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Australian Weather Mailing List Archives: Sunday, 21 March 1999

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001 "bernette hudson" [bernette at primus.com.au]     Tornado report??
002 DavidC at thevortex.com                           Tornado report??
003 John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net]             Holy Crap Batman!!!!!!
004 Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au]                     Cyclone Vance now a Cat 5
005 "Paul Graham" [v_notch at hotmail.com]            Interesting Satellite...
006 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Tornado report??
007 "Karen Gorrie" [kazg at theoffice.net]            Glossodia obs Sunday
008 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Storm News
009 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Earth Tremor - Syd
010 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Earth Tremor - Syd
011 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Re: aussie-weather: January 1999 likely to be hottest on rec
012 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Orange Rainfall.
013 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Re Earthquakes/Climate change
014 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Re: How high?
015 "Paul Graham" [v_notch at hotmail.com]            Interesting Satellite...
016 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Glossodia obs Sunday
017 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Glossodia obs Sunday
018 "Nandina Morris" [nandina at alphalink.com.au]    Re: aussie-weather: January 1999 likely to be hottest on rec
019 "Nandina Morris" [nandina at alphalink.com.au]    Glossodia obs Sunday
020 steve baynham [bayns at nor.com.au]               Interesting Satellite...
021 "Karen Gorrie" [kazg at theoffice.net]            Glossodia obs Sunday
022 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     Re: aussie-weather: January 1999 likely to be hottest on 
023 "Joanne Walker" [jmwalker at hotmail.com]         Glossodia obs Sunday
024 "Joanne Walker" [jmwalker at hotmail.com]         (no subject)
025 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Orange Weather
026 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Orange Weather
027 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            BoM road warning for Canberra
028 "Karen Gorrie" [kazg at theoffice.net]            Glossodia obs Sunday
029 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Re Earthquakes/Climate change
030 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Orange Rainfall.
031 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Orange Weather
032 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Glossodia obs Sunday
033 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Orange Weather
034 "Nandina Morris" [nandina at alphalink.com.au]    BoM road warning for Canberra
035 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     TC Vance
036 "Nandina Morris" [nandina at alphalink.com.au]    Glossodia obs Sunday
037 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au]           Glossodia obs Sunday
038 "truffles at xenon.net" [truffles at xenon.net]      ICQ
039 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     BoM road warning for Canberra
040 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]   Orange Weather
041 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]   BoM road warning for Canberra
042 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Cloud mass
043 "Karen Gorrie" [kazg at theoffice.net]            Glossodia obs Sunday
044 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Re climate change on poles.
045 Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au]       Cloud mass
046 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Orange Weather
047 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Cloud mass
048 "Patrick Tobin" [pdtobin at hotmail.com]          BoM road warning for Canberra
049 "bernette hudson" [bernette at primus.com.au]     Tropical cyclone Vance
050 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Tropical cyclone Vance
051 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au]           Tropical cyclone Vance
052 Susan Puddifer [susanpud at sydney.healey.com.au  Glossodia obs Sunday
053 Susan Puddifer [susanpud at sydney.healey.com.au  Re: aussie-weather: January 1999 likely to be hottest on rec
054 "Chris Gribben" [chrisgribben at hotmail.com]     JCU latest
055 "Chris Gribben" [chrisgribben at hotmail.com]     JCU latest
056 "bernette hudson" [bernette at primus.com.au]     an experience
057 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]     Re: Brisbane Tomorrow
058 Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au]         Earth Tremor - Syd
059 Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au]         Glossodia obs Sunday
060 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Orange Weather
061 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Another view of earth.
062 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Ooooopps
063 "RODNEY AIKMAN" [raikman at hotmail.com]          Re: Dust devils
064 "RODNEY AIKMAN" [raikman at hotmail.com]          Bendigo weather
065 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Sea Temps
066 Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au]       Cloud mass
067 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            More links.
068 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Cloud mass
069 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]            Orange Weather

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001

From: "bernette hudson" [bernette at primus.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tornado report??
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:12:29 +1100
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Jimmy it's Kelly
I don't know your cousins
Have you heard anything on TC Vance
-----Original Message-----
>It was discussed but do you know more about it from contacts or something.
>If so, pile on the information
>
>I notice your from Melton. My cousins live there.... You might just know
>them. Schembri Family
>
>Ps I am glad you joined the list. Enjoy it.

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002

From: DavidC at thevortex.com
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Subject: RE: Re: aus-wx: Tornado report??
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 08:04:50 -0600
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I had an aunt from Grafton pass on the 
photo taken on the 30th as well. Like you 
indicated on the ASW mini-report Michael I 
also think its a pretty suss tornado. Looks 
more like a nice low guster on the leading 
edge but not a tornado. Still I guess that 
day had tornadoes written all over it so it 
will be interesting to see what the BoM 
investigations uncover.


David
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>There are some original photos on our site of the Grafton event:
>http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/storm_news/issue15/docs/iss15-0
>4.htm
>
>regards, Michael

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003

From: John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net]
To: "'aussie-weather at world.std.com'" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Holy Crap Batman!!!!!!
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 00:48:53 +1000
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Half your luck...

All I got at Mt. Crosby was some distant rumbles and a paltry 10mm of drizzle...  not enough to any damage to the bat poo.

-----Original Message-----

And boy is it raining hard - Im not very experienced in rainfall 
estimation but I was standing outside my car with an umbrella nad the 
few short moents from getting into the car and bringing my umbrella in 
got me sopping wet.  Even better I saw a lovely CG right in front of me 
while driving - turned the radio down to hear the thuinder and there was 
a few second gap so it wasnt so close.  I tell you what though its was a 
really nice surprise!!

Hoping the rain will clean the bat poo from myu car!!

Rumble rumble rumble 

JO from Brissie

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From: Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au]
Subject: aus-wx: Cyclone Vance now a Cat 5
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TOP PRIORITY
FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Radio stations please sound the emergency warning signal before
broadcasting the following message.

TROPICAL CYCLONE VANCE ADVICE NUMBER 17
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH
ISSUED AT 1.00 AM ON SUNDAY 21/03/1999.
=====
A WARNING for a SEVERE CATEGORY 5 CYCLONE is now current for coastal
areas between Whim Creek and Exmouth, which includes the communities
of Roebourne, Wickham, Karratha, Dampier, Onslow and Exmouth.

