X-Originating-IP: [203.109.250.98] From: "Paul Graham" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Lightning seen Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 08:44:55 PDT Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi everyone, I've spotted some lightning from here in Sydney at 1:30am, thursday...It appears that it maybe from a small cell off the coast. Flashes about once every 1 to 2 minutes illumiating the sky, trees and other objects. - Paul G. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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: "Les Crossan" To: "aus-wx" , "Jane ONeill" Subject: aus-wx: Sunrise & Sunset pix - Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:21:21 +0100 Organization: Cosmic EuroCon 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
Everybody,
 
Has anybody got any pix of the green / red flash, and if so is anyone willing to send me a copy ????
 
Am writing guest article for ASWA....
 
TIA
 
Les (UK)
 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 06:17:31 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cent Tablelands snow? Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Thursday 7:30am Bit of rain showing up out west on radar, the forecast is for snow later on today for our area. Sadly I will be in Springwood today but should be back by mid-afternoon. I enjoy watching the approaching fronts develop just about as much as the snow itself, so this time I might miss the beginnings of it. Lindsay Pearce Laurier Williams wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:26:26 -0700, Lindsay > wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >Curiously, the BOM has snow forecast for above 900 metres for Cent. > >Tablelands but then they have Katoomba temps for Thursday at 3 to 8 and > >showers and Mudgee at 4 to 12 with possible snow... > > > >Hmmm. Strange. > > > >Work that out. > > I wondered about that, too. However, I think the scenario for tomorrow > for the Central Tablelands will be for the front to move through soon > after daybreak, dropping the temperature a few degrees, then for a > progressive cooling as the colder air arrives during the rest of the > day. Hence 3 to 8 is likely, but in the order 8 to 3! > > Most of the models continue to have the coldest air over the Central > Tablelands during Thursday night/early Friday morning, moving it north > up the tablelands during Friday. > > There's a small circulation visible on animated satpix in western Bass > Strait -- it seems to have started late morning and has moved slowly > east to ENE to be NW of King Island at 06z. The current Melbourne > broad radar loop seems to confirm this, with stationary showers south > of Warrnambool but other showers circulating -- including a nice > multicoloured band just about to hit Melbourne. > > Most of the models develop a low somewhere east of Bass Strait or the > NSW South Coast by tomorrow, but they vary considerably in where the > cold pool is going, ranging from NE in a line from ~Adelaide to > ~Armidale (EC and US) to E through the Strait or Victoria (GASP, > LAPS). So, where the low develops and how it tracks will be worth > watching. If it tracks across NSW it would definitely enhance > snowfall; likewise a low east of Sydney or the Illawarra coast would > also bring good falls if it develops fast enough to produce precip > while the cold air is still over us. > > Laurier > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 07:20:20 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cent Tablelands snow? Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Thursday 8:35am Snow really coming down in Blackheath! Is now covering ground. Temp is around zero. WE had a short intense hail storm at around 8am this morning and it was around 4 or 5 degrees then and then the sleet then snow immediately followed and temp dropped quickly. Surprised it came in this early, the snow that is. How is it in Bathurst/Orange? Adn Oberon? Lindsay PS: wouldn't advise driving up here, maybe to WWfalls though. Lindsay wrote: > > Thursday 7:30am > > Bit of rain showing up out west on radar, the forecast is for snow later > on today for our area. Sadly I will be in Springwood today but should be > back by mid-afternoon. I enjoy watching the approaching fronts develop > just about as much as the snow itself, so this time I might miss the > beginnings of it. > > Lindsay Pearce > > > > Laurier Williams wrote: > > > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:26:26 -0700, Lindsay > > wrote: > > > > >Hi all, > > > > > >Curiously, the BOM has snow forecast for above 900 metres for Cent. > > >Tablelands but then they have Katoomba temps for Thursday at 3 to 8 and > > >showers and Mudgee at 4 to 12 with possible snow... > > > > > >Hmmm. Strange. > > > > > >Work that out. > > > > I wondered about that, too. However, I think the scenario for tomorrow > > for the Central Tablelands will be for the front to move through soon > > after daybreak, dropping the temperature a few degrees, then for a > > progressive