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trichome said:

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that link needs to open in new tab or window to work, so it would seem.

nice images, but autumn doesn’t look like that here in the coastal subtropics :)

trichome said:

trichome said:

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that link needs to open in new tab or window to work, so it would seem.

nice images, but autumn doesn’t look like that here in the coastal subtropics :)

As I inhale the soft but distinct perfume of frangipanis of a night, I don’t yearn for any of the scenes in those photos at all.. but they are pretty…

Meanwhile, at The Top End

Autum colourings like that don’t happen here either. But I do have 2 different types of Liquid Amber and 1 Ginko biloba and they give a quick show before winter.

trichome said:

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being partial to autumn colours, that was very pleasing :D

Dinetta said:

Meanwhile, at The Top End

it would be horrible to have the build up (I have heard that can almost drive you crazy!) without the rain.

here it is very pleasant atm (25.6). Sunny again after our bit of rain, but much cooler. I can leave the drapes open and have some light, and some doors and windows open and have some fresh air! It will build up to the low 30s again during the week but hopefully the back of summer has been broken.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Meanwhile, at The Top End

it would be horrible to have the build up (I have heard that can almost drive you crazy!) without the rain.

Must be what they mean by “going troppo”…

bluegreen said:

here it is very pleasant atm (25.6). Sunny again after our bit of rain, but much cooler. I can leave the drapes open and have some light, and some doors and windows open and have some fresh air! It will build up to the low 30s again during the week but hopefully the back of summer has been broken.

Nothing quite like fresh air and a breeze.

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Meanwhile, at The Top End

it would be horrible to have the build up (I have heard that can almost drive you crazy!) without the rain.

Must be what they mean by “going troppo”…

Is it possible to go Troppo even if you aren’t in the tropics?

pomolo said:

Is it possible to go Troppo even if you aren’t in the tropics?

Yep. Absolutely.

I THINK IT’S RAINING OVER THE NULLABOR, WON’T THEY BE SURPRISED?

CAT IS ON CAPS LOCK SO I WILL TAKE SHADOW FOR HIS WALK…

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Is it possible to go Troppo even if you aren’t in the tropics?

Yep. Absolutely.

except its called ‘mad’ when you do it down here – and – the weather is conspiring to send us all into a state of ‘sublime melancholy’ – all flashy clods and lightning but little rain – grr!!

Just saying…the autumnal equinox this year is March 20…according to Mother Nature this is the cut-off from summer, heading in to the cooler months…

Nice drop of grass growing rain has settled in….

we’re supposed to have received 44 points last night but I think we got more in town here…

The Monsoonal Trough on the eastern side, continues to march south

summer has decided to continue with continual temps above 30C which is unusual for March. This past summer has been dubbed “The Angry Summer” and a “climate on steroids”.

At least it is cooling down at nights a bit more so the hot period of the day is shorter and easier to cope with.

bluegreen said:

summer has decided to continue with continual temps above 30C which is unusual for March. This past summer has been dubbed “The Angry Summer” and a “climate on steroids”.

At least it is cooling down at nights a bit more so the hot period of the day is shorter and easier to cope with.

. The highest mean maximum temperature on record for summer in Adelaide (Kent Town) is 31.2°C in 2000..

I was suspicious and looked it up on BOM Adelaide.
That Adelaide airport temperature is (deliberately?) misleading …… this year in Adelaide was 1.2C cooler than 2000.
the stats are being misused imho

justin said:

bluegreen said:

summer has decided to continue with continual temps above 30C which is unusual for March. This past summer has been dubbed “The Angry Summer” and a “climate on steroids”.

At least it is cooling down at nights a bit more so the hot period of the day is shorter and easier to cope with.

. The highest mean maximum temperature on record for summer in Adelaide (Kent Town) is 31.2°C in 2000..

I was suspicious and looked it up on BOM Adelaide.
That Adelaide airport temperature is (deliberately?) misleading …… this year in Adelaide was 1.2C cooler than 2000.
the stats are being misused imho

they maybe quoting absolute temperatures, not mean, and they are talking Australia overall, not just a particular area. But you may be right and we are being duped.

bluegreen said:

justin said:

bluegreen said:

summer has decided to continue with continual temps above 30C which is unusual for March. This past summer has been dubbed “The Angry Summer” and a “climate on steroids”.

At least it is cooling down at nights a bit more so the hot period of the day is shorter and easier to cope with.

. The highest mean maximum temperature on record for summer in Adelaide (Kent Town) is 31.2°C in 2000..
I was suspicious and looked it up on BOM Adelaide. That Adelaide airport temperature is (deliberately?) misleading …… this year in Adelaide was 1.2C cooler than 2000.
the stats are being misused imho

they maybe quoting absolute temperatures, not mean, and they are talking Australia overall, not just a particular area. But you may be right and we are being duped.

the airport stat is correct – but is not typical of the adelaide region this year.

i think we are in a global warming pattern but – it’s not linear and often takes three steps backwards – like in the northern hemisphere freeze this year

i do remember it was a cold spring because i deliberately planted my spring garden under extensive shade trees. i thought i wouldn’t need to erect shade structure over my crops – but darn – the temps stayed down and ruined many of the crops.

bluegreen said:

Strangely, ours has not been the hottest summer here…I sometimes think our weathers have swapped and we have had your cooler summer…

Dinetta said:

Strangely, ours has not been the hottest summer here…I sometimes think our weathers have swapped and we have had your cooler summer…

although there has allegedly records broken rain and flood wise up north.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Strangely, ours has not been the hottest summer here…I sometimes think our weathers have swapped and we have had your cooler summer…

although there has allegedly records broken rain and flood wise up north.

There’s drought in the west of Qld…no rain at all this Wet…or the spring before it…

raining here, but it does seem to do that each night nowadays… Bossman rain the guys are calling it, only at night and on weekends, but sunshine during working hours.

I love autumn.

roughbarked said:

I love autumn.

:D

I am so over this long hot summer. Chooks are still being a pain and I am hot and sweaty. It is dark now and still over 30 deg outside and humid. Had to chase the cockerel out of a tree where he decided to roost a couple of times, and still have hens in sin bins. Decided to swap a couple over so the best behaved one (and the only one laying atm) gets to go back in the main coop. At least the grass in green again. Off to have a shower.

Still hot and dry here. It’s reached 34 and still rising. The wind is from the North and gusting around the 30s. I’m staying inside where I have the temperature at around 23 degrees.

buffy said:

Still hot and dry here. It’s reached 34 and still rising. The wind is from the North and gusting around the 30s. I’m staying inside where I have the temperature at around 23 degrees.

Lovely and cool here, I believe we will have a Max of 29C today, there’s a cool breeze from the south east…we need a drying breeze just at the mo, and I saw lovely stands of sorghum (dryland cropping) on the way on Wednesday…reckon they must have planted just before / after Christmas because it’s not really been dry enough since Jan 25 (ex-TC Oswald days) for tractors to get out on the blacksoil…

buffy said:

Still hot and dry here. It’s reached 34 and still rising. The wind is from the North and gusting around the 30s. I’m staying inside where I have the temperature at around 23 degrees.

much the same here :(

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

Still hot and dry here. It’s reached 34 and still rising. The wind is from the North and gusting around the 30s. I’m staying inside where I have the temperature at around 23 degrees.

much the same here :(

It is normal for here. I don’t know what the problem is.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

Still hot and dry here. It’s reached 34 and still rising. The wind is from the North and gusting around the 30s. I’m staying inside where I have the temperature at around 23 degrees.

much the same here :(

It is normal for here. I don’t know what the problem is.

you’re just tougher than me ;)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

much the same here :(

It is normal for here. I don’t know what the problem is.

you’re just tougher than me ;)

It is a climatic upbringing thing. In spring maybe(around here), people complain that 30ºC is a hot day.. but by autumn.. 36ºC is a cool day.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

It is normal for here. I don’t know what the problem is.

you’re just tougher than me ;)

It is a climatic upbringing thing. In spring maybe(around here), people complain that 30ºC is a hot day.. but by autumn.. 36ºC is a cool day.

I have certainly redefined “hot” and “cool” this summer!

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

much the same here :(

It is normal for here. I don’t know what the problem is.

you’re just tougher than me ;)

Just learned to live with it…

37C has always been the “hotter” temp for me, in that after 37C it can be defined as “hot”…. however humidity can throw a spaniard in the works…

Dinetta said:

37C has always been the “hotter” temp for me, in that after 37C it can be defined as “hot”…. however humidity can throw a spaniard in the works…

yeah.. once it gets up around the old ton.. it is time for watermelons and swimming pools(in the shade)

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

37C has always been the “hotter” temp for me, in that after 37C it can be defined as “hot”…. however humidity can throw a spaniard in the works…

yeah.. once it gets up around the old ton.. it is time for watermelons and swimming pools(in the shade)

harking back to the humidity thing.. For me, today is 70% humidity @ 34ºC.. it is a beautiful day.. but i do need to water my garden.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

37C has always been the “hotter” temp for me, in that after 37C it can be defined as “hot”…. however humidity can throw a spaniard in the works…

yeah.. once it gets up around the old ton.. it is time for watermelons and swimming pools(in the shade)

harking back to the humidity thing.. For me, today is 70% humidity @ 34ºC.. it is a beautiful day.. but i do need to water my garden.

OK.. I’ll try to clarify the small errors.. It was 70% humidity at 7 AM.. it is 29% now.. at 2:36 PM.

and falling.. 27% by the time the post loaded.

roughbarked said:

OK.. I’ll try to clarify the small errors.. It was 70% humidity at 7 AM.. it is 29% now.. at 2:36 PM.

