cool wind, sunny, might get to 21 today :)

should be warming up in the coming weeks

still feels like Winter here ;)

minimum of zero, currently 4.5, expected top of 12C. Sun is out though, hey, but?

always know when it is warming up when the Cold water tap is hotter than the Hot water one…

bluegreen said:

still feels like Winter here ;)

minimum of zero, currently 4.5, expected top of 12C. Sun is out though, hey, but?

You sound like a Qbilly but those temps are foreign to us??? What’s the guff?

another luvly sunny day, might top at 23 today :)

We had 3c again this morning and another tomorrow. No rain but the main part of the days is warm and sunny. It’s definately time freezings temps left us till next year.

nice here in Brisvegas…

nice sunny day for today, maybe 23 again :)

but, we need rain

painmaster said:

nice here in Brisvegas…

Still chilly up the road from there. It does look as though the minimums may be rising according to BoM.

Like Trichome we need rain and soon.

23C expected, but the minumums are still low. Love the sunny days though.

gorgeous day today.

temps are gradually climbing but rain forecast for the next few days.

pomolo said:

painmaster said:

nice here in Brisvegas…

Still chilly up the road from there. It does look as though the minimums may be rising according to BoM.

Like Trichome we need rain and soon.

indeed, the capital looks dry.

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

painmaster said:

nice here in Brisvegas…

Still chilly up the road from there. It does look as though the minimums may be rising according to BoM.

Like Trichome we need rain and soon.

indeed, the capital looks dry.

dry here too

got to over 20C today :)

It got to 24C here today and it was a beautiful day. I got tons done out the front filling in the huge craters from the cordyline excavation with many bags of compost. Hubby and my gardening mate went to get the old fence palings and proceeded to cut them into lengths to cover the filing cabinet planters and they’re making the dust bathing box and a 3 tiered strawberry frame. Work stopped now for tea, and a beer, and will continue in the morn.

another sunny day to 23, and they tell me there might be a blue moon this month :)

we need rain

trichome said:

another sunny day to 23, and they tell me there might be a blue moon this month :)

we need rain

Ummm what do you mean by “there might be” a blue moon? I was always lead to believe that when a second full moon appears in a calendar month, then that second one was referred to as a “blue moon”. So by that definition, one should be able to accurately call it a blue moon many months in advance.

Does your definition differ?

It’s a bit windy, could blow the sugar out of ya tea. No need to brush my hair today. I’ve battened down, but still getting debris blowing in from elsewhere. I saw a bin rolling down the road.

Temp got to 28 yesterday. I could almost say I was hot.

trichome said:

another sunny day to 23, and they tell me there might be a blue moon this month :)

we need rain

So do we.

Happy Potter said:

It’s a bit windy, could blow the sugar out of ya tea. No need to brush my hair today. I’ve battened down, but still getting debris blowing in from elsewhere. I saw a bin rolling down the road.

Not nice at all.

painmaster said:

trichome said:

another sunny day to 23, and they tell me there might be a blue moon this month :)

we need rain

Ummm what do you mean by “there might be” a blue moon? I was always lead to believe that when a second full moon appears in a calendar month, then that second one was referred to as a “blue moon”. So by that definition, one should be able to accurately call it a blue moon many months in advance.

Does your definition differ?

no differing, just didn’t know much about this blue moon, thanks for the definition :)

trichome said:

painmaster said:

trichome said:

another sunny day to 23, and they tell me there might be a blue moon this month :)

we need rain

Ummm what do you mean by “there might be” a blue moon? I was always lead to believe that when a second full moon appears in a calendar month, then that second one was referred to as a “blue moon”. So by that definition, one should be able to accurately call it a blue moon many months in advance.

Does your definition differ?

no differing, just didn’t know much about this blue moon, thanks for the definition :)

Oh and we missed it. Aug 31st was the date of the second full moon for the month of April. Unless Australian Astronomers say the full moon fell on the 1st of September?

painmaster said:

trichome said:

painmaster said:

Ummm what do you mean by “there might be” a blue moon? I was always lead to believe that when a second full moon appears in a calendar month, then that second one was referred to as a “blue moon”. So by that definition, one should be able to accurately call it a blue moon many months in advance.

Does your definition differ?

no differing, just didn’t know much about this blue moon, thanks for the definition :)

Oh and we missed it. Aug 31st was the date of the second full moon for the month of April. Unless Australian Astronomers say the full moon fell on the 1st of September?

Just checked, the Australian Full Moon Calendar says the full moon occurred on Aug 31st at 23:58.

Well spring started well here, but the Wind Gods are really out to party at the moment. They started more than 24 hours ago, kept me awake last night, and now they’ve moved around from the North to the North West, just to try out the branches on a different part of the trees. While we were at archery in the big sheep pavilion at the Hamilton Showgrounds tonight the hearty gusts sounded just like someone starting at one end of the roof and running hell for leather the length of the building in hobnailed boots. Interesting. But worrying. No real damage here so far. Medium branch down last night. We’ll see what firewood they pull off tonight.

Lucky I don’t wear a hat, I would have lost it. Lots of wind damage about town, trees down and roofs off sheds and pergolas and some streets without power. No damage at my place thankfully, we reinforced shed and chicken coop roofs in time with angle iron and bolts. The silkies had trouble trying to stay at their food bowl so I shut them all in for the day. I was watching the huge cabbage tree trunk swaying wildly. I had heat packs ready for the incubator had the power gone out here. The ones that you press a disc and it’s instant heat.

It’s worse in the outer suburbs and country districts though. I hope there’s been no loss of life or injuries.

painmaster said:

Just checked, the Australian Full Moon Calendar says the full moon occurred on Aug 31st at 23:58.

It was a great moon for whitening your linen…just saying… if you had the nice green grass to lay it on…

buffy said:

Well spring started well here, but the Wind Gods are really out to party at the moment. They started more than 24 hours ago, kept me awake last night, and now they’ve moved around from the North to the North West, just to try out the branches on a different part of the trees. While we were at archery in the big sheep pavilion at the Hamilton Showgrounds tonight the hearty gusts sounded just like someone starting at one end of the roof and running hell for leather the length of the building in hobnailed boots. Interesting. But worrying. No real damage here so far. Medium branch down last night. We’ll see what firewood they pull off tonight.

I heard this morning just how bad those winds were. Trees down, roofs flying through the air. Almost like a tornado without the rain.

We had a milder night here and the day has started out to be brilliant. Still a bit desperate for rain though.

I’ve been down to pick some of the last of the snap peas but the King Parrots beat me to it. I’ll have to get up earlier. lol.
Also got to pick a few broad beans. Gosh they are had to see in amongst all that green. I’ve been advised to pick the first of the crop while they’re young because soon enough there will be too many to be able to eat them all. We shall see.

pomolo said:

I’ve been down to pick some of the last of the snap peas but the King Parrots beat me to it. I’ll have to get up earlier. lol.
Also got to pick a few broad beans. Gosh they are had to see in amongst all that green. I’ve been advised to pick the first of the crop while they’re young because soon enough there will be too many to be able to eat them all. We shall see.

I blanched, skinned and froze my excess last year. Worked well.

the wind hit here last night. I had just gone to bed and was playing with my ipod touch when the power went out, then on again, then off again, then on again, then off again…. you get the picture. I got fed up with the light flicking on and off and my mobile on charge beeping each time so turned it all off and tried to get to sleep. Somewhat unsuccessfully as the nights are not so cold now and I was overheating under the winter doona but still too cold to throw it off. Time to get the summer one out.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

I’ve been down to pick some of the last of the snap peas but the King Parrots beat me to it. I’ll have to get up earlier. lol.
Also got to pick a few broad beans. Gosh they are had to see in amongst all that green. I’ve been advised to pick the first of the crop while they’re young because soon enough there will be too many to be able to eat them all. We shall see.

I blanched, skinned and froze my excess last year. Worked well.

