Australian Weather Mailing List Archives: Monday, 21 February 2000

From Subject -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 steve baynham [bayns at broad.net.au] My first Lightning picture 002 Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au] TC ELINE ex-LEON Satpic 003 "Jason & Keith" [kevans at kisser.net.au] Tornadoes and funnels reported off the Pilbara Coast near PT 004 Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] Tropics hit Adelaide 005 "Dr David Jones" [d.jones at bom.gov.au] Tropics hit Adelaide 006 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Update on Melbourne's potential records 007 Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com. Tornadoes and funnels reported of Karratha!!! (WA) 008 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Very heavy rain in NW Victoria, SW NSW 009 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] Very heavy rain in NW Victoria, SW NSW 010 Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Very heavy rain in NW Victoria, SW NSW 011 "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au] Dinner this Wednesday Night - Final Reminder 012 Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au] TC ELINE ex-LEON Satpic 013 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Waterspout vs Tornado 014 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Tropics hit Adelaide 015 Greg and Katrina Stewart [gkste at ruralnet.net. Very heavy rain in NW Victoria, SW NSW 016 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Pictures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 X-Sender: bayns at mail.broad.net.au X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 23:25:11 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: steve baynham [bayns at broad.net.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: My first Lightning picture Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com i think it might be http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/ben/temp/firstlightning.jpg At 08:38 PM 2/20/00 +1100, you wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >I got some film developed on Friday (6 months old!!) and i actually got >my first bolt of lightning on film!!! This picture was taken probably >close to 6 months ago - and it was my first attempt at lightning >photography.. first exposure and everything! This storm was well on its >way out, and there was only 1 more flash of lightning about 10 mins >after this photo was taken, and then nothing.. so i was definitely VERY >lucky to get this: > >http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/ben/temp/yepyep.jpg > > >It started off as a crawler at the left hand side of the picture, >crawled across the storm just under the gust front, then looped back on >itself and got half way back to where it started and then dropped a >Cg!!! This was one of the first decent storms of the season too - i was >wrapped when i realised i got it on film.. > >I did actually get some lightning on film in 1998 - but i was trying to >get a shot of a gust front just on dark, and i was lucky enough to catch >a bit of sheet lightning on film at the same time - it was a terrible >picture though.. > >I rarely try to photograph lightning - i think i might put in a bit more >effort now though.. could use a few more pictures like this! > > > >-- > >Ben Quinn > >The Brisbane Storm Chasers Homepage (BSCH) >http://www.bsch.simplenet.com >The Australian Weather Pages Webring >http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/webring/index.htm > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 002 X-Sender: carls at ford.ace-net.com.au Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 01:53:41 +1000 To: aussie-weather mailing list [aussie-weather at world.std.com] From: Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: TC ELINE ex-LEON Satpic Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi All. Just thought some of you might like to look at a good satellite photo of TC ELINE ex-LEON making landfall in Madagascar as what JTWC said was a 90 knot system. Someone sent it to me, and I think it is a particularly good image of a cyclone, so I put it on the server and will leave it there for a few days if anyone wants to have a look at it. You will find it at: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/Images/noaa12_17022000_1414ut.jpg I recieved an unverified report that TC ELINE ex-LEON did considerable damage in Mahanoro and Vatomandry, East Madagascar, and cost 2 lives with widespread damage in Antananarivo, the capital. Apparently, no cyclone warnings were issued to the public there, leaving the population completely unprepared and unaware of the danger. TC ELINE ex-LEON has crossed Madagascar and has reintesified in the Mozambique Channel, and is expected to make landfall as an 80 knot system near Inhambane in Mozambique during the next 12 to 24 hours (source: JTWC). This area is already suffering severe flooding from the remains of the last cyclone. Regards, Carl. