Why is it so???????
Informative articles by members & friends
of AUSSKY
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| The Sydney
Hailstorm |
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| Description & Hypothesis for the Sydney Hailstorm - 14th
April, 1999 |
Clyve Herbert (ASWA - Vic) |
| Genesis of the Sydney Hailstorm |
Michael Thompson (ASWA - NSW) |
| Sydney Supercell Hailstorm |
Michael Bath (ASWA - NSW) |
| The Sydney
Hailstorm - 14 April 1999 |
Bureau of Meteorology - brief
report |
| BoM's
Forecasting & Warning Performance |
Bureau of Meteorology - long
report |
| Southern Hemisphere supercell
- The Sydney Australia Hailstorm |
NSSL SWAT Case Study |
| Hail Frequency in New
South Wales |
E Linacre & B Geerts |
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| 1998
Sydney - Hobart Yacht Race |
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| Preliminary
Report of the Meteorological Aspects of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race |
Bureau of Meteorology - long
report |
| 1998 Sydney - Hobart
Information |
SST's & satpics courtesy
of CSIRO Marine Research |
| The Sydney - Hobart
Tragedy |
Information courtesy of the
Sydney Morning Herald |
| A Wave Modelling Study
of the 1998 Sydney - Hobart Yacht Race |
Dianne Greenslade - BMRC |
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| Typhoon
Vamei (December 2001 - images) |
Typhoon Vamei
(December 2001 - information) |
| Visible image - 26/12
09Z Visible image - 27/12
01Z |
Japan Meteorological Agency information |
| Quickscat - 26/12
23Z TRMM - 27/12 03Z |
Overview of Tropical Cyclones - December 2001 - HK Observatory |
| Vorticity - 19/12
12Z 850hPa winds -
19/12 12Z |
Weather Underground forum discussion - A |
| Vorticity - 22/12
0Z 850hPa winds -
22/12 0Z |
Weather Underground forum discussion - B |
| Infrared image -
22/12 0Z Shear - 22/12 0Z |
Typhoon Vamei in Stealth Mode - discussion board |
| 250hPa winds -
22/12 0Z 250hPa winds -
27/12 12Z |
Tropical Cyclone Summary - Dec 2001 - Gary Padgett |
| Potential
Vorticity - 28/12 0Z |
JTWC information |
| Infrared image -
27/12 06Z Infrared image -
28/12 0Z |
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| Scatterometer
images |
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| Infrared
image - 27/12 0530Z |
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| Coloured
Infrared Image - 27/12 12Z |
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| Coloured infrared image |
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| TC Vamei -
track |
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| Snowfall
on Ayers Rock |
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| 1997,
July 11 - Snowfall event on Ayers Rock - Uluru |
Courtesy Robert Goler (ASWA -
Vic) |
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| Tornadoes
(Australian information) |
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| The Leopold Tornado (Geelong) |
A collection of images
& information about the 3rd October 2001 Leopold tornado videoed by Clyve Herbert
(ASWA - Vic) |
| The 2000 Paraparap
Tornado (Victoria) |
Clyve Herbert (ASWA -
Victoria) |
| The Sunbury
Connection |
Lindsay Smail (Geelong Weather Services: ASWA - Vic) |
| The
1997 Halls Gap Tornado |
Report courtesy of Paul
Yole (ASWA - Victoria) |
| The
Highton Tornado (Geelong) |
Lindsay Smail (Geelong Weather Services: ASWA - Vic) |
| The Marong Tornado |
1911 Marong tornado - Clyve
Herbert (ASWA - Vic) |
| The
Sandon Tornado |
Short summary by Matt Smith
(ASWA - NSW) |
| The Sandon Tornado
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Herald Sun article from 1976
courtesy Kevin Phyland (Vic) |
| The Tornado at Tom's Bridge |
Morwell tornado in the early
'70s by Phil Smith |
| We don't get tornadoes in Australia..... |
1995 Merimbula tornado by
David Nicholls |
| Victorian Tornado Occurrences |
Summary of Victorian
tornadoes courtesy of the Sydney Stormchasers |
| Tornadoes in the ACT |
A Guide for Residents from
the ACT Emergency Services Bureau |
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| Tornadoes
(International information) |
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| Tornadoes & Tornadic Storms: A Review of Conceptual
Models |
Charles Doswell III and
Donald Burgess |
| Non-Supercell Tornado Genesis
Research Summary |
Courtesy Bruce D Lee |
| Tornado Project Online |
USA site with lots of
tornado information |
| On the Mesocyclone "Dry Intrusion" and Tornadogenesis |
Paper courtesy of Leslie
Lemon (USA) |
| The Role of Mid-level Dry Intrusions in Tornadogenesis
associated with Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in the Western Gulf of Mexico |
Lon Curtis, KWTX-TV, Waco
Texas |
| Improved Application of Conventional
Radar Data and Satellite Imaging to Severe Thunderstorm Detection & Prediction
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Courtesy Leslie Lemon |
Severe Thunderstorm Evolution and
Mesocyclone
Structure as Related to Tornadogenesis |
Leslie Lemon & Charles
Doswell |
| The Numerical
Simulation of Non-Supercell Tornadogenesis |
Bruce D. Lee and Robert B.
