storm return frequency?

Mar 22, 2010 20:07

Interested to know what the storm return frequency was of this storm, for like, stuff.

The Bureau of Meteorology's Mount Lawley station has recorded more than 37 millimetres of rain since the storm hit, ending one of Perth's longest recorded dry spells ( Read more... )

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sbbeasley March 22 2010, 12:13:24 UTC
We have two broken skylights and two broken windows. It also took me nearly three hours to get home from Mandurah by train tonight.

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girliejones March 22 2010, 12:14:05 UTC
Ugh! Poor you! Glad to hear you are ok though!

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lyndarama March 22 2010, 12:37:36 UTC
Ha ha - the guy's name is Gale - that's what you had...

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kaelajael March 22 2010, 13:04:23 UTC
His nickname is Windy - seriously :)

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girliejones March 23 2010, 07:49:38 UTC
Yup, indeed

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idling March 23 2010, 14:08:58 UTC
Anecdotal benchmarking wrt 1 in 50; I have only once seen hail in Perth that was visible for a while after it landed, and that was nearly 30 years ago. School oval was white, covered with about 1cm sized hail.

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girliejones March 23 2010, 14:10:32 UTC
Yeah, you really don't see it here. It was really uncanny, eerie.

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