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carl Smith. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. carls at ace-net.com.au Cyclone Tracking Maps Website: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/index.htm Current Cyclone Information Page: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/current.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "Jason & Keith" [kevans at kisser.net.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Tornadoes and funnels reported off the Pilbara Coast near PT Sampson!!! (WA) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:44:51 +0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey all, Well we could never had guessed what mother nature had install for our eyes today...Myself, Keith, Michael didn't even intend on chasing today, our plans were to go for a swim at Python pool in the Millstream/Chichester National Park but due to heavy rains from the previous night we were unable to get to our destination, the 3rd floodway we arrived to was just a little too risky to cross...Anyway we turned around back towards North West Coastal hwy when suddenly we saw a coned shape funnel cloud! #$! at This first one we spotted was a fair distance away so we were unable to tell if it was over land or water...It lasted about 5 or so minutes before weakening. After spotting this first funnel we decided to head for the coast at PT Sampson where the Squall line was still intensifying...so we thought there was a remote possibility of seeing another one (hoping hehe). Well we had only just got to Sampson for about 2 minutes when we spotted another Funnel!! Only this one was only about 5 kms off the coast!! We leaped out of the car and headed for the highest spot around not believing what was happening before our eye's!!! This one definitely was reaching the surface as we could see the sea spray at the base of the Water Spout.....we spent the next 5-10min filming clicking away with cameras admiring mother nature at her best. This second Water spout lasted for about 5-10min before dissipating...Then we headed for the beach to get a better view to the North where more! yes more funnels/spouts were developing in a line on this squall line, at one stage we could see 4 spouts/funnels in a line one after another but only one was touching the surface the others where just extending about 1/3 out of the base of the thunderstorm. All up we have 2 rolls of film to get developed but we have 6 images captured off the Video camera for all to see.....these pics are of the second water spout we saw only minutes after arriving in PT Sampson which was easily the strongest one :) www.kisser.net.au/kevans/spout/sp1.jpg www.kisser.net.au/kevans/spout/sp2.jpg www.kisser.net.au/kevans/spout/sp3.jpg www.kisser.net.au/kevans/spout/sp4.jpg www.kisser.net.au/kevans/spout/sp5.jpg www.kisser.net.au/kevans/spout/sp6.jpg www.kisser.net.au/kevans/spout/sp7.jpg All I can say is what an AWESOME day!!!!! (this was all our first Tornado/Water Spout/funnel sightings and we got 7 in one day!!!!!! cant ask much more than that! LOL Jason >From a Tornadic NW W.A www.kisser.net.au/kevans/weather PS we will right a full report as soon as we get the SLR pics developed ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] To: Australian Weather Mailing List [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 5:28 PM Subject: aus-wx: Tornadoes and funnels reported of Karratha!!! (WA) > Hi all, > > Just talked to Jason Bush from Karratha, him and Keith and Michael > Fewwings are spotting thunderstorms off the coast, and have counted a > total of 7 (yes, seven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) tornadoes/funnels so far!!!! > Two definately touched the water (I believe that waterspouts are > tornadoes, although I think this will certainly raise some eyebrows! > But all funnels/tornadoes were sited under the base of a thunderstorm). > The other five they will need to go through their video footage to > confirm!!! > > Jason was saying they were forming just one after another at one > stage!!!!!!! This is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see the > footage!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > -- > Anthony Cornelius > Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association > (ASWA) > (07) 3390 4812 > 14 Kinsella St > Belmont, Brisbane > QLD, 4153 > Please report severe thunderstorms on our Queensland severe thunderstorm > reporting line on (07) 3390 4218 or by going to our homepage at > 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------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: paisley at mail.cobweb.com.au Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 07:24:33 +0930 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Phil Bagust [paisley at cobweb.com.