According to the BoM, ours is 100%, and has been for nearly a week…

rofl

bluegreen said:

I am so over this long hot summer. Chooks are still being a pain and I am hot and sweaty. It is dark now and still over 30 deg outside and humid. Had to chase the cockerel out of a tree where he decided to roost a couple of times, and still have hens in sin bins. Decided to swap a couple over so the best behaved one (and the only one laying atm) gets to go back in the main coop. At least the grass in green again. Off to have a shower.

well said.
hot weather all night and all day here – has been for a week now – altho’ i got 10mm rain yesterday.
it was welcome – a gutter even overflowed.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

37C has always been the “hotter” temp for me, in that after 37C it can be defined as “hot”…. however humidity can throw a spaniard in the works…

yeah.. once it gets up around the old ton.. it is time for watermelons and swimming pools(in the shade)

the pool is best at night.
we discovered that – if you stand immersed up to your neck for 30 minutes you can actually feel cold – no activity allowed.

justin said:

the pool is best at night.
we discovered that – if you stand immersed up to your neck for 30 minutes you can actually feel cold – no activity allowed.

So in theory, if you hop into a pool that’s 32C e.g. a “heated” pool…for little darlings Learn to Swim…and you stand still for 20 mins, you will cool off?

Dinetta said:

justin said:

the pool is best at night.
we discovered that – if you stand immersed up to your neck for 30 minutes you can actually feel cold – no activity allowed.

So in theory, if you hop into a pool that’s 32C e.g. a “heated” pool…for little darlings Learn to Swim…and you stand still for 20 mins, you will cool off?

I used to teach those little darlings in a heated pool and yes, you felt cold before the day’s lessons were over. Don’t know if it was at the 30 min point or later though.

bluegreen said:

I used to teach those little darlings in a heated pool and yes, you felt cold before the day’s lessons were over. Don’t know if it was at the 30 min point or later though.

Guess there’s not much moving around with the littlies…

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

I used to teach those little darlings in a heated pool and yes, you felt cold before the day’s lessons were over. Don’t know if it was at the 30 min point or later though.

Guess there’s not much moving around with the littlies…

you are moving around a bit but not like swimming laps. the lap swimmers always complained that it was too hot.

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

Still hot and dry here. It’s reached 34 and still rising. The wind is from the North and gusting around the 30s. I’m staying inside where I have the temperature at around 23 degrees.

much the same here :(

I wish at least that we could share our rain with you.

justin said:

bluegreen said:

I am so over this long hot summer. Chooks are still being a pain and I am hot and sweaty. It is dark now and still over 30 deg outside and humid. Had to chase the cockerel out of a tree where he decided to roost a couple of times, and still have hens in sin bins. Decided to swap a couple over so the best behaved one (and the only one laying atm) gets to go back in the main coop. At least the grass in green again. Off to have a shower.

well said.
hot weather all night and all day here – has been for a week now – altho’ i got 10mm rain yesterday.
it was welcome – a gutter even overflowed.

Well I’m so over this long wet season. The sugar has gone lumpy. The salt has turned to moisture. The ants have taken up residence in the icing sugar, caster sugar and crystal sugar canisters. I had to toss the lot our and re stock. Can’t do anything much in the garden because the ground is so wet. Slime and mould is growing on all the paths. And you know what else……………it’s still raining as I type.

We are supposed to be going to a birthday picnic tomorrow. To be held at the seaside. Can’t see it happening. Guess why?

Sunshiny here, going to be a good drying day…I finished mowing the front yesterday but need to whippersnip in the chook yard…

pomolo said:

justin said:

bluegreen said:

I am so over this long hot summer. Chooks are still being a pain and I am hot and sweaty. It is dark now and still over 30 deg outside and humid. Had to chase the cockerel out of a tree where he decided to roost a couple of times, and still have hens in sin bins. Decided to swap a couple over so the best behaved one (and the only one laying atm) gets to go back in the main coop. At least the grass in green again. Off to have a shower.

well said.
hot weather all night and all day here – has been for a week now – altho’ i got 10mm rain yesterday.
it was welcome – a gutter even overflowed.

Well I’m so over this long wet season. The sugar has gone lumpy. The salt has turned to moisture. The ants have taken up residence in the icing sugar, caster sugar and crystal sugar canisters. I had to toss the lot our and re stock. Can’t do anything much in the garden because the ground is so wet. Slime and mould is growing on all the paths. And you know what else……………it’s still raining as I type.

the wet season here has been very short, didn’t start to rain until February really. Drizzly and cool outside this morn.

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

justin said:

well said.
hot weather all night and all day here – has been for a week now – altho’ i got 10mm rain yesterday.
it was welcome – a gutter even overflowed.

Well I’m so over this long wet season. The sugar has gone lumpy. The salt has turned to moisture. The ants have taken up residence in the icing sugar, caster sugar and crystal sugar canisters. I had to toss the lot our and re stock. Can’t do anything much in the garden because the ground is so wet. Slime and mould is growing on all the paths. And you know what else……………it’s still raining as I type.

the wet season here has been very short, didn’t start to rain until February really. Drizzly and cool outside this morn.

I’ve had only the one decent fall of rain this year. 53 mm Thank goodness for that or my garden would be dead.

and over to the weather channel….

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

autumn here is very stable Maximum 34°C 35°C 35°C 35°C 34°C 35°C 35°C
Minimum 20°C 20°C 19°C 20°C 20°C 19°C 20°C

yuck and yuck on both counts. I am not far behind you here
maximum 33°C 35°C 35°C 34°C 35°C 36°C 34°C

I am not sleeping well because the nights are not cold enough for me :(

and minimums 17°C 17°C 16°C 16°C 19°C 19°C 15°C

bluegreen said:

and over to the weather channel….

and minimums 17°C 17°C 16°C 16°C 19°C 19°C 15°C

ah for a 15ºC night..

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

and over to the weather channel….

and minimums 17°C 17°C 16°C 16°C 19°C 19°C 15°C

ah for a 15ºC night..

certainly beats 20°C, but single digits are even better :)

bluegreen said:

and over to the weather channel….

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

autumn here is very stable Maximum 34°C 35°C 35°C 35°C 34°C 35°C 35°C
Minimum 20°C 20°C 19°C 20°C 20°C 19°C 20°C

yuck and yuck on both counts. I am not far behind you here
maximum 33°C 35°C 35°C 34°C 35°C 36°C 34°C

I am not sleeping well because the nights are not cold enough for me :(

and minimums 17°C 17°C 16°C 16°C 19°C 19°C 15°C

the forecast for Moresby for the week is 30ºC 31ºC 27ºC 29ºC 31ºC 31ºC

and minimums of 22ºC 22ºC 21ºC 22ºC 22ºC 22ºC

We’ve gone over 30 degrees already. The next week looks hot. Not even a prospect of showers until about Wednesday or Thursday and if recent weeks are anything to go by, they will evaporate before eventuating.

painmaster said:

bluegreen said:

and over to the weather channel….

bluegreen said:

yuck and yuck on both counts. I am not far behind you here
maximum 33°C 35°C 35°C 34°C 35°C 36°C 34°C

I am not sleeping well because the nights are not cold enough for me :(

and minimums 17°C 17°C 16°C 16°C 19°C 19°C 15°C

the forecast for Moresby for the week is 30ºC 31ºC 27ºC 29ºC 31ºC 31ºC

and minimums of 22ºC 22ºC 21ºC 22ºC 22ºC 22ºC

I clearly recall a day.. new years eve/NYD when I left here, my thermometer read 49ºC(though BOM didn’t agree).. When I hit Melbourne it was sunny and around 32ºC followed instantly by a hailstorm.. When we got on the ferry to Tassie (spirit of Tasmania).. I looked at the gap where the back door closed and thought.. “why am I putting all my investment in life on this one boat?”

All night she upended on 5-8 m swells.. Upon reaching Davenport.. We spent three days huddling around a stove because it was only 8ºC out.. Snow on Cradle Mountain.

I asked the locals.. they told me it had been 40ºC the day before … “come back in autumn, it is stable then.”

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

Well I’m so over this long wet season.

the wet season here has been very short, didn’t start to rain until February really. Drizzly and cool outside this morn.

Ours didn’t really start until ex-TC Oswald, the last few days of January. Then it seemed the monsoonal trough had moved north, goodbye wet season…however it’s meandered back down again and the last 2 weeks have been “typical” of our wet…better late than never…

I’ve had only the one decent fall of rain this year. 53 mm Thank goodness for that or my garden would be dead.

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

Well I’m so over this long wet season.

the wet season here has been very short, didn’t start to rain until February really. Drizzly and cool outside this morn.

Ours didn’t really start until ex-TC Oswald, the last few days of January. Then it seemed the monsoonal trough had moved north, goodbye wet season…however it’s meandered back down again and the last 2 weeks have been “typical” of our wet…better late than never…

AAaaargh!

This post has now been checked in Preview…

28.3 here, but “apparently” 33.?? Humidity 100%, as it has been for the past week to 10 days…bahahahahaha!!

A steady 30C forecast for the next few days…coolish! We’re lucky here that the minimums are so cool, 18, 19 and 20 range…It’s difficult when the minimums remain in the high 20s…

Hot and dry, to hot and humid. Gimme a break, lol.

Happy Potter said:

Hot and dry, to hot and humid. Gimme a break, lol.

tell me about it :(

Yep. I’ve potted up a dozen cape gooseberry plants and between mixing soil and doing that, I was dripping. Currently still in the twenties here, I think, and overcast.

I was right….26. Humidity at 56% but falling very fast. It was 90% a couple of hours ago.

