From: "dencot" To: "Aussie Weather Mail-Post" Subject: aus-wx: photo gear Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 00:21:04 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Thanks Robert
I'll keep my eye open for a 75-300mm on the cheap .
 
Dennis
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 21:29:13 +0800 From: Mark Dwyer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: photo gear Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Dennis, I use both a 28-80mm and a 100-300 lenses and use 100 asa Fuji Superia Reala Film, have also found 400 asa film to be a little grainy in appearance in some pictures that I have taken with 400 asa speed film. But with the same type of Photo taken in the 100 asa speed film it wasn't. The faster the speed of the film the bigger the grains are on the film, hence why it is faster to react to the incoming light. Also the opposite is true the slower the speed of the film the smaller the grains are that react to the light are and the more light is required to expose the film. This all depends on various lighting conditions aswell, So it all really depends on your personal preference. I am Sure every one on the list has there own personal preferences, so you can try a few different combinations until you find one that you are happy with. MJ. Storm Chaser, Photographer & Webmaster of: Downunder Severe Weather http://dsw.au.com and a Member of the Australian Severe Weather Association Inc. http://www.severeweather.asn.au dencot wrote: > Hi alljust thinking about whats the best combo of lens and film for > storm photography with 35mm SLR .I always have a 28 -70 mm zoom on > with 400 asa film just for all round use. Any sugestions for what is > the best combo for good storm pics. Dennis +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "Angela Jeffery" To: Subject: aus-wx: Tornado's Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 00:37:57 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Hi all,
Australians hear all about the US M/West's tornado alley.  But after only being on the list for a couple of days, I get the feeling that tornado's are prevalent around Aus.
 
We almost pride ourselves on being a cyclone prone region in the north. But I believe that few are aware of tornado activity.
 
I am aware that Victoria has had a couple of doosey's (didn't a moderate one go through around 1-2 yrs ago?)
 
What is the average amount of reported tornado's in Australia?
What % actually touch down?
Where is the most prone area within Aus that are frequented by tornado's?
Is the media only interested destructive tornado activity?
What constitutes a tornado (formation, action/activity)?  What needs to be observed to define a possible tornado (apart from an obvious spout)?
 
I realise that there are a lot of questions in this post, but I am beginning to become enthralled by all the reports.  I am finding myself watching the sky more and more.
 
