Seeing as today’s weather counts for December… I’d start a new topic.

At the moment 32mms has fallen in the past hour or so, which brings the yearly total to 1.8metres or 6ft in the old language. Roundabout as tall as I am.

Nice day here today, yeah its summer tomorrow……….. Christmas next month……….. but I’m cool about it.

we are getting thunder, lightning, heavy rain and light rain north of adelaide – on the first day of summer.
so good for the garden.

pepe said:

we are getting thunder, lightning, heavy rain and light rain north of adelaide – on the first day of summer.
so good for the garden.

To be quite frank or is that jim , pepe sick of all the wet weather and rains !!! 4 times my yard has been under water, the so called greenies and idiots need to stock take re ‘global warming’ like here in Vic and the desal plant , WTF it is never going to rain again, and now ‘geezz lots of rain’ this Desal plant is guaranteed millions each year even if they dont have to make any de sal water ? Go figure, no wonder there was a huge swing in Gov after the election last w/e ????

The Estate said:

pepe said:

we are getting thunder, lightning, heavy rain and light rain north of adelaide – on the first day of summer.
so good for the garden.

To be quite frank or is that jim , pepe sick of all the wet weather and rains !!! 4 times my yard has been under water, the so called greenies and idiots need to stock take re ‘global warming’ like here in Vic and the desal plant , WTF it is never going to rain again, and now ‘geezz lots of rain’ this Desal plant is guaranteed millions each year even if they dont have to make any de sal water ? Go figure, no wonder there was a huge swing in Gov after the election last w/e ????

fair enough.
those desal plants cost lotsa money even when not in use.
hopefully the sun will come now and dry everything out . we are getting a hot w/e.

22mm of rain here – the clay cracks are filling.

Hahaha. After having a Spring of Summer weather, now that Summer is here, Perth is getting Spring weather!!

Thursday Mostly sunny. Max 24
Friday Shower or two, mainly morning. Min 12 Max 23
Saturday Partly cloudy. Min 12 Max 24
Sunday Cloudy periods. Min 13 Max 25
Monday Partly cloudy. Min 14 Max 26
Tuesday Partly cloudy. Min 15 Max 26
Wednesday Partly cloudy. Min 14 Max 26

We don’t put much faith in a forecast of “shower or two” – that means one or two suburbs might get some drizzle, but it’s unlikely to hit your own backyard :D

Ahhhhhhh.. cooler weather… yay!!

another 38.5mms here. On the march to wards the 2 metre mark for the year. Was speaking to someone up at El Arish yesterday, they have just gone past the 6 metre mark for this year and they reckon they’re good for at least another metre or two in the last few weeks to come.

pain master said:

another 38.5mms here. On the march to wards the 2 metre mark for the year. Was speaking to someone up at El Arish yesterday, they have just gone past the 6 metre mark for this year and they reckon they’re good for at least another metre or two in the last few weeks to come.

wow – half a metre per month – our annual rainfall every month.

Hope dinetta is okay, there has been some road closures around her way due to the rain that passed today…

pain master said:

another 38.5mms here. On the march to wards the 2 metre mark for the year. Was speaking to someone up at El Arish yesterday, they have just gone past the 6 metre mark for this year and they reckon they’re good for at least another metre or two in the last few weeks to come.

We’re supposed to be floating sometime over the w/e too. Got a long way to go to catch up to you PM.

Still wearing my woolly socks to bed and sleeping under a doona or two.

Just washed my work uniforms tonight, they should dry on the airer inside – rain, rain and more bleeding rain. The cardy is really thick and takes ages to dry.

I wish my back hadn’t prevented me from mowing earlier in the week before the wet had set in :/

pain master said:

Hope dinetta is okay, there has been some road closures around her way due to the rain that passed today…

I thought about her too.

She’s wet out west as well (dubbo).

been very humid here, like cool tropics I imagine. Fine in the morning but rain storms every afternoon and night.

Bluddy raining a-bluddy-gain.

Might have to borrow a stack of chick flicks from the movie place and scare the 13yo boy with ‘em.

bluegreen said:

been very humid here, like cool tropics I imagine. Fine in the morning but rain storms every afternoon and night.

I can remember when we used to get storms every evening in Q. They always happened when I went to pick the kids up from school around 3 o’clock. Don’t get them like that any more.

thunder here at the moment.

What’s going on there in S/A? BoM has you all dressed in beautiful bright storm colours. Melbourne is getting some too.

pomolo said:

What’s going on there in S/A? BoM has you all dressed in beautiful bright storm colours. Melbourne is getting some too.

scary – heavy hail being thrown at us from somewhere high enough to be frozen. flooding rain coming down in buckets.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

What’s going on there in S/A? BoM has you all dressed in beautiful bright storm colours. Melbourne is getting some too.

scary – heavy hail being thrown at us from somewhere high enough to be frozen. flooding rain coming down in buckets.

coming down here in Swanpool too, but expecting over 50mm tomorrow according to the forecast.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

What’s going on there in S/A? BoM has you all dressed in beautiful bright storm colours. Melbourne is getting some too.

scary – heavy hail being thrown at us from somewhere high enough to be frozen. flooding rain coming down in buckets.

It is S.A’s turn! lol. :)

There’s been no rain in my area today, but tomorrow’s forcast is for a bucketing of the stuff. Again…

pepe said:

pomolo said:

What’s going on there in S/A? BoM has you all dressed in beautiful bright storm colours. Melbourne is getting some too.

scary – heavy hail being thrown at us from somewhere high enough to be frozen. flooding rain coming down in buckets.

It looked pretty bad on BoM.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

pomolo said:

What’s going on there in S/A? BoM has you all dressed in beautiful bright storm colours. Melbourne is getting some too.

scary – heavy hail being thrown at us from somewhere high enough to be frozen. flooding rain coming down in buckets.

coming down here in Swanpool too, but expecting over 50mm tomorrow according to the forecast.

You’re going to get what hit SA I understand. Unpack your water wings BG.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

pomolo said:

What’s going on there in S/A? BoM has you all dressed in beautiful bright storm colours. Melbourne is getting some too.

scary – heavy hail being thrown at us from somewhere high enough to be frozen. flooding rain coming down in buckets.

It is S.A’s turn! lol. :) There’s been no rain in my area today, but tomorrow’s forcast is for a bucketing of the stuff. Again…

unbelievable but i’ve emptied the rain gauge twice and there was a total of 100mm in there yesterday and this morning. making 140mm total for december already. has to be a record – and it’s still raining now.

the dried grass is in drifts across the land where the water has swept down the slopes. the tank is overflowing. all the clay cracking has gone.

the hail has damaged – strawbs, beans, toms, melons and zuchs – and i don’t know if they will recover or if they will all rot now. the electrical pump on the rw tank has ceased to function and blew the safety switch.

when the sun blazes again this arvo – i will turn the pump back on to see if it’s dried out.

pepe said:

unbelievable but i’ve emptied the rain gauge twice and there was a total of 100mm in there yesterday and this morning. making 140mm total for december already. has to be a record – and it’s still raining now.

the rain is certainly making its presence known here. Not constant but regular heavy showers. Staying indoors today!

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

scary – heavy hail being thrown at us from somewhere high enough to be frozen. flooding rain coming down in buckets.

It is S.A’s turn! lol. :) There’s been no rain in my area today, but tomorrow’s forcast is for a bucketing of the stuff. Again…

unbelievable but i’ve emptied the rain gauge twice and there was a total of 100mm in there yesterday and this morning. making 140mm total for december already. has to be a record – and it’s still raining now.

the dried grass is in drifts across the land where the water has swept down the slopes. the tank is overflowing. all the clay cracking has gone.

the hail has damaged – strawbs, beans, toms, melons and zuchs – and i don’t know if they will recover or if they will all rot now. the electrical pump on the rw tank has ceased to function and blew the safety switch.

when the sun blazes again this arvo – i will turn the pump back on to see if it’s dried out.

aw , you want rain but not that much in one go. I hope they pick up again.

I have prepped my garden for it.. tied toms, picked strawbs, zucchs and beans, a few kg of rhubarb too. I’ll do some rhub’ and strawb crumble slice for the freezer in little pots for two.
All of a sudden the corn is over my head in height. The cucs have started climbing the corn stalks.

And down it comes, raining a river here.

The fish in the big pondy tub are copping a battering with a deludge from the guttering as well as a downpipe. They are ok tho’..

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

scary – heavy hail being thrown at us from somewhere high enough to be frozen. flooding rain coming down in buckets.

It is S.A’s turn! lol. :) There’s been no rain in my area today, but tomorrow’s forcast is for a bucketing of the stuff. Again…

unbelievable but i’ve emptied the rain gauge twice and there was a total of 100mm in there yesterday and this morning. making 140mm total for december already. has to be a record – and it’s still raining now.

the dried grass is in drifts across the land where the water has swept down the slopes. the tank is overflowing. all the clay cracking has gone.

the hail has damaged – strawbs, beans, toms, melons and zuchs – and i don’t know if they will recover or if they will all rot now. the electrical pump on the rw tank has ceased to function and blew the safety switch.

when the sun blazes again this arvo – i will turn the pump back on to see if it’s dried out.

Shame about your fruit and vegies Pepe but you can’t say you haven’t had any rain I suppose.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

unbelievable but i’ve emptied the rain gauge twice and there was a total of 100mm in there yesterday and this morning. making 140mm total for december already. has to be a record – and it’s still raining now.

the rain is certainly making its presence known here. Not constant but regular heavy showers. Staying indoors today!

We have had almost 4 inches over 4 days here and that’s good rain for us. Not so heavy that it all runs off into the dam. The ground is good and wet.

64mm since yesterday, and it’s raining again!

ok, summer weather is all screwy, so I have dug up some stats from the BOM and tried to get a feel of most of the places where we all live, and I have noted that Collie has consistantly been cooler this week with 9am temps around 17C but Glen Innes takes the cake with 16.6C at 9am on Tuesday. The wettest spot is Gympie with 152mm falling this month so far closely followed by Brisbane with 129mm. Collie has been the driest with only 3.6mm falling so far in Dec.

The hottest place in the past 3 days has been Emerald with 34C on Monday 3pm and Parafield with 32C at the same time.

The highest humidity in the past 3 days has been Mildura with 98% this morning at 9am, followed closely by Benalla with 95% this afternoon at 3pm and Roseworthy with 92% at 3pm Tuesday.

The driest air can be found in Benalla on Monday 9am with 21% and Collie with 31% this afternoon at 3pm.

Now my nasty high temp and high humidty classification is defined by temp over 25C and over 75% humidity goes to Townsville with three 29C degree moments with humidity of 75-77%, next Emerald with the last three 9am readings of 26C and 75-84% and Brisneyland with Tues 9am reading of 26 and 75%

Goodness PM, no wonder I’ve been feeling like I live in the tropics. Humidity here at the moment is 95% and has been unusually high for weeks and weeks.
And stuff the locusts, it’s the mozzies that are the bigger problem. I think I breathed one in.

pain master said:

ok, summer weather is all screwy, so I have dug up some stats from the BOM and tried to get a feel of most of the places where we all live, and I have noted that Collie has consistantly been cooler this week with 9am temps around 17C but Glen Innes takes the cake with 16.6C at 9am on Tuesday. The wettest spot is Gympie with 152mm falling this month so far closely followed by Brisbane with 129mm. Collie has been the driest with only 3.6mm falling so far in Dec.

The hottest place in the past 3 days has been Emerald with 34C on Monday 3pm and Parafield with 32C at the same time.

The highest humidity in the past 3 days has been Mildura with 98% this morning at 9am, followed closely by Benalla with 95% this afternoon at 3pm and Roseworthy with 92% at 3pm Tuesday.

The driest air can be found in Benalla on Monday 9am with 21% and Collie with 31% this afternoon at 3pm.

Now my nasty high temp and high humidty classification is defined by temp over 25C and over 75% humidity goes to Townsville with three 29C degree moments with humidity of 75-77%, next Emerald with the last three 9am readings of 26C and 75-84% and Brisneyland with Tues 9am reading of 26 and 75%

Nowra (which is the closestto me that I have details for got down to 16.6C on Sunday…not sure what the humidity was then but at the moment it is 88% and 21.5C. Got to 28C today

Happy Potter said:

Goodness PM, no wonder I’ve been feeling like I live in the tropics. Humidity here at the moment is 95% and has been unusually high for weeks and weeks.
And stuff the locusts, it’s the mozzies that are the bigger problem. I think I breathed one in.

I agree HP. The mozzies have been terrible around here as well.

AnneS said:

pain master said:

ok, summer weather is all screwy, so I have dug up some stats from the BOM and tried to get a feel of most of the places where we all live, and I have noted that Collie has consistantly been cooler this week with 9am temps around 17C but Glen Innes takes the cake with 16.6C at 9am on Tuesday. The wettest spot is Gympie with 152mm falling this month so far closely followed by Brisbane with 129mm. Collie has been the driest with only 3.6mm falling so far in Dec.

The hottest place in the past 3 days has been Emerald with 34C on Monday 3pm and Parafield with 32C at the same time.

The highest humidity in the past 3 days has been Mildura with 98% this morning at 9am, followed closely by Benalla with 95% this afternoon at 3pm and Roseworthy with 92% at 3pm Tuesday.

The driest air can be found in Benalla on Monday 9am with 21% and Collie with 31% this afternoon at 3pm.

Now my nasty high temp and high humidty classification is defined by temp over 25C and over 75% humidity goes to Townsville with three 29C degree moments with humidity of 75-77%, next Emerald with the last three 9am readings of 26C and 75-84% and Brisneyland with Tues 9am reading of 26 and 75%

Nowra (which is the closestto me that I have details for got down to 16.6C on Sunday…not sure what the humidity was then but at the moment it is 88% and 21.5C. Got to 28C today

Currently 25.6C and 87%

pain master said:

Currently 25.6C and 87%

at 3 in the morning? no wonder you can’t sleep.

93% humidity here, and 19.4^o^

71mm over the last couple of days. The cows are in the paddock next door again. In the distance there is the sheen of water over the farmer’s lower paddocks. Sun is out atm but it wouldn’t surprise me if it rains again before the end of the day.

bluegreen said:

71mm over the last couple of days. The cows are in the paddock next door again. In the distance there is the sheen of water over the farmer’s lower paddocks. Sun is out atm but it wouldn’t surprise me if it rains again before the end of the day.