Dry, south easterly (nice), flooffy clods every where…26C atm but “apparently” 29…I guess it would be, in the sun…indoors work until 16:00 hrs, as per normal summer routine…need to vacuum and mop the floors…the latter because it doesn’t look like rain any time soon and it’s hard for the floors to dry when it is raining / showering / misting…

2 inches of rain last night brings March to 6 and a half inches or thereabouts. Peanuts and Corn are growing in the surrounding hills

painmaster said:

2 inches of rain last night brings March to 6 and a half inches or thereabouts. Peanuts and Corn are growing in the surrounding hills

Are they growing together or separately…

phenominally hot in adelaide.

and its march! – so the sun is now just coming onto the bottom of my bedroom window.

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

2 inches of rain last night brings March to 6 and a half inches or thereabouts. Peanuts and Corn are growing in the surrounding hills

Are they growing together or separately…

separately.

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

2 inches of rain last night brings March to 6 and a half inches or thereabouts. Peanuts and Corn are growing in the surrounding hills

Are they growing together or separately…

separately.

I did wonder if it was a companion planting thing…

Heat wave record about to tumble in Victoria?

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

Are they growing together or separately…

separately.

I did wonder if it was a companion planting thing…

nah, its just the two favourite crops of the PNGean. They’re easy to grow, easy to harvest, easy to cook and easy to sell. All win win win. They do grow a lot of Pak Choy and Chickens are a favourite item to sell on a Sunday morning market.

But back to the weather, another 35mm o’ernight brings March to a shade under 8inches for the month.

Freezing last night…17.5C at 06:00 hrs this morning, then it dropped the 0.5…I went back to bed for half-an-hour with my morning coffee…

That’s 06:30 hours this AM…

Dinetta said:

Freezing last night…17.5C at 06:00 hrs this morning, then it dropped the 0.5…I went back to bed for half-an-hour with my morning coffee…

freezing? That is still warm!

I don’t know why but we have been blessed with excessive rain and cooler weather. It’s raining again today. I’m noticing that a lot of plants have a branch or two that are hanging limp and yellowing. It can only be from all the wet. A little sun on occasion but mostly grey and wet. Oh for a full sun day or two. Weeds are getting away from me. Going to seed and I can’t glypho in this weather. At least the accessible ones are easy to pull.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Freezing last night…17.5C at 06:00 hrs this morning, then it dropped the 0.5…I went back to bed for half-an-hour with my morning coffee…

freezing? That is still warm!

Freezing, BlueGreen! I nearly had to put a warm-ish jumper on…

We had a big rainbow arch in the sky this arvo. Sun in the west. It was beautiful. Livio said we might have 2 fine days on Thursday and Friday. I want to get excited but I’m not convinced yet.

pomolo said:

We had a big rainbow arch in the sky this arvo. Sun in the west. It was beautiful. Livio said we might have 2 fine days on Thursday and Friday. I want to get excited but I’m not convinced yet.

If it’s Livio it must be tru…

TC Sandra is a long way south…

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

We had a big rainbow arch in the sky this arvo. Sun in the west. It was beautiful. Livio said we might have 2 fine days on Thursday and Friday. I want to get excited but I’m not convinced yet.

If it’s Livio it must be tru…

We’ll know in 12 hours or so.

raining here heavily.

painmaster said:

raining here heavily.

Drizabone here 17.3°C 57%

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

raining here heavily.

Drizabone here 17.3°C 57%

they say it is currently 27ºC here, and I daresay 98% looking at the low clods outside.

will max out at 28ºC they say and it may be a little windy today but rain isn’t on the horizon for at least a week or likely more.

painmaster said:

raining here heavily.

We have had our first fine and clear day today. It’s been ages and ages since we have been warmed by the sun for a whole day. Livio does it agagin.

clods but no wet stuff – here in dryland

We’ve been able to see forever nearly all day today…

Dinetta said:

We’ve been able to see forever nearly all day today…

There were some clouds about and god seemed to be expectorating a little but the poor bugger must be suffering from dry mouth syndrome.

7mm o’ernight brings the March total to 10 inches.

nice.

Very heavy rain at the moment. Everything is overflowing, patio under and the carport is a river.
The BOM radar is very colourful!

painmaster said:

7mm o’ernight brings the March total to 10 inches.

nice.

My annual total to date still stands at 2”

Hmmmph!

I’m still waiting for a wet season :(

Teleost said:

Hmmmph!

I’m still waiting for a wet season :(

Not everybody got one, not even out here :(

We’re doing a bit of a swelter here today. Got to 35c so I had to stop pruning and come inside for a spell. Supposed to start raining again tonight.

BTW Dinetta. I was pruning the Giesha Girls and there were butterflies, dragon flys, baby frogs, ant nests, praying mantis and wasps but no thorns on the Durantas. the other big old one certainly has them though.

pomolo said:

We’re doing a bit of a swelter here today. Got to 35c so I had to stop pruning and come inside for a spell. Supposed to start raining again tonight.

BTW Dinetta. I was pruning the Giesha Girls and there were butterflies, dragon flys, baby frogs, ant nests, praying mantis and wasps but no thorns on the Durantas. the other big old one certainly has them though.

it has been a lovely Autumn day here, at last. Low 20s and a cool southerly breeze.

Our BOM (nearest radar) has been “out” since 15th March…

It feels cold here. We only pushed a 16 today. Which is a rather stark contrast to last Mondays’ mid thirties. I think I’d like it somewhere in the middle. A couple of times when the clouds cleared I noticed The Sun still has his power…..

:)

That ex cyclone Tim looks as though it might make land near Browntown. You listening PM?

lovely and cool here. Currently 13.5C with a mid 20s maximum expected and the top temperature for the week will be Wednesday with a possible 30C and rain on Thursday. Minimums are getting to single figures (just how I like it.) Looks like the Autumn break has finally arrived.

Good afternoon. I missed this morning because I was outside. And filling the puppy’s new beanbag. We were 8 degrees this morning. I don’t know what it is at the moment, but I’m only wearing a t-shirt with my gardening pants.

About to eat some lunch, do a little bit of painting and sanding and make some biscuits.

i’ve been up and about since first light
- wonderful day and an even better morning.

the jerusalem artichoke is just flowering – that 2m high ‘tree’ to the right of centre – and on its right is the purple flowering amaranthus.
in the foreground the lebanese cuey didn’t grow up its tripod – but produced nice cueys all the same.

the tropicana cannas are just starting to flower and their leaves are colourful and cheery

justin said:

the jerusalem artichoke is just flowering – that 2m high ‘tree’ to the right of centre – and on its right is the purple flowering amaranthus.
in the foreground the lebanese cuey didn’t grow up its tripod – but produced nice cueys all the same.

the tropicana cannas are just starting to flower and their leaves are colourful and cheery

Those cannas look attractive. Doesn’t realy matter if they never flower does it?

pomolo said:

justin said:

the jerusalem artichoke is just flowering – that 2m high ‘tree’ to the right of centre – and on its right is the purple flowering amaranthus.
in the foreground the lebanese cuey didn’t grow up its tripod – but produced nice cueys all the same.

the tropicana cannas are just starting to flower and their leaves are colourful and cheery

Those cannas look attractive. Doesn’t realy matter if they never flower does it?

The Jerusalem Artichokes are great windbreak screening plants and pollinator attractants but they are rather invasive if water is available and their shade is often undesirable.. Of course, one may think yes well I’ll eat the tubers.. that’ll hold them back.. but this never seems to eventuate.. unless of course you are otherwise very short of something to eat.

Cannas, I never tried to eat but though attractive they used water better used on other things.

I still grow the artichokes, because of the reasons I mentioned.

pomolo said:

That ex cyclone Tim looks as though it might make land near Browntown. You listening PM?

looks like a wet few days ahead… but not for me…. I flew over the Owen Stanleys in a helicopter today and back and managed to dodge the big white fluffy things!

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

That ex cyclone Tim looks as though it might make land near Browntown. You listening PM?

looks like a wet few days ahead… but not for me…. I flew over the Owen Stanleys in a helicopter today and back and managed to dodge the big white fluffy things!

If only my old man could have called up a helicopter to get his 25 pounder up there.

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

That ex cyclone Tim looks as though it might make land near Browntown. You listening PM?

looks like a wet few days ahead… but not for me…. I flew over the Owen Stanleys in a helicopter today and back and managed to dodge the big white fluffy things!

If only my old man could have called up a helicopter to get his 25 pounder up there.

they didn’t get the 25 pounders very far unfortunately…. but I did find some old grenades today and an old penny.

Brownsville will be lucky to get 50mm out of this system…

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

looks like a wet few days ahead… but not for me…. I flew over the Owen Stanleys in a helicopter today and back and managed to dodge the big white fluffy things!

If only my old man could have called up a helicopter to get his 25 pounder up there.

they didn’t get the 25 pounders very far unfortunately…. but I did find some old grenades today and an old penny.

No wonder you love your job.

painmaster said:

Brownsville will be lucky to get 50mm out of this system…

Plus, last I heard.

pomolo said:

justin said:

the tropicana cannas are just starting to flower and their leaves are colourful and cheery

Those cannas look attractive. Doesn’t realy matter if they never flower does it?

the coloured foliage is long lasting than the yellow flowers.

roughbarked said:

The Jerusalem Artichokes are great windbreak screening plants and pollinator attractants but they are rather invasive if water is available and their shade is often undesirable.. Of course, one may think yes well I’ll eat the tubers.. that’ll hold them back.. but this never seems to eventuate.. unless of course you are otherwise very short of something to eat.

Cannas, I never tried to eat but though attractive they used water better used on other things.

I still grow the artichokes, because of the reasons I mentioned.

the fartichokes are very windy but we have make wine from them. they are perpetual because any tuber left in the ground will resprout.
i’m using sprinklers this year so their position gets the benefit of the mandarin irrigation.

pomolo said:

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

If only my old man could have called up a helicopter to get his 25 pounder up there.

they didn’t get the 25 pounders very far unfortunately…. but I did find some old grenades today and an old penny.

