Old Weather Forum

Woken last night at 1:10 by the wooden gate banging (right near my sleeping corner of the house.) Bad news, gusts were over 40 miles per hour (36 knots) when I went out to fix it. Good news, temps had not plummet as it had previous nights, 11 C. Not enough rain to be worth all the commotion.

Interesting post by the ABC of Australia's far flung weather gathering stations.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-22/ ... /101991622

Gorgeous aurora australis!

Today's weather. (Monday 06 March 2023
High Fire danger day.
max 38c, 1% chance rain, wind NW 23km/h, humidity 41%, UV index 10 of 10,
tonight's min expected to be 23c

Hot times in the old town tonight!

38.4c at 1655hrs,
20% humidity,
Dew point 11.5c

It's a dry heat! Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate!

We went from the beach (6 miles from the water) on a drive up to the foothills to see the snow capped ridges and hopefully lower wild flowers. Lovely views and nice drive very few flowers yet. We ended up at a Native Casino where we had lunch and between us, actually came out a couple $$ ahead. On the way out, we were hit by some sort of ice pellets and then drove through 6 miles of blizzard. Road was good and believe it or not- the drivers were not crazy! We were then low enough to be out from under the clouds all together. Seems we missed some sort of precipitation at home. No one could agree if it was hail or snow.

Sounds like a fun adventure
Glad you returned safely!

Interesting day out for you Morgan.

28.6c at 0620 local time, expecting 35c today. [at 1400 it is 36.4 and feels a bit cooler at 36.3}
It had dropped 1 degree in the last 1/2hr.

Tomorrow only 32, then 28, 28,26, 31, 27 with mins around 16-20c

Not bad for the start of Autumn (but not usual)

Thank goodness this is not in my area.
The area the flooding is in is sparsely populated with big rural properties and small towns with mainly aboriginal populations.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-12/ ... /102085524

It is currently "snowflaking".

If it continues at this rate for a couple of hours, we might actually see an accumulation on the ground

We have had very little snow this winter.

There was about 1/4 inch of snow on the ground this morning and we had intermittent "snowflaking" (i.e., in the range of 1 to 10 flakes per cubic foot).
This has been an abnormally snow-free winter.

17250hr 36c and this is autumn.
Last night in the 20s, tonight look the same.
A cooler 31c/20c predicted for tomorrow.

I like the measure of "Flakes per cubic foot."

Another warm day forecast.
17c feels like 19c at 0645 this morning,
37 expected this afternoon.
Possible rain on Monday.

We are going to a camp site in the Barrington Tops a couple of hours north of my place for 5 days, with about 8 cars and caravans from a VW touareg car club. This was planned about 6 months ago.
It will also be a good test for a friends new Jayco RV.

This is the forecast.
Thursday 30/19c, 68% chance of rain, thunderstorms developing later in the day. (We drive up in the afternoon.)
Friday 25/18c, 70% chance of rain, showers and thunderstorms.
Saturday 24/17c, 50% chance of rain, scattered thunder storms
Sunday 24/17c, 60% chance of rain.
Monday return day, 25/16c, 40% chance of rain.

The weather in Fernwood today:

Summary:	12	24 Hrs
Maximum:	15.5	15.5 deg C
Minimum:	1.2	1.2 deg C
Precip:	0.0	0.0 mm
Max Wind:	14	14 kmh

Our warmest day so far this year!

The wind is roaring!

Called of the VW Muster at Barrington tops, to wet.
Ended up working at the local Election booth on the Saturday. Indoor and dry but long day, 0715-2300.