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From Subject -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Victoria possibly in for severe weather? 002 Robert Goler [robert at mail.maths.monash.edu.au Melbourne Gusta! 003 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] Storm prospects for Illawarra - poor 004 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] Storm prospects for Illawarra - poor 005 Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] Melbourne report 006 Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] SDS can't get *that* bad and other updates 007 "L.J. & B. Smail" [gws at pipeline.com.au] Melbourne report 008 Paul Miracki [pmiracki at powerup.com.au] Cyclone watch for QLD !!!! 009 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Victoria possibly in for severe weather? 010 Desley Absolon [mystyle at bigpond.com.au] Cyclone watch for QLD !!!! 011 Susan Puddifer [susanpud at healey.com.au] Argument Help 012 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] TC Advice 2 013 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Argument Help 014 "Patrick Tobin" [patricktobin at ozemail.com.au] Argument Help 015 Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] Argument Help 016 Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] SA Rain storm near Clare today 017 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Bucca F4 Tornado Pictures (Argument Help) 018 Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] Melbourne Storm Chasers Site - Updates, Webcam & Photos 019 Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] T shirt orders - just a reminder 020 "Peter Tristram" [petertri at midcoast.com.au] F4 021 Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] F4 022 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] F4 023 "Peter Tristram" [petertri at midcoast.com.au] F4 024 Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] Scientific American special issue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: Severe thunderstorm warning for Victoria was Re: aus-wx: Victoria possibly in for severe weather? Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:42:29 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com There was a single rumble on the 4th January, but no rain in the Wollongong CBD itself. Around Shellharbour there was 5 rumbles and a couple of mm on the same day. I can't recall a storm drought like this, some winters have been more active. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Sent: Friday, 25 February 2000 20:57 Subject: Re: Severe thunderstorm warning for Victoria was Re: aus-wx: Victoria possibly in for severe weather? > Michael - when was the last thunderstorm in wollongong ? > don W > > Michael Thompson wrote: > > > > Wollongong 0/10 > > > > > > After having discussed all of the signs - keep your eyes peeled for > > possible > > > > severe thunderstorms in Victoria this afternoon - ratings - western area > > > > rating 6/10, ranges 5/10, Melbourne 4/10!!!! > > > > > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > 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------------------------------ 002 X-Authentication-Warning: sph.maths.monash.edu.au: robert owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 23:56:01 +1100 (EST) From: Robert Goler [robert at mail.maths.monash.edu.au] X-Sender: robert at sph.maths.monash.edu.au To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Melbourne Gusta! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I think I saw this same gust front here at Clayton, about 20km southeast of the city. It was about 8pm or so, and from my window I saw it to the northwest. I rushed outside and took a few shots, but as it passed overhead it seemed to lose its form. Only a minor breeze kicked up as it passed, so it's ooomph had obviously been lost. I got a few shots, but with the dim lighting, I'm not sure how it'll turn out. Cheers, Rob > Hello all again, > I just got back from the city of Melbourne where numerous Cb > towers were easily visible over the north-eastern areas. Travelling down > to the city by train allowed me to witness many different congestus > and various CB Calvus formations. Once I arrived in the city, it was > noticable that there was a developing storm overhead which appeared to > be stationary or travelling extremely slow. It continued to develop for > approximately 20 minutes until the distinguishable sign of a gust front > was approaching. At this time I was walking to the Tennis Centre when > the gusta came right overhead producing strong wind gusts. > Unfortunately, I DID NOT HAVE A BLOODY CAMERA! AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!! It > was a really great sight. I was desperate to get a photo asking anyone > if they had a camera. Of course my desperate attempts to search for a > camera proved fruitless. Overall, a great day today for storms as I > observed. I hope many other people experienced the same agilation. > > Deano > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ > -- Robert A. Goler E-mail robert at