A CYCLONE WATCH extends south to Denham.

At 12 midnight SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE VANCE was estimated to be
 430 kilometres north of Karratha and
 545 kilometres northnortheast of Onslow and
 moving southwest at 14 kilometres per hour towards the Pilbara
 coast.

Gales with gusts to 100 kilometres per hour and increasing are
expected on the coast between Whim Creek and Exmouth on Sunday night
and into Monday morning as the cyclone moves closer to the coast.

Details of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE VANCE at 12 midnight.

     Location of centre    within 30 kilometres of
                           Latitude 16.9 South Longitude 116.5 East
     Recent  movement      southwest at 14 kilometres per hour
     Central pressure      920 hectopascals
     Maximum wind gusts    280 kilometres per hour near the centre
     Severity category     5
=====
The next warning will be issued at 4 am in the morning.

This advice is available on the WA Tropical Cyclone Warning Service
Phone 1300 659 210.

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From: "Paul Graham" [v_notch at hotmail.com]
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Subject: aus-wx: Interesting Satellite...
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:44:15 PST
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I know this isn't exactly weather related but I thought it may be of 
interest to people on this list.
At 5:20 this morning I watched a satellite steadily pass from the west 
to the east across the sky.  The interesting thing was that it was 
alternating in colour from orange to green with a frequency of about 1 
second - something I haven't seen before.  Has anyone seen this 
satellite before and do they know why it might be alternating in colour?  
My theory is that it is spinning and as it spins one end of the 
satellite reflects green while the other reflects orange/red wavelengths 
of sunlight.
- Paul G.
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 07:19:35 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tornado report??
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Sorry, Kelly, I read the e-mail name.

At 19:12 20/03/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Jimmy it's Kelly
>I don't know your cousins
>Have you heard anything on TC Vance

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007

From: "Karen Gorrie" [kazg at theoffice.net]
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Subject: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 08:13:27 +1100
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Looks like I'm first up...
23 deg  no sign of the sun as it's hidden by the fog
It rained here quite heavily most of the night.

Jason - Take care! 

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:42:07 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Hey guys,

I just found out my brother in law (he's a Doctor of Physics, into
oceanography etc) wrote a paper on thunderstorms some time ago.

I must get it from him, if he is willing to share it with us.

Lindsay

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:30:21 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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G'day Terry,

Yes, interesting thoughts there. In my text book there is a whole
chapter on climate change, about 40 pages, and one of the paragraph
headings is
"Climate Change, Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building."  The pages on
"Theory of Plate Tectonics" is most intruiging. Wish I had a scanner.
:-(

Lindsay



Terry Bishop wrote:
> 
> Hi Lindsay,
> 
>         One of the things I am researching for my book is the effect of man made
> dams on the plates. There seems to be many more minor movements/tremors in
> areas of large dams than there was before the dam. Whether this is due to
> the weight in one area or water running through the plates lubricating them
> or both is still open to speculation. I read an article that the increase in
> the temperature of Earths plate due to global climate change is causing the
> plates to expand causing more movement than normal. I will see if I can dig
> it up.
> 
>  Terry.
> 
> mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:19:13 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Yes, it is an amazing world,Keith. I was reading about geology and
climate in a text book of mine, Meteorology Today, still the best book I
have ever seen for intermediate to advanced weather info.

Lindsay

Keith Barnett wrote:
> 
> I seem to recall reading something in the Royal Met Society's monthly 'Weather'
> magazine about geomorphology or geology affecting climate as well..we do live in
> an amazing and complex world...

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:28:19 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Here's a coupla simple Dust Devil/possible Tornado stories for you.

The first one, definately a Dust Devil/Willy Willy was as I drove across
the Hay Plains years ago on my way to a new job for the local paper in
Mildura.

I could see this little wirl of dust building over a paddock as I
approached in my trusty "P" plated HR Holden. Geez, those 186 red motors
were good!

It didn't look in any way dangerous, this little puff of swirling wind
at all. Anyway, as I got closer the little puff became a bigger puff and
by the time I got to it, I was puffing. I can't recall how big exactly
but it looked like a tornado. It was dark red, full of dust and maybe
fifty feet across and much higher than that. As I aproached, it hit the
car real hard, I had panicked and decided to floor it (as most teenagers
would do ) hoping to get past it but i didn't make it. My car turned
into a hovercraft! I got pushed into a roadside rut and skidded to a
halt, eventually. It wasn't that dangerous as the Hay Plains are
basically flat and I just skidded along aimlesly but boy was I scared! I
was doing about 70 miles an hour when I hit it and the car came close to
rolling. It was as if the thing saw me coming and then darted right into
my path, at least that's how it felt at the time. I would be guessing at
the wind speed of this thing but it must of been at least 30-40 miles an
hour, maybe even quite a bit faster, dunno.

The other story involves what might have been a small tornado that I
encountered near St Albans in 1993, 15k's from Wisemans Ferry, with a
cloud base hovering over a high hill and then a strong spinning wind,
say about 70-100 k's an hour. My partner and I saw this very light grey
funnel spinning under a cloud just after we had stopped to pat some
horses on the road side. It looked really fascinating but not very
powerful , just pretty. Suddenly, it became much stronger and violently
tossed the trees about on top of this hill (Hill was about 500 feet high
or more) and then came across the paddock straight for us. I can
remember feeling really excited at first as this spinning thing came
right for us from less than a kilometre away. I still didn't think it
was that frightening but then as it got closer, the horses bolted, one
tried to jump the fence, and we got sand blasted (we were parked on a
gravel road) and tossed against the car. we tried to get into the car
but couldn't open thje doors. Seconds later, it had crossed the road,
hit the sand bank on a nearby river tossing up losts of water and sand
and then slowly disapeared into itself. My partner was crying and I was
pretty shook up. It was so sudden and violent. From my basic/novice type
description, does anyone think this was a small tornado? WE got small
cuts to our faces and bodies and the car got pretty scratched up. I've
never seen anything like this before or since and it felt very powerful
even though it was obviously a tiny wirl compared to american versions.


