Australian Weather Mailing List Archives: Sunday, 26 September 1999

From Subject -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 Ira Fehlberg [jra at upnaway.com] ASWA 2001 Calender Submissions are open! 002 "Debbie" [debp at rie.net.au] Communications & the chase 003 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Cool SE in Illawarra already-kiss storms goodbye 004 Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] NSW storm chase update 005 Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] NSW thunderstorm advice 006 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Western Sydney Storm 007 "ptera" [adderley at acay.com.au] Central Coast (Gosford) 008 Halden Boyd [halden at lis.net.au] Northern Rivers Sunday boring 009 "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au] You might be a chaser if...... 010 Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] ASWA Weekly Newsletter -10 011 Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] You might be a chaser if...... 012 "Pearce" [rpearce at tig.com.au] New member 013 "Andrew Miskelly" [amiskelly at ozemail.com.au] You might be a chaser if...... 014 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Funnel 015 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] NSW Storms - Satellite Picture Animation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 X-Sender: jra at upnaway.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:31:56 +0800 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Ira Fehlberg [jra at upnaway.com] Subject: aus-wx: ASWA 2001 Calender Submissions are open! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all well photo submissions are now open for the ASWA calender, the rules and details can be seen at http://www.upnaway.com/~jra/aswacalender.html Mike will link it from the ASWA site as soon as hes finished chasing! (hes out chasing lighting atm) BTW i got to chase today, been chasing since 11:00am did about 600k's so im buggered, got some real nice storms, most were pulse cells plus Perth was going off when i got back so that was a real bonus, somehow i managed to see nearly every storm in the SW, i saw approx 150 cg's today and i think i caught a few, well i hope so anyway. So im a happy chappy, will post the pics when i can. Ira Fehlberg +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 002 From: "Debbie" [debp at rie.net.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Communications & the chase Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 10:37:37 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Jane, I've done a bit of four-wheel driving with the Toyota Landcruiser Club and I can suggest what they do as a guide but I imagine we've got a lot of more knowledgeable people lurking here on the list. Here's what I can add anyway. They select a channel for the trip & everyone stays tuned to that channel. Often cars will have to relay messages from the lead car to 'tail-end-Charlie as the convoy can get a little stretched out at times. Try to keep it as short as possible but not too close for travelling at whatever speed you may be doing. If you have a lot of cars you will find the lead car cannot talk to the end car. TLC typically have around 6 cars on a trip which is a good manageable number as far as the radio communications goes. Ten cars would usually put lead and end out of direct communication. Range depends on the local topography. If it's mountainous, you'll find that cars will only be able to hear when they are on or near crests of hills or there are other ways for the transmission to get through - standard CB is 'line of sight' transmission unless you can bounce it off something nearby. You could for instance hear when you are in a valley if the vehicle transmitting is in the valley too & there are no hills in the way. At typical travelling distances you can usually talk to the cars immediately in front or behind - unless it gets really mountainous. Range on the open, flat road - I forget - but I think we've been able to talk up to about 5 or 10km. Depends a lot on the quality of people's sets, how well they've installed them ( eg. bad connections seem to lose a lot of output power), and how good the receiver's aerial is. Longer can be better - coz it's line of sight - but you can get 1/2 and 1/4 wave aerials I think - can't remember which sets use those. (May not be standard CB) You usually find there is at least one car who can't be heard or only the car immediately ahead or following can hear. It is worth doing a test run so they can get it fixed before the trip. They use nicknames or first names - usually call by nickname and then switch to first names at some stage during the conversation (remember to keep it brief - someone else may be waiting to tell you all something important). It's not often that you find another group on the same channel that are close enough to interfere (unless you are