Did you skin then blanch or blanch and then skin? I might need to know.

bluegreen said:

the wind hit here last night. I had just gone to bed and was playing with my ipod touch when the power went out, then on again, then off again, then on again, then off again…. you get the picture. I got fed up with the light flicking on and off and my mobile on charge beeping each time so turned it all off and tried to get to sleep. Somewhat unsuccessfully as the nights are not so cold now and I was overheating under the winter doona but still too cold to throw it off. Time to get the summer one out.

Nothing worse than not being able to sleep. Well maybe a toothache is worse.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

I’ve been down to pick some of the last of the snap peas but the King Parrots beat me to it. I’ll have to get up earlier. lol.
Also got to pick a few broad beans. Gosh they are had to see in amongst all that green. I’ve been advised to pick the first of the crop while they’re young because soon enough there will be too many to be able to eat them all. We shall see.

I blanched, skinned and froze my excess last year. Worked well.

Did you skin then blanch or blanch and then skin? I might need to know.

blanch first and let cool a little and the skins should just slip off. I froze in serve sized portions.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

I blanched, skinned and froze my excess last year. Worked well.

Did you skin then blanch or blanch and then skin? I might need to know.

blanch first and let cool a little and the skins should just slip off. I froze in serve sized portions.

Thread well and truly Hi-jacked and Spring is only 6 days old….

sunny, windy, 14-24, rain? maybe second half of this month

wind when I went to bed, rain when I woke up. 8mm

The flowers are saying it’s spring and now the weather is agreeing. At last!

even though we have had nearly 2m (1607.2mm) of rain so far this year we a screaming for more, it’s dry

The hemispheric long wave pattern has been relatively fast moving in recent weeks. There are five main troughs. Currently the most significant troughs are near the longitudes of South Africa, the Indian Ocean, New Zealand, the southeast Pacific, and South America.
Summary:
Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 16 September to 20 September, 25 September to 29 September, and 11 October to 15 October. Rain events originating in the tropics and moving south are possible about 27 September to 1 October, 2 October to 6 October, and 7 October to 11 October.
Over Western Australia the strongest cold fronts should occur about 11 September to 15 September, 15 September to 19 September, and 19 September to 23 September.

trichome said:

even though we have had nearly 2m (1607.2mm) of rain so far this year we a screaming for more, it’s dry

Huh? The difference between 1.6 and 2 is 20% which is substantial. Have you had 2m or not?

Have you had 2m or not?
…..

listen i am not going to bow down to pressure questions like that, i find this forum is where we can take it easy,

400mm short of 2m, pfft, we can have that sort of rain easy here but in a few months time

was trying to chat saying that we can have stacks of rain here, yet at times in the year it gets very dry, where watering is necessary for gardens, yet in other parts of the country it is dry as a norm and watering is a more constant thing

The sky is full of tantalising grey clouds out there. There not about to give us any relief though, according to BoM. The area has been covered in smoke haze for a couple of days. The fire isn’t around here though. I heard that Stradbroke Island is abaze so that could be the reason.

Please send us some rain soon.

currently cool (7.7C) but sunny and might get to 20C

pomolo said:

The sky is full of tantalising grey clouds out there. There not about to give us any relief though, according to BoM. The area has been covered in smoke haze for a couple of days. The fire isn’t around here though. I heard that Stradbroke Island is abaze so that could be the reason.

Please send us some rain soon.

you guys are painting a hot dry dusty picture.
we are green down here but lawn – grass mowing has started in ernest.

justin said:

pomolo said:

The sky is full of tantalising grey clouds out there. There not about to give us any relief though, according to BoM. The area has been covered in smoke haze for a couple of days. The fire isn’t around here though. I heard that Stradbroke Island is abaze so that could be the reason.

Please send us some rain soon.

you guys are painting a hot dry dusty picture.
we are green down here but lawn – grass mowing has started in ernest.

yes it is different here, brown and dry late winter and spring, wet and green summer autumn :)

trichome said:

justin said:

pomolo said:

The sky is full of tantalising grey clouds out there. There not about to give us any relief though, according to BoM. The area has been covered in smoke haze for a couple of days. The fire isn’t around here though. I heard that Stradbroke Island is abaze so that could be the reason.

Please send us some rain soon.

you guys are painting a hot dry dusty picture.
we are green down here but lawn – grass mowing has started in ernest.

yes it is different here, brown and dry late winter and spring, wet and green summer autumn :)

As above for here too.

Our weather sataion keeps indicating that rain is about to happen but it’s just kidding. Not much of a joke anymore.

trichome said:

justin said:

pomolo said:

The sky is full of tantalising grey clouds out there. There not about to give us any relief though, according to BoM. The area has been covered in smoke haze for a couple of days. The fire isn’t around here though. I heard that Stradbroke Island is abaze so that could be the reason.

Please send us some rain soon.

you guys are painting a hot dry dusty picture.
we are green down here but lawn – grass mowing has started in ernest.

yes it is different here, brown and dry late winter and spring, wet and green summer autumn :)

so i gathered – altho’ – is this year a typical one?

typical ? i tend to forget what it was like last week, but it seems drier than normal, but then i’m not sure what is normal anymore, seems the climate chops and changes as it does :)

justin said:

trichome said:

justin said:

you guys are painting a hot dry dusty picture.
we are green down here but lawn – grass mowing has started in ernest.

yes it is different here, brown and dry late winter and spring, wet and green summer autumn :)

so i gathered – altho’ – is this year a typical one?

yes

trichome said:

typical ? i tend to forget what it was like last week, but it seems drier than normal, but then i’m not sure what is normal anymore, seems the climate chops and changes as it does :)

good answer – i know just what you mean – or rather – i haven’t a clue what normal is – which is surprising after 62 years on the planet….

our year’s weather down here is slated up as ‘normal’ – but hey – i don’t remember one like this…

painmaster said:

justin said:

trichome said:

yes it is different here, brown and dry late winter and spring, wet and green summer autumn :)

so i gathered – altho’ – is this year a typical one?

yes

oh ? – we’ll ignore him (trichome) – obviously a simpleton LOL.

It was back down to single digits last night. I’m not laughing either. Days are lovely except for the dryness. Been a lot of wind too.

We have had some rain. What a different sight to see on waking this morning. Glistening raindrops hanging from the trees in the sunlight. Does the heart good.

pomolo said:

We have had some rain. What a different sight to see on waking this morning. Glistening raindrops hanging from the trees in the sunlight. Does the heart good.

we have had nothing but the odd drizzle, send some down this way if you like :)

drizzle settling the dust

Send it up here when you’re finished…could do with some dust-settling, altho’ it’s great laundry-drying weather…

trichome said:

drizzle settling the dust

Na na a na na. We had 17mls and a storm tonight (maybe.)

pomolo said:

trichome said:

drizzle settling the dust

Na na a na na. We had 17mls and a storm tonight (maybe.)

That storm just happened. Not a lot of rain but did she blow? Severe warnings had been cancelled but they forgot where we live. It was severe enough for me.

Dinetta said:

Send it up here when you’re finished…could do with some dust-settling, altho’ it’s great laundry-drying weather…

ok will do :)

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

trichome said:

drizzle settling the dust

Na na a na na. We had 17mls and a storm tonight (maybe.)

That storm just happened. Not a lot of rain but did she blow? Severe warnings had been cancelled but they forgot where we live. It was severe enough for me.

we had a down pour for 5 minutes, dust is settled, we need some more to green things up :)

We have had a couple of nasty storms go through the area. Still not much rain (yesterdays only produced 2.5mls) but probably enough to dampen down where fires might be a problem. No more rain expected till the weekend according to our man Livio. The wind that’s coming with these storms has been fierce. Makes me glad we don’t live on top of one of the surrounding hills. There are times when it’s really hot that I wish we had been on one of those hills to catch any breeze but not after the last couple of days though.

