Just an insterstate observation

[JackoH]

And Sydney has a higher annual rainfall total than Melbourne!
Before I retired the H.O. of the company I worked for was in Sydney. Often the day after hailstorms and wind damge had occurred all over that city, any phone call from there started with "Is it still raining in Melbourne"? :confused:

[gemi_babe]

Where does WA fit into any of this? If you are heading UP to WA, I have no idea where you are coming from

We are having a very mild summer at the moment. Only reached 39 a couple of times so far.

I love the tropics and have lived in Darwin and Malaysia. What bugs me is when WA or even Melb(when I was there) had some humidity like 60% (if that) they all winge... Oh its so humid today They don't know what humidity is!

There is my winge about those that haven't experienced humidity

[vsquizz]

Why is it that people from Qld and WA criticise the weather in Vic,

Dooohhh, its our god given right thats why

(Anybody who try's to bugger up the boxing day test match with "RAIN" needs picking on)

Cheers from a poor Sandgroper who lived on the mornington peninsula for three years, 10 years ago and has nearly thawed out.

[johnmc]

The weather report on the radio in Brisbane this morning mentioned a 92% relative humiditiy (admittedly it is raining)

[Iain]

Cheers from a poor Sandgroper who lived on the mornington peninsula for three years, 10 years ago and has nearly thawed out.

Lived in Kalamunda for two years, worked in the city and Mt Lawley.
Too hot for me and too many gays. Admittedly I worked in the theatre at the time but I had never ever encountered so many in any other city.

[Termite]

Lived in Kalamunda for two years, worked in the city and Mt Lawley.
Too hot for me and too many gays. Admittedly I worked in the theatre at the time but I had never ever encountered so many in any other city.

Those were the days of the Kalumunda gays....... could be the start of one of those endless sagas.

[craigb]

Where does WA fit into any of this? If you are heading UP to WA, I have no idea where you are coming from

We are having a very mild summer at the moment. Only reached 39 a couple of times so far.

I love the tropics and have lived in Darwin and Malaysia. What bugs me is when WA or even Melb(when I was there) had some humidity like 60% (if that) they all winge... Oh its so humid today They don't know what humidity is!

There is my winge about those that haven't experienced humidity

Having endured a Darwin Wet Season, I've got to say that once was MORE than enough.

Actually Sydney is just coming up to it's humid month (Feb). The pitsiest month of the year weatherwise IMO.

[Rocker]

Having endured a Darwin Wet Season, I've got to say that once was MORE than enough.

Hmm, I enjoyed 13 wet seasons in Darwin, and would probably still be there if my wife hadn't given me an ultimatum. In Darwin, anyone who used a/c in the home except to facilitate sleep at night was regarded as a wimp. I have to admit to using my lounge-room a/c for a few days over Xmas as a treat sometimes, but I am still wracked with guilt over it

Getting back to Victorian weather, hardly a day goes by when we don't hear of destructive storms in and around Melbourne - and today was no exception - 120 km/hr winds, I think they said. I suppose it must be that they suffer from the katabatic winds that are a feature of the weather in nearby Antarctica.

Rocker

[Iain]

What storms, we haven't seen any :confused:
Anyway we've had nothing to match Darwins big one back in 74-75.

[Rocker]

Iain,

I have just seen a picture on the news of a massive tree brought down by a violent storm in the Geelong area. Darwin only has destructive cyclones about once every 40 years, but I think I have seen news of destructive storms in VIC several times in the past year.

Rocker

[Iain]

Wrong side of town, wrong bay, probably see it on the news tonight.
It's been calm and sultry here all day and last night was just plain hot, we are only 75km SE of Melbourne on Westernport Bay.

[simon c]

It was pretty calm in Blackburn - the wind picked up at about 9pm

But in Geelong:
http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/0...?oneclick=true

[AlexS]

How about we get Jow to settle the argument on Saturday?

John & Janet are far too polite & tactful to make any comment that could be construed as a criticism of anyone's weather.

[bitingmidge]

The weather report on the radio in Brisbane this morning mentioned a 92% relative humiditiy (admittedly it is raining)

Yep, so I reckon things aren't that humid here after all.... even when it's raining it only gets to 92%!!!


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[Iain]

There was a joke about relative humidity and ................no, would remove it.