cooling as the colder air arrives during the rest of the > > day. Hence 3 to 8 is likely, but in the order 8 to 3! > > > > Most of the models continue to have the coldest air over the Central > > Tablelands during Thursday night/early Friday morning, moving it north > > up the tablelands during Friday. > > > > There's a small circulation visible on animated satpix in western Bass > > Strait -- it seems to have started late morning and has moved slowly > > east to ENE to be NW of King Island at 06z. The current Melbourne > > broad radar loop seems to confirm this, with stationary showers south > > of Warrnambool but other showers circulating -- including a nice > > multicoloured band just about to hit Melbourne. > > > > Most of the models develop a low somewhere east of Bass Strait or the > > NSW South Coast by tomorrow, but they vary considerably in where the > > cold pool is going, ranging from NE in a line from ~Adelaide to > > ~Armidale (EC and US) to E through the Strait or Victoria (GASP, > > LAPS). So, where the low develops and how it tracks will be worth > > watching. If it tracks across NSW it would definitely enhance > > snowfall; likewise a low east of Sydney or the Illawarra coast would > > also bring good falls if it develops fast enough to produce precip > > while the cold air is still over us. > > > > Laurier > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > 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------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:42:36 +1000 From: David Carroll X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie Weather Subject: aus-wx: Central Tablelands Snow!!!! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com HI All. Here we go again. Firstly, Bells Line Rd, 2 inches of snow, will be closed very soon, advised by 000 operator from truck driver. Rivulet HIll between Lithgow and Katoomba, cars spinning out of control from severe snow and ice on road. Great Western Highway from Lithgow to Bathurst is closed. Several trucks jacknifed, cars stranded. Road blocked from Lithgow. SES, RTA crews also have road blocked from Bathurst. Blacksprings thick snow cover, Oberon Police doing patrol now, maybe closed very soon. Mudgee/Portland road thick snow cover also. Mid Western Hwy, from Bathurst to Blayney, no snow, hwy open. If anyone would like updates please email me at davidkc at advanceenergy.com.au I will keep updates going the best I can. Dave +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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, 29 Jun 2000 08:52:41 +1000 From: Andrew Miskelly X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Low at ozemail.com.au, aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Low Visible on Radar Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, The low that is expected to move into the Tasman and deepen during today is now visible on the Sydney broad loop. The rotation of precip suggests that is is somewhere over land on the far South Coast now. Spectactular!! Some nice squalls seem to be developing in there too! Should be a good day in SE Aus. Andrew. -- Andrew Miskelly Illawarra/Southern Tablelands, NSW amiskelly at ozemail.com.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: "dann weatherhead" To: Subject: aus-wx: CB's on the Blue Mountains Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:53:20 +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
8:50am
 
A very nice line of CB's is brewing on the Mountains here. Not showing much on radar, but they look spectacular with nicely defined updrafts, solid anvils, and very very dark bases. Hopefully more to come.
 
dann
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 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:55:49 +1000 From: Ross Wilson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie Weather Subject: aus-wx: Aus-wx: Snowing in Orange X-Sender: (Unverified) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi everyone Light snow falling at 1000 metres in the Towac Valley, NE of Mt Canobolas. Started snowing at about 0715, intermittent with light rain/sleet since then. Not settling at the moment. Wind is light WNW, and temperature about +3C. Ross +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: jdeguara at pop.ihug.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:15:07 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Jimmy Deguara Subject: aus-wx: Snow Chase Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi evryone, I have not left as yet but will do shortly. Obvioulst would have liked to get the change as it approached but obviously missed it. My phone 0408020468 I will definitely take it easy. 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: davidkc at advanceenergy.com.au Subject: aus-wx: Roads To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:46:04 +1000 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Domino/Advance(Release 5.0.3 (Intl)|21 March 2000) at 29/06/2000 09:46:04 AM Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com More updates, Oberon road closed . Graders being brought in from Blayney area to clear Bathurst to Lithgow rd. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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-Originating-IP: [203.134.68.3] From: "Rune Peitersen" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: interesting day Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:19:24 EST Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com At 4.30 this morning there was a very picturesque lightning display over the blue mountains and daylight revealed some stunning cold air cb's out there. Currently 10am we have just had a few heavy showers and the winds have gusted up from the west. There was thunder before from the south of my place (nw sydney). Judging by the clouds and the radar display for down south it looks like Wollongong might be having a good time right now! (michael?!), Bureau have updated their forecast at 1000am to be rain periods and showers with the chance of thunderstorms. Vic looking good as well. Lots of snow reports from Katoomba and west with a few ASWA people already out there in it. Excellent stuff!!!,, have a great day everybody,, Rune :) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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: Malcolm Ninnes To: "'aussie-weather at world.std.com'" Subject: RE: aus-wx: Lightning seen Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:32:34 +1000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Paul/All, I also saw a lightning show from all the way out at Camden between 1am and 2am....relatively higher altitude stuff towards the sydney CBD area, and also south of there. Flash frequency observed by me was averaging about twice every minute, but at one stage peaking around 5 flashes per minute. Mal. > ---------- > From: Paul Graham[SMTP:v_notch at hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2000 1:44 > To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > Subject: aus-wx: Lightning seen > > Hi everyone, > I've spotted some lightning from here in Sydney at 1:30am, > thursday...It appears that it maybe from a small cell off the coast. > Flashes about once every 1 to 2 minutes illumiating the sky, trees and > other > objects. > - Paul G. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: davidkc at AdvanceEnergy.com.au Subject: aus-wx: roads To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:35:44 +1000 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Domino/Advance(Release 5.0.3 (Intl)|21 March 2000) at 29/06/2000 10:35:45 AM Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Heavy snow at Yetholme again., roads stilll closed. Roads from Mudgee- Lithgow Open, Bathurst - Mudgee Open. Snow on Mitchell Hwy towards Orange, still open. Blayney Road still open. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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-Originating-IP: [155.144.253.186] From: "Simon" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: The real "Perfect Storm" Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:16:37 EST Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Just jumping around NOAA and came across this, thought that as the film comes out today, some people may be interested: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s444.htm Regards, Simon ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:07:20 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Blackheath Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Thursday 11:30am Intermittant sleet/snow here and some blowing snow. Currently around 1 degree. Lindsay +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "dann weatherhead" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: CB's on the Blue Mountains Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:43:18 +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
Hey all,
 
The line passed over dropping a few minutes of steady rain. A small gust front formation had formed to my SW and this went on to drop more signifcant falls around Camden and Picton. There was one phenomena i hadn't seen before though i have read about it somewhere. At Cranebrook here, i can see the Lakes and the Nepean river. Every morning these are shrouded in for, as they were this morning. Well about 15 minutes before the change hit, all the fog disapeared, in a matter of minutes. Then five minutes later is reappeared. Then when the change hit, the fog was being lifted off the surface into the gust front formation. The fog was dragged probably 5-10kms away from the Lakes/River, trailing and then feeding into the cloud. Quite spectacular.
 
dann
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Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:53 AM
Subject: aus-wx: CB's on the Blue Mountains

8:50am
 
A very nice line of CB's is brewing on the Mountains here. Not showing much on radar, but they look spectacular with nicely defined updrafts, solid anvils, and very very dark bases. Hopefully more to come.