No wonder you love your job.

sure do. Thanks P.

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

painmaster said:

they didn’t get the 25 pounders very far unfortunately…. but I did find some old grenades today and an old penny.

No wonder you love your job.

sure do. Thanks P.

What else could you do, apart from worry about random spittle?

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

pomolo said:

No wonder you love your job.

sure do. Thanks P.

What else could you do, apart from worry about random spittle?

There are some body gestures that are indicative of a big buai spit. You just need to be aware.

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

sure do. Thanks P.

What else could you do, apart from worry about random spittle?

There are some body gestures that are indicative of a big buai spit. You just need to be aware.

Akin to watching for wandering serpents?

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

What else could you do, apart from worry about random spittle?

There are some body gestures that are indicative of a big buai spit. You just need to be aware.

Akin to watching for wandering serpents?

similar.

it’s raining :)

bluegreen said:

it’s raining :)

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

it’s raining :)

I only caught the edge of it so far but it was enough to stop me grafting citrus.

http://www.essentialenergy.com.au/content/stormtracker

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

it’s raining :)

Hooray!!

Well I wasted ergs driving to work only to find that nobody else came and that though I was capable of getting work done without them, surgical incisions came to a halt after one hour due to precipitation. Scudding showers are keeping it that way so I’m now making Eremophila cuttings at home.

We’re getting blown away here. I’ve been out chasing tumbling chook food and water dishes. All refilled and secured now though. Chooks look like they’ve been blown inside out. A shed door keeps opening so I’ve occy strapped it to a nearby fence.

Wind turbines would be making a killing, if I had them.

The mans crook, been in bed for some days from a bug going around. I know whole households down with it. I’m fine. I don’t seem to get the illnesses that hubby does. My batteries are on full charge as usual :)

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

What else could you do, apart from worry about random spittle?

There are some body gestures that are indicative of a big buai spit. You just need to be aware.

Akin to watching for wandering serpents?

Alpacas around here spit and I also keep a good eye out for any serpents.

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

it’s raining :)

It sure is. The waiting is over.

roughbarked said:

Well I wasted ergs driving to work only to find that nobody else came and that though I was capable of getting work done without them, surgical incisions came to a halt after one hour due to precipitation. Scudding showers are keeping it that way so I’m now making Eremophila cuttings at home.

I’m sure that’s a happy story isn’t it?

Happy Potter said:

We’re getting blown away here. I’ve been out chasing tumbling chook food and water dishes. All refilled and secured now though. Chooks look like they’ve been blown inside out. A shed door keeps opening so I’ve occy strapped it to a nearby fence.

Wind turbines would be making a killing, if I had them.

The mans crook, been in bed for some days from a bug going around. I know whole households down with it. I’m fine. I don’t seem to get the illnesses that hubby does. My batteries are on full charge as usual :)

Be well soon Mr HP. That lady of yours needs aomeone to keep an eye on her.

Happy Potter said:

We’re getting blown away here. I’ve been out chasing tumbling chook food and water dishes. All refilled and secured now though. Chooks look like they’ve been blown inside out. A shed door keeps opening so I’ve occy strapped it to a nearby fence.

Wind turbines would be making a killing, if I had them.

The mans crook, been in bed for some days from a bug going around. I know whole households down with it. I’m fine. I don’t seem to get the illnesses that hubby does. My batteries are on full charge as usual :)

hope the man gets better soon.

20mm so far :)

It’s well overcast here again today. Only the odd shower in it though. There is no sun to keep Groover on the move.

Happy Potter said:

We’re getting blown away here. I’ve been out chasing tumbling chook food and water dishes. All refilled and secured now though. Chooks look like they’ve been blown inside out. A shed door keeps opening so I’ve occy strapped it to a nearby fence.

Wind turbines would be making a killing, if I had them.

The mans crook, been in bed for some days from a bug going around. I know whole households down with it. I’m fine. I don’t seem to get the illnesses that hubby does. My batteries are on full charge as usual :)

AS long as the chooks manage to stay grounded…hate those bugs that knock you out for days…does The Man have his tonsils? I have mine but P’s were ripped out because his little bro’ kept getting tonsilitus…and he gets upset tummy more than I do…

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

Well I wasted ergs driving to work only to find that nobody else came and that though I was capable of getting work done without them, surgical incisions came to a halt after one hour due to precipitation. Scudding showers are keeping it that way so I’m now making Eremophila cuttings at home.

I’m sure that’s a happy story isn’t it?

A nice 8.5 mm. Made the place look more fresh.

big storm band about to go over. lots of wind. TV signal keeps dropping out.

down the bottom where all that red and black is:

the past hour just brought my rainfall reading up from 24 to 55mm.

We’ve had 2mm today. With winds up in the 70-80km/hr gusts. Up on Mt William across the plain from us, it gusted to 107km/hr. But there’s no-one up there.

buffy said:

We’ve had 2mm today. With winds up in the 70-80km/hr gusts. Up on Mt William across the plain from us, it gusted to 107km/hr. But there’s no-one up there.

…they all blew away lol.

a few good showers – and more rain predicted – but i doubt summer has gone yet.

bluegreen said:

the past hour just brought my rainfall reading up from 24 to 55mm.

that’s impressive

Wind turbines would be making a killing, if I had them.

————————-

they just put that up on the teev news – all wind systems are currently yielding between 87% and 110% of their capacity in s.a.

bluegreen said:

the past hour just brought my rainfall reading up from 24 to 55mm.

Wow :)
Only got dribs and drabs here.

bluegreen said:

the past hour just brought my rainfall reading up from 24 to 55mm.

Yay!!

The wind towers are braked in high winds. They get damaged. They go too fast for the turbines. And you can get tower strike, where the blades hit the tower.

bluegreen said:

the past hour just brought my rainfall reading up from 24 to 55mm.

That’s impressive.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

the past hour just brought my rainfall reading up from 24 to 55mm.

That’s impressive.

I had some power fluctuations during the storm, but a friend just texted and they have been without power for the past two hours.

BlueGreen’s weather In the News

Dinetta said:

BlueGreen’s weather In the News

not that bad here, thank God.

Gees yes central Vic copped a battering. I’m off to a friends in Tallarook tomorrow and hoping her farm is still standing.
I’m going to see hundreds of chickens and a natural chicken farm with some beautiful breeds, phoenix, guinea fowl and others. Not buying any or bringing any home lol, just seeing a natural set up.

Happy Potter said:

Gees yes central Vic copped a battering. I’m off to a friends in Tallarook tomorrow and hoping her farm is still standing.
I’m going to see hundreds of chickens and a natural chicken farm with some beautiful breeds, phoenix, guinea fowl and others. Not buying any or bringing any home lol, just seeing a natural set up.

Guinea fowl!! perks up Sadly not suitable, not really, for small suburban areas unless the neighbours share the appreciation…

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

BlueGreen’s weather In the News

not that bad here, thank God.

I’m glad to hear that too. Tornados are very scary.

In case you were wanting to know it’s dull, grey and drizzly here.

pomolo said:

In case you were wanting to know it’s dull, grey and drizzly here.

blue skies here.

Hooray they have put in a new doohickey at the “local” radar, I understand the old doohickey either fell off or just plain wore out…we were without local radar for about 8 days…had to use a coastal one at 512km … during the interim there were, thankfully, no big weather systems to upset the 35 return flights a week for which the radar was installed to help with happy landings …

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

In case you were wanting to know it’s dull, grey and drizzly here.

blue skies here.

You haven’t said if you got any of yesterdays storms. Did you get any rain?

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

In case you were wanting to know it’s dull, grey and drizzly here.

blue skies here.

You haven’t said if you got any of yesterdays storms. Did you get any rain?

he did say yesterday that he caught the edge of it and had to stop work.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

blue skies here.

You haven’t said if you got any of yesterdays storms. Did you get any rain?

he did say yesterday that he caught the edge of it and had to stop work.

I was under the impression that those terrible storms came mnuch later in the day. I did read where he had to go home for the rest of the day.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

You haven’t said if you got any of yesterdays storms. Did you get any rain?

he did say yesterday that he caught the edge of it and had to stop work.

I was under the impression that those terrible storms came mnuch later in the day. I did read where he had to go home for the rest of the day.

you are right. There were two bands and the bad storms were in the second band.

pomolo said:

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

In case you were wanting to know it’s dull, grey and drizzly here.

blue skies here.

You haven’t said if you got any of yesterdays storms. Did you get any rain?

8.5 mm which was better than the airport, they only got 6.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

You haven’t said if you got any of yesterdays storms. Did you get any rain?

he did say yesterday that he caught the edge of it and had to stop work.

I was under the impression that those terrible storms came mnuch later in the day. I did read where he had to go home for the rest of the day.

We had some pretty wild winds but nothing fell over and no roofs lifted off. Though the police helicopter surveyed the area in fine detail, in between gusts. Apparently a local man was a partner in an $18M marijuana crop found in Victoria the day before. So they spent three days here going over the same old ground.

Have had a good day today. Clear sky but it got a bit warm. 33c.

raining again outside.

painmaster said:

raining again outside.

No it isn’t. I was just out there soldering up the radiator from my ute.

Beautiful clear moonlit night here…

painmaster said:

raining again outside.

Overcast here. We had our one day of sunshine apparently.

Last Thursday when I was getting all that lovely rain, I was blissfully ignorant of what my neighbours were going through.

