From: tlang at freeway.apana.org.au (Tony Langdon) Date: 18 Oct 00 22:49:05 +1000 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Bendigo Storm Organization: Fidonet: Freeway Usenet <=> FTN gateway To: aussie-weather at world.std.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hello Greg! 18 Oct 00 23:20, you wrote to All: GB> Just heard from a Bendigo mate that a spectacular light show was had GB> by all. The convective system which was the cause of this TS seems to GB> be strengthening and expanding. If all goes well a few Melbournians GB> will GB> be awakened by the sweet sound of nearby thunder. The BOM has issued a GB> garden-variety TS warning for the Melb. metro area Interesting, well, brace yourself, it's on the way! Expect it within the next hour over there, it's crossing the NW suburbs now. Not a lot of lightning here, but solid rain. You've probably been watching my relays of visual observations from a well sited radio ham, who was parked on Mt Ridley (north of Craigieburn). :-) Tony, VK3JED -- |Fidonet: Tony Langdon 3:633/284.18 |Internet: tlang at freeway.apana.org.au | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "McDonald" To: Subject: aus-wx: Wednesday 18t, Thursday 19th Vic Wx Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:57:16 +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
Hey pples,
 
I have just spent the last 5 hours reviewing and doing video captures of my footage of the above two storm days.  Apart from some absolutely spectacular lightning I also seem to have caught a cone shaped funnel on Thursday afternoon at about 4:50pm and TWO (yes 2) tornadoes.  One was on wednesday night at about 11:45pm and is lit up by lightning (to the SW of Digger Rest) and the other is Thursday afternoon at about 5:30pm which was to the S of Craigieburn - note this was a different feature all together from the above cone lowering.  My captures will be up on the net over the next week or so so you can all see and decide for yourselves.
 
