It has been raining all day, from 3mm at 9am this morning to 34mm now and still falling :)

Oh jolly good!

bluegreen said:

It has been raining all day, from 3mm at 9am this morning to 34mm now and still falling :)

The weather people as usual couldn’t make up their minds.. told me 20-40 mm then downgraded it..

At 6:02PM I said to the farmer.. it is getting too dark to be waving a sharp knife at matchsticks and anyway, it is about to rain.

Got in my car and drove away.. thought someone was firing bullets at me, realised it was hail. Couldn’t see the other side of the windscreen for about 14 km, then clear as a bell.. nothing. Arrived home and no rain at all..

roughbarked said:

… Arrived home and no rain at all..

bugger! 46mm here.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

… Arrived home and no rain at all..

bugger! 46mm here.

BOM says I’ve had 0.8 mm. The weather station i can see from here. It is actually overflowing the gutters at the moment, right here.

roughbarked said:

Got in my car and drove away.. thought someone was firing bullets at me, realised it was hail. Couldn’t see the other side of the windscreen for about 14 km, then clear as a bell.. nothing. Arrived home and no rain at all..

Hail can be like that, I’ve noticed…just a narrow band…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Got in my car and drove away.. thought someone was firing bullets at me, realised it was hail. Couldn’t see the other side of the windscreen for about 14 km, then clear as a bell.. nothing. Arrived home and no rain at all..

Hail can be like that, I’ve noticed…just a narrow band…

Agricultural insurers hate that.

Kookaburra on the back deck this morning. 5 more of his mates and I’ve got a good rain cycle coming up…

A very nice heavy shower went through about an hour ago…chooks huddling under a bush, I had to laugh…all under the house is dry and they were under a bush…sure was muggy just before the downpour…

Like a winter’s morning here, the wind is straight off the south pole (south easterlies)…

clear, nice, but too much smoke in the air, must be a fire somewhere.

trichome said:

clear, nice, but too much smoke in the air, must be a fire somewhere.

it is summer.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

clear, nice, but too much smoke in the air, must be a fire somewhere.

it is summer.

the cheek of them, you’d think they’d have the decency to aim the smoke elsewhere :)

36.4C at the moment, it was supposed to get up to 38c earlier today but I think it went beyond that…

whinge the inversion breeze never came until early this morning, it was difficult to sleep properly…after being blazingly fine all day, a cloud cover decided to come over and so we parboiled…lightly…

Our crazy weather..a rollercoaster of temps.

22°C 23°C 25°C 29°C 38°C 24°C 19°C

Minimum
10°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 17°C 18°C 13°C

Happy Potter said:

Our crazy weather..a rollercoaster of temps.

22°C 23°C 25°C 29°C 38°C 24°C 19°C

Minimum
10°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 17°C 18°C 13°C

That 38 would have stung, coming between the other temps…

25C here right now, I see where it only went up to 31C today…such a relief as I was not around to keep an eye on the chickens…Not sure if J1 braved the dog… but they predict 39C for Christmas…

33ºC at 10:45 PM. Still cooling off. OK not really the worst weather yet. It really should be 38.3ºC at midnight for it to be considered a heatwave.

I looked out the window
And what did I see?
A hundred, thousand, million bugs
Looking back at me!

bluegreen said:

I looked out the window
And what did I see?
A hundred, thousand, million bugs
Looking back at me!

Well turn the light off. ;)

roughbarked said:

33ºC at 10:45 PM. Still cooling off. OK not really the worst weather yet. It really should be 38.3ºC at midnight for it to be considered a heatwave.

Hot enough! At that hour of the night 33C is very inconvenient…hard to drift off to sleep…you’d have fans of course?

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

I looked out the window
And what did I see?
A hundred, thousand, million bugs
Looking back at me!

Well turn the light off. ;)

:D :D

lovely weather here at the moment, not too hot not too cold, blue skies with white fluffies floating past, a slight breeze, pleasant all round at maybe 29 deg.

A cool change has been predicted for Addlepuddle, they’ll be very grateful come Christmas…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

33ºC at 10:45 PM. Still cooling off. OK not really the worst weather yet. It really should be 38.3ºC at midnight for it to be considered a heatwave.

Hot enough! At that hour of the night 33C is very inconvenient…hard to drift off to sleep…you’d have fans of course?

Yes. Lots of people adore me.. ;)_
I found it difficult to sleep at all last night for longer than an hour at a time. However between 5:AM and 10:AM, I grafted 2,000 apricots and stopped as the temp his 36ºC.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

33ºC at 10:45 PM. Still cooling off. OK not really the worst weather yet. It really should be 38.3ºC at midnight for it to be considered a heatwave.

Hot enough! At that hour of the night 33C is very inconvenient…hard to drift off to sleep…you’d have fans of course?

Yes. Lots of people adore me.. ;)_
I found it difficult to sleep at all last night for longer than an hour at a time. However between 5:AM and 10:AM, I grafted 2,000 apricots and stopped as the temp his 36ºC.

Of course they do…

That was good going with the grafting…sounds speedy..

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Hot enough! At that hour of the night 33C is very inconvenient…hard to drift off to sleep…you’d have fans of course?

Yes. Lots of people adore me.. ;)_
I found it difficult to sleep at all last night for longer than an hour at a time. However between 5:AM and 10:AM, I grafted 2,000 apricots and stopped as the temp his 36ºC.

Of course they do…

That was good going with the grafting…sounds speedy..

I use the word, grafting loosely.
What was actually going on is known as budding, in the form of Spring Budding which is clearly done before Christmas.. or before the longest day. Autumn budding is done after New year. Budding is the process of grafting a single bud. The spring buds are so called because they are done early in the season in the hope of being able to make a tree within the one season. (which is really two).. Autumn budding is done so that the trees will be left until the next spring to force the buds to grow. This would be the third spring of the life of the tree.

As for speed, this is a learned process of slicing saplings and budwood then splicing them together without cutting ones own fingers off. Budding is the fastest method of grafting and probably the most efficient.

Today got to 43°C. My tomatoes look like somebody waved an oxy torch past them.

31.6ºC at 5:00 AM. Dropped back to 30.7 at 5:30.
Off to try and get some work done before it gets too hot.

Think my tomatoes are probably ruined. Can’t keep the water up.

For those in Tasmania, southern Victoria and the southern tip of WA tonight may be a good night to view the Aurora Australis.

http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/community/topic/582-middle-latitude-auroral-activity-watch-january-9-2014/?p=6121

You will need clear skies well away from light pollution and an unimpeded view of the southern horizon.

trichome said:

For those in Tasmania, southern Victoria and the southern tip of WA tonight may be a good night to view the Aurora Australis.

http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/community/topic/582-middle-latitude-auroral-activity-watch-january-9-2014/?p=6121

You will need clear skies well away from light pollution and an unimpeded view of the southern horizon.

Thanks for the tip. I’ll get my tripod out and check it over.. just in case. Twice in my life they have been visible here.

@ 34.17°S

might need a G3 or stronger storm, what ever that means, and they don’t think it will be that strong, but won’t know until it gets here.

Survived the New Year’s heat…the chooks did OK too and on the 43C day I broke out the frozen watermelon.

Had the (split system) air conditioner going in the study… extravagant I know but I had it going all night for that really hot day, as both Shadow (Labrador) and Manu (fat matronly Kelpie) felt the heat, especially Manu who only came out of the airconditioning to defecate, eat and drink…I spent most of the hot days just wandering around making sure the animals were OK…even the crows felt the heat and one soaked itself so thoroughly in the chooks water that it was unable to fly…they are nesting…

The upside was it was so hot I could hardly eat…so now I am OK with not snacking from boredom or what ever…

We have had some lovely rain, high clods dropping some quite cold and large fat raindrops, the back yard has greened up nicely…

I have a maximum / minimum thermometer hanging from the coolest spot under the house and it is only ever about 0.5C different from the weather station at the aerodrome…

Poor buggers

I was talking to a lass in the library today, her father has an aquaponics system, and I said “how’s the fish?” and she rolled her eyes and looked rueful and said “ what fish?”… the heat got them…sadly the heat also got the family’s resident Mother Hen, which is now in the freezer awaiting the fam to come home so they can …yeah… bury her…I think she was someone’s pet…the chickens are self sufficient … a bit like Tink I think…

Not happy Jan!

36°C 38°C 39°C 42°C 43°C 44°C 44°C

bluegreen said:

Not happy Jan!

36°C 38°C 39°C 42°C 43°C 44°C 44°C

Yep. Awful. Do you need any hints for the animals?

bluegreen said:

Not happy Jan!

36°C 38°C 39°C 42°C 43°C 44°C 44°C

same here.

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Not happy Jan!

36°C 38°C 39°C 42°C 43°C 44°C 44°C

Yep. Awful. Do you need any hints for the animals?

I pretty well have my routine worked out, with ice blocks ready in the freezer and plenty of shady bushes in the garden. The sprinkler will go on in a shady spot in the afternoons and the aircon will very likely be running 24/7!

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Not happy Jan!

36°C 38°C 39°C 42°C 43°C 44°C 44°C

same here.

I know it is pretty normal temps at this time of year, but doesn’t mean I have to like it!

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Not happy Jan!

36°C 38°C 39°C 42°C 43°C 44°C 44°C

same here.

I know it is pretty normal temps at this time of year, but doesn’t mean I have to like it!

It has become more of the norm of late..

currently about 28, probably 28-30 for next week :)

trichome said:

currently about 28, probably 28-30 for next week :)

Yeah but next week

a cyclone will blow it all away.