Freak Storm

raining :)

We have sunshine and then we have big grey fluffy clods. Livio said he can’t predict what’s going to happen over the Easter break, weather wise that is. We are planning to have a BBQ with family and friends on Saturday night. It might end up being held in the garage. Just won’t be the same but it wouldn’t be the first time either.

pomolo said:

We have sunshine and then we have big grey fluffy clods. Livio said he can’t predict what’s going to happen over the Easter break, weather wise that is. We are planning to have a BBQ with family and friends on Saturday night. It might end up being held in the garage. Just won’t be the same but it wouldn’t be the first time either.

that’s Easter for you :)

beautiful weather in the nation’s capital today, blue skies, no clods, cool, around 19ºC.

painmaster said:

beautiful weather in the nation’s capital today, blue skies, no clods, cool, around 19ºC.

same here .. clear of clods.. 19.2°C

16C here…chilli…

Kind of wet here, most of the irrigated cotton should be off by now and so far I have only seen green heads of grain on the sorghum. Only one farm tho’: all the rest is yet to “seed up” or whatever they call it…so the rain is quite welcome…

this is a hot (28C) day in autumn and we are irrigating in the garden – while the clay cracks wide open in the paddock

below: the poa grasses have ‘died’ but will live again when the rains come

below: this pool garden gets irrigated and the geraniums and cannas are flowering

Raining here…

YAY!!

The soil moisture profile is chockers, so much so that I have had to mow the front footpath 4 times in 4 weeks, without any sprinklers…

60 points of rain so far…

:)

Dinetta said:

60 points of rain so far…

:)

I could do with some of that but then I most always can.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

60 points of rain so far…

:)

I could do with some of that but then I most always can.

It would appear that a monsoonal trough has swung down into FNQ again…there’s a TC trying to develop north west of Western Australia…God help the poor beggars who are trying to get over here on leaky boats…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

60 points of rain so far…

:)

I could do with some of that but then I most always can.

It would appear that a monsoonal trough has swung down into FNQ again…there’s a TC trying to develop north west of Western Australia…God help the poor beggars who are trying to get over here on leaky boats…

glad I’m not out there in a boat.

Still raining here, more to come…not sure why we’ve been so lucky as it’s not widespread…

Dinetta said:

Still raining here, more to come…not sure why we’ve been so lucky as it’s not widespread…

you live where it is falling.. Most Australians choose to.

Aborigines used to walk to where they could see it raining.

Dinetta said:

60 points of rain so far…

:)

You’re doing will. It’s still showery here and a bit cool too.

Dinetta said:

Still raining here, more to come…not sure why we’ve been so lucky as it’s not widespread…

an indian summer here.
7-10 days of high twenties – mostly 28C
it’s good for the garden but the paddock is cracking up.- so it’s bad for the farmers who want to plant their main cereal crops NOW!

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

60 points of rain so far…

:)

I could do with some of that but then I most always can.

It would appear that a monsoonal trough has swung down into FNQ again…there’s a TC trying to develop north west of Western Australia…God help the poor beggars who are trying to get over here on leaky boats…

I noticed the monsoon trough too. What’s it think it’s doing?

pomolo said:

I noticed the monsoon trough too. What’s it think it’s doing?

Not sure … maybe it’s lost…or maybe it’s trying to tell that annoying High over NZ to p*ss off ??

I do believe NZ is in the grips of a drought because that High just won’t move…

They have named the TC off WA, TC Victoria…

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum…it’s that kind of weather…a steady breeze has sprung up to blow away the remainders of the last few days’ clods…

wet, wet, wet

rain – light drizzle really – but wet.
and most welcome.

justin said:

rain – light drizzle really – but wet.
and most welcome.

Quite a boost to the morale, knowing it will can rain in your area…

justin said:

rain – light drizzle really – but wet.
and most welcome.

We’re getting the same sort of rain here but it’s been doing it for weeks. Yesterday we woke to sunshine but it only lasted half the day. I know how awful it can be when there isn’t any rain but I’m ready for some dry weather for a week or two………….please. It’s even become a risk to walk around the yard because the ground is so slippery. Pavers, paths and driveway are treacherous. A big clean up job when we get some fine weather.

Raining again here, of course it is: I have the dog’s blankets and my sheets on the line, first time since about September last year…it looks like the clods might be lowering, I’ll go check the BoM

Yup, more coming but nothing behind it so I’ll leave the laundry on the line…the “new” hens thought it was massive wings (I suppose) when I pegged the blankets out yesterday and went and hid under the shrubs….they have never seen anything hanging on the Hills Hoist before…

Dinetta said:

Raining again here, of course it is: I have the dog’s blankets and my sheets on the line, first time since about September last year…it looks like the clods might be lowering, I’ll go check the BoM

We have sunshine and clods this morning but a storm is predicted for this arvo. Either way the ants are swarming. They were moving in a battalion on the verandah wall. I sprayed. Next thing D sings out that the kitchen is smothered with ants so all I did was send them on another route. All dead now though the kitchen walls will have to be washed down. Iwon’t even talk about what they are like in the garage and the shed.

That High over NZ looks like it may have moved on here

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Raining again here, of course it is: I have the dog’s blankets and my sheets on the line, first time since about September last year…it looks like the clods might be lowering, I’ll go check the BoM

We have sunshine and clods this morning but a storm is predicted for this arvo. Either way the ants are swarming. They were moving in a battalion on the verandah wall. I sprayed. Next thing D sings out that the kitchen is smothered with ants so all I did was send them on another route. All dead now though the kitchen walls will have to be washed down. Iwon’t even talk about what they are like in the garage and the shed.

We got our storm. Boy did we get a storm. Not severe but heavy rain and wind for about 15 minutes. Rain came from all directions. The gutters were overflowing. Hope the ants are satisfied now.

pomolo said:

We got our storm. Boy did we get a storm. Not severe but heavy rain and wind for about 15 minutes. Rain came from all directions. The gutters were overflowing. Hope the ants are satisfied now.

Cattle road trains and railroad trains have been constant this past week…there is a vast area of drought to the north of Australia, and the west of us…P thinks these cattle are being moved to agistment…

The minimum got down to 13.8C at 06:00 hrs this morning. Possibly when the dew was rising?

NO no no, 14.6C at 06:00 hrs, I was looking at the wrong column…but the humidity peaked at 07:00 at 96%…

Dinetta said:

NO no no, 14.6C at 06:00 hrs, I was looking at the wrong column…but the humidity peaked at 07:00 at 96%…

7C at 06:00 hrs here, not quite 3C but getting there.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

NO no no, 14.6C at 06:00 hrs, I was looking at the wrong column…but the humidity peaked at 07:00 at 96%…

7C at 06:00 hrs here, not quite 3C but getting there.

it was 2.5C then at Mt Hotham though.

There’s snow on Mt Buller. Tonight’s minimum here from between 1 & 4C. Been a cold southerly all day. Feels like winter!

bluegreen said:

There’s snow on Mt Buller. Tonight’s minimum here from between 1 & 4C. Been a cold southerly all day. Feels like winter!

this morning I felt colder than I have in 7 months – but that was still above 10 C.
you had better sleep in LOL.

bluegreen said:

There’s snow on Mt Buller. Tonight’s minimum here from between 1 & 4C. Been a cold southerly all day. Feels like winter!

Oooh, your kind of weather coming up, BlueGreen!

Have you started the new job yet?

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

There’s snow on Mt Buller. Tonight’s minimum here from between 1 & 4C. Been a cold southerly all day. Feels like winter!

Oooh, your kind of weather coming up, BlueGreen!

Have you started the new job yet?

next Saturday :)

Annual Rodeo. Rain. Of course.

bluegreen said:

next Saturday :)

Got your “business suit” ready?

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

next Saturday :)

Got your “business suit” ready?

somehow I think that netball would require something a bit less formal. lol!

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

next Saturday :)

Got your “business suit” ready?

somehow I think that netball would require something a bit less formal. lol!

net stockings?

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Got your “business suit” ready?

somehow I think that netball would require something a bit less formal. lol!

net stockings?

ROTFL!!

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

next Saturday :)

Got your “business suit” ready?

somehow I think that netball would require something a bit less formal. lol!

Forgo the neck tie?

With all this autumn rain, welcome as it is, I think the road kill numbers must be down (roos don’t need to feed beside the road for green pick)…there was 9 eagle-type birds on the bitumen in front of my house this morning. Only the road and railway reserve in front of me and I think the birds were hoping to frighten a mouse or two…nearly told them they’re welcome to Rattus Rattus if they can find him…

beaut weather

too good to be inside
sorry for my absence – but the missus is on holidays so visiting, planning, cooking, shopping, eating and drinking – enuff said.

I saw the massive exhibition of the artist Turner @ the state gallery. by the age of 14 he could draw, paint and colour better than 99% of people – so it traces what a young artistic protégé does for 60 years in the Europe of napoleon’s time. I enjoyed it.

justin said:

beaut weather

I saw the massive exhibition of the artist Turner @ the state gallery. by the age of 14 he could draw, paint and colour better than 99% of people – so it traces what a young artistic protégé does for 60 years in the Europe of napoleon’s time. I enjoyed it.

Good for you…you lucky thing…

the season broke about a week ago with 25mm of rain in Adelaide.
the paddocks are now greening.

justin said:

the season broke about a week ago with 25mm of rain in Adelaide.
the paddocks are now greening.

It’s amazing how quickly the green comes back after a bit of rain, isn’t it?

bluegreen said:

justin said:

the season broke about a week ago with 25mm of rain in Adelaide.
the paddocks are now greening.

It’s amazing how quickly the green comes back after a bit of rain, isn’t it?

a lot of it is marshmellow – which will need mowing quicksmart.
the soursob has emerged as well.
I was just sooo sick of irrigating tho’ – i’m relieved

tropical cyclone for NQ in the next few days? Getting a little late in the season though???

painmaster said:

tropical cyclone for NQ in the next few days? Getting a little late in the season though???

will it make cyclone by morning?
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemiloops/vsmtsat.html

drizzly rain here in Madang. Beautiful sunny day yesterday, but that’s all gone. Some good heavy falls around the place last night, thought I was gonna need a boat to get through one pot hole… Still it is nice to wake up over water looking out at Krangket Island.

