Jerry_Atrick Posted April 8 Posted April 8 4 hours ago, nomadpete said: What? Have they discovered hot running water? I believe in the Roman times.. https://www.romanbaths.co.uk/ Despite common misconceptions, the English are a hard lit.. they shower in cold water (they can't afford hot water ;-))
Litespeed Posted April 8 Posted April 8 Well here in Port Stephens it has been bloody wet. Followed by bright sunny days. My tinnie, named tintanic has 4 floatation seats to make it unsinkable. Alas over Friday it rained enough to fill it 2 feet deep- farrk. Getting off the big boat to bail the bugger was a challenge esp when a wanker came past at speed with a big wake. With only 2 inches of freeboard left it was dicey. However the marina is a bigger mess with a 16 ft glass boat sunk from rain and lots of submerged tinnies. Glad the southerly low didn't eventuate or it would have been lots of submarines. Yet again my mum at North Richmond is flooded in. 3 1
octave Posted April 13 Posted April 13 12 hours ago, red750 said: Did you get any of that downpour, #octave? No, not much here.
willedoo Posted July 15 Posted July 15 They are talking about possible snow in the Granite Belt tonight or tomorrow night. 1
old man emu Posted July 15 Posted July 15 It is really odd. Today over my place it was broken "fair weather" cloud and little if any wind. The forecasts for the week ahead suggest that I might get up to 5 mm of rain, and the temperatures don't look like being very much different from normal winter temps. I'm waking up to extensive thin fog that would clear more quickly if there was a bit of a breeze, but the sun's getting it away by mid-morning. I think that all the severe weather is going to follow the top and east of the Great Divide and not come in from the southwest. That's where the August winds come from. 2
onetrack Posted July 15 Posted July 15 We had drought-breaking rain for 3 days, starting from the last day in April through to May 2nd, we got 12mm over that period. After 7 months of virtually not a skerrick of rain, it was very welcome. Then we had a week of steady rainy days totalling 64mm for the last 7 days of May, bringing our total rainfall for the month to 76mm - way below average still for May, and still a major rainfall deficiency for the year to date. June started off great with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June bringing us over 48mm. Another rainy stretch between the 7th and 12th June brought us another 37mm. We had another 8mm between the 17th and 2nd, plus nearly 25mm over the 27th and 28th. Our rainfall total for June ended up just over 118mm, but still way down on our approximately 180mm average for June. July has gone back to being dry, this should be our second-wettest month with around 170mm, but we've only recorded 46mm so far, and half the month is gone. The long range forecast is indicating 90-120mm over 8 to 14 days out, I hope they're right! Oddly enough, the far Northern Wheatbelt, normally receiving marginal rainfall over Winter, has done very well with heavy rainfall events, and they're grinning from ear to ear. The Great Southern, our prime cropping area, is suffering badly from a major rainfall deficiency, and if there's no major late Winter rains, it will be a pretty dismal cropping year for them. Overall, the major part of the S.W. of the State is in major rainfall deficit, and only the extreme Northern Wheatbelt and the Pastoral areas further North, are the ones that have received good rains. It's the exact opposite of a normal Winter season, and the 7 month drought from October to the end of April has led to a major soil moisture deficit, that means the soil of the S.W. areas is going to take a long time to come back to good moisture levels. 1 1
willedoo Posted July 30 Posted July 30 Wellcamp Airport at Toowoomba recorded a low of -5.7C this morning.
onetrack Posted July 30 Posted July 30 (edited) The rain is not stopping now in W.A., it just keeps coming, cold front after cold front. It must be making up the average for the 7 month drought we had in Spring and Summer and Autumn. Yesterday, the Northern Wheatbelt got a great rain band that stretched from Geraldton to South of Kellerberrin. It gave most places over 25mm, a real kingmaker for the crops out there. The W.A. grains output forecast is bound to get a big boost with the next monthly report. The forecast for early July was a slightly below average total, it will go to above average now, especially with the next lot of big fronts coming on Wednesday and Thursday. I wouldn't mind betting we'll hit 20M tonnes of grains this season. Late rains (August-Sept) make for a big jump in crop yields. Interestingly, I see where Northern parts of the U.S. grainbelt and Canada are looking at a record crop as well - while the Russian crop is down, due to excessive heat and dryness. https://www.giwa.org.au/wa-crop-reports/2024-season/giwa-crop-report-july-2024/ Edited July 30 by onetrack 2
willedoo Posted July 30 Posted July 30 They'll be happy to get some good production world wide. The Ukrainian tonnage being down due to the war must have some effect on trade. 1
old man emu Posted July 30 Posted July 30 In the East, that rain isn't getting much further north than a line that goes roughly from Sydney to Adelaide. North of that line, the sky has been clear. It got down to about zero last night, with a light frost, but it's been sunny all day. I needed to rug up when I got out of bed, but by lunchtime I stripped off to shorts and T-shirt. Admittedly, today I'm actually doing some work, so the exercise has warmed me. It should get a bit warmer later in the week when the High in Bass Strait moves east and the wind starts coming from the northwest. 1
facthunter Posted July 30 Posted July 30 August used to be the strongest wind time (from the west) for your part of the world..Very high Pressure Here now. Airport fog early. Fine sunny now. (Melbourne.). Nev 1
red750 Posted July 30 Posted July 30 In Victoria, there has been so much rain, the concrete is squelchy. 1 1
red750 Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Not so wet the last couple of days. It didn't get to double figures today till 4:00 pm, overcast most of the day. Forecast for tomorrow 1 degree overnight, maximum 12. The worst thing about this weather is the cold toilet seat.
