Whats the weather like where you are ?

[reeves]

With some reference to climate change but not totally, just a weather talk, I figured it might be interesting for people to post what the weathers like where they are, has it changed in the last few years, colder, warmer more or less rain ?

Round here, top of the range in St East Qld, its been colder than last winter, finally got a week of decent rain, first for the year. The drought is ongoing but the current temperature drop is a bit weird, already had more colder days than last year.

cheeeeeers
john

[Honorary Bloke]

:feedtroll:

Bit early to be out trolling, eh? :rolleyes: :D

Hot as hell here, but it's summer after all. :)

[MurrayD99]

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Snow flurries forecast on the hills later.... I wish I had a big potbelly stove in my office and 3 tons of coal out in the yard.

[les88]

Today at 7am -4 a top forecast of 10 great weather

[bitingmidge]

I wish I had a big potbelly stove in my office and 3 tons of coal out in the yard.

Well there's your answer on global warming! :D

If you are really wanting to know, go here: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/perspectives.html

Cheers,

P
:D

[reeves]

hey good site Midge, the overall temp graph is useful, the at a glance rundowns look a bit US based, the special reports are worldwide and quite telling, interesting stuff

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/2007/apr/map_RVose_mntp_04_2007_t.gif

[Cliff Rogers]

Geeze what happened to Aus? :?

[reeves]

Geeze what happened to Aus? :?

apparently our weather is entirley normal :no:
and so doenst rate much of a mention,,,:doh:

seems its much hotter in Siberia....:oo:

Cliff, whats the weather like up there on the tablelands....?

its pretty cold and blustery up here at the moment.

[craigb]

Cold and wet. A mini cyclone is forecast to hit Sydney early tomorrow morning :oo:

It's been raining on and off for the last two weeks. :)

This of course is a GOOD THING!

They reckon that the dams might hit 50% capacity by the end of the week.

Woohoo!

[silentC]

I still remember the winter of '73. The big rains, the great flood, followed by the hottest summer on record. The days when it was so hot that all you could do was lie on the beach and get in and out of the water all day. Hot westerlies dried you off before your bum hit the sand.

About 3 years ago I went for a swim on New Years Day and the water was like ice. We had a very short summer this year, only really a month or two of decent weather. I didn't get in the ocean once this summer.

We had the warmest May on record but the coldest November last year.

It's raining now and quite cold, I'd say about 10 or 11 degrees. It got up to 12 yesterday.

What does it all mean? Who can say. Yes the weather has changed in the 30 or so years that I can recall clearly. Every year is different. Is there a trend towards one type of weather? Not as far as I can tell. I reckon it's like looking out the window of the car and expecting the scenery to always be the same. If you drive in a circle, sooner or later it will be.

[Cliff Rogers]

Cliff, whats the weather like up there on the tablelands....?
For 2 days it had been a constant 15°C overcast, mist & drizzle & then the change moved through just after lunch yesterday & we had some heavy rain, a bit of wind, the sun came out for 3 minutes, the wind dropped, it clouded over & went back to mist & drizzle & it is now a constant 16°C. :D

[Iain]

Got out my polar fleece tracky daks today, from he who loves shorts that is bloody cold.
Yesterday was positively icy, the wind stung the lobes on my ears, haven't experienced that for a while, but then I have less hair now too:-
The dogs won't go out for a pee and the horses have all retreated to the stable, or someones pinched them.

[Grunt]

Windy, wet, cold. Ah the Macedon Ranges in Winter.

[Big Shed]

Overcast this morning, so no frost, but very windy.

Yesterday's max was 11, I reckon it was there for about 5 mins, rest of the day was a hazard for brass monkeys:o. Boy was it cold. Days like that I wish I had a wood heater in the shed, ah well one day.

[namtrak]

Still shorts weather here - its a full 8 degrees.