The hemispheric long wave pattern has remained stable in recent weeks. There are four main troughs. Currently the most significant troughs are near the longitudes of the southwest Indian Ocean, the Indian Ocean, New Zealand, and the southeast Pacific.
Summary:
Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 2 October to 6 October, 12 October to 16 October, and 24 October to 28 October. Rain events originating in the tropics and moving south are possible about 4 October to 8 October, 9 October to 13 October, and 14 October to 18 October.
Over Western Australia the strongest cold fronts should occur about 2 October to 6 October, 13 October to 17 October, and 17 October to 21 October.

i hope we do get some of this forecast rain :)

trichome said:

The hemispheric long wave pattern has remained stable in recent weeks. There are four main troughs. Currently the most significant troughs are near the longitudes of the southwest Indian Ocean, the Indian Ocean, New Zealand, and the southeast Pacific.
Summary:
Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 2 October to 6 October, 12 October to 16 October, and 24 October to 28 October. Rain events originating in the tropics and moving south are possible about 4 October to 8 October, 9 October to 13 October, and 14 October to 18 October.
Over Western Australia the strongest cold fronts should occur about 2 October to 6 October, 13 October to 17 October, and 17 October to 21 October.

i hope we do get some of this forecast rain :)

Very detailed trichome. Hope it’s somewhere near right as well.

Sun is out then grey clouds cover it up. One of those on and off days I expect. No rain expected.

pomolo said:

trichome said:

The hemispheric long wave pattern has remained stable in recent weeks. There are four main troughs. Currently the most significant troughs are near the longitudes of the southwest Indian Ocean, the Indian Ocean, New Zealand, and the southeast Pacific.
Summary:
Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 2 October to 6 October, 12 October to 16 October, and 24 October to 28 October. Rain events originating in the tropics and moving south are possible about 4 October to 8 October, 9 October to 13 October, and 14 October to 18 October.
Over Western Australia the strongest cold fronts should occur about 2 October to 6 October, 13 October to 17 October, and 17 October to 21 October.

i hope we do get some of this forecast rain :)

Very detailed trichome. Hope it’s somewhere near right as well.

yes quoted from the weather page i visit, yep certainly hope we get rain soon

We got a shower of rain last night, brought very welcome coolness…need the rain to hold off until 5 pm Saturday and then it can rain for a week…however most farmers are ready to take their winter wheat off so the harvesters will be brmm-brmming at the paddock gates I should imagine…

Looking at the weather maps it looks like rain should form up for the easterners by the weekend. Listening outside my window.. I hear the rain birds singing. Now if you are familiar with black faced cuckoo-shrikes then you’ll be aware that they rarely sing. Australian folklore makes them known as the rain birds because they have a tendency to sing in dry periods just before the rain comes. Noticeable because most of the time.. they are a bird that may be seen but not heard.

roughbarked said:

Looking at the weather maps it looks like rain should form up for the easterners by the weekend. Listening outside my window.. I hear the rain birds singing. Now if you are familiar with black faced cuckoo-shrikes then you’ll be aware that they rarely sing. Australian folklore makes them known as the rain birds because they have a tendency to sing in dry periods just before the rain comes. Noticeable because most of the time.. they are a bird that may be seen but not heard.

interesting about the bird’s weather credentials – it has a beautiful singing voice.

Such a beautiful breeze right now…

Dinetta said:

We got a shower of rain last night, brought very welcome coolness…need the rain to hold off until 5 pm Saturday and then it can rain for a week…however most farmers are ready to take their winter wheat off so the harvesters will be brmm-brmming at the paddock gates I should imagine…

The rain can hold off longer than that… I will be down your way in October and would like a dry run.

roughbarked said:

Looking at the weather maps it looks like rain should form up for the easterners by the weekend. Listening outside my window.. I hear the rain birds singing. Now if you are familiar with black faced cuckoo-shrikes then you’ll be aware that they rarely sing. Australian folklore makes them known as the rain birds because they have a tendency to sing in dry periods just before the rain comes. Noticeable because most of the time.. they are a bird that may be seen but not heard.

While we have black faced Cuckoo Shrikes, they are not the harbingers of rain up here. Our rain birds, or more commonly known, our Storm Birds are the Common Koel and these have been active in my garden of late.

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

We got a shower of rain last night, brought very welcome coolness…need the rain to hold off until 5 pm Saturday and then it can rain for a week…however most farmers are ready to take their winter wheat off so the harvesters will be brmm-brmming at the paddock gates I should imagine…

The rain can hold off longer than that… I will be down your way in October and would like a dry run.

Nobody likes rain from Brown Town to here…the Charlie’s Trousers road would still be a work in progress on your side?

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

Looking at the weather maps it looks like rain should form up for the easterners by the weekend. Listening outside my window.. I hear the rain birds singing. Now if you are familiar with black faced cuckoo-shrikes then you’ll be aware that they rarely sing. Australian folklore makes them known as the rain birds because they have a tendency to sing in dry periods just before the rain comes. Noticeable because most of the time.. they are a bird that may be seen but not heard.

While we have black faced Cuckoo Shrikes, they are not the harbingers of rain up here. Our rain birds, or more commonly known, our Storm Birds are the Common Koel and these have been active in my garden of late.

They are here too. Loud and clear!

A beautiful day. What more can I say?

meant to put this here

very windy with a dry, warm northerly wind. Was supposed to get rain this morning but it hasn’t happened. It is overcast though.

bluegreen said:

meant to put this here

very windy with a dry, warm northerly wind. Was supposed to get rain this morning but it hasn’t happened. It is overcast though.

pouring with rain now.
very nice to have because the soil dries out quickly this time of year.

We are in for some wet stuff. At last.

pomolo said:

We are in for some wet stuff. At last.

the warm wind turn and got cold, and we got a little rain this afternoon, but not much.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

We are in for some wet stuff. At last.

the warm wind turn and got cold, and we got a little rain this afternoon, but not much.

I heard that Melbourne is in for a max of 14. Brrrrr!

2 showers of rain yesterday, each contain 1mm. That doubles our rainfall total for August and September.

Foggy here today, we had rain on Satdee night…not sure how much…

hot.

a summery day that has everyone walking around on white legs in shorts.
my lawnmower is still in the repair shop (after ten days) and the last section of grass is high.
the bonfire needs burning altho’ – my rear boundary neighbour is the world’s best bonfirer – and he has a massive heap ready to burn.

the home brewwed pale ale will taste good tonight.

starting to warm up nicely, just hangin’ out for rain,

currently 27.2C – hot wind from the north

Saw at 0700am this morning, Darwin was Australia’s warmest Capital at 25ºC and Hobart was second at 22ºC!!!

painmaster said:

Saw at 0700am this morning, Darwin was Australia’s warmest Capital at 25ºC and Hobart was second at 22ºC!!!

so what were their maximums?

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

Saw at 0700am this morning, Darwin was Australia’s warmest Capital at 25ºC and Hobart was second at 22ºC!!!

so what were their maximums?

well Hobart struggled to 24ºC but Darwin was warmer at 32ºC… Although both Sydney and Melbourne came very close behind Darwin.

I did notice that the nearest BOM site to you that I guess, did make it to 33ºC but my original comment was in reference to Capital Cities… although I still do not call Darwin a Capital.

Although picking two random locations, one being Normanton, which made it to 35ºC and Fitzroy Crossing which is still 37.5ºC…

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

Saw at 0700am this morning, Darwin was Australia’s warmest Capital at 25ºC and Hobart was second at 22ºC!!!

so what were their maximums?

well Hobart struggled to 24ºC but Darwin was warmer at 32ºC… Although both Sydney and Melbourne came very close behind Darwin.

I did notice that the nearest BOM site to you that I guess, did make it to 33ºC but my original comment was in reference to Capital Cities… although I still do not call Darwin a Capital.

