many days with puffy cumulus and cumulonimbus around the
place.

http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~robert/Pictures/2000/Aug/august_pictures.html

The more notable pictures are 
15th - 13:40 which shows a kick-arse Cb, 
27th - 17:00 (the fourth one in this series) which shows a lowering(?
perhaps just scud?) just to the right of centre, and
27th - 18:52, 18:54 of another lowering(????)


Cheers

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Quite an impressive line of storms between Goulburn at Bathurst moving
east at 8pm on the radar, with thunder just starting here at
Blackheath at 8.15. Some flecks of red on the broad scale image
approaching you in Wollongong, Michael!

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Blackheath: Thursday 9:45pm 

Yes, I was just about to post the same thing from here in Blackheath,
can't get into radar just now for some reason but there is nice
lightning and thunder here. I'm about to pop outside now and watch some
more :-) Rain just starting now, better get offline before the thunder
zaps me...

Lindsay Pearce.

Laurier Williams wrote:
> 
> Quite an impressive line of storms between Goulburn at Bathurst moving
> east at 8pm on the radar, with thunder just starting here at
> Blackheath at 8.15. Some flecks of red on the broad scale image
> approaching you in Wollongong, Michael!
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Subject: aus-wx: ASWA Radar (was WEATHER: Line of storms approaching Sydney/Wollongong)
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Hi Everyone,

It seems the the strikeone site (which hosts the CGI scripting for the ASWA
members section) is down, which is the reason why people are having trouble
loading up radar.  Hopefully they get their act together soon


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> Blackheath: Thursday 9:45pm
>
> Yes, I was just about to post the same thing from here in Blackheath,
> can't get into radar just now for some reason but there is nice
> lightning and thunder here. I'm about to pop outside now and watch some
> more :-) Rain just starting now, better get offline before the thunder
> zaps me...
>
> Lindsay Pearce.
>
> Laurier Williams wrote:
> >
> > Quite an impressive line of storms between Goulburn at Bathurst moving
> > east at 8pm on the radar, with thunder just starting here at
> > Blackheath at 8.15. Some flecks of red on the broad scale image
> > approaching you in Wollongong, Michael!
> >
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From: tlang at freeway.apana.org.au (Tony Langdon)
Date: 07 Sep 00 20:10:41 +1000
Subject: RE: aus-wx: clyve's forecasts / WEATHER: Victoria
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Hello MSC!

07 Sep 00 15:56, you wrote to All:

 MO> Aviation Forecast for Victoria (0353UTC) reads like this (and contains
 MO> the magic word 'THUNDERSTORMS'):

Well, there is some (but not a lot) of static on 3.5 MHz, so there's some
storms somewhere, but doesn't sound too close...

Also static lower down the bands, as expected.

Tony, VK3JED

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A tornado ripped through the town of Hokitika on the West Coast of the
South Island today at 4pm local time causing damage to buildings and a
dairy plant. Details later as they come to hand. No injuries.




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Matt Smith in Sydney just rang to share his excitement with me.  He's in
Ashfield watching and photographing 2 intensely lightning active cells heading
toward him from Penrith - Bankstown which appear to be sliding SE atm. I haven't
heard that much excitement since last summer!!!!  Difficult to hold a
conversation in amongst the shouts of "CG!! CG!!" (and Matt's the only one
there).

Enjoy Sydneyites!!...and in the middle of this Paul Yole sent me as SMS re
weather in Adelaide......

Melbourne obs currently:  991hPa, 9.4C, N wind at 3kmh, had 8.5mm
today..........

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Lindsay Pearce wrote:

> Blackheath: Thursday 9:45pm
>
> Yes, I was just about to post the same thing from here in Blackheath,
> can't get into radar just now for some reason but there is nice
> lightning and thunder here. I'm about to pop outside now and watch some
> more :-) Rain just starting now, better get offline before the thunder
> zaps me...
>
> Lindsay Pearce.
>
> Laurier Williams wrote:
> >
> > Quite an impressive line of storms between Goulburn at Bathurst moving
> > east at 8pm on the radar, with thunder just starting here at
> > Blackheath at 8.15. Some flecks of red on the broad scale image
> > approaching you in Wollongong, Michael!
> >
> > Laurier
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hi Robert,
nice cells,
http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~robert/Pictures/2000/Aug/15aug07.jpg
http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~robert/Pictures/2000/Aug/27aug08.jpg