>>It has become more of the norm of late..<<

Part of the cycle. In Victoria we had drought in the late 70’s early 80’s. Ash Wednesday fires in 1983, followed by floods. Then ten years of cool summers, where the heat didn’t really arrive until January/February. I remember this because the tourist operators at Port Fairy continually whinged about the heat coming after school went back, not during the Christmas holidays. Went into the next drought cycle and the heat moved back until it was starting in October/November. This drought started to break after the Black Saturday fires but has been slower to progress. This year we have had some early heat, but so far here in South West Vic we haven’t had a horrible North wind over 40 day. I expect that will happen in February. When I was at school in the 60’s and 70’s it could be pretty much guaranteed that the first week back at school, in early February in those days, would be stinking hot and horrible.

buffy said:

>>It has become more of the norm of late..<<

Part of the cycle. In Victoria we had drought in the late 70’s early 80’s. Ash Wednesday fires in 1983, followed by floods. Then ten years of cool summers, where the heat didn’t really arrive until January/February. I remember this because the tourist operators at Port Fairy continually whinged about the heat coming after school went back, not during the Christmas holidays. Went into the next drought cycle and the heat moved back until it was starting in October/November. This drought started to break after the Black Saturday fires but has been slower to progress. This year we have had some early heat, but so far here in South West Vic we haven’t had a horrible North wind over 40 day. I expect that will happen in February. When I was at school in the 60’s and 70’s it could be pretty much guaranteed that the first week back at school, in early February in those days, would be stinking hot and horrible.

We are of the same age and within a couple of hundred Km of each other.. do you remember frosts you could skate on and ice you could walk on?

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

currently about 28, probably 28-30 for next week :)

Yeah but next week

a cyclone will blow it all away.

haven’t had cyclones this far south for a while, but yes it is possible, maybe not next week but sometime, lets hope it is not associated with a king tide.

fire trucks just went out and headed towards Benalla…

So, which one would it be?

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/warnings-and-incidents/

bluegreen said:

I pretty well have my routine worked out, with ice blocks ready in the freezer and plenty of shady bushes in the garden. The sprinkler will go on in a shady spot in the afternoons and the aircon will very likely be running 24/7!

Do they have access to deep shade? Also I found that letting the sprinkler just dribble meant there was a soakage area they could hunker down in, and quite by accident this worked out on the worst day because the dribble was directly in line of the split system aircon fan…so the earth was cool and damp and all the chooks were bunkered down in it…also the sprinkler dribbling meant the chookens dug themselves little gulgais (like micro-mini-ponds) of cool fresh water

roughbarked said:

We are of the same age and within a couple of hundred Km of each other.. do you remember frosts you could skate on and ice you could walk on?

I’m close in age and I recall the icy winters of the early to mid 60’s…hoses frozen of a morning… no frosts you could skate on, tho’….I’ve had a deprived childhood…

>>We are of the same age and within a couple of hundred Km of each other.. do you remember frosts you could skate on and ice you could walk on?<<

I grew up in the city of Melbourne. Yes, we had frosts. No ice to skate on, but frozen birdbaths. I don’t find it at all surprising that this doesn’t happen in Melbourne any more because of the heat island effect. Everyone has much more efficient house heating now and that is radiated out into the air around and about. I grew up in Box Hill North and when I was a child the hill up to Doncaster shoppingtown was orchards. They don’t pump heat into the surrounding air like all those houses up there now do.

Since we’ve been in the country area (30 years now) we have had snow in the district on a number of occasions. This was the last time, about 6 or 7 years ago:

And up on Mt Rouse:

buffy said:

So, which one would it be?

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/warnings-and-incidents/

Most likely

23 BENALLA OLD FARNLEY RD
Sat – 11 – Jan
02:43 PM 1 GRASS SMALL SAFE

23 SWANPOOL
Sat – 11 – Jan
02:31 PM 0 GRASS SMALL SAFE

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

I pretty well have my routine worked out, with ice blocks ready in the freezer and plenty of shady bushes in the garden. The sprinkler will go on in a shady spot in the afternoons and the aircon will very likely be running 24/7!

Do they have access to deep shade? Also I found that letting the sprinkler just dribble meant there was a soakage area they could hunker down in, and quite by accident this worked out on the worst day because the dribble was directly in line of the split system aircon fan…so the earth was cool and damp and all the chooks were bunkered down in it…also the sprinkler dribbling meant the chookens dug themselves little gulgais (like micro-mini-ponds) of cool fresh water

Yes. There is a large lilli pilli they like to go under, and also the verandah (which leads to under the house if they had to, although I don’t know if they have ever bothered going under there.) I put the sprinkler on near the lilli pilli so that the soil is moist under there.

bluegreen said:

Yes. There is a large lilli pilli they like to go under, and also the verandah (which leads to under the house if they had to, although I don’t know if they have ever bothered going under there.) I put the sprinkler on near the lilli pilli so that the soil is moist under there.

The lilli pilli sounds beaut…similar to the cherry guava I have down the eastern side of the house…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

We are of the same age and within a couple of hundred Km of each other.. do you remember frosts you could skate on and ice you could walk on?

I’m close in age and I recall the icy winters of the early to mid 60’s…hoses frozen of a morning… no frosts you could skate on, tho’….I’ve had a deprived childhood…

:)

rainwater froze between the tank and the house.. Solar water pipes froze and burst on the roof. This is as late as the eighties. However our average of 35 consecutive frosts and record of 75 consecutive frosts have not got above 5 in a row ever since.

I can recall hearing the local radio announce that it was 23ºF @ 11:00 AM
now 23ºF = -5ºC

roughbarked said:

:)

rainwater froze between the tank and the house.. Solar water pipes froze and burst on the roof. This is as late as the eighties. However our average of 35 consecutive frosts and record of 75 consecutive frosts have not got above 5 in a row ever since.

Weather I’ve not dreamed of…35 consecutive frosts would mean the end of the world was nigh, up here…besides totalling all the wheat crops…

roughbarked said:

I can recall hearing the local radio announce that it was 23ºF @ 11:00 AM
now 23ºF = -5ºC

I can recall those temps on a regular basis in Armidale NSW in the mid to late 70’s

about 30 today with a nice breeze :)

trichome said:

about 30 today with a nice breeze :)

Shuddup@.

42C now. I’ve just put the thermometer in the sun again. I’d better not stay in here too long.

Officially 41.1°C here but I’m not going out in the sun other than to change water over.

Yep, racing up there, got to 58 and I decided that was enough. Top of the thermometer is 60.

I know, it’s a childish thing to do.

roughbarked said:

Officially 41.1°C here but I’m not going out in the sun other than to change water over.

40.6°C. Ditto.

buffy said:

Yep, racing up there, got to 58 and I decided that was enough. Top of the thermometer is 60.

I know, it’s a childish thing to do.

you don’t get an accurate reading in full sun, so doesn’t really tell you anything.

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

Yep, racing up there, got to 58 and I decided that was enough. Top of the thermometer is 60.

I know, it’s a childish thing to do.

you don’t get an accurate reading in full sun, so doesn’t really tell you anything.

Something we all should learn though.

very hot here in Adelaide.
I’ve ceased wearing t-shirts because they stick and won’t come off.
I changed over to mains water today and Tuesday, and gave the whole garden a watering on those days. the tank is down to a fifth (maybe a tad more) full and we use it for drinking water.

just came back in from feeding and watering the chooks. I have been spraying the shaded ground with a hose to give them some cool spots to lie still. seems to work.

pepe said:

very hot here in Adelaide.
I’ve ceased wearing t-shirts because they stick and won’t come off.
I changed over to mains water today and Tuesday, and gave the whole garden a watering on those days. the tank is down to a fifth (maybe a tad more) full and we use it for drinking water.

just came back in from feeding and watering the chooks. I have been spraying the shaded ground with a hose to give them some cool spots to lie still. seems to work.

Things are indeed crook in Tullarook.

Depends what you are measuring. I was measuring an in the sun measurement to compare with a previous in the sun measurement at the same spot. And it was higher. Comparing apples with apples is fine. It’s not an air temperature, it’s an air/radiant energy temperature, but it can still be compared.

buffy said:

Depends what you are measuring. I was measuring an in the sun measurement to compare with a previous in the sun measurement at the same spot. And it was higher. Comparing apples with apples is fine. It’s not an air temperature, it’s an air/radiant energy temperature, but it can still be compared.

am with you.. having done it before.

trichome said:

about 30 today with a nice breeze :)

29C, overcast with nice breeze…39C predicted for Monday coming…

Somebody was telling me she spent the hottest days in her filled bath-tub…

buffy said:

Yep, racing up there, got to 58 and I decided that was enough. Top of the thermometer is 60.

I know, it’s a childish thing to do.

Somebody did that on the original GA Forum and blew the thermometer…heh heh…

pepe said:

very hot here in Adelaide.
I’ve ceased wearing t-shirts because they stick and won’t come off.
I changed over to mains water today and Tuesday, and gave the whole garden a watering on those days. the tank is down to a fifth (maybe a tad more) full and we use it for drinking water.

just came back in from feeding and watering the chooks. I have been spraying the shaded ground with a hose to give them some cool spots to lie still. seems to work.

Well hello there! Was just thinking about you yesterday, glad to see you’re still alive and well…are you wandering around bare-chested? The mind boggles! Gotta keep some water in the rainwater tank, don’t want it blowing away…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

very hot here in Adelaide.
I’ve ceased wearing t-shirts because they stick and won’t come off.
I changed over to mains water today and Tuesday, and gave the whole garden a watering on those days. the tank is down to a fifth (maybe a tad more) full and we use it for drinking water.

just came back in from feeding and watering the chooks. I have been spraying the shaded ground with a hose to give them some cool spots to lie still. seems to work.