[Gra]

Cold, windy with the odd gunshot from a crazy hells angel

[Cliff Rogers]

... the wind stung the lobes on my ears, haven't experienced that for a while, but then I have less hair now too.....
The parade ground at Laverton. :oo:
(I'm not talking about your head,:rolleyes: mind you, you wounldn't have had much hair then either. :p )

[Cliff Rogers]

Cold, windy with the odd gunshot from a crazy hells angel
That was yesterday's forcast, what about today? :p

[dsquire]

Summer starts in a couple of days. Today about 31c and smog advisory. Lawns are starting to dry up and they are restricting lawn watering to early morning and late evening 1 day per week Monday to Friday depending on your house number. No watering on the weekend but you can set your car on the lawn and wash it and kill 2 birds with one stone...

Possibility of some rain in a couple of days. Too hot for me as I have a breathing problem (COPD) so stay inside and make sawdust computer bytes instead.

cheers
Don

[munruben]

apparently our weather is entirley normal :no:

Then how come we are in the worst drought in over a hundred years where I am and on level 5 water restrictions ?:?

Its cool here today, haven't been outside yet though, might be warmer outside.

[Gra]

That was yesterday's forcast, what about today? :p


Dont know too scared to leave the building.

[Groggy]

The parade ground at Laverton. :oo:
Spooky, I am looking out the window at it right now :wink:

[Andy Mac]

Feels a bit wintery today in Toowoomba, stiff breeze after a bit of drizzle, so I'm rugged up with a cotton windcheater over a T-shirt. Some are running about in scarves, beanies and overcoats, but I think they must be mates of Journeyman Micks!
I just checked the temperature inside a brick insulated kiln, in the Arts building, and its 14degrees...so take off 4 or 5 degrees I'd reckon. So Reeves, I think the weather pattern's back on track, quite normal!!:D

Cheers,

[reeves]

For 2 days it had been a constant 15°C overcast, mist & drizzle & then the change moved through just after lunch yesterday & we had some heavy rain, a bit of wind, the sun came out for 3 minutes, the wind dropped, it clouded over & went back to mist & drizzle & it is now a constant 16°C. :D

Hahha sounds pretty 'normal', nice temp though. last time was up thataway it was pretty sunny and mild in 'winter. Thanks for update Cliff.


Then how come we are in the worst drought in over a hundred years where I am and on level 5 water restrictions ?

Hey I guess thats 'normal' then and the intervening years of rain was just a wet spot on the timeline. I dunno if the suburb of Munruben is where you are, or if its suckling its water from Wivenhoe in the Brisbane catchment but if it is, the only reason there is water restrictions is they keep letting the water OUT of the dam. As in the Brisbane river hasnt actually flowed for several years ( if you go out past Toogoolwah you can see this) but they keep letting it out to keep it flowing through the city.

There is water about but the managment keep letting it flow out to sea.

cheeeeeers
john

[echnidna]

Nice sunny day down here,
bit cool but nothing that longjohns doesn't fix

[munruben]

dunno if the suburb of Munruben is where you are, or if its suckling its water from Wivenhoe in the Brisbane catchment but if it is, the only reason there is water restrictions is they keep letting the water OUT of the dam. As in the Brisbane river hasnt actually flowed for several years ( if you go out past Toogoolwah you can see this) but they keep letting it out to keep it flowing through the city.
Yes, in Munruben John, so whats the answer,? The Brisbane river hasn't flowed in several years, isn't that a sign that we have a shortage of rain? (I'm not trying to be funny John)
I can't really comment on the past history of the rainfall in my area as I have only been up here for five years but I can honestly say, we have had no rain of significance that I remember in that time. I agree with you, we let too much water escape out to sea.
The council and government are encouraging everyone to install water tanks, thats progress:?

[reeves]

I just checked the temperature inside a brick insulated kiln, in the Arts building, and its 14degrees...so take off 4 or 5 degrees I'd reckon. So Reeves, I think the weather pattern's back on track, quite normal!!:D

Cheers,

ahh I suspected as much!

cold as a fish finger before it hits the frying pan up here, midday and i still gotta keep the door shut.....;-)

[Cliff Rogers]

Spooky, I am looking out the window at it right now :wink:
Are your ear lobes stinging? :D

[Waldo]

G'day,

Flamin' red-claret cold! :~ I would've used a cold smilie, but it was too flamin hard to use my cold fingers and find one.