Please excuse any possible ignorance. It is all too fascinating.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 23:47:02 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: Australian Weather Mailing List Subject: aus-wx: First Two Chase Reports Up! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all! Ok, got Friday's and Saturday's chase reports up (Sunday and Monday's still to come!) http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/storm-chasing/2000/03-11/anthony/ <--- Possible severe supercell chase, had one funnel! Also poss WC, but difficult to say. Also some images of the supercell that went through Gatton that lasted 8hrs! http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/storm-chasing/2000/04-11/anthony/ <--- Some nice hailstorms here, and a supercell chase that yielded a wall cloud and a funnel! Possibly the best day out of the four days I went chasing I think!!! I've as usual illustrated using captures and will add photos later (although might be a while). -- Anthony Cornelius Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association (ASWA) (07) 3390 4812 14 Kinsella St Belmont, Brisbane QLD, 4153 Please report severe thunderstorms on our Queensland severe thunderstorm reporting line on (07) 3390 4218 or by going to our homepage at http://www.severeweather.asn.au +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: "dencot" To: "Aussie Weather Mail-Post" Subject: aus-wx: photos Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 00:51:48 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Thanks Mark
all taken on board
Dennis
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:06:47 -0500 From: "Leslie R. Lemon" Subject: aus-wx: Inflow band? Now my favourite To: "INTERNET:aussie-weather at world.std.com" X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com id JAA16128 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Jimmy wrote: > Hi all, > > I could not wait and got the scan of my favorite photo: > > http://australiasevereweather.com/temp/inflow/inflowband.jpg > > Please do not save this as a bookmark. Please note those attending the > meeting, this is the preview of what you will see. A great photo! This is commonly called a 'beaver's tail' and does mark an axis of low-level inflow. It also may be found in these cases to be along and just above a rather passive low-level outflow boundary from the forward precip cascade and downdraft area of the storm. The boundary may also have been laid down as a result of a previous storm's outflow and acts to focus convergence and promote development of subsequent storms such as this one. Features like this do indicate considerable storm organization and are found with supercellular storms. Inflow into these storms is almost never axisymmetric but rather favors one or more linear axis like this. Les ************************ Leslie R. Lemon Radar, Severe Storms, & Research Meteorologist Tel. 816-373-3533, 816-213-3237 E-Mail: lrlemon at compuserve.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: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 22:26:42 +0800 From: Mark Dwyer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tornado's Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Angela, I know that the SW of WA is pretty prone to them , but these are more so in Winter with the tornadoes occuring either just on or in the cold pool behind the strong cold fronts that effect the SW of WA. Also Mandurah is one of the hotspot's in AU aswell, which has been cnonfirmed by the BoM in Perth. I know other ppl on the list have the exact figures ( they know who they are ), we have had quite a few in the last few winters to. I know of at least on F3 that went through the state forrest near Collie a few years ago now which had a pretty long track, then there was the Fremantle one last year and again this year ( same location ), one in Thornlie this winter just gone , which i have damage pictures of the event. MJ. Angela Jeffery wrote: > Hi all,Australians hear all about the US M/West's tornado alley. But > after only being on the list for a couple of days, I get the feeling > that tornado's are prevalent around Aus. We almost pride ourselves on > being a cyclone prone region in the north. But I believe that few are > aware of tornado activity. I am aware that Victoria has had a couple > of doosey's (didn't a moderate one go through around 1-2 yrs > ago?) What is the average amount of reported tornado's in > Australia?What % actually touch down?Where is the most prone area > within Aus that are frequented by tornado's?Is the media only > interested destructive tornado activity?What constitutes a tornado > (formation, action/activity)? What needs to be observed to define a > possible tornado (apart from an obvious spout)? I realise that there > are a lot of questions in this post, but I am beginning to become > enthralled by all the reports. I am finding myself watching the sky > more and more. Please excuse any possible ignorance. It is all too > fascinating. -- Mark Dwyer Storm Chaser, Photographer & Webmaster of: Downunder Severe Weather http://dsw.au.com and a Member of the Australian Severe Weather Association 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------------------------------ X-Originating-IP: [203.54.90.139] From: "S G" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Good start in Adelaide Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 05:40:47 CST X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2000 19:10:47.0295 (UTC) FILETIME=[6F4A98F0:01C048EE] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com It is still very warm here at 5:00am in the morning with a temp. of around 25 degrees. Fairly windy at times but still very dry although some drops of rain just after 3:00am, (big drops by the way). Lots of lightning to the west just after 3am as well. That's died down now but it looks like more is developing to the north west. Forecast for Adelaide now mentions rain instead of showers as well as possible thunderstorms. This must be coming from an area of rain that has just developed near Ceduna, probably the start of the infeed of low level moisture from the north. Hopefully the rain won't push away any t'storms like it has many times this year. There should be even more heating by the time it arrives, probably late morning. I can only hope this will be a great weather day. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: mbath at pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 06:57:49 +1100 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Michael Bath Subject: Re: aus-wx: NE NSW storms last Sunday. Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com This a small community approximately 5 kilometres WSW of Murwillumbah. Just S of this town has also been hit by the tornado (on the Mount Warning Road) Michael At 22:42 07/11/2000 +1100, you wrote: >I noticed a place on the far north coast called Eungella had 76 mm in >the hour from 1643 hrs including 47 mm in the 17 minutes from 1643 hrs. >Perhap someone ( eg Michael Bath) knows where this is. >A pretty heavy fall of 51 mm in the hour at Uki. > >Don White > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ ============================================================= Michael Bath mailto:mbath at ozemail.com.au McLeans Ridges http://australiasevereweather.com/ NE NSW Australia http://www.lightningphotography.com/ ASWA Secretary 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: "bussie" To: "weather list" Subject: aus-wx: Tornados Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 06:58:56 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Angela wrote: Australians hear all about the US M/West's tornado alley. But after only being on the list for a couple of days, I get the feeling that tornado's are prevalent around Aus. We almost pride ourselves on being a cyclone prone region in the north. But I believe that few are aware of tornado activity. All I know is that there are a few more than I used to think before I got interested in looking up. There have been several in Victoria so far this year. I stand corrected on this one but so far I think 41 people have been killed in Australia by tornado's. The recent one in Milawa about 30 min SE of here on 9th Sept, which I visited and wonder how no-one gets injured sometimes. It's at www.stormchasers.au.com ,Sunbury, near Melbourne at around the same time I think, Kyabram near Shepparton also around the same time I think, and many others. It also makes me wonder how many touch down that go un-reported because of our sparse population. I witnessed a very violent storm at Yarrawonga on 1-1-99 and couldn't get home to the East of Yarra because of trees across the road. Had a look later and the trees were all corkscrewed with only a short path of probably a few hundred metres. The trees that had fallen were laying in different directions. Another un-reported one perhaps? Didn't realise back then what I was looking at, but even then noted that the trees hadn't just blown over. Bussie (NE Victoria) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: Tornados Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:35:25 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Bussie, I can tell you from personal experience that the US definatly deserves the right to have the name "Tornado Alley". I have been here for 3 months, in the off-season, and have seen my first supercells, mammatus like you wouldn't beleive and radar echo's of numerous tornados on the plains - unfortunatly due to school no serious chasing was possible. However, we have a planed chasing trip to Oklahoma for 1 week in spring - can't wait! In all the time I was in Victoria (my whole life), the number of tornado reports were minimal. There's no questioning that Aus gets supercells, tornadoas and it's fair share of cool weather but it is sparse, in relation to other parts of the world. That's not to say I haven't had many an exciting day chasing around Vic but as one of my lectueres, in Melbourne, put it "Our storms are of the garden variety type when compared to the Plains" - within a week of being here, i knew excatly what he was talking about. But I must emphasise that I have no complacency about Australian weather, there have been several occasions of real fear when faced with some adverse conditions while in the mountains when we should have been under Happy Highs - weather is always one step ahead and that's why i love it :) Cheers, Lyle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bussie" To: "weather list" Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 12:58 PM Subject: aus-wx: Tornados > Angela wrote: > Australians hear all about the US M/West's tornado alley. But after only > being on the list for a couple of days, I get the feeling that tornado's are > prevalent around Aus. > > We almost pride ourselves on being a cyclone prone region in the north. But > I believe that few are aware of tornado activity. > > All I know is that there are a few more than I used to think before I got > interested in looking up. There have been several in Victoria so far this > year. I stand corrected on this one but so far I think 41 people have been > killed in Australia by tornado's. The recent one in Milawa about 30 min SE > of here on 9th Sept, which I visited and wonder how no-one gets injured > sometimes. It's at www.stormchasers.au.com ,Sunbury, near Melbourne at > around the same time I think, Kyabram near Shepparton also around the same > time I think, and many others. > It also makes me wonder how many touch down that go un-reported because of > our sparse population. I witnessed a very violent storm at Yarrawonga on > 1-1-99 and couldn't get home to the East of Yarra because of trees across > the road. Had a look later and the trees were all corkscrewed with only a > short path of probably a few hundred metres. The trees that had fallen were > laying in different directions. Another un-reported one perhaps? Didn't > realise back then what I was looking at, but even then noted that the trees > hadn't just blown over. > > Bussie (NE Victoria) > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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: [203.54.87.56] From: "S G" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Storm near Pt Lincoln Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 08:32:25 CST X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2000 22:02:26.0138 (UTC) FILETIME=[69E153A0:01C04906] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Just to north east of Pt Lincoln it looks like an area of rain and an associated thunderstorm has developed, with the heaviest falls to the north of this band. This is probably where the infeed of moisture is taking place from the north. Cloud is increasing in Adelaide and it looks like quite a bit of convection is beginning to develop in the north west, especially in the middle layers. I think the area of rain and associated t'storm is moving towards the Adelaide area or just to the north of us but can't be sure as I don't have access to radar from BOM only from the weather channel. I really hope something develops here!!!! It is looking fairly unstable at the moment. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: [203.54.87.59] From: "S G" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Adelaide's thunderstorm droughgt is broken!!! Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 10:28:12 CST X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2000 23:58:12.0720 (UTC) FILETIME=[965D9F00:01C04916] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Very heavy showers are developing as well as some lightning, about 5 rumbles of thunder. Radar is showing a huge area of instability just to the west and north of Adelaide. The weather went from patchy middle level cloud to a total cover of dark middle level cloud with some thunderstorms. Hopefully the thunderstorm activity will increase further. A road weather alert has been issued due showers and thunderstorms. It is raining quite heavily now. Have to go and watch the action. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: "Karratha Weather Observations" To: Subject: aus-wx: Pilbara Dust Devil Video Captures Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 08:17:01 +0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Hi all
 