Andrew McDonald.
ASWA - MSC
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:17:39 +1000 From: Don White X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie Weather Subject: aus-wx: Cold in NT Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I noticed Darwin's max to 9 am Sat morn was 25 degrees to nearest degree. A new October record Blair? Also Brunette Downs's max of 15 was 21 below normal - that's the largest departure I can recall - Teenant Creek and Camooweal (in W Queensland on -19 not far behind and the 85mm at Camooweal must be significant for October?? Don White +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: nzts.nz at pop3.caverock.net.nz X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 00:45:04 +1300 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: John Gaul Subject: aus-wx: OFF TOPIC: Coming trip to NSW Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I will be in your lovely country ( NSW) from next Wednesday so I hope that Jimmy Degura and Michael Bath of the Australian Severe Weather Association can organise some nice storms for my presence in your country. We are planning to up the Hunter Valley inland from Newcastle to attend a wedding next weekend so apart from a lovely fine day for the wedding, I want to have a lot of those thunderstorms that you seem to get so easily what we do have here in Christchurch whilst I and my wife are in New South Wales. John Gaul NZ Thunderstorm Society NZTS - more than just thunder +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:57:50 +1000 From: Jane ONeill X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie-wx Subject: aus-wx: OFFTOPIC: non-forecaster's humour Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Afternoon all, (it's Saturday just in case your mail isn't getting through for hours or days either!!) Just had to share these snippets with you from the aviation forecast for Area 50 (SE South Australia) 01:40 UTC, 21/10/2000AREA FORECAST 210230 TO 211400 AREA 50 OVERVIEW:EXCELLENT! CLOUD: FEW SC 3000/5000 COAST AND SEA SW OF PORT LINCOLN TO MOUNT GAMBIER TILL 07. SCT AC 16000/22000 SW OF PORT LINCOLN TO MOUNT GAMBIER. WEATHER:NIL Who does this guy think he's kidding? The overview is excellent with nil weather???? Thant makes absolutely no sense at all!!! Jane -------------------------------- Jane ONeill - Melbourne cadence at stormchasers.au.com Melbourne Storm Chasers http://www.stormchasers.au.com ASWA - Victoria http://www.severeweather.asn.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------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 12:12:11 +1000 From: Jane ONeill X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie-wx Subject: aus-wx: WX: & OFFTOPIC:Test Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Weather: Victoria - upper ridge traversing the state - 20.5C, ENE air here. Strengthening jet behind this ridge. Large area of cloud in NT & W Qld is tilting and is associated with a 300hPa low. Should move SE to affect southern Qld & NW NSW over the next 24 hours. If this actually makes it to the list could someone(s) email me directly to let me know please - and also what time you get it. I'm not getting any mail from the list & am trying to work out why. Sent at 1212AEDST Many thanks, Jane -------------------------------- Jane ONeill - Melbourne cadence at stormchasers.au.com Melbourne Storm Chasers http://www.stormchasers.au.com ASWA - Victoria http://www.severeweather.asn.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: jra at upnaway.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 13:48:47 +0800 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Ira Fehlberg Subject: Re: aus-wx: FUNNELS: Geelong 19/10/2000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Wow nice pics! I really enjoyed them. By the looks of it it wasnt very far from touching down, it extends a fair way down. I think they say when a funnel is about 1/3 of the distance to the ground a vorticy can occur at the surface. Anyway well done to those who got the pics. Ira Fehlberg At 21:43 20/10/00 +1000, you wrote: >Evening all, > >For your enjoyment (& to leave you breathless)...... > >Lindsay Smail (Geelong Weather Services) has collected photos (from 3 >different sources) of the funnels over Geelong yesterday. They can be >seen at >http://www.stormchasers.au.com/19_10_00g.htm > >I have also added more information to this page - it now includes 10am >MSL, CSIRO hires IR image, Eastern Australia IR image, JCU IR loop of SE >Australia >http://www.stormchasers.au.com/19_10_00.htm > >A report will be written on the events of the 19th October, 2000. Stay >tuned for lots more over the next few days & weeks. > >Many thanks to Lindsay & GWS for collecting & making these images >available to us (and with such incredible speed). > >Enjoy!! > >Jane >-------------------------------- >Jane ONeill - Melbourne >cadence at stormchasers.au.com > >Melbourne Storm Chasers >http://www.stormchasers.au.com > >ASWA - Victoria >http://www.severeweather.asn.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: "The Weather Co." To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: FUNNELS: Geelong 19/10/2000 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 07:59:48 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The best footage, I thought, was on Channel 9, I thought. The Channel 10 footage was quite distant but you could still see the funnel. - Paul G. ____________________ The Weather Company Level 2, 7 West Street North Sydney 2060 Phone: (02) 9955 7704 Fax: (02) 9955 1536 http://www.theweather.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane ONeill To: Aussie-wx Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 10:43 PM Subject: aus-wx: FUNNELS: Geelong 19/10/2000 > Evening all, > > For your enjoyment (& to leave you breathless)...... > > Lindsay Smail (Geelong Weather Services) has collected photos (from 3 > different sources) of the funnels over Geelong yesterday. They can be > seen at > http://www.stormchasers.au.com/19_10_00g.htm > > I have also added more information to this page - it now includes 10am > MSL, CSIRO hires IR image, Eastern Australia IR image, JCU IR loop of SE > Australia > http://www.stormchasers.au.com/19_10_00.htm > > A report will be written on the events of the 19th October, 2000. Stay > tuned for lots more over the next few days & weeks. > > Many thanks to Lindsay & GWS for collecting & making these images > available to us (and with such incredible speed). > > Enjoy!! > > Jane > -------------------------------- > Jane ONeill - Melbourne > cadence at stormchasers.au.com > > Melbourne Storm Chasers > http://www.stormchasers.au.com > > ASWA - Victoria > http://www.severeweather.asn.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: paulmoss at tpgi.com.au To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:20:12 +0930 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Monsoon, Where is it now? X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com HI Chris, Its quite easy to locate the monsoon trough from a number of places: - Sat pics - where there is a marked zone normally around this time of year around the equator or just north of it - the area of marked cloud/storms and activity. - Water vapour image shows quite dramatically where the trough is (last image it was around the equater or just North of it). - Darwin BOM specialised RMSC has MSL charts for the asian area and normally have it marked - got to www.bom.gov.au and select Northern Territory - scroll yo yhe bottom and you will find the link. Paul. On 20 Oct 00, at 23:16, chris.nitsopoulos at jcu.edu.au wrote: This is by all means very encouraging, I was wondering where exactly is the trough right now and how can I find out where it is? ( is there a MSL chart I can view that shows the tropical region of the world?) Cheers: Chris Nitso > "The 30-60 day ISO has had a period of around 50 days. If this > periodicity continues, the next enhanced pulse of convection will > move into RSMC area during the third week of November, with the > possible formation of the monsoon > trough in the southern hemisphere. " +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- +-+-+ -+ 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: "Duncan & Mandy" To: Subject: Subject: aus-wx: Very cool, wet in NT Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 18:53:12 +0930 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Not so wet here in Alice Springs, with 2mm in the gauge for the last 24 hours to 6pm. But bloody cold for October standards here. Only 19C, although the forecasted temp was meant to be 26C. I'm glad I wasn't in Tennant Creek though. Such low temps. are very unusual for Tennant Ck. Weather forecasting and interpreting in the Alice Springs region can be very hard sometimes. For some reason, the Bom figures come from the airport, about 10 km South of the town centre, and on the other side of a high ridge. Although this doesn't affect temp. readings, the rainfall totals can differ by huge amounts, so often not really indicating conditions in the actual township. The weather station used to be at the Post office in town, so averages and records over the years are now not particularly accurate due to the different location. Forecasts are often way out, due (I suspect) to no weather forecasting facility within 1200 kms of here. As the population is very sparse to the west and North of here, no observations are given which indicate the arrival of (eg) cooler than expected weather. Giles weather Station observations usually have no bearing on the conditions here, as it is too far South. Weather forecasts on the T.V. may indicate storms or a sunny day for Alice Springs, but this is really for a region 500 km in all directions from here - it's like forecasting the same weather for both Adelaide and Melbourne. Anyway, all this makes for a suprise when severe or unusual weather does arrive. Keep up the Adelaide reports, S.G. It's good to see someone keeps an eye on my old hometowns' conditions. Where have the other Adelaide watchers gone? Also good to hear the Reservoirs are full - this means less reliance on Murray River water for this summer at least - very good news for anyone who drinks Adelaide mains water. Cheers, Duncan (from pleeease warm up Alice Springs!) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "Dean Sgarbossa" To: Subject: aus-wx: FORECASTING: Astrometeorology Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:12:06 +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
Hello all,
    I recently found this article/questioneir on Australian born astrometeorologist Jennifer Lawson claiming she can predict severe weather, volcanic erruptians, earthquakes etc. by studying the angular positions of the Sun, Moon and planets in relation to each other and to the Earth. Although based in the US, this article may prove to be an interesting read to some of you, especially those involved in the past discussions re: astrometeorology. Hope you enjoy!
 
Cheers,
Deano