mail.maths.monash.edu.au http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~robert/ Department of Mathematics and Statistics Monash University Clayton, Vic 3800 Australia -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 003 From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Storm prospects for Illawarra - poor Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:49:22 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I think that the Illawarra - Sydney may be setting up for a round of piggy in the middle this weekend. Today should see some storms on the south coast south of Batemans Bay, and the adjacent ranges / tablelands. Unfortunately the next SE change appears that it may creep through the Illawarra overnight, leaving a poor chance for storms on Sunday. On Sunday the action ( action is probably too strong a word ) should have moved to the Hunter and westwards. This is a classic case scenario that has been repeated so many times, storms south of you one day, north of you the next. The only chance is that when the weak trough moves through overnight it may kick off some convection, but the odds are against you. One consolation is that the upper winds are pretty crook, so any storms that do develop other parts of NSW should be weak, and we can tell ourselves that they were not worth chasing. Today I would rather be in NE Tasmania, now there is a indicator of how bad things are here. Michael Thompson http://thunder.simplenet.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 004 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:22:20 +1000 From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Storm prospects for Illawarra - poor Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Cheer up Michael. Think about the folk in Calama, slightly in;land from Arica, in Northern Chile. They had a thunderstormon 10 February 1972 - which brough the first rain to the region for an estimated 400 years, going on the surface deposits of the sodium nitrate. They had 0.2 mm again in 1989 but otherwise nothing since althuogh thin strata- Cu is quite common. There's always someone worse off than you. Don White. Michael Thompson wrote: > > I think that the Illawarra - Sydney may be setting up for a round of piggy > in the middle this weekend. > > Today should see some storms on the south coast south of Batemans Bay, and > the adjacent ranges / tablelands. > > Unfortunately the next SE change appears that it may creep through the > Illawarra overnight, leaving a poor chance for storms on Sunday. On Sunday > the action ( action is probably too strong a word ) should have moved to the > Hunter and westwards. > > This is a classic case scenario that has been repeated so many times, storms > south of you one day, north of you the next. > > The only chance is that when the weak trough moves through overnight it may > kick off some convection, but the odds are against you. > > One consolation is that the upper winds are pretty crook, so any storms that > do develop other parts of NSW should be weak, and we can tell ourselves that > they were not worth chasing. > > Today I would rather be in NE Tasmania, now there is a indicator of how bad > things are here. > > 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------------------------------ 005 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:23:27 +1100 From: Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) To: Aussie-wx [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Melbourne report Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com It's been a pretty nice couple of days in Victoria after a pretty uninteresting summer compared to the last one. I've got a roll and a half of film to be developed Rainfall totals from slow moving storms have been in the 20-40mm / 24hour region. Castlemaine - 32mm, Coldstream - 26mm, Kilmore - 24mm, Laverton - 22mm, Maryborough - 40mm, Moorabbin - 26mm, Baywater - 21mm. Lightning was also seen for the first time in a while east of Mt Dandenong - but I have still to hear thunder since 27th December. Chasing has been difficult with these - the best ones have been lurking in the non-chaseable territory to the NE of Melbourne - but yesterday changed that. I'd shot out of the office at 1130 up the local hill to take a couple of pics and then spent the rest of the afternoon being intensely, screamingly frustrated because I could see the development outside and I was stuck with a computer training course for the sales reps...and btw, who's the idiot who made up the "all sales reps will be in the office on Friday between 3 & 5pm" rule??????? - oh, yeah - that was me, so I couldn't really break my own rule....mind you the noises in my head were pretty loud by the time I escaped at 5pm (I just hope no-one else could hear them or I would have been committed). I did get onto the roof during a break in the training to take a couple of pics. Sat on the 'south eastern carpark' (that's a freeway for those of you who don't know) videoing & taking pics of these amazing TCu's almost overhead - crisp & white & boiling - something we just haven't