 
dann
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 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:01:31 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at WORLD.STD.COM Subject: Re: aus-wx: Aus-wx: Snowing in Orange Sender: aussie-weather-approval at WORLD.STD.COM Reply-To: aussie-weather at WORLD.STD.COM Thursday 9:25am Temp is on Zero here in Blackheath, There's roughly a 2cm cover and trees are well covered as the snow is quite wet ie: sticky. Keep the reports coming in as my partner has to decide whether we make a dash for work at Wentworth Falls but she doesn't return home until 7pm , when the colder air is due in. Is that right Laurier and others? Still to get colder yet? It might not be wise heading down the mountains... Lindsay Pearce Ross Wilson wrote: > > Hi everyone > > Light snow falling at 1000 metres in the Towac Valley, NE of Mt > Canobolas. > Started snowing at about 0715, intermittent with light rain/sleet since > then. Not settling at the moment. > > Wind is light WNW, and temperature about +3C. > > Ross > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Central Tablelands Snow!!!! Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 01:43:53 GMT X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id VAA19111 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Keep these updates coming, David -- they're great (especially if you live in the area ;-) Blackheath summary at 11.40am Small hail souding like shrapnel on the tin roof from about 8am to 8.15, followed by continuous light to moderate snow to 9.20 leaving about 2 to 3cm on the ground. Foggy and overcast since, though the occasional gap in clouds reveals substantial, fibrous Cu about. Occasional flurries of snow from 11am to now. Mt Boyce AWS temp dropped from 3.1 to 0.9 in 7 mins to 8.20, now fluctuating between 0.5 and 1.0 with a 15 to 20kt westerly. Patchy snow still lying. Laurier On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:42:36 +1000, David Carroll wrote: >HI All. > >Here we go again. Firstly, Bells Line Rd, 2 inches of snow, will be >closed very soon, advised by 000 operator from truck driver. Rivulet >HIll between Lithgow and Katoomba, cars spinning out of control from >severe snow and ice on road. Great Western Highway from Lithgow to >Bathurst is closed. Several trucks jacknifed, cars stranded. Road >blocked from Lithgow. SES, RTA crews also have road blocked from >Bathurst. > >Blacksprings thick snow cover, Oberon Police doing patrol now, maybe >closed very soon. Mudgee/Portland road thick snow cover also. > >Mid Western Hwy, from Bathurst to Blayney, no snow, hwy open. > >If anyone would like updates please email me at >davidkc at advanceenergy.com.au > >I will keep updates going the best I can. > >Dave > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: A request to you all !!!!! Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:02:45 GMT X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id WAA21601 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The posts on this list are fantastic -- especially when interesting weather is occurring, such as now. Just one thing detracts -- trying to work out place and time. When reporting current weather conditions, could we all adopt the press convention of beginning the story with these two fundamentals -- e.g. Blackheath, noon EST: Blizzards rage across the Blue Mountains at present.... etc. etc. (We wish...) With a couple of hundred ppl on the list, remembering who lives where has become impossible, and sometimes the reports aren't from where they normally post. What do you think? Laurier +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: aus-wx: Developments over NSW Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 01:56:51 GMT X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id VAA20926 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The current situation for the NSW Central Tablelands is looking better for snow now than the cold outbreak in late May, despite this outbreak not having the punch of the May one. Most significant is a very clear circulation which, based on animating hourly ir and wv satpix, I would put around Hay (35S, 145E) at 10am and moving ENE. It is the most prominent feature on the satpix, and is causing the cloudband that moved over Sydney this morning to virtually stop and wrap around to the south of the circulation. At the same time, the area of cloud (and in particular water vapour) is expanding as convergence produces uplift. There is plenty of moisture around this time, compared to the fairly dry SW stream in May. I've started putting 6-hourly detailed surface anals on my site. The 3am chart showed a vague low centre (centres?) over western Victoria, though no centre is obvious from the 9am chart, apart from the expected development near Gabo Island. However, it's clear that an upper circulation is gaining momentum and should cross the Central / Northern Tablelands area later today and tonight, assisted by the broader circulation around the developing SW Tasman low. The combination of orographic uplift, convergence and moisture could give us one of the best snowfalls we've had for a couple of decades, though that's not saying much! If you've nothing better to do, I'd recommend downloading the hourly ir satpix at http://www.yoko.npmoc.navy.mil/nsds-e20shots/austir/ and using your graphics package (or even your browser at a pinch) to animate them, as they show the action better than anything else at present. -- Laurier Williams Australian Weather News & Links http://ausweather.