Here are the video captures of the big Dust Devil from Sunday :)
Thanks to Keith for getting the Video while I was driving trying to get closer!!!!! :P
 
Regards
JJ
 
Karratha WA
 
 
From: "John Woodbridge" To: Subject: RE: aus-wx: Tornados Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 10:32:11 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Lyle, I also have spent some time (2 months) in the US mid west in spring, and been within areas under Tornado watches a number of times. But unfortunately didn't see one, the closest was 10 miles South of my location and obscurred by precip. I did see some awesome thunderstorms nevertherless and in particular, the cells for which the watches were issued. One occasion which comes to mind, I was watching a particularly strong supercell in Eastern Colorado as it happens, which produced 2 inch hail, with great interest, and this local walked past me and said "what's the matter with you boy, ain't you seen a cloud before"... Anyway, what I would say, is that I didn't see anything which surpassed the development we had here last weekend, which is pretty typical for SE QLD in Spring/Summer. I am not saying that Tornado Alley doesn't deserve the name, it most surely does. I'm just saying I've seen plenty as good here. Regards, John. >snip Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tornados Hi Bussie, I can tell you from personal experience that the US definatly deserves the right to have the name "Tornado Alley". I have been here for 3 months, in the off-season, and have seen my first supercells, mammatus like you wouldn't beleive and radar echo's of numerous tornados on the plains - unfortunatly due to school no serious chasing was possible. However, we have a planed chasing trip to Oklahoma for 1 week in spring - can't wait! In all the time I was in Victoria (my whole life), the number of tornado reports were minimal. There's no questioning that Aus gets supercells, tornadoas and it's fair share of cool weather but it is sparse, in relation to other parts of the world. That's not to say I haven't had many an exciting day chasing around Vic but as one of my lectueres, in Melbourne, put it "Our storms are of the garden variety type when compared to the Plains" - within a week of being here, i knew excatly what he was talking about. But I must emphasise that I have no complacency about Australian weather, there have been several occasions of real fear when faced with some adverse conditions while in the mountains when we should have been under Happy Highs - weather is always one step ahead and that's why i love it :) Cheers, Lyle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bussie" To: "weather list" Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 12:58 PM Subject: aus-wx: Tornados > Angela wrote: > Australians hear all about the US M/West's tornado alley. But after only > being on the list for a couple of days, I get the feeling that tornado's are > prevalent around Aus. > > We almost pride ourselves on being a cyclone prone region in the north. But > I believe that few are aware of tornado activity. > > All I know is that there are a few more than I used to think before I got > interested in looking up. There have been several in Victoria so far this > year. I stand corrected on this one but so far I think 41 people have been > killed in Australia by tornado's. The recent one in Milawa about 30 min SE > of here on 9th Sept, which I visited and wonder how no-one gets injured > sometimes. It's at www.stormchasers.au.com ,Sunbury, near Melbourne at > around the same time I think, Kyabram near Shepparton also around the same > time I think, and many others. > It also makes me wonder how many touch down that go un-reported because of > our sparse population. I witnessed a very violent storm at Yarrawonga on > 1-1-99 and couldn't get home to the East of Yarra because of trees across > the road. Had a look later and the trees were all corkscrewed with only a > short path of probably a few hundred metres. The trees that had fallen were > laying in different directions. Another un-reported one perhaps? Didn't > realise back then what I was looking at, but even then noted that the trees > hadn't just blown over. > > Bussie (NE Victoria) > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 12:14:22 +1100 From: Andrew Miskelly X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Pilbara Dust Devil Video Captures Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com These are very nice pics! Is that some sort of 'sister' in dd2.jpg? If so, I didn't know that occured with dust devils, but I guess it'd be the same sort of mechanism as with non-tornadic waterspouts and it seems quite common there. What would cause this in a non-tornadic context? Andrew. -- Andrew Miskelly Illawarra/Southern Tablelands, NSW amiskelly at ozemail.com.au > Karratha Weather Observations wrote: > > Hi all > > Here are the video captures of the big Dust Devil from Sunday :) > Thanks to Keith for getting the Video while I was driving trying to > get closer!!!!! :P > http://www.wn.com.au/karrathaweather/dustdevilvideo/index.htm > > Regards > JJ > > Karratha WA > > www.karrathaweather.org > -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: paisley at mail.cobweb.com.au Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:36:41 +0930 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Phil Bagust Subject: Re: aus-wx: Adelaide's thunderstorm drought is broken!!! - JUST... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com This one had 'developing rainband' written all over it. A few nice CG's and close-ish rumbles - but the few weakish storms are so embedded in the general mid level cloud that there wan't much point chasing further than Largs Bay. Apparently the ligtning's started some fires and there has been some wind damage - probably in the strong northerlies we had early this morning. Raining steadily now. Still - at least the storm drought is broken. Phil +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: "bussie" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Pilbara Dust Devil Video Captures Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 13:23:29 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
It's pretty easy to see why people mistake Dust Devils, or whirl winds, depending on where you come from, for tornado's. We have many here on hot summer days (of course) but haven't seen one as "dark" as that one. Good shots :-)
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Subject: aus-wx: Pilbara Dust Devil Video Captures

