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001 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au] Want Food for Thought? Then Ponder this Occurence...
002 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at rmitel.com.au] Change In Email Address
003 "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au] Orange weather
004 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Lower Blue Mtns Hail Storm
005 John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net] Shivering yet more....
006 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] New April record low for Adelaide
007 Chris Maunder [cmaunder at dynamite.com.au] Collins Weather Photoguide
008 "Daniel Weatherhead" [dpw14 at hotmail.com] Yet more hail for Sydney-(well western sydney to be precise)
009 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Records roundup from this morning
010 Jimmy Deguara [jimmydeguara at rocketmail.com] meeting at Rooty Hill
011 "Nick Sykes" [nsykes at labyrinth.net.au] Digital Cameras
012 Andrew Wall [astroman at wantree.com.au] Digital Cameras
013 John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net] Digital Cameras
014 Tim Grugeon [timg at iniaccess.net.au] Snow-Barrington Tops, Hail-SE Lake Macquarie
015 Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au] August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
016 Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] Records roundup from this morning
017 "Rod Aikman" [raikman at hotmail.com] First Frost
018 "Keith" [kevans at kisser.net.au] Digital Cameras
019 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Large wave and Storm surge warning (NSW)
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:36:22 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at stealth.com.au]
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> Did you take any pictures??
> Phil 'Paisley' Bagust
> paisley at cobweb.com.au
Sure did!
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cove/1068/april21/apri21.html
(that's not an error on the URL, I made a typo when I named the file,
but I'd already uploaded it, and got lazy, so left it as is.)
In the pictures, you cannot actually see physical signs of rotation,
except for some of the roundness (although this is debatable whether it
actually signifies rotation) and a small inflow band. It was definately
rotating though!
Anthony Cornelius
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:56:34 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at rmitel.com.au]
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Hi all,
Please not that my email address has changed to:
cyclone at rmitel.com.au
Thanks,
Anthony Cornelius
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From: "Terry Bishop" [dymprog at mpx.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Orange weather
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 1980 00:18:36 +1100
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Hi All,
Another chilly day with about 50-60% Cu cover.
At 10.20am 8C, 2C wind chill, 60%, 1025, SSE 15-25 Knots.
Terry.
mailto:dymprog at mpx.com.au
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:22:36 -0700
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Lower Blue Mtns Hail Storm
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Interesting Matthew,
I watched the clouds up here in Blackheath. To the south and east (one
of my windows) there was moderate to heavy cloud build up and out of my
other window, the north/west, we had sun streaming in all day. It
dropped to nine degrees by 3pm though and we got 3 degrees overnight.
Lindsay Pearce
Matthew Piper wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> A brief hail storm has just passed through Blaxland in the lower Blue Mtns.
> The largest hail was around 6-7mm. I have also recorded 5mm in a period of
> about 10 mins. The hail lasted for only about a minute but was enough to
> cover my back porch. Before the storm hit i heard a couple of cracks of
> thunder but this disappeared completely when the hail arrived at around
> 1:30pm.
>
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From: John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Shivering yet more....
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:16:34 +1000
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Hi All,
The wind swung around to the S pretty quickly yesterday and it only reached
22.5C at Mt. Crosby even though it was a totally clear sunny day with 0/8
cloud cover. So I knew we were in for a cold night.... And yes only 9C
this morning! Forecast for Ipswich & the West last night was 5C, and I
would think that it would have been pretty close to this out in the flat
country. Now about 17C with SSE wind, 1/8 cirrus patches and a small bit
of scattered Cu in the South.
John W.
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From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: aus-wx: New April record low for Adelaide
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:43:40 +1000 (EST)
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Adelaide set a new April record low of 4.6 this morning, breaking
the old mark of 5.1.
More details when I get a chance to compile them.
Blair Trewin
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:05:44 +1000
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Subject: aus-wx: Collins Weather Photoguide
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Hi All,
Just received my copy of the pocket sized Weather Photogiude.