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tropics hit Adelaide Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Continual thunder and rain for hours now in Adelaide, nothing severe, but very tropical - feels just like Brisbane [or what Brisbane should be in a normal year ;)]. At 7.30am I have 22degrees, 90% humidity and 25mm of rain overnight to follow a similar amount recorded yesterday [with much more in places in the riverland and Adelaide hills]. All this and a severe weather advice just issued for the metro area - off to the radar! Pity I have to work today ;( Phil 'Paisley' Bagust paisley at cobweb.com.au http://www.chariot.net.au/~paisley2 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 From: "Dr David Jones" [d.jones at bom.gov.au] To: "Aussie Weather (E-mail)" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:36:52 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Michael Scollay wrote.. >Touche' DJ...I'm yet to see any scientific paper recently >that has changed the melting point of ice...Sometimes the >evidence, put bluntly, is so bloody obvious. There are three >basic things that affect a glacier's growth or retreat rate; > >1) Ice & snow accumulation. >2) Temperature. >3) Friction. Michael, while it is true that any one of 1 to 3 could be leading to the observed changes in glacier mass, I would be inclined to neglect 3, leaving 1 and 2. Put simply the variations in glacier mass are a function of melt/sublimation of ice (overwhelmingly caused by temperature variations) and snowfall. Snowfall variations can be due to changes in precipitation, and/or fraction of precipitation occurring as solid which would be expected to be dominated by temperature variations. So I guess this leaves you with the question, has a decrease in precipitation led to the observed decline in glaciers (decrease in snowfall), or has an increase in temperature (increase in melt). Fortunately, there are a few ways to address this. The simple way is to see if precipitation has changed. Fortunately, most glaciers are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature but much less sensitive to changes in precipitation. For example, research at the University of Melbourne showed that the decline in New Zealand glaciers since about 1900, could be explained by a decrease in precipitation of approximately 50% or an increase in temperature of about 1C. Even the worst managed network would be able to detect a 50% decrease on precipitation, not to mention the obvious impacts this would have on the natural and human environment. Similar sensitivities would be expected across most mid/low latitude glaciers, though with obviously some geographical variation. Such sensitivities are infact very easy to robustly calculate using glaciological thermodynamical/dynamical models. To explain the large almost global decrease in glaciers, you are left with the three explanations, 1) it is caused by a large decrease in precipitation. Something which would be easily picked up by even the worst managed networks, not to mention being obvious in such indicators as variations in river flow, lake levels, sediment deposits, and natural ecosystems. 2) a small temperature increase. This is supported by the observational network. 3) some combination of 1 and 2. 3 - seems like the obvious answer, at least to me.. I should clarify a few further issues. Firstly, it is entirely conceivable, and even likely that some glaciers will expand against a backdrop of increasing global temperatures. This is particularly true for the Antarctic where temperatures are so low that melt is almost non-existent, and will remain unimportant unless there is a catastrophic temperature increase. Some west coast New Zealand glacier have shown slight recent increases in size. These increases are small in comparison to the 20th century general decrease, and reflect a run of very snowy winters (I could elaborate but I won't). I have failed to do justice to our glaciological friends with the simple nature of my explanations. Cheers from tropical Melbourne.. DAJ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: aus-wx: Update on Melbourne's potential records To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 11:08:03 +1100 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com An update on potential records which are in the firing line in Melbourne, from the obvious to the obscure: (where two current records are given, one is for February, the other for all months; where only one is given the February record is the all-month record) Element Existing record 2000 so far Mean max temp 30.2 (Feb 1898) 31.3 31.0 (Jan 1908) (on the current forecast