Chilli here…I momentarily thought about closing some windows this morning…

26C here but the breeze is chili…

Ten degrees outside here. I have lit the woodheater this afternoon because I had visitors, but it’s only coaling away slowly. I won’t stock it up for overnight. I prefer to burrow under the blankets.

34ºC here in Rabaul today… still 31ºC when I went for a swim in the ocean at 6pm….

OK, I’m jelly…

26 degrees is not chilly! The recommended indoors temp for buildings is about 23 degrees, I think. I have the cardie off at 16 or 17 degrees. Of course, if you are sitting around doing nothing it’s a little bit different and the cardie doesn’t come off until 18 or 19 degrees.

:)

buffy said:

26 degrees is not chilly! The recommended indoors temp for buildings is about 23 degrees, I think. I have the cardie off at 16 or 17 degrees. Of course, if you are sitting around doing nothing it’s a little bit different and the cardie doesn’t come off until 18 or 19 degrees.

:)

The breeze was chili…out of the breeze it was comfortable…and I seriously think about putting the sweatshirt…very old, about 30 years, on when it reaches 18 or 19C…

:)

buffy said:

26 degrees is not chilly! The recommended indoors temp for buildings is about 23 degrees, I think. I have the cardie off at 16 or 17 degrees. Of course, if you are sitting around doing nothing it’s a little bit different and the cardie doesn’t come off until 18 or 19 degrees.

:)

comfort level is 20C – most aircons are set to 20-21C
I think 15 – 25C is an acceptable range for indoors – provided you dress accordingly.
we haven’t started lighting the slow combustion yet – we are watching teev in jumpers and blankets tho…

32 points last night (8mm)…still inclement, but I believe it will clear later today…

Dinetta said:

32 points last night (8mm)…still inclement, but I believe it will clear later today…

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roughbarked said:

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This precipitation was a bit of a shock…it’s coming up to the district “Show weather”, our Shows will kick off soon and traditionally the local one was the 3rd week of May. Clear, cold starry nights known by the locals as Show Weather aka Good Rum Weather…lol! Normally this time of year is very dry (and somewhat cold) but sometimes too we get the last of the seasonal rains before the dry winter kicks in….

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

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This precipitation was a bit of a shock…it’s coming up to the district “Show weather”, our Shows will kick off soon and traditionally the local one was the 3rd week of May. Clear, cold starry nights known by the locals as Show Weather aka Good Rum Weather…lol! Normally this time of year is very dry (and somewhat cold) but sometimes too we get the last of the seasonal rains before the dry winter kicks in….

Normally this month should be amongst the wettest, where I live.

A bit of drizzle here but not as cold as yesterday.

Dinetta said:

32 points last night (8mm)…still inclement, but I believe it will clear later today…

drizzly this morning, less than 1mm.

Dinetta said:

32 points last night (8mm)…still inclement, but I believe it will clear later today…

We’ve had 2mls over 24 hours. Not dancing yet.

We’re still getting the odd shower, 7 ml (28 points) since 09:00, think I might head off and snuggle soon…I think that High around the SE of Australia needs to move north and then South of the Border can have their wet winter…

Dinetta said:

We’re still getting the odd shower, 7 ml (28 points) since 09:00, think I might head off and snuggle soon…I think that High around the SE of Australia needs to move north and then South of the Border can have their wet winter…

That’ll double up and intensify without moving much north and will keep the south dry at least until Sunday night/Monday.

Wild storms in Perth, I see…

very hot for may – 30C for the last two days.
…a record dating back 80 years or so.
the nights are hot as well.
the birds are still all here, the leaves are green and still on the deciduous plants, the indian summer goes on.

justin said:

very hot for may – 30C for the last two days.
…a record dating back 80 years or so.
the nights are hot as well.
the birds are still all here, the leaves are green and still on the deciduous plants, the indian summer goes on.

I was hearing that on the news the other night, and that we are looking like a mild winter this year. Very pleasant here the last few days with around 23C but we really need some rain.

bluegreen said:

justin said:

very hot for may – 30C for the last two days.
…a record dating back 80 years or so.
the nights are hot as well.
the birds are still all here, the leaves are green and still on the deciduous plants, the indian summer goes on.

I was hearing that on the news the other night, and that we are looking like a mild winter this year. Very pleasant here the last few days with around 23C but we really need some rain.

it’s becoming cold and wet here sat/sun.
it has been windy – so the drying out process is worse than normal.

we are having grey skies, lotsa wind but little rain. 3mls at the most.

pomolo said:

we are having grey skies, lotsa wind but little rain. 3mls at the most.

Fining up here, should be cold over the weekend…

Gunna be cold tonight…(looks around for Nefertiti)

We’ve had a tripple S day. Short, sharp, showers. The sheets and doona covers are still all on the line.

11C at 06:00 hours…even the chookens stay on their roost until the sun hits them…lol!

Rain developing. We will see. It’s so dry here I’m still watering a la summer.

Happy Mothers Day to all the mums. I hope you have a lovely day :)

9mm of rain last night! Yay!

bluegreen said:

9mm of rain last night! Yay!

Still getting a little here. Official count is 11 mm so far but I’ll check my gauges soon.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

9mm of rain last night! Yay!

Still getting a little here. Official count is 11 mm so far but I’ll check my gauges soon.

was wondering if you were getting it too :)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

9mm of rain last night! Yay!

Still getting a little here. Official count is 11 mm so far but I’ll check my gauges soon.

was wondering if you were getting it too :)

If it is raining TDC on this map then I’m probably getting some.

Just looking at the BOM radar I thought BlueGreen and RoughBarked would surely be getting some rain…

We are receiving the scrag end of the yuge low that battered Perth a few days ago…supposed to be raining for the next 3 days…of course it is, I’m planning to move “stuff” from the old house on an uncovered trailer…

Dinetta said:

Just looking at the BOM radar I thought BlueGreen and RoughBarked would surely be getting some rain…

We are receiving the scrag end of the yuge low that battered Perth a few days ago…supposed to be raining for the next 3 days…of course it is, I’m planning to move “stuff” from the old house on an uncovered trailer…

Just checked my gauges and yes.. 13 mm with precipitation still falling and the weather chart saying that the rain shadow should still be over us all day.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Just looking at the BOM radar I thought BlueGreen and RoughBarked would surely be getting some rain…

We are receiving the scrag end of the yuge low that battered Perth a few days ago…supposed to be raining for the next 3 days…of course it is, I’m planning to move “stuff” from the old house on an uncovered trailer…

Just checked my gauges and yes.. 13 mm with precipitation still falling and the weather chart saying that the rain shadow should still be over us all day.

15 mm and still raining though BOM radar says the rain has long passed. Lucky I picked up a big lot of walnuts yesterday but new ones have been falling all night.

roughbarked said:

Just checked my gauges and yes.. 13 mm with precipitation still falling and the weather chart saying that the rain shadow should still be over us all day.

Jolly good!

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Just checked my gauges and yes.. 13 mm with precipitation still falling and the weather chart saying that the rain shadow should still be over us all day.

Jolly good!

good rain here too – the small tank is full (about 300 ltrs).

justin said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Just checked my gauges and yes.. 13 mm with precipitation still falling and the weather chart saying that the rain shadow should still be over us all day.

Jolly good!

good rain here too – the small tank is full (about 300 ltrs).

Yay for the full small tank…!

Still showery up here. Early mornings have been beautiful. Clear skies but by 10am it’s clouded over and the showers increase.

good to know you are all finally getting some of the wet stuff.

pomolo said:

good to know you are all finally getting some of the wet stuff.

Yep, I can stop feeling guilty now…

Better get the mats in off the line, looks like rain coming across shortly…

That’s about the end of this lot of rains for us, Pomolo should be getting a soaking…

Dinetta said:

That’s about the end of this lot of rains for us, Pomolo should be getting a soaking…

We got plenty o/n and this morning. Fine now. And cold too. I suppose this means that winter will start in earnest.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

That’s about the end of this lot of rains for us, Pomolo should be getting a soaking…

We got plenty o/n and this morning. Fine now. And cold too. I suppose this means that winter will start in earnest.

Chookens were in bed by 17:30 tonight!

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

That’s about the end of this lot of rains for us, Pomolo should be getting a soaking…

We got plenty o/n and this morning. Fine now. And cold too. I suppose this means that winter will start in earnest.

Chookens were in bed by 17:30 tonight!

same here :)

There’s a doughnut over Perth

Dinetta said:

There’s a doughnut over Perth

with sprinkles :D

THE district’s dry area farmers are rejoicing after one of the most critical rain events in recent years fell this week.
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Grain growers have been locked in a race against time in recent weeks, many fearing catastrophic crop failure if the big dry continued for the rest of the month.

But on Monday it fell like manna from heaven, with consistent drops of 10mm-plus across the region.

Myall Park farmer Terry Molloy, who runs a 8500-hectare wheat and canola property, said while he had managed to dry sow much of his wheat crop, the 14mm he received on Monday would give them the “drink they needed”.

“This is just brilliant timing and has given us the perfect start,” Mr Molloy said.

“Quite a bit of the wheat has come up but this was the drink they needed to keep going.

“It’s also given us the optimum window to put in more canola.

“Commodity prices are strong and the dollar is falling – it’s a good news story.”

He said the long, hot summer had affected sub-soil moisture but this week’s rain was the “ideal amount” to dampen paddocks.

Merriwagga barley farmer Lawrence Higgins has received more than 10mm on his property this week and said it could have made the difference between a good year and a disastrous one.

“The crop isn’t in the ground yet but this gives us a chance,” Mr Higgins said.

“50mm would have been nice but 10mm is better than nothing.”

Grain Link Griffith grains manager Richard Gale said current commodity prices were robust.