Well hello there! Was just thinking about you yesterday, glad to see you’re still alive and well…are you wandering around bare-chested? The mind boggles! Gotta keep some water in the rainwater tank, don’t want it blowing away…

Dunno about Pepe but I can probably dig out some shots of my nipples.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

very hot here in Adelaide.
I’ve ceased wearing t-shirts because they stick and won’t come off.
I changed over to mains water today and Tuesday, and gave the whole garden a watering on those days. the tank is down to a fifth (maybe a tad more) full and we use it for drinking water.

just came back in from feeding and watering the chooks. I have been spraying the shaded ground with a hose to give them some cool spots to lie still. seems to work.

Well hello there! Was just thinking about you yesterday, glad to see you’re still alive and well…are you wandering around bare-chested? The mind boggles! Gotta keep some water in the rainwater tank, don’t want it blowing away…

Dunno about Pepe but I can probably dig out some shots of my nipples.

PASS!!! lol!

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

very hot here in Adelaide.
I’ve ceased wearing t-shirts because they stick and won’t come off.
I changed over to mains water today and Tuesday, and gave the whole garden a watering on those days. the tank is down to a fifth (maybe a tad more) full and we use it for drinking water.

just came back in from feeding and watering the chooks. I have been spraying the shaded ground with a hose to give them some cool spots to lie still. seems to work.

Well hello there! Was just thinking about you yesterday, glad to see you’re still alive and well…are you wandering around bare-chested? The mind boggles! Gotta keep some water in the rainwater tank, don’t want it blowing away…

Dunno about Pepe but I can probably dig out some shots of my nipples.

my nipples have got a zipper between them after the op….but no – sorry girls – I have switched back to old, button-down=the-front, light cotton shirts.

Tuesday was interesting.
We did the walk thru air conditioning at the Elizabeth shopping mall.
Had a ‘boost juice’ – and all was fine until we walked back to the car and the sky turned black.
Then it started throwing this really bright, striated lightning about and produced such heavy rain the wipers couldn’t cope.
Unfortunately the torrential rain stopped before we got back to our bone dry patch at Gawler.
It rained here a bit later but only lightly.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

about 30 today with a nice breeze :)

Shuddup@.

:)

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

very hot here in Adelaide.
I’ve ceased wearing t-shirts because they stick and won’t come off.

…are you wandering around bare-chested?

Dunno about Pepe but I can probably dig out some shots of my nipples.

I’d rather boggle my mind, thanks all the same! LOL!

pepe said:

We did the walk thru air conditioning at the Elizabeth shopping mall.
Had a ‘boost juice’ – and all was fine until we walked back to the car and the sky turned black.
Then it started throwing this really bright, striated lightning about and produced such heavy rain the wipers couldn’t cope.

Wasted on a shopping mall..

pepe said:

my nipples have got a zipper between them after the op….but no – sorry girls – I have switched back to old, button-down=the-front, light cotton shirts.

I wear singlets, 100% cotton and they keep the rotten sweat off your clothes…under my outer clothes of course…

Portland, VIC, would hardly know itself today…39.2C and a minimum of 20C…their minimum is normally their maximum…

Nah, Portland can get hot in Summer.

Is Cape Nelson closer to Cape Bridgewater, then?

Nup…here are the Cape Nelson figures for today..pretty hot!

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60801/IDV60801.94826.shtml

You can click on the previous months link and see how it has been at Cape Nelson recently.

the marshmellow on the driveway has died without being sprayed – sheer heat and dryness can even kill that deep rooted weed.

some clouds in the sky and a light but hot, easterly breeze.

pepe said:

the marshmellow on the driveway has died without being sprayed – sheer heat and dryness can even kill that deep rooted weed.

some clouds in the sky and a light but hot, easterly breeze.

Is the marshmallow really dead, if it’s deep rooted?

Days are warming up again here…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

the marshmellow on the driveway has died without being sprayed – sheer heat and dryness can even kill that deep rooted weed.

some clouds in the sky and a light but hot, easterly breeze.

Is the marshmallow really dead, if it’s deep rooted?

Days are warming up again here…

I reckon it will be back come the rain.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

the marshmellow on the driveway has died without being sprayed – sheer heat and dryness can even kill that deep rooted weed.

some clouds in the sky and a light but hot, easterly breeze.

Is the marshmallow really dead, if it’s deep rooted?
Days are warming up again here…

I reckon it will be back come the rain.

they are a totally brown shrivelled shape.
they were cooked on the tarry, black gravel surface of the 50C driveway – sorry they’re d-e-a-d.
rain? where?

pepe said:

they are a totally brown shrivelled shape.
they were cooked on the tarry, black gravel surface of the 50C driveway – sorry they’re d-e-a-d.

Might have the same effect as a “woodener” frost, I suppose…

I thought marshmallow was desirable for fattening stock? Is it an import?

Got your cool change yet, Happy Potter?

I believe Pepe will be a lot cooler tomorrow, as well…

Cool change through here. Still in the high twenties, but it feels cool (!) so we have opened up the house and turned off the aircon.

buffy said:

Cool change through here. Still in the high twenties, but it feels cool (!) so we have opened up the house and turned off the aircon.

Still 42.7ºC despite the fact that a cloud just passed over and precipitated.

Dinetta said:

Got your cool change yet, Happy Potter?

I believe Pepe will be a lot cooler tomorrow, as well…

Yes, the relief is wonderful! All chookies back outside, carriers and cages put back in the shed. I hope it helps the fire areas.

roughbarked said:

Still 42.7ºC despite the fact that a cloud just passed over and precipitated.

Did it just! The grot!

Happy Potter said:

Yes, the relief is wonderful! All chookies back outside, carriers and cages put back in the shed. I hope it helps the fire areas.

You did well…so did BlueGreen of course…

Finally we want to go out of the house, so walking to the fish n chip shop. There’s possum corpse’ dotted about, young magpies, several other birds too.

Happy Potter said:

Finally we want to go out of the house, so walking to the fish n chip shop. There’s possum corpse’ dotted about, young magpies, several other birds too.

This heat has been hard on a lot of wild animals too. No cool change for me just yet, takes a day or two to make its way over the mountains so another hot day again tomorrow with a drop to low to mid thirties on Sunday. Was going to go for a ride tomorrow but thinking it might still be too hot.

roughbarked said:

It was 42ºC at 9% R/H an half hour ago.. now it is 35.4 at 23% r/h A small cloud even actually precipitated while it was 9%.

and half an hour later it is 39.5ºC and 13% R/H

wow, that’s dropping fast! Augers well for a comfortable night…

The forecast for the hot days commencing this coming MOnday, has been revised upwards to 40C…

Dinetta said:

The forecast for the hot days commencing this coming MOnday, has been revised upwards to 40C…

looking like about 31 or so here for Monday with a nice sea breeze :)

We’ve got a run of cooler days forecast. But having spent the last 5 hovering around and above 40, I’m not complaining at all. I go back to work on Tuesday anyway.

That fire in the Grampians must be just about burnt out? How long will it take that area to revegetate, as a matter of interest?

Dinetta said:

That fire in the Grampians must be just about burnt out? How long will it take that area to revegetate, as a matter of interest?

years

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

they are a totally brown shrivelled shape.
they were cooked on the tarry, black gravel surface of the 50C driveway – sorry they’re d-e-a-d.

Might have the same effect as a “woodener” frost, I suppose…

I thought marshmallow was desirable for fattening stock? Is it an import?

I’m not sure but – I don’t think it’s Australian (british?) – and I don’t think its a grass.
it has flat, soft leaves – but it has that deep root and a name that suggests swampland.

it is a good chook food, this time of year, along with wireweed (chickweed), prickly lettuce and portulacea (purslane).
I’m very ignorant of grasses and all this is speculation – apart from the bit that chooks eat it.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

they are a totally brown shrivelled shape.
they were cooked on the tarry, black gravel surface of the 50C driveway – sorry they’re d-e-a-d.

Might have the same effect as a “woodener” frost, I suppose…

I thought marshmallow was desirable for fattening stock? Is it an import?

I’m not sure but – I don’t think it’s Australian (british?) – and I don’t think its a grass.
it has flat, soft leaves – but it has that deep root and a name that suggests swampland.

it is a good chook food, this time of year, along with wireweed (chickweed), prickly lettuce and portulacea (purslane).
I’m very ignorant of grasses and all this is speculation – apart from the bit that chooks eat it.

budgies despise it.

Dinetta said:

Got your cool change yet, Happy Potter?

I believe Pepe will be a lot cooler tomorrow, as well…

last night the change came with a south-easterly – ferocious winds – and a red moon – very frightening scenario.
we looked east – where eden valley lies and there was a red sky – whoa!
all seems OK this morning after rain (10mm about).
very humid and easy to sweat.

Happy Potter said:

Finally we want to go out of the house, so walking to the fish n chip shop. There’s possum corpse’ dotted about, young magpies, several other birds too.

yep – young bird (sparrow) blown out of nest and ants swarming it. mum is around – and we help – but not much change I think?

>>That fire in the Grampians must be just about burnt out?<<

Nowhere near. The National Park is still closed, all roads in are closed. Halls Gap has just been dropped back to a Watch and Act from a full Emergency status. Have a look here. And click on the map link on the top right hand side….it shows how much has been burnt.

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/warnings-and-advice/index.html?inUrl=websites_detail_2447850.html

We had a local discussion about this this morning. We think that over the past 10 years pretty much all of the Grampians National Park has been burnt. It is a the natural thing for the area. It’s rocky, bushy and it suffers lightning strikes. The area burnt in 2006(? I’m not quite sure which year, mid 2000s) looks perfectly normal again now. And it will be one hell of a wildflower season in the burnt bit this year. There will be orchids galore, and the rare ones will flower too. If you are interested, it’s worth thinking about a trip for the wildflowerfestival thingy. I’ll find the dates.