Lindsay
PS: It's really funny,as I haven't thought about this event for ages
until I was reaing some of the tornado sighting on aussie weather.

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:54:44 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Interesting rain observations Terry.

A rain story:

Our street in Blackheath wends its way down to the bottom of a hill that
turns into a valley (about two hundred metres from our house) and this
valley in turn becomes one of the feeding streams for Govetts Leap Falls
(about a kilometre or so from our house). When we get the moist
easterlies (which is pretty often)coming through the Grose Valley from
the coast, they end up flying up this valley and bring lots of mist (as
the warmer moist air meets the cooler mountain air it condenses, i
guess), often very heavy mists at that, and light rain. It's so
fascinating watching this happen. The valley at the bottom of our street
seems to act as a channel, and we often get the mist first around here.
Conversely, when the snow comes from the west/s.west, it often funnels
down this valley and dissipates/disappears or at least lessens.

We have many misty days compared to most of Oz, i would say. Often in
our heavy mists, you cannot see 20 feet in front of you, sometimes
barely a few feet.


Lindsay


Terry Bishop wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>         I have set up a network of rain gauges in various areas of Orange. I hope
> to see if there is a pattern to any particular area and their particular
> local environment. Areas covered include  industrial, high density housing,
> low density housing, parkland including Orange Botanical Gardens on the
> North edge of Orange and country sites.
> 
> Until I win lotto my own site will be Central Orange then it will be the
> country.
> 
> Readings taken from the one storm on Thursday afternoon.
> 
> Central Orange 20.2, North Central 15, North  6, North Country 2, South
> Orange 27
> 
> Shows that the rain on the Southern side.
> 
>  Terry.
> 
> mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:40:08 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Thanks Terry,

I liked it :-). On the subject of climate change, do you or any other
folk have info/data on how this apparent warming will affect the
Australian snow fields? Ie: projection graphs, experimental or otherwise
on possible impact on our snowfalls.

Taa,


Lindsay

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:20:27 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Not at all too long Michael :-)

Very interesting stuff, taa.


Lindsay

Michael Thompson wrote:
> 
> It starts at Stanwell Park in the north with absolutely no coastal plain, in
> fact the mountain at Coalcliff is slowly sliding into the sea. It is about
> 300m at this stage, it gradually rises and a small coastal plain appears,
> widening slowly down to Wollongong. At Wollongong the escarpment is 500m at
> higher points and the plain approx 3-5 kms wide. It then swings more SW at a
> steady altitude of approx 500m, with the coastal plain widening at Lake
> Illawarra to perhaps 10km. At Macquarie Pass the furthermost west the
> escarpment reaches there is a geological change, the Hawkesbury Sandstone is
> capped by Basalt ( like Mt Tomah ) here the higher points go 800m, but
> average is 700m. It can snow here, and at 10kms in a direct line from the
> ocean is probably the closest snow occasional falls to the ocean in NSW ( Mt
> Dromedary could be the only other contender ). Rainfall at Robertson is
> 1600mm. The escarpment then swings abruptly SE, heading for the sea with
> 500-600m height. At Barren Grounds behind Jamberoo the rainfall is 1900mm,
> this is because the escarpment faces NE , but it is a narrow ridge with
> Kangaroo Valley behind, thus S winds are lifted as well.
> 
> Hope I did not go overboard.
> 
> Michael

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:24:04 PST
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As an aside, low earth orbiting satellites will have a pole to pole 
orbit so the west->east direction may not have been accurate.
Polar orbiters will also tend to pass over at the same time each day, so 
perhaps someone can watch the sky at about 5:15 tomorrow morning... 
Also, to be technically correct, the period was about 1 to 2 seconds and 
so the frequency about 1Hz to 0.5Hz...


>From: "Paul Graham" 
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>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Subject: aus-wx: Interesting Satellite...
>Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:44:15 PST
>
>I know this isn't exactly weather related but I thought it may be of 
>interest to people on this list.
>At 5:20 this morning I watched a satellite steadily pass from the west 
>to the east across the sky.  The interesting thing was that it was 
>alternating in colour from orange to green with a frequency of about 1 
>second - something I haven't seen before.  Has anyone seen this 
>satellite before and do they know why it might be alternating in 
colour?  
>My theory is that it is spinning and as it spins one end of the 
>satellite reflects green while the other reflects orange/red 
wavelengths 
>of sunlight.
>- Paul G.

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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
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Karen, I have been on for two hours!!!

Jimmy Deguara

At 08:13 21/03/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Looks like I'm first up...
>23 deg  no sign of the sun as it's hidden by the fog
>It rained here quite heavily most of the night.
>
>Jason - Take care! 

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Karen, are you on ICQ as this will give you an indication who is available
for a chat or message transfer during the morning.

Jimmy Deguara

At 08:13 21/03/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Looks like I'm first up...
>23 deg  no sign of the sun as it's hidden by the fog
>It rained here quite heavily most of the night.
>
>Jason - Take care! 

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From: "Nandina Morris" [nandina at alphalink.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Re: aussie-weather: January 1999 likely to be hottest on record for
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 99 08:56:53 PST
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Lindsay - don't you know you shouldn't pat strange horses!