in the high country!). If you do, you can switch channels but remember to ensure that everyone in the group has heard that you are changing channels. Regards Debbie Parker -----Original Message----- From: Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] To: Aussie Weather [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Date: Saturday, 25 September 1999 05:20 Subject: aus-wx: Communications & the chase >I've just bought myself a $99 CB - Uniden Pro 510XL (basic little 40 channel >set which came complete with antenna, which I'll upgrade before I go). > >Does anyone else who is going on the chase in November have a CB & could >give me some pointers in CB use nowadays (last time I used one I was 19!!!!) > >Is it worth making one of the channels a "call channel" for the chase? >What range is probable? >What do you call yourself? >and a million other questions I can't think of at the moment.... > >Jane > >------------------------------------------------------- >Jane ONeill >ASWA - Victoria >Australian Severe Weather Assocn (ASWA Inc.) >Melbourne Storm Chasers >Email: cadence at rubix.net.au >------------------------------------------------------- > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 003 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Cool SE in Illawarra already-kiss storms goodbye Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 10:22:57 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Can't seem to pull a trick here in the southern Illawarra, a coolish E/SE wind has developed overnight indicating that the trough is now probably north of here. If Jimmy heads slightly SW into the upper Hunter today I am sure he will get some action. Best we can hope for is some isolated showers in the onshore flow. Storms are doubtful and if they do develop will find it hard to move off the ranges. Michael Thompson http://thunder.simplenet.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 004 X-Sender: mbath at pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 11:54:28 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: NSW storm chase update Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Just spoke to Jimmy. They are just north of Tamworth heading towards Armidale where some cells are developing. Radar shows this to be at Armidale and NW. LI is forecast to be -5 and Cape about 1400 in the area at 4pm local. The stratocu is breaking down to reveal the storms better so they should be in for some more nice action this afternoon. If you want to phone in updates for them, Jimmys number is 0408 020 468. regards, Michael ================================================================== Michael Bath mailto:mbath at ozemail.com.au Wollongbar NSW 2477 http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/ http://www.lightningphotography.com/ Secretary ASWA Inc. http://www.severeweather.asn.au/ ================================================================== +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 005 X-Sender: mbath at pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 13:53:43 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Michael Bath [mbath at ozemail.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: NSW thunderstorm advice Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ADVICE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL OFFICE Issued at 1342 on Sunday the 26th of September 1999 This advice affects people in the following weather districts: North West Slopes and Plains, Northern Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, Upper Western east of Goodooga. Thunderstorms are forecast within the advice area from 1:45pm until 6:00pm. Some of these are expected to be severe, bringing destructive winds, very heavy rainfall and large hailstones. ===== chase team are currently in the NW Slopes district ================================================================== Michael Bath mailto:mbath at ozemail.com.au Wollongbar NSW 2477 http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/ http://www.lightningphotography.com/ Secretary ASWA Inc. http://www.severeweather.asn.au/ ================================================================== +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 006 X-Sender: disarm at braenet.com.au (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 16:04:54 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: Western Sydney Storm Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Me again! :) Saw some big cumulus clouds / congestus around this morning, checked the radar and saw they were increasing in intensity as they moved inland (around 11am), i thought id try my luck and headed out to the uni of western Sydney, Penrith campus to check the radar as there were a few heavy showers around, on arrival there internet network was down so i thought id better head home for the Grand Final. On the M4 just before the turnoff to Rooty Hill