“Historically, they’re up there in the top percentages – about $310 a tonne for APW wheat,” Mr Gale said.

“With drying conditions, the spread between the different grades of wheat has narrowed.

“Barley has also become a sought-after commodity for farmers looking to feed stock due to the recent dry conditions.

“It’s certainly been a welcome rain and with some follow-up rain shortly, it could be a great season.”

Robbie Lennard from Wagga Bureau of Meteorology said the rain was caused by a cold front linked to a low to the south of the MIA.

He said showers were possible today and tomorrow before finer weather for the rest of the week.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

There’s a doughnut over Perth

with sprinkles :D

Yeah! How about that!

:D

roughbarked said:

THE district’s dry area farmers are rejoicing after one of the most critical rain events in recent years fell this week.
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An informative read there, RoughBarked…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

THE district’s dry area farmers are rejoicing after one of the most critical rain events in recent years fell this week.
See your ad here

An informative read there, RoughBarked…

Glad you enjoyed it.. Which part was most informative?

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

THE district’s dry area farmers are rejoicing after one of the most critical rain events in recent years fell this week.
See your ad here

An informative read there, RoughBarked…

good news, as long as there is follow up rain. Some farmers on the radio have said that 10mm is quite not enough, causing patchy germination depending on how deep the seed is in the soil.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

THE district’s dry area farmers are rejoicing after one of the most critical rain events in recent years fell this week.
See your ad here

An informative read there, RoughBarked…

good news, as long as there is follow up rain. Some farmers on the radio have said that 10mm is quite not enough, causing patchy germination depending on how deep the seed is in the soil.

Yeah.. the saving grace at the moment is that wind and sun have been low on the horizon and we’ve had passing sprinkles up to this morning.. all up this week 18.5 mm for me.

We could do with some more as soon as we can get it of course.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

THE district’s dry area farmers are rejoicing after one of the most critical rain events in recent years fell this week.
See your ad here

An informative read there, RoughBarked…

good news, as long as there is follow up rain. Some farmers on the radio have said that 10mm is quite not enough, causing patchy germination depending on how deep the seed is in the soil.

I, on the other hand, got another 8mm last night on top of the 14mm of the last few days bringing my total up to 22mm (23mm for the month.)

roughbarked said:

THE district’s dry area farmers are rejoicing after one of the most critical rain events in recent years fell this week.
See your ad here

Grain growers have been locked in a race against time in recent weeks, many fearing catastrophic crop failure if the big dry continued for the rest of the month.
But on Monday it fell like manna from heaven, with consistent drops of 10mm-plus across the region.

nobody’s planted here, but the rain is plenty, so they will do so as soon as they get onto the muddy paddocks.
we got heavy rain again last night so it’s getting around the 50mm in the past week.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

THE district’s dry area farmers are rejoicing after one of the most critical rain events in recent years fell this week.
See your ad here

An informative read there, RoughBarked…

Glad you enjoyed it.. Which part was most informative?

The whole lot…I know nothing about your area and the comments re the current grain prices were interesting as well…

justin said:

nobody’s planted here, but the rain is plenty, so they will do so as soon as they get onto the muddy paddocks.
we got heavy rain again last night so it’s getting around the 50mm in the past week.

Glad it looks like the winter rains may have arrived??? (hush, looks around, crosses index fingers to ward off jinx…)

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

An informative read there, RoughBarked…

Glad you enjoyed it.. Which part was most informative?

The whole lot…I know nothing about your area and the comments re the current grain prices were interesting as well…

the link .. in case you are interested in my area.. http://www.areanews.com.au/story/1501209/rain-is-good-news-story/?cs=673

roughbarked said:

the link .. in case you are interested in my area.. http://www.areanews.com.au/story/1501209/rain-is-good-news-story/?cs=673

I see where they call themselves “dry area farmers” where we use the term “dryland farmers”…

It’s 14C and it’s cold in the t shirt and shorts…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

the link .. in case you are interested in my area.. http://www.areanews.com.au/story/1501209/rain-is-good-news-story/?cs=673

I see where they call themselves “dry area farmers” where we use the term “dryland farmers”…

Well either one’s farm is irrigated or one is at the vagaries of the climate.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

the link .. in case you are interested in my area.. http://www.areanews.com.au/story/1501209/rain-is-good-news-story/?cs=673

I see where they call themselves “dry area farmers” where we use the term “dryland farmers”…

Well either one’s farm is irrigated or one is at the vagaries of the climate.

Since this area is an irrigation area, those without water are dry area. Otherwise they are known as mixed farms where wheat and sheep are the staples.

roughbarked said:

Since this area is an irrigation area, those without water are dry area. Otherwise they are known as mixed farms where wheat and sheep are the staples.

Oh we call them “mixed farming” too, but the dry areas are still dryland…I think it may be a term passed down through the generations from whoever settled the area…

Foggy foggy foggy this morning, clear through town…no landing at the aerodrome just at present, I should think…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Since this area is an irrigation area, those without water are dry area. Otherwise they are known as mixed farms where wheat and sheep are the staples.

Oh we call them “mixed farming” too, but the dry areas are still dryland…I think it may be a term passed down through the generations from whoever settled the area…

It could be because, there are swamplands and arid lands in your region.

Dryland farming is a recognized technique:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryland_farming

Mixed farming can be dryland farming.

getting dry here, but there was a shower this afternoon out Gerehu way…. lucky them

buffy said:

Dryland farming is a recognized technique:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryland_farming

Mixed farming can be dryland farming.

Mixed farming can also be practiced on irrigated farms.

As I pointed out earlier.. In my area because the definition is an irrigation area within a larger dryland farming area, we have fallen into the pattern of calling them irrigation area farmers and dryland area farmers the latter which has been shortened to simply dry area. This may be because there are both here in the same area and there is a clear line of definition between the irrigated area and the dry area.

a cold front passing by – the autumn light looks amazingly clear.

having a birthday next to mother’s day is annoying because no one buys you two presents – but ms j. does get the best flowers ( not an autumn weather topic? – tell me how do they get all those flowers to peak on mother’s day?)

justin said:

a cold front passing by – the autumn light looks amazingly clear.

Splendid shot!

justin said:

having a birthday next to mother’s day is annoying because no one buys you two presents – but ms j. does get the best flowers ( not an autumn weather topic? – tell me how do they get all those flowers to peak on mother’s day?)

P’s mother is 1st May and I believe she gets two presents…I just give for her birthday and let her kidlets (and mine, her grandchildren) take care of the Mother’s Day…

P’s mother is 1st May and I believe she gets two presents…I just give for her birthday and let her kidlets (and mine, her grandchildren) take care of the Mother’s Day…

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I don’t think mothers expect big pressies for m’day – but the florists kinda make it compulsory to buy flowers by saturating the stalls with flowers of all descriptions – like chocolate at easter.

justin said:

P’s mother is 1st May and I believe she gets two presents…I just give for her birthday and let her kidlets (and mine, her grandchildren) take care of the Mother’s Day…

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I don’t think mothers expect big pressies for m’day – but the florists kinda make it compulsory to buy flowers by saturating the stalls with flowers of all descriptions – like chocolate at easter.

That’s true…well I’m happy with flowers :)

Dinetta said:

justin said:

P’s mother is 1st May and I believe she gets two presents…I just give for her birthday and let her kidlets (and mine, her grandchildren) take care of the Mother’s Day…

————————————————————————————————————————————-

I don’t think mothers expect big pressies for m’day – but the florists kinda make it compulsory to buy flowers by saturating the stalls with flowers of all descriptions – like chocolate at easter.

That’s true…well I’m happy with flowers :)

… and phone calls and fb messages…

justin said:

tell me how do they get all those flowers to peak on mother’s day?)

by artificially ripening and holding.

Currently 12.4C here (according to ABC News Online weather)…so not too bad, really…

foggy here, currently 5C and 2mm of rain overnight.

We had a frost this morning. It was 2 degrees just pre-dawn and then the frost settled as the sun came up. I generally don’t feel the cold a lot, but this morning I’ll acknowledge that it was cold.

buffy said:

We had a frost this morning. It was 2 degrees just pre-dawn and then the frost settled as the sun came up. I generally don’t feel the cold a lot, but this morning I’ll acknowledge that it was cold.

A lot of my deciduous trees such as walnuts and mulberries don’t look like it has got cold enough yet. I haven’t seen a frost this year .. yet. From my memory record, frost can occur here from late March, early April to early December but I have seen years where it didn’t frost until the end of June. One thing is for sure though, that we never get through July without everything going black.

buffy said:

We had a frost this morning. It was 2 degrees just pre-dawn and then the frost settled as the sun came up. I generally don’t feel the cold a lot, but this morning I’ll acknowledge that it was cold.

It could be worse

roughbarked said:

justin said:

tell me how do they get all those flowers to peak on mother’s day?)

by artificially ripening and holding.

by controlling every single aspect of the plants growth in misty poly tunnels.

I have seen photos and it is amazing – big business and scary – but an admirable response to the market.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

We had a frost this morning. It was 2 degrees just pre-dawn and then the frost settled as the sun came up. I generally don’t feel the cold a lot, but this morning I’ll acknowledge that it was cold.

A lot of my deciduous trees such as walnuts and mulberries don’t look like it has got cold enough yet. I haven’t seen a frost this year .. yet. From my memory record, frost can occur here from late March, early April to early December but I have seen years where it didn’t frost until the end of June. One thing is for sure though, that we never get through July without everything going black.

a bit more rain coming I think – we get it first I hope.
I saw a weather map with six ‘lows’ on it – from the Pilbara to Bass strait.

justin said:

I have seen photos and it is amazing – big business and scary – but an admirable response to the market.