Although picking two random locations, one being Normanton, which made it to 35ºC and Fitzroy Crossing which is still 37.5ºC…

Yair, 33˚C here today, still 29.3°C

painmaster said:

Saw at 0700am this morning, Darwin was Australia’s warmest Capital at 25ºC and Hobart was second at 22ºC!!!

Yes and they’re having bushfires down there…that’s very cool for Darwin, guess they’ve got their cardies out?

we didn’t get to 30C but both melbourne and sids knee did.
tomorrow it drops to 17C – ah spring !

it’s raining

bluegreen said:

it’s raining

16mm later it is still raining :)

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

it’s raining

16mm later it is still raining :)

Nice one! Lucky you!

We had 16mls of rain today. La la la al la. Happy now.

We’ve had rain but I was stuck inside, typing…the drying winds were getting on my nerves…

pomolo said:

We had 16mls of rain today. La la la al la. Happy now.

no rain here :(

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

We had 16mls of rain today. La la la al la. Happy now.

no rain here :(

Town had 6.5 mm or where the official rain gauges are did. Scattered showers of rather intense nature would mean that some got perhaps quite a bit more, others perhaps none.
Udder’alf said we got 21 mm here, I said, no. I had a sprinkler going there last night.

2mm rain here and cold, but not as cold as yesterday.

Well we got some rain but now we have the cold wind happening. Won’t take long to dry up those 16mls. It was nice to wake this morning and see everything sparkling and damp though.

The hemispheric long wave pattern has been relatively fast moving in recent weeks. There are five main troughs. Currently the most significant troughs are near the longitudes of the Indian Ocean, Western Australia, eastern Australia, New Zealand, and South America.
Summary:
Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 20 October to 24 October, 25 October to 29 October, and 9 November to 13 November. Rain events originating in the tropics and moving south are possible about 4 November to 8 November.
Over Western Australia the strongest cold fronts should occur about 22 October to 26 October, 4 November to 8 November, and 10 November to 14 November.

Moderate solar flare activity. Minor coronal hole effects in progress. Strong solar wind. Geomagnetic conditions at unsettled levels with isolated active periods. Short-wave radio fadeouts possible. High-frequency radio communications fair to normal.

So now we know, we’ve been told! lol

A good read, thanks Trichome…

trichome said:

Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about … 25 October to 29 October, …

of course it is! That’s when I’ll be riding down to Phillip Island and camping in my itty bitty tent! It is almost always cold, wet and windy for the MotoGP.

rain again – then instant heat – then cold – the weather sure changes in spring.

justin said:

rain again – then instant heat – then cold – the weather sure changes in spring.

move to Central Qld. Drove from Longy to Dinetta today and beyond and dealt with 31ºC to 35ºC all the way. Oh hang on, it was 14ºC out on the Muttaburrasaurus Highway this morn at sparrow’s fart.

Wow I had to go so far back to find this thread…

Weather Turnaround

It’s gone all “spring-y” here with very cooling ESE blowing.

Dinetta said:

Wow I had to go so far back to find this thread…

Weather Turnaround

It’s gone all “spring-y” here with very cooling ESE blowing.

dropped to cold here after yesterday was hot and muggy.

the weather is taking care of Pomolo’s area while she is away….they seem to be getting good rain down that way
///

well Pom, and Din, send some down here if you like, far too dry for my liking here at the moment, we have had a few showers but need good rain.

trichome said:

the weather is taking care of Pomolo’s area while she is away….they seem to be getting good rain down that way
///

well Pom, and Din, send some down here if you like, far too dry for my liking here at the moment, we have had a few showers but need good rain.

Sorry, it’s left here already…I believe the SW of Qld is going to get some rain this weekend too?

Dinetta said:

Sorry, it’s left here already…I believe the SW of Qld is going to get some rain this weekend too?

well lets hope we get some of that :)

trichome said:

the weather is taking care of Pomolo’s area while she is away….they seem to be getting good rain down that way
///

well Pom, and Din, send some down here if you like, far too dry for my liking here at the moment, we have had a few showers but need good rain.

what’s a shower?

painmaster said:

trichome said:

the weather is taking care of Pomolo’s area while she is away….they seem to be getting good rain down that way
///

well Pom, and Din, send some down here if you like, far too dry for my liking here at the moment, we have had a few showers but need good rain.

what’s a shower?

it’s what you have when you are dirty and smelly :P

Bit warm here…s’pose I could check the kitchen scales for the temp…

Dinetta said:

Bit warm here…s’pose I could check the kitchen scales for the temp…

yeah been warmish at night about 20 here, and i’m lookin’ forward to the rain that is predicted over the next 3 days :)

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

Bit warm here…s’pose I could check the kitchen scales for the temp…

yeah been warmish at night about 20 here, and i’m lookin’ forward to the rain that is predicted over the next 3 days :)

still 25ºC here.

20.5˚C here. By the way I was running up in the rain and emptying while having a couple of beers.. so I didn’t measure accurately but I do have more than one rain gauge the one that’s 2 m off the ground read 131 mm.

still 24ºC here.

mostly sunny today and top of 25. Currently 15. Nice :)

Very cloudy here, about 80% I would say. ‘Twill make it easier to slip down to the laundromat shortly.

Its having a go at raining here.

painmaster said:

Its having a go at raining here.

I even wrote a poem. Shared it over with the weather forumers…

Water from the sky
Dribbling down the downpipes dry
Ducks are asking why

Now I know Haikus don’t need to rhyme, but I thought that’d be a nice touch.

painmaster said:

painmaster said:

Its having a go at raining here.

I even wrote a poem. Shared it over with the weather forumers…

Water from the sky
Dribbling down the downpipes dry
Ducks are asking why

Now I know Haikus don’t need to rhyme, but I thought that’d be a nice touch.

Well whos a jolly fellow this morning then, lol.

Not me.. there’s been no rain and now my pc monitor is dying

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

Bit warm here…s’pose I could check the kitchen scales for the temp…

yeah been warmish at night about 20 here, and i’m lookin’ forward to the rain that is predicted over the next 3 days :)

g’ay Trichome – oh weather guru – how do they count the number of lightning strikes in a storm?

painmaster said:

painmaster said:

Its having a go at raining here.

I even wrote a poem. Shared it over with the weather forumers…

Water from the sky
Dribbling down the downpipes dry
Ducks are asking why

Now I know Haikus don’t need to rhyme, but I thought that’d be a nice touch.

:D

we’ve had a good drop of rain, and still coming, that should green the landscape after the long winter/spring brownness,

We have had a couple of middling showers, enough to green up the burn-backs and the lawns…75% overcast and quite cool…

Beautiful blue skies in the Nation’s Capitol this afternoon. 20.6ºC, feels like 15 but its lovely.

painmaster said:

Beautiful blue skies in the Nation’s Capitol this afternoon. 20.6ºC, feels like 15 but its lovely.

Gawd, 20.6C in Can-berry-ya….that’s summer stuff…

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

Beautiful blue skies in the Nation’s Capitol this afternoon. 20.6ºC, feels like 15 but its lovely.

Gawd, 20.6C in Can-berry-ya….that’s summer stuff…

seriously, I saw a kid driving down the road with no shirt on! Poor fella mustn’t have aircon in his car!

painmaster said:

seriously, I saw a kid driving down the road with no shirt on! Poor fella mustn’t have aircon in his car!

I can remember being very very surprised that your car (back when you went to the Snowies for Christmas) did not have airconditioning…

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

seriously, I saw a kid driving down the road with no shirt on! Poor fella mustn’t have aircon in his car!

I can remember being very very surprised that your car (back when you went to the Snowies for Christmas) did not have airconditioning…

snowies? Xmas? Oh yeah, that trip to Bright. I drove that car to Townsville in March the next year… but my current car is well and truly airconded.

Cool here this morning…19.5C on the kitchen scales…

Dinetta said:

Cool here this morning…19.5C on the kitchen scales…

is that 19.5 Cilograms? ;)

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Cool here this morning…19.5C on the kitchen scales…

is that 19.5 Cilograms? ;)

ahahahaha!