i saw a cloud lowering and dark rain curtain, so i headed for Rooty Hill, and watched as the storm developed, i saw the 1st CG after waiting about 5 minutes, then it started! This thing really started to intensify as it moved NW (i think) towards Richmond i think.. I rang Jimmy a couple of times to see where he was (North of Armidale when i rang him) and asked for advice on a good lookout, he said to head up Richmond Road and you cant fail, to cut a long story short i turned down a street and saw the uni of west sydney, hawksbury campus, and a big sports field so i sat around there for the duration of the storm as it let out CG's VERY close, i mean quit a bit of crack/boom stuff (should have some fantastic thunder recorded on film).. and the thing that REALLY bothered me was that there was a group of people at some car driving thing at the uni, all standing out in the rain, next to tree's, with umbrella's, while there are CG's VERY close every minute or so while it is pelting down with rain.. they are very lucky people. WOW sensational TRY by St George/Illawarra 10 minutes b4 half time! ran way with it, and they get the conversion!) The storm died slowly, and i headed back home to watch the GF. A very nice storm, and its been a great week so far :), and the storm season is really shaping up nicely compared to this time last year. Matthew Smith ASWA Committee Member ----------Storm Chase Reports and Photos:--------- ------http://www.braenet.com.au/~disarm----- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 007 From: "ptera" [adderley at acay.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Central Coast (Gosford) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 16:18:51 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com 4:15pm, I'm hearing some very far-off "big" (techo term) thunder. It's beginning to rain, sky - total low cover, no ground turbulence. If anyone up this way is considering a chase, I'll come.. Peter Adderley +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 008 X-Sender: halden at mail.lis.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 17:55:14 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Halden Boyd [halden at lis.net.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Northern Rivers Sunday boring Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Went for a fly this morning in the da plane....anabatic only got up to 6,500fet and the tops behind the coastal belt 3nm inland from coast topped out at 3,500 and were flat as....was gonna lurk up to Lismore but it was boring.....as i speak there is one cell to the west proabably around the back of Tenterfield...the Ne seabreeze has been patthetic penetration wise...the ants on the ground around water have been getting a bit more active today so we might get a SE change tomorrow... Halden +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 009 From: "Jane ONeill" [cadence at rubix.net.au] To: "Aussie Weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Cc: Subject: aus-wx: You might be a chaser if...... Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:43:42 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com SDS is bigtime at the moment here under Victoria's clear blue skies , so I thought I'd give it a go... (this is my personal version) You might be a chaser if...................... * You get depressed when the sky is blue. * Radar loops for various parts of the country run continuously under whatever you are working on (at home & at work). * No-one at work is surprised to find you standing on the corrugated iron roof in high heels with a camera. * You do your spring cleaning on a fine day....because when the 'season' starts you won't do it again for months. * When people ask your hobbies you tell them you're into 'atmospheric science'. * You know the BoM's phone numbers off by heart. * You have to start looking for another ISP because your downloads are way over 300mb a month. * Your dog likes going storm chasing. * You drive 300km on a Sunday, because there might be a cloud worth chasing out there....somewhere. * You listen to the Airservices forecast on your mobile phone at least once a day (*and* you understand the 'accent'). * You study the structure of stratocumulus when there's nothing else around. * You read meteorology textbooks at midnight. * Everywhere you go, your camera goes. ----------------------------------------------------- Jane ONeill ASWA - Victoria Australian Severe Weather Assocn (ASWA Inc.) Melbourne Storm Chasers Email: cadence at rubix.net.au ------------------------------------------------------- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 010 X-Sender: astroman at mail.chariot.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:04:17 +0930 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] Subject: aus-wx: ASWA Weekly Newsletter -10 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi There,

