The Spring Equinox is here!

[onetrack]

I don't know if you blokes and gals noticed, but the Spring Equinox was at 10:43PM, AEST tonight. For the next few months, the days are going to get longer and hotter!

It's good to get some nice fine, warm days - this Spring so far, for us in the West, has been perfect.

[nomadpete]

Happy Equinox everybody.

 

I hope we get spring soon.

 

The spring aint sprung down here.

 

Yesterday Hobart's Mt Wellington registered 57kts gusts. For the past fortnight we have had a rapid succession of fronts move through. Every day we get multiple gale warnings - then rain, snow, hail, and tantalising moments of sunshine. Sometimes all at once. Our forest trees are getting weary from constant dancing. I truly hope this isn't the new normal.

 

Roll on spring.

 

 

 

Edited September 22 by nomadpete

[old man emu]

The middle bit of the country is going to get rain this week. It will be welcome in the agricultural areas as it might help the filling of the grain. The pasture lands could do with a bit of a soaking to kick off the Spring flush. 

 

Did you see that the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed that an small tornado left a 25 km x 150 metre strip of destruction through part of Victoria late last month? The rain event arriving this week is unusual, especially for Central Australia where it is normally dry this time of year. One wonders what sort of summer we will get. If it stays dry, we'll be watching big fires. If it gets wet, we'll be watching flooding. 

[onetrack]

Any rain coming will be far too late for the poor buggers trying to grow grain crops in South Australia's and Nth Eastern Victoria's Mallee regions. Their crops are practically total failures, and most are being cut for hay.

One old farmer the journos interviewed said his worst drought year previously was 1967, when he only got 180mm for the growing season. This year, he's had only 150mm. On top of that, they've endured vicious frosts.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-18/failing-crops-frost-drought-mallee-grain-farmers-hay-rainfall/104358994

 

That was a ripper of a tornado in the Victorian High Country. Seeing the CCTV vision makes you realise how weak roller doors on buildings really are.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-23/bom-tornado-victoria-wild-weather-high-country-mansfield-pirires/104355906

Edited September 22 by onetrack