Morning. Been raining steadily here since about 6:30am. Hzven’t checked the gauge yet. #1 son not happy…he can’t go out ot play :(

According to weatherzone 21C and 100% humidity at Nowra, our closest weather station

pain master said:

ok, summer weather is all screwy, so I have dug up some stats from the BOM and tried to get a feel of most of the places where we all live, and I have noted that Collie has consistantly been cooler this week with 9am temps around 17C but Glen Innes takes the cake with 16.6C at 9am on Tuesday. The wettest spot is Gympie with 152mm falling this month so far closely followed by Brisbane with 129mm. Collie has been the driest with only 3.6mm falling so far in Dec.

The hottest place in the past 3 days has been Emerald with 34C on Monday 3pm and Parafield with 32C at the same time.

The highest humidity in the past 3 days has been Mildura with 98% this morning at 9am, followed closely by Benalla with 95% this afternoon at 3pm and Roseworthy with 92% at 3pm Tuesday.

The driest air can be found in Benalla on Monday 9am with 21% and Collie with 31% this afternoon at 3pm.

Now my nasty high temp and high humidty classification is defined by temp over 25C and over 75% humidity goes to Townsville with three 29C degree moments with humidity of 75-77%, next Emerald with the last three 9am readings of 26C and 75-84% and Brisneyland with Tues 9am reading of 26 and 75%

I think the person who accused me of having too much time on my hands (on Facebook, on a different subject!) really needs to have a read of this!!!

Happy Potter said:

Goodness PM, no wonder I’ve been feeling like I live in the tropics. Humidity here at the moment is 95% and has been unusually high for weeks and weeks.
And stuff the locusts, it’s the mozzies that are the bigger problem. I think I breathed one in.

chuckle – breathing mozzies – that is tough.
the weather is noice today – cloudy and cool – just don’t know what to expect next.

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

ok, summer weather is all screwy, so I have dug up some stats from the BOM and tried to get a feel of most of the places where we all live, and I have noted that Collie has consistantly been cooler this week with 9am temps around 17C but Glen Innes takes the cake with 16.6C at 9am on Tuesday. The wettest spot is Gympie with 152mm falling this month so far closely followed by Brisbane with 129mm. Collie has been the driest with only 3.6mm falling so far in Dec.

The hottest place in the past 3 days has been Emerald with 34C on Monday 3pm and Parafield with 32C at the same time.

The highest humidity in the past 3 days has been Mildura with 98% this morning at 9am, followed closely by Benalla with 95% this afternoon at 3pm and Roseworthy with 92% at 3pm Tuesday.

The driest air can be found in Benalla on Monday 9am with 21% and Collie with 31% this afternoon at 3pm.

Now my nasty high temp and high humidty classification is defined by temp over 25C and over 75% humidity goes to Townsville with three 29C degree moments with humidity of 75-77%, next Emerald with the last three 9am readings of 26C and 75-84% and Brisneyland with Tues 9am reading of 26 and 75%

I think the person who accused me of having too much time on my hands (on Facebook, on a different subject!) really needs to have a read of this!!!

lol. I saw that comment :)

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Goodness PM, no wonder I’ve been feeling like I live in the tropics. Humidity here at the moment is 95% and has been unusually high for weeks and weeks.
And stuff the locusts, it’s the mozzies that are the bigger problem. I think I breathed one in.

chuckle – breathing mozzies – that is tough.
the weather is noice today – cloudy and cool – just don’t know what to expect next.

Cool and gray here too. You need a mask and good mozzie repellant to keep the rotten insect’s off you. There’s many big puddles and water lying in low areas that are not getting a chance to evaporate before the next tropical storm.

Because of the water too, the birds are far more numerous and there’s many I’ve never seen before hanging about.

We just had big thunderstorm, big lightning flashes and really loud thunder close by. Have got surge protectors on everyhting, but shut down and unplugged the modem, just in case. A bit calmer now, but still raining. #1 son is peeved and has gone outside anyway, not that he’ll be able to do anything. The soil is way too wet to work. I dread to think what it would be like if we didn’t have the raised beds :(

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Goodness PM, no wonder I’ve been feeling like I live in the tropics. Humidity here at the moment is 95% and has been unusually high for weeks and weeks.
And stuff the locusts, it’s the mozzies that are the bigger problem. I think I breathed one in.

chuckle – breathing mozzies – that is tough.
the weather is noice today – cloudy and cool – just don’t know what to expect next.

Cool and gray here too. You need a mask and good mozzie repellant to keep the rotten insect’s off you. There’s many big puddles and water lying in low areas that are not getting a chance to evaporate before the next tropical storm. Because of the water too, the birds are far more numerous and there’s many I’ve never seen before hanging about.

The whole of the central Australian desert is wet this year – and the birds can really breed in a good season. I believe some birds could fit in a couple of nesting of several eggs if the mood took them. We have more birds than usual this year too.

My (rented) house is going mouldy on the inside. Can’t say that washing walls is my idea of fun though.

Yeehah said:

My (rented) house is going mouldy on the inside. Can’t say that washing walls is my idea of fun though.

yuck :(

bluegreen said:

Yeehah said:

My (rented) house is going mouldy on the inside. Can’t say that washing walls is my idea of fun though.

yuck :(

my car has been leaking like a sieve and really pongs :)

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

ok, summer weather is all screwy, so I have dug up some stats from the BOM and tried to get a feel of most of the places where we all live, and I have noted that Collie has consistantly been cooler this week with 9am temps around 17C but Glen Innes takes the cake with 16.6C at 9am on Tuesday. The wettest spot is Gympie with 152mm falling this month so far closely followed by Brisbane with 129mm. Collie has been the driest with only 3.6mm falling so far in Dec.

The hottest place in the past 3 days has been Emerald with 34C on Monday 3pm and Parafield with 32C at the same time.

The highest humidity in the past 3 days has been Mildura with 98% this morning at 9am, followed closely by Benalla with 95% this afternoon at 3pm and Roseworthy with 92% at 3pm Tuesday.

The driest air can be found in Benalla on Monday 9am with 21% and Collie with 31% this afternoon at 3pm.

Now my nasty high temp and high humidty classification is defined by temp over 25C and over 75% humidity goes to Townsville with three 29C degree moments with humidity of 75-77%, next Emerald with the last three 9am readings of 26C and 75-84% and Brisneyland with Tues 9am reading of 26 and 75%

I think the person who accused me of having too much time on my hands (on Facebook, on a different subject!) really needs to have a read of this!!!

c’mon now yeehah, let’s not get our social media mixed up here…. but yes, I did have some time to contemplate temp vs humidity, and I thought it to be topical, as opposed to tropical which is temp in conjunction with humidity.

pain master said:

ok, summer weather is all screwy, so I have dug up some stats from the BOM and tried to get a feel of most of the places where we all live, and I have noted that Collie has consistantly been cooler this week with 9am temps around 17C but Glen Innes takes the cake with 16.6C at 9am on Tuesday. The wettest spot is Gympie with 152mm falling this month so far closely followed by Brisbane with 129mm. Collie has been the driest with only 3.6mm falling so far in Dec.

The hottest place in the past 3 days has been Emerald with 34C on Monday 3pm and Parafield with 32C at the same time.

The highest humidity in the past 3 days has been Mildura with 98% this morning at 9am, followed closely by Benalla with 95% this afternoon at 3pm and Roseworthy with 92% at 3pm Tuesday.

The driest air can be found in Benalla on Monday 9am with 21% and Collie with 31% this afternoon at 3pm.

Now my nasty high temp and high humidty classification is defined by temp over 25C and over 75% humidity goes to Townsville with three 29C degree moments with humidity of 75-77%, next Emerald with the last three 9am readings of 26C and 75-84% and Brisneyland with Tues 9am reading of 26 and 75%

It’s hard to understand how Gympie had 2 inches more rain than we did. Like you said the weather is screwy.

Gonna be a hotty here today. I was out in the garden before 7am but I could feel the sun burning even then.

Heeeeellllppppp.

I’m living in a sauna.

bubba louie said:

Heeeeellllppppp.

I’m living in a sauna.

great for loosing weight lmao

bubba louie said:

Heeeeellllppppp.

I’m living in a sauna.

Poor Bubba. It reached 35c here but it’s cooling a little now.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Heeeeellllppppp.
I’m living in a sauna.

Poor Bubba. It reached 35c here but it’s cooling a little now.

Got to 25 here yesterday and I thought that was bad.

Haaaaate heeeeeat, lol!

Dull and still here. Very very humid. We’v been warned to expect big rain and it feels as though they are going to be right. Thumbs up to BoM.

Got to give them a plug when they are right.

Gonna have breakfast.

has rained here for 15 minutes and now the sun is out again. Humidity is up. I agree with Pom, the BOM says that tomorrow will certainly see some good rain here.

this is heading our way….

looks like we all might be getting wet…

took these after the recent big rain. that lake in the distance is the neighbour farmer’s cow paddocks under water.

bluegreen said:

took these after the recent big rain. that lake in the distance is the neighbour farmer’s cow paddocks under water.

Nice rural pic despite the flood paddocks.

We certainly got some rain overnight. About 3 inches I’d say. I’m not paddling out to check the guage yet. Won’t need to do any hosing today. Won’t be able to do anything outside at all.

The rain brought lots of baby frog visitors for us. They were everywhere where the house lights shone on the verandah and windows. Some were so tiny. About as big as my fingernail with scrawny, long green legs. All very cute.

bluegreen said:

took these after the recent big rain. that lake in the distance is the neighbour farmer’s cow paddocks under water.

:) Cows.

pain master said:

:) Cows.

there’s been baby calves too. so cute. been seeing more of them as they have been spending more time in the paddock next door which is higher up while the lower paddocks are drying out.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

:) Cows.

there’s been baby calves too. so cute. been seeing more of them as they have been spending more time in the paddock next door which is higher up while the lower paddocks are drying out.

we have horses in our nearby paddocks. I could probably find some cows but I would have to go further out, and they’re the big beasts with the big humps. Still have big brown eyes though.

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

:) Cows.

there’s been baby calves too. so cute. been seeing more of them as they have been spending more time in the paddock next door which is higher up while the lower paddocks are drying out.

we have horses in our nearby paddocks. I could probably find some cows but I would have to go further out, and they’re the big beasts with the big humps. Still have big brown eyes though.

Brahmans?

pomolo said:

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

there’s been baby calves too. so cute. been seeing more of them as they have been spending more time in the paddock next door which is higher up while the lower paddocks are drying out.

we have horses in our nearby paddocks. I could probably find some cows but I would have to go further out, and they’re the big beasts with the big humps. Still have big brown eyes though.

Brahmans?

I think like everything else, even the Brahman has been cross-bred to perfect the perfect cow. So it could be a Northern Chocolate Backyard Super Brahman for all I know… Did see some of the Texas Longhorns recently, man they have a head of horns eh?

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

we have horses in our nearby paddocks. I could probably find some cows but I would have to go further out, and they’re the big beasts with the big humps. Still have big brown eyes though.

Brahmans?

I think like everything else, even the Brahman has been cross-bred to perfect the perfect cow. So it could be a Northern Chocolate Backyard Super Brahman for all I know… Did see some of the Texas Longhorns recently, man they have a head of horns eh?

Two of my cousins have brahman studs.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Brahmans?

I think like everything else, even the Brahman has been cross-bred to perfect the perfect cow. So it could be a Northern Chocolate Backyard Super Brahman for all I know… Did see some of the Texas Longhorns recently, man they have a head of horns eh?

Two of my cousins have brahman studs.

Richard
http://www.bundaleerbrahmans.com/

kath’s is at Inglewood but they don’t seem to have a website.

raining again.

still raining, gone past the 35mms for this afternoon.

about to head past 1.9metres of rainfall for the year…

Yay! The sun is out. Or it was a few minutes ago. It’s kinda coming and going. Still lots of clouds passing over. Storm this afternoon so they say. Like we need one, I don’t think. The Mary is flooded but I don’t know just how high yet.

Adelaide family is heading up this way at the end of the week….by car. It’s a hell of a drive with 2 littlies so I hope there aren’t any hold ups with flooding.

BBL.

The downpour wasn’t unusual – especially as I was about to pull my boots on and get the mower going. But the thunder was a lovely addition.

We’ve had a very wet winter/spring/summer but haven’t had our usual spring storms. I only just realised that the lack of thunder and lightning has been uncharacteristic for this time of year.

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Oh you can keep that. 11C here at the mo’, quite cold but humidity is high, 93%. Just had another cloudburst and more to come.
Morning.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Oh you can keep that. 11C here at the mo’, quite cold but humidity is high, 93%. Just had another cloudburst and more to come.
Morning.

11C is chilly indeed. brrrrrr….

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Slept under one doona, summer pjs, no woolly bedsocks. Perfick :)

I love weather that requires neither heating nor cooling. Jeans but no jumpers by day, and just cool enough to sleep under a doona at night.

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Yuk! Glad I don’t live in Towntown. Couldn’t handle it. AC would be on all night!

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Slept under one doona, summer pjs, no woolly bedsocks. Perfick :)

I love weather that requires neither heating nor cooling. Jeans but no jumpers by day, and just cool enough to sleep under a doona at night.

Ditto. Think that is why I like autumn best…seems to have the most consistent temps

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Slept under one doona, summer pjs, no woolly bedsocks. Perfick :)

I love weather that requires neither heating nor cooling. Jeans but no jumpers by day, and just cool enough to sleep under a doona at night.

If you ever find that beautiful place Y would you put me on your mailing list.

Oh soddit. Was enjoying a leisurely brekky waiting for the dew to evaporate off the jungle (lawn) and the clouds have come over. Kitchen window faces east, must’ve come from the west. Must dash and so what I can with the mower asap. Bloody “mostly sunny”, “chance of showers” and “1mm” projected rainfall be stuffed!

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

It’s the 84% that’s the stinker…I’ve taken to reading the Relative Humidity readings on the BoM and have come to the conclusion that’s probably more of an issue than the temps…plus lack of breeze…

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Oh you can keep that. 11C here at the mo’, quite cold but humidity is high, 93%. Just had another cloudburst and more to come.
Morning.

11C is chilly indeed. brrrrrr….

