Old Weather Forum

Lovely sunny morning but frosty! My outdoor thermometer was showing 5C (it is a bit close to the house) but frost on the roofs of cars parked on the road and on the grass in the fields.

There is also a biological control, tiny parasitic wasps, but I think that works best if you're growing in an enclosed space like a glasshouse (so your wasps don't escape!).

https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/glasshouse-whitefly

pommystuart wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:25 pm
This town was the site for Australias first oil and gas discoveries. Now, most of that goes overseas and we pay a fortune to use it locally.

Roma

Is the train trip the Savannahlander? Although if it is I can't work out what the large thing is.

Joan was always such great fun and we're definitely going to miss her.

Great!

The town with the gumboot and the show is Tully.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gumboot
https://tullyshow.com.au/

We look rather outnumbered!

Hope you had a good break, Chris.

The UK temperatures yesterday didn't quite make the predicted 42C but the max was 40.3C which did break the previous record. It got up to 34C where I am which is definitely too hot for me. Cooler now!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62224157

Happy Birthday, Dean!

Last night the temperature in parts of the UK didn't drop below 25C breaking the record for overnight minimum (previously 23.9C). It wasn't quite that bad here, it was 22C at about 6am before it started going up again. I think that's higher than the average max temp for July in these parts! The pred...

pommystuart wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 9:23 pm 8-16c back home and raining, thats why we are on the road northward (to us thats up to the tropics)

That sounds more like normal weather to me!

26C is starting to get a bit warm for me - that's why I could never be tempted to move to Australia!

Jil, looks like you can put your brolly down for a few days. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-16/uk-issues-first-ever-red-warning-for-hot-weather-next-week/101244270 :kangaroo: Actually I just got rained on at the allotment doing some watering :roll: It was only a light shower. At the moment it'...

Bowen Basin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowen_Basin

Happy Birthday, Stuart!

For the glider - Bert Hinkler, Bundaberg

https://www.bundabergregion.org/attract ... epos-beach

Managed to catch Covid on my holiday

Just a sore throat and a bit of a cough but as I still had some lateral flow tests I thought I might as well do one, expecting it to show it was just a summer cold!

Enjoy your new home, Chris!