Red Centre warned of huge bushfire season
Bushfires NT says the Territory is facing its biggest bushfire season in years, with huge areas of Central Australia expected to experience "intense" grass fires as the weather dries out.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/20/3196714.htm
Red Centre warned of huge bushfire season
Bushfires NT is warning the Territory is facing its biggest bushfire season in years, with huge areas of Central Australia expected to experience "intense" grass fires as the weather dries out.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/20/3196714.htm
This site is good for soundings, not just Australia but the whole world -
http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
Australia is in the "South Pacific" region.
Excellent footage there.
Record wet summer in parts of Tasmania
The Bureau of Meteorology's review of Tasmania's summer has confirmed the weather was much wetter and cooler than average.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/28/3150701.htm
Rain delaying stadium completion
The Mackay Stadium committee says at least five weeks of fine weather is needed if they are to finish the project on time.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/10/3109506.htm
Are you only at 5m elevation over there at East Ballina? Would have expected a bit higher.
MB
Winter growth 'could fuel nasty fires'
Fire authorities are warning Canberra could face serious bushfires if the weather dries out in the new year.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/25/3047028.htm
Hi Col – my father just mainly uses the compacts these days and the Canon's are quite nice!
I took a few photos from home yesterday. This first one was over the Gold Coast
The first "storm" in the region (no thunder or lightning observed) tracked from just west of me then NNE to the Nightcap Ranges. This photo at 2.45pm EDT
A Border Ranges cell at 5pm EDT that didn't last long:
Bit of lightning as the line reformed over Kyogle (9.30pm EDT) then went on into Brisbane early this morning.
All the photos taken yesterday can be found here
Regarding the warnings
The Bureau of Meteorology probably should have issued a STW for flash flooding, but with little rain prior to this event (it was all south of Brisbane earlier this week) and the time of the event, who would have received it/known? Apart from weather nuts like us.
As to EWN, we can only issue what the BoM issue. Since the BCC got involved almost every thunderstorm event has been a mess of storms, no discreet supercells so warnings will be general covering large areas. It would have been the same result without BCC. Have a look at the radar archives from the days in question. On the 29th Sep alerts were done in various stages – not just one.
regards, Michael