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001 Jason Smith [s348771 at student.uq.edu.au] Tornadoes
002 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] TC Advice 4
003 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Katoomba Station or Channel Nine error or me?
004 "Mark Hardy" [mhardy at magna.com.au] TC Advice 4
005 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] TC Steve - First Queensland TC of the season, about time!!!
006 Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au] Katoomba Station or Channel Nine error or me?
007 "Les Crossan" [les.crossan at virgin.net] Radar from the UK
008 "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au] TC Steve - Major flooding expected
009 Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au] Katoomba Station or Channel Nine error or me?
010 paulmoss at tpgi.com.au TC Steve - First Queensland TC of the season, about time!!!
011 "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au] TC Steve now Cat 2
012 Jacob [jacob at iinet.net.au] New design for the #Weather page
013 Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au] Halden Boyd's prediction Dick Smith flight
014 Carl Smith [carls at ace-net.com.au] TC Steve map animation
015 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] TC Steve Peaks at 160km/h before weakening
016 Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au] Bucca F4 Tornado Pictures
017 Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au] SE Change Chase in Brisbane Today
018 Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au] Bucca F4 Tornado Pictures
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001
From: Jason Smith [s348771 at student.uq.edu.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Tornadoes
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:14:47 +1000
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While I was in Charters Towers I saw two of them in half an hour, both from separate cells. The was also a report in the newspaper that Julia Creek was hit by a dreaded "Mini Tornado" the next day.
If I can see two of them while I'm not even chasing, and a small place like Julia Creek gets hit, imagine how many more there are up in Nth Qld that go unnoticed
Pommy
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From: Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au]
Subject: aus-wx: TC Advice 4
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TOP PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 4
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
For 5am EST on Sunday the 27th of February 2000
A Cyclone Warning is now current for coastal and island communities between
Cooktown and Cardwell.
At 4 am a 996 hPa tropical low was centred about 210 kilometres east of Port
Douglas and was moving towards the coast at about 12 kilometres per hour.
The low is expected to develop into a Category 1 Tropical Cyclone during
the day
with gales developing along the coast between Cooktown and Cardwell this
afternoon.
Heavy to flood rains between Cairns and Townsville tonight and continuing
through Monday.
Flood warnings are already current for this area.
Details of Tropical Low at 4 am:
Central Pressure : 996 Hectopascals
Location of Centre : within 30 kilometres of
latitude 16.5 degrees south
longitude 147.4 degrees east
about 210 kilometres east of Port Douglas
Recent Movement : west at 12 kilometres per hour
People between Cooktown and Cardwell should take precautions and listen to
the
next advice at 8 am EST.
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:19:04 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: Katoomba Station or Channel Nine error or me?
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Blair and anyone else interested,
What did the BOM get for Katoomba's maximum on Saturday? Channel nine
gave 29.
At my place in Blackheath I got 24.5 and 24.3 on different thermometers.
Surely we couldn't have had such a difference to Katoomba, although we
were under a decent cloud for a while this afternoon. It definately felt
nothing like 28 or so here today.
Whaddya reckon?
Lindsay Pearce.
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 08:54:54 +1100
Subject: Re: aus-wx: TC Advice 4
From: "Mark Hardy" [mhardy at magna.com.au]
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TC Steve, Cat 1.
_____________________________________________________
Mark Hardy.
The Weather Company Pty. Ltd.
Level 2, 7 West Street, North Sydney 2060
Ph (02) 9955 7704. Fax (02) 9955 1536.
Mobile 0414 642 739
email: mhardy at theweather.com.au
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>From: Matt Smith
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Subject: aus-wx: TC Advice 4
>Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 6:49
>
> TOP PRIORITY
> TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 4
> Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
> For 5am EST on Sunday the 27th of February 2000
>
> A Cyclone Warning is now current for coastal and island communities between
> Cooktown and Cardwell.
>
> At 4 am a 996 hPa tropical low was centred about 210 kilometres east of Port
> Douglas and was moving towards the coast at about 12 kilometres per hour.
>
> The low is expected to develop into a Category 1 Tropical Cyclone during
> the day
> with gales developing along the coast between Cooktown and Cardwell this
> afternoon.
>
> Heavy to flood rains between Cairns and Townsville tonight and continuing
> through Monday.
> Flood warnings are already current for this area.