Hardly summer :P

AnneS said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Yuk! Glad I don’t live in Towntown. Couldn’t handle it. AC would be on all night!

28C is a reasonable minimum…quite cool…

Dinetta said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Yuk! Glad I don’t live in Towntown. Couldn’t handle it. AC would be on all night!

28C is a reasonable minimum…quite cool…

I take that back: 28C with high humidity is uncomfortable if you want to sleep…

Dinetta said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Yuk! Glad I don’t live in Towntown. Couldn’t handle it. AC would be on all night!

28C is a reasonable minimum…quite cool…

I struggle to sleep if it’s more than about 22C for sleeping…I’m with Yeehah, bubba and blugreen…hate the heat and humidity. Not too bad her at present 21.5C and 56% humidity.

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

yuck, yuck, yuck.

was nice and cool here. Heading for winter type minimums here next week, like 4^o^! Talk of snow on the mountain tops! Might take a drive to Mt Buller if there is.

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

It’s the 84% that’s the stinker…I’ve taken to reading the Relative Humidity readings on the BoM and have come to the conclusion that’s probably more of an issue than the temps…plus lack of breeze…

Definately.

I’ve nearly finished mowing the grass but I had to stop before melted away and all they’d find was an oil slick.. :(

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

yuck, yuck, yuck.

was nice and cool here. Heading for winter type minimums here next week, like 4^o^! Talk of snow on the mountain tops! Might take a drive to Mt Buller if there is.

Do you ski BG? If not now’s your chance to learn.

bubba louie said:

Do you ski BG? If not now’s your chance to learn.

tried it once. never again! I just don’t have the energy levels to sustain that sort of activity! Wouldn’t mind a bit of tobogganing though…

We are in the middle of another T storm. At this rate the grass will never get mowed. It’s not a severe one though.

AnneS said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

Yuk! Glad I don’t live in Towntown. Couldn’t handle it. AC would be on all night!

32C max today with a low of 60% ‘umidity. sweat.

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

It’s the 84% that’s the stinker…I’ve taken to reading the Relative Humidity readings on the BoM and have come to the conclusion that’s probably more of an issue than the temps…plus lack of breeze…

yup, i agree.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

yuck, yuck, yuck.

was nice and cool here. Heading for winter type minimums here next week, like 4^o^! Talk of snow on the mountain tops! Might take a drive to Mt Buller if there is.

what a crazy summer!

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

what a stinker of a night… minimum temp was 12 minutes ago and it has only just got down to 28C and the humidity is still 84%.

yuck, yuck, yuck.

was nice and cool here. Heading for winter type minimums here next week, like 4^o^! Talk of snow on the mountain tops! Might take a drive to Mt Buller if there is.

what a crazy summer!

top of 14^o^ tomorrow

Boys stayed up late watching DVDs while Younger Son started assembling his “wow! Cool!” Christmas pressie Lego kit.

Have tossed the second doona back on and pulled a pair of woolly socks on so I can get warm. Expect the top doona will be tossed off once I’m toasty.

what a difference a day makes…. another humid night currently 99%, but wasn’t it cooler this morning, only 23C, there’s a nip in the air, the ducks have laid all three eggs, so they’re wandering around Mangolia in all of the puddles. Over one inch of rain since midnight.

The big rain and storms that were forcast for this area looks to have fizzled out, now it’s ‘possible thunderstorms’ and a shower or two.

I want to read my rain gauge, but it is still raining and the curlew with the broken leg is standing next to it, and I don’t want to disturb the poor guy.

41mm and there is a tadpole in the sweet potato patch.

pain master said:

41mm and there is a tadpole in the sweet potato patch.

D had to move our rain guage yesterday because the hibiscus and the trees were encroaching on the open sky above it. We have had 12mls o/n.

It’s pouring here. Can’t do the mowing. Can’t wash the dog. All the Sunday jobs not done. Have to try plan B.

pomolo said:

It’s pouring here. Can’t do the mowing. Can’t wash the dog. All the Sunday jobs not done. Have to try plan B.

you mentioned Baileys earlier… that starts with B.

pomolo said:

It’s pouring here. Can’t do the mowing. Can’t wash the dog. All the Sunday jobs not done. Have to try plan B.

Very little done here also, quite a lot inside jobs though :)

pain master said:

pomolo said:

It’s pouring here. Can’t do the mowing. Can’t wash the dog. All the Sunday jobs not done. Have to try plan B.

you mentioned Baileys earlier… that starts with B.

I might just drink it to begin plan B then.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

It’s pouring here. Can’t do the mowing. Can’t wash the dog. All the Sunday jobs not done. Have to try plan B.

you mentioned Baileys earlier… that starts with B.

I might just drink it to begin plan B then.

sounds like a plan.

Some summer this is turning out to be, more like winter revisited. It’s cold and wet.
Better than hot and dry tho’ :D

Happy Potter said:

Some summer this is turning out to be, more like winter revisited. It’s cold and wet.
Better than hot and dry tho’ :D

Oh yeah!!!

currently 30.5C and 76% relative stupidity.

and I daresay it is raining at dinetta’s place.

… and don here in Mexico…. heater is on again ?

pomolo said:

It’s pouring here. Can’t do the mowing. Can’t wash the dog. All the Sunday jobs not done. Have to try plan B.

Watching “Charmed” DVD’s whilst doing the ironing?

Those little black disease-bearing mosquitoes est arrive…

pain master said:

and I daresay it is raining at dinetta’s place.

Yes…started with a spectacular lightening show about 17:30 yesterday, and the rainwater tank’s been running ever since.

We’ve turned off the mains and are just using rainwater in the storage tank (this normally stores the water from the Dam)…

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

and I daresay it is raining at dinetta’s place.

Yes…started with a spectacular lightening show about 17:30 yesterday, and the rainwater tank’s been running ever since.

We’ve turned off the mains and are just using rainwater in the storage tank (this normally stores the water from the Dam)…

how many mms for the year have you had dinetta?

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

and I daresay it is raining at dinetta’s place.

Yes…started with a spectacular lightening show about 17:30 yesterday, and the rainwater tank’s been running ever since.

We’ve turned off the mains and are just using rainwater in the storage tank (this normally stores the water from the Dam)…

I should add this is to stop the mud from clogging up our filtering system…we have a mud and a mineral (don’t know why the mineral but that’s how they make them) filter (1 each) and we have been going through them more frequently lately. So we’ve turned off the mains until the Wet is over as the run-off from the roof is nice and clear…There is no filter on the rainwater …

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

and I daresay it is raining at dinetta’s place.

Yes…started with a spectacular lightening show about 17:30 yesterday, and the rainwater tank’s been running ever since.

We’ve turned off the mains and are just using rainwater in the storage tank (this normally stores the water from the Dam)…

how many mms for the year have you had dinetta?

I have no idea but I seem to recall that September was a record…

We did have a very good rain gauge but as the duty eventually fell to me all those years ago, I let it lapse…

We get less than town, which possibly means less than the Airport (where the weather station is located)

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

Yes…started with a spectacular lightening show about 17:30 yesterday, and the rainwater tank’s been running ever since.

We’ve turned off the mains and are just using rainwater in the storage tank (this normally stores the water from the Dam)…

how many mms for the year have you had dinetta?

I have no idea but I seem to recall that September was a record…

We did have a very good rain gauge but as the duty eventually fell to me all those years ago, I let it lapse…

We get less than town, which possibly means less than the Airport (where the weather station is located)

the Airport eh? That would be BOM site #35264

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

how many mms for the year have you had dinetta?

I have no idea but I seem to recall that September was a record…

We did have a very good rain gauge but as the duty eventually fell to me all those years ago, I let it lapse…

We get less than town, which possibly means less than the Airport (where the weather station is located)

the Airport eh? That would be BOM site #35264

the Airport has had 954.2mm to date for 2010. and since 1992, the ave is 544.1mms so a fairly wet year 2010?

I look at different sites for weather forecasts. This one reckons we’re in for a downpour and flash flooding on Christmas Day:

Www.weather.com.au/nsw/glen-innes

Oh joy. Oh bliss.

Yeehah said:

I look at different sites for weather forecasts. This one reckons we’re in for a downpour and flash flooding on Christmas Day:

Www.weather.com.au/nsw/glen-innes

Oh joy. Oh bliss.

Our forecast is for 38 – hot and sunny. Maybe we should both pop down to Tasmania for Christmas? :)

bon008 said:

Yeehah said:

I look at different sites for weather forecasts. This one reckons we’re in for a downpour and flash flooding on Christmas Day:

Www.weather.com.au/nsw/glen-innes

Oh joy. Oh bliss.

Our forecast is for 38 – hot and sunny. Maybe we should both pop down to Tasmania for Christmas? :)

Dunno. Reckon at least where you are it feels like Christmas weather. Where I grew up it was usually hot at Christmas time. I’ve lived on the Northern Tablelands for 17 years now and in the high parts where I’ve lived it rarely gets past 30 degrees, and that tends to be late Jan/Feb. It’s gotta be stinkin’ hot and kids playin’ under the sprinkler and wishin’ the pool was open to feel like a proper Christmas Day to me.

min 4^o^ tonight and top of 16^o^ tomorrow!

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

how many mms for the year have you had dinetta?

I have no idea but I seem to recall that September was a record…

We did have a very good rain gauge but as the duty eventually fell to me all those years ago, I let it lapse…

We get less than town, which possibly means less than the Airport (where the weather station is located)

the Airport eh? That would be BOM site #35264

Wow, that’s a lot of “BoM” sites…I have no idea, didn’t even know it had a number but that makes sense, doesn’t it?

pain master said:

the Airport has had 954.2mm to date for 2010. and since 1992, the ave is 544.1mms so a fairly wet year 2010?

As of August, yes this has been a wet year. Through September and up to now, we’ve had weather more typical of the late January early February “wet” than our typical springtime and early summer weather.

There has been a distinct lack of hailstorms, thunderstorms and those horrible October winds that nearly resemble typhoons…

You little bewdy!!!! Rain is gone. Sun is out. It’s only going to last for 36 hours apparently so lots to be done while it’s fine.

Make your Monday a good one.

pomolo said:

You little bewdy!!!! Rain is gone. Sun is out. It’s only going to last for 36 hours apparently so lots to be done while it’s fine.

Make your Monday a good one.

Opposite Monday here – finally got a bit of rain :) Nothing too heavy – I’ve already squeezed a long dog walk in and I’m hoping to get lots of weeding in. Much prefer to weed while it’s damp, less chance of getting dirt up my nose and in my eyes.

Glad you’ve got some sunshine :)

Just been re-watching the Schools Spectacular while putting up the chrissy decs. Gee there are some talented kids and teachers in NSW.

I have decided that it is a pain trying to decorate a eucalypt tree for Chrissy. I’m pretty unco at decorating a pine or fake tree but I’m even worse with a gum tree LOL.

AnneS said:

Just been re-watching the Schools Spectacular while putting up the chrissy decs. Gee there are some talented kids and teachers in NSW.

I have decided that it is a pain trying to decorate a eucalypt tree for Chrissy. I’m pretty unco at decorating a pine or fake tree but I’m even worse with a gum tree LOL.

Oops…wrong thread. Surprise! Surprise!

AnneS said:

Just been re-watching the Schools Spectacular while putting up the chrissy decs. Gee there are some talented kids and teachers in NSW.

I have decided that it is a pain trying to decorate a eucalypt tree for Chrissy. I’m pretty unco at decorating a pine or fake tree but I’m even worse with a gum tree LOL.

Angel Tupai singing Cry me a River just blew me away. She’s only 17!!!!!!

bubba louie said:

AnneS said:

Just been re-watching the Schools Spectacular while putting up the chrissy decs. Gee there are some talented kids and teachers in NSW.

I have decided that it is a pain trying to decorate a eucalypt tree for Chrissy. I’m pretty unco at decorating a pine or fake tree but I’m even worse with a gum tree LOL.

Angel Tupai singing Cry me a River just blew me away. She’s only 17!!!!!!

She sure was good. Hell they all were!

well it bucketed down here this afternoon, then stopped then rained again.

Year to date = 80inches, or 2.0275metres or 202cms or 2,027mms.

look at the pretty colours….

Frost this morning – sun’s up so I’ve missed the full effect. Just a bit left on the mulch/grass clippings. 8oC in my bedroom.

I awoke to an 11c this morning. This was at 4:30 so had to get the gown and slippers out….again. It’s 18c now and it’s a beautiful day again. 2 in a row, Wow!

Frost this morning – sun’s up so I’ve missed the full effect. Just a bit left on the mulch/grass clippings. 8oC in my bedroom.
—————————————-
weirder and weirder – (shakes head + mutters)

It’s clouding over this arvo. It can’t!!! They said we would be having 2 fine days before it started raining again. D is out there with the pedal to the metal on the ride on. He is determined to get the place all mowed before cloud burst. If he doesn’t do it today it will be up past his knees when we get back from our Christmas away.

Back later.

pomolo said:

It’s clouding over this arvo. It can’t!!! They said we would be having 2 fine days before it started raining again. D is out there with the pedal to the metal on the ride on. He is determined to get the place all mowed before cloud burst. If he doesn’t do it today it will be up past his knees when we get back from our Christmas away.

Back later.

Mine got mowed again today. Rang the fellow this morning and he said he would do it tomorrow and next thing I know he is out there with his mower. Decided to get onto it while the weather held off.

pomolo said:

It’s clouding over this arvo. It can’t!!! They said we would be having 2 fine days before it started raining again. D is out there with the pedal to the metal on the ride on. He is determined to get the place all mowed before cloud burst. If he doesn’t do it today it will be up past his knees when we get back from our Christmas away.

Back later.

Sonny Joe’s just about caught our yard up…he’s saving the clippings, poured them over some mulching, and plans to start a “smoker” for the comfort of the ponies…

pomolo said:

It’s clouding over this arvo. It can’t!!! They said we would be having 2 fine days before it started raining again. D is out there with the pedal to the metal on the ride on. He is determined to get the place all mowed before cloud burst. If he doesn’t do it today it will be up past his knees when we get back from our Christmas away.

Back later.

I like going here:
BoM_4_Day_weather_maps

Currently 25.1C and 88%, at least someone here doesn’t need to wear socks to bed?

pain master said:

Currently 25.1C and 88%, at least someone here doesn’t need to wear socks to bed?