and the extended model runs, I would put the chances of the February record being broken at 90-95% and the chances of the all-month record at 60%. The required mean for the last 9 days would be approximately 27.5 and 30.5 respectively) Mean min temp 18.6 (Feb 1997) 17.7 (unlikely to fall, but anything above 17.7 would be the 2nd highest on record) Monthly mean temp 24.4 (Feb 1997) 24.5 Most days over 37.8 5 (Feb 1968, 1997) 5 (100 F) 7 (Jan 1908) Most days over 35 10 (Feb 1898) 7 12 (Jan 1908) Most days over 32.2 12 (Feb 1898) 9 13 (Jan 1981) Most days over 30 14 (Feb 1898, 1997) 10* 17 (Jan 1974) Fewest days under 25 6 (Feb 1956) 4 3 (Jan 1951) Most consecutive days 10 (23/1-1/2/74) 6 (and counting) over 28 * on the 9th, the maximum was a reset at 0900 on the 10th - the 0900 temperature was 29.7 - it might (but probably didn't) have crept above 30 just before 0900. Blair Trewin +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 11:36:22 +1100 From: Michael Scollay [michael.scollay at telstra.com.au] Organization: Telstra Strategy & Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tornadoes and funnels reported of Karratha!!! (WA) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Anthony Cornelius wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just talked to Jason Bush from Karratha, him and Keith and Michael > Fewwings are spotting thunderstorms off the coast, and have counted a > total of 7 (yes, seven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) tornadoes/funnels so far!!!! And all available radar in the area has been archived over that period...provided the BoM made it available, of course:-) Michael Scollay +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: aus-wx: Very heavy rain in NW Victoria, SW NSW To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 12:18:38 +1100 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Some very high rainfall totals in north-western Victoria and south- western NSW (and to a lesser extent SA, although they saw most of their action a day earlier). Totals in excess of 100mm have occurred at Pooncarie (145) and Menindee (101) in south-western NSW, and Werrimull (130) in north- western Victoria. The Werrimull figure is an all-time 24-hour record for the station, and the third-highest 24-hour total ever recorded in the Mallee (district 76) (after 145.6 at Panitya East on 6/3/1910 and 131.6 at Merrinee on 16/2/1928). Meanwhile, Melbourne got deluged with (wait for it) 0.4mm. No doubt the SES will be out in force to deal with the flash flooding here... Blair Trewin +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:09:32 +1000 From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Very heavy rain in NW Victoria, SW NSW Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Blair... As far as I can tell, Pooncarie and Menindee both had their record 24 hr falls and what about Broken Hill's 95 mm. Perhap you could confirm. Thanks Don White Blair Trewin wrote: > > Some very high rainfall totals in north-western Victoria and south- > western NSW (and to a lesser extent SA, although they saw most of their > action a day earlier). > > Totals in excess of 100mm have occurred at Pooncarie (145) and > Menindee (101) in south-western NSW, and Werrimull (130) in north- > western Victoria. The Werrimull figure is an all-time 24-hour record > for the station, and the third-highest 24-hour total ever recorded > in the Mallee (district 76) (after 145.6 at Panitya East on 6/3/1910 > and 131.6 at Merrinee on 16/2/1928). > > Meanwhile, Melbourne got deluged with (wait for it) 0.4mm. No doubt > the SES will be out in force to deal with the flash flooding here... > > Blair Trewin > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 010 From: Blair Trewin [blair at met.Unimelb.EDU.AU] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Very heavy rain in NW Victoria, SW NSW To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:56:56 +1100 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > > Blair... > As far as I can tell, Pooncarie and Menindee both had their record 24 hr > falls and what about Broken Hill's 95 mm. Perhap you could confirm. > Thanks > Don White > February records all round, but only Pooncarie's was an all-time record (previously 101.4 on 14/3/1989). Broken Hill had 139.4 mm on 14 March 1989 as well (and 96.6 at Menindee), whilst Menindee's record is 150.6 on 29/11/1933. All of these sites have records extending back into the 1880's. Blair Trewin +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 From: "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au] To: "Aussie Weather" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Dinner this Wednesday Night - Final Reminder Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:02:26 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