>
> Details of Tropical Low at 4 am:
> Central Pressure : 996 Hectopascals
> Location of Centre : within 30 kilometres of
> latitude 16.5 degrees south
> longitude 147.4 degrees east
> about 210 kilometres east of Port Douglas
> Recent Movement : west at 12 kilometres per hour
>
> People between Cooktown and Cardwell should take precautions and listen to
> the
> next advice at 8 am EST.
>
>
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 08:50:21 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: TC Steve - First Queensland TC of the season, about time!!!
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Hi all,
As Mark Hardy pointed out, the tropical low has now formed officially
into a tropical cyclone! In the warning below, they're suggesting
destructive winds (130km/h), meaning it could go into a Cat 2 before it
hits the coast!
IDW50Q00
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
Queensland Region
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
Media: For immediate broadcast. Transmitters in the Cairns area are
requested to
use the Standard Emergency Warning Signal.
TOP PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 5
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
For 7am EST on Sunday the 27th of February 2000
A Cyclone Warning is now current for coastal and island communities
between
Cape Flattery and Cardwell.
At 7am, Tropical Cyclone STEVE, Category 1, was almost stationary about
210
kilometres east of Port Douglas and continuing to slowly intensify.
The cyclone is expected to resume moving towards the coast with gales
developing
between Cooktown and Cardwell this afternoon.
Destructive winds may be experienced this evening as the centre nears
the coast.
Heavy to flood rains between Cairns and Townsville tonight and
continuing
through Monday. Flood warnings are already current for this area.
Details of Tropical Cyclone STEVE, Category 1, at 7 am:
Central Pressure : 994 Hectopascals
Location of Centre : within 30 kilometres of
latitude 16.5 degrees south
longitude 147.4 degrees east
about 210 kilometres east of Port Douglas
Recent Movement : almost stationary
Maximum wind gusts : 100 kilometres per hour near the centre, and slowly
increasing
People between Cooktown and Cardwell should make preparations, and in
particular secure boats and outside property. If you are unsure what
action to
take, information is available from your local SES.
The next Advice will be issued at 9am EST.
--
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
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 09:28:25 +1000
From: Don White [donwhite at ozemail.com.au]
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Lindsay...
The BOM site at Katoomba gave 29 as its max. The 3 pm temp was 27.
Mt Boyce had a top of 27 (3pm 25.6)
Don White
Lindsay wrote:
>
> Blair and anyone else interested,
>
> What did the BOM get for Katoomba's maximum on Saturday? Channel nine
> gave 29.
> At my place in Blackheath I got 24.5 and 24.3 on different thermometers.
> Surely we couldn't have had such a difference to Katoomba, although we
> were under a decent cloud for a while this afternoon. It definately felt
> nothing like 28 or so here today.
>
> Whaddya reckon?
>
> Lindsay Pearce.
>
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From: "Les Crossan" [les.crossan at virgin.net]
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Subject: aus-wx: Radar from the UK
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 01:20:30 -0000
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List -
Get this whilst its till hot!
Everyone on the list:
UK rainfall radar - live to within the hour
and free, please have a look so that it stays!
All times are in GMT or GMT+1 in
summer.
I'm at 55N which is about halfway up the
east coast...
Watch out for thin bands of red with a
sharply defined back edge crossing from the NW ----> SE, ana cold fronts
spawning funnels / tornadoes. Also watch for large circular blobs in summertime
heading N - MCS. Also organised altocumulonimbus in bands heading N. in
summertime. You can also see MCS tracking E in summer in the southern UK
(they're always fairly isolated).
Les (UK)
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Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, UK 54-59N
01-30W
UK Storm Chaser / Severe Weather Enthusiast
Melbourne Storm Chasers (MSC) - Victoria, AUS
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Australian Severe Weather Association (ASWA) - AUS
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Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) - UK
Thunderstorm Census Organisation (TCO) - UK
http://www.torro.org.uk/
Email:
les.NOSPAMcrossan at virgin.net (remove NOSPAM)
ICQ: 17296776
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008
From: "James Chambers" [jamestorm at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: TC Steve - Major flooding expected
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 11:37:13 +1000
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Hi all; the latest TC Advice is below. The warnings are now hourly because
TC Steve is only 140km E of Port Douglas. If you didn't know, the URL for
the warnings are here:
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDW50Q00.txt.