Not just you :) Our forecast finally looks summery again – a bit too summery actually :(

bon008 said:

pain master said:

Currently 25.1C and 88%, at least someone here doesn’t need to wear socks to bed?

Not just you :) Our forecast finally looks summery again – a bit too summery actually :(

If I had socks like you bon, I’d wear them all the time regardless :)

well the BOM said that 25-50mm would fall in Towntown today…. pflflfllflflf. Nutin’ However there is still 14.5hours until 9am tomorrow.

They also say Towntown will score 200mm plus for Xmas Day. I hope they get that as wrong as they did today.

pain master said:

They also say Towntown will score 200mm plus for Xmas Day. I hope they get that as wrong as they did today.

Reckon.

pain master said:

bon008 said:

pain master said:

Currently 25.1C and 88%, at least someone here doesn’t need to wear socks to bed?

Not just you :) Our forecast finally looks summery again – a bit too summery actually :(

If I had socks like you bon, I’d wear them all the time regardless :)

Aww shucks, and here’s me thinking you’re so hard to impress, PM! :D

I got another delivery of socks recently. Very much on sale this time, so only mildly expensive.

Saturday Very hot. Sunny. Min 21 Max 38
Sunday Sunny. Windy morning. Min 19 Max 36
Monday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 23 Max 38
Tuesday Sunny. Min 22 Max 36
Wednesday Very hot. Sunny. Min 23 Max 39

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. I’ll swap you guys all this sunshine for all that rain you’re getting. A wet Christmas is almost a white Christmas.. :D

41 in Port Augusta on Christmas Day…….

bon008 said:

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Not just you :) Our forecast finally looks summery again – a bit too summery actually :(

If I had socks like you bon, I’d wear them all the time regardless :)

Aww shucks, and here’s me thinking you’re so hard to impress, PM! :D

I got another delivery of socks recently. Very much on sale this time, so only mildly expensive.

still super (threadhijackedthreadhijackedthreadhijacked) cool socks though eh?

bon008 said:

Saturday Very hot. Sunny. Min 21 Max 38
Sunday Sunny. Windy morning. Min 19 Max 36
Monday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 23 Max 38
Tuesday Sunny. Min 22 Max 36
Wednesday Very hot. Sunny. Min 23 Max 39

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. I’ll swap you guys all this sunshine for all that rain you’re getting. A wet Christmas is almost a white Christmas.. :D

would love it to get that cool o’ernight eh but?

pain master said:

bon008 said:

pain master said:

If I had socks like you bon, I’d wear them all the time regardless :)

Aww shucks, and here’s me thinking you’re so hard to impress, PM! :D

I got another delivery of socks recently. Very much on sale this time, so only mildly expensive.

still super (threadhijackedthreadhijackedthreadhijacked) cool socks though eh?

To my mind, certainly :) Got two more pairs of the “Today I will smile and feel gooooooood” socks, and another pair of stripeys :)

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Saturday Very hot. Sunny. Min 21 Max 38
Sunday Sunny. Windy morning. Min 19 Max 36
Monday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 23 Max 38
Tuesday Sunny. Min 22 Max 36
Wednesday Very hot. Sunny. Min 23 Max 39

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. I’ll swap you guys all this sunshine for all that rain you’re getting. A wet Christmas is almost a white Christmas.. :D

would love it to get that cool o’ernight eh but?

True, the nights aren’t too bad :)

bon008 said:

Saturday Very hot. Sunny. Min 21 Max 38
Sunday Sunny. Windy morning. Min 19 Max 36
Monday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 23 Max 38
Tuesday Sunny. Min 22 Max 36
Wednesday Very hot. Sunny. Min 23 Max 39

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. I’ll swap you guys all this sunshine for all that rain you’re getting. A wet Christmas is almost a white Christmas.. :D

Your minimums are OK, the maximums will require some planning to cope with…

Lucky1 said:

41 in Port Augusta on Christmas Day…….

ewwww

On the upside, at least the heat should finally knock off all the FF grubs in the lemons. I’ve had 5 separate bags out in the garden for weeks now (double bagged in black plastic) – I opened two to chuck them out on the weekend, and the blighters were still kicking.

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

41 in Port Augusta on Christmas Day…….

ewwww

wetlander will probably be glad to see the sun.

bon008 said:

On the upside, at least the heat should finally knock off all the FF grubs in the lemons. I’ve had 5 separate bags out in the garden for weeks now (double bagged in black plastic) – I opened two to chuck them out on the weekend, and the blighters were still kicking.

Microwave = no more maggots.

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

On the upside, at least the heat should finally knock off all the FF grubs in the lemons. I’ve had 5 separate bags out in the garden for weeks now (double bagged in black plastic) – I opened two to chuck them out on the weekend, and the blighters were still kicking.

Microwave = no more maggots.

Hmm, how many lemons do you think I could do in one go?

bon008 said:

Saturday Very hot. Sunny. Min 21 Max 38
Sunday Sunny. Windy morning. Min 19 Max 36
Monday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 23 Max 38
Tuesday Sunny. Min 22 Max 36
Wednesday Very hot. Sunny. Min 23 Max 39

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. I’ll swap you guys all this sunshine for all that rain you’re getting. A wet Christmas is almost a white Christmas.. :D

sorry , you can have those temps thank you.

12 inches of rain for December so far….

currently a lovely cool 23.6C and only 96% humidity. Quite pleasant out there really…

pain master said:

12 inches of rain for December so far….

currently a lovely cool 23.6C and only 96% humidity. Quite pleasant out there really…

If it drops 5 more degrees, you’ll need your beanie…

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

12 inches of rain for December so far….

currently a lovely cool 23.6C and only 96% humidity. Quite pleasant out there really…

If it drops 5 more degrees, you’ll need your beanie…

Reckon. It’s 17oC in my bedroom and I’m snuggling under both doonas :)

(19 days and13 minutes till I head back to work, and yes I am indeed counting!)

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

12 inches of rain for December so far….

currently a lovely cool 23.6C and only 96% humidity. Quite pleasant out there really…

If it drops 5 more degrees, you’ll need your beanie…

well its rained all morning and the temp is struggling to get up…. only 25C out there at the moment. Might go look for a pair of pants.

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

12 inches of rain for December so far….

currently a lovely cool 23.6C and only 96% humidity. Quite pleasant out there really…

If it drops 5 more degrees, you’ll need your beanie…

well its rained all morning and the temp is struggling to get up…. only 25C out there at the moment. Might go look for a pair of pants.

we are a tad worried for youse q’billies. the rain forecast up there is a bit OTT.
stay dry.

pepe said:

we are a tad worried for youse q’billies. the rain forecast up there is a bit OTT.
stay dry.

Cheers pepe, the original prediction for 400mm tomorrow has been downgraded to around 100-150mm so not too bad although the Bruce Hwy is underwater around Ingham; they don’t want no more rain.

pain master said:

pepe said:

we are a tad worried for youse q’billies. the rain forecast up there is a bit OTT.
stay dry.

Cheers pepe, the original prediction for 400mm tomorrow has been downgraded to around 100-150mm so not too bad although the Bruce Hwy is underwater around Ingham; they don’t want no more rain.

only a 100 – 150mm – sh*t!
i think i’d be phoning mum and saying i won’t be home for xmas. LOL
anyrate that is a bit better than 500mm that they were saying was heading your way.

Hmmm just noticed the US Navy are taking sat-photos of our cloud formations just off the coast… they normally only do that when things develop in a cyclone??? Windy Xmas anyone?

looking a little more serious…

Oooh weee, Clarke River and Eungella (just west of Mackay and up on the range) scored 350 and 230mms of rain in the 24hrs to 9am.

That’s moist!

bloodyhell, its raining… Santa is gonna skid right off the roof if it stays this wet!

pain master said:

bloodyhell, its raining… Santa is gonna skid right off the roof if it stays this wet!

Well, he made an early appearance at the Christmas party I just got home from. Got a ride in a police car because Rudolph was over the limit, lol!

The 7yo daughter of the party hosts claimed Santa was really her daddy. All the kids got a little something but had to sit on Santa’s knee and give him a hug before Santa handed over the loot – even the big boys! – 14yo & 16yo boys didn’t have a problem with it but one 12yo boy’s manhood was threatened by the thought of having to hug a bloke and he didn’t give in to the encouragement of the crowd until the very last minute ;)

Littlemiss (age 11) and I bought a stack of bonbons and party poppers today and someone else brought sparklers. The dozen or so kids had a ball. Company was good. Party was lovely.

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

bloodyhell, its raining… Santa is gonna skid right off the roof if it stays this wet!

Well, he made an early appearance at the Christmas party I just got home from. Got a ride in a police car because Rudolph was over the limit, lol!

The 7yo daughter of the party hosts claimed Santa was really her daddy. All the kids got a little something but had to sit on Santa’s knee and give him a hug before Santa handed over the loot – even the big boys! – 14yo & 16yo boys didn’t have a problem with it but one 12yo boy’s manhood was threatened by the thought of having to hug a bloke and he didn’t give in to the encouragement of the crowd until the very last minute ;)

Littlemiss (age 11) and I bought a stack of bonbons and party poppers today and someone else brought sparklers. The dozen or so kids had a ball. Company was good. Party was lovely.

silly Rudolph, that will hurt his hip pocket?

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

bloodyhell, its raining… Santa is gonna skid right off the roof if it stays this wet!

Well, he made an early appearance at the Christmas party I just got home from. Got a ride in a police car because Rudolph was over the limit, lol!

The 7yo daughter of the party hosts claimed Santa was really her daddy. All the kids got a little something but had to sit on Santa’s knee and give him a hug before Santa handed over the loot – even the big boys! – 14yo & 16yo boys didn’t have a problem with it but one 12yo boy’s manhood was threatened by the thought of having to hug a bloke and he didn’t give in to the encouragement of the crowd until the very last minute ;)

Littlemiss (age 11) and I bought a stack of bonbons and party poppers today and someone else brought sparklers. The dozen or so kids had a ball. Company was good. Party was lovely.

silly Rudolph, that will hurt his hip pocket?

Hopefully they’ll let him off lightly ;)

Party was at my workmate Debbie’s place. Her best mate’s hubby is a police officer, on duty, so it looked like he relished the opportunity to be at the party and see his kids sit on Santa’s lap.

Santa has bought North Qld a Cyclone for Xmas, TC Tasha is heading for the coast!

here she is…

and here she heads…

look at the pretty colours…

Unreal PM.

Santa didn’t make it into Darwin in ’74 … howzit lookin’ there? Will we be seeing scary piccies on the news tonight do you think?

Yeehah said:

Unreal PM.

Santa didn’t make it into Darwin in ’74 … howzit lookin’ there? Will we be seeing scary piccies on the news tonight do you think?

only from the water… there appears not much wind, but the rain event which is currently deafening will certainly close the rest of the Bruce Hwy. No roads are clear out of Townsville, but the rain to the north of here is far greater. 150mm has already fallen on a saturated Innisfail this morning, and I daresay every river north of Mackay will be swollen!!!

It is very very very wet indeed.

the red dots indicate rainfall over 100mm….

the Burdekin River is massive! There is a bridge in which you drive over on the way to Charters Towers and the river is normally 16metres below the bridge height… in the past the river has risen above the height of the bridge and this would be an amazing sight to see. At the moment the river is only 5metres below, and this is only since Friday… have a look.

still raining.

pain master said:

and here she heads…

My cousin and his wife are supposed to be flying up to Cairns tomorrow to spend a week with their daughter.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

and here she heads…

My cousin and his wife are supposed to be flying up to Cairns tomorrow to spend a week with their daughter.

Nothing wrong with tomorrow…. ex-TC Tasha has all but buggered off from Cairns, they have had 2mm of rain since 9am…

115mm in the past 24 hours.

pain master said:

115mm in the past 24 hours.

Floaties, boogie board, kayak or tinny?

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

115mm in the past 24 hours.

Floaties, boogie board, kayak or tinny?

eeny meaney miny mo?

Ingham to the north is well underwater, the mainstreet is wet.

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

115mm in the past 24 hours.

Floaties, boogie board, kayak or tinny?
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Reminds me of the song ‘ Love Is All Around’ by Wet Wet Wet!

67mms so far today.
115mm yesterday.
56 the day before
and a miserly 30 the day before that.

the yard is underwater, the ducks are sleeping in the vegie beds…

pain master said:

67mms so far today.
115mm yesterday.
56 the day before
and a miserly 30 the day before that.

the yard is underwater, the ducks are sleeping in the vegie beds…

hang tough – but don’t mention the ashes.

Weird weather..it’s currently 13C, app temp 10C, and a top of 18C expected. I have the heating on again.
And in a few days , highs of 35 and 37C……..

yesterday the sun came out, so it was time to tackle the yard… no mowing as the ground is too soft, but plenty of brushcutting, tree pruning and vegiebed work. Some of our chillies fell over in the rain, so they were re-staked and pruned, likewise with the eggplants. The pumikin is starting to rot-off, but hopefully the vine which in higher ground may survive???

So the temp got up close to 35C with super-dooper humidity and GF asked is it were the last of the rain for a while. I said with this heat we’re good for an afternoon storm. Sure enough 7/8ths of my way through brushcutting, the sky got black and the rain and lightning came.

pain master said:

yesterday the sun came out, so it was time to tackle the yard… no mowing as the ground is too soft, but plenty of brushcutting, tree pruning and vegiebed work. Some of our chillies fell over in the rain, so they were re-staked and pruned, likewise with the eggplants. The pumikin is starting to rot-off, but hopefully the vine which in higher ground may survive???

So the temp got up close to 35C with super-dooper humidity and GF asked is it were the last of the rain for a while. I said with this heat we’re good for an afternoon storm. Sure enough 7/8ths of my way through brushcutting, the sky got black and the rain and lightning came.

I don’t know how yous cope with all that rain and so often.. not to mention the humidity. It’d kill me

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

yesterday the sun came out, so it was time to tackle the yard… no mowing as the ground is too soft, but plenty of brushcutting, tree pruning and vegiebed work. Some of our chillies fell over in the rain, so they were re-staked and pruned, likewise with the eggplants. The pumikin is starting to rot-off, but hopefully the vine which in higher ground may survive???

