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21st February 2001. Rapid Humidity Rise

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During the morning at approx 7:20am a frontal system moved through the area, swinging the wind from warm
dry northerly to cool moist south-easterlies. Most notable is the rapid humidity rise from a steady 30 -32 %
to nearly 90% in an hour and a half! Also noticeable at the same time is the drop in temperature and increase 
in winds and wind-chill

	Humidity
	100% Humidity
	50% Humidity
	0 % Humidity
	Wind Chill , Dewpoint & Temp.
	25 degrees Centigrade
	15 degrees Centigrade
	Wind Speed 1 min av.  10 min max gust
	32.8 km/hour
	16.4 Km/hour
	0 Km/Hour

Frontal System.16th March 2001

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Nothing more needs to be said about the following image.

Echunga's Rain Shadow.21st December 2000.

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A rain band moves in from the northwest. From this direction the effect of Mt Lofty on our weather becomes obvious. To view a full sized animation of the event click on the image.

Calm and Cold 24th, 25th July 2001

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7 hours 40 minutes of CALM weather. 02:40am to 10:20am. Dir:NNE An unusual event for us, especially in the middle of winter. A cold night and morning with an icy car windscreen

Calm Again! 2nd, 3rd August 2001

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8 hours 10 minutes of MORE CALM weather. 10:40pm(2nd) to 7:50am(3rd). Dir :NEWinter 2001 has been a little like a very long autumn. Warm fine days with cold frosty conditions overnight. Most unusual of all has been the calm conditions. Up to 8 hours at a a time with not even a gust of wind! Good rains have been also noticeably absent, however the nightly dews are heavy enough to register a recording usually around 0.25mm. A small section of data has been included along with the graph of wind conditions.

....Date Time Temp Wind Dir Rain 02.08.2001 21:40 3.4 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 21:50 3.3 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 22:00 3.2 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 22:10 3.2 0.0 NE 0.25 02.08.2001 22:20 3.0 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 22:30 2.7 0.0 N 0.25 02.08.2001 22:40 2.6 0.0 N 0.25 02.08.2001 22:50 2.6 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 23:00 2.5 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 23:10 2.3 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 23:20 2.2 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 23:30 2.0 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 23:40 1.9 0.0 NNE 0.25 02.08.2001 23:50 1.8 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 00:00 1.7 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 00:10 1.6 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 00:20 1.7 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 00:30 1.5 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 00:40 1.5 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 00:50 1.4 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 01:00 1.1 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 01:10 1.0 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 01:20 1.1 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 01:30 1.1 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 01:40 1.2 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 01:50 1.2 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 02:00 1.2 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 02:10 1.1 0.0 NE 0.25 03.08.2001 02:20 1.1 0.0 NNE 0.25 03.08.2001 02:30 1.4 0.0 NE 0.25 03.08.2001 02:40 1.0 0.0 NE 0.25 03.08.2001 02:50 0.8 0.0 NNE 0.25

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