Brilliant!
Just wanted to say thanks to those who suggested it.
cheers,
Chris
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Subject: aus-wx: Yet more hail for Sydney-(well western sydney to be precise)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:02:50 PDT
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1:05 Friday 23rd
At 12:50 this afternoon a line of heaby
showers swept thru western Sydney. From
my vantage point-(there's those words)-at
UWS Nepean I could see what appeared to be
a hailshaft. Sureley enough within five
minutes I got two calls from friends saying
that they had recived 5c-10c sized hail at
Yellowrock-North of Glenbrook and
Blaxland, and Castlereagh-western side of
the Nepean.
We just recieved a brief shower, which was
freezing but over the mountains it looks
very dark.
Daniel Weatherhead
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From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU]
Subject: aus-wx: Records roundup from this morning
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:17:10 +1000 (EST)
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A (probably incomplete) list of records broken this morning:
(all for April low minima)
Definitely broken:
Adelaide RO 4.6 (previously 5.1)
Nuriootpa -1* (previously 0.2)
Tarcoola 1* (previously 2.8)
Nonning -1.1 (previously 1.0)
Murray Bridge -1* (previously 0.7)
Nhill -1.5 (previously -1.2)
Mildura 1* (previously 1.8)
Swan Hill 1* (previously 2.5)
Possibly broken:
Snowtown 2* (previously 2.2)
Kerang 2* (previously 2.3)
Flinders Island 0* (previously 0.1)
* indicates reading only available in whole degrees.
While it didn't set a record for the state (and the site has too short
a record for it to be meaningful), Ross (Tas) got down to -5.6. I was
a little surprised that some of the other traditional cold sites
like Fingal didn't get lower (Fingal was -3).
Yunta (SA) got -3, the second-lowest April reading ever in SA (-3.5
was recorded at Mt. Crawford in 1981), and the lowest so early in the
season. This is a fairly new site but shows a lot of promise for low
minima; it seems to be recording consistently a couple of degrees
lower than Yongala (which has the SA record at -8.2) under these
conditions. Could Yunta score SA's first -10 one day?
Blair Trewin
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:24:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jimmy Deguara [jimmydeguara at rocketmail.com]
Subject: aus-wx: meeting at Rooty Hill
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Just a reminder for those interested, there will be a
social gathering and dinner at Rooty Hill RSL at
7:30pm tonight. Come along. we should have lots to
talk about...
Don't bother calling. Come as you please. You can
ring Michael Bath on his mobile if you wish. We
should be there from around 6:15pm for a few drinks.
Jimmy Deguara
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From: "Nick Sykes" [nsykes at labyrinth.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Digital Cameras
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:47:48 +1000
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Hi All
I'm thinking of buying a camera and I'm strongly considering getting a
digital camera.
I'll like a digital camera because you can get the pics on the web so fast,
which would be great for my web page.
Is there anyone out there that has had experience with them and could tell
me if their any good at taking weather pics such as clouds and lightning.
or
Should I go for the SLR instead and get the prints developed and use a
scanner to put them on the web?
Nick Sykes
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Digital Cameras
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Hi Nick,
For me I would get an SLR, but it would probably depend on the type of
photography you are going for, for lightning and the like you would need an
SLR, not unless there is a digital camera out there that takes time
exposure. I found that I had a greater range of photographs using an SLR
camera, with a 50mm lense and a telephoto lense.
thats my opinion.
Andrew Wall
SA/NT Co-ordinator for the ASWA.Inc.
All round good guy :)
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At 15:47 4/23/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi All
>
>I'm thinking of buying a camera and I'm strongly considering getting a
>digital camera.
>
>I'll like a digital camera because you can get the pics on the web so fast,
>which would be great for my web page.
>
>Is there anyone out there that has had experience with them and could tell
>me if their any good at taking weather pics such as clouds and lightning.