Flooding is a huge worry for these parts in the path of the cyclone. You
can expect to see rainfall intensities exceeding 400mm in 24 hours in the
next 2 days (If you know what I mean). That's a lot of rain especially when
they've been deluged in the last week. In a couple of days when the
situation starts to ease, expect to see places like Cairns, Daintree,
Mossmon, Kuranda and Babinda with moutainous totals. Bellenden Ker is sure
to see a massive total, but of course we won't know that for a while.
It would be good to hear from any Aus-wx subscribers in the threatened area
in the next couple of days!!
TOP PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 7
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
For 11am EST on Sunday the 27th of February 2000
A Cyclone Warning is current for coastal and island communities between
Cape
Flattery and Cardwell.
At 11am, Tropical Cyclone STEVE, Category 1, was about 120 kilometres
east-northeast of Cairns and moving steadily west towards the coast.
The cyclone is continuing to slowly intensify with gales developing between
Cape
Flattery and Cardwell this afternoon.
Destructive winds may be experienced towards evening as the centre nears the
coast.
As the cyclone approaches the coast, abnormally high tides are expected
between
Port Douglas and Cairns, with the sealevel close to the highest tide of the
year. Large waves are likely along the beachfront.
Heavy to flood rains are expected to develop between Cairns and Townsville
overnight and continue through Monday.
A number of Flood Warnings are already current for this area.
Details of Tropical Cyclone STEVE, Category 1, at 11am:
Central Pressure : 988 Hectopascals
Location of Centre : within 30 kilometres of
latitude 16.5 degrees south
longitude 146.8 degrees east
about 140 kilometres east-southeast of Port Douglas
and 120 kilometres east-northeast of Cairns
Recent Movement : west at about 18 kilometres per hour
Maximum wind gusts : 120 kilometres per hour near the centre, and slowly
increasing
That's the warning,
Regards
James Chambers
Brisbane
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 13:01:58 -0800
From: Lindsay [writer at lisp.com.au]
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Thanks Don,
I seem to get very close to the Bom readings on cloudy days but somewhat
different on sunny days - we do get a lot of shade near my place and I
have my screen in a shady spot - can't avoid it in our yard really. I
guess my equipment isn't hi tech enough to record brief fluctuations in
temperature either.
Lindsay P.
Don White wrote:
>
> Lindsay...
> The BOM site at Katoomba gave 29 as its max. The 3 pm temp was 27.
> Mt Boyce had a top of 27 (3pm 25.6)
> Don White
>
> Lindsay wrote:
> >
> > Blair and anyone else interested,
> >
> > What did the BOM get for Katoomba's maximum on Saturday? Channel nine
> > gave 29.
> > At my place in Blackheath I got 24.5 and 24.3 on different thermometers.
> > Surely we couldn't have had such a difference to Katoomba, although we
> > were under a decent cloud for a while this afternoon. It definately felt
> > nothing like 28 or so here today.
> >
> > Whaddya reckon?
> >
> > Lindsay Pearce.
> >
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From: paulmoss at tpgi.com.au
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 13:05:04 +0930
Subject: Re: aus-wx: TC Steve - First Queensland TC of the season, about time!!!
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And some of the models + the darwin BOM believe that this TC
Steve will cross the coast, hit the gulf + monsoonal trough and
rapidly deepen to be the 1st Gulf TC for the season as well. Could
be a good one to watch - esp for Katherine people. Hopefully it will
continue the westward sling , intensify and hit here! heheheh
hoping.....
Paul.
PS Monsoon really deepening here now - had heavy rain yesterday
, overnight and this morning with a black mass off the coast
heading this way.
On 27 Feb 00, at 8:50, Anthony Cornelius wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As Mark Hardy pointed out, the tropical low has now formed officially
> into a tropical cyclone! In the warning below, they're suggesting
> destructive winds (130km/h), meaning it could go into a Cat 2 before
> it hits the coast!
>
> IDW50Q00
> BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
> Queensland Region
> Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
>
> Media: For immediate broadcast. Transmitters in the Cairns area are
> requested to use the Standard Emergency Warning Signal.
>
>
> TOP PRIORITY
> TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 5
> Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
> For 7am EST on Sunday the 27th of February 2000
>
> A Cyclone Warning is now current for coastal and island communities
> between Cape Flattery and Cardwell.
>
> At 7am, Tropical Cyclone STEVE, Category 1, was almost stationary
> about 210 kilometres east of Port Douglas and continuing to slowly
> intensify.
>
> The cyclone is expected to resume moving towards the coast with gales
> developing
> between Cooktown and Cardwell this afternoon.