The days when you could go to the local creek and snap off a couple of wild flowers has gone, as has the home garden full of English flowers, largely…

Dinetta said:

buffy said:

We had a frost this morning. It was 2 degrees just pre-dawn and then the frost settled as the sun came up. I generally don’t feel the cold a lot, but this morning I’ll acknowledge that it was cold.

It could be worse

indeed :(

overnight rain but not very heavy.
I had planted replacement natives for the six that died during summer.
and we put a lot of the pot plants out for a drink so I hope we get more.

justin said:

overnight rain but not very heavy.
I had planted replacement natives for the six that died during summer.
and we put a lot of the pot plants out for a drink so I hope we get more.

one mm here so far. Though I did get most of what I wanted to be planted done. Just chilly drizzle.

Just looking at the national bom radar, it looks like RoughBarked will score substantial rains? Am I looking in the right place???

Also, north westerly has swung west here, the rains from the south west are going south which is good because I believe some of those areas missed out on the rains from the last Wet…

Dinetta said:

Just looking at the national bom radar, it looks like RoughBarked will score substantial rains? Am I looking in the right place???

Also, north westerly has swung west here, the rains from the south west are going south which is good because I believe some of those areas missed out on the rains from the last Wet…

he might miss out, I think he might be a bit north of the rain on the radar.

Dinetta said:

Just looking at the national bom radar, it looks like RoughBarked will score substantial rains? Am I looking in the right place???

Also, north westerly has swung west here, the rains from the south west are going south which is good because I believe some of those areas missed out on the rains from the last Wet…

It is English weather here.. bleedin’ cold and soppin’ wet but not raining much.. 4 mm so far today.

roughbarked said:

It is English weather here.. bleedin’ cold and soppin’ wet but not raining much.. 4 mm so far today.

Dratters…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

It is English weather here.. bleedin’ cold and soppin’ wet but not raining much.. 4 mm so far today.

Dratters…

Up to 6 mm now and though the radar says it has nmoved, the air is still just wet and drippy and did I say it was nippy? We’ve struggled to get to 10.7ºC and the relative humidty has held at 100%.

Atually my rain gauge says 7.5 mm So I’m wetter than I thought.

Raining…just dropping straight down from the sky…there goes the planting window for the local farmers…

Dark already!!

Fine and cold coming up, I reckon…

still only 7ºC here, but anticipating up to 17ºC

Shorts and T-shirt…

Snow suit here, I’m bluddy freezing lol.

Supposed to be 22C but it feels colder, apparent is 19C but it feels colder in the house…which is OK because all windows are open and of course house is cooler than outside in summer…

I think Melbs weather forecasters have had too many warm toddys perhaps. Supposed to be 9C o’nite and no frost but..there’s frost alright. Same past few nights too, much colder than forecast.

Temperature 3.2°C rising

Dew Point 3.1°C rising

Feels Like 0.7°C

Relative Humidity 99%

Good drying weather here, I mopped some floors last night.

Dinetta said:

Good drying weather here, I mopped some floors last night.

very nearly a frost this morning. I looked twice at the spuds, shining in the early morning sun, but they were wet with dew not the dreaded frost.
the grass is ankle height already and requires waterproof boots to walk through it – even up to 9.30am. – I know because i’m spraying on these windless mornings.

Temperature is plummeting…

6.5C here now, minimum of -1C tonight, according to Willyweather

oooh, makes my predicted minimum of 9C look tropical!

Think I’ll put two hotties in the bed tonight…Nefertiti won’t sleep on the feather quilt for long, for some reason…

Our minimum was 4.7C at 07:00 this morning…felt like it too…

Only boring you guys about the weather becos P is not here…

4C at 05:00 this morning, which explains why Nefertiti was circling my head about then but I do not like animals between the sheets…on top of the bed is OK…

Dinetta said:

4C at 05:00 this morning, which explains why Nefertiti was circling my head about then but I do not like animals between the sheets…on top of the bed is OK…

3.7°C at 7.30 am. pea souper out.

Not a cloud in the sky here and a nice little “drying” breeze…

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

4C at 05:00 this morning, which explains why Nefertiti was circling my head about then but I do not like animals between the sheets…on top of the bed is OK…

3.7°C at 7.30 am. pea souper out.

3.2°C at 09.47, partly cloudy, 0% chance of rain.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

4C at 05:00 this morning, which explains why Nefertiti was circling my head about then but I do not like animals between the sheets…on top of the bed is OK…

3.7°C at 7.30 am. pea souper out.

3.2°C at 09.47, partly cloudy, 0% chance of rain.

19C here, 10:44, fine with a steady ESE…typical “Show” weather (the Show is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday…I’d love to see the handicrafts…)

I thought it was warmer this morning, but it was 3.2C at 07:00 so I must be getting used to it…

Mild temps here. Full cloud cover today but no rain in it. Could be some tomorrow though. Our ground never dries out these days

pomolo said:

Mild temps here. Full cloud cover today but no rain in it. Could be some tomorrow though. Our ground never dries out these days

what I don’t enjoy is waiting for the soil to warm back up only to find that it then gets too got.

As predicted, we have showers and grey skies. supposd to fine up tomorrow.

16C, 93% humidity…shorts and t-shirt in about an hour’s time…

Dinetta said:

16C, 93% humidity…shorts and t-shirt in about an hour’s time…

7.5C, 99% humidity, may get to 18C. Overcast with 15% chance of a late shower or two.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

16C, 93% humidity…shorts and t-shirt in about an hour’s time…

7.5C, 99% humidity, may get to 18C. Overcast with 15% chance of a late shower or two.

That’s good odds for rain, BlueGreen…

Quite overcast here…

It looks like rain is coming your way (South of the Border) Thursday, Friday and Saturday here

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

16C, 93% humidity…shorts and t-shirt in about an hour’s time…

7.5C, 99% humidity, may get to 18C. Overcast with 15% chance of a late shower or two.

That’s good odds for rain, BlueGreen…

Quite overcast here…

the next three days are even better – 90-100% chance. It will make the minimums higher but the maximums a bit lower.

Still overcast and showery here.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

7.5C, 99% humidity, may get to 18C. Overcast with 15% chance of a late shower or two.

That’s good odds for rain, BlueGreen…

Quite overcast here…

the next three days are even better – 90-100% chance. It will make the minimums higher but the maximums a bit lower.

You’ll be out there paddeling Madeline.

Currently 15C, relative humidity 88%…apparently the rain did not register at the weather station (aerodrome)…however I think the clods will clear today…

Still clods and showers here. Can’t complain about the temps. Lurvly and mild.

Be winter weather soon…

Going to be a max of 26C today, I think it will be fine and sunny…but the weather boffins say there will be significant clod cover…once the clods move off those south easterlies will bring winter to us for sure…

we got 9 mm yesterday

roughbarked said:

we got 9 mm yesterday

36 points…better than a kick in the pants!

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

we got 9 mm yesterday

36 points…better than a kick in the pants!

Can’t complain about rain .. ever.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

we got 9 mm yesterday

36 points…better than a kick in the pants!

Can’t complain about rain .. ever.

No, one never knows when the “tap” will be turned off…

roughbarked said:

we got 9 mm yesterday

10mm here :)

more to come. A bit today and more tomorrow (according to the boffins)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

we got 9 mm yesterday

10mm here :)

more to come. A bit today and more tomorrow (according to the boffins)

Well this lot has gone off the radar and there’s nothing else on the radar but the boffins are still saying 90% chance of 5-10 today and 100% of 20-40 tomorrow.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

we got 9 mm yesterday

10mm here :)

more to come. A bit today and more tomorrow (according to the boffins)

Well this lot has gone off the radar and there’s nothing else on the radar but the boffins are still saying 90% chance of 5-10 today and 100% of 20-40 tomorrow.

the day is yet young.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

10mm here :)

more to come. A bit today and more tomorrow (according to the boffins)

Well this lot has gone off the radar and there’s nothing else on the radar but the boffins are still saying 90% chance of 5-10 today and 100% of 20-40 tomorrow.

the day is yet young.

True and the spots the sun can see through are few.

Well I just stepped outside with my secatuers after doing the inside chores and down it came. It will just be another passing shower but it’s enough to turn me off doing the cutting back I had planned. Didn’t even get a chance to pick the tomatoes.

pomolo said:

Well I just stepped outside with my secatuers after doing the inside chores and down it came. It will just be another passing shower but it’s enough to turn me off doing the cutting back I had planned. Didn’t even get a chance to pick the tomatoes.

Might as well look up what the midday movie is about.

roughbarked said:

Well this lot has gone off the radar and there’s nothing else on the radar but the boffins are still saying 90% chance of 5-10 today and 100% of 20-40 tomorrow.

Sometimes I’ve looked at the BOM radar and said “Yep, all clear” and some hours later, rain has come from nowhere…

Ah there is some more coming but it has to wet South Australia yet. Might be here on the weekend. http://www.essentialenergy.com.au/content/stormtracker

roughbarked said:

Ah there is some more coming but it has to wet South Australia yet. Might be here on the weekend. http://www.essentialenergy.com.au/content/stormtracker

forecast here for tomorrow is 25-50mm!

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Ah there is some more coming but it has to wet South Australia yet. Might be here on the weekend. http://www.essentialenergy.com.au/content/stormtracker

forecast here for tomorrow is 25-50mm!

plenty rain here now… 15-20mm I guess…. and surprisingly warm temps.

I have sprayed all over the block and outside on the verge. it’s all turning yellow now. I decided to spray paths crisscrossing the property because the soursob grew to ankle height and the strappy grasses were up at knee height, so pants and socks were sopping wet after a walk around the place.

it was raining in the Gawler township as well and the trendy old folk have all bought hoodies. from the rear you can’t always tell a person’s age with a hoody – so everyone here is walking around looking like a thug – including me.