Hi all
 
Here are the video captures of the big Dust Devil from Sunday :)
Thanks to Keith for getting the Video while I was driving trying to get closer!!!!! :P
 
Regards
JJ
 
Karratha WA
 
 
X-Originating-IP: [141.132.130.82] From: "Leslie Baxter" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: My Pictures from the winter till late spring, and there's a funnel in there Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:30:57 GMT X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2000 02:30:57.0665 (UTC) FILETIME=[ED193F10:01C0492B] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi People Well Film is developed and there are some good pics. http://www.geocities.com/mister_t1000/Storms/Lateststorms.htm I must stress some of the pictures are rather large, but that's because of the excellent Res' and the ability to zoom in :o) It all work, so enjoy Les _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: [203.54.90.138] From: "S G" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Adelaide's thunderstorm drought is broken!!! - JUST... Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 14:40:58 CST X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2000 04:10:58.0759 (UTC) FILETIME=[E6078570:01C04939] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Yeah I agree Phil, The thunderstorm activity we had wasn't great. There seems to be a lot of convective activity developing near the cold front around Clare this afternoon. This could still reach Adelaide but it looks as if it is heading south very quickly. We could be lucky enough to get another thunderstorm or two as the trough/cold front moves through. The thunderstorm activity around Woomera looks the best. Do you think there is another chance of a t'storm today/tonight Phil? I'm also interested in the stalling of the trough it may reproduce isolated activity over easter border near to the weekend. Never know what could happen with all that but it will probably remain generally fine. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 17:01:01 +1300 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: John Gaul Subject: Re: aus-wx: Adelaide's thunderstorm droughgt is broken!!! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com At 10:28 8/11/00 CST, you wrote: >Very heavy showers are developing as well as some lightning, about 5 rumbles >of thunder. Radar is showing a huge area of instability just to the west >and north of Adelaide. The weather went from patchy middle level cloud to a >total cover of dark middle level cloud with some thunderstorms. Hopefully >the thunderstorm activity will increase further. A road weather alert has >been issued due showers and thunderstorms. It is raining quite heavily now. > Have to go and watch the action. So the "Adelaide Thunderstorm Drought" is broken? How long was it? It was 13 months and 25 days before the "Christchurch Thunderstorm Drought" was broken on October 17th and by the look of things at the moment it looks as thought it will be another 13 months and 25days until the next thunderstorm comes over judging by the boring pathetic weather we are getting at the moment.!!! John Gaul NZ Thunderstorm Society NZTS - more than just thunder +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: [139.134.23.67] From: "Shaun Whelan" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tornados Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 18:17:31 EST X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2000 07:17:31.0291 (UTC) FILETIME=[F54C5EB0:01C04953] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I should know more about this but wasn't there a tornado that went through Ulladulla a few years ago ? Also, does anybody have a broadscale loop saved from Sydney radar for last Friday around 2pm give or take a bit? Thanks in advance Shaun Nowra Sunny _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: photo gear Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:43:00 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Hi Dennis
 
The lens you have is perfect. I have two cameras, one with a 35-80mm, another with 35-105 zoom and that's all I ever need. Most of my pics are taken at the 35 mm end of the scale. I would however have a think about dropping to at least 200ASA film, I use 100ASA myself. 
Film technology has advanced somewhat and 400 ASA is not as ' grainy ' as it once was, but if you want professional results stick to the lower ASA levels.
 