>
> Destructive winds may be experienced this evening as the centre nears
> the coast.
>
> Heavy to flood rains between Cairns and Townsville tonight and
> continuing
> through Monday. Flood warnings are already current for this area.
>
> Details of Tropical Cyclone STEVE, Category 1, at 7 am:
> Central Pressure : 994 Hectopascals
> Location of Centre : within 30 kilometres of
> latitude 16.5 degrees south
> longitude 147.4 degrees east
> about 210 kilometres east of Port Douglas
> Recent Movement : almost stationary
> Maximum wind gusts : 100 kilometres per hour near the centre, and
> slowly
> increasing
>
> People between Cooktown and Cardwell should make preparations, and in
> particular secure boats and outside property. If you are unsure what
> action to take, information is available from your local SES.
>
> The next Advice will be issued at 9am EST.
> --
> 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
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From: "Matthew Piper" [mjpiper at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: aus-wx: TC Steve now Cat 2
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:39:44 +1100
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Hi everyone,
TC Steve has now intensified to a category 2
Cyclone.
Matthew Piper
TOP PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER
9
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
For 1 pm EST on Sunday the
27th of February 2000
A Cyclone Warning is current for coastal and island
communities between Cape
Flattery and Cardwell.
At 1 pm Tropical
Cyclone STEVE, Category 2, was about 95 kilometres
east-northeast of Cairns
and moving west towards the coast.
The cyclone is continuing to slowly
intensify with gales developing between Cape
Flattery and Cardwell this
afternoon.
Destructive wind gusts to 130 km/h are expected towards
evening as the centre
nears the coast.
As the cyclone approaches the
coast, abnormally high tides are expected between
Port Douglas and Cairns,
with the sealevel close to the highest tide of the
year. Large waves are
likely along the beachfront.
Heavy to flood rains are expected to develop
between Cairns and Townsville
overnight and continue through Monday.
A
number of Flood Warnings are already current for this area.
Details of
Tropical Cyclone STEVE, Category 2, at 1 pm:
Central Pressure :
985 Hectopascals
Location of Centre : within 20 kilometres
of
latitude 16.5 degrees
south
longitude 146.6 degrees
east
about 120 kilometres east-southeast of Port
Douglas
and 90 kilometres east-northeast of Cairns
Recent Movement
: west at about 15 kilometres per hour
Maximum wind gusts : 130 kilometres
per hour near the centre, and
slowly
increasing
People between Cape Flattery and Cardwell should
complete preparations, and in
particular secure boats and outside property.
If you are unsure what action to
take, information is available from your
local SES.
The next Advice will be issued at 2 pm
EST.
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Subject: aus-wx: New design for the #Weather page
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Hey all,
Just made a new design for the Austnet #Weather page, basicly has the same
content as the other page, but now I've changed it so it covers a few
seperate pages, added a few storm pics, and gave it a bit of colour.
It also has a new url, which is now at:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/austnet/
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 16:53:38 +1100
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From: Jimmy Deguara [jdeguara at ihug.com.au]
Subject: aus-wx: Halden Boyd's prediction Dick Smith flight
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Halden Boyd suggested that he used the avn site which is normally used
for the Surface Lifted Index predictions. He used the site for predicted
winds. Well here is the article which he wrote back to the NOAH people
themselves. I found it interesting that the second part of the letter
also outlines the similar uses around the world.
Jimmy Deguara
To: <jdeguara at ihug.com.au>[br]
Subject: Message sent to NOAA email addy
Dear Sir/Madam,
I must write to thankyou very
much for you AVN site which has assisted a successful prediction of a
touchdown point on the east coast of Auatralia. The information about the
balloon crossing can be found at:
http://www.australiangeographic.com/ausgeo/idx_transtas.htm
I am a journalist with the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation and a private pilot, as well as being
a severe weather spotter for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. I am
also a member of the Australian Severe Weather Association. The ASW
website is:
http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/index.html
This site has a link to your AVN
data and it is used considerably by our members and myself. It is
accurate and a great tool which is greatly appreciated. I passed on URL
to this site by the Trans Tasman Balloon Mission Control Center and they
used it as well!!
Getting back to why I am
emailing you......myself and daughter Kirryn sat down and used the AVN
data available on the NOAA site when the balloon lifted off from New
Zealand and predicted a touchdown envelope stretching 18 nautical
miles along the coastline here. It just so happened that it was where we
live!