Cheers,

Nandina
nandina at alphalink.com.au

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> Here's a coupla simple Dust Devil/possible Tornado stories for you.
>
> The first one, definately a Dust Devil/Willy Willy was as I drove across
> the Hay Plains years ago on my way to a new job for the local paper in
> Mildura.
>
> I could see this little wirl of dust building over a paddock as I
> approached in my trusty "P" plated HR Holden. Geez, those 186 red motors
> were good!
>
> It didn't look in any way dangerous, this little puff of swirling wind
> at all. Anyway, as I got closer the little puff became a bigger puff and
> by the time I got to it, I was puffing. I can't recall how big exactly
> but it looked like a tornado. It was dark red, full of dust and maybe
> fifty feet across and much higher than that. As I aproached, it hit the
> car real hard, I had panicked and decided to floor it (as most teenagers
> would do ) hoping to get past it but i didn't make it. My car turned
> into a hovercraft! I got pushed into a roadside rut and skidded to a
> halt, eventually. It wasn't that dangerous as the Hay Plains are
> basically flat and I just skidded along aimlesly but boy was I scared! I
> was doing about 70 miles an hour when I hit it and the car came close to
> rolling. It was as if the thing saw me coming and then darted right into
> my path, at least that's how it felt at the time. I would be guessing at
> the wind speed of this thing but it must of been at least 30-40 miles an
> hour, maybe even quite a bit faster, dunno.
>
> The other story involves what might have been a small tornado that I
> encountered near St Albans in 1993, 15k's from Wisemans Ferry, with a
> cloud base hovering over a high hill and then a strong spinning wind,
> say about 70-100 k's an hour. My partner and I saw this very light grey
> funnel spinning under a cloud just after we had stopped to pat some
> horses on the road side. It looked really fascinating but not very
> powerful , just pretty. Suddenly, it became much stronger and violently
> tossed the trees about on top of this hill (Hill was about 500 feet high
> or more) and then came across the paddock straight for us. I can
> remember feeling really excited at first as this spinning thing came
> right for us from less than a kilometre away. I still didn't think it
> was that frightening but then as it got closer, the horses bolted, one
> tried to jump the fence, and we got sand blasted (we were parked on a
> gravel road) and tossed against the car. we tried to get into the car
> but couldn't open thje doors. Seconds later, it had crossed the road,
> hit the sand bank on a nearby river tossing up losts of water and sand
> and then slowly disapeared into itself. My partner was crying and I was
> pretty shook up. It was so sudden and violent. From my basic/novice type
> description, does anyone think this was a small tornado? WE got small
> cuts to our faces and bodies and the car got pretty scratched up. I've
> never seen anything like this before or since and it felt very powerful
> even though it was obviously a tiny wirl compared to american versions.
>
>
> Lindsay
> PS: It's really funny,as I haven't thought about this event for ages
> until I was reaing some of the tornado sighting on aussie weather.

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To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
From: "Nandina Morris" [nandina at alphalink.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 99 09:16:42 PST
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Karen and Jimmy
I'm usually always on by 6 am - 10 minutes early this morning.

Cheers,

Nandina
nandina at alphalink.com.au

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> Karen, I have been on for two hours!!!
>
> Jimmy Deguara

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hey paul,
where abouts are you??? was the brightness of the satellite about teh same
as surrounding stars or brighter? sounds pretty cool. maybe it was the
reflection of the sun giving the red/orange becos the sun wasn't far from
rising and the green could be from the earth, i dunno!
steve from gold coast

At 10:44 AM 3/20/99 PST, you wrote:
>I know this isn't exactly weather related but I thought it may be of 
>interest to people on this list.
>At 5:20 this morning I watched a satellite steadily pass from the west 
>to the east across the sky.  The interesting thing was that it was 
>alternating in colour from orange to green with a frequency of about 1 
>second - something I haven't seen before.  Has anyone seen this 
>satellite before and do they know why it might be alternating in colour?  
>My theory is that it is spinning and as it spins one end of the 
>satellite reflects green while the other reflects orange/red wavelengths 
>of sunlight.
>- Paul G.
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From: "Karen Gorrie" [kazg at theoffice.net]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:04:12 +1100
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Current obs
23.5
Extreme sunshine ...
bit of whispy cloud about,  and the fog is burning off nicely.

-----Original Message-----
>v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
>
>Karen, are you on ICQ as this will give you an indication who is available
>for a chat or message transfer during the morning.
>
>Jimmy Deguara

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 08:59:32 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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 record for
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Hi Lindsay, what were the conditions at the time?  As in, was there Cb
overhead?  Or just TCU/Congestus?  If there was Cb overhead (active
thunderstorm) then from the details you just told me, I'd say a tornado,
if it was TCU/Congestus, I'd say a landspout.  Exactly how did the trees
get tossed around?  Do you mean, completely uproot them and throw them? 
Or just swaying violently in the wind?  Did your ears pop at any time
during this event?

Anthony


> The other story involves what might have been a small tornado that I
> encountered near St Albans in 1993, 15k's from Wisemans Ferry, with a
> cloud base hovering over a high hill and then a strong spinning wind,
> say about 70-100 k's an hour. My partner and I saw this very light grey
> funnel spinning under a cloud just after we had stopped to pat some
> horses on the road side. It looked really fascinating but not very
> powerful , just pretty. Suddenly, it became much stronger and violently
> tossed the trees about on top of this hill (Hill was about 500 feet high
> or more) and then came across the paddock straight for us. I can
> remember feeling really excited at first as this spinning thing came
> right for us from less than a kilometre away. I still didn't think it
> was that frightening but then as it got closer, the horses bolted, one
> tried to jump the fence, and we got sand blasted (we were parked on a
> gravel road) and tossed against the car. we tried to get into the car
> but couldn't open thje doors. Seconds later, it had crossed the road,
> hit the sand bank on a nearby river tossing up losts of water and sand
> and then slowly disapeared into itself. My partner was crying and I was
> pretty shook up. It was so sudden and violent. From my basic/novice type
> description, does anyone think this was a small tornado? WE got small
> cuts to our faces and bodies and the car got pretty scratched up. I've
> never seen anything like this before or since and it felt very powerful
> even though it was obviously a tiny wirl compared to american versions.
> 
> Lindsay
> PS: It's really funny,as I haven't thought about this event for ages
> until I was reaing some of the tornado sighting on aussie weather.

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From: "Joanne Walker" [jmwalker at hotmail.com]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:21:26 PST
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Im up too
a little bit seedy 
but im hungry for McDs for brekky

mmmmm hotcakes

lets see if I still hve bat poo on my car

JO from Brissie


>From: "Nandina Morris" 
>Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Subject: Re: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
>Date: Sun, 21 Mar 99 09:16:42 PST
>
>Karen and Jimmy
>I'm usually always on by 6 am - 10 minutes early this morning.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Nandina
>nandina at alphalink.com.au

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OOOh look at the outlook for Brissie
The predictions should be pretty accurate 
shouldnt they?
Anthony I need your wealth of knowledge...
Anyone will do but can you tell me where you looked 
and what are the signs to look for 
TAH

JO
still having hunger pangs for hotcakes


BRISBANE METROPOLITAN AREA
Some early drizzle clearing to a mostly fine day.  Just a shower or two 
likley,
this afternoon. Light to moderate N/NE winds. 
Brisbane Airport Maximum ...  28 
UV INDEX - 10 [Extreme]   
Outlook for Monday     ... Chance late T'storm.   MAX  29 
            Tuesday    ... A shower or two.   MAX  27 
            Wednesday  ... A shower or two.   MAX  27 
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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Orange Weather
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:36:27 +1000
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Hi All,

	Did anybody hear Sunday all Over this morning. Macca mentioned a lake that
had two lightning strikes to the water (CG's or CW's??). Stacks of dead fish
were found after the strikes. I can't remember the name of the lake but have
requested the name of the lake and further details on the story.

