Weather & Chasing Humour!  More to come soon...

Is this the worst number plate possible!?

After coming down an old deserted road from a small town in the Downs, I was amused to see a speed limit sign of '100' (from the previous speed limit of 80) about 20m before a give-way sign for a T-instersection!!!

Now surely you didn't want any choices did you???  (A sign at Glen Innes, a town between Brisbane and Sydney...about 1050km apart on the New England Hwy.)

Awfully warm and humid in Melbourne and Sydney!  An awfully low pressure too!
(Courtesy USQ Weather Page)

In October, 2001, Chris Gribben, Matthew Pearce and myself set out to create some public-friendly, weather profanities to be used in place of the current taboo profanities to ensure that all future storm chase videos receive a G rating.  Here is the selection that was created:

Shivering Supercells
Hurtling Hurricanes
Blistering Barnacles
Whirling Willy Willies
Horizontal Hailstones
Chuckling Cumulonimbi
Sleeping Stratocumulus
Fluttering Funnels
Magnificent Mesos
Vomitious Virga
Cycling Cyclones

What Victorian forecasts should really read:

BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
VICTORIAN REGIONAL OFFICE
P.O. Box 1636M Melbourne Vic 3001    http://www.bom.gov.au

Forecast for Melbourne Issued at 1625 on Tuesday the 23rd of October 2001

Tonight and Wednesday
Some rain with the risk of a tornadic thunderstorm overnight. A funnel or two tomorrow. A
partly tornadic day with a moderate northwesterly wind and an afternoon funnel.

Min 15    Max 25

Thursday
Mainly funnels.                                Min 13    Max 19

Friday
Few funnels.                                Min 10    Max 18

Saturday
Funnels clearing.                              Min 10    Max 20
 
 

"Weatherock"