So the temp got up close to 35C with super-dooper humidity and GF asked is it were the last of the rain for a while. I said with this heat we’re good for an afternoon storm. Sure enough 7/8ths of my way through brushcutting, the sky got black and the rain and lightning came.

I don’t know how yous cope with all that rain and so often.. not to mention the humidity. It’d kill me

This has been very unusual weather for us.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

So the temp got up close to 35C with super-dooper humidity and GF asked is it were the last of the rain for a while. I said with this heat we’re good for an afternoon storm. Sure enough 7/8ths of my way through brushcutting, the sky got black and the rain and lightning came.

I don’t know how yous cope with all that rain and so often.. not to mention the humidity. It’d kill me

Well so far this summer the weather has been “what summer?” wherever I’ve been. Even today in Canberra wore jeans and 3/4 sleeve shirt with joggers. Tomorrow looks a bit warmer – t-shirt and 3/4 pants weather (creeping to high 20s).

But from Thursday through to the weekend Benalla and Melbourne are looking like high 30s or 40-ish. And sunny. So I think we’ll finally getting some real summer weather to whinge about ;)

Friday Sunny. Min 18 Max 35
Saturday Sunny. Min 19 Max 36
Sunday Very hot, sunny. Min 21 Max 40
Monday Very hot, partly cloudy. Min 24 Max 40
Tuesday Very hot, partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 40
Wednesday Hot before a humid change. Min 25 Max 40

Oh. NO. I’m being punished for something =/

Maybe if I take a carton of wine over for the neighbours, I can spend a week in their pool?

went to the shops today. All of the major stupidmarkets are down to their last supplies when it comes to fresh fruit, veg and meat. If the rain keeps coming, then there will be no meat, or veg by Monday. Both brands are hoping for trucks on Monday.

pain master said:

went to the shops today. All of the major stupidmarkets are down to their last supplies when it comes to fresh fruit, veg and meat. If the rain keeps coming, then there will be no meat, or veg by Monday. Both brands are hoping for trucks on Monday.

Newcastle Fruit and Veg market are full, Bring stuff back up from Sydney.

35c in the backroom on the house bricks.

bon008 said:

Maybe if I take a carton of wine over for the neighbours, I can spend a week in their pool?

pepe has a pool?!?!?

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Maybe if I take a carton of wine over for the neighbours, I can spend a week in their pool?

pepe has a pool?!?!?

you mean a box-o-plonks lol , have to be a good brand and not the 5 litre berri shit lol

Thee said:

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Maybe if I take a carton of wine over for the neighbours, I can spend a week in their pool?

pepe has a pool?!?!?

you mean a box-o-plonks lol , have to be a good brand and not the 5 litre berri shit lol

I meant carton as in 12 bottles :)

bon008 said:

Thee said:

pain master said:

pepe has a pool?!?!?

you mean a box-o-plonks lol , have to be a good brand and not the 5 litre berri shit lol

I meant carton as in 12 bottles :)

yeah, what thee said.

bon008 said:

Thee said:

pain master said:

pepe has a pool?!?!?

you mean a box-o-plonks lol , have to be a good brand and not the 5 litre berri shit lol

I meant carton as in 12 bottles :)

well if I had a pool I’d let you piss in it for that much piss lmao

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Maybe if I take a carton of wine over for the neighbours, I can spend a week in their pool?

pepe has a pool?!?!?

yeah and a carton of wine would work too LOL.

i just rolled back the solar blanket and that top layer of water was boiling – i’ve put creepy crawley on to mix in the cold water from the bottom of the pool. 34C here today and hotter in the sun.

i should say that our houses in adelaide are still cool. this is the first really hot spell this year and it takes 7 – 10 days of heat to really boil the house interiors.

…unfortunately – perth has had 7-10days of heat …!!!

pepe said:

i should say that our houses in adelaide are still cool. this is the first really hot spell this year and it takes 7 – 10 days of heat to really boil the house interiors.

…unfortunately – perth has had 7-10days of heat …!!!

..and it only takes one day in this stupid house :( Can’t wait to hear back from the architect.. really don’t want another summer in this hot box!

the river in Emerald is expected to peak later, and if it gets as high as they say, then 8,000 residents will have to be evacuated to higher ground. :(

And a helicopter has crashed at the race-course… :(

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s sunny and cold, 13C.
Top of 41C expected.
Arghh!! After a record freezing winter and a 6 month cold spring that lasted until today, the sudden scorcher will cook my garden.
Bugga.
Shade cloth at the ready, and everything well watered. Chooks can spend the day in the shade of the pond garden.

13C min to 41C max??? Holy cow, no wonder I don’t miss your summers! You can keep ‘em.

Townsville today: 26C to 31C
Townsville tomorrow: 25C to 30C
Townsville the next day: 25C to 30C
Townsville the day after: 24C to 30C (that’s gonna be a bit chilly)
and then: 24C to 32C

t-shirts, shorts. t-shirts, shorts. t-shirts, shorts.

Sorted.

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s sunny and cold, 13C.
Top of 41C expected.
Arghh!! After a record freezing winter and a 6 month cold spring that lasted until today, the sudden scorcher will cook my garden.
Bugga.
Shade cloth at the ready, and everything well watered. Chooks can spend the day in the shade of the pond garden.

13C min to 41C max??? Holy cow, no wonder I don’t miss your summers! You can keep ‘em.

Townsville today: 26C to 31C
Townsville tomorrow: 25C to 30C
Townsville the next day: 25C to 30C
Townsville the day after: 24C to 30C (that’s gonna be a bit chilly)
and then: 24C to 32C

t-shirts, shorts. t-shirts, shorts. t-shirts, shorts.

Sorted.

Yep it’ll be like watching the oven temp go up.. and up.

I’ll keep the scorchers, you can keep the humidity.

21C now and still, but mostly cloudy. The big heat will happen when the savage northerly winds start.

You forgot the thongs. Oh that’s right, can’t wear thongs on your feet where there’s too many snakeys lurking!

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning. It’s sunny and cold, 13C.
Top of 41C expected.
Arghh!! After a record freezing winter and a 6 month cold spring that lasted until today, the sudden scorcher will cook my garden.
Bugga.
Shade cloth at the ready, and everything well watered. Chooks can spend the day in the shade of the pond garden.

13C min to 41C max??? Holy cow, no wonder I don’t miss your summers! You can keep ‘em.

Townsville today: 26C to 31C
Townsville tomorrow: 25C to 30C
Townsville the next day: 25C to 30C
Townsville the day after: 24C to 30C (that’s gonna be a bit chilly)
and then: 24C to 32C

t-shirts, shorts. t-shirts, shorts. t-shirts, shorts.

Sorted.

And… 11.5 was the minimum.

I’m melting………

Forecast for Friday
Very hot with fresh northeast to northwest winds, strong about the hills, ahead
of a moderate southwest change expected in the afternoon. Thunder possible, but
remaining mostly dry. Becoming milder in the evening.

Precis Windy. Afternoon change.
City: Max 41
Elizabeth: Max 43
Mount Barker: Max 40
Noarlunga: Max 37

UPDATE 9.50am: MELBOURNE is bracing for a scorcher for the last day of 2010 with the temperature set to peak at 40C in the late afternoon as Victoria prepares to party for New Year’s Eve.

The good news is that there will be a dramatic cool change about 9pm with the temperature plunging 15C in an hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said there was a chance of thunder to accompany the change but no concerns of rain to dampen the celebrations.

“It’s been a cool start to the day but the temperature will jump sharply and reach its peak around four or five o’clock,” Mr Carlyon said.

Victoria faces its first serious fire threat of summer with total fire bans declared in six state regions.

Thee said:

UPDATE 9.50am: MELBOURNE is bracing for a scorcher for the last day of 2010 with the temperature set to peak at 40C in the late afternoon as Victoria prepares to party for New Year’s Eve.

The good news is that there will be a dramatic cool change about 9pm with the temperature plunging 15C in an hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said there was a chance of thunder to accompany the change but no concerns of rain to dampen the celebrations.

“It’s been a cool start to the day but the temperature will jump sharply and reach its peak around four or five o’clock,” Mr Carlyon said.

Victoria faces its first serious fire threat of summer with total fire bans declared in six state regions.

Elf said he read we could get a cool change earlier than what they had been saying all week.

well when I leave work this arvo will be locking myself indoors and do some cleaning and up and at em early in the AM, have to do the lawns before Yeehah arrives lol

The temp shot to 36C, the wind is savage and poor chooks panting..the heat too sudden for them. I’m going out to put the sprinkler on their yard..

Happy Potter said:

The temp shot to 36C, the wind is savage and poor chooks panting..the heat too sudden for them. I’m going out to put the sprinkler on their yard..

i gave my chooks a new fenced yard. they went and hid in the silver beet lettuce patch. impossible to see them.
meanwhile the dumb pigeons are sitting on the hot tin roof looking around and trying to figure out what’s changed.
it’s hot hot hot here.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

The temp shot to 36C, the wind is savage and poor chooks panting..the heat too sudden for them. I’m going out to put the sprinkler on their yard..

i gave my chooks a new fenced yard. they went and hid in the silver beet lettuce patch. impossible to see them.
meanwhile the dumb pigeons are sitting on the hot tin roof looking around and trying to figure out what’s changed.
it’s hot hot hot here.

warm here as well, turned the Misters on in the pens chickens and keets ran under them, 3 older birds came to the front 36-38out there in the shade.

pain master said:

went to the shops today. All of the major stupidmarkets are down to their last supplies when it comes to fresh fruit, veg and meat. If the rain keeps coming, then there will be no meat, or veg by Monday. Both brands are hoping for trucks on Monday.

DON“T PANIC!

or so we thought… it appears that Rockhampton and Townsville are all out of fresh veg, meat, milk and bread. And here I was thinking the majority of Victorians who live up here survive on Samboy Chips, Coke and frozen pizza…. it appears they do need to purchase fresh fruit, when somebody lets them know they’re about to not have any!!!

Thee said:

UPDATE 9.50am: MELBOURNE is bracing for a scorcher for the last day of 2010 with the temperature set to peak at 40C in the late afternoon as Victoria prepares to party for New Year’s Eve.

The good news is that there will be a dramatic cool change about 9pm with the temperature plunging 15C in an hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said there was a chance of thunder to accompany the change but no concerns of rain to dampen the celebrations.

“It’s been a cool start to the day but the temperature will jump sharply and reach its peak around four or five o’clock,” Mr Carlyon said.

Victoria faces its first serious fire threat of summer with total fire bans declared in six state regions.

Gee whiz did I pick the right day to come to Melbourne :/

The youngster and I plan to be in Yarra Park near the MCG for “family” NYE festivities, watch fireworks ar 9-ish and then (maybe) gatecrash a party at Mordialloc.

Yeehah said:

Thee said:

UPDATE 9.50am: MELBOURNE is bracing for a scorcher for the last day of 2010 with the temperature set to peak at 40C in the late afternoon as Victoria prepares to party for New Year’s Eve.

The good news is that there will be a dramatic cool change about 9pm with the temperature plunging 15C in an hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said there was a chance of thunder to accompany the change but no concerns of rain to dampen the celebrations.

“It’s been a cool start to the day but the temperature will jump sharply and reach its peak around four or five o’clock,” Mr Carlyon said.

Victoria faces its first serious fire threat of summer with total fire bans declared in six state regions.

Gee whiz did I pick the right day to come to Melbourne :/

The youngster and I plan to be in Yarra Park near the MCG for “family” NYE festivities, watch fireworks ar 9-ish and then (maybe) gatecrash a party at Mordialloc.

you picked a fine time to get down from on top your mountain there…

Yeehah said:

Thee said:

UPDATE 9.50am: MELBOURNE is bracing for a scorcher for the last day of 2010 with the temperature set to peak at 40C in the late afternoon as Victoria prepares to party for New Year’s Eve.

The good news is that there will be a dramatic cool change about 9pm with the temperature plunging 15C in an hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said there was a chance of thunder to accompany the change but no concerns of rain to dampen the celebrations.

“It’s been a cool start to the day but the temperature will jump sharply and reach its peak around four or five o’clock,” Mr Carlyon said.

Victoria faces its first serious fire threat of summer with total fire bans declared in six state regions.

Gee whiz did I pick the right day to come to Melbourne :/

The youngster and I plan to be in Yarra Park near the MCG for “family” NYE festivities, watch fireworks ar 9-ish and then (maybe) gatecrash a party at Mordialloc.

Especially since you just love the heat …NOT!!!

Mind you, it’s still 40C atm.

23C tomorrow..

Happy Potter said:

Mind you, it’s still 40C atm.

23C tomorrow..

apparently the mountains get in the way of cool changes here, so I am in for another hot one tomorrow :(

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Mind you, it’s still 40C atm.

23C tomorrow..

apparently the mountains get in the way of cool changes here, so I am in for another hot one tomorrow :(

Aww :(

My back garden made it .. only a branch of the nectartine will need chopping off, limp as. Capsicums are starting to pick up after a drowning.

The front garden however, is a disaster area.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Mind you, it’s still 40C atm.

23C tomorrow..

apparently the mountains get in the way of cool changes here, so I am in for another hot one tomorrow :(

Aww :(

My back garden made it .. only a branch of the nectartine will need chopping off, limp as. Capsicums are starting to pick up after a drowning.

The front garden however, is a disaster area.

Vegie patch has held up well….thanks to all the mulching:)

It’s Wet

Dinetta said:

It’s Wet

We’ve had that conversation about you while you were busy strapping floaties to the animals.