Good one!

:D

(You have noted before that my kitchen scales are electronic, haven’t you?)

on monday 5th 150,000 lightning strikes were recorded in adelaide – how do they count that many?

apparently they can count lightning strikes electronically.
a hit sends out electronic ripples and is picked up by 2 recording points – timing measures distance – satelite locates

i’m none the wiser but that’s the official guff.

very pleased to report that we have had over the past few days a good amount of rain, this will help fill the tanks and water the landscape,

trichome said:

very pleased to report that we have had over the past few days a good amount of rain, this will help fill the tanks and water the landscape,

the 131 mm we got last week has gone from the topsoil. Most of it ran away somewhere else. The rest has evaporated.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

very pleased to report that we have had over the past few days a good amount of rain, this will help fill the tanks and water the landscape,

the 131 mm we got last week has gone from the topsoil. Most of it ran away somewhere else. The rest has evaporated.

sheesh – well you’ve got good drainage at least..

justin said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

very pleased to report that we have had over the past few days a good amount of rain, this will help fill the tanks and water the landscape,

the 131 mm we got last week has gone from the topsoil. Most of it ran away somewhere else. The rest has evaporated.

sheesh – well you’ve got good drainage at least..

I selected this village out of all the local satellite villages because it was 2.4 metres above high water table level. Which by the way, is at surface on most of the other village allotments.

justin said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

very pleased to report that we have had over the past few days a good amount of rain, this will help fill the tanks and water the landscape,

the 131 mm we got last week has gone from the topsoil. Most of it ran away somewhere else. The rest has evaporated.

sheesh – well you’ve got good drainage at least..

more runoff than drainage I think.

bluegreen said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

the 131 mm we got last week has gone from the topsoil. Most of it ran away somewhere else. The rest has evaporated.

sheesh – well you’ve got good drainage at least..

more runoff than drainage I think.

The natural soil here(on this older coral reef amongst less ancient mudflats) was covered with red iron rich sands which blew away in the 1930’s, due to clearing the Mallee. Below which is basically calcrete sealed by hydrophobic pink clay which if dug over and exposed, turns white. pH can be very alkaline indeed. Low spots are crusted with salt.

32C today at 14:00 hours

37C just now (17:36 hours)…need to set up a bed under the house…

33.5C…temp is dropping…I thought more birds would come and enjoy my sprinkler but there must be more fun to be had elsewhere, I think…

I have been keeping an eye on the BOM satellite maps (the 4 day forecast ones), and if those lows join up from low down in SW WA, curve all the way around the coast, across the Top End and back down along the eastern seaboard, we will have a low pressure system so similar to the one that existed for weeks before and during the 2010 – 2011 floods as makes no difference…

I did read on the BOM some weeks ago (pretty sure it was the BOM), that the El Nino forecast for this year quite suddenly became a La Nina outlook…boffins were surprised just how quickly it turned around…

Dinetta said:

I have been keeping an eye on the BOM satellite maps (the 4 day forecast ones), and if those lows join up from low down in SW WA, curve all the way around the coast, across the Top End and back down along the eastern seaboard, we will have a low pressure system so similar to the one that existed for weeks before and during the 2010 – 2011 floods as makes no difference…

I did read on the BOM some weeks ago (pretty sure it was the BOM), that the El Nino forecast for this year quite suddenly became a La Nina outlook…boffins were surprised just how quickly it turned around…

Spot on Dinetta, it is when the two troughs meet and form a giant arc across from WA through the Territory and down the eastern seaboard that we get good rains from Mackay to Towntown.

hot hot hot northeast wind.

ihave decided to plant – corn, beans and pumpkin where my spud crop is almost harvested.
- also to slash my last broad beans – and plant roma toms and sweet basil there.

a bit hot at present but both lots of soil are good and rain is forecast.

justin said:

hot hot hot northeast wind.

ihave decided to plant – corn, beans and pumpkin where my spud crop is almost harvested.
- also to slash my last broad beans – and plant roma toms and sweet basil there.

a bit hot at present but both lots of soil are good and rain is forecast.

goes to check the weather. hot and windy here.. not my fave weather.

We seem to have a constant smoke haze since Sunday.

The temp on the kitchen scales is a balmy 29.5C. Downstairs would be cooler of course but downstairs is short on power points and I need those for my work, or more particularly, what I do to stay out of trouble…

I was just about to shut down the laptop last night when a flash caught my eye, I went to regard the horizon and nothing happened until I turned my head to come back inside…lightning…so I took all the chookens down to their “proper” roost, they’ve become resigned to this, poor things. Stupid storm didn’t eventuate.

The trough in WA and the one on the eastern seaboard continue to dance around each other…

17:30 hours and it’s 34C…

Dinetta said:

17:30 hours and it’s 34C…

that’s obscene!

Dinetta said:

17:30 hours and it’s 34C…

let me know what it is in half an hour.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

17:30 hours and it’s 34C…

that’s obscene!

Actually it’s quite cool…

Still 32C at 20:00 hrs, but the 9 o’clock breeze turned up on time and it’s cool tonight…

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

17:30 hours and it’s 34C…

let me know what it is in half an hour.

Oh, I went swimming, and then the convalescent woof turned up, so it was 20:00 before I checked again.

It looks like the east and west lows will join tomorrow but they’re very very weak

23.C at 06:00 hours…nice and cool…

Oh so very dry here. We’ve had a couple of showers but not nearly enough to get all the spring growth up and away. Hosing is still taking up most of our day. thank heavens we have a dam. All of our neighbours have been buying water for their tanks but our drinking water is still holding out so far.

I’ll try not to whinge about how dry it is but you know me.

pomolo said:

Oh so very dry here. We’ve had a couple of showers but not nearly enough to get all the spring growth up and away. Hosing is still taking up most of our day. thank heavens we have a dam. All of our neighbours have been buying water for their tanks but our drinking water is still holding out so far.

I’ll try not to whinge about how dry it is but you know me.

Whinge away :) It’s dry here too, the ground is starting to crack. It’s got to rain soon.. I reckon it will when the daily temp stays warm.

Happy Potter said:

Whinge away :) It’s dry here too, the ground is starting to crack. It’s got to rain soon.. I reckon it will when the daily temp stays warm.

Just looking at the weather maps, there’s some cold fronts trying very hard to affect the southern mainland, but they’re going to sweep over Taswegia instead (and head to the Land of the Long White Cloud, I expect…)

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Whinge away :) It’s dry here too, the ground is starting to crack. It’s got to rain soon.. I reckon it will when the daily temp stays warm.

Just looking at the weather maps, there’s some cold fronts trying very hard to affect the southern mainland, but they’re going to sweep over Taswegia instead (and head to the Land of the Long White Cloud, I expect…)

Yes, I doubt there will be much rain in it for the southeast. Hi Pomolo.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Oh so very dry here. We’ve had a couple of showers but not nearly enough to get all the spring growth up and away. Hosing is still taking up most of our day. thank heavens we have a dam. All of our neighbours have been buying water for their tanks but our drinking water is still holding out so far.

I’ll try not to whinge about how dry it is but you know me.

Whinge away :) It’s dry here too, the ground is starting to crack. It’s got to rain soon.. I reckon it will when the daily temp stays warm.

Like down your way, the earth here has shrunk away from the garden edges and the retaining walls. No matter how much you pour the water in it can’t do the same as a good shower of rain.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Oh so very dry here. We’ve had a couple of showers but not nearly enough to get all the spring growth up and away. Hosing is still taking up most of our day. thank heavens we have a dam. All of our neighbours have been buying water for their tanks but our drinking water is still holding out so far.

I’ll try not to whinge about how dry it is but you know me.

Whinge away :) It’s dry here too, the ground is starting to crack. It’s got to rain soon.. I reckon it will when the daily temp stays warm.

