X-Sender: jdeguara at pop.ihug.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 23:52:40 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Jimmy Deguara Subject: aus-wx: next NSW ASWA meeting Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi, The next NSW ASWA meeting is to be held on Saturday 10th June. The meeting time starts around 7pm but people may want to get there earlier for a little discussion. Details: Date: Saturday 10th June Address: 7 West Street, North Sydney at the Weather 21 Studios - plenty of parking available along West Street. Time: 7pm What to bring? Money for the pizza if you wish, information and statistics, magazines, videos and some stories. You may also want to bring along some snacks and drinks as per usual. The main presentation for the evening will be the talk given by Michael Thompson on the "Sea and Waves". A weather forecast briefing will be in order during the night. Jimmy Deguara ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Jimmy Deguara from Schofields, Sydney President of Australian Severe Weather Association Inc. (ASWA) http://severeweather.asn.au e-mail: jdeguara at ihug.com.au homepage with Michael Bath note new URL http://australiasevereweather.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------------------------------ From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: SE NSW snowfalls Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 18:11:21 GMT X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id OAA12593 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Lindsay, the method I use is to stuff the snow sitting on top of the gauge into the gauge, then add a measured amount of hot water (measured in mm in the gauge measuring cylinder), then subtract the hot water. So, e.g., measure 10mm of hot water, pour onto snow in gauge, tip it all back into the measuring cylinder, and subtract the 10mm. This is pretty rough and ready and only works with lighter snowfalls. Once the cylinder of snow that develops on top of the gauge exceeds 5cm or so, wind will dislodge parts of it and reduce the reading, so you need to do it often in heavier falls. The method probably works better with standard 8 inch gauges than the smaller plastic variety, too. Alternatively, place a piece of plywood in a level place which is both sheltered from strong wind and not likely to be in an eddy or depression which will attract drift snow. Measure the snow depth on the board in cm, and regularly sweep the board clear and replace it on the surface of the snow. Add your cm totals and divide by 13 for dry snow and 10 for wet snow to convert to mm. (I'm taking those figures from memory and stand to be corrected.) The secret is to measure frequently in heavier snowfalls, as the snow will pack down under its own weight or due to any thawing. If you keep an eye on the behavious of snow accumulation on the board, it also gives you some idea of how much catch is snow*fall* and how much is snow*drift*, and you can improve accuracy by making a subjective deduction of the snowdrift from the total. All that said, precipitation measurement during snowfall is a very inexact science. Laurier On Wed, 31 May 2000 09:00:01 -0700, Lindsay wrote: >Blackheath, Wednesday morning: > >Hi all, > >Nudging above zero this morning and gloriously sunny for the first time >in a while. >Winds still quit westerly, it seems. > >There's decent snow on the ranges out Oberon way and still a bank of >clouds out there although it seems to be breaking up a little. > > >I have a question about precipitation measurement. What is the best way >to include the snowfalls we've had into my monthly rainfall? In my area >on Sunday night, I got around 9cm of snow on our lawn but curiously >further down the street (We are nestled on the leeward side of Whiteley >Park in a westerly, one of the highest points in town) I measured up to >12cm on the lawns. It seemed consistent that the further down our street >I went, there was a bit more snow. I cannot suggest how accurate my >method was using a piece of dowel but I did push the stick into the >lawns in various places over a two hundred metres distance down the >road. Was the snow further down our hill drift snow (our street drops >steeply to the east) or was the top of our street more protected because >of the stand of tall radiata pine trees and the generous hill of >Whiteley Park? I want to represent my rainfall as best I can, would >appreciate any help on this one. Laurier has already told me about his >board method for snow measurement and I need to look into that more. I >think Laurier got around 7cm but interestingly I also notice that >Laurier's rainfall, when we get easterly rain, is more than mine, to do >with his proximity to the escarpment during easterly rain maybe? > >Cheers, > > >Lindsay Pearce >PS: My temp range during the snow fall was around -2 to 1 degrees. > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ From: "Ben Tichborne" To: Subject: aus-wx: Cold snap moves on Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 