Perth's Crazy weather
Seasonally Adjusted
At least the media didn't report it as a 'mini-cyclone' or 'mini-tornado' this time.
Interesting that this discussion is taking place on World Meteorological Day.
(That's what it says on my Weather Calender).
Interesting that this discussion is taking place on World Meteorological Day.
(That's what it says on my Weather Calender).
This was the second line of cells that passed through after the big one went over the city:
Just before we decided not to takeoff...
Just after we decided not to takeoff...
The QNH changed by 5mb in the space of 45 minutes.
Just before we decided not to takeoff...
Just after we decided not to takeoff...
The QNH changed by 5mb in the space of 45 minutes.
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You going up Taxy way Bravo for a 21 departure? BROOK SID or north bound?
Heard from the kids that my place in Perth was untouched - thank goodness. I could imagine trying to do the insurance business from here!
Heard from the kids that my place in Perth was untouched - thank goodness. I could imagine trying to do the insurance business from here!
Bellsux, no, I'm in seat 0A, not 0F! 
The fire might have been from the overworked ACD machine - I think the ATIS changed about 20 times in 45 minutes, at one stage saying "runway to be advised" (I assume due to the wind doing 360s at 50 kts).
The fire might have been from the overworked ACD machine - I think the ATIS changed about 20 times in 45 minutes, at one stage saying "runway to be advised" (I assume due to the wind doing 360s at 50 kts).
Bloggs if you're on YBRM run tomorrow use as much discretion not to go anywhere as you want.
I didn't hear an actual closure, but Thai was told that a clearance wasn't available because nobody knew what runway they would be using due to the wind swings (and those wusses in MEL couldn't see anybody - how about Dick's procedural separation you guys?!
)Sitting watching the storm go past was a good lesson in radar use. For a fleeting second we thought the worst had past, then we got a windshear warning from the system (the audio does occur with the park brake on
):
The returns outside 5nm had been completely attenuated out because the rain was so heavy. A few minutes after this, the radar screen returned to lots of "normal" red.
Here's a link to the weather obs at the time:
YPPH Wx
Last edited by Capn Bloggs; 23rd Mar 2010 at 15:05. Reason: Added weather link.
In Freo we had two periods of rain and occasionally hail (couple of mm in diameter). The cells appeared to be moving south down the coast on the BoM radar and most of the damage was in the northern suburbs, south of the river seems to have gotten off alright (apart from flooding my garage 
, a combination of blocked drains and laziness).
(apart from flooding my garage , a combination of blocked drains and laziness).
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By eocvictim,
Fair go eoc, I departed Perth mid-afternoon, and if ever I've seen a sky that was cause for the introduction of a skull & crossbones symbol into the BOM abbreviations, then that was it up to the north.
Chadzat, great pics, is that High 5 or the wiggles you've got for neighbours?
Anyone on here one of the intrepid who flew through it?
Chadzat, great pics, is that High 5 or the wiggles you've got for neighbours?
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Once again The Worst Australian stole the show with the picture in yesterday's edition with a woman holding "golf ball-sized" hail. Errrr, unless she's Aaron Sandilands mother, they're FCUKIN marble-sized hailstones.
And tonight C7 reported on the ice storm. You'd think with the amount of ****e that it shows from America it would know the difference between an electric storm and an ice storm. Monday's was NOT an ice storm.
And tonight C7 reported on the ice storm. You'd think with the amount of ****e that it shows from America it would know the difference between an electric storm and an ice storm. Monday's was NOT an ice storm.
Chadzat, great pics, is that High 5 or the wiggles you've got for neighbours?
Back to the weather- I remember thinking at the height of the storm that if ever as pilots we need to be reminded of why we shouldn't go near big CB's then you need to witness an event like this from the ground! Complacency is hard to overcome sometimes, and big kudos to the guys who were inbound to Perth that afternoon and made the decision (rightly) to divert elsewhere- to some quite out of the way places in many cases.
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In light of my dog's behaviour during the deluge, I'm not going to avail myself of the met man in future but see what my canine weather guesser is up to instead. This time round she hid under her bed, which I think can be taken as a clue to not commit aviation.
She's either very astute or a bigger wuss than I already thought
PS: I was out of country but (a)had the dog's behaviour reported by my wife and (b)had her describe the hail relative to gold ball size
She's either very astute or a bigger wuss than I already thought
PS: I was out of country but (a)had the dog's behaviour reported by my wife and (b)had her describe the hail relative to gold ball size