Rainfall so far: Thurs. 20mm, Fri. 5mm, Sat. 18mm, Total 43mm in three days.

	No rainfall last night. Scatter CU about 50%. Just heard the forecast on
ABC radio. Most places were forecast as having rain tonight.


 At 10.30, 18C, 85%, 1014, NNW 5 Knots.

 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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Are they serious cu Terry? Will they develop further? I would amagine
though that the cloud band is coming across.

Jimmy

At 10:36 21/03/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>	Did anybody hear Sunday all Over this morning. Macca mentioned a lake that
>had two lightning strikes to the water (CG's or CW's??). Stacks of dead fish
>were found after the strikes. I can't remember the name of the lake but have
>requested the name of the lake and further details on the story.
>
>Rainfall so far: Thurs. 20mm, Fri. 5mm, Sat. 18mm, Total 43mm in three days.
>
>	No rainfall last night. Scatter CU about 50%. Just heard the forecast on
>ABC radio. Most places were forecast as having rain tonight.
>
>
> At 10.30, 18C, 85%, 1014, NNW 5 Knots.
>
> Terry.
>
>mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: BoM road warning for Canberra
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:41:09 +1000
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Hi All,

	I wonder why the BoM gives a road warning due to fog and/or rain for
Canberra only??
 Hmmmmmm, no I'd better not say my thoughts.

 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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From: "Karen Gorrie" [kazg at theoffice.net]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:53:06 +1100
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Wonder when McD's are going to open an outlet in Glossodia ?  
temp is now  24.5 and warming up nicely

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>
>Im up too
>a little bit seedy
>but im hungry for McDs for brekky
>
>mmmmm hotcakes
>
>lets see if I still hve bat poo on my car
>
>JO from Brissie

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Re Earthquakes/Climate change
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:48:44 +1000
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Hi Lindsay,
		No facts or figures about effects of green house on snowfields at present.
If anybody has any info. or sites would appreciate copy of same.



 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com
> [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com]On Behalf Of Lindsay
> Sent: Sunday, 21 March 1999 8:40
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Subject:
>
>
> Thanks Terry,
>
> I liked it :-). On the subject of climate change, do you or any other
> folk have info/data on how this apparent warming will affect the
> Australian snow fields? Ie: projection graphs, experimental or otherwise
> on possible impact on our snowfalls.
>
> Taa,
>
>
> Lindsay

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Orange Rainfall.
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:55:19 +1000
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Hi Lindsay,

		I used to be a train driver before Orange depot were made redundant.
Working the night mail to Sydney one had to remember where Blackheath
platform was cause you couldn't see it!!!

 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au


                                ----Snip----

> We have many misty days compared to most of Oz, i would say. Often in
> our heavy mists, you cannot see 20 feet in front of you, sometimes
> barely a few feet.
>
>
> Lindsay

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Orange Weather
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 11:03:33 +1000
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Hi Jimmy,

	Nothing serious at present. At 11.00am it as thinned to about 30% coverage.
A lot of Cirro CU above the mid level. Interesting cloud band coming from
the West. Hopefully it might lead to some DECENT action.



 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com
> [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com]On Behalf Of Jimmy Deguara
> Sent: Sunday, 21 March 1999 9:38
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Subject:
>
>
> Are they serious cu Terry? Will they develop further? I would imagine
> though that the cloud band is coming across.
>
> Jimmy

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 11:06:37 +1000
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 YUUKKK, a Mc D's. Give me a hamburger with the lot any time.

 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com
> [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com]On Behalf Of Karen Gorrie
> Sent: Sunday, 21 March 1999 9:53
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Subject: 
> 
> 
> Wonder when McD's are going to open an outlet in Glossodia ?  
> temp is now  24.5 and warming up nicely

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You would be seeing the beginnings of a cloud mass. I hope that stays away
for a while and lets some action build up. Is it humid or dry??

Jimmy Dgeuara

At 11:03 21/03/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi Jimmy,
>
>	Nothing serious at present. At 11.00am it as thinned to about 30% coverage.
>A lot of Cirro CU above the mid level. Interesting cloud band coming from
>the West. Hopefully it might lead to some DECENT action.
>
>
>
> Terry.

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From: "Nandina Morris" [nandina at alphalink.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: BoM road warning for Canberra
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 99 10:40:50 PST
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Terry - just thinking them as loudly as that will do very nicely:-)

Cheers,

Nandina
nandina at alphalink.com.au

----------
> Hi All,
>
> 	I wonder why the BoM gives a road warning due to fog and/or rain for
> Canberra only??
>  Hmmmmmm, no I'd better not say my thoughts.
>
>  Terry.

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 09:21:01 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi all,

TC Vance is still intensifying, with winds up to 290km/h.  The JTWC
models still persist in saying that TC Vance will reach 315km/h though,
and still maintain that it will hit between Exmouth and Onslow. 
Although there is a chance it could recurve, and hit slightly further
north, or as Jacob was informing me earlier, if it misses the cape, and
recurves after that, there's a chance that it'll affect Perth as TC's
tend to move very quickly in his latitudes.  TC Vance is also rather
large, with gales out over 150NM(~280km) from the centre on the stronger
quadrant!  140NM (~260km)on the weaker quadrant, which is certainly a
large area of gales.  The excellent 'no-shear environment' and very warm
SST's have played the critical role in this TC becoming so severe.


TOP PRIORITY
FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Radio stations please sound the emergency warning signal before
broadcasting the following message.

