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The Todd Weather Folios are a collection of continental Australian synoptic charts that were published from 1879 to 1909. The charts were created by Sir Charles Todd's office at the Adelaide Observatory. In addition to the charts, the folios include clippings of newspaper articles and telegraphic and handwritten information about the weather.
On 23 August 2012, a foehn effect caused Sydney to record its 3rd warmest August day on record where it reached 29.0 °C (84 °F) at the CBD and 30.0 °C (86 °F) at Sydney Airport. [26] On 18 July 2016, Mallacoota reached an unseasonable high of 23.5 °C (74 °F) due to the foehn effect, a record warm winter day for that region in Victoria. [27]
Low-level prognostic charts used by aviators show the forecast between the Earth's surface and 24,000 feet (7,300 m) above sea level over the next two days. They show areas where visual flight rules are in effect, instrument flight rules are in effect, the height of the freezing level, the location of weather features, and areas of moderate to ...
Weatherzone, known before 9 August 2010 as The Weather Company and still trading under this name, is the main provider of value-added meteorological services in Australia. [ citation needed ] Their main business lines are services to energy, utilities and mining companies.
In meteorology, the synoptic scale (also called the large scale or cyclonic scale) is a horizontal length scale of the order of 1,000 km (620 mi) or more. [1] This corresponds to a horizontal scale typical of mid-latitude depressions (e.g. extratropical cyclones ).
The Australian High, also known as the Australian subtropical ridge, [1] is a large, semi-permanent high pressure area or subtropical anticyclone that seasonally vacillates between the Great Australian Bight in the south to the Northern Territory in the north. [2] It is generally located between 25 and 40 degrees of south latitude, depending on ...
I want to complement the group in Australia for the collection of the complete, detailed and accurate data on eddy fluxes." [ 10 ] Swinbank was an advocate for large scale atmospheric field experiments and between 1962 and 1964 established research projects in Kerang (Vic) and later on in Hay (NSW) for the recording of accurate data for later ...
The Australian monsoon (AUM), also known as the Australian summer monsoon (ASM), [2] and the Australian-Indonesian monsoon (AIM), [3] is a monsoon system that increases thunderstorms and rainfall over many areas of Indonesia and northern Australia, from the far northern tropics of the region to the semi-arid zone of Australia, typically between ...