The Weather Down Under

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This talk will give an overview of the climate and observation network in Australia. Some examples of weather events in Australia will be given, with particular reference on Queensland.

Room G32 Earlsfort Terrace, NUI Dublin

8 p.m. Friday 11th February, 2000

Meeting Report:

A large and attentive audience enjoyed Ann’s tour de force on Australia’s climate.
She delivered a magnificently illustrated talk on the climate of Australia with particular emphasis
on forecasting.Topics covered included tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms, El Nino and
La Nina, Ozone depletion, drought etc.

Ann Farrell joined the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia in 1988 and is currently on furlough from the Australian Bureau and is working as a meteorologist in CAFO, Met Eireann. Her Father is from Waterford City and emigrated to Australia in the 1940’s and lives in Brisbane.