seen for a while - and an hour later escaped out to the SE of Melbourne and the Latrobe Valley. Drove out to Warragul, videoed what looked like a very, very, very short gustnado (do not get excited), some nice cloud formations, a kangaroo who couldn't see me or a tripod or a purple Commodore parked off the side of the road & almost ran over the top of me while I was videoing a cloud , lightning on the way back......it was just a nice storm chasers' evening drive....... Today I think I catch up on those little things that don't get done while chasing .....like get the pictorial reports for the 23rd & 25th up on the MSC site....... Jane ONeill Bayswater - 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------------------------------ 006 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:49:33 +1100 From: Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) To: Aussie-wx [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: SDS can't get *that* bad and other updates Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com SDS can't get that bad - all you have to keep in mind is the newest item at the top of the Melbourne Storm Chasers humour page - this little item put's everything firmly back into perspective - print it out and put it on the fridge for those days when there's only Cumulus humilus or stratocumulus (not worthy of capitalisation!!)for thousands of miles..... http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence/humour.htm Many thanks to Don & Michael for giving this little piece of sanity..... Jane ONeill +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 007 X-Sender: gws at mail.pipeline.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:39:45 +1100 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: "L.J. & B. Smail" [gws at pipeline.com.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Melbourne report Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com After all the action of the last couple of days, here in Geelong we continue to be deprived. Although the northern suburbs copped a bit (Corio 22 mm) and surrounding parts to our NW and the Bellarine Peninsula (eg, Portarlington 30 mm),most of the urban area only received a couple of mm, making our progressive monthly total around 15 mm (average 39). Our Otways water catchments didn't do much better so our water restrictions remain (18 months now and counting). The drought continues! Meanwhile we're heading for a Feb maximum temperature record: the old record was 28.9, we will probably end up around 29.5. Regards to all. Lindsay Smail At 10:23 AM 26-02-00 +1100, you wrote: >It's been a pretty nice couple of days in Victoria after a pretty >uninteresting summer compared to the last one. I've got a roll and a >half of film to be developed > >Rainfall totals from slow moving storms have been in the 20-40mm / >24hour region. Castlemaine - 32mm, Coldstream - 26mm, Kilmore - 24mm, >Laverton - 22mm, Maryborough - 40mm, Moorabbin - 26mm, Baywater - 21mm. > >Lightning was also seen for the first time in a while east of Mt >Dandenong - but I have still to hear thunder since 27th December. > >Chasing has been difficult with these - the best ones have been lurking >in the non-chaseable territory to the NE of Melbourne - but yesterday >changed that. > >I'd shot out of the office at 1130 up the local hill to take a couple of >pics and then spent the rest of the afternoon being intensely, >screamingly frustrated because I could see the development outside and I >was stuck with a computer training course for the sales reps...and btw, >who's the idiot who made up the "all sales reps will be in the office on >Friday between 3 & 5pm" rule??????? - oh, yeah - that was me, so I >couldn't really break my own rule....mind you the noises in my head were >pretty loud by the time I escaped at 5pm (I just hope no-one else could >hear them or I would have been committed ). I did get onto the roof >during a break in the training to take a couple of pics. > >Sat on the 'south eastern carpark' (that's a freeway for those of you >who don't know) videoing & taking pics of these amazing TCu's almost >overhead - crisp & white & boiling - something we just haven't seen for >a while - and an hour later escaped out to the SE of Melbourne and the >Latrobe Valley. Drove out to Warragul, videoed what looked like a very, >very, very short gustnado (do not get excited), some nice cloud >formations, a kangaroo who couldn't see me or a tripod or a purple >Commodore parked off the side of the road & almost ran over the top of >me while I was videoing a cloud , lightning on the way back......it >was just a nice storm chasers' evening drive....... > >Today I think I catch up on those little things that don't get done >while chasing .....like get the pictorial reports for the 23rd & 25th up >on the MSC site....... > > >Jane ONeill >Bayswater - 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------------------------------ 008 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:08:25 +1000 From: Paul Miracki [pmiracki at powerup.