Anyway thanks for your
site.....it is greatly appreciated here, and no doubt in many other parts
of the world.
Kindest Regards,
Halden Boyd,
Evans Head,
AUSTRALIA
REPLY:
Dear Halden,
I'm glad that you were able to use the site to do the
balloon
prediction. It's fun getting stories on how people use
the web site. One Belgium forecaster gave a talk at NCEP on
how they used the AVN for route planning for the balloon flight
that circumnavigated the world. He also showed a plot (from
the web site) for Mt Everest which he used to help some
climbers avoid a fatal storm.
Yours
Wesley Ebisuzaki
CPC/NCEP
ebis at wesley.wwb.noaa.gov <ebis at wesley.wwb.noaa.gov>
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Hi All.
TC Steve looks like it is going to cross the coast near Cairns tonight.
I have started a map animation at
http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/SteveAnim.htm, and links to all warnings,
etc., are on my website at http://www.ace-net.com.au/~carls/current.htm.
I will be updating the animation again early this evening AEST, ISP access
permitting (on Sundays it can be difficult to get online).
Regards,
Carl.
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 18:15:03 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]
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Hi all,
It looks like TC Steve has reached its peak. It peaked at 160km/h at
5pm, with an obvious intensification seen clearly on radar (from ASWA).
Temporarily, precipitation surrounded the eye completely, and there was
a tightening of the eye. However, it has appeared to have weakened
slightly, and the BoM are expecting 150km/h gusts now.
Not bad really, considering it was named at 7am this morning! TC Steve
reminds me of Rona, as it it appeared similar. But James pointed out
Rona had much higher tops, which was true - TC Steve looks quite poor on
sat pics to be honest! But I'm not being fussy! Although, our 12hrs of
excitement will end in a few hours - but there'll certainly be some
major flooding!
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(ASWA)
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From: Matt Smith [disarm at braenet.com.au]
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Bucca F4 Tornado Pictures
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Wow Ben those pictures are amazing, great to see more and more tornadic
events in Oz being photographed and put online.
Fantastic job of getting them onto the internet!!!Im glad the owner was
co-operative, I wonder what he was thinking when he saw it....
"hmm this dust devil is a bit different to others, better take a few
photos of it"
Would have given anything to be there that day...
Well, our day will come :)
Matt Smith
>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
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:14:23 +1000
From: Anthony Cornelius [cyclone at flatrate.net.au]
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Hi all,
Well - an interesting line of Cu formed on the SE change today, with
scuddy/lowered bases. It was like a pseudo-gust front! Only it
drizzled, and the change was only 15-20kn. None the less, it was enough
to make me trip down the step into the garage, nearly put my hand
through the window while stopping myself falling, and follow it for half
an hour. Mind you, this junky TCU (probably 15-18,000ft) did have a
fairly curved/laminar appearance on it.
Poor Jane was submitted to torture as I phoned her and told her
everything that happened as it unfolded... "drizzle is increasing now!"
"Wow, my mobile phone could actually start to get wet now!"
The joys of an SDS chase! I did see some shortlived horizontal
vorticity though!
Next time we have a poor storm season, I'll think back to the 99-00
storm season and know that it could be worse!!! Brisbane averages 14.5
thunderdays/storms over summer - I have had 2! So it really can't get
much worse than this season...
During Spring/Summer our average is 24 thunderdays. I have had 4
thunderstorms...
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(ASWA)
(07) 3390 4812
14 Kinsella St
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QLD, 4153
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:24:10 +1100
From: Ben Quinn [bodie at flatrate.net.au]
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Hi Matt,
lol - when my father saw those pictures he said "that's just a big willy
willy" ..... *sigh*
It is great to get pictures like that up on the net!!! They have only
been up 24 hours and i have already been approached by a former NOAA met
to buy them, and other pictures on BSCH for a book he is writing.. by
the sounds of his email, he is willing to pay quite a bit for them!
Matt Smith wrote:
>
> Wow Ben those pictures are amazing, great to see more and more tornadic
> events in Oz being photographed and put online.
> Fantastic job of getting them onto the internet!!!Im glad the owner was
> co-operative, I wonder what he was thinking when he saw it....
> "hmm this dust devil is a bit different to others, better take a few
> photos of it"
>
> Would have given anything to be there that day...
>
> Well, our day will come :)
>
> Matt Smith
>
> >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
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >Ben Quinn
> >
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