I'd mow the grass but it's flamin cold, probably got thermafrost 6" down.

[Waldo]

I just checked the temperature inside a brick insulated kiln, in the Arts building, and its 14degreesCheers,

G'day Andy Mac, do you think there'd be any live drawing going on today in the illustration class? :U Aah, days gone by when there was and you could tell the model was real cold. :D

Dunno how I could tell but. :;

[Barry_White]

Well its wet and cold here temperature was 7 degrees but it has now gone down to 5 degrees and now a fog has rolled in and I can't see the front gate 75 metres away.

[echnidna]

what was that saying about queensland's weather

"Beautiful one day - Perfect the next" :D :D

[Waldo]

what was that saying about queensland's weather

"Beautiful one day - Perfect the next" :D :D

G'day Echidna,

Too right, better than this cold dump. :D

[ptc]

9deg bright and sunny No wind.
beats toowoomba !

[Grunt]

what was that saying about queensland's weather

"Beautiful one day - Perfect the next" :D :D

Or Melbourne's weather.

'Crappy one day - Sheeethouse the next'

[journeyman Mick]

Staying on the Gold Coast at the moment, beautiful day today. Had a glorious sunrise and a bright sunny day, went for a swim in the surf, went for a bike ride etc etc. But, just checked the BOM forecast:

"A trough associated with a large, deepening low pressure
system off the central New South Wales coast will move through southeast
Queensland early Wednesday morning.
Expect W/SW winds with gusts to 90 km/h to develop overnight and Wednesday morning."

"Precis: Fine. Cool and windy. Min 6 Max 17
UV Index: 3 [Moderate]"

:oo: :oo: Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.:oo: :oo:

Mick:(

[rrich]

But I'll tell you anyway.

24°C and 57% humidity

Living here is a tough job, but some one has to do it. :p

[Wizened of Oz]

,they keep letting the water OUT of the dam.
john


John, if they didn't let the water out of Wivenhoe, Brisbane would have no water. The water flows down the river to Mount Crosby weir where the pumping station and treatment works are.

BTW 12deg here at midday. I can't remember a colder day in sub-tropical Nambour.

[Ashore]

Here in Newcastle its still bloody raining and cold and the ships getting further up the beach :(

[reeves]

John, if they didn't let the water out of Wivenhoe, Brisbane would have no water. The water flows down the river to Mount Crosby weir where the pumping station and treatment works are.

BTW 12deg here at midday. I can't remember a colder day in sub-tropical Nambour.

Hhaha yes Brian they do, i was just noting the fact that it may be a 'false economy' in water terms, keeping a river flowing out when no water is flowing into it. Apart from sparse bouts of rain, whatever flows into Wivenhoe comes from Somerset dam and its catchment.

besides i was actually joking, could u imagine if they didnt let any water out apart from the sucking pipe at Mt Crosby, central Brisbane the river city would be dry, city cats floundering in the mud, catfish dying horrible deaths, the river walk becomes a mudlside.:D

Sounds cold for Nambour, cold as crap up this way, cant recall a colder day either, so much for global warming..

[Wizened of Oz]

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John, you really should do something about your diet>:U

[reeves]

John, you really should do something about your diet>:U

er yes thats what my doctor says...

casurina cassarole, redgum roast , mulga mudcakes and blakwood bagels are nice but the splinters can be a bit trying...:no:

have been seriously considering the benefits of a Huon pine toilet seat:U

[Iain]

have been seriously considering the benefits of a Huon pine toilet seat:U

The turners will remove the splinters free of charge just to get a piece to play with (timber not bum:rolleyes: )

[silentC]

Cold and wet again today. Cold and sunny yesterday. Anyone would think it was winter...