Photo #9 is across from where I live, those are mostly hire cars…you can see Theresa Creek in flood in the top left hand corner of that photo…I am in Rockhampton and the Fitzroy is a powerful sight to behold…there’s been tow truck after tow truck …we think they are cars being removed from long-term parking at the airport…we had to arrange for a neighbour to feed our geriatric cats as we can’t move, and if the Yeppen floodplain goes over (that’s The Big Roundabout to those in the know) then the trucking from south will stop for nearly a week..but anyway read the Morning Bulletin and it’s all ridgey-didge except for some speculation…

I’m rather taken with the idea that a 150 person “habitat” is going to be flown up from Amberly AirForce base…complete with rations lol! Our home is cut off from town and likely to be so for a few days yet…which means they need to helicopter the SES to and fro now…or boat them across…

I looked at a telemetric measure of the waterflow at a place called Riverslea and at 16:00 hrs today, there was 998,000 megalitres per day flowing, and the volume is rising hourly…

For those of you familiar with the town layout, there is info on the central highlands regional council updates, plus a .pdf map of the projections of where the water will go…KFC has water flowing through it,,, no tears for MacDonald’s if it has the same fate…

the stores have been cleaned out of flour, bread, milk…some checkout chicks were upset, saying “well the trucks might come through tonight but we don’t know what’s on them”, so today I was able to pick up stuffed bell peppers but there was no beef…no chicken…plenty of prawns… and thank the Lord some fresh fruit and vegetables came through…

We were suffering from Cabin Fever, this is the wettest Christmas I can remember since 1959…the rain was sheeting down as we ate Christmas lunch…the washing machine died (old age)…Mr D hit a ‘roo coming back from the coast and now his passenger side blinker looks like an eyeball lolling out of its socket…the car is at the autoelectricians as it won’t start…also we have provided refuge for a very small kitten…did a neighbourhood knock but nobody knows him…so he is entertaining us…I tell the others that the full-on cuteness factor is a survival tactic for kittens in general…

There is a temporary ice skating rink in town, Sonny Joe and I went there yesterday and it was so much fun! I left with dripping wet cantos (like Stubbies shorts) as I fell over so much but having a well-padded derrière has it’s good points and I developed a technique for hauling myself up again every time I fell over…I would love to go again…

Yeehah said:

Dinetta said:

It’s Wet

We’ve had that conversation about you while you were busy strapping floaties to the animals.

Did you just!

Not sure where the animals have gone…didn’t check if the saleyards were under water but they did say “all the industrial site”…I know there’s a refuge at the showgrounds here in Rocky…

pain master said:

the river in Emerald is expected to peak later, and if it gets as high as they say, then 8,000 residents will have to be evacuated to higher ground. :(

And a helicopter has crashed at the race-course… :(

Was that at the race course? They all walked away unscathed, I thought.

Sonny Joe was saying that a friend’s family has water sloshing through the bottom, it is a high-set split level…There’s going to be some heart-breaking stories…I don’t know why the council lets them build in gullies etc…Not sure about the 8000 residents having to relocate?…some will get water on their properties but not through the main house/living area…

I thought that the river peaked about 11 last night (Thursday night) but is expected to stay steady until Sunday afternoon…unless of course that scenario has been revisited and revised??? This is the Vince Lester bridge…The railway has water over it, an historic first I believe, so I guess a lot of the aged persons enjoyed helicopter rides to the other side of the river (to be close to the airport) instead of being trundled over on flatbed wagons like they were in 2008.

We have given up on the BoM maps and are now following the Mayor’s updates instead…hooray for the internet!

Jericho is a mess and I’ve not heard much about Alpha…

Dinetta said:

I thought that the river peaked about 11 last night (Thursday night)

I stand corrected:
“The Nogoa River at Emerald peaked at 16.05 metres at 6am.”…that was this morning (Friday)

Wish some of that water would come here.

Dinetta said:

It’s Wet

Good to hear from you dinetta0, we’ve been worried sick you know.?.?

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

It’s Wet

Good to hear from you dinetta0, we’ve been worried sick you know.?.?

Sure! lol!

Can you locate the Riverslea water meter thing, I think it’s on BoM, that shows the hour by hour megalitres per day rate for the Fitzroy?

roughbarked said:

Wish some of that water would come here.

swishes the Fitzroy flood down to the MIA

Your turn will come…I just love the thought of all that water soaking down, down down into the earth…

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

It’s Wet

Good to hear from you dinetta0, we’ve been worried sick you know.?.?

Sure! lol!

Can you locate the Riverslea water meter thing, I think it’s on BoM, that shows the hour by hour megalitres per day rate for the Fitzroy?

nah, can find river levels and the like… but no water meter thingo…

And we were worried sick…. honest.

pain master said:

nah, can find river levels and the like… but no water meter thingo…

And we were worried sick…. honest.

Too kind, too kind…

Gee, wonder where that table got to…it was a table…with times and megalitres per day on an hourly basis…

tis amazing what lurks in the bowels of the BOM.

pain master said:

tis amazing what lurks in the bowels of the BOM.

…yes, I never knew about telemetric water measurement until … oh……8 hours ago…

a truck! oh goodie, it’s refrigerated!

Another transport! woot! Wonder what he’s brought in? (or she)

Dinetta said:

a truck! oh goodie, it’s refrigerated!

Another transport! woot! Wonder what he’s brought in? (or she)

sorry d, he is instructed to continue his journey north and deliver to Townsville… eh?

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

a truck! oh goodie, it’s refrigerated!

Another transport! woot! Wonder what he’s brought in? (or she)

sorry d, he is instructed to continue his journey north and deliver to Townsville… eh?

Apparently Stockland is going to be open until 9 pm all weekend…so’s the locals can restock…I remember the ’74 floods: the train couldn’t get through and the local housewives were upset because after 6 days they ran out of flour….

Are your supermarkets showing signs of “panic buying”?

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

the river in Emerald is expected to peak later, and if it gets as high as they say, then 8,000 residents will have to be evacuated to higher ground. :(

And a helicopter has crashed at the race-course… :(

Was that at the race course? They all walked away unscathed, I thought.

Sonny Joe was saying that a friend’s family has water sloshing through the bottom, it is a high-set split level…There’s going to be some heart-breaking stories…I don’t know why the council lets them build in gullies etc…Not sure about the 8000 residents having to relocate?…some will get water on their properties but not through the main house/living area…

I thought that the river peaked about 11 last night (Thursday night) but is expected to stay steady until Sunday afternoon…unless of course that scenario has been revisited and revised??? This is the Vince Lester bridge…The railway has water over it, an historic first I believe, so I guess a lot of the aged persons enjoyed helicopter rides to the other side of the river (to be close to the airport) instead of being trundled over on flatbed wagons like they were in 2008.

We have given up on the BoM maps and are now following the Mayor’s updates instead…hooray for the internet!

Jericho is a mess and I’ve not heard much about Alpha…

MrBL’s parents lost everything in a flood at Alpha not long after they married.

bubba louie said:

MrBL’s parents lost everything in a flood at Alpha not long after they married.

Hard to believe these normally dry and dusty towns can be subjected to raging torrents…

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Good to hear from you dinetta0, we’ve been worried sick you know.?.?

Sure! lol!

Can you locate the Riverslea water meter thing, I think it’s on BoM, that shows the hour by hour megalitres per day rate for the Fitzroy?

nah, can find river levels and the like… but no water meter thingo…

And we were worried sick…. honest.

I thought about you often, along with some of my friends up that way.

30c by 8:30am, down by the chook pen(in the shade). Sprinkler has already been on for the veggie gardens, picked some tomatoes that are starting to colour up. Misting system had a 5 Min run in the chook pens.

Cooler here this morning, house is open. Got to 45 in Port Augusta and Whyalla yesterday:(

Lucky1 said:

Cooler here this morning, house is open. Got to 45 in Port Augusta and Whyalla yesterday:(

just put the aircon on but the top temp has been downgraded to 30^o^ with possible storms.

Dinetta said:

Are your supermarkets showing signs of “panic buying”?

a little… but our pantry is full. And we have a bed full of sweet potato.

weather looks real nice outside this morning, sunshine for a change. :) This does mean it is gonna be a bit of a stinker, and the possibility of an afternoon storm is likely…

might get out into it.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

Sure! lol!

Can you locate the Riverslea water meter thing, I think it’s on BoM, that shows the hour by hour megalitres per day rate for the Fitzroy?

nah, can find river levels and the like… but no water meter thingo…

And we were worried sick…. honest.

I thought about you often, along with some of my friends up that way.

Thanks for the thoughts…apart from cabin fever for 2 days, we are ever so lucky compared to others…to think our place was a reject when we bought it and now it’s probably “highly desirable”…

I hope your friends are all right as well?

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

nah, can find river levels and the like… but no water meter thingo…

And we were worried sick…. honest.

I thought about you often, along with some of my friends up that way.

Thanks for the thoughts…apart from cabin fever for 2 days, we are ever so lucky compared to others…to think our place was a reject when we bought it and now it’s probably “highly desirable”…

I hope your friends are all right as well?

Thanks, they are. One family in the area are in Rocky now for the wait to go back, another in Gladstone and another in Caliope are ok, their houses on hills..but no internet.

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Good to hear from you dinetta0, we’ve been worried sick you know.?.?

Sure! lol!

Can you locate the Riverslea water meter thing, I think it’s on BoM, that shows the hour by hour megalitres per day rate for the Fitzroy?

nah, can find river levels and the like… but no water meter thingo…

And we were worried sick…. honest.

We were Dinetta…honest

Dinetta said:

today I was able to pick up stuffed bell peppers but there was no beef…no chicken…plenty of prawns… and thank the Lord some fresh fruit and vegetables came through…

…also we have provided refuge for a very small kitten…did a neighbourhood knock but nobody knows him…so he is entertaining us…I tell the others that the full-on cuteness factor is a survival tactic for kittens in general…

There is a temporary ice skating rink in town, Sonny Joe and I went there yesterday and it was so much fun! I left with dripping wet cantos (like Stubbies shorts) as I fell over so much but having a well-padded derrière has it’s good points and I developed a technique for hauling myself up again every time I fell over…I would love to go again…

Something about making silk purses out of pigs’ ears comes to mind ;)

MrS and I are still in Lithgow, where the temp is about 28C. Looking at weathezone. home is 34C already and 38C expected. Hopefully we will get home early enough to be able to water the garden.

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

nah, can find river levels and the like… but no water meter thingo…

And we were worried sick…. honest.

I thought about you often, along with some of my friends up that way.

Thanks for the thoughts…apart from cabin fever for 2 days, we are ever so lucky compared to others…to think our place was a reject when we bought it and now it’s probably “highly desirable”…

I hope your friends are all right as well?

So are you actually in Emerald or Rocky? Or somewhere else?

36c @ 11:40am here, Half of the shed roof is on other half will be done later when it cools down. Shall check BOM for the Local weather temps.

We were suffering from Cabin Fever, this is the wettest Christmas I can remember since 1959…the rain was sheeting down as we ate Christmas lunch…the washing machine died (old age)…Mr D hit a ‘roo coming back from the coast and now his passenger side blinker looks like an eyeball lolling out of its socket…the car is at the autoelectricians as it won’t start…also we have provided refuge for a very small kitten…did a neighbourhood knock but nobody knows him…so he is entertaining us…I tell the others that the full-on cuteness factor is a survival tactic for kittens in general…
———————————————
great writing but i’m sure it doesn’t seem like a story at present.
hang in there and good luck for the new year.

pepe said:

We were suffering from Cabin Fever, this is the wettest Christmas I can remember since 1959…the rain was sheeting down as we ate Christmas lunch…the washing machine died (old age)…Mr D hit a ‘roo coming back from the coast and now his passenger side blinker looks like an eyeball lolling out of its socket…the car is at the autoelectricians as it won’t start…also we have provided refuge for a very small kitten…did a neighbourhood knock but nobody knows him…so he is entertaining us…I tell the others that the full-on cuteness factor is a survival tactic for kittens in general…
———————————————
great writing but i’m sure it doesn’t seem like a story at present.
hang in there and good luck for the new year.

Thanks Pepe

I’ve just found out I could be stuck not until next Tues but the Tuesday after…worst case scenario…

Glass half full: this office here gets a good clean out…I will buy a shredder although we do have an account with a document destruction firm…

AnneS said:

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

Sure! lol!

Can you locate the Riverslea water meter thing, I think it’s on BoM, that shows the hour by hour megalitres per day rate for the Fitzroy?

nah, can find river levels and the like… but no water meter thingo…

And we were worried sick…. honest.

We were Dinetta…honest

:D

ROTFL!

Yeehah said:

Dinetta said:

today I was able to pick up stuffed bell peppers but there was no beef…no chicken…plenty of prawns… and thank the Lord some fresh fruit and vegetables came through…

…also we have provided refuge for a very small kitten…did a neighbourhood knock but nobody knows him…so he is entertaining us…I tell the others that the full-on cuteness factor is a survival tactic for kittens in general…

There is a temporary ice skating rink in town, Sonny Joe and I went there yesterday and it was so much fun! I left with dripping wet cantos (like Stubbies shorts) as I fell over so much but having a well-padded derrière has it’s good points and I developed a technique for hauling myself up again every time I fell over…I would love to go again…

Something about making silk purses out of pigs’ ears comes to mind ;)

The barracking I got from the sidelines was very encouraging…“you’re getting faster with every round, dear”…then they confused me by saying we had to go back the other way…

AnneS said:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

I thought about you often, along with some of my friends up that way.

Thanks for the thoughts…apart from cabin fever for 2 days, we are ever so lucky compared to others…to think our place was a reject when we bought it and now it’s probably “highly desirable”…

I hope your friends are all right as well?

So are you actually in Emerald or Rocky? Or somewhere else?

Rocky

Veg gardener said:

36c @ 11:40am here, Half of the shed roof is on other half will be done later when it cools down. Shall check BOM for the Local weather temps.

Well done with the shed roof so far…

Just took what washing was dry off the line….overcast and a sprinkle of rain…very small sprinkle…..

Hello I can now hear it on our roof. 46% humidity here too

There’s a few heavy but short sun-showers here too.

I’ve snipped off burnt fern tips and whatever else needs tidying or tying up.

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

36c @ 11:40am here, Half of the shed roof is on other half will be done later when it cools down. Shall check BOM for the Local weather temps.

Well done with the shed roof so far…

Thanks Dinetta, Half day off so I wont complain.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

We were suffering from Cabin Fever, this is the wettest Christmas I can remember since 1959…the rain was sheeting down as we ate Christmas lunch…the washing machine died (old age)…Mr D hit a ‘roo coming back from the coast and now his passenger side blinker looks like an eyeball lolling out of its socket…the car is at the autoelectricians as it won’t start…also we have provided refuge for a very small kitten…did a neighbourhood knock but nobody knows him…so he is entertaining us…I tell the others that the full-on cuteness factor is a survival tactic for kittens in general…
———————————————
great writing but i’m sure it doesn’t seem like a story at present.
hang in there and good luck for the new year.

