Toots Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 32 minutes ago, Bulya said: 35.5 isn’t hot. It will get hot though when summer proper hits in a month or so Yes it is hot. Too hot for me I can tell you. It was 22 here today and it was perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Toots said: Yes it is hot. Too hot for me I can tell you. It was 22 here today and it was perfect. 45 is hot, 35.5 is warm to hot. 29 here today and low humidity, a very pleasant day imho. With higher humidity, it wouldn’t have been so pleasant Edited December 6, 2018 by Bulya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Rain, glorious rain, thanks to ex tropical cyclone Owen. And all of it soaking into the ground rather than gully raking runoff. Cheers, Bobj. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Bobj said: Rain, glorious rain, thanks to ex tropical cyclone Owen. And all of it soaking into the ground rather than gully raking runoff. Cheers, Bobj. Just read the 6AM rain gauge and we received 72 mm, which makes 146 mm, (5.6 in ) for the first week of December, against 32 in for the rest of the year. Cheers, Bobj. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABG Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Pretty warm driving around Melbourne (Mentone) today...haven’t felt heat like this since my last trip to India! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 12 hours ago, ABG said: Pretty warm driving around Melbourne (Mentone) today...haven’t felt heat like this since my last trip to India! Horrid! .................. and it's just the start of summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unzippy Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Toots said: Horrid! .................. and it's just the start of summer. Yeah, cycling home last night - grim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Cyclone Owen is gathering strength in the Gulf Of Carpentaria and will move east and track down the coast of Qld fairly quickly, ending up over the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. Quite humid NW of Mackay, at 79% and 30 C. Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Bobj said: Cyclone Owen is gathering strength in the Gulf Of Carpentaria and will move east and track down the coast of Qld fairly quickly, ending up over the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. Quite humid NW of Mackay, at 79% and 30 C. Cheers, Bobj. Dave’s Weather reckons you’ll get mucho rain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack91 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 07/12/2018 at 21:45, ABG said: Pretty warm driving around Melbourne (Mentone) today...haven’t felt heat like this since my last trip to India! Pajero Sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Cyclone Owen... https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-219.32,-16.20,3000 Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 17:02, Bulya said: Dave’s Weather reckons you’ll get mucho rain Last two days’ rainfall...0.6 & 0.8 mm. Townsville is ‘hosting’ the remnant cyclone right now. Maybe tomorrow for Mackay? Not a breath of wiind here, 50 km nw of Mackay Cheers, Bobj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 86 mm rain for yesterday....3.4” . This morning, we have a few patches of blue sky...BUT...the experts reckon that ex tropical cyclone Owen will head back north and intensify. just have to wait and see. Meanwjile the depression is just off Mackay. Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just heard 700mm (28”) in 24 hours somewhere in Qld. That’s a fair bit of rain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Bulya said: Just heard 700mm (28”) in 24 hours somewhere in Qld. That’s a fair bit of rain! Mackay received 610 mm (24”) in 6 hours on Valentine’s Day, 2008. Next day, we got 432 mm (17”) in 24 hours,.Nearly bogged my 4wd in the front garden! Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) My old home town Woomera, hit 45C today. Just down the road at Port Augusta it hit 46.8C, and 48.6 in Marble Bar WA. Australia is not a country for wimps. Edited December 27, 2018 by Bulya Add info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Hit 49.3C in Marble Bar, beating their old record of 49.2C set in 1905! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABG Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Was warm today in Melbourne SE suburbs, but nothing like that. 41C driving around at 3pm, but cooled off to a balmy 38C by 5pm Edited December 27, 2018 by ABG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 18 minutes ago, Bulya said: Hit 49.3C in Marble Bar, beating their old record of 49.2C set in 1905! Marble Bar has the dubious world record of 160 consecutive days over the old 100 F (38.7 C). Cheers, Bobj. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Hot in Victoria yesterday and more to come. Reaching over 40 in some areas.Hope we don’t get the usual spate of bushfires which are very often deliberately lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Here in Devonport we had rain overnight. Very nice clear sunny morning. Supposed to reach 25C. That is hot enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 12 hours ago, Toots said: Here in Devonport we had rain overnight. Very nice clear sunny morning. Supposed to reach 25C. That is hot enough for me. Sounds perfect. Too hot here but we have a pool which helps- lovely looking up at all the trees floating on my back. It is usually too cold to get in it so we make the most of it ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Looks like we will have another cyclone in FNQ on New Year's Day... Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Watching my weather app this morning and temp went from 19C to 29.5C in the blink of an eye. I can’t remember it climbing so quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Bulya said: Watching my weather app this morning and temp went from 19C to 29.5C in the blink of an eye. I can’t remember it climbing so quickly Hot winds from Qld... Cheers Bobj. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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