Wilhelmson |
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| Papers & Articles |
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| Thunderstorm Forecasting |
Courtesy
Anthony Cornelius |
| The Structure & Mechanisms of Hailstorms |
Paper courtesy of Keith
Browning (UK) |
| The Radar "Three-Body Scatter
Spike" - An Operational Large Hail Signature" |
Paper courtesy of Leslie
Lemon (USA) - 12min download over 56k. |
| Operational Uses of Velocity Spectrum Width Data |
Paper courtesy of Leslie
Lemon (USA) |
| Long-range rainfall forecasting in
southern Australia: Use of Indian Ocean data and upper level flow patterns: |
Ian Holton, Holton Weather
Forecasting, SA |
| The Structure
& Dynamics of Supercell Thunderstorms |
Ted Funk, NWS Louisville,
Kentucky |
| Techniques for Issuing
Severe Thunderstorm & Tornado Warnings with the WSR-88D Doppler Radar |
NOAA Technical Memorandum |
| The Mystery of
Cloud Electrification |
How precipitation develops,
evolves and is moved by airflow at different levels may explain hurricanes’ lack of
lightning - R A Black & J Hallett |
| Hurricane
Dynamics |
from the site above -
deals with electricfication principles in relation to hurricanes |
| Cloud to Ground Lightning
& Tropical Cyclones |
Courtesy NOAA |
| Tropical Cyclone
Electrification Studies |
Courtesy NOAA |
| List of Chuck Doswell Publications |
Formal Publications that
include Chuck Doswell as an author |
| Menu of all available Conceptual Models |
Covers frontal structure
& behaviour, baroclinic boundaries, mesoscale phenomena, small scale conceptual
models. |
| Theoretical
Principles & Conceptual Models for Jets & Fronts |
Courtesy NCSU - covers
different types of fronts as well as split fronts |
| Investigation of
the Dryline |
Albert Pietrycha &
VORTEX 1999 (USA) |
| On the Environments of Tornadic & Nontornadic Mesocyclones |
Harold E. Brooks, Charles A.
Doswell III & Jeremy Cooper |
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| Lake Effect Snow |
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| Just What is Lake Effect
Snow? |
A basic introduction |
| Climatology of the Vertical
Atmospheric Structure for Lake-Effect Snow at Buffalo, NY |
Troy D. Hotaling |
| Lake Effect Weather Page |
Buffalo NWS |
| Lake Effect Snow |
Forecasting considerations
from David Ambro |
| A Satellite & Sounding Perspective of a 63" Lake
Effect Snow Event |
Richard Wagenmaker (NWS,
Detroit), John F. Weaver (NOAA, Ft. Collins, Colorado), and Bernadette Connell (Colorado
State University). |
| Lake Effects Snow |
B Geerts |
| Lake Effects Snowfalls |
Keith C Heidorn |
| Lake Effects Snow |
Kenneth J Craig |
| A Method for Forecasting
Lake Effect Snow Using Synoptic-Scale Model Forecasts of 850 mb Temperature, 850/700 mb
Vertical Velocity, and 850/700 mb Relative Humidity |
Michael S Evans, NWS,
Michigan |
| Lakes Effects Snow Events -
Images |
Courtesy of NASA |
| Lake Effect Snow (with radar) |
Courtesy Michigan State
University |
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| Tropical Meteorology |
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| Assessing
severe thunderstorm potential days and storm types in the tropics |
Lori-Carmel Chappel BoM -
Darwin (.doc) |
| The Madden- Julian
Oscillation |
B Geerts & M Wheeler
(BoM) |
| OLR
Anomalies - daily averaged |
Courtesy BMRC |
| The Madden - Julian Oscillation |
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| Victoria |
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| Geelong's Weather & Climate |
Lindsay Smail (Geelong Weather Services: ASWA - Vic) |
| June Temperatures in Geelong |
Lindsay Smail (Geelong Weather Services: ASWA - Vic) |
| Why Geelong
is so Dry |
Lindsay Smail (Geelong
Weather Services: ASWA - Vic) |
| Geelong the Windy City |
Lindsay Smail (Geelong
Weather Services: ASWA - Vic) |
| Urban Heat Islands and
Climate Change, Melbourne |
C.J.G (Jon) Morriss, Uni
Melb |
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| Vortices |
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| Tornadoes,
Hurricanes and Such |
Examples of vorticity |
| Vortices - the
history of their discovery |
The Von Karman vortex street |
| Image of a vortex street
off the Baja Californian coast |
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| von Karman vortex street
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Satellite image of Alejandro
Selkirk Island |
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| Phenomena &
Weather Facts |
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| The
Ingebyra Pulse Storm - SE NSW 2nd January 2004 |
Analysis & discussion -
Clyve Herbert. Images - Robert Alexander |
| Fractal
cloud animations |
Courtesy of NASA |
| Morning Glory & the
North Australia Cloud Line |
Robert Goler's thesis involves
examining how the sea - breeze collision can generate disturbances that form the morning
glory and NACL. |
| Contrails |
Clyve Herbert (ASWA -
Victoria) |
| Icehole |
Clyve Herbert (ASWA -
Victoria) |
| Salt Sun |
Clyve Herbert (ASWA -
Victoria) |
| Waves |
Clyve Herbert (ASWA -
Victoria) |
| Dogs of the Day |
Pics of 2!! mock suns - Clyve
Herbert (ASWA - Vic) |
| Gold Coast Propeller Cumulus |
An example of horizontal
cloud rotation - Clyve Herbert (ASWA - Vic) |
| Bass Strait Jet Plume |
Exaggerated uplift in a cold
air Cb - Clyve Herbert (ASWA - Vic) |
| Winter Solstice |
Lindsay Smail (Geelong Weather Services: ASWA - Vic) |
| SOI Falling |
Lindsay Smail (Geelong
Weather Services: ASWA - Vic) |
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| Stormchase 1998 |
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| Stormchase 1998 - A Synoptic Analysis |
Clyve Herbert (ASWA - Vic) |
| Stormchase 1998 - A Synoptic Description |
Clyve Herbert (ASWA - Vic) |
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