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------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:08:02 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: A request to you all !!!!! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Blackheath 12:30 pm EST Light snow, getting a little heavier. One degree, here. I think its a great idea Laurier, any more ideas along Laurier's lines? Lindsay Laurier Williams wrote: > > The posts on this list are fantastic -- especially when interesting > weather is occurring, such as now. Just one thing detracts -- trying > to work out place and time. > > When reporting current weather conditions, could we all adopt the > press convention of beginning the story with these two fundamentals -- > e.g. > > Blackheath, noon EST: > Blizzards rage across the Blue Mountains at present.... etc. etc. > > (We wish...) > > With a couple of hundred ppl on the list, remembering who lives where > has become impossible, and sometimes the reports aren't from where > they normally post. > > What do you think? > > Laurier > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ X-Originating-IP: [210.9.51.36] From: "James Harris" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Lithgow Update -12:20pm Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:26:19 EST Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey All Lithgow, 12:20pm, Thu 29 June Just spoke to Jimmy, who is up at Lithgow at the moment. It is Snowing / Sleeting there as well as we speak with more snow showers on the way. Jimmy mentioned that it looks like its going to get colder and colder as the day progresses. He also mentioned the wind chill is extremely cold. Please keep on posting information about roads and closures etc as we will be relaying these to the chasers out there. Sydney forecast - Shower or two , chance of a thunderstrom........ well heres hoping ! Thanks, James >From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) >Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >To: aussie-weather at world.std.com >Subject: aus-wx: A request to you all !!!!! >Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:02:45 GMT > >The posts on this list are fantastic -- especially when interesting >weather is occurring, such as now. Just one thing detracts -- trying >to work out place and time. > >When reporting current weather conditions, could we all adopt the >press convention of beginning the story with these two fundamentals -- >e.g. > >Blackheath, noon EST: >Blizzards rage across the Blue Mountains at present.... etc. etc. > >(We wish...) > >With a couple of hundred ppl on the list, remembering who lives where >has become impossible, and sometimes the reports aren't from where >they normally post. > >What do you think? > >Laurier > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:37:34 +1000 From: Ross Wilson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie Weather Subject: aus-wx: Aus-wx: Orange. Heavy Snowfalls across the district X-Sender: (Unverified) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi David, Lindsay and all Well, what a difference a couple of hours makes. VERY, heavy falls blanketing the whole district, swept across the Central Tablelands earlier this morning. Roads to high country impassable for a while, though open now. I had real trouble getting into town earlier. For a while, it was whiteout conditions. But local news reports of major road closures to the east. Orange/Bathurst/Blayney/Oberon were all closed at 1100, but have since re-opened. Temps are still not all that low. I think the bad (good?) news is still to come. Top of Mt Canobolas is obscured in cloud, but quite a lot of snow lying on its northern flanks, and bound to be more on the windward side. Conditions at the moment: Weather: Moderate intermittent sleet. Temp: +2C Broken Cloud, with sunny breaks! Wind: strong and gusty Westerly. Barometer: 1009 stdy. Ross +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: mbath at pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:51:44 +1000 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Michael Bath Subject: aus-wx: new pics from NE NSW Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, My latest batch of weather pictures can be found here: http://australiasevereweather.com/photography/photos/new/index.html A selection of sunset/rise, fog, rainbow and congestus pics taken from my home at McLeans Ridges, NSW. Weather here at 12.50pm has mostly sunny conditions with jut a few cumulus about being blown by fresh NW winds. Temp about 20 C. Some stratiform cleared out around 8am with some brief light showers. regards, Michael ================================================================== Michael Bath mailto:mbath at ozemail.com.au McLeans Ridges NSW http://australiasevereweather.com/ Australia 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------------------------------ From: wbc at ozemail.com.au (Laurier Williams) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Upper Hunter snow Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:59:02 GMT X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id XAA29810 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com The observer at Murrurundi in the upper Hunter Valley, elevation 466m, reported past snow in the midday obs. The 9am uppers for Cobar, Wagga, Mt Gambier and Melbourne all reported -30 at 500hPa and between -10 and -12 at 700hPa, with Wagga the coldest of the 700 readings. Quite a broad area to be so cold. Laurier +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "Dane Newman" To: Subject: aus-wx: Benign