Welcome to the tenth edition of the Australian Severe Weather Association online newsletter. I hope you all enjoy it and any thoughts or comments can be send to " Kathryn Jolly at astroman at chariot.net.au " also please don't forget if there is any information regarding the Australian Severe Weather Association that you would normally send to the list, please send it to me instead for inclusion into the newsletter. That is what it is here for.

Happy reading

THE AUSTRALIAN SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATION INC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - Issue 10

The Australian Severe Weather Association Inc (ASWA) is here to provide a platform for discussion into severe weather, research and education. A lot has been written about about Australia's severe weather in the past and you can view many different stories of people's experience with the weather in the offical ASWA magazine "Storm News". Discussion about the latest weather and a great place to learn from is the aus-wx mailing list from which ASWA Inc was originally formed. The mailing list is filled with people who are eager to help teach others about all aspects of meterology and to share their experiences.

Membership into the ASWA Inc is $30 a year (with access to the Bureau of Meterology's radar and a quarterly subscription to "Storm News) or if you don't wish for radar $20 a year (with the quarterly subscription to "Storm News" still remaining.) Both visitors and members are welcomed to attend State Meetings. State Meetings are held in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland in their capital cites. Members can also have the chance to buy an ASWA T-shirt in either polo or round neck styles. If you would like to join you can visit the ASWA Inc website at http://www.severeweather.asn.au/ and fill in an online application form or get in contact with your State Rep. All details can be found at the website.

General News

ASWA Members

I am pretty sure that ASWA has now reached over 100 members, congratulations to ASWA for making this milestone. When it was posted to the list about 100 members there was an error counting and the re-count was 2 short.

Births, Birthdays, Deaths, Marriages, Anniversarys.

At last report over 2 days ago Kevin Phyland's wife was in labour. No reports as yet about the birth of the baby. Will keep you posted.

ASWA online Newsletter

Next weeks newsletter will be one day late, due to me going away and not coming home until late Sunday afternoon.

ASWA Calendar

Photo submissions are now open for the ASWA calender, the rules and details can be seen at
http://www.upnaway.com/~jra/aswacalender.html

URL'S

http://www.xenon.net/~truffles/the-aswa-bom-seminar-review.htm has photos and a review of the QLD/Bom seminar that was held on the 11th of September.

8 New pictures added to The Brisbane Storm Chasers Homepage courtesy of Ben Quinn and Mcwhirter.
http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/picturegallerynew.htm
A "Spectacular images" section has also been added. Over 80 meg of IR and VIS satellite pictures of Cylclones/Hurricanes and Thunderstorms from around the world
http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/archiveddata/archiveddata.htm

Weather News

South Australia

Fine sunny conditions have greeted Adelaide all week, and will continue till at least Tuesday off next with with a chance of a thunderstorm

New South Wales

Sydney and surrounding areas have had a great week for severe weather, by the sounds of things the next Storm News will be full of reports from the chases that have happened over the last 3 days

State Meetings

South Australia - Northern Territory

No meeting for October - Next meeting 5th November

Victoria - Tasmania

Next meeting - Saturday October 9th at the Pankcake Parlour, Doncaster, 9.00am

New South Wales

The next NSW ASWA meeting is going to be held on Saturday 9th October 1999 after 5.30pm. Venue not yet decided.

Queensland

Next meeting - Saturday October 2nd, at Unit 9/14 Argon St. Sumner starting at 10am

Western Australia

Please Inform Me Of Next Meeting.

+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 011 X-Sender: astroman at mail.chariot.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:24:32 +0930 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: You might be a chaser if...... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com LOL Jane, Andrew and I can relate to some of these big time, especially chasing clouds. You have done a fantastic job. >From the clear blue skies of Adelaide Andrew and Kathryn At 20:43 26/09/99 +1000, you wrote: >SDS is bigtime at the moment here under Victoria's clear blue skies >, so I thought I'd give it a go... (this is my personal version) > >You might be a chaser if...................... > >* You get depressed when the sky is blue. >* Radar loops for various parts of the country run continuously under >whatever you are working on (at home & at work). >* No-one at work is surprised to find you standing on the corrugated iron >roof in high heels with a camera. >* You do your spring cleaning on a fine day....because when the 'season' >starts you won't do it again for months. >* When people ask your hobbies you tell them you're into 'atmospheric >science'. >* You know the BoM's phone numbers off by heart. >* You have to start looking for another ISP because your downloads are way >over 300mb a month. >* Your dog likes going storm chasing. >* You drive 300km on a Sunday, because there might be a cloud worth chasing >out there....somewhere. >* You listen to the Airservices forecast on your mobile phone at least once >a day (*and* you understand the 'accent'). >* You study the structure of stratocumulus when there's nothing else around. >* You read meteorology textbooks at midnight. >* Everywhere you go, your camera goes. > >----------------------------------------------------- >Jane ONeill >ASWA - Victoria >Australian Severe Weather Assocn (ASWA Inc.) >Melbourne Storm Chasers >Email: cadence at rubix.net.au >------------------------------------------------------- > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 012 From: "Pearce" [rpearce at tig.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: New member Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:45:06 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

Hi everyone

My name is Matthew Pearce and I work for Don White in Sydney at Weatherwatch. I have a strong interest in storms, severe weather etc. I am 18 years old and a first year B Science student at UNSW, intending to do meteorology in subsequent years.