09:36:30 +1200 Organization: Private X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com NZ's mild end to autumn is set to end today in the South island, as the inexhaustible vent of icy air moves east. Rain is forecast to set in later today in Christchurch (it's cloudy and dry now), while further south snow is expected to drop to 400 metres today, and to lower levels by tomorrow. There have already been good snowfalls on the mountains (and skifields) of the southern lakes area in the moist northerlies of the last few days - the cold air presumably having passed over southeast Australia. Another cold outbreak is forecast for the middle of next week. It's also worth noting that there was a mini-tornado reported (by TV News) in Nelson yesterday, but I have no other details. BTW, when cold air from a southerly outbreak in Australia moves into the warmer areas (esp. the tropical north), where the sun has warmed the ground, are thunder and hailstorms likely, or is such an airmass usually too stable by this time?. This a common scenario with summer cold outbreaks in NZ - fruit growers in northern and eastern areas dread such weather situations. Ben Tichborne Christchurch NZ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 12:57:18 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Another cold spell for SE Aust Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Blair Trewin wrote: Yeah, or even July 1965? or August 1962? for us in the Blue Mountains. Although I can't say I know much about the systems that brought those snowfalls, would be interesting to find out though... I must check out the micro-fiche (sp?) down at Lithgow library, they have newspapers down there dating back many years. Big job looking though. Lindsay Pearce > > If highs in this location becomes a pattern through the winter, this could > > produce some pretty amazing snow totals over the Vic/NSW (and Tas) alpine > > regions. I am starting to be reminded of 1981 ... Hopefully this is not the > > kiss of death for the possibility of such an outcome. I actually also like > > the idea of a re-run of 1949 but I am sure that is asking way too much. > > > > I was hoping for 1900 or 1901 myself, although 1949 would do... > > 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------------------------------ From: "Nick Sykes" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Another cold spell for SE Aust Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 09:13:24 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Yes it sounds like there is another cold outbreak on the way.Just heard from the BOM on the radio and they said a weak front will move through Victoria late Saturday with a much stronger one on Sunday. Snow is expected to develop over the Alpine areas of Victoria on late Sunday and decend to the 500-600m level!!!!. The BOM said they are not expecting any rain band as such but said significant falls in the order of 25mm are possible due to the heavy showers behind the front. Wohoo, bring on the cold outbreaks, 2 in a week, can't complain about that, lol. Nick Sykes +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ X-Sender: gws at mail.pipeline.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 11:45:47 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: "L.J. & B. Smail" Subject: aus-wx: Clyve's outlook Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The present high pressure system west of Tasmania is expected to weaken, allowing a weak trough to pass on Saturday. A stronger trough and frontal system is expected on Sunday. At this stage it appears a cold southwesterly flow following the trough on Sunday may again produce another cold outbreak, bringing snow to relatively low levels on Sunday night-Monday morning. Rainfall appears patchy and showery. Another high will probably develop in the Bight on Monday, and the outlook suggests it will influence Victoria from midweek. Conditions should be cool to rather cold till the middle of the week. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ From: "Ben Quinn" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cold snap moves on Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 11:34:33 +1000 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 Ben, > BTW, when cold air from a southerly outbreak in Australia moves into the > warmer areas (esp. the tropical north), where the sun has warmed the ground, > are thunder and hailstorms likely, or is such an airmass usually too stable > by this time?. This a common scenario with summer cold outbreaks in NZ - > fruit growers in northern and eastern areas dread such weather situations. Unfortunately we have had bugger all weather wise from this cold outbreak - the upper levels were EXTREMELY cold, but dry SW winds at the surface prevented any storms (or any kind of weather) from forming.. we had negative DP's the other day!!! I remember last year there were a couple of occasions when we had SW winds at the surface, and cold upper levels, and storms formed just off the coast during the evening/overnight.. i was hoping for the same thing during this cold outbreak - but i guess the SW'rs were just too dry.. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ From: Blair Trewin Subject: aus-wx: Darwin has coldest night since 1995 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 14:08:07 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Darwin today dropped to 13.8 degrees, its coldest night in any month since 1995. There don't seem to be any records at long-period stations, but quite a lot of near-misses (Townsville's 5 missed its June record by less than a degree) throughout northern and central Australia, with scattered -1s at more favoured sites (such as Ali Curung and Three Rivers). Unfortunately Mt. Elizabeth on the Kimberley plateau, a favoured site for low minima at low latitudes, isn't reporting minimum temperatures at present (presumably because of a faulty instrument). 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------------------------------ From: "John Woodbridge" To: Subject: RE: aus-wx: Cold snap moves on Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:31:03 +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 Hi Ben, No, the air becomes very dry due to the long path over land, and hence extremely stable. Typically the weather is crystal clear, mild and windy with 0/8 cloud cover and cold nights, which has been the Brisbane story for the last 5 days now. Typical temp range 6C..16C, rising as you go further North. However, upper level cold pools moving in from the SW in spring or summer typically give rise to severe thunderstorm conditions, given a pre-existing low level warm humid air mass input from the Coral Sea. These events are not common though :( Probably something similar happens in the NZ North East, enhanced by uplift of cold air over the Westerly ranges, and maybe more frequent given the more southerly location of NZ. Regards, John. >snip BTW, when cold air from a southerly outbreak in Australia moves into the warmer areas (esp. the tropical north), where the sun has warmed the ground, are thunder and hailstorms likely, or is such an airmass usually too stable by this time?. This a common scenario with summer cold outbreaks in NZ - fruit growers in northern and eastern areas dread such weather situations. Ben Tichborne Christchurch NZ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ From: Blair Trewin Subject: aus-wx: A few more records from last week To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:26:58 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com A few records from last week for consecutive days below thresholds (plus some non-records for reference). Wagga (4 consecutive days below 10 27th-30th) First instance of 4 (or even 3) consecutive days below 10 in May. Bathurst (3 consecutive days below 6 28th-30th) First instance in May. First instance in any month since 16-18/7/1966 (there have been a total of 6 occurrences in the 92-year record). Dubbo (3 consecutive days below 11, 2 below 10) First instance in May in both cases. Sydney (3 consecutive days below 15) First instance in May since 18-21/5/1915. (This illustrates quite a strong warming trend for low maxima at the Sydney site - how much is climate change and how much is urbanisation is something I haven't looked at, although urbanisation more often affects minima. The mean annual frequency of such events (all months) has declined from 4.6 in the 1859-99 period, through 2.8 for 1900-49 to 0.7 for 1950-99, and this week's event was only the third occurrence since 1987). Orange Airport (3 consecutive days below 4, 4 below 5) First instance in May in both cases. There have been 2 previous instances (in the 32-year record) of 3 consecutive days below 4 (26-29/7/77 and 23-25/6/98), and 7 previous instances of 4 days below 5 (most recently 28-31/7/98). The longest run of days below 5 is 6 (10-15/7/78), although 1989 also deserves a mention with 10 out of the 14 days 10-23 July below 5, and 21 days below 5 between June 10 and August 27 (compared to a mean annual frequency of 8). 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------------------------------ X-Sender: carls at ford.ace-net.com.au Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 14:42:56 +1000 To: Aussie Weather List From: Carl Smith Subject: aus-wx: Frosty Australia Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi All. Frosts were widespread across Australia before sunrise this morning as shown by the false colour IR satpic at: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/Images/auir1531931c.gif This was trimmed from a NPMOC GMS-5 image, with my own colour table applied. You can see how widespread the frosts were this morning by the greenish areas covering much of the continent, which even extend up onto the base of Cape York. Some of the deeper green areas may also be snow in the highlands. Lake Eyre and several other bodies of water are clearly visible as blue smudges, and you can see the warm water currents in the ocean as the lighter blue areas around the N of the continent. You can also see the next cold change coming through S of the continent. Regards, Carl. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ X-Sender: carls at ford.ace-net.com.au Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:19:03 +1000 To: Aussie Weather List From: Carl Smith Subject: aus-wx: (nearly) Sunny Australia Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi All. In contrast to the earlier frosty image I uploaded, you can see the land warming from todays largely sunny conditions as whiter blue areas covering much of the continent in the IR satpic image at: http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/Images/auir1540331c.gif. You can also see how the SE corner has not benifited as greatly from the sunny conditions in the rest of the country by the darker blue colour, and the cool green clouds now covering parts of the SE. Heat sinks like Lake Eyre and other bodies of water now stand out as being darker blue than the surroundings. This is also trimmed from a NPMOC GMS-5 image with a false colour table applied. Regards, Carl. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 15:26:26 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: SE NSW snowfalls Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Thanks Laurier for that, some really good stuff there. Just out of interest, what was your precipitation total at your place for May? Thanks, Lindsay Pearce Laurier Williams wrote: > > Lindsay, the method I use is to stuff the snow sitting on top of the > gauge into the gauge, then add a measured amount of hot water > (measured in mm in the gauge measuring cylinder), then subtract the > hot water. So, e.g., measure 10mm of hot water, pour onto snow in > gauge, tip it all back into the measuring cylinder, and subtract the > 10mm. This is pretty rough and ready and only works with lighter > snowfalls. Once the cylinder of snow that develops on top of the gauge > exceeds 5cm or so, wind will dislodge parts of it and reduce the > reading, so you need to do it often in heavier falls. The method > probably works better with standard 8 inch gauges than the smaller > plastic variety, too. > > Alternatively, place a piece of plywood in a level place which is both > sheltered from strong wind and not likely to be in an eddy or > depression which will attract drift snow. Measure the snow depth on > the board in cm, and regularly sweep the board clear and replace it on > the surface of the snow. Add your cm totals and divide by 13 for dry > snow and 10 for wet snow to convert to mm. (I'm taking those figures > from memory and stand to be corrected.) The secret is to measure > frequently in heavier snowfalls, as the snow will pack down under its > own weight or due to any thawing. If you keep an eye on the behavious > of snow accumulation on the board, it also gives you some idea of how > much catch is snow*fall* and how much is snow*drift*, and you can > improve accuracy by making a subjective deduction of the snowdrift > from the total. > > All that said, precipitation measurement during snowfall is a very > inexact science. > > Laurier > > On Wed, 31 May 2000 09:00:01 -0700, Lindsay > wrote: > > >Blackheath, Wednesday morning: > > > >Hi all, > > > >Nudging above zero this morning and gloriously sunny for the first time > >in a while. > >Winds still quit westerly, it seems. > > > >There's decent snow on the ranges out Oberon way and still a bank of > >clouds out there although it seems to be breaking up a little. > > > > > >I have a question about precipitation measurement. What is the best way > >to include the snowfalls we've had into my monthly rainfall? In my area > >on Sunday night, I got around 9cm of snow on our lawn but curiously > >further down the street (We are nestled on the leeward side of Whiteley > >Park in a westerly, one of the highest points in town) I measured up to > >12cm on the lawns. It seemed consistent that the further down our street > >I went, there was a bit more snow. I cannot suggest how accurate my > >method was using a piece of dowel but I did push the stick into the > >lawns in various places over a two hundred metres distance down the > >road. Was the snow further down our hill drift snow (our street drops > >steeply to the east) or was the top of our street more protected because > >of the stand of tall radiata pine trees and the generous hill of > >Whiteley Park? I want to represent my rainfall as best I can, would > >appreciate any help on this one. Laurier has already told me about his > >board method for snow measurement and I need to look into that more. I > >think Laurier got around 7cm but interestingly I also notice that > >Laurier's rainfall, when we get easterly rain, is more than mine, to do > >with his proximity to the escarpment during easterly rain maybe? > > > >Cheers, > > > > > >Lindsay Pearce > >PS: My temp range during the snow fall was around -2 to 1 degrees. > > > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > 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------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ From: "John Woodbridge" To: Subject: RE: aus-wx: Willis Island Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:07:07 +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 Hi All, I always wondered what Willis Island was like and came across this site today with some great pics and story put together by one of the (very bored) observers on a 6 month tour of duty. Apart from the amusing Gilligan's Island theme, it has some good shots of the instrumentation and even a waterspout. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7592/ John. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ From: paulmoss at tpgi.com.au To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:31:06 +0930 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Darwin has coldest night since 1995 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Blair - 13.8 is also a record equaling lowest temp for May (as told by the BOM). And yes it was quite cool (arrghhh I have aclimatised already!!! And I have to go to Port Macquarie in July - errk that will be cold). Paul in a Beaut Darwin On 2 Jun 00, at 14:08, Blair Trewin wrote: > Darwin today dropped to 13.8 degrees, its coldest night in any > month since 1995. > > There don't seem to be any records at long-period stations, but quite > a lot of near-misses (Townsville's 5 missed its June record by less > than a degree) throughout northern and central Australia, with > scattered -1s at more favoured sites (such as Ali Curung and Three > Rivers). Unfortunately Mt. Elizabeth on the Kimberley plateau, a > favoured site for low minima at low latitudes, isn't reporting minimum > temperatures at present (presumably because of a faulty instrument). > > 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------------------------------ From: Blair Trewin Subject: Re: aus-wx: Darwin has coldest night since 1995 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 18:24:17 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > > Hi Blair - > > 13.8 is also a record equaling lowest temp for May (as told by the > BOM). > > It's June, isn't it? (or haven't my colleagues up there caught up with the calendar?) It does equal the lowest so early in the season, though (all the lower obs in June have been on the 13th or later). 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------------------------------ From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cold snap moves on Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 20:10:25 +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 Don't get too upset Ben, despite being around an hour away from the excitement the weather on the coast here was simply dry, cold and windy. We did not even get 1mm of rain all up during the event. My front garden and lawn which are exposed to the NW wind look as if they have been vacuumed cleaned, topsoil and all. On the other hand my backyard in the lee of the wind is ankle deep in leaves and tree branches. I only hope the next burst due Monday has a bit more S component in it. Michael > Unfortunately we have had bugger all weather wise from this cold outbreak - > the upper levels were EXTREMELY cold, but dry SW winds at the surface > prevented any storms (or any kind of weather) from forming.. we had negative > DP's the other day!!! > > I remember last year there were a couple of occasions when we had SW winds > at the surface, and cold upper levels, and storms formed just off the coast > during the evening/overnight.. i was hoping for the same thing during this > cold outbreak - but i guess the SW'rs were just too dry.. > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Darwin has coldest night since 1995 Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 20:17:30 +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 Think of the advantages Paul !! you will not be missing any weather in Darwin during July. On the other hand at Port you may even be lucky enough to score an ECL. Michael Subject: Re: aus-wx: Darwin has coldest night since 1995 > Hi Blair - > > 13.8 is also a record equaling lowest temp for May (as told by the > BOM). > > And yes it was quite cool (arrghhh I have aclimatised already!!! And > I have to go to Port Macquarie in July - errk that will be cold). > > Paul in a Beaut Darwin > > On 2 Jun 00, at 14:08, Blair Trewin wrote: > > > Darwin today dropped to 13.8 degrees, its coldest night in any > > month since 1995. > > > > There don't seem to be any records at long-period stations, but quite > > a lot of near-misses (Townsville's 5 missed its June record by less > > than a degree) throughout northern and central Australia, with > > scattered -1s at more favoured sites (such as Ali Curung and Three > > Rivers). Unfortunately Mt. Elizabeth on the Kimberley plateau, a > > favoured site for low minima at low latitudes, isn't reporting minimum > > temperatures at present (presumably because of a faulty instrument). > > > > 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------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------