Conditions in Melbourne Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:17:00 +1000 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 Hi, its good to see the snow in the Central tablelands of NSW. Here in Melbourne though the cold outbreak has fizzed. We had just 1.6mm of rain to 9am here in Kilsyth and the city had 0.4mm. There has been no rain since 9am and only some isolated showers are showing up on radar. Forecast top was for 11c in Melbourne today but its already nudging 13c in the city although here in Kilsyth it hasnt been higher than 10.3c so far. At the moment we have occasional sunshine and light winds. We will probably get a few showers later but all in all its been very disapointing down here. Dane Newman (Kilsyth-Melbourne). +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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, 29 Jun 2000 12:12:14 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Aus-wx: Orange. Heavy Snowfalls across the district Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Blackheath: Thursday 1:33pm EST Temp 1.3 (Mount Boyce), 1.5 at my home in Blackheath. Winds are westerly gusting to 37 kph according to Mount Boyce AWS. No real snow here at the moment except for a few flakes either blown or falling. Looks to be clearing just a bit. Lindsay Pearce Ross Wilson wrote: > > Hi David, Lindsay and all > > Well, what a difference a couple of hours makes. VERY, heavy falls > blanketing the whole district, swept across the Central Tablelands > earlier this morning. Roads to high country impassable for a while, > though open now. I had real trouble getting into town earlier. For a > while, it was whiteout conditions. > > But local news reports of major road closures to the east. > Orange/Bathurst/Blayney/Oberon were all closed at 1100, but have since > re-opened. Temps are still not all that low. I think the bad (good?) > news is still to come. > > Top of Mt Canobolas is obscured in cloud, but quite a lot of snow lying > on its northern flanks, and bound to be more on the windward side. > > Conditions at the moment: Weather: Moderate intermittent > sleet. Temp: +2C Broken Cloud, with sunny breaks! Wind: strong > and gusty Westerly. Barometer: 1009 stdy. > > Ross > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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: davidkc at advanceenergy.com.au Subject: aus-wx: Central tablends snow To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:40:31 +1000 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Domino/Advance(Release 5.0.3 (Intl)|21 March 2000) at 29/06/2000 01:40:33 PM Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com New updates. All roads except for Jenolan Caves rd, and Duckmaloi rd are open. Report of severe snow storm at Yetholme, on Great western Hwy. This road maybe closed again soon, Police are Patrolling road. Yes all, IM in Bathurst, not going anywhere. Dave +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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, 29 Jun 2000 16:51:46 +1000 From: Ross Wilson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie Weather Subject: aus-wx: Aus-wx: Orange (1630EST) Wild night ahead X-Sender: (Unverified) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Everyone Orange is not the place to be. Verrrrrry, cold, snow/sleet/ and gusty W/SW winds. Pretty uncomfortable outdoors! Polar clothing recommended. If visibility worsens, the RPT flights from Sydney may have to divert as they did on Tuesday, to Cudal, or elsewhere. Snow has abated somewhat during the afternoon, though it's still trying hard. Gusty winds prevent light snow from settling. At the moment, just on dusk, some snow on the ground above 1000 metres, cloudbase falling (about 3500ft), temperature falling ~+1C, W/SW winds gusting 25/30 knots, barometer 1010. No more road reports yet, and certainly all roads west are open. David's reports are the best source of info for this, far superior to local radio. See what transpires tonight! Ross +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "Lyle Pakula" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Aurora Alert Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:49:58 +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, What's 'high lattitudes' defined as? A while ago they said we would get aurora's over Melbourne - haven't seen one yet??? Thanks, Lyle - - ---==( lyle_pakula at hotmail.com )==--- - - . / \ . /~~~\/ \ " No Friends On A Powder Day " / \ \ / \ \ ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Graham To: Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:15 PM Subject: aus-wx: Aurora Alert > Hello weather entheusiasts...I thought people on this list may be interested > in the following aurora alert issued this morning from IPS Radio and Space > Services. It may indeed be a false alarm but it is worth keeping an eye > out..Unfortunately, it's a littlbe bit out of date but keep your eyes out > because we are only just past the peak of the solar max and there should be > some good chances over the next few months of seeing one: > > SUBJ: IPS AURORA ALERT > ISSUED AT 1519 UT on 26 Jun 2000 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES > FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE > > > GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS. AURORA MAY BE OBSERVED > DURING LOCAL NIGHT TIME HOURS IN GOOD OBSERVING CONDITIONS > AT HIGH LATITUDE REGIONS. > > > This alert is not subject to forecaster validation. It is > automatically issued from autoscaled data which may produce > a false alarm on rare