[Honorary Bloke]

I love you blokes like my brothers and sisters, but if you will look out the fraggin window, you will see the weather. Get over it. It's winter (or summer, depending). For gawd's sake. :( :oo: :D

[silentC]

Hey look, it's sunny again!

[Iain]

Bob, in 6 months time I expect there will be a general whinge about the balmy minus whatevers in the NOrthern Hemisphere, we find it therapeutic to have a bit of a moan:-
Was going to send you a reddy but me bloody fingers are too cold:D :D :D

[Waldo]

G'dau Honary Bloke,

Yeah, but Winter in Antartica (Melbourne) is flamin' cold :brr: at least back in my home city of Brisbane it's much better. :U

[craigb]

Beautiful June winters day in Sydney today. Cloudless blue sky but the air temperature is a bit crisp.

[Honorary Bloke]

Bob, in 6 months time I expect there will be a general whinge about the balmy minus whatevers in the NOrthern Hemisphere, we find it therapeutic to have a bit of a moan:-
Was going to send you a reddy but me bloody fingers are too cold:D :D :D

Don't mind me, mate. The heat makes me cranky. :D :wink: :D

[Shedgirl]

It must be cold here,my husband (Far North Qld woosy boy) is wearing explorer socks with his thongs.:rolleyes:

[Bluegum]

Its not real warm here at the moment and we've been getting a bit of rain. Cut our tank pad two weeks ago and now we are waiting for the tank to arrive.

[Grunt]

SilentC will be a bit wet me thinks.

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR402.gif?20070626204826

[silentC]

Mate it was wild, wet and windy down here last night. I went outside to bring the dog in and he was hovering 4 feet off the ground (the length of his chain). The trees were bending over and touching the ground, and the rain was so hard it nearly stripped the Colorbond off the roof.

In all seriousness, it was a full on storm last night that went for several hours and I haven't looked around yet but there must be a hell of a mess.

Good thing that building inspector made us put the extra tie down on the verandah roof...

[Grunt]

Glad you tied the dog down. How much rain did you get?

[silentC]

Haven't checked the rain gauge but the AWS at Merimbula says about 50mm over night, winds gusting to 72km (39 knots).

[munruben]

Rained all day here yesterday but sunny today.

[Waldo]

G'day,

Just spent the last hour unblocking the stormwater drain in front of the shed.

The dyke almost sprung a leak, lucky I didn't have to put my finger in it. :D

[maxdangerous]

G'day there,
It's cold enough here that I bet the dog regrets cocking his leg on the lounge suite the last time he was allowed in!!
Cheers
Max

[Wild Dingo]

brisk and damp here today and more tomorrow forecast is for storms ...today was interesting on the bobcat as the ground turned to slishyslush pretty damned fast and what with building up the lower driveway to allow easier access for the semi with the house in a couple of months time I must admit I spent the day laughing my head off or singin lustily while slip slidding all over the paddock!! :headbang: Gawd I do love operating machines!! :hapy:

And tomorrows gonna be even BETTER!! :2tsup:

have to redo the creek side levee bank near the house and cut out some steps then around to the other side to have a whirl at that driveway... all the while rain phissin down ground goin to mush an me laughin me dial off!! WHAT A LIFE!! :thyel:

THEN!! THEN the fun starts... gotta rip down the back corner and tearass all the rubble an accumulated whatevers into piles slide around picking it up while tryin not to go assoverturkey into the creek which at that point is about 4mtrs drop :stretcher: ...then its off to the other side of the creak for a bit of digging out of the old creek run as a diversionary tactic if the rain becomes Melbourneish :rain2:... make a few hillocks for tree planting as I go then back around to the house side of the creek to play down there for a bit... then FINALLY as a final thing and the actual reason I hired the ruddy toy to clean up the house area so its sorta reasonably level for the surveyor when he lobs up on Mondy!!