Can’t see any dates, and it seems there has been some difficulty getting organizers. But it is in October usually. Personally I think the flowers tend to be best last October/early November

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

they are a totally brown shrivelled shape.
they were cooked on the tarry, black gravel surface of the 50C driveway – sorry they’re d-e-a-d.

Might have the same effect as a “woodener” frost, I suppose…

I thought marshmallow was desirable for fattening stock? Is it an import?

I’m not sure but – I don’t think it’s Australian (british?) – and I don’t think its a grass.
it has flat, soft leaves – but it has that deep root and a name that suggests swampland.

it is a good chook food, this time of year, along with wireweed (chickweed), prickly lettuce and portulacea (purslane).
I’m very ignorant of grasses and all this is speculation – apart from the bit that chooks eat it.

if it is the one I am thinking of my chooks don’t eat it. Commonly called marshmallow but actually just mallow, has nothing to do with marshesl.

Small-flowered mallow

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Might have the same effect as a “woodener” frost, I suppose…

I thought marshmallow was desirable for fattening stock? Is it an import?

I’m not sure but – I don’t think it’s Australian (british?) – and I don’t think its a grass.
it has flat, soft leaves – but it has that deep root and a name that suggests swampland.

it is a good chook food, this time of year, along with wireweed (chickweed), prickly lettuce and portulacea (purslane).
I’m very ignorant of grasses and all this is speculation – apart from the bit that chooks eat it.

if it is the one I am thinking of my chooks don’t eat it. Commonly called marshmallow but actually just mallow, has nothing to do with marshesl.

Small-flowered mallow

that looks like it.
I will check the edibility – maybe they just peck at it because they are deprived – they are always hungry u know!

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

I’m not sure but – I don’t think it’s Australian (british?) – and I don’t think its a grass.
it has flat, soft leaves – but it has that deep root and a name that suggests swampland.

it is a good chook food, this time of year, along with wireweed (chickweed), prickly lettuce and portulacea (purslane).
I’m very ignorant of grasses and all this is speculation – apart from the bit that chooks eat it.

if it is the one I am thinking of my chooks don’t eat it. Commonly called marshmallow but actually just mallow, has nothing to do with marshesl.

Small-flowered mallow

that looks like it.
I will check the edibility – maybe they just peck at it because they are deprived – they are always hungry u know!

at the old house the backyard was full of it because the chooks ate everything else but!

June will probably head to New Zealand or will it? will we get some rain from it?

I reckon they can get taller than 1m! My chooks don’t like it either.

buffy said:

And it will be one hell of a wildflower season in the burnt bit this year. There will be orchids galore, and the rare ones will flower too. If you are interested, it’s worth thinking about a trip for the wildflowerfestival thingy. I’ll find the dates.

Oh how I would love to!

trichome said:

June will probably head to New Zealand or will it? will we get some rain from it?

I think the back end of it will hit the north of the North Island, otherwise the rest of it will slide up the Australian coast towards PNG

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

June will probably head to New Zealand or will it? will we get some rain from it?

I think the back end of it will hit the north of the North Island, otherwise the rest of it will slide up the Australian coast towards PNG

I’ve changed my mind…I think that big swirly clod thing that’s bringing rain to the north east and central Australia, will go to the north of it and push “June” down towards NZ after all…

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

June will probably head to New Zealand or will it? will we get some rain from it?

I think the back end of it will hit the north of the North Island, otherwise the rest of it will slide up the Australian coast towards PNG

bummer, oh well i was hoping for some rain, more than just a few showers, i really think we do have a below average rainfall this year

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

June will probably head to New Zealand or will it? will we get some rain from it?

I think the back end of it will hit the north of the North Island, otherwise the rest of it will slide up the Australian coast towards PNG

I’ve changed my mind…I think that big swirly clod thing that’s bringing rain to the north east and central Australia, will go to the north of it and push “June” down towards NZ after all…

ahh good news then, i really hope we do get some decent rain falls :)

Are you in New Zealand at the moment, Trichome?

Just had a look at the BoM weather maps, TC June is going to move east. She is at the eastern end of the monsoon trough that’s been sitting at the Top End for the past 2 weeks. This monsoonal trough is gradually moving south, jjust a tiny bit, then it’s apparently just going to sit in one spot whilst TC June takes the eastern end, east…

Look here

Not sure if that will work as they update these maps and sometimes the URL won’t work…

Also this satellite image currently shows these two big systems…the image might not be there in the morning…

Dinetta said:

Are you in New Zealand at the moment, Trichome?

no east coast aust. wet coastal sub-tropics, it looks ok here but with further inspection it really is a bit too dry for here.

Dinetta said:

Look here

Not sure if that will work as they update these maps and sometimes the URL won’t work…

Also this satellite image currently shows these two big systems…the image might not be there in the morning…

maybe in a few days we will get a few showers, hoping for more :)

hot and no rain with a north wind

trichome said:

hot and no rain with a north wind

30.3°C here with a light southerly breeze, no rain.

31.6°C
dew point -0.1°C
R/H 13%
WSW 22<37 kmph

Nudging 39C here. Just chopped up (with an axe) some frozen watermelon for les chookens…hope their tongues don’t get stuck, it’s that kind of frozen…

Supposedly a chance of a storm later…hur hur hur…

it is about 27 with 96% R/H

Finally hit 39C at 16:00 hrs…now 38.5C supposedly…

Be heading for the local pool soon…I don’t know why more people don’t go after 18:00 hrs, there is nobody there and it’s just beautiful…

Relative humidity 18%

Didn’t quite make it to 36C today, bit of a difference to yesterday…

Tomorrow (Saturday) and expected maximum of 39C, then Sunday it plunges to 31C..also some hope of precipitation on those days…

I think the Wet will be a non-event this year…My sister said they have not received any of the lovely storms that we got…

I tell a lie…looks like the monsoon trough is heading back where it “should” be…here

Some welcome rain here last night and this morning.

Hooray!

bluegreen said:

Some welcome rain here last night and this morning.

Yes but i had less than welcome visitors.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Some welcome rain here last night and this morning.

Yes but i had less than welcome visitors.

what visitors were they RB?

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Some welcome rain here last night and this morning.

Yes but i had less than welcome visitors.

what visitors were they RB?

the ones that stole my car and everything in it.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Yes but i had less than welcome visitors.

what visitors were they RB?

the ones that stole my car and everything in it.

oh bugger that! what a rotten thing to happen.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

what visitors were they RB?

the ones that stole my car and everything in it.

oh bugger that! what a rotten thing to happen.

For me, it was my whole existence.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

the ones that stole my car and everything in it.

oh bugger that! what a rotten thing to happen.

For me, it was my whole existence.

I understand.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

oh bugger that! what a rotten thing to happen.

For me, it was my whole existence.

I understand.

I need to buy all new tools and find a car to get back to work. They took all my money too.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

For me, it was my whole existence.

I understand.

I need to buy all new tools and find a car to get back to work. They took all my money too.

Do you have any work atm? How are you going to manage to replace it all?

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

I understand.

I need to buy all new tools and find a car to get back to work. They took all my money too.

Do you have any work atm? How are you going to manage to replace it all?

One bloke dropped in and gave me $250 and said there’s a few hours, go and do some work.. I said but how can I get there and with which tools will I work??

roughbarked said:

the ones that stole my car and everything in it.

For shame!

roughbarked said:

One bloke dropped in and gave me $250 and said there’s a few hours, go and do some work.. I said but how can I get there and with which tools will I work??

Reminds me of that quote in a book: “Give the Jew boy back his tools”… stealing a person’s tools of trade is low…

roughbarked said:

the ones that stole my car and everything in it.

will insurance pay?

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

the ones that stole my car and everything in it.

will insurance pay?

I’ve yet to see.

I got something out of yesterday. 30 mm.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Yes but i had less than welcome visitors.

what visitors were they RB?

the ones that stole my car and everything in it.

Oh no! :( bloody hell, a-holes. I am sorry to hear.

(still saving for my tires)

39C forecast for today, but it’s just gone over 35C and there’s a lovely little sou’westerly blowing…might get a shower…

Enjoying the cooler weather…the chookens are very happy with their self-sourced protein, courtesy of the rain-soaked soil…

Cool? It’s 37 here. And pretty unhumid by the feel of it. I will shortly go outside and retrieve the t-shirt, pillowslips and knickers I hung out about half an hour ago.

I should go out and start on the watering, I suppose.

buffy said:

Cool? It’s 37 here. And pretty unhumid by the feel of it. I will shortly go outside and retrieve the t-shirt, pillowslips and knickers I hung out about half an hour ago.

At the time I posted, it was struggling to make 28C…

Once you get used to it, 37C is just bordering on hot…I find the dry heat far more comfortable than humid heat…

buffy said:

I should go out and start on the watering, I suppose.

Checked J1’s drip watering this afternoon…not sure how it happened but one hose was turned up in volume, and another had a loose connection…both changes since I last looked…her citrus is going to be yuk with all this soaking…

>>her citrus is going to be yuk with all this soaking…<<

Depending on the soil profile, they should be loving it and plumping up their fruit.

buffy said:

>>her citrus is going to be yuk with all this soaking…<<

Depending on the soil profile, they should be loving it and plumping up their fruit.

citrus love water in summer. They hate too much of it in winter.

My citrus are loving this weather and sprinklers. The fruit is plump alright..actually the heat has taught me that I didn’t water them enough in the past. I’m going to hate my water bill though.