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Cyclone watch for QLD !!!! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hey all, Woooohoo!! IDW50Q00 BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY Queensland Region Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this message. PRIORITY TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 1 Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane For 1100 am EST on Saturday the 26th of February 2000 A cyclone watch has been declared for coastal and island communities between Cooktown and Cardwell. At 11am a tropical low with central pressure 1000 hPa was centred near latitude 16.5 south longitude 149.0 east, which is 370 kilometres east of Port Douglas. The low is expected to move slowly westwards during the next 24 hours and may affect coastal and island communities between Cooktown and Cardwell by Sunday afternoon. Residents between Cooktown and Cardwell should take preliminary precautions and consider what action they will need to take if the threat increases. If you are unsure of what actions to take, information is available from your local SES. The next Advice will be issued at 5pm EST. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 009 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:12:43 -0800 From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: Severe thunderstorm warning for Victoria was Re: aus-wx: Victoria possibly in for severe weather? Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Thunderies in Blackheath = 1/10 Not that it really matters as I still haven't got my camera back from the Sydney repair shop and my new car has the "check Engine" light coming on, so there goes my reconossance (sp?) mission for this years snow chasing to Oberon next Monday. Looks like I'll be sitting around Penrith on my day off. There are some disadvantages to living in the mountains, everything is so far away! Except for the snow :-) True Don there are always people worse off, but often there are plenty better off too. My glass is "half empty" today :-( Lindsay Pearce Michael Thompson wrote: > > Wollongong 0/10 > > > > After having discussed all of the signs - keep your eyes peeled for > possible > > > severe thunderstorms in Victoria this afternoon - ratings - western area > > > rating 6/10, ranges 5/10, Melbourne 4/10!!!! > > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 010 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:46:50 +1000 From: Desley Absolon [mystyle at bigpond.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Cyclone watch for QLD !!!! Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Yayyyyyyyyyy!!! Our first 'almost' cyclone for the year...and about time too!! I recorded 240mm overnight last night....fantastic..Cairns was flooded locally this morning, in areas where we haven't seen water in 12 years up here..SES were sandbagging in front of businesses,etc. water has subsided everywhere now but more heavy rain is expected overnight tonight and into tomorrow...depending on the low....clear at the moment but very humid...and gusty wind every now and then....the gas bottles are filled and we're excited!! Desley in Cairns... PS: We are so well drained up here that even with that volume of rain overnight, we mowed the lawn this afternoon...ya can hear the grass growing..I kid you not!!!! Paul Miracki wrote: > Hey all, Woooohoo!! > > IDW50Q00 > BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY > Queensland Region > Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre > > Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with > this > message. > > PRIORITY > TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 1 > Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane > For 1100 am EST on Saturday the 26th of February 2000 > > A cyclone watch has been declared for coastal and island communities > between > Cooktown and Cardwell. > > At 11am a tropical low with central pressure 1000 hPa was centred near > latitude > 16.5 south longitude 149.0 east, which is 370 kilometres east of Port > Douglas. > > The low is expected to move slowly westwards during the next 24 hours > and may > affect coastal and island communities between Cooktown and Cardwell by > Sunday > afternoon. > > Residents between Cooktown and Cardwell should take preliminary > precautions and > consider what action they will need to take if the threat increases. If > you are > unsure of what actions to take, information is available from your > local SES. > > The next Advice will be issued at 5pm EST. > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 011 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:54:43 +1000 From: Susan Puddifer [susanpud at healey.com.