Litespeed Posted July 31 Posted July 31 No, the worst thing is getting from shore to my boat via a tinny full of water. I emptied it yesterday but alas the heavens had a cunning plan. It's rained very heavy for two days but stops long enough to think it's fine, then immediately dumps bucket fulls. Even poor Zoro is in hiding and he is a water bird. But a young friend piped in for a 🎏. 3 bream and 1 Jew fish, all too small but always fun. 1
spacesailor Posted August 1 Posted August 1 The ' sit on ' kayaks don't hold water . I once had a ' brand name large ' surfboard ' untill they became a collector item , then someone swam to my yacht & stole it . It worked great at " Airlie Beach " Queensland . Were 6.5 foot draught makes for a long row ashore . spacesailor 1
red750 Posted August 21 Posted August 21 The last few days have been quite nice, a bit of cloud cover and a lot of sun. Went to get a haircut today. It was overcast, but looked OK. When I came out of the shopping centre, clouds looked ominous, but not spitting. About one and a half kilometres from home it started to spit. As I got out of the car, there was a loud clap of thunder and down it came - like Niagara Falls. I got wet to the skin walking from the car to the house. 2
old man emu Posted August 21 Posted August 21 Enjoying pretty clear skies and temps in the low 20s. A warm Nor-wester blowing gently. The clover is shin high. That's ironic, You'd think that with such an abundance of feed it would do the stock good. However, there's too much water in this feed and that leads to scouring, which is diarrhea. The material won't be any good until after it set seed and dries off. Still, it's good to know that there will be feed going into the early part of summer. The trouble for me is that I have a quarter acre allotment, and now the clover and Cape Weed mean I have to get the mower out to make the place look suburban. 2
onetrack Posted August 21 Posted August 21 (edited) It won't stop raining here, day after day of rain, showers and drizzle. After 7 months of Spring, Summer and Autumn with barely a skerrick of rain, it's making up for it now. May and June rainfall was below average, but we got our average of 180mm in July, and August is well on it way to reach average rainfall or exceed it. The further North you go in W.A.'s South, the wetter it is. It's a completely ar$e-about season. The South coast should be flooded out by now, they're still largely been driving around their paddocks. But the SW corner got a good drenching last weekend, and there's a fair bit of water laying around down there now. The crops in the far Northern Wheatbelt are too wet, and some are turning yellow because of too much rain. The farmers can't get into their paddocks to spray for crop diseases or to spray fertiliser, so they've turned to aircraft, helicopters, and drones! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-12/drone-spraying-crops-western-australia-weatbealt/104170826 The crops are looking great nearly everywhere I travel, the forecast total tonnage for grain for the 2024 season keeps increasing every month. The forecast is currently 17.4M tonnes of grains in total, above the long term average of 16.5M tonnes. I wouldn't be surprised to see this year produce a crop total tonnage of 20M+ tonnes. Edited August 21 by onetrack 3
willedoo Posted August 27 Posted August 27 It's goodbye to winter. The last few days of winter are all forecast to be in the low 30's here. Oodnadatta on the weekend got to 39; 16 degrees above average. 2
old man emu Posted August 27 Posted August 27 It really is a guessing game to forecast what sort of summer we will get. This is information from the BOM published in 2018. with the accompanying diagram. Southern Australia is affected by a large-scale circulation feature known as the sub-tropical ridge. This is a belt of high pressure that encircles the globe in the middle latitudes. In the warmer months the ridge is positioned to the south and is associated with stable high pressures and drier climates over southern Australia. During cooler months the ridge moves northwards towards the equator, allowing more rain-bearing cold fronts to cross southern Australia. But that information is now six years old, and I doubt if the generality of it has held true in the intervening years. Perhaps we should give up on trying to predict the future and jut accept that what you see is what you gets.
Litespeed Posted August 27 Posted August 27 My prediction is .. Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.. Extreme heat summer and big chance of major bushfires.
facthunter Posted August 27 Posted August 27 It IS WHAT generally happened Now a days it's more extreme. Lows for instance come further south than they used to.. Use the Information you have. August was the time the westerlies blew in Central latitudes of NSW.. Nev
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