>
>or
>
>Should I go for the SLR instead and get the prints developed and use a
>scanner to put them on the web?
>
>Nick Sykes
>
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From: John Woodbridge [jrw at pixelcom.net]
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Subject: RE: aus-wx: Digital Cameras
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 17:30:23 +1000
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Hi Nick & Andrew...
I am also in the market for a new Camera as my trusty old Pentax ME Super
has worn out (the wind-on mechansism keeps jamming). I have been looking
at Digital Cameras, but after studying all the form guides came to the
conclusion that something offering the required quality & resolution was
still around the 2 Grand mark (ref: PC Magazine April 99). More
importantly, I could not find something really suitable for nightime
lightning where a long time exposure is required. You basically have to
keep snapping & hope you snap at the right moment, but on the plus side
it's easy to get rid of the photos which are failures. I also couldn't
find a Digital Camera which allowed multiple exposures, which is also
useful for lightning.
Certainly you can get a really good SLR and a really good scanner for much
less than an equivalent digital camera, but this will change in time.
Still, I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has had success
with a digital re capturing weather phenoma.
John.
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:09:47 +1000
From: Tim Grugeon [timg at iniaccess.net.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Snow-Barrington Tops, Hail-SE Lake Macquarie
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I tried to chase up about hail at Morriset today, but was lacking in contacts.
However, I did find out that Toronto had hail on Wednesday along with many other
places in the Lower to Mid Hunter. To what I could gather it was only pea size
and only light.
It is an interesting point - for some reason or another that the southeastern
side of Lake Macquarie doen't receive much in the way of hail. It might have
something to do with the Wataghan Mountians near by!
To another interesting thing (even though I am not that surprised), the word has
got out that there was some light snow at Polblue (approximately 1500m) on the
Barrington Tops yesterday. So who said that the snow would not travel that far
north?
Tim Grugeon
Morpeth (Maitland), NSW
Jimmy Deguara wrote:
> Tim, I have just heard that Morisett received hail as well. Can you find
> out more of what happened in these storms all around please. The reason is
> that it is not often that Morisett receives hail. Was it significant hail??
>
> Jimmy Deguara
>
> At 17:46 22/04/99 +1000, you wrote:
> >The weather here today was showery and cool with a gusty SSW wind. The
> >wind most likely gusted here at home at around 40kn at times. I am
> >kicking myself over the fact that I just sent my anomometer away for a
> >recalibration. Now I only can estimate the wind strenght.
> >
> >By the looks of it from the radar, the lower Hunter isn't the only place
> >copping the showers. Many places up and down the coast are too.
> >
> >An interesting thing I picked up today on the Williamtown sounding, is
> >that the 1000-500 hpa thickness was 5440 metres. On the long weekend of
> >last June, it was at a similar thickness. At that time 10 to 20
> >centimetres of snow fell on the Barrington Tops.
> >
> >Tim Grugeon
> >Morpeth (Maitland), NSW
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:28:21 +1000
From: Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: August, 1971 Sydney Hailstorm...
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I looked up my records of this storm which occurred when I was living at
Dulwich Hill, an inner
southwestern Sydney suburb.The first storm on the 21st brought 42 mm of
rain with a further
43mm late in the afternoon from the 2nd storm.There was intermittent
hail up to the size of large marbles in the first storm but none in the
second. The rainfall in the 2nd storm fell in 75 minutes (not remarkable
but just for the record).Thunder and lightning preceded the first storm
for about 3/4 of an hour before it struck at 8.30am.
No doubt peak rainfall intensities were somewhat greater than indicated
by the above figures.
The second storm came in from the sea.
I have no other record (or recollection) of this event.
There was always more hail at Dulwich Hill from storms than I have
observed generally at Seven Hills North.
We lived about 300 metres from the Bankstown railway line which followed
a geographical elevation and my father always said we lived on an
'ironstone ridge' which he reckoned the storms used to follow..but I
would hesitate to say that with any conviction.