TROPICAL CYCLONE VANCE ADVICE NUMBER 19
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH
ISSUED AT 7.00 AM ON SUNDAY 21/03/1999.
=====
A warning for a SEVERE CATEGORY 5 CYCLONE is now current for coastal
areas between Whim Creek and Exmouth, which includes the communities
of Roebourne, Wickham, Karratha, Dampier, Onslow and Exmouth.

A CYCLONE WATCH extends south to Denham.

At 6 am SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE VANCE was estimated to be
 350 Kilometers northnorthwest of Karratha and
 445 Kilometers northnortheast of Onslow and
 moving southwest at 15 kilometers per hour towards the
 Pilbara coast.

Gales with gusts to 100 kilometers per hour are expected on the coast
between Whim Creek and Exmouth this afternoon and destructive winds
with gusts to 140 kilometers per hour tonight as the cyclone moves
closer to the coast.

Very destructive winds are possible on the coast early tomorrow
morning.






Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding in the west Pilbara river
basins.

Details of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE VANCE at 6am.

     LOCATION OF CENTRE    Within 30 kilometers of
                           Latitude 17.7 south Longitude 115.9 east
     RECENT MOVEMENT       Southwest at 15 kilometers per hour.
     CENTRAL PRESSURE      915 hectopascals
     MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS    290 Kilometers per hour near the centre.
     SEVERITY CATEGORY     5

=====
The next warning will be issued at 10am this morning.

Anthony from Brisbane

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From: "Nandina Morris" [nandina at alphalink.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 99 10:53:58 PST
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Left-over cold pizza is my fave :-)

Cheers,

Nandina
nandina at alphalink.com.au

----------
>  YUUKKK, a Mc D's. Give me a hamburger with the lot any time.
>
>  Terry.
>
> mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 11:45:19 +1100
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Breakfast = cold pizza from last night up Mt Dandenong with Andrew McDonald
watching lightning, front-loaders, lowerings, cg's, cc's......... (thanks
for the info yesterday Jimmy, much appreciated; and to Chris for ringing
with regular updates from ground level)

...........a very unexciting morning in Melbourne - steady light rain
started about 10am - 21.2C & nothing to get excited about - rain band
stretches to Ballarat so nothing likely to happen until there's some
clearing.

Jane
Bayswater, Melbourne

>-----Original Message-----
>From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com
>[mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com]On Behalf Of Terry Bishop
>Sent: Sunday, 21 March 1999 12:07
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Subject: RE: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
>
>
> YUUKKK, a Mc D's. Give me a hamburger with the lot any time.
>
> Terry.

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From: "truffles at xenon.net" [truffles at xenon.net]
To: "'aussie-weather at world.std.com'" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: ICQ
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:53:27 +-1000
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For ennywun interested I have ICQ now - # 31828190 ...

rals
brissie

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:46:14 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi Terry,

I think you'll find that most states are independent, that is, they
choose how they write their warnings, what they warn for, how they
forecast, how they broadcast their forecasts etc.  Of course, they're
all given basic rules and guidelines, but other things are optional (for
example the road warning, the Canberra BoM have decided that they'll do
that extra little part)

Anthony

Terry Bishop wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>         I wonder why the BoM gives a road warning due to fog and/or rain for
> Canberra only??
>  Hmmmmmm, no I'd better not say my thoughts.
> 
>  Terry.

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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Orange Weather
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:25:23 +1000
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My thoughts exactly, the sunshine we have at present is a bonus in that
despite the BOM forecast it may let some isolated storms build in front of
the cloud band, here's hoping anyway. !!!

Michael

-----Original Message-----

>You would be seeing the beginnings of a cloud mass. I hope that stays away
>for a while and lets some action build up. Is it humid or dry??
>
>Jimmy Dgeuara

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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: BoM road warning for Canberra
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:23:09 +1000
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Why not ! it is obviously political in my mind. Not having a go at the
Bureau, afterall the average employee has no say, but the chief guys are
under a contract to basically deliver the governments agendas ( whatever
party is in power at the time ), regardless of what sense it makes.

Michael


-----Original Message-----

>Hi All,
>
> I wonder why the BoM gives a road warning due to fog and/or rain for
>Canberra only??
> Hmmmmmm, no I'd better not say my thoughts.
>
> Terry.

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Subject: aus-wx: Cloud mass
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There seems to be a thicker band amongst the cloud mass approachign fromt
he W of NSW. I would say there would be heavier rain and embedded storm
activity amongst that lot.

It seems to follow the latest Synoptic chart cold frontal boundary
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From: "Karen Gorrie" [kazg at theoffice.net]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Glossodia obs Sunday
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:42:36 +1100
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Temp 29.5
Cloud cover is on the increase with some heavy cloud building to the west.
Can see it just peeking over the mountains now and it looks good.
12:42 pm

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Re climate change on poles.
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:52:59 +1000
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Hi Lindsay,

		Checkout the following site re climate change on the poles. I haven't had
time to have a good read myself but look interesting. Chapter 1 & 2 of their
documentation section look interesting.

http://igloo.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/



 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cloud mass
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It can cloud up all it wants by I've got a golf game at 2pm
so can someone please delay the rain for a couple more hours?

Oh - plus I've just washed the car and laid some new concrete.

I guess we are in for some VERY severe weather :)

At 12:32 21/03/99 , you wrote:
>There seems to be a thicker band amongst the cloud mass approachign fromt
>he W of NSW. I would say there would be heavier rain and embedded storm
>activity amongst that lot.
>
>It seems to follow the latest Synoptic chart cold frontal boundary

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Orange Weather
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:05:15 +1000
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Hi All,

	At 13.00 still mainly Cir. CU. Baro. dropped to 1011. We will probably get
that clear patch for a while.
If this band slows down and the remnants of the cyclones join up, we could
be in for a wet time.
Interesting to see what precipitation (if any)we get from the ex cyclones.

 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com
> [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com]On Behalf Of Michael
> Thompson
> Sent: Sunday, 21 March 1999 12:25
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Subject:
>
>
> My thoughts exactly, the sunshine we have at present is a bonus in that
> despite the BOM forecast it may let some isolated storms build in front of
> the cloud band, here's hoping anyway. !!!
>
> Michael

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Cloud mass
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:14:17 +1000
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Chris,

	I will put in a good word to the weather god as long as you play a better
game of golf than me. 70-80 on the front nine. -----------------OK folks you
can stop laughing now.