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC) To: "aussie-weather at world.std.com" [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Argument Help Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Susan From Balmain I'm currently indulging myself in an arguement with someone regarding Australian Tornados Him - We don't have them Me - Yes we do Him - No we don't - prove it Ok anyone got a good site with facts and figures on all Aussie Tornados - the strengths etc and photos if possible Thanks in advance Susan +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 012 X-Sender: disarm at braenet.com.au (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:57:30 +1100 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Subject: aus-wx: TC Advice 2 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com PRIORITY TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 2 Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane For 5pm EST on Saturday the 26th of February 2000 A cyclone watch is current for coastal and island communities between Cooktown and Cardwell. At 5pm a tropical low with central pressure 1000 hPa was centred near latitude 16.5 south longitude 149.0 east, which is 370 kilometres east of Port Douglas. The low has remained almost stationary during today but is expected to move slowly westwards during the next 24 hours and may affect coastal and island communities between Cooktown and Cardwell by Sunday night. Residents between Cooktown and Cardwell should take preliminary precautions and consider what action they will need to take if the threat increases. If you are unsure of what actions to take, information is available from your local SES. The next Advice will be issued at 11pm EST. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 013 X-Sender: disarm at mail.braenet.com.au X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:55:47 +1100 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Argument Help Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi http://www.braenet.com.au/~disarm/thunderstruck/tornadoarchive/index.htm These are tornadic events that have come to my attention. And I have listed them here on my website for this online archive for everyone. (a few of you have probably stumbled across it before) Recently added 2 photos of a Tornado sighted on 3/10/99 near Boorowa (Southern NSW) at approx 2.25 pm by Peter Macdonald. Also below is the approximate path of the Tornado, hich was on the ground from between 5 to 10 minutes. IF you know of ANY MORE PLEAS PLEAS PLEASE PLEASE email me with some details about it, so i can include it in this archive. I know there are hundreds, probably thousands more accounts out there, its just a matter of finding out about them. If any people at the BoM could give me a helping hand it would be very much appreciated. (I am not doing SA/WA as Andrew and Ira are covering these) Thanks for your help, and i hope this helps answer any queries Susan Matt Smith >Susan From Balmain > >I'm currently indulging myself in an arguement with someone regarding >Australian Tornados > >Him - We don't have them > >Me - Yes we do > >Him - No we don't - prove it > >Ok anyone got a good site with facts and figures on all Aussie Tornados - the >strengths etc and photos if possible > >Thanks in advance > >Susan > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 014 From: "Patrick Tobin" [patricktobin at ozemail.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Argument Help Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 19:14:40 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Susan, A few more sites to go with Matt Smith's page: Official BOM sites: Facts on Tornadoes in NSW http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/inside/sevwx/public/tornadofact.shtml (has pics on the site) and this extract: Tornadoes occur more commonly in NSW than most people would expect. The Bureau of Meteorology's database records 351 tornadoes across NSW from 1795 to December 1998. Recent examples of tornadoes in NSW include: 27th July 1998 - Willow Tree (North West Slopes) - F2 tornado damages a house, moves a vehicle 1st July 1998 - Fingal Bay (Hunter) - F1 tornado damages a caravan park 29th September 1996 - separate tornadoes (likely F1-F2) at Elong Elong, Gilgandra (Central West Slopes) and Bundella (North West Slopes). Large trees uprooted & snapped. 4-tonne truck moved 30th November 1995 - Rosewood (South West Slopes) - tornado (likely F1-F2) un-roofs homes, uproots trees and flattens crops. Tractor turned upside-down. Accompanied by 4.2 cm hail 16th April 1995 - Merimbula / Pambula (South Coast) - F2 tornado completely destroys 12 houses and damages nearly 100 others. Forty people injured. Damage estimated at over $10 Million 28th January 1995 - Cobar (Upper Western) - tornado accompanied by 7.5 cm hail 20th November 1993 - Tucabia (Northern Rivers) - F2 tornado destroys 8 homes, damages at least 100 others. Two people injured Another BOM site with tornado info for other states at: http://www.bom.gov.au/info/thunder/ with the following (edited) extract on tornadoes (the site itself has photos): 29 November 1992 A tornado and larger than golf-ball hail tear through Bucca, north of Bundaberg, Queensland, levelling three homes and unroofing many others, as well as ruining millions of dollars worth of crops. 