TM


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>Subject: aus-wx: OFFTOPIC: Weather photos taken during August
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:23:39 +1100 (EST)
>
>
>Hi all
>
>If anyone is interested, I have put up some pictures from August which
>consisted of many days with puffy cumulus and cumulonimbus around the
>place.
>
>http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~robert/Pictures/2000/Aug/august_pictures.html
>
>The more notable pictures are
>15th - 13:40 which shows a kick-arse Cb,
>27th - 17:00 (the fourth one in this series) which shows a lowering(?
>perhaps just scud?) just to the right of centre, and
>27th - 18:52, 18:54 of another lowering(????)
>
>
>Cheers
>
>--
>
>Robert A. Goler
>
>E-mail robert at mail.maths.monash.edu.au
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Thanks for that. If it is as hilly as you say then its probably likely that 
the weather moving through gets slowed down/embedded by the topography.
           Cheers Shaun


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>Hello Chris and Shaun
>
>I believe the area you are talking about received about 35mm for the Thur
>period. It is a reasonably hilly area and I have often thought it gave 
>false
>readings in close, say 30km.
>
>Chas
>Strahan Tasmania
>
>Chris Daley wrote:
>
> > Hi Shaun,
> >
> > This has actually gotten me a few times, I'm not sure if it is actually
> > precip or not as it will be there for a couple of days straight 
>sometimes.
> >
> > Anyone in the area on the list?
> >
> > I would be interested to know if it is possible that the radar returns 
>could
> > be echoes caused by low clouds, terrain in the area.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shaun Whelan" <wheelsthepusser at hotmail.com>
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> > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 12:52 PM
> > Subject: aus-wx: Tassie Wx
> >
> > > Did anybody get a firsthand account of the heavy precip. activity in 
>NW
> > > Tassie today? The Wx Radar showed some heavy yellow areas tending to 
>red
> > in
> > > the center around Burnie/Waratah? It looked interesting. I was 
>wondering
> > if
> > > there was any cell activity worth reporting?
> > >
> > >                                                       Cheers
> > >                                                             Shaun
> > >
> > > P:S Just looked at the Wx radar for NW tassie and there's still some 
>heavy
> > > precip. activity happening.
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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 22:50:49 +1000
From: MSC - Jane ONeill <cadence at stormchasers.au.com>
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Subject: aus-wx: RESEARCH: Ayers Rock snowfall
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Resending this on the offchance that someone might have remembered
something.....

Does anyone have any information or photographs of the snowfall at Ayers
Rock on 11th July 1997?????

Would love to get hold of anything at all that you might have (pics,
video, eyewitness reports, satpics, loops etc etc etc) on the southern
Alice Springs region and Ayers Rock on that particular date (also Kings
Canyon)).  BTW, I think there were a couple of books published with pics
of the event in them but I can't remember titles or publishers & I think
the Australian Womens Weekly also had an article on it with photos - any
scanning or memory jogging you might like to do here would be very
greatly appreciated.

Now, I know this is asking a bit much but you never know......the
Centralian Advocate published a pic of 'snow' on a railing at Ayers Rock
taken by a lady who lives in Geelong by the name of Erica Wiener.  Does
anyone down that way know of anyone by this name? (yeah, ok, so that's a
bit of a long shot)

Many thanks for your help,

Jane
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ASWA - Victoria
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What a day to get a storm. Driving home from work at about 5pm with the 
radio on a non station (90.0) and not hearing anything, filled up with 
petrol, walked out to the car, saw a flash and thought it was the 
fluroescent lighting. Drove a bit down the road and a nice big flash and a 
static crash proved it wasn't the fluro lights. From there to home I had my 
head against the windscreen looking at some great CG and CC. One CG was 
about 3k ahead of me (towards JB).Got home and got the video camera out and 
ran out the back,CG AND CC still going off,pressed rec. and about 5-10 secs. 
later got a CG (distant, bright main leader,dim but visible branches), CC 
and a CG (BRIGHT) about 2k ahead with a possible CC joiner (don't know,had 
my head in the viewfinder) all within 2 seconds.It's on the vid and I'll try 
to get it on here soon. I would have posted earlier but my CD-Rom crashed 
yesterday and took my HDD with it(software only). So I've had to go and buy 
a new CD-Rom,install it and install Windows and all the assoc. s..t. It's 
now  11:20, I'm going to bed. Will give more details on the morrow.
       Cheers
              Shaun
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From: "John Woodbridge" <jrw at pixelcom.net>
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: New Brisbane OBS site
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:27:31 +1000
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Hey Ben.

It's great.  I notice that Cape Moreton has been gusting to 40KN or over
most of the day (and still is) - do we believe that?  Dead calm here.

John.

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From: "John Woodbridge" <jrw at pixelcom.net>
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:32:00 +1000
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Hi All,

Lightning visible on the Southern horizon from Mt. Crosby - seems to
coincide with a weakish cell over Casino a little while ago on radar.

John,

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