Like down your way, the earth here has shrunk away from the garden edges and the retaining walls. No matter how much you pour the water in it can’t do the same as a good shower of rain.

calculate what 1 mm of rainfall is on one hectare. divide or multiply by the area you want to keep watered and cost how much it would cost to give your garden 1 mm of water per week @ whatever your water supply costs are..

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Whinge away :) It’s dry here too, the ground is starting to crack. It’s got to rain soon.. I reckon it will when the daily temp stays warm.

Like down your way, the earth here has shrunk away from the garden edges and the retaining walls. No matter how much you pour the water in it can’t do the same as a good shower of rain.

calculate what 1 mm of rainfall is on one hectare. divide or multiply by the area you want to keep watered and cost how much it would cost to give your garden 1 mm of water per week @ whatever your water supply costs are..

God sends us our water and he doesn’t charge us anything. lol.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Whinge away :) It’s dry here too, the ground is starting to crack. It’s got to rain soon.. I reckon it will when the daily temp stays warm.

Like down your way, the earth here has shrunk away from the garden edges and the retaining walls. No matter how much you pour the water in it can’t do the same as a good shower of rain.

calculate what 1 mm of rainfall is on one hectare. divide or multiply by the area you want to keep watered and cost how much it would cost to give your garden 1 mm of water per week @ whatever your water supply costs are..

I’m not a numbers person, rather just copy and paste. But I’m none the wiser still.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/R4082E/r4082e05.htm

32.1C and 20% rel humidity. The air is so dry and the heat so sudden that everythings wilting. Sprinkler time methinks.

We are around the 30 mark and around 30% humidity…..although a pretendy ‘shower’ had a bit of a try about half an hour ago. I sprinklered and hosed this morning and I’ll shortly head out and do the rounds again. If we are lucky there might be a bit of pretendy ‘rain’ late tomorrow!

Oh, the pretendy ‘showers’ have become more tardy and are now on the Monday forecast. I really had better do some watering tonight and tomorrow morning.

It might rain soon

22.8 and 70% humidity, probably wont rain soon

Woohoo some bigger droplets now, after an hour of that pretend rain.

was a hot day here, and an even hotter one forecast for tomorrow. Actually I wasn’t here for most of the day as I hopped on my bike and went to Seymour for a BBQ. It was hot there too though.

buffy said:

We are around the 30 mark and around 30% humidity…..although a pretendy ‘shower’ had a bit of a try about half an hour ago. I sprinklered and hosed this morning and I’ll shortly head out and do the rounds again. If we are lucky there might be a bit of pretendy ‘rain’ late tomorrow!

Pretendy rain…that’s a newy. LOL.

Dinetta said:

It might rain soon

I hope you got some.

pomolo said:

buffy said:

We are around the 30 mark and around 30% humidity…..although a pretendy ‘shower’ had a bit of a try about half an hour ago. I sprinklered and hosed this morning and I’ll shortly head out and do the rounds again. If we are lucky there might be a bit of pretendy ‘rain’ late tomorrow!

Pretendy rain…that’s a newy. LOL.

In PNG they call it Giaman Rain… in the Torres Strait, it is called Mango Rain.

The hemispheric long wave pattern has remained stable in recent weeks. There are five main troughs. Currently the most significant troughs are near the longitudes of South Africa, the southwest Indian Ocean, eastern Australia, New Zealand, and South America.
Summary:
Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 29 November to 3 December, 9 December to 13 December, and 27 December to 31 December. Rain events originating in the tropics and moving south are possible about 29 November to 3 December, 17 December to 21 December, and 21 December to 25 December.
Over Western Australia the strongest cold fronts should occur about 29 November to 3 December, 9 December to 13 December, and 24 December to 28 December.

currently 35.2 outside. cooler inside with the aircon on.

bluegreen said:

currently 35.2 outside. cooler inside with the aircon on.

36 here and I’ve been hoeing plum cuttings in the sun.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

currently 35.2 outside. cooler inside with the aircon on.

36 here and I’ve been hoeing plum cuttings in the sun.

blow that! you are sure one tough fellow!

29.4ºC here and quite dry, only 55% humidity.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

currently 35.2 outside. cooler inside with the aircon on.

36 here and I’ve been hoeing plum cuttings in the sun.

blow that! you are sure one tough fellow!

of note, I am back inside under the cooler now.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

36 here and I’ve been hoeing plum cuttings in the sun.

blow that! you are sure one tough fellow!

of note, I am back inside under the cooler now.

good idea! lol!

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

It might rain soon

I hope you got some.

Yep, about 2 o’clock this morning…it was a nice fall, too, the “grass” is starting to green up down the back yard already…

finding plum cuttings.

It’s a very pleasant 20ish degrees here and around 60% humidity. Had a lovely lunch with staff and hangers on. Then a wander around town with them and they have gone home. Now trying out the new washing machine on a different cycle and different loading pattern from what is recommended because it seems to be extremely good at tangling up the bigger items.

Plenty of breeze and solar power out there today, the towels should be dry in half an hour or so from hanging out.

bluegreen said:

currently 35.2 outside. cooler inside with the aircon on.

it’s dropped to 34.8!

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

currently 35.2 outside. cooler inside with the aircon on.

it’s dropped to 34.8!

37 here.

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

It might rain soon

I hope you got some.

Yep, about 2 o’clock this morning…it was a nice fall, too, the “grass” is starting to green up down the back yard already…

Wish I could say the same.

roughbarked said:

finding plum cuttings.

Where?

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

finding plum cuttings.

Where?

I’m removing the weeds, the bared strips are where the cuttings are. They don’t look too good.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

finding plum cuttings.

Where?

I’m removing the weeds, the bared strips are where the cuttings are. They don’t look too good.

I’m glad I’m not doing your job.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Where?

I’m removing the weeds, the bared strips are where the cuttings are. They don’t look too good.

I’m glad I’m not doing your job.

All in any days work for the likes of myself..

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

I’m removing the weeds, the bared strips are where the cuttings are. They don’t look too good.

I’m glad I’m not doing your job.

All in any days work for the likes of myself..

Thankfully I don’t ever have to work that hard again in my life. Lurv retirement.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Where?

I’m removing the weeds, the bared strips are where the cuttings are. They don’t look too good.

I’m glad I’m not doing your job.

Thats the sort of job I enjoy doing. I don’t know why. Possibly because it’s like setting the wanted plant free. Dunno.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

I’m removing the weeds, the bared strips are where the cuttings are. They don’t look too good.

I’m glad I’m not doing your job.

Thats the sort of job I enjoy doing. I don’t know why. Possibly because it’s like setting the wanted plant free. Dunno.

I too could enjoy sitting on my bum working at the problem but I hate time limits. I like to do stuff at my leisure now.

20C now with a cool breeze from the south, but and expected max of 32 with possible showers. Have opened windows for now to cool the house down while the breeze is cool.

bluegreen said:

20C now with a cool breeze from the south, but and expected max of 32 with possible showers. Have opened windows for now to cool the house down while the breeze is cool.

You’re only a couple hours north west, but here we have a top of 21C expected and currently it’s 15.1 C. Weird.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

20C now with a cool breeze from the south, but and expected max of 32 with possible showers. Have opened windows for now to cool the house down while the breeze is cool.

You’re only a couple hours north west, but here we have a top of 21C expected and currently it’s 15.1 C. Weird.

It’s because I am on the other side of the ranges. Different weather patterns here. Our rain mostly comes from the north and southerly changes arrive a day later than Melbourne as a rule.

Hot here today and it’s going to get hotter according to Livio on the teev tonight. No rain in sight either. Buggerdammit.

a bit of rain this evening, but only enough to settle the dust.

pomolo said:

Hot here today and it’s going to get hotter according to Livio on the teev tonight. No rain in sight either. Buggerdammit.

same here – lightning and a few spots plus overwhelmingly hot

you’re back.

justin said:

pomolo said:

Hot here today and it’s going to get hotter according to Livio on the teev tonight. No rain in sight either. Buggerdammit.

same here – lightning and a few spots plus overwhelmingly hot

you’re back.