22 November 1992 During the early hours of the morning, a tornado severely damages over a dozen houses, destroying several in the north west Tasmanian town of Smithton. It is the State's most intense tornado, with estimated winds of 280 km/h which also flatten hundreds of large trees along a 15 km path. (photo A) 22 January 1991 A tornado and hail cause a total estimated $75 million worth of damage in Adelaide, the worst natural disaster since Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. 13 January 1976 Near Sandon in central Victoria, two people are killed when a tornado plucks their car from the side of the road and hurls it 100 metres into a ditch. 6 April 1960 In the early hours of the morning, a tornado sweeps through dense Jarrah forest near Collie in the south west of Western Australia, cutting a swathe averaging 240 metres wide along a continuous track of 30 kilometres. Tens of thousands of trees are left felled in its wake. Michael Bath and Jimmy Deguara's page at http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/tornado.htm has some great photos and links to pictures and chase reports resulting in Tornadoes being seen on sites such as Ira Fehlberg's. This is an argument you should have no trouble in winning.. Patrick -----Original Message----- From: Susan Puddifer [susanpud at healey.com.au] To: aussie-weather at world.std.com [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Date: Saturday, 26 February 2000 18:05 Subject: Re: aus-wx: Argument Help >Susan From Balmain > >I'm currently indulging myself in an arguement with someone regarding >Australian Tornados > >Him - We don't have them > >Me - Yes we do > >Him - No we don't - prove it > >Ok anyone got a good site with facts and figures on all Aussie Tornados - the >strengths etc and photos if possible > >Thanks in advance > >Susan > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your > message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 015 X-Sender: jdeguara at pop.ihug.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 19:13:35 +1100 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: Argument Help Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Susan, there are pages with pictures and information on the various web sites. http://www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/tornado.htm http://thunder.simplenet.com/ http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/ http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html http://www.upnaway.com/~jra/weather.html {lease tell me if I have missed any of the other pages that have been put on. Also tell this person about the Bulahdelah tornado which most probably was an F5, the Bucca tornado which was F4 and another F3 on the same day, Jarra Forrest Tornado which was F4 I think, but the above sites have photographic evidence that they do exist!!! Jimmy Deguara At 17:54 26/02/00 +1000, you wrote: >Susan From Balmain > >I'm currently indulging myself in an arguement with someone regarding >Australian Tornados > >Him - We don't have them > >Me - Yes we do > >Him - No we don't - prove it > >Ok anyone got a good site with facts and figures on all Aussie Tornados - the >strengths etc and photos if possible > >Thanks in advance > >Susan > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 016 X-Sender: astroman at mail.chariot.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 19:08:26 +1030 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Andrew Wall [astroman at chariot.net.au] Subject: aus-wx: SA Rain storm near Clare today Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Although there was a possibility this system had lightning in it, I didn't leave until about 2pm. On the way there, there were some nice updrafts and a couple of towers, but as I got closer the heads started to go fibrous. When I had reached a good spot, there was a nice rain foot next to a RFB, looked quite spectacular considering we havent seen some really good weather for a couple of months. I have video and Photographs of the event. I decided to enter the lions den and proceed into the rain, this was really cool, windscreen wipers going full bore and still couldn't see out of window. Most of the farmlands in the area were starting to flood with water visable on the fields. There was also a small river running next to the road. Unfortunately no lightning was seen but all up it was a pretty nice cell. I think I may have got there a bit late to see the lightning :( I will have a report up on page shortly. Andrew Wall South Australia. State representative for S.A. and N.T. Division of the Australian Severe Weather Association Inc. Webmaster of The official South Australian Severe Weather watch homepage. South Australian Severe Weather page - http://sastorms.virtualave.net 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------------------------------ 017 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 19:39:32 +1100 From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: aus-wx: Bucca F4 Tornado Pictures (Argument Help) Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Jimmy, Susan.. We recently got our hands on some pictures of the Bucca F4 tornado.. we (Anthony and I) were going to build a "tornadoes" section