Thanks Pepe

I’ve just found out I could be stuck not until next Tues but the Tuesday after…worst case scenario…

Glass half full: this office here gets a good clean out…I will buy a shredder although we do have an account with a document destruction firm…

keep us informed – we are concerned …and it’s nice to have inside info on the situation.

i don’t know why your house is now more valuable or why you are shredding docs.
so stay sane as a first priority and then keep us informed LOL.

Just about to hit here, shed roofs on just needs a few more screws tanks not connected but :(

Veg gardener said:

Just about to hit here, shed roofs on just needs a few more screws tanks not connected but :(

I’m sure more rain will come veg.

pain master said:

Veg gardener said:

Just about to hit here, shed roofs on just needs a few more screws tanks not connected but :(

I’m sure more rain will come veg.

Didn’t even hit here

It’s been a stinker here. When the sun finally came out after all the rain the humidity went through the roof.

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

yay!

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

yay!

It started while I was in the doctor’s office this morning. She said to me “that’s a nice sound!” and I was thinking.. what, air conditioning?? Forgotten what rain sounds like :D

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

ssswweeeeetttttt

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

Wonderful! :D
About time!

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

Great mate!

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

It started while I was in the doctor’s office this morning. She said to me “that’s a nice sound!” and I was thinking.. what, air conditioning?? Forgotten what rain sounds like :D

All yours Bon: all yours!

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

It started while I was in the doctor’s office this morning. She said to me “that’s a nice sound!” and I was thinking.. what, air conditioning?? Forgotten what rain sounds like :D

All yours Bon: all yours!

I’m quite happy to send it over to Luckyland once we’ve had a bit :) But yeh, I reckon the rest of you have probably had enough! :D

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

It started while I was in the doctor’s office this morning. She said to me “that’s a nice sound!” and I was thinking.. what, air conditioning?? Forgotten what rain sounds like :D

All yours Bon: all yours!

I’m quite happy to send it over to Luckyland once we’ve had a bit :) But yeh, I reckon the rest of you have probably had enough! :D

wouldn’t mind a top up here, but I don’t know about the farmers!

thanks for the news dinetta.
stay dry.
as for what to do with the rain in future – i reckon dam and drain it all backwards into the darling.

the river murray is flooding at present. i should be down that way soon and rumour has it that the river is very high at mannum and murray bridge. water tourism LOL.

pepe said:

the river murray is flooding at present. i should be down that way soon and rumour has it that the river is very high at mannum and murray bridge. water tourism LOL.

already happening. tourists are being taken by boat into areas that haven’t been accessible for over ten years. saw it on the teev.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

the river murray is flooding at present. i should be down that way soon and rumour has it that the river is very high at mannum and murray bridge. water tourism LOL.

already happening. tourists are being taken by boat into areas that haven’t been accessible for over ten years. saw it on the teev.

I would love to see Lake Eyre!!

Not gunna happen but :(

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

the river murray is flooding at present. i should be down that way soon and rumour has it that the river is very high at mannum and murray bridge. water tourism LOL.

already happening. tourists are being taken by boat into areas that haven’t been accessible for over ten years. saw it on the teev.

i would love to see Lake Eyre!!

Not gunna happen but :(

it would be a good year to travel the outback – even seeing the menindee lakes when full would be terrific.

we used to camp at the hattah lakes by mildura.
they would be full this year – and the spoonbills would be there i reckon.

bon008 said:

Raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin.. :)

Happy for you at last.

7 mm in the gauge after work yesterday :)

I checked this morning and it’s just under 20 mm – but will do the official measurement this evening. I’m rather enjoying having a rainfall diary – I wonder if it was in previous GA diaries and I just never noticed it? Still, not much use without the rain gauge.

bon008 said:

7 mm in the gauge after work yesterday :)

I checked this morning and it’s just under 20 mm – but will do the official measurement this evening. I’m rather enjoying having a rainfall diary – I wonder if it was in previous GA diaries and I just never noticed it? Still, not much use without the rain gauge.

It’s rained all day again here. Possible 3 + inches I’d say. Boy things are sooooo wet. At least we don’t have floods as yet.

I“ve been keeping an eye on the weather at home while I’ve been away. Once we were south of Anne’s place we’ve had no rain. Seems that home had a very short break from wet weather and all this week has been overcast and/or wet.

I got a heat rash today from too long in the sun (had sunscreen on so no sunburn). Funny stuff, skin.

But given that we didn’t really have a spring, I’m really enjoying the sunshine.

only 5 full days left till I go back to work….

Got just under 3 inches here yesterday. Everything is so squishy. Any more rain could see the rivers overflow…..again. It’s still raining and the weekend looks as though it is going to be good and wet. Ho hum!

Outside work is way off but the grass continues to grow. Thank heavens the beans and corn are in a raised bed. Any plantings at ground level have had it.

I have no right to complain when you hear about the flood bound people further north but I really want to see some fine weather for a few days.

Yeehah said:

I“ve been keeping an eye on the weather at home while I’ve been away.

Does the new radar at Namoi cover your area?

That monsoonal trough looks settled in at the Top End:

BOM 4 day forecast

pomolo said:

Got just under 3 inches here yesterday. Everything is so squishy. Any more rain could see the rivers overflow…..again. It’s still raining and the weekend looks as though it is going to be good and wet. Ho hum!

Outside work is way off but the grass continues to grow. Thank heavens the beans and corn are in a raised bed. Any plantings at ground level have had it.

I have no right to complain when you hear about the flood bound people further north but I really want to see some fine weather for a few days.

We have added another 70mls to the total this morning. That’s 70mls in 4 hours. It has been pelting down. I can guarantee you that the bridges are under water now. Looks like we will be staying put for a couple of days.

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

Got just under 3 inches here yesterday. Everything is so squishy. Any more rain could see the rivers overflow…..again. It’s still raining and the weekend looks as though it is going to be good and wet. Ho hum!

Outside work is way off but the grass continues to grow. Thank heavens the beans and corn are in a raised bed. Any plantings at ground level have had it.

I have no right to complain when you hear about the flood bound people further north but I really want to see some fine weather for a few days.

We have added another 70mls to the total this morning. That’s 70mls in 4 hours. It has been pelting down. I can guarantee you that the bridges are under water now. Looks like we will be staying put for a couple of days.

And I have been outside watering this morning….weird eh? There are a few dark clouds, but not forecast ot amount to much

32C in Portland VIC today…they’ll be fainting all over the place…

Just saw this about the Queensland flooding..

http://queenslandfloods.crowdmap.com/

Set up so that anyone can submit a report, and you can view the reports near you, etc.

Dinetta said:

32C in Portland VIC today…they’ll be fainting all over the place…

Eeeeek.

bon008 said:

Just saw this about the Queensland flooding..

http://queenslandfloods.crowdmap.com/

Set up so that anyone can submit a report, and you can view the reports near you, etc.

Our side of Bris had huge downpours yesterday. I drove to the bulk butcher and the roads were all a little bit under. Sent up huge sprays driving.

It was just coming down too fast for the gutters to drain.

Dinetta said:

Yeehah said:

I“ve been keeping an eye on the weather at home while I’ve been away.

Does the new radar at Namoi cover your area?

Have to admit I only look at the forecasts, not the radar images, so wouldn’t know.

Rain has eased for the moment. The Mary River is flooding now. Our local tributary is almost over the bridge. If the rain stops now things will be ok but the w/e offers a lot more rain yet.

There are baby frogs climbing on the windows where the lights are on and the frog chorus outside is very noisy. Above the noise we can still hear the quacking frog loud and clear.

pomolo said:

Rain has eased for the moment. The Mary River is flooding now. Our local tributary is almost over the bridge. If the rain stops now things will be ok but the w/e offers a lot more rain yet.

There are baby frogs climbing on the windows where the lights are on and the frog chorus outside is very noisy. Above the noise we can still hear the quacking frog loud and clear.

You gotta hunt down the Quacking Frog one day!

pomolo said:

Rain has eased for the moment. The Mary River is flooding now. Our local tributary is almost over the bridge. If the rain stops now things will be ok but the w/e offers a lot more rain yet.

There are baby frogs climbing on the windows where the lights are on and the frog chorus outside is very noisy. Above the noise we can still hear the quacking frog loud and clear.

Go the quacking frog…wonder how he got lost from his tribe?

Looks like rain either headed Lucky’s way or there already…I’ve become addicted to the BoM Radar…

That monsoonal trough continues to lurk across the Top End, and it looks like nothin’ ain’t gonna move it away any time soon…

Four day forecast weather map on BoM

Dinetta said:

That monsoonal trough continues to lurk across the Top End, and it looks like nothin’ ain’t gonna move it away any time soon…

Four day forecast weather map on BoM

looking at that map looks like Towntown will miss out for the next few days for rain. It only rains here when that Vertical trough through NSW and Vic joins up with the right hand edge of the Monsoonal. We need a real arch in the trough to get rain it seems.

Well it’s happening. Gympie is becoming flooded. The businesses are madly moving stock. Most of them have been through floods before and know the drill by heart.

There were readings of over 300mls of rain in the upper catchment areas last night. That will do it. We are lucky because we have had a reasonable day here. Heavy cloud but little rain.

We are supposed to be heading for Bris tomorrow. Grandsons birthday celebrations. I don’t think we will be able to go because the Bruce Highway is cut between here and Bris. We’ll find out the facts in the morning.

The weather report doesn’t give us much hope of fine weather all next week……….again. Finding it hard to still be grateful for so much water.

pomolo said:

Well it’s happening. Gympie is becoming flooded. The businesses are madly moving stock. Most of them have been through floods before and know the drill by heart.

There were readings of over 300mls of rain in the upper catchment areas last night. That will do it. We are lucky because we have had a reasonable day here. Heavy cloud but little rain.

We are supposed to be heading for Bris tomorrow. Grandsons birthday celebrations. I don’t think we will be able to go because the Bruce Highway is cut between here and Bris. We’ll find out the facts in the morning.

The weather report doesn’t give us much hope of fine weather all next week……….again. Finding it hard to still be grateful for so much water.

MrBL’s nephew and his wife are stuck at Bouldercombe.

We are flood bound. Woke this morning to teaming rain. I hoped when I saw some stars last night that today would be better but no go it seems.

The gullies through our property are raging torrents now. If they were permanent,it would be a spectacular tourist attraction.

So we are house bound and won’t be able to go to Bris. How am I going to fill another day inside?

pomolo said:

We are flood bound. Woke this morning to teaming rain. I hoped when I saw some stars last night that today would be better but no go it seems.

The gullies through our property are raging torrents now. If they were permanent,it would be a spectacular tourist attraction.

So we are house bound and won’t be able to go to Bris. How am I going to fill another day inside?

Got any photos you can mess with?

pomolo said:

We are flood bound. Woke this morning to teaming rain. I hoped when I saw some stars last night that today would be better but no go it seems.

The gullies through our property are raging torrents now. If they were permanent,it would be a spectacular tourist attraction.

So we are house bound and won’t be able to go to Bris. How am I going to fill another day inside?

Stay safe Pomolo…. and keep the LHS male free…hehehe

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We are flood bound. Woke this morning to teaming rain. I hoped when I saw some stars last night that today would be better but no go it seems.

The gullies through our property are raging torrents now. If they were permanent,it would be a spectacular tourist attraction.

So we are house bound and won’t be able to go to Bris. How am I going to fill another day inside?

Got any photos you can mess with?

I’d drown if I went out in that rain. Camera isn’t water proof either.

pomolo said:

We are flood bound. Woke this morning to teaming rain. I hoped when I saw some stars last night that today would be better but no go it seems.

The gullies through our property are raging torrents now. If they were permanent,it would be a spectacular tourist attraction.

So we are house bound and won’t be able to go to Bris. How am I going to fill another day inside?

amazing.

i guess the upside is that you are living through history making times.
i doubt such heavy floods will occur again.

i can remember in ’92 all the dams filled overnight and all the surrounding hills had these silver threads running down them – rivers that never existed before or after.

stay safe youse lot.

wishing for a decent rain up Gloucester so the rivers flow and we get some water on the Local rapids. All the ones up Gloucester are grade 3-4 and I’m a Bit unsure about running them.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We are flood bound. Woke this morning to teaming rain. I hoped when I saw some stars last night that today would be better but no go it seems.

The gullies through our property are raging torrents now. If they were permanent,it would be a spectacular tourist attraction.

So we are house bound and won’t be able to go to Bris. How am I going to fill another day inside?

Got any photos you can mess with?

Raining pretty heavily here at the moment as well…torrential. At least I won’t have to water the garden. Talf about some idiots though, about 4 or 5 trail bikers just went roaring past heading out in the forest..gotta be keen (or stupid)

This mornings guage reading is 75mls. That’s 3 inches since about 6am. Still raining heavy with thunder and lightning adding to the spectacle.

Still trying to fill my day. Of course I could do the ironing. Of course I could clean house. But it’s Sunday for heavens sake!!!

Been doing cross words. Read the paper. Teev’s on now. What next?

the forecast maximum today was 25^o^C. It is now 32.2^o^!

pomolo said:

This mornings guage reading is 75mls. That’s 3 inches since about 6am. Still raining heavy with thunder and lightning adding to the spectacle.

Still trying to fill my day. Of course I could do the ironing. Of course I could clean house. But it’s Sunday for heavens sake!!!

Been doing cross words. Read the paper. Teev’s on now. What next?

Jigsaw puzzle, you could try to finish it in less than 2 months?

bluegreen said:

the forecast maximum today was 25^o^C. It is now 32.2^o^!

Mop your brow BG.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

This mornings guage reading is 75mls. That’s 3 inches since about 6am. Still raining heavy with thunder and lightning adding to the spectacle.

Still trying to fill my day. Of course I could do the ironing. Of course I could clean house. But it’s Sunday for heavens sake!!!

Been doing cross words. Read the paper. Teev’s on now. What next?

Jigsaw puzzle, you could try to finish it in less than 2 months?

I actually thought of jig saw puzzles because I have 2 new ones that have never been done before but where to do it. Not on the table because it has to be moved at meal times. I need a puzzle board.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

This mornings guage reading is 75mls. That’s 3 inches since about 6am. Still raining heavy with thunder and lightning adding to the spectacle.