You noticed?

pomolo said:

justin said:

pomolo said:

Hot here today and it’s going to get hotter according to Livio on the teev tonight. No rain in sight either. Buggerdammit.

same here – lightning and a few spots plus overwhelmingly hot

you’re back.

You noticed?

better late than never.

i’m backtracking thru’ time to check that its really you and not an imposter.
going backward thru’ the RHC takes the suspence out of reading but it has the advantage of being instantly up to date.

justin said:

pomolo said:

justin said:

same here – lightning and a few spots plus overwhelmingly hot

you’re back.

You noticed?

better late than never.

i’m backtracking thru’ time to check that its really you and not an imposter.
going backward thru’ the RHC takes the suspence out of reading but it has the advantage of being instantly up to date.

Just like me not posting takes the suspence out of the forum.

roughbarked said:

finding plum cuttings.

Ok – why did they mulch the plum trees first?

justin said:

roughbarked said:

finding plum cuttings.

Ok – why did they mulch the plum trees first?

:)

cuttings.. they made cuttings and planted them contacted me to be ready to put apricot buds on them and then changed their mind. Were going to plough them in but the brother of the owner said he’d take them and I was called in to see if they’d be alive.

We have some storms moving in our direction. Please God. We’re getting desperate for it.

pomolo said:

We have some storms moving in our direction. Please God. We’re getting desperate for it.

It didn’t happen. :(

going to be 39 today. Going to spend the day trying to keep myself and the menagerie cool.

bluegreen said:

going to be 39 today. Going to spend the day trying to keep myself and the menagerie cool.

We’re expecting another hot one too. Not up to 39 though, I hope. More medical today but it will be air conditioned at least.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

going to be 39 today. Going to spend the day trying to keep myself and the menagerie cool.

We’re expecting another hot one too. Not up to 39 though, I hope. More medical today but it will be air conditioned at least.

We are headed for 40˚+ at preset it is 29.6˚C and rapidly climbing.. @ 2˚+ per hour

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

going to be 39 today. Going to spend the day trying to keep myself and the menagerie cool.

We’re expecting another hot one too. Not up to 39 though, I hope. More medical today but it will be air conditioned at least.

We are headed for 40˚+ at preset it is 29.6˚C and rapidly climbing.. @ 2˚+ per hour

I hope you are not having to work in that :(
(although I know you need the work)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

We’re expecting another hot one too. Not up to 39 though, I hope. More medical today but it will be air conditioned at least.

We are headed for 40˚+ at preset it is 29.6˚C and rapidly climbing.. @ 2˚+ per hour

I hope you are not having to work in that :(
(although I know you need the work)

Today I plan to be at least partially under the carport/walnut, pulling radiator out of ute and fixing it.
I’ve been watering all the sensitive plantings from early this morn.

Ga! already sweat running down my back just from feeding chooks. Bunnies are inside already and Max copped a swift smack to the bum salivating over them..one scolding does it though, smart dog.

33.4°C is almost as hot as it got yesterday, all day..
It isn’t even 11 AM yet.

roughbarked said:

33.4°C is almost as hot as it got yesterday, all day..
It isn’t even 11 AM yet.

It was 37˚C at Hay @ 10:30 AM

11 AM., 39˚C @ Hay. This means that since we have passed yesterday’s maximum already, it looks like a hot one. http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN60801/IDN60801.94702.shtml

roughbarked said:

33.4°C is almost as hot as it got yesterday, all day..
It isn’t even 11 AM yet.

not far behind you at 31.6°C

40 at Hay, 36 here.

My poor hubby.. his straddle crane stopped working, and all electricals died inc’ the radio, so he used his mobile ph to call his work to send a rescue maintenance team. And get him down because it’s 40C and he’s melting.

Happy Potter said:

My poor hubby.. his straddle crane stopped working, and all electricals died inc’ the radio, so he used his mobile ph to call his work to send a rescue maintenance team. And get him down because it’s 40C and he’s melting.

Poor buggers home now but red faced from the heat and cross about what happened. They’re new cranes and, supposedly, technologically advanced.

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

My poor hubby.. his straddle crane stopped working, and all electricals died inc’ the radio, so he used his mobile ph to call his work to send a rescue maintenance team. And get him down because it’s 40C and he’s melting.

Poor buggers home now but red faced from the heat and cross about what happened. They’re new cranes and, supposedly, technologically advanced.

more to go wrong! You don’t want to be stuck in the cabin of anything today without airconditioning! It’s hot enough to cook a chook outside :(
Fortunately mine seem to be coping, if stressed. Gave them some ice earlier, but it’s all melted now and it is still ridiculously hot.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

My poor hubby.. his straddle crane stopped working, and all electricals died inc’ the radio, so he used his mobile ph to call his work to send a rescue maintenance team. And get him down because it’s 40C and he’s melting.

Poor buggers home now but red faced from the heat and cross about what happened. They’re new cranes and, supposedly, technologically advanced.

more to go wrong! You don’t want to be stuck in the cabin of anything today without airconditioning! It’s hot enough to cook a chook outside :(
Fortunately mine seem to be coping, if stressed. Gave them some ice earlier, but it’s all melted now and it is still ridiculously hot.

So, the second crane incident in a week. Hope he’s cooling off with a quiet beer.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Poor buggers home now but red faced from the heat and cross about what happened. They’re new cranes and, supposedly, technologically advanced.

more to go wrong! You don’t want to be stuck in the cabin of anything today without airconditioning! It’s hot enough to cook a chook outside :(
Fortunately mine seem to be coping, if stressed. Gave them some ice earlier, but it’s all melted now and it is still ridiculously hot.

So, the second crane incident in a week. Hope he’s cooling off with a quiet beer.

His words to HO were a little more colourful and he told them he’ll only drive the old ones and not the new ‘pizza oven’ ones, ever again. He doesn’t drink full stop..but the gift of a cold watermelon waiting got me a big hug :D
Me on the other hand, will be having a cold coopers this evening with ‘First Friend’ Max on the swing seat. I got a teensy bit red faced keeping outside animals cool. Each of the 2 chook pens got a frozen lump of mince meat, kept for the purpose, and cooled water and a hosing. They loved it.
Quick way to cool down overheated chickens is to give them a can of cold creamed corn from the fridge.

I wanna come back in the next life as a chook living at my place…

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

more to go wrong! You don’t want to be stuck in the cabin of anything today without airconditioning! It’s hot enough to cook a chook outside :(
Fortunately mine seem to be coping, if stressed. Gave them some ice earlier, but it’s all melted now and it is still ridiculously hot.

So, the second crane incident in a week. Hope he’s cooling off with a quiet beer.

His words to HO were a little more colourful and he told them he’ll only drive the old ones and not the new ‘pizza oven’ ones, ever again. He doesn’t drink full stop..but the gift of a cold watermelon waiting got me a big hug :D
Me on the other hand, will be having a cold coopers this evening with ‘First Friend’ Max on the swing seat. I got a teensy bit red faced keeping outside animals cool. Each of the 2 chook pens got a frozen lump of mince meat, kept for the purpose, and cooled water and a hosing. They loved it.
Quick way to cool down overheated chickens is to give them a can of cold creamed corn from the fridge.

I wanna come back in the next life as a chook living at my place…

I reckon! lol!

the creamed corn is a good trick. Not sure I can afford to keep mine in minced meat Icy Poles yet ;)

I had frozen a 2 litre ice cream container of water about 2/3rds full and topped it up with water for the chicks to drink from. I was surprised how long the ice lasted. I am going to have to buy myself more icecream so I have a good supply of containers this summer, lol!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

So, the second crane incident in a week. Hope he’s cooling off with a quiet beer.

