From                                           Subject
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001 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Big seas.
002 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Re:  Lenticular Clouds
003 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]                   Re:  Lenticular Clouds
004 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]        Cold Outbreak
005 Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au]       Cold Outbreak
006 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Weatherwatch meeting
007 Jimmy Deguara [jimmyd at ozemail.com.au]          Weatherwatch meeting
008 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au]           Contact List Update - March
009 Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au]         Cold Outbreak
010 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]   Big seas.
011 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]   Cold Outbreak
012 "John Graham" [gorzzz at one.net.au]              ASWA Database!!

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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 09:43:27 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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The biggest wave size i've surfed in, (bodyboarding), was 12 feet faces
at the Golf Course, at Ulladulla, (groundswell). Similar size inside
Cronulla Point, they were absolutely huge there! Got consussion that day
after pulling into a close-out barrel the size of a house. The sand was
like concrete. Violent weather and violent seas make for a exciting mix.
I miss those days but my back and ears and ribs don't - read lots of
injuries here :-) 


Lindsay

Michael Thompson wrote:
> 
> Too big for me !!! I have been rolled by a 15ft wave at Windang Island once
> and seeing that break 20m in front of you is a frightening experience, and I

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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 09:36:35 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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ThAnks Keith,

Interesting stuff on Lenticular waves :-)

I'll read it this arvo more carefully when I get back from tennis.

Lindsay.

Currently 10 degrees at Blackheath at 8:30am on Sunday 28th. Change has
blown in, not much rain, 2.5mm to 24 hrs.

Keith Barnett wrote:
> 
> Especially in winter when 'standing waves' form just east of the Blue Mountains
> causing Sydney to have cold, cloudy days and blustery west to northwest winds...

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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 10:13:07 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Monday 29/3/99

Blackheath had its first frost for the season, a minimum of 3.5 degrees
(unoffical) this morning.


Lindsay

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From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cold Outbreak
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> 
> Hi all,													A pool of cold air moving across Melbourne this morning. Frequent heavy showers with some small hail and thunder. 51.4mm to 9am here in Kilsyth. Scoresby had 53mm. Most other suburbs have had less than 30mm. Melbourne city recorded only 6mm to 9am and Melbourne Airport had just 2mm. Loud crack of Thunder around 7am and another not so loud around 8am. Good hail shower 8.10 to 8.20am but only small(0.5cm) hail. Not much rain since 9am only a couple of light showers. Currently 10.35am temp 11.8c, sunny, at 8.20am it was 6.9c. Dane      
Quite an impressive cold outbreak, this one (for late March anyway).
I observed (i.e. was hit by!) small hail in the Mount Clear area
(75km S of Canberra, elevation ~1200m) about 12.15 yesterday - it's
not often the Canberra region experiences hail in cold outbreak
situations (as opposed to thunderstorms) so it came as quite a 
surprise. Canberra itself was hovering in the 10-12 degree range for
much of the day, although it did get to a max of 17, not sure when
(probably fairly early before the showers started, I expect).
Canberra's March record low max is a surprisingly high 12.4, so it's
a pity the showers didn't fire up a bit earlier :-)

In marked contrast, Saturday's minimum of 18 was close to a late-
season record for Canberra - only beaten by 30 March 1968 (19.6) and
possibly 5 April 1986 (18.0).

Enjoy the excitement while it lasts - the next 7-8 days look 
exceedingly boring in SE Australia, apart from a weakish front on
Tuesday night which could bring some highland snow to Tasmania. 
Could be some low mins tonight as well - if everything goes right
some March records could come under pressure, although the air mass
may have warmed up too much by then. The cool air has pushed a long
way north (Alice Springs is only expecting 23 today under clear skies,
a marked contrast with the persistent near-record highs in the high 30s
that they've experienced through much of the month), so I'd say we've 
seen the last of the hot weather in Melbourne - I'd be surprised if
we see 30 again this autumn.

Blair Trewin

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From: Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cold Outbreak
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At 12:19 29/03/99 , you wrote:
Canberra itself was hovering in the 10-12 degree range for
>much of the day, although it did get to a max of 17, not sure when
>(probably fairly early before the showers started, I expect).
>Canberra's March record low max is a surprisingly high 12.4, so it's
>a pity the showers didn't fire up a bit earlier :-)

>From the look of those heavily glaciated Cu and the intensely 
cold gusts coming from them, I was sure there'd be at least a
hint of snow in them. As Blair said - quite mild until the front
came through - then clear chilly air in it's wake. You should
see all the stores with their pile of electric blankets on display!

>In marked contrast, Saturday's minimum of 18 was close to a late-
>season record for Canberra 

Yeah - sat morning was *nice* :)

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Hi everyone,

Jimmy here.

There is a weatherwatch meeting this wednesday the 31st March, at Macquarie
University room E5A 143 (in the E5A block). Please note you must remember
to bring exactly $4 in coins to put in the machines in the car parks.
People have been booked in the past even at night.

The weatherwatch group is a special interest group forming part of the AMOS
society. A fair few of the ASWA members have been and will be attending the
meeting. Please come along. Please note, this is a separate meeting from
the normal ASWA meeting and is not associated with ASWA but as AMOS
supports ASWA in many ways, we can show our support for AMOS.

Jimmy Deguara
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Jimmy Deguara
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from Schofields, Sydney
e-mail:  jimmyd at ozemail.com.au
homepage with Michael Bath
http://www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/

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Hi everyone, just an addition to the previous message The Weatherwatch
meeting begins at 7:30pm which I forgot to mention.

Jimmy here.

