From                                           Subject
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001 "Kevin Phyland" [kjphyland at hotmail.com]        Thanks
002 "W.A. (Bill) Webb" [billwebb at tpgi.com.au]      Dead Cyclone??
003 Local_Court_Maclean at agd.nsw.gov.au             volcanic thunderstorm
004 Local_Court_Maclean at agd.nsw.gov.au             volcanic thunderstorm
005 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.com.au]           Xmas
006 Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com.  XMAS message and song for storm chasers...
007 "Jimmy Deguara" [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]        XMAS message and song for storm chasers...
008 "dpn" [dpn at bigpond.com]                        Merry Christmas
009 "Jimmy Deguara" [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]        Merry Christmas
010 "Kevin Phyland" [kjphyland at hotmail.com]        Victorian storms?
011 "dpn" [dpn at bigpond.com]                        Pos Storms near Melbourne
012 Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au]                     IRC
013 "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au]       Merry Xmas Everybody
014 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]   Thanks
015 Sam Barricklow [k5kj at pulse.net]                Thanks
016 Sam Barricklow [k5kj at pulse.net]                Thanks

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001

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From: "Kevin Phyland" [kjphyland at hotmail.com]
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Thanks
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 06:07:28 PST
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Hi Sam,

Where abouts in Texas are you?
Your best chances of internet storm chasing are definitely with the guys 
from Brisbane to Sydney. (They get the sub-tropical jetstream dancing 
all over their case for most of summer!)

Really decent road atlases of Australia can probably only be bought here 
(normally auto club jobs, as I assume would be the same in the States).

The best I've seen have been from the RACV (Royal Automobile Club of 
Victoria); the NRMA (a similar organisation in New South Wales); the 
RACQ (...in Queensland) etc.

Geez, 20 F (that's about -8 C or something isn't it?) you must be in 
north Texas?

Kevin from Wycheproof.

P.S. I LOVE your page! That Gene Moore is one lucky (read crazy) 
sumbitch!!!

>
>Thanks for the replies.
>
>I would like to purchase a road atlas for Australia, but would like one
>that is very detailed and includes most or all small towns.  Any
>suggestions?
>
>It was 60 degrees F yesterday morning at this time, but only 20 degrees
>F this morning.   This is our first freeze for the season.  Normally 
the
>first freeze occurs on or around November 17th.
>
>I hope to do a little "internet storm chasing" down under with the aid
>of a good map while waiting for spring to return to Texas.
>
>Merry Christmas to all from cold Texas.
>
>Sam Barricklow
>http://www.pulse.net/storm/radio.htm

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From: "W.A. (Bill) Webb" [billwebb at tpgi.com.au]
To: "Aussie Weather Net" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Dead Cyclone??
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:41:38 +1000
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Hi all
See Kevin P spotted that low off Cairns - at the trailing edge of a trough
which passed over Proserpine Monday night - gave us two spectacular
lightning displays in two storms, and up to 100 mm rain around the district.
  
We're watching it locally, although BoM doesn't seem to think it will
develop at this stage. However, it is moving into warmer water, has
moisture, so who knows?
  
Current predictions for a good Christmas, weather wise, in Proserpine
(ie fine and mild). Hope you all get the sort of weather you want, and
have a Merry Christmas!
  
Bill Webb
Proserpine

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Steve - what time are you coming through to Grafton? Care to meet up?? Im
still at Maclean, which today is overcast, warm & drizzley!! yuk yuk yuk.

Paul.

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Michael Bath are you getting emails at the moment while on Hols??

If so, when are you going back to Sydney?

Paul.

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From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.com.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: Xmas
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:03:20 +1100
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A Merry Christmas to you all - hope you get the weather you want!!

Amazingly Melbourne looks like it might get rather interesting in the
afternoon / evening of Christmas Day so here's hoping.  I'm trying for a
beachside vantage point to watch the change come through!

Off to Darwin early on the 27th via lunch in Canberra with the family, &
will be back in Melbourne late 3rd January.  Trying to get hold of a Snappy
so that I can get video shots up on the web (this is of course assuming that
there are some storms to video up there :))

Good luck to your family (spoken in my best *BAD* Italian accent) and have
an absolutely wonderful Xmas.