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: dencot
Sent: Tuesday, 7 November 2000 23:41
Subject: aus-wx: photo gear

Hi all
just thinking about whats the best combo of lens and film for storm photography with 35mm SLR .
I always have a 28 -70 mm zoom on with 400 asa film just for all round use. Any sugestions for what is the best combo for good storm pics.
 
Dennis
From: "Michael Thompson" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Storm Pics - awesome shelfs at Elimbah QLD Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:43:37 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I wish I could stuff like that without chasing. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sel Kerans" To: Sent: Tuesday, 7 November 2000 22:39 Subject: aus-wx: Storm Pics - awesome shelfs at Elimbah QLD > Hello, > > Here are my storm photos from recent days great shelf clouds and mammatus > and a golden rainbow - note that I didn't chase - work is killing my time > these days...these storms came to me at home just north of Caboolture. > > Great to see all your shots and I hope you like mine - some extras using > good lenses in my non-digital camera and I will have them developed this > week and scanned when I can get to it. > > http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa/storms/image04.jpg > http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa/storms/image05.jpg > http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa/storms/image06.jpg > http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa/storms/image07.jpg > http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa/storms/image08.jpg > > Cheers all, > > Sel. > At 08:11 7/11/00 +1000, you wrote: > >I saw that tornado as well!!!! That cloud was incredible. What is the > >difference between a shelf cloud and a wall cloud? > > > >David > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com > >[mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com]On Behalf Of Ben Quinn > >Sent: Monday, 6 November 2000 6:42 PM > >To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > >Subject: aus-wx: TORNADO!!!! plus a shelf cloud from HELL > > > > > >Hi Everyone, > > > >What an afternoon! I photographed a tornado NW of Brisbane, which looked to > >be on the ground on the top of Mount Mee, and also a SPECTACULAR shelf cloud > >around the Strathpine - Sandgate area. > > > >http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/nader2.jpg > > > >That is a shocking picture - and it may be a bit hard to see - but i have no > >doubt at all that it was a tornado. I have zoomed in on the image there, as > >i didn't quite have enough optical zoom. Change that URL to nader.jpg to > >see a pic taken about 20 seconds later (even worse than the first one). I > >have more pics, and will have a writeup on BSCH about this tornado within a > >couple of hours with any luck. > > > >The shelf cloud - what a beast! I'm sure everyone has seen Anthony > >Cornelius' November 24 shelf cloud taken from Noosa in 1998 - this was very > >similar to it - the best pic: > > > >http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/holysnappers.jpg > > > >And various pics of the whole line > > > >http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/holysnappers2.jpg > >http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/holysnappers3.jpg > >http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/holysnappers4.jpg > > > >These were all taken between 4:50pm (exact time i saw the tornado) and about > >5:45pm > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Sel Kerans > Coordinator \|/ &&&&& > Project Atmosphere Australia On-line -0- .--_|\ "/" > WWW: http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa /|\ / \ \ > Email: skerans at mail.cth.com.au \_.--\_/ > EQ: sel.kerans at qed.qld.gov.au v > > ph 07 3881 9623 fax 07 3881 9640 > > *** Now taking registrations from schools around the world *** > *** On-line activities scheduled for March, April, May 2000 *** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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: Tornados Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:58:13 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Perhaps you are thinking of the Merimbula event of April 1995. This was quite a nasty tornado and it was lucky that many lives were not lost, I think it's timing right on supper time may have caught most indoors safely. Merimbula is located in a radar 'black spot' so I think that thunderstorm activity for that part of Australia is grossly understated - for example how many times have you noticed on the models that the area just inland of the start NSW/VIC border has relatively high CAPES and LI's on some days. Last Friday there was 'yellow' reflect on the radar near Bombala, Bombala can have over 20mm and nothing show on radar, so what sort of storm was Friday's. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Whelan" To: Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2000 10:17 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Tornados > I should know more about this but wasn't there a tornado that went > through Ulladulla a few years ago ? Also, does anybody have a broadscale > loop saved from Sydney radar for last Friday around 2pm give or take a bit? > Thanks in advance > Shaun Nowra Sunny > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.