I live in St. Ives if anyone else is anywhere near me(if you don't know - its on the North Shore of Sydney).

By the way, I was talking to a 15 year old storm spotter in New York yesterday, and he mentioned the term "THETA" in respect to inversions. I asked Don about it but he wasn't sure what it meant. Would anyone be able to explain it to someone who doesn't have any FORMAL training in meteorology, but has some pretty good knowledge about weather ,ie. me?

Thanks and I look forward to being a part of the list

Matthew

013 From: "Andrew Miskelly" [amiskelly at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: You might be a chaser if...... Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:53:39 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com ...you know what "according to GASP, MRF and AVN, STA's associated with an ECL could be expected at 1300 UTC - better check out the NOTAM for TAFs around YSSY related to BKN CB's" means! -- Andrew Miskelly Illawarra/Southern Tablelands, NSW amiskelly at ozemail.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] To: Aussie Weather [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Cc: WX-CHASE at postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu Date: Sunday, 26 September 1999 20:40 Subject: aus-wx: You might be a chaser if...... >SDS is bigtime at the moment here under Victoria's clear blue skies >, so I thought I'd give it a go... (this is my personal version) > >You might be a chaser if...................... > >* You get depressed when the sky is blue. >* Radar loops for various parts of the country run continuously under >whatever you are working on (at home & at work). >* No-one at work is surprised to find you standing on the corrugated iron >roof in high heels with a camera. >* You do your spring cleaning on a fine day....because when the 'season' >starts you won't do it again for months. >* When people ask your hobbies you tell them you're into 'atmospheric >science'. >* You know the BoM's phone numbers off by heart. >* You have to start looking for another ISP because your downloads are way >over 300mb a month. >* Your dog likes going storm chasing. >* You drive 300km on a Sunday, because there might be a cloud worth chasing >out there....somewhere. >* You listen to the Airservices forecast on your mobile phone at least once >a day (*and* you understand the 'accent'). >* You study the structure of stratocumulus when there's nothing else around. >* You read meteorology textbooks at midnight. >* Everywhere you go, your camera goes. > >----------------------------------------------------- >Jane ONeill >ASWA - Victoria >Australian Severe Weather Assocn (ASWA Inc.) >Melbourne Storm Chasers >Email: cadence at rubix.net.au >------------------------------------------------------- > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 014 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:21:03 +1000 From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Funnel Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey Ben from Brisbane here.. Well i was waiting for my turn.. and i finally got it today.. I photographed a funnel sticking out of the bottom of a half assed Cb floating onto the coast just north of Brisbane late thisafternoon.. At one stage the funnel was very thick and well defined.. i thought it was going to turn into a waterspout at any minute.. but it continued to develope and then die out several times over a period of about 10 minutes, never becoming a spout.. I don't care if i have to hock my grandmother, i'll be getting the pictures developed ASAP.. I also saw some nice storms (one with an overshootting top) on the border ranges late thisafternoon.. these storms have continued (multicellular) through the evening.. as well as other storms developing over southern inland QLD.. Look nice on the sat pics.. but unfortunately too far away for us to see lightning.. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 015 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:51:52 +1000 From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: NSW Storms - Satellite Picture Animation Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey me again.. I have compiled a 50+ hour satellite picture animation of the activity in NSW over the past few days (1 hour intervals).. It was made for my own personal archives, but if you want to check it out you can do so at: http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/archiveddata/otherstates/nsw/26-09-99/satpics/nswstorms.gif (almost 1.5 meg) It's quite spectacular at times.. some great storms down there the last few days.. and some comparable storms in parts of southern QLD today as well.. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------