Hi Everyone,

A final reminder that there will be a dinner held at Darling Harbour this Wednesday night starting at 6pm. Please also if you have any photos to show bring them along.

Below I have reposted the details from an e-mail I sent out previously.

Here is some further information for those planning to attend this Wednesdays dinner. I have made a 6pm booking at "Nicks Seafood Restaurant" which is located at Cockle Bay Wharf on the Eastern side of Darling Harbour.

For a map and details of the menu and wine list go to the restaurants website which is at http://www.nicks-seafood.com.au/default.asp

Also I have included a link to a larger scale map of the Darling Harbour area which can be found at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mjpiper/map.gif

The plan at this stage is for everyone to meet me outside my work which is located where the large red circle is on the previous map at 201 Sussex St. I finish work at 5pm and will be waiting outside the IBM tower where there is a cafe.

If anyone needs to contact me they can call me on my mobile which is 0414 393267

Matthew Piper

012 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:42:26 +1100 From: Keith Barnett [weather at ozemail.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: TC ELINE ex-LEON Satpic Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Here's the weather map for the area: (It's downloading VERY slowly at present) http://www.sawb.gov.za/ship/ship.gif Carl Smith wrote: > > Hi All. > > Just thought some of you might like to look at a good satellite photo of TC > ELINE ex-LEON making landfall in Madagascar as what JTWC said was a 90 knot > system. > > Someone sent it to me, and I think it is a particularly good image of a > cyclone, so I put it on the server and will leave it there for a few days > if anyone wants to have a look at it. > > You will find it at: > http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/Images/noaa12_17022000_1414ut.jpg > > I recieved an unverified report that TC ELINE ex-LEON did considerable > damage in Mahanoro and Vatomandry, East Madagascar, and cost 2 lives with > widespread damage in Antananarivo, the capital. Apparently, no cyclone > warnings were issued to the public there, leaving the population completely > unprepared and unaware of the danger. > > TC ELINE ex-LEON has crossed Madagascar and has reintesified in the > Mozambique Channel, and is expected to make landfall as an 80 knot system > near Inhambane in Mozambique during the next 12 to 24 hours (source: JTWC). > This area is already suffering severe flooding from the remains of the last > cyclone. > > Regards, > Carl. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Carl Smith. > Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. > carls at ace-net.com.au > Cyclone Tracking Maps Website: > http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/index.htm > Current Cyclone Information Page: > http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/current.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 013 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Waterspout vs Tornado Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:04:15 +1100 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 Hi Anthony It certainly raises my eyebrows, I like to think ( and this is just my opinion ) that Waterspouts are only distant cousins to tornadoes, in the same way dust devils are. Having said that there are some waterspouts that are really tornadoes over water, and these should not be labelled as waterspouts at all. About 15 years ago ( on a day without a camera of course ) I saw four waterspouts off the Illawarra coast. These had developed under a line of flat based congestus that had not even glaciated. In fact upon the glaciation the spouts died, it was too much of a coincidence in my mind to be random. Regards Michael > Two definately touched the water (I believe that waterspouts are > tornadoes, although I think this will certainly raise some eyebrows! > But all funnels/tornadoes were sited under the base of a thunderstorm). +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tropics hit Adelaide Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:10:54 +1100 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 Good to see you guys getting action, that is more rain then I have seen this year so far. Yesterdays sat pics looked awesome on the NSW/SA border. Michael > Continual thunder and rain for hours now in Adelaide, nothing severe, but > very tropical - feels just like Brisbane [or what Brisbane should be in a > normal year ;)]. At 7.30am I have 22degrees, 90% humidity and 25mm of rain > overnight to follow a similar amount recorded yesterday [with much more in > places in the riverland and Adelaide hills]. > > All this and a severe weather advice just issued for the metro area - off > to the radar! Pity I have to work today ;( > > Phil 'Paisley' Bagust > paisley at cobweb.com.au > http://www.chariot.net.au/~paisley2 > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 015 User-Agent: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 5.0 (1513) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:55:48 +1100 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Very heavy rain in NW Victoria, SW NSW From: Greg and Katrina Stewart [gkste at ruralnet.net.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com on 21/2/00 4:09 PM, Don White at donwhite at ozemail.com.au wrote: > Blair... > As far as I can tell, Pooncarie and Menindee both had their record 24 hr > falls and what about Broken Hill's 95 mm. Perhap you could confirm. > Thanks > Don White > > Blair Trewin wrote: >> >> Some very high rainfall totals in north-western Victoria and south- >> western NSW (and to a lesser extent SA, although they saw most of their >> action a day earlier). >> >> Totals in excess of 100mm have occurred at Pooncarie (145) and >> Menindee (101) in south-western NSW, and Werrimull (130) in north- >> western Victoria. The Werrimull figure is an all-time 24-hour record >> for the station, and the third-highest 24-hour total ever recorded >> in the Mallee (district 76) (after 145.6 at Panitya East on 6/3/1910 >> and 131.6 at Merrinee on 16/2/1928). >> >> Meanwhile, Melbourne got deluged with (wait for it) 0.4mm. No doubt >> the SES will be out in force to deal with the flash flooding here... >> >> Blair Trewin >> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ >> 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------------------------------ My property had 68mm,(near Mildura), my wifes Uncle's farm 30 kms from Werrimul (135mm) had around 50mm. A news report today gave Lethro station between Mildura and Pooncarie as having had 9 inches (my jaw is still on the ground). It has been very wet and just started raining again as I type.... Greg Stewart (Merbein) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 016 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:16:42 +1100 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: Pictures Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi everyone, I have uploaded some pictures i took today http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/assor/21-02-2000/ A couple that stand out are http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/assor/21-02-2000/21-02-200011.jpg http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/assor/21-02-2000/21-02-200008.jpg http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/assor/21-02-2000/21-02-200001.jpg -- Ben Quinn The Brisbane Storm Chasers Homepage (BSCH) http://www.bsch.simplenet.com The Australian Weather Pages Webring http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/webring/index.htm +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------