Dick's Blog
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
The Forecast for D-Day
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During the early months of 1944, the allied forces, under Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower, had begun to get the upper ha...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010
Indigenous Weather Knowledge
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One of the oldest ways of forecasting the weather comes from the indigenous peoples around the world, including the Australian Aborigines. T...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Weather Channel Web Site
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Recently the Weather Channel in Australia spent and great deal of time (and money!) doing a complete remake of its website. ...
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Jet Streams and Tropical Cloudbands
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Jet streams Early in the twentieth century, meteorologists predicted that there would be high-speed rivers of air in certain areas of both h...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Bob Beamon's Leap Into History
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--> It was the afternoon of October 18 th 1968, and the occasion was the long jump final of the Mexico City Olympic games. Bo...
Monday, February 8, 2010
The Race of Death
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By world standards, mountains in Australia are not very tall with the highest peak being Mount Kosciusko at only 2235 metres. However, ext...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The Naming of Tropical Cyclones
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Photograph: HMAS "Arrow" lies wrecked in Darwin Harbour following tropical cyclone "Tracy" in December 1974. Image: Wiki...
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