Probably the best storm I remember is one that occurred in November 1961
(another remarkable wet month in coastal NSW).I remember the street
being flooded and something of the order of 125mm in an hour one
morning..in fact this happened at least twice within a week that month.
Don White wrote:
>
> Paul,
> The BoM, prepared a detailed report on this storm, published by AGPS. It
> was written by the then RD, Vic Bahr, Rosea Kemp (still at Bureau) and
> D. Kurzeme. The main features of this storm were its time, (both of the
> day and the time of year), its duration, its amounts of rain and amount
> of hail - mostly small. The major cell formed near Richmondat 6.30 am
> (on a Winter morning !)It reached Dural at 7.45 and the city around 9am.
> It was located 50 kms ESE of the city at 11.45, shortly after it reached
> max intensity. Hail fell in the city and across to the ESE. Depth of
> hail varied - size was mainly pea size, with larger jagged bits to 4-5
> cms. Hail drift to 120 cms were reported and photogrpahed. Between 8 am
> and 11 am, sydney had 53 mm of rain. Another heavy storms in the early
> evening brought an additional 81 mm between 5 & 9 pm - it was a
> remarkable day. In a band from Ashfield to Bondi, hail ended up to 3
> feet - 90 cms deep. Lightning was mentioned as another fetaure of the
> storm. Therewas no wind damage and no report at all of a tornado in
> anything written about the storm. Max wind gust reported was 29 knots.
>
> Don White
>
> Paul Graham wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > I thought this might be of interest to people on this list.
> > On the morning of Saturday the 21st of August, 1971, a severe
> > hailstorm accompanied by a tornado tore through the eastern suburbs of
> > Sydney - the scene of the recent hailstorm - bringing hail up to 5cm
> > in diameter and very heavy rainfall. What was quite extra-ordinary at
> > the time was, not only was this storm in winter but it also co-incided
> > with a partial solar eclipse. The Bureau of Meteorology reported that
> > this may have accentuated the darkness with the storm.
> > Indeed the headlines in the Sun Herald were: "Freak storm turned day
> > into night 'LIKE END OF THE WORLD'". One radio announcer was reported
> > in the Sun Herald as having said: "It looks like the end of the
> > world." Further reports were of hail "Piled up to three feet [in the
> > city]" and "[the wind] unroofed scores of homes."
> > The Sun Herald also reports that the storm first hit Richmond - NW of
> > Sydney - and "spread in a three pronged formation until it covered the
> > entire metropolitan area."
> > Further descriptions were of "cars stalled along this [Day] street.
> > These vehicles were temporarily 'glued' to the ground by piles of ice"
> > and that "many streets looked as though a severe snowstorm had swept
> > them."
> > Severe flooding was experienced: "gutters overflowed and floodwaters
> > thick with floating ice flowed into several shops."
> > Intense lightning was noted: "Mr Hunter Parsonson of Killara, said:
> > 'We were blacked out for a couple of minutes after a violent blast of
> > lightning and thunder.'" and "In the north-western suburbs, the storm
> > brought with bolts of lightning which ripped across the sky, hitting
> > and bringing down powerlines..."
> > This certainly must have been a memorable storm.
> > - Paul G.
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From: Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Records roundup from this morning
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>Yunta (SA) got -3, the second-lowest April reading ever in SA (-3.5
>was recorded at Mt. Crawford in 1981), and the lowest so early in the
>season. This is a fairly new site but shows a lot of promise for low
>minima; it seems to be recording consistently a couple of degrees
>lower than Yongala (which has the SA record at -8.2) under these
>conditions. Could Yunta score SA's first -10 one day?
Hmmm. Yongala's in a frost hollow at over 500m asl. I worked there in
winter a couple of times when I was in surveying. I still remember the
cold. My money's still on Yongala....
