Crikey it’s wet

[red750]

37 deg in Melbourne today. 39 out our way. We are always a degree or two hotter than the city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[facthunter]

Nearly the hottest Place in Australia. I was in Brighton for a Birthday Party. Nev

[onetrack]

Interestingly, the W.A. Dept of Agriculture did a study on evaporation levels from farm dams quite a number of years ago. They discovered that greater levels of evaporation occurred on warm windy nights from farm dams, than during the day - and especially where the dam mouth faced the prevailing winds (South-Easterlies in the lower part of W.A.).

 

This was due to the fact that the amount of wind played a larger part in evaporation, than the hot sun during the day. Quite often, hot sunny days here have relatively low levels of wind, and it's the wind that moves the evaporated moisture.

[spacesailor]

On a ' hot & low moisture day ' .

I put up more shade-cloth . makes a great difference. 

At the end of summer.  I had 2/3rds of the back garden covered .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Winds tend to die down at night near the surface bit not at altitude,. Nev

[red750]

Typical stupid Melbourne weather. Nearly two straight weeks of hot to very hot weather, with one day where it's pissing down rain - the day of the F1 Grand Prix.

 

Let's hope it's not like that in two weeks, for the Avalon Air Show, not that I'm likely to go. I'm a bit beyond that now, but my daughter will probably go. She;ll have to take the photos for me.

[facthunter]

I keep looking and I can't see you getting much  rain. Humidity deals with the other factors. Relative or absolute.  Who's JUST talking about temperature.? Cold air doesn't carry much moisture, The south pole is as dry as a desert.  Tropical Maritime air masses have the most water. Nev

[pmccarthy]

We had 13 mm today and have the heater on.

[red750]

Me;bourne's lovely weather surely screwed up the F1 GP, with cars spinning and sliding everywhere, with 5 cars unable to finish , including Jack Doohan, and Oscar Piastri sliding onto the grass and losing about 14 places, but managed to recover and claw his way back into the points. Even Lewis Hamilton did a bit of a waltz.

[facthunter]

Driving on slicks. Ordered to do so by the team manager,. Nev