Jane

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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:00:33 +1100
From: Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com.au]
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Subject: aussie-weather: XMAS message and song for storm chasers...
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Happy XMAS to all and please have a safe new year. I'm around for the
next day or so then it's the XMAS holiday season. I'll be going to
Bluey's Beach for the new year where I'll keep a watchful eye on the
weather then back at work on 4 Jan 1999.

Here is a XMAS song I made up sung to "Deck the Halls with bouts of
holly..."

Fill the skies with cumulonimbus,
Fala lala la la la la la,
It's the season of La Nina,
Fala lala la la la la la,
All our people crave a storm chase,
Fala lala la la la la la,
Shelter in an armoured car.
Fala lala la la la la la...

I think I'd better leave now:-)

Michael Scollay       mailto:michael.scollay at telstra.com.au

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From: "Jimmy Deguara" [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: XMAS message and song for storm chasers...
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:47:35 +1100
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Is this our song for the Australian Severe Weather Association?? I quite
like it. We have people with all sorts of talents. Who vouches for Michael
singing it at our first meeting??? Yehhhhhhhhhhh

jimmy

----- Original Message -----
>Happy XMAS to all and please have a safe new year. I'm around for the
>next day or so then it's the XMAS holiday season. I'll be going to
>Bluey's Beach for the new year where I'll keep a watchful eye on the
>weather then back at work on 4 Jan 1999.
>
>Here is a XMAS song I made up sung to "Deck the Halls with bouts of
>holly..."
>
>Fill the skies with cumulonimbus,
>Fala lala la la la la la,
>It's the season of La Nina,
>Fala lala la la la la la,
>All our people crave a storm chase,
>Fala lala la la la la la,
>Shelter in an armoured car.
>Fala lala la la la la la...
>
>I think I'd better leave now:-)
>
>Michael Scollay       mailto:michael.scollay at telstra.com.au

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From: "dpn" [dpn at bigpond.com]
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Subject: aussie-weather: Merry Christmas
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:13:19 +1100
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Just want to wish everyone a great Christmas and New Year. Thanks for all
those who kept us storm starved Melbournians informed about all those big
storms in in other parts of Australia. Can you please send some this way,
our last Thunderday was October 23!!! Dane Newman.

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From: "Jimmy Deguara" [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Merry Christmas
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:31:10 +1100
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Dane, there should be some action by around Christmas Day particularly to
the NE and N of Melbourne. We will see.

>Just want to wish everyone a great Christmas and New Year. Thanks for all
>those who kept us storm starved Melbournians informed about all those big
>storms in in other parts of Australia. Can you please send some this way,
>our last Thunderday was October 23!!! Dane Newman.

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Subject: aussie-weather: Victorian storms?
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:34:13 PST
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Hi every1,
As usually happens, just after I make the statement that storms are 
unlikely in Victoria Xmas day, they update the LFTX prognoses to show 
indices of -3 to -6 for most of the state from about 11 a.m. until 11 
p.m.!
Maybe you'll get your wish, Dane. :))

Kevin from Wycheproof.



>
>Just want to wish everyone a great Christmas and New Year. Thanks for 
all
>those who kept us storm starved Melbournians informed about all those 
big
>storms in in other parts of Australia. Can you please send some this 
way,
>our last Thunderday was October 23!!! Dane Newman.

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From: "dpn" [dpn at bigpond.com]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Pos Storms near Melbourne
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 17:00:55 +1100
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Thanks for that advice Jimmy. There does seem to be some chance of breaking
our storm drought here in the next day or so. Isolated Storms are currently
over the eastern ranges of Victoria. These should develop again tomorrow
and could develop over the hill country to the N and NE of Melbourne.
Christmas will see a change develop and there is a possibilty of a storm
with the change. Dane    

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Remember, the weekly IRC weather meeting is on tonight at 9pm EDT (8pm EST
in Queensland).

You can download mirc at http://www.mirc.co.uk/ use one of the undernet
servers and type /join #weather or you can chat via the web at
http://www.iinet.net.au/~jacob/chat.html

Jacob

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From: "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aussie-weather: Merry Xmas Everybody
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:29:17 +1100
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I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Heres
hoping for the stormiest year ever with plenty of supercells to chase.
  