 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com
> [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com]On Behalf Of Chris Maunder
> Sent: Sunday, 21 March 1999 11:56
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Subject:
>
>
> It can cloud up all it wants by I've got a golf game at 2pm
> so can someone please delay the rain for a couple more hours?

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From: "Patrick Tobin" [pdtobin at hotmail.com]
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Subject: Re: aus-wx: BoM road warning for Canberra
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:46:13 PST
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Hi all,

I think the fact that Canberra BOM gets lumped in with NSW 
rather than has its own separate category/page etc has led to 
some confusion also. The warning came from the Canberra Office
of the BoM - presumably they cannot issue any warnings for 
outside of the ACT.

I notice that today (Sun 21 - the autumnal equinox) there are
some other road weather alerts issued in other states. They 
are:

Road Weather Alert
Bureau of Meteorology Adelaide
Issued at 1145 hours on   Sunday , 21/03/99
The Bureau advises that weather conditions are likely to be hazardous
to road traffic in the Adelaide Hills today due to reduced visibility
in low cloud..

...............

 PRIORITY WARNING
ROAD WEATHER ALERT for Southeastern Tasmania.
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY,HOBART
Issued at 1005 hours on   Sunday , 21/03/99

Motorists are advised that fog may persist today over many roads
throughout the state, especially in the north and east.  Visibility
may also be reduced locally during the afternoon in heavy rain with
thunderstorms.


Not sure what the NSW BoM policy is - by the content of some previous
posts to this list, it sounds like such a warning would be a semi-
permanent issue for the Blue Mtns.

Current Canberra wx (2.40pm) is fine with extensive bands of
Cirro-stratus and some cu (with only limited vertical devt). 
Satpix show a thicker part of this band a long way west of here -
so I think Chris's golf game should go quite smoothly.

We received between 9mm (me in the west) and 25mm (in the airport
in the east) yesterday - very welcome indeed.

I have a visitor arriving from the US this evening who wants an
aussie BBQ - watch out for a severe warning for the ACT around then!!

Patrick






>
>Hi Terry,
>
>I think you'll find that most states are independent, that is, they
>choose how they write their warnings, what they warn for, how they
>forecast, how they broadcast their forecasts etc.  Of course, they're
>all given basic rules and guidelines, but other things are optional 
(for
>example the road warning, the Canberra BoM have decided that they'll do
>that extra little part)
>
>Anthony

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From: "bernette hudson" [bernette at primus.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Tropical cyclone Vance
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:50:06 +1100
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Hi it's Kelly
Can anyone tell me what's going on with Tropical Cyclone Vance
Reply ASAP
thanks  BYE

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Hi Kelly,
Jimmy here. I can say that if you wish to view what people are viewing go to
http://www.bom.gov.au/
and check out the warnings for Western Australia
Jimmy Deguara
At 14:50 21/03/99 +1100, you wrote:
Hi it's Kelly
Can anyone tell me what's going on with Tropical Cyclone Vance
Reply ASAP
thanks  BYE
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from Schofields, Sydney
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From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Tropical cyclone Vance
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 15:43:48 +1100
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...and if you want a local perspective on what's happening - check out the guys' page at

http://www.kisser.net.au/kevans/Weather.html

Jane
Bayswater, Melbourne (a very wet one at that!!)

-----Original Message-----

Hi Kelly,
Jimmy here. I can say that if you wish to view what people are viewing go to
http://www.bom.gov.au/
and check out the warnings for Western Australia
Jimmy Deguara
At 14:50 21/03/99 +1100, you wrote:
Hi it's Kelly
Can anyone tell me what's going on with Tropical Cyclone Vance
Reply ASAP
thanks  BYE
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Vice President ASWA
from Schofields, Sydney
e-mail:  jimmyd at ozemail.com.au
homepage with Michael Bath
http://www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:58:33 +1100
From: Susan Puddifer [susanpud at sydney.healey.com.au]
Organization: susanpud at sydney.healey.com.au
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And I was on  IRC around 4.45 talking to JungleJim

Susan (aka Squall)

Nandina Morris wrote:

> Karen and Jimmy
> I'm usually always on by 6 am - 10 minutes early this morning.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nandina
> nandina at alphalink.com.au

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 18:10:30 +1100
From: Susan Puddifer [susanpud at sydney.healey.com.au]
Organization: susanpud at sydney.healey.com.au
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Am  I allowed to say this?   Nah!!!!!  Oh what the hell!!!!  ...... It was a
(wait for it)..;.... MINI  TORNADO      ;)

Susan ( who will resign her membership right now for that one)


Nandina Morris wrote:

> Lindsay - don't you know you shouldn't pat strange horses!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nandina
> nandina at alphalink.com.au

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Subject: aus-wx: JCU latest
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The latest JCU is showing a line of severe storms running E-W along 
about 30S in central WA. What's the radar showing for that area?
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Correction, make that 25S



>From: "Chris Gribben" 
>Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Subject: aus-wx: JCU latest
>Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:16:09 PST
>
>
>The latest JCU is showing a line of severe storms running E-W along 
>about 30S in central WA. What's the radar showing for that area?

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From: "bernette hudson" [bernette at primus.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: an experience
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 19:41:24 +1100
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This is Kelly
I don't know how many years ago but my brother,I and his 2 friends were out the front playing cricket and the sky had turned grey.  I looked up and right above us the clouds were spinning round and round, then all of a sudden there was this very powerful wind came we all ran over to our house and the screen door slammed against the wall. my brothers friends mum was out calling them. The boys were running then all of a suuden they got picked up off the ground and thrown against the fence.  At the time it was rather funny.  They didn't get injured
Does anyone else have any stories
From Kelly

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 19:01:27 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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Hi Jo,

Tomorrow should be ok, I'm not expecting anything major...but there's a
nice NE breeze now (5-10knots) it's 25.6C and a DP of 21.4C, 1012hPa
falling here...it's generally cloudy.(at 6:15pm)  I'm hoping that the
cloud will stick around tonight, and clear between 3-6am tomorrow
morning...the reason for this is so the heat and moisture is kept in our
atmosphere, instead of the heat radiating out.  However I think tomorrow
will remain partly cloudy.  NE to NW winds are good after rain, as the
moisture from the ground will give enough moisture for the NW winds not
to dry us out, yet NW winds gives a little extra warmth.