occasions. > > IPS would appreciate any feedback from people observing an > aurora giving details of location and time. Please email to > asfc at ips.gov.au > > More information about IPS Aurora Alerts can be found on > Web page www.ips.gov.au/mail-lists/aurora_alerts.html > > > > IPS Radio and Space Services | email: asfc at ips.gov.au > PO Box 1386 | WWW: http://www.ips.gov.au/asfc > Haymarket NSW 1240 AUSTRALIA | FTP: ftp://ftp.ips.gov.au/users/asfc/ > tel: +61 2 9213 8010 | fax: +61 2 9213 8060 > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "Geelong Weather Services" To: Subject: aus-wx: Hail near Geelong Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:29:58 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, 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 On Wed, 5.30 pm, 28-6-00. Intense hail storm at Avalon (15 km north of Geelong) on Melbourne Road disrupted traffic and piled drifts several cms high. Graders required to remove it. This was the southernmost part of narrow trough which passed through and across Pt Phillip Bay and eastern Bellarine Peninsula. Thunder heard. Our first winter hail and thunder for at least 3 years, but rain will be below average for June, although May was good. Lindsay Smail. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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, 29 Jun 2000 17:16:05 -0700 From: Lindsay X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Developments over NSW Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Blackheath: 6:35 EST Temp = 0.5 Degrees Wind Sp = 43kph from West Blowy with not much more snow, just a little flurry now and then. No signs of more snow just now, scattered low cloud about. Lindsay Pearce PS: Jimmy, nice to catch up with you this arvo. Hope you got back okay and your dinner went well. Laurier Williams wrote: > > The current situation for the NSW Central Tablelands is looking better > for snow now than the cold outbreak in late May, despite this outbreak > not having the punch of the May one. Most significant is a very clear > circulation which, based on animating hourly ir and wv satpix, I would > put around Hay (35S, 145E) at 10am and moving ENE. It is the most > prominent feature on the satpix, and is causing the cloudband that > moved over Sydney this morning to virtually stop and wrap around to > the south of the circulation. At the same time, the area of cloud (and > in particular water vapour) is expanding as convergence produces > uplift. There is plenty of moisture around this time, compared to the > fairly dry SW stream in May. > > I've started putting 6-hourly detailed surface anals on my site. The > 3am chart showed a vague low centre (centres?) over western Victoria, > though no centre is obvious from the 9am chart, apart from the > expected development near Gabo Island. > > However, it's clear that an upper circulation is gaining momentum and > should cross the Central / Northern Tablelands area later today and > tonight, assisted by the broader circulation around the developing SW > Tasman low. The combination of orographic uplift, convergence and > moisture could give us one of the best snowfalls we've had for a > couple of decades, though that's not saying much! > > If you've nothing better to do, I'd recommend downloading the hourly > ir satpix at http://www.yoko.npmoc.navy.mil/nsds-e20shots/austir/ and > using your graphics package (or even your browser at a pinch) to > animate them, as they show the action better than anything else at > present. > > -- > Laurier Williams > Australian Weather News & Links > http://ausweather.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------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: Away for a few weeks To: aussie-weather at world.std.com (Aussie Weather) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:57:48 +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 I will be away from tomorrow until August 8, so save your statistical queries for a few weeks.... My temporary e-mail address whilst travelling is: btrewin at my-deja.com Whilst I won't be directing aussie-weather mail there, if something really interesting happens I'd like to hear about it (and if I manage to find myself on the back of an F3 tornado in Finland I'll let someone know about it...). 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------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 01:15:05 +1000 From: David Carroll X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aussie Weather Subject: aus-wx: Roads - Snow. Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com 1.06 am 30/06 Great Western Hwy, Lithgow to Bathurst is now shut. Barricades will be erected by RTA at Lithgow and Raglan(Bathurst). Police are patrolling road closures. Very heavy snow falling. Trucks have jackknifed on hill again, cars cannot climb hill at Yetholme 20 km east of Bathurst. Dave +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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-Originating-IP: [203.109.250.96] From: "Paul Graham" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Heavy Precip Near Wollongong Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:08:37 PDT Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com 3am Sydney radar shows heavy precip around Wollongong (a broad area of yellow). Also gale force winds here in Sydney...Looks very interesting indeed!! - Paul G. weather-approval at world.std.com >Precedence: list > >1.06 am 30/06 > >Great Western Hwy, Lithgow to Bathurst is now shut. Barricades will be >erected by RTA at Lithgow and