His words to HO were a little more colourful and he told them he’ll only drive the old ones and not the new ‘pizza oven’ ones, ever again. He doesn’t drink full stop..but the gift of a cold watermelon waiting got me a big hug :D
Me on the other hand, will be having a cold coopers this evening with ‘First Friend’ Max on the swing seat. I got a teensy bit red faced keeping outside animals cool. Each of the 2 chook pens got a frozen lump of mince meat, kept for the purpose, and cooled water and a hosing. They loved it.
Quick way to cool down overheated chickens is to give them a can of cold creamed corn from the fridge.

I wanna come back in the next life as a chook living at my place…

I reckon! lol!

the creamed corn is a good trick. Not sure I can afford to keep mine in minced meat Icy Poles yet ;)

I had frozen a 2 litre ice cream container of water about 2/3rds full and topped it up with water for the chicks to drink from. I was surprised how long the ice lasted. I am going to have to buy myself more icecream so I have a good supply of containers this summer, lol!

Yes! lol. I keep PET bottles and fill and freeze and sit whole, aka ice packs, in the chooks water container. It seems to stay frozen longer. I give them a wash over and re freeze.
39C currently and I’m supposed to go do a little grocery shopping. I don’t think so.

Happy Potter said:

Yes! lol. I keep PET bottles and fill and freeze and sit whole, aka ice packs, in the chooks water container. It seems to stay frozen longer. I give them a wash over and re freeze.
39C currently and I’m supposed to go do a little grocery shopping. I don’t think so.

I’ve done that in the past, but I don’t have any soft drink bottles now as I don’t buy any, and I am not going to either!

roughbarked said:

11 AM., 39˚C @ Hay. This means that since we have passed yesterday’s maximum already, it looks like a hot one. http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN60801/IDN60801.94702.shtml

wow! that looks hot alright.

Happy Potter said:

Happy Potter said:

My poor hubby.. his straddle crane stopped working, and all electricals died inc’ the radio, so he used his mobile ph to call his work to send a rescue maintenance team. And get him down because it’s 40C and he’s melting.

Poor buggers home now but red faced from the heat and cross about what happened. They’re new cranes and, supposedly, technologically advanced.

Hope he got the air con on.

Be gone early in the morning. More medical but it’s on the Sunshine Coast so should be quite pleasant. Might even manage lunch on the beach somewhere.

Stay cool all you Southeners.

still hot here. 31.5 @ 8.40pm. Minimum of 25 tonight. Yuck. Hate hot nights. Think the aircon is going to stay on tonight.

pomolo said:

Be gone early in the morning. More medical but it’s on the Sunshine Coast so should be quite pleasant. Might even manage lunch on the beach somewhere.

Stay cool all you Southeners.

Gees, you must be feeling like a pin cushion. Take care.
Cooler here now that it’s a sane 26C. But it’s going to stay there all night so the bedroom air con will be on.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Yes! lol. I keep PET bottles and fill and freeze and sit whole, aka ice packs, in the chooks water container. It seems to stay frozen longer. I give them a wash over and re freeze.
39C currently and I’m supposed to go do a little grocery shopping. I don’t think so.

I’ve done that in the past, but I don’t have any soft drink bottles now as I don’t buy any, and I am not going to either!

I’ll see if I have any spares to bring with me. Ice cream containers too.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Yes! lol. I keep PET bottles and fill and freeze and sit whole, aka ice packs, in the chooks water container. It seems to stay frozen longer. I give them a wash over and re freeze.
39C currently and I’m supposed to go do a little grocery shopping. I don’t think so.

I’ve done that in the past, but I don’t have any soft drink bottles now as I don’t buy any, and I am not going to either!

I’ll see if I have any spares to bring with me. Ice cream containers too.

thanks. although it occured to me that I have a heap of take-away containers that I could use, so if you don’t have any spare that’s OK.

Just to let you know that it is still 31ºC a 12:30. I was out pulling branches off dead trees at dusk in a windy dust storm that had a cooler and sprinkly ending But watching Sherlock Holmes under the cooler later. Snoozed in the chair for a bit. Just passing on my way to the real bed.

I’ve eaten my first tomatoes for the season.

scratch that, it hadn’t updated. Actually it was 32.4ºC @ 00:30 AM

Boy, I don’t miss Luckyland Summers at all… Yesterday here it sneaked into 30ºC again between the hours of 11am and 2pm, it then dropped off to the evening overnight low of 24ºC. It does this everyday, like clockwork. No need to be alarmed by cold fronts or hot northerlies. Only 7.4mm for November, that’s 2inches below average, so a dry warm end to Spring. Summer starts tomorrow and we average over 700mm for those three months, lets hope the wet starts sooner rather than later.

painmaster said:

Boy, I don’t miss Luckyland Summers at all… Yesterday here it sneaked into 30ºC again between the hours of 11am and 2pm, it then dropped off to the evening overnight low of 24ºC. It does this everyday, like clockwork. No need to be alarmed by cold fronts or hot northerlies. Only 7.4mm for November, that’s 2inches below average, so a dry warm end to Spring. Summer starts tomorrow and we average over 700mm for those three months, lets hope the wet starts sooner rather than later.

As close as we got to rain last evening.

roughbarked said:

Just to let you know that it is still 31ºC a 12:30. I was out pulling branches off dead trees at dusk in a windy dust storm that had a cooler and sprinkly ending But watching Sherlock Holmes under the cooler later. Snoozed in the chair for a bit. Just passing on my way to the real bed.

Hot night here too. Aircon on all night here and still had trouble sleeping. I have heat rash. Antihistamines and Aloe Vera and I still itch.

Currently 31ºC and only going to get hotter :(

I hate hot weather :(

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Just to let you know that it is still 31ºC a 12:30. I was out pulling branches off dead trees at dusk in a windy dust storm that had a cooler and sprinkly ending But watching Sherlock Holmes under the cooler later. Snoozed in the chair for a bit. Just passing on my way to the real bed.

Hot night here too. Aircon on all night here and still had trouble sleeping. I have heat rash. Antihistamines and Aloe Vera and I still itch.

Currently 31ºC and only going to get hotter :(

I hate hot weather :(

Me toooo, although I’m glad to see the back of the extended winter, the hot nights are not conducive to sleeping.
I’ve cleaned the hens coops of left over mincemeat, refillled water containers and fed and cleaned the bubs in the brooder. Also fed and clean watered the visiting bunnies, they love rhubarb stalks!, and today I’ll put their hutch out under the shady almond tree. I’m so used to poultry and obviously not used to rabbits, I forgot they pee! lol.

last day of Spring, where did it go !!!

Thee’s Estate said:

last day of Spring, where did it go !!!

I talked to the wind
My words were just carried away.

roughbarked said:

Thee’s Estate said:

last day of Spring, where did it go !!!

I talked to the wind
My words were just carried away.

so that was where all the hot air came from!!! lol!

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Thee’s Estate said:

last day of Spring, where did it go !!!

I talked to the wind
My words were just carried away.

so that was where all the hot air came from!!! lol!

:)

ssh or I’ll tell curve that you a bikier

I just went outside and the wind is not as hot, although it is still pretty warm out there. There is a rain band coming through that looks like has reach Benalla so hopefully will be here soon, and won’t pass by to the north.

bluegreen said:

I just went outside and the wind is not as hot, although it is still pretty warm out there. There is a rain band coming through that looks like has reach Benalla so hopefully will be here soon, and won’t pass by to the north.

which it did :(

temperature is dropping though (now 30.3)

not much sleep last night, even with the aircon on and sleeping in the guest room that has a ceiling fan.

Should be a bit cooler today (28C) and have had 1mm of rain with more predicted as scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mind you the showers managed to bypass me to the north and south yesterday so I am not holding my breath!

Off to the local market this morning, and then we’ll see how I feel for the rest of the day’s activities. I suspect that it will be indoors in the cool again.