LI's are -3 to -4 last time I looked.  If we do get t'storms tomorrow,
it looks like I might be missing some of my uni lectures in the
afternoon, but wx comes first!

Anthony from Brisbane

Joanne Walker wrote:
> 
> OOOh look at the outlook for Brissie
> The predictions should be pretty accurate
> shouldnt they?
> Anthony I need your wealth of knowledge...
> Anyone will do but can you tell me where you looked
> and what are the signs to look for
> TAH
> 
> JO
> still having hunger pangs for hotcakes
> 
> BRISBANE METROPOLITAN AREA
> Some early drizzle clearing to a mostly fine day.  Just a shower or two
> likley,
> this afternoon. Light to moderate N/NE winds.
> Brisbane Airport Maximum ...  28
> UV INDEX - 10 [Extreme]
> Outlook for Monday     ... Chance late T'storm.   MAX  29
>             Tuesday    ... A shower or two.   MAX  27
>             Wednesday  ... A shower or two.   MAX  27
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 19:57:01 +1100
From: Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Earth Tremor - Syd
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I went looking for the article I was thinking of..it's in the January 1998 edition of
'Weather'..'Can Geothermal Heat perturb climate?'
The article is over 7 pages in length and appears to suggest that there may be
significant consequences of trapped heat from the earth's mantle being accumulated
deep in the oceans.
The mechanism appears to include ocean currents and volcanic activity.
As with all these climate change scenarios the total picture..earth, ocean and
atmosphere..has to be considered before any real conclusions can safely be drawn.

Lindsay wrote:

> Yes, it is an amazing world,Keith. I was reading about geology and
> climate in a text book of mine, Meteorology Today, still the best book I
> have ever seen for intermediate to advanced weather info.
>
> Lindsay

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 20:00:53 +1100
From: Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au]
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You could always try Chucky Chicken...

Terry Bishop wrote:

>  YUUKKK, a Mc D's. Give me a hamburger with the lot any time.
>
>  Terry.

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Orange Weather
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:00:15 +1000
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Hi all,

	Just starting to rain at about 1mm per min at Orange. It looks and sounds
like that band of cloud has hit. Heavy looking Cu and A. Stratus fairly low.
Good reflection off the cloud from the Orange tungsten lamps down the main
street.

 At 20.55, 20C, 85%, 1011, N  at  5 Knots

 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Another view of earth.
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:32:50 +1000
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Hi All,

	Try these links.

This one gives you a view of earth showing both water and land temps with
cloud and an option to see where night and day is.
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth


This one gives you a view from Aussat2 satellite. If you look when Australia
dark you can see the city lights.
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth

Many other choices to experiment with. A lot of other satellites. Veiw the
earth from the sun or moon.


 Terry.

 mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Ooooopps
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:42:18 +1000
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Sorry folks. Same link takes you to main page. Goto map to get first link.
Then pick satellite then Aussat2 for 2nd link.

I'm half asleep and not concentrating + old age.

 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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From: "RODNEY AIKMAN" [raikman at hotmail.com]
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Re: Dust devils
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 02:42:24 PST
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Hi Lindsay,
           Your dust devil story reminds me of one day as I was riding 
my motor bike between Bendigo and Maryborough. I had just came out of a 
patch of box-ironbark forest, and just there to my right was a dust 
devil heading straight towards me. It was a case of head down, knees 
hard against the tank, and hold onto the handle bars tight. It was a 
strange sensation how it pulled the bike to the left as I entered it, 
then to the right as I rode out of it. (Clockwiwe rotation in this 
case.) I was very relieved when I came out the other side unscathed!

Rod Aikman

Bendigo

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From: "RODNEY AIKMAN" [raikman at hotmail.com]
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Subject: aus-wx: Bendigo weather
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 02:51:54 PST
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Hi everyone,
            Light and moderate continuous rain today (Sun 21/3). 
Commenced at 0800 this morning and continued until about 1900. Rainfall 
totals to 0900 this morning: 1.0 mm. From 0900 to 1800: 17.4 mm. Maximum 
temperature today was 19.4 deg. This is the first day since December 27 
last year that the maximum temperature has not reached 20 degrees.

Rod Aikman

Bendigo

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Sea Temps
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:54:42 +1000
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Me again. Just browsing the site where they get their data. A good sea temp
map on:

 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/sst/latest_sst.gif

 Terry.

mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au

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At 14:14 21/03/99 , you wrote:
>Chris,
>
>	I will put in a good word to the weather god as long as you play a better
>game of golf than me. 70-80 on the front nine. -----------------OK folks you
>can stop laughing now.

Good work Terry - rain stayed away till around 7, and I got a 45 for nine :)

 - Chris

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: More links.
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:23:20 +1000
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Hi all,

Another sea temp:
http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/otis/otis_glbl_sst.gif



Not sure what the colours are for. Show difference in temps maybe although
it shows the cyclone as +1 and +2

Weather anomaly
http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/otis/otis_glbl_sstanomaly.gif



These will be interesting to record and watch over the respective
winter/summer for changes.
Again, not sure of colours. Maybe ice thickness.

Southern Ice concentration
http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/otis/otis_shem_ice.gif

Northern ice concentration
http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/otis/otis_nhem_ice.gif



 Terry.

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: RE: aus-wx: Cloud mass
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:40:04 +1000
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Hi Chris,

	Jolly good. I'm not playing you at golf. Your much to good for me.


 Terry.

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> 
> Good work Terry - rain stayed away till around 7, and I got a 45 
> for nine :)
> 
>  - Chris

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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
To: "Aussie-weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: aus-wx: Orange Weather
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:53:49 +1000
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Hi All,

At 22.50 ESDT rain now very heavy. Increased to at least 2mm per minute.
About 15mm so far.

I'm going to bed. 15 hours on the computer is enough for one day.

 Terry.

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Document: 990321.htm
Updated: 31 March 1999

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