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BAMOS March 2017
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Figure 5 . Evolution of meteorological observations from a personal weather station in Gilmore , ACT , 1600 to 1900 AEDT 11 February 2016 .
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Rain Rate ( mm hr -1 ) |
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About the author : Gavin O ’ Brien is a Foundation Member of AMOS whose extensive career includes time with the Bureau of Meteorology ’ s satellite program and oberver course , the NSW public service and the University of New England before he began teaching in high schools around Canberra in the early 1980s . When he retired from teaching in 2008 , Gavin moved to the Australian Bureau of Statistics before retiring in 2016 .
Gavin has been observing and recording the weather since 1961 . He set up a weather station in Nui Dat Vietnam during his National Service with the Army 1970 – 71 and started recording Canberra weather in 1983 . Gavin began operating a Davis Vantage Pro 2 at his home in 2009 . Gavin is a severe Weather Observer for the Bureau of Meteorology and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society .