I’ve a self seeded watermelon, or a melon of some sort, coming up under my meyer lemon tree. It has a small white flower but not much of a stamen. It’s entwined the branches and the big leaves are providing a cool haven for the chickens on hot days. I’m leaving it grow for my feathered friends. I watered the mini orchard and had to dash out for a little while, came back and the water around the trees was ankle deep. It soaked in well.

All cucurbits have male and female flowers. The female flowers have a fruit behind the flower.

pinch a leaf and smell it. if it has a stinky smell then it could be a paddy melon.

buffy said:

>>her citrus is going to be yuk with all this soaking…<<

Depending on the soil profile, they should be loving it and plumping up their fruit.

Stony aggregate / copper/gold-bearing red clay…

roughbarked said:

citrus love water in summer. They hate too much of it in winter.

I thought citrus were Mediterranean fruit: cold wet winters and hot dry summers?

roughbarked said:

pinch a leaf and smell it. if it has a stinky smell then it could be a paddy melon.

I do believe paddy melons make good jam…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

pinch a leaf and smell it. if it has a stinky smell then it could be a paddy melon.

I do believe paddy melons make good jam…

Not sure if the smell will cook out.. There is such a thing as a jam melon.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

pinch a leaf and smell it. if it has a stinky smell then it could be a paddy melon.

I do believe paddy melons make good jam…

Not sure if the smell will cook out.. There is such a thing as a jam melon.

It may well be that what we called a paddy melon, might not have been…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

citrus love water in summer. They hate too much of it in winter.

I thought citrus were Mediterranean fruit: cold wet winters and hot dry summers?

No.. have a read of these.

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/99273/managing-citrus-orchards-with-less-water.pdf

http://archive.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/hort/fn/cp/citrus_propagation.pdf

http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1151.pdf

roughbarked said:

citrus love water in summer. They hate too much of it in winter.

I saw on television recently, or did I read about it? Once, somewhere (possibly the Silk Road), travellers could walk through 500 miles (I’m pretty sure that figure’s right) of orange groves, continuous…

Guess who chopped it all down? Hint: “great” army leader also responsible for the murder of 40 million people to the extent that much of the farmland that belonged to them, reverted to forest…

roughbarked said:

All cucurbits have male and female flowers. The female flowers have a fruit behind the flower.

pinch a leaf and smell it. if it has a stinky smell then it could be a paddy melon.

I’ll do the scratch n sniff thing then. I don’t really care what it is, I only left it to grow thinking more greens for the chooks, but strangely they haven’t touched it. So it’s been a useful plant providing cool shade for them.

Happy Potter said:

I’ll do the scratch n sniff thing then. I don’t really care what it is, I only left it to grow thinking more greens for the chooks, but strangely they haven’t touched it. So it’s been a useful plant providing cool shade for them.

With the temps that have been forecast for your area, the more shady herbage, the better…

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

citrus love water in summer. They hate too much of it in winter.

I thought citrus were Mediterranean fruit: cold wet winters and hot dry summers?

No.. have a read of these.

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/99273/managing-citrus-orchards-with-less-water.pdf

http://archive.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/hort/fn/cp/citrus_propagation.pdf

http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1151.pdf

Crikey. Thankyou RB. I read them all and going on the watering tables in the last link, I was right to suspect that I wasn’t providing them with enough water. With all dwarf trees though, I can generally halve the amount.

I might have to give up on expecting a hire car. The NRMA have a contract with Hertz and Hertz haven’t got cars available.
The battery goes flat on my phone while the NRMA put me on the music…

Too lazy to ship one out, I reckon…

Dinetta said:

Too lazy to ship one out, I reckon…

When I can get them to stop playing elevator music, I’ll ask.

27.2°C already and heading for 37-39°C. After that it is another week of over 40°C :(

bluegreen said:

27.2°C already and heading for 37-39°C. After that it is another week of over 40°C :(

Awful :( How are the animals faring?

Some of my chickens have developed runny noses and sneezing, not liking the drastic temperature changes.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

27.2°C already and heading for 37-39°C. After that it is another week of over 40°C :(

Awful :( How are the animals faring?

Some of my chickens have developed runny noses and sneezing, not liking the drastic temperature changes.

Probably faring better than me. They have taken up almost permanent residence under the Lilli Pilli tree. Still have the young chickens inside, in the laundry atm. Figured no point moving them outside until this next lot of hot weather is over.

Just looking at the BoM now, the national picture, that’s a very very big monsoonal trough the Cyclone-to-be is in…it’s got massive clods…

Go here

Dinetta said:

Just looking at the BoM now, the national picture, that’s a very very big monsoonal trough the Cyclone-to-be is in…it’s got massive clods…

Go here

we should get some rain from that, what is your view Dinetta?

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

Just looking at the BoM now, the national picture, that’s a very very big monsoonal trough the Cyclone-to-be is in…it’s got massive clods…

Go here

we should get some rain from that, what is your view Dinetta?

Not down your way. I’ll be surprised if it even forms a cyclone but the BoM is getting better with their predictions…We might not get any in CQ, either…

Mind you, if it can pull that monsoonal trough inland…le Wet est arrive!

we have had below average rainfall this year i am sure

yes it is looking like that cloud mass is way up there, i thought it was heading south for a while

It’s expected to move south westerly but it’s just too small (sorry to the residents between Lucinda and Proserpine) to provide much useful rain to the Qld interior…I’d still be surprised if it formed a “proper” cyclone…

Looking at the weather maps, this Tropical Low 1 is expected to bring the “eye” of the low inland, still on the monsoonal trough and bringing it south a bit, but the system is so weak that southern Qld is not expected to feel any benefits.

19.5C Freezing when I woke up this am…we are getting the by-blow from Tropical Low 1, plus a bit of clod cover…thinking of you who are coping with the extreme heat…I suppose you’ve got a routine going by now…

Looks like we’re only going to get shower-bearing clod cover here, not much rain…however the showers we’ve been getting have greened up the backyard something marvellous, and I recall thinking “lawnmower” when I was giving the chookens their porridge just now…

19?! We had a gorgeous 9 this morning around dawn. Didn’t quite get to 36, stopped and fell back at 33C. Apparently the weekend is to be hot again.

I had to put a jumper on…over my shortie pyjamas and wore thongs to keep my feet off the floor…

I spent up a bit on Volley thongs and they are much more comfortable than the Cheepie brands…

I can’t believe it, there’s a windsock on the ABC News website weather forecast for us here tomorrow…don’t think I’ve ever seen a windsock forecast for here..

buffy said:

19?! We had a gorgeous 9 this morning around dawn. Didn’t quite get to 36, stopped and fell back at 33C. Apparently the weekend is to be hot again.

Benalla got to 41°C

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

19?! We had a gorgeous 9 this morning around dawn. Didn’t quite get to 36, stopped and fell back at 33C. Apparently the weekend is to be hot again.

Benalla got to 41°C

Topsy-turvey weather, isn’t it?

>>Topsy-turvey weather, isn’t it?<<

It’s Summer. Here in Victoria we have the hot stuff in February.

buffy said:

>>Topsy-turvey weather, isn’t it?<<

It’s Summer. Here in Victoria we have the hot stuff in February.

got to about 29 here today with a lovely breeze, quite nice really.

Struggled to make 26C at 11:00 but downhill all the way after that…19.5C now and I think I will wear a jumper to bed…

Buffy’s got massive, 20C differences in minimums and maximums at the moment, her garden probably feels belted around the ears…

Dinetta said:

Buffy’s got massive, 20C differences in minimums and maximums at the moment, her garden probably feels belted around the ears…

i hope there is plenty of water for their gardens, too hot down there

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

Buffy’s got massive, 20C differences in minimums and maximums at the moment, her garden probably feels belted around the ears…

i hope there is plenty of water for their gardens, too hot down there

up here it is just too hot. The water is all gone to make cornflakes. They suck so much up from groundwater to do this that there is no groundwater left.

buffy said:

19?! We had a gorgeous 9 this morning around dawn. Didn’t quite get to 36, stopped and fell back at 33C. Apparently the weekend is to be hot again.

Thu, Jan 30 22.0°C 40°C 0.0mm
Wed, Jan 29 23.1°C 40.1°C 0.0mm
Tue, Jan 28 22.3°C 37.2°C 0.0mm

Tomorrow will be 42, Sat 43 and so forth.. for at least a week before it cools off to a refreshing 37.

Good morning Gardeners. I’ve just picked one of these:

http://diggers.com.au/shop/product/S2541/ZUCCHINI%20COSTATA.aspx

because if I leave it to tomorrow it will not be a zucchini but a marrow! Ratatouille tonight for tea. With tinned tomatoes, unfortunately, my tomatoes are a good month away yet. And I pulled a couple of carrots from around the tomatoes and they certainly seem happy.

A very tolerable 14C at the moment. I’m sitting around in knickers and t-shirt, been out to the chooks like that too. The neighbours aren’t up this early, so no problem. I think we are aiming at the mid thirties again today, and trying for a forties tomorrow.

roughbarked said:

The water is all gone to make cornflakes. They suck so much up from groundwater to do this that there is no groundwater left.

Yes I used to shudder at the large tracts of corn at the (surface) irrigated fields…high fertiliser, high water…must be something else that will make money, altho’ I do believe Monsanto has influence there now…

roughbarked said:

Thu, Jan 30 22.0°C 40°C 0.0mm
Wed, Jan 29 23.1°C 40.1°C 0.0mm
Tue, Jan 28 22.3°C 37.2°C 0.0mm

Tomorrow will be 42, Sat 43 and so forth.. for at least a week before it cools off to a refreshing 37.