on BSCH, and put the pictures up when that was done.. but given the circumstances, i think adding the pictures tonight would be a good idea.. Feast your eyes on these: http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/pictures/picturegallerynew.htm The Bucca ones are of course the first 5 pictures - then there are 48 new pictures courtesy of Damien Howes - and there are some pearlers too.. Jimmy Deguara wrote: > > Hi Susan, there are pages with pictures and information on the various web > sites. > > http://www.australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/tornado.htm > > http://thunder.simplenet.com/ > > http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/ > > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jamestorm/bristorm.html > > http://www.upnaway.com/~jra/weather.html > > {lease tell me if I have missed any of the other pages that have been put > on. Also tell this person about the Bulahdelah tornado which most probably > was an F5, the Bucca tornado which was F4 and another F3 on the same day, > Jarra Forrest Tornado which was F4 I think, but the above sites have > photographic evidence that they do exist!!! > > Jimmy Deguara > > At 17:54 26/02/00 +1000, you wrote: > >Susan From Balmain > > > >I'm currently indulging myself in an arguement with someone regarding > >Australian Tornados > > > >Him - We don't have them > > > >Me - Yes we do > > > >Him - No we don't - prove it > > > >Ok anyone got a good site with facts and figures on all Aussie Tornados - the > >strengths etc and photos if possible > > > >Thanks in advance > > > >Susan > > > > > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > 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------------------------------ -- Ben Quinn The Brisbane Storm Chasers Homepage (BSCH) http://www.bsch.simplenet.com The Australian Weather Pages Webring http://www.bsch.simplenet.com/webring/index.htm +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ 018 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:50:01 +1100 From: Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) To: Aussie-wx [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Wx-chase Subject: aus-wx: Melbourne Storm Chasers Site - Updates, Webcam & Photos Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I've put up 3 new chase reports today all full of photos, as well as updating the humour page, Chase Reports http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence/25_2_00.htm http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence/23_2_00.htm http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence/8_2_00.htm Humour Page http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence/humour.htm Enjoy, Jane -------------------------------- Jane ONeill cadence at rubix.net.au Melbourne Storm Chasers http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence ASWA - Victoria 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------------------------------ 019 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:59:54 +1100 From: Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) To: Aussie-wx [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: T shirt orders - just a reminder Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com If you want to place an order for ASWA tshirts, polo shirts or windcheater / jumpers, don't forget that your order and your money needs to be with your state ASWA rep, or with me if you hail ) from overseas or aren't an ASWA member, by the 18th March at the absolute latest. To check details goto http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence/fashion.htm Or contact me directly at cadence at rubix.net.au Jane ONeill ASWA - 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------------------------------ 020 From: "Peter Tristram" [petertri at midcoast.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: F4 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 22:14:09 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Was that tornado at Bucca near Coffs? Peter +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 021 X-Sender: jdeguara at pop.ihug.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 22:07:17 +1100 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] Subject: Re: aus-wx: F4 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com You wish Peter. No the F4 tornado was at Bucca Queensland near Bundaberg. It was an outbreak of severe weather that day right down the east coast!!! It was the day Brisbane cricket was hailed on I believe... Jimmy Deguara At 22:14 26/02/00 +1100, you wrote: >Was that tornado at Bucca near Coffs? > >Peter > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ 022 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 21:16:04 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: F4 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Peter, The tornado was at Bucca, near Bundaberg (QLD), another tornado (F3) occurred at Maryborough. Five confirmed supercells occurred during that day (29th of Nov, 1992). Hail was reported up to 7-8cm in diameter. Peter Tristram wrote: > > Was that tornado at Bucca near Coffs? > > Peter > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > 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------------------------------ -- 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------------------------------ 023 From: "Peter Tristram" [petertri at midcoast.