Raglan(Bathurst). Police are patrolling >road closures. > >Very heavy snow falling. Trucks have jackknifed on hill again, cars >cannot climb hill at Yetholme 20 km east of Bathurst. > >Dave > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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: davidkc at advanceenergy.com.au Subject: aus-wx: Gale Warning. To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:14:35 +1000 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Domino/Advance(Release 5.0.3 (Intl)|21 March 2000) at 29/06/2000 04:14:36 PM Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com IDW11N00 WIND WARNING BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL OFFICE Issued at 1603 on Thursday the 29th of June 2000 A low is deepening off the NSW south coast. Strong to gale force west to southwest winds are expected develop in the following districts overnight. Sydney Metropolitan Hunter Winds are expected to chiefly affect coastal suburbs. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: aus-wx: Thunder in Wollongong. Music to my ears Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:15:48 +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 8.15pm and just heard thunder. Perhaps 10km away. 10C and rain, must be close to snow at Robertson now. Michael 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------------------------------ X-Originating-IP: [203.166.12.236] From: "Kevin Phyland" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Fairy Dell/Kyabram tornadoes... Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 21:19:13 EST Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi every1, I've posted a (very temporary) page with some stuff from the Kyabram Free Press (KFP) and the Shepparton News (SN) on the tornadic event of June 22...there's some pix scanned from the papers and some eye-witness reports... I also have at hand a three or four minute video of the damage taken the next day while clean-ups were going on...and I'm waiting for some (possible!) pix from locals between Fairy Dell and Kyabram... http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/manchester/4/f/kyabram00.html Cheers, Kevin from Wycheproof. P.S. Damage looks like weak F2 to me...and I think Rod Aikman's shot looks seriously like it was the critter... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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------------------------------ X-Sender: nzts.nz at pop3.caverock.net.nz X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:31:00 +1200 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: John Gaul Subject: Re: aus-wx: Thunder in Wollongong. Music to my ears Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com How lucky you are. It's been nearly 10 months since i have heard that wonderful sound over Christchurch. John Gaul NZ Thunderstorm Society At 20:15 29/06/00 +1000, you wrote: >8.15pm and just heard thunder. Perhaps 10km away. 10C and rain, must be >close to snow at Robertson now. > >Michael > > > > >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------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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, 29 Jun 2000 22:48:56 +1000 From: Andrew Miskelly X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com CC: paul.miskelly at ansto.gov.au Subject: aus-wx: Heavy Snow on Illawarra Escarpment Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com 2238 EST, 29/6 Hi all, Well when at 9pm the temperature in Wollongong dropped to 7 degrees, the radar became solid aqua and I could see and hear the whoosh of ice in the clouds above (supported by occasional lightning) I couldn't hold back any longer - Robertson beckoned! Sure enough as I reached the top of the escarpment, 5 mins out of Robertson, sleet turned into heavy snow! The temp at the top was hovering between 1.5C and 2.0C which allowed for a thin wet cover to settle on everything including an opaque, icy slush on the road. Occasionally a short blast of thick dry snow came on the gusts of wind. The trip up and down Maquarie pass was very wet - torrential rain infact which for me was very different in a snow event! If the temperature had have been a little colder up there they would have been 2 feet under the stuff by now - but it may still get colder tonight. I'll be interested to see if the top of the escarpment looks a little brighter than normal in the early morning light tomorrow. Not a bad nights work seeing as I'm not even in Taralga! Andrew. -- Andrew Miskelly Illawarra/Southern Tablelands, NSW amiskelly at ozemail.com.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------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:50:14 +1000 From: Tony Rance X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather-digest at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Snow in Katoomba Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I live in North Katoomba and was woken around 8:15 am Thursday morning by hail being blown onto the bedroom windows. When I looked out everything was covered white by hail. Soon it began to sleet then quickly turned into very large wet flakes. It snowed very heavy for around twenty minutes in which time the ground was covered white in snow. My car had a thick layer of ice / snow & the road was covered aswell. It snowed lighter after that, for around 25 minutes before stopping. There has been light snow showers periodically through-out the day.
Now at 10 pm there is only a very strong / freezing wind. The temp' is around 1 degree Celsius, not including the wind chill factor.

Tony