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------------------------------ X-Originating-IP: [203.54.87.23] From: "S G" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Adelaide's thunderstorm drought is broken!!! Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 19:30:12 CST X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2000 09:00:12.0383 (UTC) FILETIME=[4D9866F0:01C04962] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com About 7 months almost since we had a decent thunderstorm before today (last one was in early April). We had only one day in winter with one clap of the thunder and one stroke of lightning. Anyway BOM is mentioning the possibility of isolated thunderstorms with the windshift tonight, (mentioned in coastal forecast) for maybe even Adelaide. Seems to be a few isolated thunderstorm cells developing and becoming very lightning active near the Eyre Pen. region. Severe t'storm to the far north. It would be great to see some lightning action in Adelaide tonight. I won't get my hopes up for it though. Heaps of moisture around. No real convection at the moment. Middle level cloud is breaking up and can actually see some sun! Got some shots with my video camera of mammatus clouds near the hills this arvo. They were very pronounced indeed. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: mb at mail.dove.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 21:13:49 +1030 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Matthew Bonser Subject: Re: aus-wx: Adelaide's thunderstorm drought is broken!!! - JUST... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Dont give up yet, the bureau has just issued (8pm) a Severe Thunderstorm Advice for most northern districts. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ADVICE Issued at 7:55 pm on Wednesday, 8 November 2000 For people in the Northwest Pastoral, Northeast Pastoral, the West Coast,Eastern Eyre Peninsula, the Mid North and the Flinders districts. Severe winds, large hail and very heavy rain are possible with thunderstorms inthese districts during this evening. It looks as though this storm in the Mid North has taken off and developed very quickly, at 7:50 pm the radar wasn't showing a real lot, but in the last hour the system on the West Coast has gone green and occasionally pink. If this system stays as it is and continues its track slightly south it could impact on the Central district in the early hours. The encouraging sign is that the bureau is predicting thunderstroms ovenight in this district. Fingers crossed we might actually get a bit of action, I must say that todays was a little dissapointing. Ah well, wait and see. Cheers Matt B +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Matthew Bonser Email: mb at dove.net.au I.C.Q: 9650857 Morphett Vale Country Fire Service Homepage http://dove.net.au/~mb/welcome.html South Australian Emergency Service Scanning Site http://dove.net.au/~mb/scan/scanner.htm +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ X-Authentication-Warning: new-smtp1.ihug.com.au: Host p47-nas4.syd.ihug.com.au [203.173.159.239] claimed to be ihug.com.au Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 21:52:42 +1100 From: Andrew Puddifer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: NE NSW storms last Sunday. Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Michael, FInally got my photos back, and I am very impressed! As I said, it is a relatively new camera to me, and I haven't really done much low light work with it, but it worked absolutely great! The lowering I saw actually looks a lot more ominous now that I have seen the photos. I will scan them in sometime late this week/this weekend.....this computer doesn't have the scanner, I need to use the Mac downstairs which I find it hard to get enough time on to scan! LOL! Regards, Andrew. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 23:59:06 +1300 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: John Gaul Subject: aus-wx: Auckland Thunderstorm Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com There was a thunderstorm with hail in Auckland this afternoon, lucky bastards John Gaul NZ Thunderstorm Society NZTS - more than just thunder +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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: TORNADO!!!! plus a shelf cloud from HELL Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 21:22:54 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Chris, Sorry about the delay in replying Thanks :) Their was a report of 5000 people without power and some trees down around Strathpine, but this would have been from the storm itself and not the tornado. I drove out to this area the next morning and saw the trees down, but it was all (presuming what i saw was the damage reported) in previously severely burnt bushland - and the trees looked like they would have fallen over if you leant on them. I also drove around all the suburbs on the northside that were effected by this line, and found the same thing - trees down in burnt bushland, and no other signs of severe weather. While the storms did appear quite spectacular and mean looking, i don't think they contained any huge amount of severe weather. I have noticed this on several occasions over the years - some storms with jaw dropping shelf clouds have moved right over my house, but i only experience moderate/heavy rain, a bit of lightning and 25-30 knot winds. Then at other times a far less spectacular storm will move over and nearly blown the house down! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Daley" To: Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 9:18 PM Subject: Re: aus-wx: TORNADO!!!! plus a shelf cloud from HELL > I am absolutely sick of seeing images of shelf clouds like this. > > WHY CAN'T WE HAVE ANY IN MELBOURNE?!?!?!?!? > > Great pics Ben, the shelf cloud looks awesome. > > While it is very hard to see in the photo, it does look like there is a > funnel extending to the ground. Do you know if there was any reported > damage? > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Quinn" > To: > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 7:41 PM > Subject: aus-wx: TORNADO!!!! plus a shelf cloud from HELL > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > What an afternoon! I photographed a tornado NW of Brisbane, which looked > to > > be on the ground on the top of Mount Mee, and also a SPECTACULAR shelf > cloud > > around the Strathpine - Sandgate area. > > > > http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/nader2.jpg > > > > That is a shocking picture - and it may be a bit hard to see - but i have > no > > doubt at all that it was a tornado. I have zoomed in on the image there, > as > > i didn't quite have enough optical zoom. Change that URL to nader.jpg to > > see a pic taken about 20 seconds later (even worse than the first one). I > > have more pics, and will have a writeup on BSCH about this tornado within > a > > couple of hours with any luck. > > > > The shelf cloud - what a beast! I'm sure everyone has seen Anthony > > Cornelius' November 24 shelf cloud taken from Noosa in 1998 - this was > very > > similar to it - the best pic: > > > > http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/holysnappers.jpg > > > > And various pics of the whole line > > > > http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/holysnappers2.jpg > > http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/holysnappers3.jpg > > http://bsch.simplenet.com/ben/holysnappers4.jpg > > > > These were all taken between 4:50pm (exact time i saw the tornado) and > about > > 5:45pm > > > > WOW! > > > > > > > > > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > 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------------------------------ X-Sender: mb at mail.dove.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 23:28:54 +1030 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Matthew Bonser Subject: Re: aus-wx: Adelaide's thunderstorm drought is broken!!! - JUST... Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Further to my last post, it's currently 11.30pm and it now looks as though the storms are too far North to have any impact on the central district. According to the lightning tracker and the radar it is a pretty intense system though with lots of moisture being fed in from the north west around Ceduna way still. It would be nice to be proven wrong and be woken up at 3am to the sound of thunder though. Cheers Matt B At 21:13 8/11/00 +1030, you wrote: >Dont give up yet, the bureau has just issued (8pm) a Severe Thunderstorm >Advice for most northern districts. > >SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ADVICE Issued at 7:55 pm on Wednesday, 8 November 2000 > >For people in the Northwest Pastoral, Northeast Pastoral, the West >Coast,Eastern Eyre Peninsula, the Mid North and the Flinders districts. > >Severe winds, large hail and very heavy rain are possible with >thunderstorms inthese districts during this evening. > >It looks as though this storm in the Mid North has taken off and developed >very quickly, at 7:50 pm the radar wasn't showing a real lot, but in the >last hour the system on the West Coast has gone green and occasionally >pink. If this system stays as it is and continues its track slightly south >it could impact on the Central district in the early hours. The encouraging >sign is that the bureau is predicting thunderstroms ovenight in this district. > >Fingers crossed we might actually get a bit of action, I must say that >todays was a little dissapointing. > >Ah well, wait and see. > >Cheers > >Matt B > >+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ > Matthew Bonser > > Email: mb at dove.net.au > I.C.Q: 9650857 > >Morphett Vale Country Fire Service Homepage >http://dove.net.au/~mb/welcome.html > >South Australian Emergency Service Scanning Site >http://dove.net.au/~mb/scan/scanner.htm >+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Matthew Bonser Email: mb at dove.net.au I.C.Q: 9650857 Morphett Vale Country Fire Service Homepage http://dove.net.au/~mb/welcome.html South Australian Emergency Service Scanning Site http://dove.net.au/~mb/scan/scanner.htm +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------