Sadly, 37C definitely will feel refreshing…

buffy said:

Good morning Gardeners. I’ve just picked one of these:

http://diggers.com.au/shop/product/S2541/ZUCCHINI%20COSTATA.aspx

because if I leave it to tomorrow it will not be a zucchini but a marrow! Ratatouille tonight for tea. With tinned tomatoes, unfortunately, my tomatoes are a good month away yet. And I pulled a couple of carrots from around the tomatoes and they certainly seem happy.

Good work, Garden…

Apparently our Max is going to be 22C and our Min 21C…chookens think they are hungry…

Over this hot weather :(

Lucky1 said:

Over this hot weather :(

Amen!

Looks like we’re benefitting from ex-TC Dylan…bless his wet little winds…

Dinetta said:

Looks like we’re benefitting from ex-TC Dylan…bless his wet little winds…

we are getting the southern cloud from that, but no rain yet, nice cool day though, with a breeze, maybe 29 at present

You might get some rain yet, the rain bands seem to be intensifying…

Dinetta said:

You might get some rain yet, the rain bands seem to be intensifying…

nice :)

If you’re in northern NSW then nup, I’m afraid you’re out of luck…ditto south eastern queensland…

From the BoM

“TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

SEVERE WEATHER WARNING

for HEAVY RAINFALL

For people in the Capricornia and parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields and Wide Bay and Burnett Forecast Districts.

Issued at 4:07 pm Friday, 31 January 2014.

Synoptic Situation: At 4pm EST, Ex-Tropical Cyclone Dylan was situated over land approximately 120 kilometres west of Moranbah, and is expected to continue moving west southwest and further inland while weakening.

Heavy rainfall with the potential to produce flash flooding may be experienced in the Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett district north of Bundaberg today. Rainfall totals could exceed 60mm in 6 hours.

Locations which may be affected include Gladstone, Rockhampton, Yeppoon, Marlborough and Town Of 1770.

The warning for the Central Coast and Whitsundays has been cancelled.

6 hourly rainfall of 61mm was recorded near Malborough upto 3.30pm.”

Oh well, they desperately need it in the south west corner…

36.2 mm since 09:00 am….I thought it was more, that’s only 144 points, isn’t it…that’s out at the aerodrome and this rainband has been quite wide..

Just took some recycle out to the bin and its awful outside….. no air movement and hot….:(

Dinetta said:

If you’re in northern NSW then nup, I’m afraid you’re out of luck…ditto south eastern queensland…

I knew it was too good to be true :( we wait yet again for rain

If you look here and “here (forecast map”: you will see two cloud masses, in effect two weather systems, heading toward each other… v. v. inneresting if you like following the weather on the BoM, as I do…

Lucky1 said:

Just took some recycle out to the bin and its awful outside….. no air movement and hot….:(

Hopefully Pat is bearing up OK inside the house?

That’s looking better, 63.6 mm rainfall at the aerodrome (254 points)…doesn’t look like any more for a while…the grass will jump out and grab my ankles when the sun comes out, lol!

the air is really hot but the sky is full of clods.
the clods look like they mean business but they just move about and do their business elsewhere.
the air is so hot and dry that the rain would evaporate before it hit the ground.
gardening is done in the mornings and mostly consists of keeping things alive.
the native trees and citrus are OK because their roots run deep – but beans are just reeling – so would I be if I stayed in that sun all day.

pepe said:

the air is really hot but the sky is full of clods.
the clods look like they mean business but they just move about and do their business elsewhere.
the air is so hot and dry that the rain would evaporate before it hit the ground.
gardening is done in the mornings and mostly consists of keeping things alive.
the native trees and citrus are OK because their roots run deep – but beans are just reeling – so would I be if I stayed in that sun all day.

:(

Dinetta said:

If you look here and “here (forecast map”: you will see two cloud masses, in effect two weather systems, heading toward each other… v. v. inneresting if you like following the weather on the BoM, as I do…

what could happen when those systems bump into each other?

what i do know is that we need some Highs low down so that the on shore wind some how produces rain.

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

If you look here and “here (forecast map”: you will see two cloud masses, in effect two weather systems, heading toward each other… v. v. inneresting if you like following the weather on the BoM, as I do…

what could happen when those systems bump into each other?

Swirly winds and some rains, I should think…

However it appears that the system from WA is going to slide under the remnants of ex-TC Dylan …the monsoonal trough is pushing it south…

trichome said:

what i do know is that we need some Highs low down so that the on shore wind some how produces rain.

There’s a High over NZ at the moment…but it would appear that the monsoonal trough is dominant…which would be normal for the season at this time of the year…

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Just took some recycle out to the bin and its awful outside….. no air movement and hot….:(

Hopefully Pat is bearing up OK inside the house?

Yes he is Dinetta. Taking it out of him though. Think this is happening to just about everyone though,

pepe said:

the air is really hot but the sky is full of clods.
the clods look like they mean business but they just move about and do their business elsewhere.
the air is so hot and dry that the rain would evaporate before it hit the ground.
gardening is done in the mornings and mostly consists of keeping things alive.
the native trees and citrus are OK because their roots run deep – but beans are just reeling – so would I be if I stayed in that sun all day.

Yes we have cloud building up here too. Stinking hot still. Some pretty activity on the BOM map.

Lucky1 said:

Yes he is Dinetta. Taking it out of him though. Think this is happening to just about everyone though,

This heat has been going on and on for you folk down south…saps your energy…

So, presently it’s 28 degrees, up from the 18 we had at 6.30am. The humidity is falling through its boots. There was a haystack fire out near Cavendish last night……I hope they got it out. They were leaving ‘watchers’ on it overnight.

I’ve watered and tied up tomatoes. Mine are now pushing 2ft high and starting to think about making some flowers. I rarely pick before February, but sometimes I think I should set up a cold frame or hothouse arrangement and see about getting them going earlier. Then I notice that the ones I put in for Auntie Annie next door from seed only a month ago are almost as big as the ones I put a lot of effort into to get going a month earlier. So I don’t think I’ll bother with the extra work.

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Yes he is Dinetta. Taking it out of him though. Think this is happening to just about everyone though,

This heat has been going on and on for you folk down south…saps your energy…

sure does. all I want to do is sleep, but it’s too hot!

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

the air is really hot but the sky is full of clods.
the clods look like they mean business but they just move about and do their business elsewhere.
the air is so hot and dry that the rain would evaporate before it hit the ground.
gardening is done in the mornings and mostly consists of keeping things alive.
the native trees and citrus are OK because their roots run deep – but beans are just reeling – so would I be if I stayed in that sun all day.

Yes we have cloud building up here too. Stinking hot still. Some pretty activity on the BOM map.

well I never got a drop here and now we have clear skies and a predicted 42C.
a good day for hiding inside – after the early morning dash-and-splash in the garden.

buffy said:

So, presently it’s 28 degrees, up from the 18 we had at 6.30am. The humidity is falling through its boots. There was a haystack fire out near Cavendish last night……I hope they got it out. They were leaving ‘watchers’ on it overnight.

I’ve watered and tied up tomatoes. Mine are now pushing 2ft high and starting to think about making some flowers. I rarely pick before February, but sometimes I think I should set up a cold frame or hothouse arrangement and see about getting them going earlier. Then I notice that the ones I put in for Auntie Annie next door from seed only a month ago are almost as big as the ones I put a lot of effort into to get going a month earlier. So I don’t think I’ll bother with the extra work.

Always a shame to read about a haystack fire…

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Lucky1 said:

Yes he is Dinetta. Taking it out of him though. Think this is happening to just about everyone though,

This heat has been going on and on for you folk down south…saps your energy…

sure does. all I want to do is sleep, but it’s too hot!

Watch the chickens!! Sure to entertain…lol!

We are still sitting at around 42C. We passed 40C at around 11.00am this morning. Our humidity is horrible at 10%. The fire near Hamilton was controlled quickly and didn’t get very big. Now just waiting for a change to wend its way here.

buffy said:

We are still sitting at around 42C. We passed 40C at around 11.00am this morning. Our humidity is horrible at 10%. The fire near Hamilton was controlled quickly and didn’t get very big. Now just waiting for a change to wend its way here.

Sounds more like my weather. I’m sure you are used to it just a tad cooler a little more often.

I’m a bit relieved. It only got to 41.2 so far today, though the relative humidity is 7%

only about 29 here today and 82% humidity

We have dropped to about 34, but it still feels hot outside.

buffy said:

We have dropped to about 34, but it still feels hot outside.

Hmm. still feels hot, yeah 39.1°C @ 8% r/h

When I woke up this morning at 5 AM, it was 30.0°C

Hello Gardeners. We are overcast and a glorious 20ish degrees. I think the temp is still dropping. At 6.00am it was still 23, so we left the aircon on for another hour. Now have the house opened up for an exchange of air.

Taking Babuschka and Long to the vet this morning for routine stuff.

roughbarked said:

When I woke up this morning at 5 AM, it was 30.0°C

cooling breeze is blowing the heat out the windows now. we slept alright last night with the windows open – but I bet there are plenty of tired bods around today.
a new max. high of 44.7C. – the air was the hottest I’ve ever breathed.

roughbarked said:

When I woke up this morning at 5 AM, it was 30.0°C

yuck. 30.9°C here now heading for 41°C. Change coming through tonight preceded by dry thunderstorms. Hopefully they will not spark any fires.

roughbarked said:

When I woke up this morning at 5 AM, it was 30.0°C

That’s warm. I’ve known it not to drop below 32C with a horrible thick clod cover keeping in the heat from the day before, calm of course… Not here, in the other town that’s built on a pre-historic swamp…

buffy said:

Hello Gardeners. We are overcast and a glorious 20ish degrees. I think the temp is still dropping. At 6.00am it was still 23, so we left the aircon on for another hour. Now have the house opened up for an exchange of air.