Phil 'Paisley' Bagust
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: First Frost
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:44:55 EST
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>From: Blair Trewin
>
> Minimum of 1.5 deg this morning; 2.2 deg yesterday morning. I have
> recorded a sub zero minimum in April before, without going through
my
> records, I can't remember the date or year.
> Rod Aikman
> Bendigo
Bendigo's -1 was the first sub-zero temperature recorded at an
official site in Bendigo in April.
There was a major site change in 1992, from the prison (which is on
a hill and probably isn't a wonderfully exposed site anyway) to
the airport. This has led to a MAJOR downward discontinuity in mean
minimum temperatures, at a guess 2 degrees (I haven't analysed it in
detail).
The record April low at the prison was 1.4 (1978). In seven years of
record the airport had recorded 0.0 three times, in 1992, 1994 and
1995.
In the best parochial tradition, I gather that the local council has
complained about their temperatures being too low!
Blair Trewin
Yes, this site change, from the jail to the aerodrome has raised the
hackles of a few people in town. I have found that the minimum
temp. registrations at the aerodrome are often 2 degrees lower than my
own registrations taken in central Bendigo. The aerodrome site is in a
very clear area, and is situated in a slight gully - hence a katabatic
cold air slide into the region. I was looking at some pre 1957 records
for the old central site, and the lowest temperature recorded here in
April was -2.8 deg. on April 11, 1907. From the information that I
have, the thermometers were exposed in a louvred screen at that
particular time.
Rod Aikman
Bendigo
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From: "Keith" [kevans at kisser.net.au]
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Subject: Re: aus-wx: Digital Cameras
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:05:58 +0800
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Have you seen my web site Nick??
Have a look at this URL.......
www.kisser.net.au/kevans/tc_vance
In there you will find images taken with a Digital Camera and a SLR.
The images have been reduced in size or it would take ages to get it up on a
web page :/
The Digital Camera is a Kodak DC120 which is about the middle of the range
Digital Camera but there is now SLR Digital Cameras available which I hear
are better still in quality. The DC120 cost me $1200, the prices for the SLR
ones are about $2500 at that price you could get a Digital Video Camera and
have a HOLE LOAD more fun :)
Keith
See what you think.
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Subject: aus-wx: Digital Cameras
> Hi All
>
> I'm thinking of buying a camera and I'm strongly considering getting a
> digital camera.
>
> I'll like a digital camera because you can get the pics on the web so
fast,
> which would be great for my web page.
>
> Is there anyone out there that has had experience with them and could tell
> me if their any good at taking weather pics such as clouds and lightning.
>
> or
>
> Should I go for the SLR instead and get the prints developed and use a
> scanner to put them on the web?
>
> Nick Sykes
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Subject: aus-wx: Large wave and Storm surge warning (NSW)
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IDW02N00
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL OFFICE
300 Elizabeth St. Sydney, Ph [02] 9296 1555; www.bom.gov.au
WARNING OF UNUSUALLY LARGE WAVES
Issued at 6:45pm on Friday the 23rd of April 1999
Wave heights of up to 5 metres are expected in the surf zone between Port
Kembla and Smoky Cape from 6pm Friday 23 April to 6am Saturday 24 April.
The next astronomical high tide at Sydney is 1.3 metres at 03:16am
saturday.
Check local tide time differences that apply to your area.
The State Emergency Service advises people in foreshore locations that
unusually large waves encroaching on land above the normal high tide level
can be dangerous.
There is a possibility of erosion and damage to buildings.If your house is
damaged contact your local State Emergency Service listed under "S" in the
white pages, for emergency assistance.
Other Warnings or Advices Current Along the Coast
Gale Warning is current for Coastal Waters between Ulladulla and Wooli
Synoptic Situation
At 6pm 23 April a low of central pressure 992 hPa was centred about 1000 km
east from Sydney.
Current Movement of Pressure System
- at - km/h and is expected to be located
- km - from - at The system is near stationary but is expected to move NE
into the central Tasman Sea and to weaken slowly Saturday. (+24hr)
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