There is a weatherwatch meeting this wednesday the 31st March, at Macquarie
University room E5A 143 (in the E5A block). Please note you must remember
to bring exactly $4 in coins to put in the machines in the car parks.
People have been booked in the past even at night.

The weatherwatch group is a special interest group forming part of the AMOS
society. A fair few of the ASWA members have been and will be attending the
meeting. Please come along. Please note, this is a separate meeting from
the normal ASWA meeting and is not associated with ASWA but as AMOS
supports ASWA in many ways, we can show our support for AMOS.

Jimmy Deguara 
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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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From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Contact List Update - March
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:55:40 +1000
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'The List' has been updated and is available at
http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/location.htm

Many thanks to Greg Spencer for his help in designing & to Michael Bath for
uploading it.

For those of you who are new to the aussie weather list, this site is not
linked - you are the only ones who know the URL.  It is updated every couple
of weeks, depending on the volume of information received & time
constraints. (Jason & Keith - you'll be in the next update).

If you would like any of your details included, please send them to either
aussie-weather or directly to me.

Jane ONeill
ASWA rep - Vic
cadence at rubix.net.au

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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:50:37 +1000
From: Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au]
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With that large 1043 millibar high developing in the southern ocean with
a nearby upper trough I thought I'd be safe in predicting a wet 
southeasterly weekend in Sydney and further north..seems I'm going to 
be wrong..oh well, hope springs eternal...this dry weather's a
turn-off...

Blair Trewin wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi all,                                                                                                       A pool of cold air moving across Melbourne this morning. Frequent heavy showers with some small hail and thunder. 51.4mm to 9am here in Kilsyth. Scoresby had 53mm. Most other suburbs have had less than 30mm. Melbourne city recorded only 6mm to 9am and Melbourne Airport had just 2mm. Loud crack of Thunder around 7am and another not so loud around 8am. Good hail shower 8.10 to 8.20am but only small(0.5cm) hail. Not much rain since 9am only a couple of light showers. Currently 10.35am temp 11.8c, sunny, at 8.20am it was 6.9c. Dane
> Quite an impressive cold outbreak, this one (for late March anyway).
> I observed (i.e. was hit by!) small hail in the Mount Clear area
> (75km S of Canberra, elevation ~1200m) about 12.15 yesterday - it's
> not often the Canberra region experiences hail in cold outbreak
> situations (as opposed to thunderstorms) so it came as quite a
> surprise. Canberra itself was hovering in the 10-12 degree range for
> much of the day, although it did get to a max of 17, not sure when
> (probably fairly early before the showers started, I expect).
> Canberra's March record low max is a surprisingly high 12.4, so it's
> a pity the showers didn't fire up a bit earlier :-)
> 
> In marked contrast, Saturday's minimum of 18 was close to a late-
> season record for Canberra - only beaten by 30 March 1968 (19.6) and
> possibly 5 April 1986 (18.0).
> 
> Enjoy the excitement while it lasts - the next 7-8 days look
> exceedingly boring in SE Australia, apart from a weakish front on
> Tuesday night which could bring some highland snow to Tasmania.
> Could be some low mins tonight as well - if everything goes right
> some March records could come under pressure, although the air mass
> may have warmed up too much by then. The cool air has pushed a long
> way north (Alice Springs is only expecting 23 today under clear skies,
> a marked contrast with the persistent near-record highs in the high 30s
> that they've experienced through much of the month), so I'd say we've
> seen the last of the hot weather in Melbourne - I'd be surprised if
> we see 30 again this autumn.
> 
> Blair Trewin

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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Big seas.
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:16:20 +1000
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A couple of nice breaks mentioned there Lindsay. I have surfed Cronulla
Point into double figures as well and it is such a workable wave at that
size.

I have also surfed Dee Why point, but it is not in the same class as
Cronulla Point.  Hopefully with warm water offshore the first significant
cold air pools will stir up some east lows.

A dead giveaway for a possible east coast low is to watch the 540 line on
the US models, if a section of this gets isolated over the Tasman ( cut off
the main body ), you can generally bet a depression will develop under it.

I relate to what you say about the back, ears and ribs, most of my braver
conquests were at the age of 22, rather than the 42 I am now.

Michael


-----Original Message-----
>The biggest wave size i've surfed in, (bodyboarding), was 12 feet faces
>at the Golf Course, at Ulladulla, (groundswell). Similar size inside
>Cronulla Point, they were absolutely huge there! Got consussion that day
>after pulling into a close-out barrel the size of a house. The sand was
>like concrete. Violent weather and violent seas make for a exciting mix.
>I miss those days but my back and ears and ribs don't - read lots of
>injuries here :-)
>
>
>Lindsay

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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cold Outbreak
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:28:48 +1000
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I must admit that the US NGP and AVN models are however playing a better
scenario for the central coast of NSW with some moderate rain on Wednesday /
Thursday. ( Fingers and toes crossed )

But as Blair indicates, Melbourne looks like pleasant cool-mild gardening
weather.

Michael



>With that large 1043 millibar high developing in the southern ocean with
>a nearby upper trough I thought I'd be safe in predicting a wet
>southeasterly weekend in Sydney and further north..seems I'm going to
>be wrong..oh well, hope springs eternal...this dry weather's a
>turn-off...

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From: "John Graham" [gorzzz at one.net.au]
To: "Aussie Weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com]
Subject: Re aus-wx: ASWA Database!!
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 10:06:06 +1000
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Hi Ross,

The Internet Cafe here in Ballina isn't usually that slow........do you know
who you talked to when you complained about  how s-l-o-w it was????
I'll let Chris (the owner)  know that you had  trouble & see what he
says.......
See Ya's
John