Taking Babuschka and Long to the vet this morning for routine stuff.

My air conditioner is set for 25C…it was 24C but we put it up a notch…

pepe said:

roughbarked said:

When I woke up this morning at 5 AM, it was 30.0°C

cooling breeze is blowing the heat out the windows now. we slept alright last night with the windows open – but I bet there are plenty of tired bods around today.
a new max. high of 44.7C. – the air was the hottest I’ve ever breathed.

I often feel the air’s being sucked out of me at those temps, especially when the humidity is low…but at least you can move some when it’s low humidity…

I feel so guilty, reading about those energy-sucking temps down south when we’ve just had some nice grass-growing rain and lower temperatures…

It’s gone down to a respectable 23C after waking to 31C. The man and I are empting my shed of all it’s contents to clean it out. I got a few good shed shelf and old book shelves that are going in and it will stay tidy!
I’ve a solid little table for a corner that will hold all my chicken crates, carriers and folded pens. The folded pens fit well in large square pillowcases. My small wheely bin grain storage bins fit nicely under it.

it’s a very mild 39.7°C @ 12% r/h

Happy Potter said:

It’s gone down to a respectable 23C after waking to 31C. The man and I are empting my shed of all it’s contents to clean it out. I got a few good shed shelf and old book shelves that are going in and it will stay tidy!
I’ve a solid little table for a corner that will hold all my chicken crates, carriers and folded pens. The folded pens fit well in large square pillowcases. My small wheely bin grain storage bins fit nicely under it.

Gosh I love an organised space…

roughbarked said:

it’s a very mild 39.7°C @ 12% r/h

it is 27 here, overcast, nice soft breeze, the odd shower here and there, 69% r/h, lovely for potting on.

Dinetta said:

I feel so guilty, reading about those energy-sucking temps down south when we’ve just had some nice grass-growing rain and lower temperatures…

it’s worse if the whole country is in drought like it was a few years back. enjoy your good fortune – the wheels are always turning.

Happy Potter said:

It’s gone down to a respectable 23C after waking to 31C. The man and I are empting my shed of all it’s contents to clean it out. I got a few good shed shelf and old book shelves that are going in and it will stay tidy!
I’ve a solid little table for a corner that will hold all my chicken crates, carriers and folded pens. The folded pens fit well in large square pillowcases. My small wheely bin grain storage bins fit nicely under it.

reminds me my shed needs doing.

It’s decided to head above 41ºC after all.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

I feel so guilty, reading about those energy-sucking temps down south when we’ve just had some nice grass-growing rain and lower temperatures…

it’s worse if the whole country is in drought like it was a few years back. enjoy your good fortune – the wheels are always turning.

Ooooh, not a jinx I hope…Sick of drought…

roughbarked said:

It’s decided to head above 41ºC after all.

Have you got plenty of cool water out for the ferals?

just heard a strange spattering noise on the roof. I don’t believe it! It’s raining!

dances a happy dance

:D

bluegreen said:

just heard a strange spattering noise on the roof. I don’t believe it! It’s raining!

dances a happy dance

:D

ahahaha! I can see it on the BoM, and did wonder if some of those pretty colours (as Lucky1 calls them) were in your area!

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

just heard a strange spattering noise on the roof. I don’t believe it! It’s raining!

dances a happy dance

:D

ahahaha! I can see it on the BoM, and did wonder if some of those pretty colours (as Lucky1 calls them) were in your area!

It was short but sweet. Another band heading this way so maybe some more. Nothing to measure but it is part of the cool change that is now coming through.

Good morning Gardeners. We have 10C. I’ll just repeat that….10C. And a cool breeze. I am sure I heard some rain of some sort, but there is no evidence.

buffy said:

Good morning Gardeners. We have 10C. I’ll just repeat that….10C. And a cool breeze. I am sure I heard some rain of some sort, but there is no evidence.

There was a smatter of rain here but sunny now. 16C now and expected to of 23C. Perfect for day 2 of shed clean, ‘the great throw out/ giveaway’.

buffy said:

Good morning Gardeners. We have 10C. I’ll just repeat that….10C. And a cool breeze. I am sure I heard some rain of some sort, but there is no evidence.

Well!! 10C? Be interesting to see if your plants get confused?

buffy said:

Good morning Gardeners. We have 10C. I’ll just repeat that….10C. And a cool breeze. I am sure I heard some rain of some sort, but there is no evidence.

24°C here now heading for 32°C. Cool breeze and I have the house opened up for now. 2mm of rain last night with lightening.

31C at the moment apparently…I can feel the warmth…

almost 32°C now. The cool change has done its bit and the temps are going to go up again each day until the weekend which will be around 40°C again. Sighs

Trying to decide whether to put the chicks outside regardless as I am sure they are sick of the restrictions of the cage they are in or keep them in the laundry for another week. The laundry btw has developed a film of dust over everything due to the chick crumbles getting scratched up into powder by mum scratching and chicks using it to dust bathe in.

bluegreen said:

almost 32°C now. The cool change has done its bit and the temps are going to go up again each day until the weekend which will be around 40°C again. Sighs

Trying to decide whether to put the chicks outside regardless as I am sure they are sick of the restrictions of the cage they are in or keep them in the laundry for another week. The laundry btw has developed a film of dust over everything due to the chick crumbles getting scratched up into powder by mum scratching and chicks using it to dust bathe in.

They’re about 2 weeks old now? What would you normally do, if it wasn’t so hot?

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

almost 32°C now. The cool change has done its bit and the temps are going to go up again each day until the weekend which will be around 40°C again. Sighs

Trying to decide whether to put the chicks outside regardless as I am sure they are sick of the restrictions of the cage they are in or keep them in the laundry for another week. The laundry btw has developed a film of dust over everything due to the chick crumbles getting scratched up into powder by mum scratching and chicks using it to dust bathe in.

They’re about 2 weeks old now? What would you normally do, if it wasn’t so hot?

Normally they wouldn’t have been brought inside to start with. They would be in an outdoor cage. When they were hatched it was the beginning of the first stretch of 40 plus days, then with another stretch on the way I kept them inside. However they are older now, and this next stretch of hot weather will hopefully not be as intense nor as long, and being on the weekend I will be around to check on them. So I will probably put them out. But once they are outside it will not be so easy to bring them inside again.

bluegreen said:

So I will probably put them out. But once they are outside it will not be so easy to bring them inside again.

I put mine in the “nursery” when they were about 2 – 3 weeks old, shade cloth covered especially on the western side, and I can tell you they were far more lively than many of the hens…someone said because they’re not as “feathered” as the hens…just a barely dripping hose into a natural saucer in the ground…and food of course…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

I feel so guilty, reading about those energy-sucking temps down south when we’ve just had some nice grass-growing rain and lower temperatures…

it’s worse if the whole country is in drought like it was a few years back. enjoy your good fortune – the wheels are always turning.

Ooooh, not a jinx I hope…Sick of drought…

it snot my dad doin’ it……….. all things come around….the cycle of life etc. – you’ve heard of it I’m sure.

14,000 houses were without power for a day in Adelaide. there was a very strong wind following on from the hottest January day on record.
the heat stress followed by wind downed a record number of trees – and thus powerlines.
it wasn’t reported much- all the so-called national news is just Melbourne or Sydney news with another title.

pepe said:

14,000 houses were without power for a day in Adelaide. there was a very strong wind following on from the hottest January day on record.
the heat stress followed by wind downed a record number of trees – and thus powerlines.
it wasn’t reported much- all the so-called national news is just Melbourne or Sydney news with another title.

I saw it on the news here.

pepe said:

14,000 houses were without power for a day in Adelaide. there was a very strong wind following on from the hottest January day on record.
the heat stress followed by wind downed a record number of trees – and thus powerlines.
it wasn’t reported much- all the so-called national news is just Melbourne or Sydney news with another title.

I saw it. Poor buggers. Strong winds are normal in my area, everythings tied down.

pepe said:

it snot my dad doin’ it……….. all things come around….the cycle of life etc. – you’ve heard of it I’m sure.

Yes but the last drought was a biggie…went on forever…

pepe said:

14,000 houses were without power for a day in Adelaide. there was a very strong wind following on from the hottest January day on record.
the heat stress followed by wind downed a record number of trees – and thus powerlines.
it wasn’t reported much- all the so-called national news is just Melbourne or Sydney news with another title.

I saw something on the ABC News online…they just said 14,000 houses were without power, not how it happened…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

14,000 houses were without power for a day in Adelaide. there was a very strong wind following on from the hottest January day on record.
the heat stress followed by wind downed a record number of trees – and thus powerlines.
it wasn’t reported much- all the so-called national news is just Melbourne or Sydney news with another title.

I saw something on the ABC News online…they just said 14,000 houses were without power, not how it happened…

Demand that they apologise..

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

14,000 houses were without power for a day in Adelaide. there was a very strong wind following on from the hottest January day on record.
the heat stress followed by wind downed a record number of trees – and thus powerlines.
it wasn’t reported much- all the so-called national news is just Melbourne or Sydney news with another title.

I saw it on the news here.

i watched ch2 morning news and ch10 4o’clock national news and if it was there i didn’t see it.
it’s ongoing – all the emergency services have been working 48 hours – i guess 40K people plus the workers are effeced.
now if that happened in S. or M. ….?
national news will have to be a rotation between the various centres – if you base it in one city the americanised personality cult takes over
IMHO.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

it snot my dad doin’ it……….. all things come around….the cycle of life etc. – you’ve heard of it I’m sure.

