TC Bianca and the SW - from 26th January 2011 -

[sunray]

Looks like the Perth radar is down - the airport one is the alternate - but that shows as unavailable.
A great time for the BoM radar to fail!

[Fu Manchu]

All we can do now is go off the hi res visible image loop. You'll find that at the top half of the forum index page.

[Fu Manchu]

Maybe Braden has the super secret radar images available? Share please Brayden?

[Fu Manchu]

What about the weatherzone WASouthern with lightning tracker on just in case? Better than nothing even though radar for Perth may not show.

[Duideka]

It appears to be spitting outside, one side of the sky is very dark and the other is blue.

[Duideka]

Very strange foul smelling mist outside....

-edit- already gone, that was really strange.. it was a mix of fog rain and mist and it smelt horrible, but was gone within 5 minutes.

I took a few pictures but they are no good.

[Turbo]

Both Perth radars being offline seems strange. With the way it is now calibrated it would probably show areas of rain all over the metro area even though it is not raining. They wouldn't take it offline deliberately would they?

[Duideka]

yeah it's strange, could understand 1 but 2??

[von-Kármán]

Very strange foul smelling mist outside....

-edit- already gone, that was really strange.. it was a mix of fog rain and mist and it smelt horrible, but was gone within 5 minutes.

I took a few pictures but they are no good.

It is possibly a sea mist which didnt fully evaporate before it hit you. We've been getting scuds of it all afternoon (I have a great timelapse of it which I am processing right now), but most of what I saw was at about 1000'

Where are you located?

[Duideka]

In my sig Cannington. Have never seen anything like it before.

[SilverRain]

I can't believe both radars are down on a day like this. What if the predicted squally thunderstorms did eventuate? It's odd that the eastern capitals should all have modern Doppler radars while we are stuck with always malfunctioning radars.

[sunray]

I havent been that impressed with the new serpentine radar - shows rain when there is none

[Rainbow Bright]

Well I'm outside and I would say over Freo area it'll be white to darkish blue on the radar... Still sprinkling or as my HP foreca weather says "sprinkles". Tide is racing out. What about you guys? Been outside

[Beni.G.]

I can't believe both radars are down on a day like this. What if the predicted squally thunderstorms did eventuate? It's odd that the eastern capitals should all have modern Doppler radars while we are stuck with always malfunctioning radars.

If it makes you feel any better. Darwin's radars are just as bad, but apparently the main one is ok, just that the phone lines that the data is sent over aren't, maybe it's a similar problem. Oh sorry FU, way way off topic there

[von-Kármán]

In my sig Cannington. Have never seen anything like it before.

I've seen it happen occasionally on particullarly humid days (something you dont get often in Perth), warm moist wind from the ocean encounters a cold area and rapidly forms a mist (often happens over lakes or rivers), but it is very ephemeral. Essentially it is the same thing you've seen all day a little higher up where the warm moist air from the ocean has been lifted slightly (and therefore cooled) to form mist like clouds at about 1000'. Typically these would evaporate relatively quickly as the air comes back to equilibrium but with the cyclone they are a) moving fast and b) much higher humidity than normal c) not caused by the same process as a sea breeze, but rather is bulk advection of the humidity associated with Bianca

[adamD]

This weather reminds me when I was in Phuket years ago. Warm, humid and misty rain. 1st in Perth for me, guess also its not often u get the actual ex-cyclone overhead and what's left of it thats in the center.

[EOS]

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for Damaging Winds with locally Destructive gusts.
For people in the Goldfields, eastern southeast Coastal district and the western
Eucla.
Issued at 7:35 pm on Sunday 30 January 2011

WEATHER SITUATION

People are advised that there is a risk of severe thunderstorms during Sunday
evening.
Storms may be accompanied DAMAGING WINDS that could result in DAMAGE TO
HOMES AND PROPERTY.

Wind gusts to 128 kilometres per hour have been reported from Norseman at 5:45pm
and to 89 kilometres per hour at Kalgoorlie at 6.55pm and to 91 kilometres per
hour at Leonora at 7.17pm..

WHAT TO DO
FESA State Emergency Service [SES] advises people to secure loose items, move
vehicles under cover and stay inside away from windows. If there is lightning
unplug electrical appliances and avoid using landline telephones. If caught
outside find shelter away from trees, powerlines, storm water drains and
streams. If driving through heavy rain slow down and turn your lights on or if
visibility becomes low pull over and park until it passes. For SES assistance
call 132 500. For more safety tips visit www.fesa.wa.gov.au

The next warning will be issued by 11:00 pm WST Sunday.

[Storm Wolf]

Reddish cloudy skies and drizzle at the moment. Temp's really dropped.

[Rex]

Hey Guys,

All new to this, I got some good pictures of yesterday's storm and I tried to post them and its coming up with the following,

Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.

could someone please let me know how to post the photos.

Regards Rex

[Duideka]

go to www.imgur.com and upload your images there (After hitting browse) - then copy the links here.