Matthew Piper 

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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Thanks
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 17:00:19 +1100
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Hi Sam

I have a spare one, it is not the Rand McNally size, but a smaller one, but
quite detailed, send me your address and I will forward it ASAP.

It does have all the roads, but may not give a good feel for the topography,
which is much, much different.

A lot of the area that the east coast aussies chase in is quite hilly and
even mountainous, also much of the countryside, especially on the coast is
fully forested.

Michael


-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for the replies.
>
>I would like to purchase a road atlas for Australia, but would like one
>that is very detailed and includes most or all small towns.  Any
>suggestions?
>
>It was 60 degrees F yesterday morning at this time, but only 20 degrees
>F this morning.   This is our first freeze for the season.  Normally the
>first freeze occurs on or around November 17th.
>
>I hope to do a little "internet storm chasing" down under with the aid
>of a good map while waiting for spring to return to Texas.
>
>Merry Christmas to all from cold Texas.
>
>Sam Barricklow

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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 05:46:36 -0600
From: Sam Barricklow [k5kj at pulse.net]
Organization: SKYWARN
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Kevin,

Thanks for the reply and information.

On Gene Moore, he is probably THE most successful chaser in the US!  I call
him the "Phantom" because for decades now, other chasers have reported
multiple "Gene sightings" after most major events .   Gene has a habit of
moving quickly from storm to storm to see several tornadoes in one day where
most chasers might see one or two (if they are lucky) during the same time
period.   He is a relentless and tireless chaser.  I believe that during his
chase "career"  Gene has probably bagged more tornadoes than any other
chaser.

He and David Hoadley (David lives in Virginia) drive the longest non-stop
distances of any chasers that I know.   One day Gene might be reported to
have been seen in Texas and the next day in Iowa and the next in Colorado!
David will drive from Virginia to Texas, Oklahoma or Kansas non-stop for a
weekend chase (he often leaves home on Fridays for a three day weekend) and
then back to Virginia by Monday in time to return to work!   Unbelievable.
They must both live on caffeine.

I'm located in Garland, Texas, which is a suburb of Dallas (actually one
can't tell where Dallas ends and Garland starts).  See
http://www.pulse.net/storm/k5kj.htm for a map.

This morning there is freezing rain, sleet and snow across Texas and the
southern US. A band of freezing precip runs from Texas, through Arkansas,
Louisiana and Mississippi into Tennessee and Alabama.  Much of this precip is
falling as freezing rain which makes for some extremely dangerous driving
conditions.  Take a look at:

http://www.intellicast.com/weather/usa/radar/

All of this nasty winter weather is courtesy of the sub-tropical jet combined
with a mid-lattitude upper level low approaching from the west and a large
dome of  Arctic air at the surface.

Thanks for the info on road maps.  I'll search the internet for a site where
I can purchase a copy.

Sam Barricklow


Kevin Phyland wrote:

> Hi Sam,
>
> Where abouts in Texas are you?
> Your best chances of internet storm chasing are definitely with the guys
> from Brisbane to Sydney. (They get the sub-tropical jetstream dancing
> all over their case for most of summer!)
>
> Really decent road atlases of Australia can probably only be bought here
> (normally auto club jobs, as I assume would be the same in the States).
>
> The best I've seen have been from the RACV (Royal Automobile Club of
> Victoria); the NRMA (a similar organisation in New South Wales); the
> RACQ (...in Queensland) etc.
>
> Geez, 20 F (that's about -8 C or something isn't it?) you must be in
> north Texas?
>
> Kevin from Wycheproof.
>
> P.S. I LOVE your page! That Gene Moore is one lucky (read crazy)
> sumbitch!!!

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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 06:09:56 -0600
From: Sam Barricklow [k5kj at pulse.net]
Organization: SKYWARN
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Thanks Michael,

My address is:

4202 Ashville Drive
Garland, TX  75041

Be sure to include your return address.

Merry Christmas!

Sam Barricklow

Michael Thompson wrote:

> Hi Sam
>
> I have a spare one, it is not the Rand McNally size, but a smaller one, but
> quite detailed, send me your address and I will forward it ASAP.
>
> It does have all the roads, but may not give a good feel for the topography,
> which is much, much different.
>
> A lot of the area that the east coast aussies chase in is quite hilly and
> even mountainous, also much of the countryside, especially on the coast is
> fully forested.
>
> Michael