But talk about fun!! Had an absolute hoot of a time... didnt realize how much I missed muckin about on a bobcat gotta get me one!! wonder how much they go at auction nowadays? mmmm :whistling1:

[Jedo_03]

Cold spell last week... bit better the weekend... actually got out on the quad bike on saturday arvo... cool and damp this morning - then a gusty wind from nowhere - then got out warmish enough to take me jumper off...
says on the weather forecast its for 19 termorra...
blimey - mid winter... and 19...
cheers
jedo

[buffalobill]

Flipping freezing in Johannesburg. Been hovering around 0 overnight or less for the last week. Today "warmed" up to about 12 deg. And then we had snow last week - not much mind, but real snow. First time in about 24 years. I hate the cold - which is anything less than 20 C.

[Capt. Zero]

Here in Houston, it seems to be monsoon season. I think it's rained every day for at least a month with no end in sight. Normally this time of year we are heading into the dry season.
Of course this time of year it's hot, but it always hot. Haven't had a good freeze in a couple of years. Temps now around the low 30s.





"Oh great, groatcakes. Heavy on the thirtyweight mom."
Porgie Tirebighter

[Honorary Bloke]

Here in Houston, it seems to be monsoon season. I think it's rained every day for at least a month with no end in sight. Normally this time of year we are heading into the dry season.
Of course this time of year it's hot, but it always hot. Haven't had a good freeze in a couple of years. Temps now around the low 30s.

He means 30C. Zero, you are too weird to live. :D :D :D :rolleyes:

[speedy]

Cold, Damm Cold!!!
:censored2:

[bansheez71]

95° Hot Sunny. I live in USA, Missouri

[Grunt]

I don't think the temp has been above 10&#176;C (50&#176;F) for more than 6 weeks.

This is cold for us Aussies.

[munruben]

Still cold but sunny here with no rain in sight.

[Barry_White]

Well today has been overcaste with scotch mist all day and the temperature never got above 5 degrees.

It was freezing in the shed. I was trying to glue ub some pen blanks and was having trouble getting the CA glue to run.

[AlexS]

Cold & wet - rained all day, water in the workshop, didn't get above 14. Anywhere for sale up your way Cliff?

[Big Shed]

Today's min 3 max 13, bright blue sky all day. Life's good:2tsup:

Going to be cold one overnight, zero forecast for Bendigo, we're usually about 2 degress below that, max for tomorrow 13 and sunny. Good weather for cutting firewood.

[echnidna]

Nice day here today, a little cool but thats what woolly jumpers are for.

Better than last week, biting cold , showery and I hadda do some roof work & dig pipes up. (At least the digging's easier when the soil is damp)

[Honorary Bloke]

Well, supposed to be 90 degrees (F) plus all week. :oo: Have to take my shed time in small bites, then come indoors to cool off. :)

[Cliff Rogers]

Cold & wet - rained all day, water in the workshop, didn't get above 14. Anywhere for sale up your way Cliff?
We have had 2 weeks of sunshine & no wind & that is very unusual for us.
We have a 350L tank for our drinking water & it is nearly empty, just about a bloody drought. :oo:

Even though it is sunny, it is still cool.
It was 6° at breakfast, made it to 16° at midday & I think it went a bit higher during the afternoon, it is 8° out there now.

The blokes in Cairns are complaining 'cos it is colder than normal down there too, 12.8° at the Airport at present.

There are some places for sale up here (http://www.tablelands.com/) Alex. :2tsup:

[Wood Borer]

We've had two lots of snow in the last couple of weeks. Frost on the decking rails by 9 PM, currently about 2 degrees C beautiful sunny days.

The little creek that runs through our place is flowing and we go to bed at night with the sound of 1000's of frogs croaking near our dams and ponds.:)

[Gingermick]

We have had 2 weeks of sunshine & no wind & that is very unusual for us.

I was in Babinda the week before last and it rained for 5 days. Well, it drizzled for 5 days is more like it, and was bloomin cool. Tis not supposed to rain north of Rocky in the dry season. :?

[Cliff Rogers]

....not supposed to rain north of Rocky in the dry season. :?
Arrh but, that is that catch, the definition of dry season is: When it isn't raining. :D