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: Re: aus-wx: F4 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 22:50:09 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] To: [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:07 PM Subject: Re: aus-wx: F4 > You wish Peter. No the F4 tornado was at Bucca Queensland near Bundaberg. > It was an outbreak of severe weather that day right down the east coast!!! > It was the day Brisbane cricket was hailed on I believe... > > Jimmy Deguara > > > At 22:14 26/02/00 +1100, you wrote: > >Was that tornado at Bucca near Coffs? > > > >Peter > > Thanks for reply, Didn't think I'd heard of any tornadoes near here, though ... any decent weather event would be welcome - very quiet here! Peter +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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------------------------------ 024 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 23:29:59 +1100 From: Jane ONeill [cadence at rubix.net.au] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) To: Aussie-wx [aussie-weather at world.std.com] Subject: aus-wx: Scientific American special issue Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Scientific American is doing an entire quarterly issue on Weather.... (thanks for Steve Sponsler for posting the original messaage to wx-chase) For more information & some reading...... http://www.sciam.com/ http://www.sciam.com/specialissues/0300weather/0300davidson.html INTRODUCTION OUR NATIONAL PASSION A fan of things meteorological contemplates the mania for tornado chasing and weather-as-entertainment. By Keay Davidson THE PERILS OF PREDICTION FORECASTING IS NO PICINIC A look behind the scenes at how and why a weather report changes so much. By Richard Monastersky DECODING THE FORECAST >From "cold front" to "degree days," this guide deciphers the often abstruse terminology of newspaper and broadcast reports. By Eugene Raikhel THE BUTTERFLY THAT ROARED Chaos bedevils meteorological computer models. That's why even the best ones can't reliably predict more than 14 days ahead. By Jeffrey Rosenfeld DO WE NEED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE? Private weather services want the government to drop most of its forecasting duties, but the public sector still has a vital role. By Jeffrey Rosenfeld UNSETTLED SKIES BILLION-DOLLAR TWISTER The Oklahoma City tornado on May 3, 1999, set a record for destructiveness. Plus: What Would Auntie Em Do? By Robert Henson EXTREME WEATHER A world map locates the hottest, coldest, driest and wettest events. By Eugene Raikhel FLEEING FLOYD Well-crafter civil defense contingency plans couldn't cope with traffic in the largest U.S. mass evacuation ever. Plus: Answers Blowing in the Wind. By Jim Reed BIG SKY, HOT NIGHTS, RED SPRITES A meteorologist without a government or academic affiliation does world-class research on bizarre lightning in his backyard. By Karen Wright IT'S RAINING EELS: A COMPENDIUM OF WEIRD WEATHER A turtle in a hailstone? Under the right conditions, what comes down from the sky may be a lot more than just frozen H2O. By Randy Cerveny TEMPESTS FROM THE SUN Solar storms can endanger satellites and even power grids here on Earth. Plus: Chasing Extraterrestrial Storms. By Tracy Staedter DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT CLOUD DANCERS More than 50 years of artificial rain-making efforts have failed to prove the techniques actually work. By Daniel Pendick WEATHERPROOFING AIR TRAVEL Nervous fliers can take solace from new technologies that alert pilots to imminent hazards, from turbulence to wing icing. By Phil Scott CLIMATE IN FLUX BEYOND EL NI�O El Ni�o turns out to be but one of several oceanic and atmospheric cycles that affect weather around the globe. By Laurence Lippsett WARMING TO CLIMATE CHANGE Midwestern farmers and native Alaskans alike are trying to figure out what to do about global warming. Plus: Life in a Hotter World By Kathryn S. Brown UNDER THE WEATHER Weather and climate can have a profound effect on patterns of health and disease. Plus: Today's Forecast: Increased Cold and Heart Attacks By Rita Baron-Faust ATMOSPHERE AS SPECTACLE LIGHTS, CAMERA, WEATHER Hollywood uses artifice to simulate realistic-looking rain, wind and snow. By Randy Cerveny CHANNELING THE WEATHER Being a weatherman ain't easy. By Steve Mirsky FURTHER INFORMATION WEATHER ON THE WEB Sites offering more on the featured topics. By Diane Martindale -------------------------------- Jane ONeill cadence at rubix.net.au Melbourne Storm Chasers http://www.rubix.net.au/~cadence ASWA - Victoria 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------------------------------
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