Still trying to fill my day. Of course I could do the ironing. Of course I could clean house. But it’s Sunday for heavens sake!!!

Been doing cross words. Read the paper. Teev’s on now. What next?

Jigsaw puzzle, you could try to finish it in less than 2 months?

I actually thought of jig saw puzzles because I have 2 new ones that have never been done before but where to do it. Not on the table because it has to be moved at meal times. I need a puzzle board.

nah just do the online ones:

http://www.jigzone.com/
http://www.jspuzzles.com/
http://www.jigsawland.com/

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Jigsaw puzzle, you could try to finish it in less than 2 months?

I actually thought of jig saw puzzles because I have 2 new ones that have never been done before but where to do it. Not on the table because it has to be moved at meal times. I need a puzzle board.

nah just do the online ones:

http://www.jigzone.com/
http://www.jspuzzles.com/
http://www.jigsawland.com/

Gee Anne thanks. I didn’t know that could be done. I will have a fiddle.

pomolo said:

Just checked the guage and another 2 inches since lunch. It’s only been normal rain this arvo. Not a cats and dawgs downpour.

We had 11mm o/n and have had 60mm since 9:00am. Humidity still 87%

computer models have an intense Low system spin up just prior to Australia Day in the Coral Sea… Memories of Brisbane in 1974 might spring to mind for those in the SE. Sorry Bubba and pomolo.

Our back yard can’t absorb any more water and it’s puddled up right to the top of the house slab. Any more and action will be required.

Just came across this article on flooding and topsoil.. scary..

http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/floods-steal-precious-topsoil—and-future-goes-down-drain-20110109-19jrq.html

bon008 said:

Just came across this article on flooding and topsoil.. scary..

http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/floods-steal-precious-topsoil—and-future-goes-down-drain-20110109-19jrq.html

arvo bon and co.

Just proves how we are all doing our “little bit” by growing our own and looking after our soil :)

bubba louie said:

Our back yard can’t absorb any more water and it’s puddled up right to the top of the house slab. Any more and action will be required.

I thought you were on a slope?

bon008 said:

Just came across this article on flooding and topsoil.. scary..

http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/floods-steal-precious-topsoil—and-future-goes-down-drain-20110109-19jrq.html

Reads like a dream or a fairy tale, fancy the creeks running clear even in flood…

I can’t believe it:

Looks like that monsoonal trough will move away about Wednesday

bubba louie said:

Our back yard can’t absorb any more water and it’s puddled up right to the top of the house slab. Any more and action will be required.

Hope it doesn’t get any worse for you Bubba.

Rain is slowing down here. Even had the sun for a few seconds. I was surprised to see a shadow from the verandah rail. The Pittosporum has fallen over. Have had a storm and a good strong wind with it. Definately not needed at this time. The fallen tree isn’t a great loss and it will allow us to see down to the dam again, now it’s gone.

bon008 said:

Just came across this article on flooding and topsoil.. scary..

http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/floods-steal-precious-topsoil—and-future-goes-down-drain-20110109-19jrq.html

as the article says”

…the landscape had already brilliantly evolved to sustain itself in a dry climate.

We came, we saw, we buggered…

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Our back yard can’t absorb any more water and it’s puddled up right to the top of the house slab. Any more and action will be required.

I thought you were on a slope?

No.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Just came across this article on flooding and topsoil.. scary..

http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/floods-steal-precious-topsoil—and-future-goes-down-drain-20110109-19jrq.html

as the article says”

…the landscape had already brilliantly evolved to sustain itself in a dry climate.

We came, we saw, we buggered…

Yes, I thought that was a poignant quote, too.

OMG

Just watching TV footage from Toowoomba. It’s like something off a disaster movie. There are carts upside down in the city centre and raging torrents. Two people have been washed away.

It’s totally unbelievable.

bubba louie said:

OMG

Just watching TV footage from Toowoomba. It’s like something off a disaster movie. There are carts upside down in the city centre and raging torrents. Two people have been washed away.

It’s totally unbelievable.

carts = cars.

bubba louie said:

Our back yard can’t absorb any more water and it’s puddled up right to the top of the house slab. Any more and action will be required.

Just catching up with the flood news, I can barely believe my eyes, it is so bad :(
I hope it doesn’t get worse Bubba.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

OMG

Just watching TV footage from Toowoomba. It’s like something off a disaster movie. There are carts upside down in the city centre and raging torrents. Two people have been washed away.

It’s totally unbelievable.

carts = cars.

Yes just saw that too. Unreal :(

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

OMG

Just watching TV footage from Toowoomba. It’s like something off a disaster movie. There are carts upside down in the city centre and raging torrents. Two people have been washed away.

It’s totally unbelievable.

carts = cars.

Yes just saw that too. Unreal :(

with all that is happening I still can’t believe the stupidity of some people. Two girls nearly lost their lives when they went boogie boarding on the flood waters and got swept into a drain. One girl went right through while the other got stuck in the entrance.

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

Our back yard can’t absorb any more water and it’s puddled up right to the top of the house slab. Any more and action will be required.

Just catching up with the flood news, I can barely believe my eyes, it is so bad :(
I hope it doesn’t get worse Bubba.

They think it will.

What I don’t understand is that Toowoomba is high.

Big high tide warning for Wednesday.

bubba louie said:

What I don’t understand is that Toowoomba is high.

unexpected deluge caused flash flooding and for the creek to break its banks.

bubba louie said:

What I don’t understand is that Toowoomba is high.

MrBL explained.

It’s up the range from Bris but level with the land behind, so the water hits it going down.

You’d think I’d know that.

Toowoomba

http://plixi.com/p/69035409

bubba louie said:

Toowoomba

http://plixi.com/p/69035409

the view of the cars stacked up like fallen dominoes after the water went down shown on the news was pretty impressive too.

We’re in for a drenching too over the next few days. Warnings of flash floods and severe weather.

But Toowomba looks like a bomb’s hit :(

Dinetta said:

I can’t believe it:

Looks like that monsoonal trough will move away about Wednesday

That is some of the most craziest prognostic maps I have seen. 10pm Friday is just weird! What is happening with this spanish chick?

Happy Potter said:

We’re in for a drenching too over the next few days. Warnings of flash floods and severe weather.

But Toowomba looks like a bomb’s hit :(

The whole nasty business is getting to be a bit overwhelming to me now. I don’t think I can look at many more pictures of it all. Toowoomba did it for me. I was a shock to see it.

I hope your Melbourne warnings don’t come to pass HP.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

We’re in for a drenching too over the next few days. Warnings of flash floods and severe weather.

But Toowomba looks like a bomb’s hit :(

The whole nasty business is getting to be a bit overwhelming to me now. I don’t think I can look at many more pictures of it all. Toowoomba did it for me. I was a shock to see it.

I hope your Melbourne warnings don’t come to pass HP.

I am too. I can’t watch anymore. Lives lost :(

I hope you’re right. 19 mm today and the thou’ litre pondy tub went from dry to brim full. Weeds grow high in a day. I picked a massive bunch of thistles, crawling with snails, from the front and threw to the chooks.

Pouring down again here. Just thought you might all like to know.

pomolo said:

Pouring down again here. Just thought you might all like to know.

amazing scenes in those flash floods around brissy – keep us informed – and stay dry.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Pouring down again here. Just thought you might all like to know.

amazing scenes in those flash floods around brissy – keep us informed – and stay dry.

We are high and dry but flood bound and likely to be so for a few more days yet.

7 people are believed to have been killed in the flooding at Toowoomba now… what a sad day for that pretty town.

pain master said:

7 people are believed to have been killed in the flooding at Toowoomba now… what a sad day for that pretty town.

8 confirmed dead now with 72 missing. A horrific disaster.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

7 people are believed to have been killed in the flooding at Toowoomba now… what a sad day for that pretty town.

8 confirmed dead now with 72 missing. A horrific disaster.

Terrible :(
Was there no warning at all?

It’s just drizzle and humid here, again.

I’m out the door in a minute to a meeting.

The next thing on the Orchard agenda, in the coming weeks, is reviatlizing an old old hawthorn hedge that once surrounded the fruit trees. Hundreds of plants once, but now just a small patch left that have grown into trees.
It’s going to be interesting watching the ‘hedgers’ return it to it’s former glory. It’s great for keeping birds safe from predators, I was told.

Happy Potter said:

The next thing on the Orchard agenda, in the coming weeks, is reviatlizing an old old hawthorn hedge that once surrounded the fruit trees. Hundreds of plants once, but now just a small patch left that have grown into trees.
It’s going to be interesting watching the ‘hedgers’ return it to it’s former glory. It’s great for keeping birds safe from predators, I was told.

I thought hawthorn was classed as a weed, so I just checked. Have a look at these :

http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&ibra=all&card=T16#
http://www.weeds.gov.au/cgi-bin/weeddetails.pl?taxon_id=12688

bubba louie said:

OMG

Just watching TV footage from Toowoomba. It’s like something off a disaster movie. There are carts upside down in the city centre and raging torrents. Two people have been washed away.

It’s totally unbelievable.

Unreal…but then Toowoomba is built on a mountain slope,,,

bubba louie said:

What I don’t understand is that Toowoomba is high.

Yes but there’s a valley between the two sides of it…when you come in from the West, you go down into this valley after you’ve passed the aerodrome, then you go up again onto the top of the range, to reach the Brisbane turnoff…it’s steep and I would not describe the “valley” as wide and flat…at all…

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

I can’t believe it:

Looks like that monsoonal trough will move away about Wednesday

That is some of the most craziest prognostic maps I have seen. 10pm Friday is just weird! What is happening with this spanish chick?

Well they’re usually on the money…they were only showing 4 days but I don’t have a problem with 5 days…

pain master said:

7 people are believed to have been killed in the flooding at Toowoomba now… what a sad day for that pretty town.

:(

Have just looked briefly at the ABC news online…can anybody find a mug’s map of what happened? I see where the floods went through some of the villages on the way to the Lockyer valley as well…I need MrD to explain this as he knows Toowoomba well…

Poor blighters…they wouldn’t have seen that coming…plus there’s children as well…

Dinetta said:

Poor blighters…they wouldn’t have seen that coming…plus there’s children as well…

It’s horrifying alright

AnneS said:

Dinetta said:

Poor blighters…they wouldn’t have seen that coming…plus there’s children as well…

It’s horrifying alright

I’m at a loss for words :(

Dinetta said:

Have just looked briefly at the ABC news online…can anybody find a mug’s map of what happened? I see where the floods went through some of the villages on the way to the Lockyer valley as well…I need MrD to explain this as he knows Toowoomba well…

A friend just explained to me that Toowoomba sits in a V shape of the mountains. Heavy rain would accumulate there and that was probably what caused the wash away. I don’t know if this is right but it sounds possible.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Have just looked briefly at the ABC news online…can anybody find a mug’s map of what happened? I see where the floods went through some of the villages on the way to the Lockyer valley as well…I need MrD to explain this as he knows Toowoomba well…

A friend just explained to me that Toowoomba sits in a V shape of the mountains. Heavy rain would accumulate there and that was probably what caused the wash away. I don’t know if this is right but it sounds possible.

After looking at some of the photos and reading the captions, I can see where the floods were and it’s where I thought they were…

Do you think the guy with the trees theory might be on to something?

They just read out a list of at risk burbs on the TV. It was looonnnnggg.

Everything is happening so fast and it’s been pelting down all morning.

All the city car packs have opened their boom gates so people can excit fast for free.

MrBL’s just leaving work now to try and get home but he might end up having to go back and stay at the office.

pomolo said:

Pouring down again here. Just thought you might all like to know.

I’ve been watching on the bom radar…

bubba louie said:

They just read out a list of at risk burbs on the TV. It was looonnnnggg.

Everything is happening so fast and it’s been pelting down all morning.

All the city car packs have opened their boom gates so people can excit fast for free.

MrBL’s just leaving work now to try and get home but he might end up having to go back and stay at the office.

I see where they’re doing a worst case scenario of reporting on the newsmedia…what people need are facts…will you be getting those text messages that we were getting during our flood…the local council was also excellent on the council website: “Updates from the Mayor”…but then Brisbane as a whole is much much bigger of course…these messages were linked to our postcode, this is a free community service from Telstra I believe…

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

They just read out a list of at risk burbs on the TV. It was looonnnnggg.

Everything is happening so fast and it’s been pelting down all morning.

All the city car packs have opened their boom gates so people can excit fast for free.

MrBL’s just leaving work now to try and get home but he might end up having to go back and stay at the office.

I see where they’re doing a worst case scenario of reporting on the newsmedia…what people need are facts…will you be getting those text messages that we were getting during our flood…the local council was also excellent on the council website: “Updates from the Mayor”…but then Brisbane as a whole is much much bigger of course…these messages were linked to our postcode, this is a free community service from Telstra I believe…

I’m glued the the TV.

70+ people missing.

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

The next thing on the Orchard agenda, in the coming weeks, is reviatlizing an old old hawthorn hedge that once surrounded the fruit trees. Hundreds of plants once, but now just a small patch left that have grown into trees.
It’s going to be interesting watching the ‘hedgers’ return it to it’s former glory. It’s great for keeping birds safe from predators, I was told.

I thought hawthorn was classed as a weed, so I just checked. Have a look at these :

http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&ibra=all&card=T16#
http://www.weeds.gov.au/cgi-bin/weeddetails.pl?taxon_id=12688

It’s keeping in with the traditional english orchard I suppose.. but this morning at the meeting they did discuss the weed bit at length. It seems we may get different hedge plants in. I didn’t know they are weedy until this meeting. Some want to keep what’s left there and others want to poison them.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

They just read out a list of at risk burbs on the TV. It was looonnnnggg.

Everything is happening so fast and it’s been pelting down all morning.

All the city car packs have opened their boom gates so people can excit fast for free.

MrBL’s just leaving work now to try and get home but he might end up having to go back and stay at the office.

I see where they’re doing a worst case scenario of reporting on the newsmedia…what people need are facts…will you be getting those text messages that we were getting during our flood…the local council was also excellent on the council website: “Updates from the Mayor”…but then Brisbane as a whole is much much bigger of course…these messages were linked to our postcode, this is a free community service from Telstra I believe…

I’m glued the the TV.

70+ people missing.

I can’t find any word on wheather any missing people have been found safe.