Perth's Crazy weather
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Perth's Crazy weather
With the crazy storms yesterday in Perth thought i would start a thread and ask of any people that were involved(flying) in and out of these storms. Sure theres some good stories out there 
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Not from The West Australian are you, or from C7,9 or 10? Anyone with half a brain would have been heeding the news warnings from early morning (and the BOM website for the severe weather warning which appeared at approx 3pm) and would have been nowhere that weather.
Smells like an attempt by a reporter (there's a huge difference between a reporter and a journalist) doing his/her editor's bidding to add a slant to the saturation (no pun intended) coverage it will get in The Worst Australian.
Smells like an attempt by a reporter (there's a huge difference between a reporter and a journalist) doing his/her editor's bidding to add a slant to the saturation (no pun intended) coverage it will get in The Worst Australian.
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The 'reporting' was a bit over the top. Ask any punter how big the hail was and 'golf balls' always get mentioned.
Good way to end the driest start to a year though.
Good way to end the driest start to a year though.
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No Repoter here haha. Im just always eager to here from experiences im sure there was a few miss approcahes nice crosswinds etc with wind gusts up to 55knots and variable :P
im sure there was a few miss approcahes nice crosswinds etc with wind gusts up to 55knots and variable :P
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And what was the TAF for those coming from 5-8 hours away? Was the BOM on the ball for once in their life?
I'm ready to have a go at our establishments as much as the next person, BUT I have to say that the BOM is remarkably accurate with regards to Perth Wx.
have always been impressed that their temps and wind forecasts are better than 80% accurate (based on temps +/- 1.5C and wind speeds 10klm/hr)
I think you'd find that not many forecasts are much better.
Mind you, when you only have to forecast "clear skies and max temps 32C " day after day, it's easy to get a good track record.
And yes, they did forecast the Thunderstorms that brought this about.
Got the amount of rain a bit wrong, but there's really no telling with Txstorms is there ?
I was lucky enough to have a day off yesterday so got to watch the storms roll in from the north. Here are a few shots from my place just east of the city.
Im sure you guys up north during the wet would get some corkers, but I have never been under such a lightning intensive cell before. There would have been at least 1 bolt every second for a good 5 mins at its peak.
Im sure you guys up north during the wet would get some corkers, but I have never been under such a lightning intensive cell before. There would have been at least 1 bolt every second for a good 5 mins at its peak.
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or dam capacity before the invention of the Olympic Sized Swimming Pool
Nice photos Chadzat, these events are much more enjoyable when viewed from the ground.
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didnt we use teaspoons? Warragamba dam contains 48000000000000000000000000000000000000 teaspoons ? 
Love to hear a reporter spit out a number like that on TV.
Love to hear a reporter spit out a number like that on TV.
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didnt we use teaspoons? Warragamba dam contains 48000000000000000000000000000000000000 teaspoons ?
Total number of teaspoons: 411 481 000 000 , or 411 billion. Still a smaller number than the USA's national debt!
With unit conversions like yours, you'd end up like the Gimli Glider!
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Careful with your zeros. Warragamba dam capacity: 2027000 ML (megalitres). Number of teaspoons in a litre: 203 , thus 203 000 in a megalitre
Total number of teaspoons: 411 481 000 000 , or 411 billion.
Total number of teaspoons: 411 481 000 000 , or 411 billion.