Yes but the last drought was a biggie…went on forever…

that probably gives the region kharma points – no droughts for a decade – i wish.

pepe said:

if you base it in one city the americanised personality cult takes over IMHO.

We QBillies have known this for years…I often wonder what the drahmah is when they fuss over something in Sydney or Melbourne (Is this event really such a drama?), when there’s much more interesting stuff happening “out here”…

pepe said:

that probably gives the region kharma points – no droughts for a decade – i wish.

…and wouldn’t we scream blue murder when a drought finally came?

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

if you base it in one city the americanised personality cult takes over IMHO.

We QBillies have known this for years…I often wonder what the drahmah is when they fuss over something in Sydney or Melbourne (Is this event really such a drama?), when there’s much more interesting stuff happening “out here”…

they give far too much time to sport and politics. then there is no time for the real news.

I couldn’t agree more, BlueGreen…

A little grass-growing shower just went by, Sonny Joe mowed and whipper-snipped my yard yesterday while I was away at my earring aide appointment…

whispers I bought an umbrella yesterday…shhhh…

Dinetta said:

I couldn’t agree more, BlueGreen…

A little grass-growing shower just went by, Sonny Joe mowed and whipper-snipped my yard yesterday while I was away at my earring aide appointment…

whispers I bought an umbrella yesterday…shhhh…

To keep the sun off you? :)

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

I couldn’t agree more, BlueGreen…

A little grass-growing shower just went by, Sonny Joe mowed and whipper-snipped my yard yesterday while I was away at my earring aide appointment…

whispers I bought an umbrella yesterday…shhhh…

To keep the sun off you? :)

chuckle

Muggy tonight, the temp is 25C, apparently 28C, mugginess 74% but the 9 o’clock breeze has lost its’ way….

Looks like the monsoonal trough will disappear over the next 4 days, I do wish that High over NZ would POQ so we can get more benefits from the monsoons…

I’m thinking RB should be getting some rain? None here. It has decided to bypass NE Vic :(

Just looking at the national weather on the BoM, I think he might be!…this is a weather system that has swung down from NW or even just north, WA…if my memory serves me aright….

There is a monsoonal trough forming at the Top End again, but it looks rather weak…

Did you lot here get the link for the world wind map? Been showing on the Holiday Forum lately.

:)

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-225.55,-28.41,526

Very pretty.

The ants are busy…it’s either time I did the washing up or some more decent rain is on the way…

Dinetta said:

The ants are busy…it’s either time I did the washing up or some more decent rain is on the way…

I checked my gauges this morning at 8 AM and found 26 mm., still raining..

It’s cool and it’s wet and it’s wonderful, just ask the ducks!

Only 7mm but I’m not complaining.

bluegreen said:

It’s cool and it’s wet and it’s wonderful, just ask the ducks!

Only 7mm but I’m not complaining.

I’m past 30 heading for 40.. Loving it.

I thought we were a bit light on rain for the 12 month. Our long term mean is around 617mm. This 12 month we’ve had 580mm. We’ve had nothing in February so far. January 20mm. December 28mm. November 38mm. No wonder I seem to be watering a lot.

buffy said:

I thought we were a bit light on rain for the 12 month. Our long term mean is around 617mm. This 12 month we’ve had 580mm. We’ve had nothing in February so far. January 20mm. December 28mm. November 38mm. No wonder I seem to be watering a lot.

I normally have to water a lot as my mean is half yours.

Well, nor really half. Around 2/3 at 406mm

buffy said:

Well, nor really half. Around 2/3 at 406mm

Very rarely seen 406 mm.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Well, nor really half. Around 2/3 at 406mm

Very rarely seen 406 mm.

The problem would be that in some odd years we have had as much as 658.9 mm

Usually less than 390.

BOM says your long term average is 406mm.

Sorry, long term mean.

OK, I’ll go with 402mm then.

http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/cvg/av?p_stn_num=075041&p_prim_element_index=18&p_display_type=statGraph&period_of_avg=ALL&normals_years=allYearOfData&staticPage=

Similar to other nearest stations in the area.

buffy said:

BOM says your long term average is 406mm.

It would be silly to try and argue with BOM but again.. rainfall can differ greatly within 100 m of any weather station.

buffy said:

OK, I’ll go with 402mm then.

http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/cvg/av?p_stn_num=075041&p_prim_element_index=18&p_display_type=statGraph&period_of_avg=ALL&normals_years=allYearOfData&staticPage=

Similar to other nearest stations in the area.

Yes but the nearest weather station is as the crow flies (never been accurately measured) but it would be within 7 Km at a close guess. Todays reading is 8 mm above the nearest BOM station for this recent fall which hasn’t quite finished yet. This isn’t always the case as my location is on the drier side of town.

I know it is splitting hairs but it often also happens from one end of my small village to the other where between myself and neighbours we sometimes get similar differences in readings within 100 metres.

I went around your area stations. They all have pretty similar means.

buffy said:

I went around your area stations. They all have pretty similar means.

They are all south of me.

hot, overcats, humid, it thinks it wants to rain, i know it wants to rain…

Well, my neighbours did get results like mine. Though the neighbour on the farm approx 600 m away to the north did record 2mm more than the village and we otherwise all recorded 8 mm more than the nearest BOM station to the south.

50mm plus in many centres here at the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula.

painmaster said:

50mm plus in many centres here at the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula.

Which they very much needed…

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

50mm plus in many centres here at the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula.

Which they very much needed…

Farmers have already harvested, their wheat/barley and they say that this rain will only bring up summer weeds which they will have to spray out. It has also awoken the snails which they have a huge problem with down here. But the good news is that all the tanks are full again.

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

50mm plus in many centres here at the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula.

Which they very much needed…

Farmers have already harvested, their wheat/barley and they say that this rain will only bring up summer weeds which they will have to spray out. It has also awoken the snails which they have a huge problem with down here. But the good news is that all the tanks are full again.

Farmers are never happy.

What’s wrong with a free drink?

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

Which they very much needed…

Farmers have already harvested, their wheat/barley and they say that this rain will only bring up summer weeds which they will have to spray out. It has also awoken the snails which they have a huge problem with down here. But the good news is that all the tanks are full again.

Farmers are never happy.

What’s wrong with a free drink?

so they get a chance to deal with the weeds before the next crop is sown, and the soil moisture profile is increased. they have a problem with that?

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

Farmers have already harvested, their wheat/barley and they say that this rain will only bring up summer weeds which they will have to spray out. It has also awoken the snails which they have a huge problem with down here. But the good news is that all the tanks are full again.

Farmers are never happy.

What’s wrong with a free drink?

so they get a chance to deal with the weeds before the next crop is sown, and the soil moisture profile is increased. they have a problem with that?

They don’t need the extra work nor the extra expense. or so they think.

We have drizzle! It might have made 1mm, but our raingauge has become inhabited – I pointed this out to Mr buffy a couple of weeks ago, but he didn’t bother to evict the arachnids. Looking around the weather stations within 100km, I suspect we had about 1mm. But it feels good. I’ve been out and mowed the bits of grass that were still green from the veggie watering, so they should wake up nicely. I chopped the seed heads off my native grasses and sprinkled the straw and seed around that area and across the front of the house. I’m not really deluded into thinking this is the start of the Autumn break, but at least we have a few days of under 30 degrees forecast, and the possibility of some more drizzle.

The fire brigades are on the ball……local roadside burn has just been lit about 30km north of us.

buffy said:

I’m not really deluded into thinking this is the start of the Autumn break, but at least we have a few days of under 30 degrees forecast, and the possibility of some more drizzle.

The fire brigades are on the ball……local roadside burn has just been lit about 30km north of us.

Yes! At last a week that is more comfortable and no, I doubt it is over yet as well.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Farmers are never happy.

What’s wrong with a free drink?

so they get a chance to deal with the weeds before the next crop is sown, and the soil moisture profile is increased. they have a problem with that?

They don’t need the extra work nor the extra expense. or so they think.

My first thought however was to not spray, but plough in for green manure.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

so they get a chance to deal with the weeds before the next crop is sown, and the soil moisture profile is increased. they have a problem with that?

They don’t need the extra work nor the extra expense. or so they think.

My first thought however was to not spray, but plough in for green manure.

Yes but not all weeds are suitable for ploughing in.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

They don’t need the extra work nor the extra expense. or so they think.

My first thought however was to not spray, but plough in for green manure.

Yes but not all weeds are suitable for ploughing in.

and.. broadacre ploughing is costly and not necessarily best practice.

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

50mm plus in many centres here at the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula.

Which they very much needed…

Farmers have already harvested, their wheat/barley and they say that this rain will only bring up summer weeds which they will have to spray out. It has also awoken the snails which they have a huge problem with down here. But the good news is that all the tanks are full again.

Dryland farmers always appreciate the top-up to the soil moisture profile…

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

My first thought however was to not spray, but plough in for green manure.

Yes but not all weeds are suitable for ploughing in.

and.. broadacre ploughing is costly and not necessarily best practice.

true.

roughbarked said:

and.. broadacre ploughing is costly and not necessarily best practice.

… that latter is the rub…

Wow you can tell I’m behind in the topic!

Dinetta said:

Dryland farmers always appreciate the top-up to the soil moisture profile…

They were usually to be seen out there turning the soil over immediately after rain in an attempt to hold soil moisture in.

We received a nice heavy shower of rain yesterday, 40 points I thought but the weather station says 30, so I’m not far out…it was reasonably widespread but we do need more…there has been so much cattle being moved…a trainload went to the meatworks yesterday…the chookens are busy scratching…

Pouring rain…so lovely to see…

been raining here :)

bluegreen said:

been raining here :)

About time!