since the other thread has been deleted, had to start a new one.
just a small article in todays tele was interesting.
For the first time in 90 years, Sydney;s top temps reached 20C on everyday in the january to April period with the coolest reaching just 21C on April5. The last time this occured was way back in 1914.Autumn temps have been up on normal in the majority of last 25 years.
todays weather in Sydney in one word - beautiful- 24 clear...

http://images.animfactory.com/animations/science/sun/sun_playing_with_beach_ball_md_wht.gif

currently in Sydney its>>http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94767.gif
and outwest>http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94763.gif

My thread from Feburary is still around. It could of gone there

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=87919&page=5

Sydney had the highest temps in NSW today. It got to 27 at Holsworthy :cool:

thats funny, it only shows on my page that there is only 1 page or 27 threads. your thread was back on page 4?? wtf?thats why i started this thread. i cant access any after page 1.

pretty bloody cold this mornin!
http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/schoolzone/schools/helfrich/miscellaneous%20pics/windy_winter_day_hw.gif

rainfall this month has been very low, just 0.8mm falling at Observatory Hill.

For the next few days, temps will be in the mid 20's and it will rain next week too.

Check this out:

http://home.exetel.com.au/miliux/IMG_0274-1.JPG

Another fog happening

The photo is not showing :bash:

I just read that this Autmun was the 2nd warmest on record. The warmest was recorded back in 1958.

If they excluded nighttime temps, this Autumn would of been the warmest on record with an average daily temp of 24 degrees.

17 degrees yesterday - Thats cold brrrrrr

The guys at Katoomba are copping it hard. They have had temps in single digits!!!!!

At 10am it's still a chilli 11 degrees.

we have just has driest AUTUMN in 50 years! bad news for our gardens and farmers.

wow, a gorgeous 25Deg today! it was 8 above normal.
rest of week is set to be clear and 18deg!

It's -2 at Campbelltown right now yet it's 8 degrees on the coast.

You aussies have a beautiful weather. Over here it's been rainy and foggy for the whole weekend. Last week was just as hot as December. I don't know what's happening, we're supposed to have the coldest winter in the last years however the first days of the season were completely above normal.

Right now it's 22ºC (6pm) when it should be at least 15... :(

You aussies have a beautiful weather. Over here it's been rainy and foggy for the whole weekend. Last week was just as hot as December. I don't know what's happening, we're supposed to have the coldest winter in the last years however the first days of the season were completely above normal.

Right now it's 22ºC (6pm) when it should be at least 15... :(

It's good you have rain though - you should be happy about that! :) We haven't had decent rain for quite a while, and today the next stage of water restrictions begin, due to the low water levels in the city dams.

I must say, it is great having beautiful, clear, sunny days in the mid-20's, but a few decent rainy days wouldn't hurt either!

-3 at Campbelltown right now. Very icy out there.

You aussies have a beautiful weather. Over here it's been rainy and foggy for the whole weekend. Last week was just as hot as December. I don't know what's happening, we're supposed to have the coldest winter in the last years however the first days of the season were completely above normal.

Right now it's 22ºC (6pm) when it should be at least 15... :(

I reckon "the day after tomorrow " syndrome might be strting to kick in.

I'm serious, the forecast is for my state, of course, and they do say it's gonna be cold because of the very mild summer we had this year (temps didn't even reach 40ºC!). They said it's gonna start getting cool by next week.

bad news........this year will not be a cold year, on the other hand, it´ll be warmer than previous winter seasons, gee!!!!! i wish there were colder winter seasons and longer ones in the southern hemisphere >(

Radar for Sydney

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR033.20040711040444.gif

It's icy cold this morning - only eight degrees at the moment outside and it's nearly 10am.

http://images.animationfactory.com/animations/birds/penguins/tux_cold/tux_cold_lg_wm.gif

It will be like this all weekend as the (heavy) rain moves in along with gusty southerleys. It will linger around until Wednesday.

it was quite cold (8 ~ 15c) at around 3pm in the CBD today... overcast i was watching lat's cranes being dismantled.

It's been very windy especially since midnight. A bit of rain has fallen too but not as heavy as anticipated.

It's snowing in the Blue Mountains!!!!

It's currently 11.8 degrees in the CBD. When was the last time it was that cold????

it never gets below 12deg during the day! friggin cold!

http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/schoolzone/schools/helfrich/miscellaneous%20pics/windy_winter_day_hw.gif

ive been stack aroudn the heater the whole day IT'S FRIGGIN' COLD AND WINDY! (and some rain with snow in the blue mt.)

it never gets below 12deg during the day! friggin cold!

http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/schoolzone/schools/helfrich/miscellaneous%20pics/windy_winter_day_hw.gif

It ended up getting to 13. The minimum was 6 degrees.

Today will be a bit warmer. :)

Welcome to a Melbourne cold blast from the south.

Sheesh you Sydneysiders are wimps :p

Bit of cold never hurt anybody.

I'll post the view of Sydney skyline as an indicator of what Sydney's weather looks like.

12:55pm Sunday 1st August 2004
http://home.exetel.com.au/miliux/Weather/1st%20Aug%202004.jpg

43mm of rain in sydney on tuesday 17th!! Hope some of that landed over the water catchments

its cureently 11deg in town
hurry up summer
http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/schoolzone/schools/helfrich/miscellaneous%20pics/windy_winter_day_hw.gif

the crap weather has finally gone!
http://www.gifs.net/animate/9.gif

its a gorgeous day in sydney town today!!

wow, hit 35DEG today!!
low humidity though.

wow, hit 35DEG today!!
low humidity though.

Its gonna be a hot summer - we had 36c on Friday with hot dry winds and fires.

Spose we will get that again in a day or so as we usually have similar hot weather after you guys.
jt

sydney heading for a scorcher today. maybe hitting 100F or 38deg. if so it will be hottest ever oct day!

currently in Sydney its>>http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94767.gif
and outwest>http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94763.gif

Swimming pool downstairs, here i come!

wow. 100F!! /38deg at 11;30!
ffaaarrrkk!!

I nearly died walking across Hyde Park. It's air-conditioned in here though. :)

still 38. i wonder if it broke record of 38.2 set in 1946?

heatwave!! (100F>)

its been 38deg since 11;30. dont think it will get to 39deg.
not looking forward for train trip home.

just heard radio, its officially hottest oct day ever!

It's supposed to be max. 29C today, but it's already 33C at 10:55am! Another hot one! It felt hot on the way to work.

35C at 11:15! Thats 2degrees in 20mins! Can anyone else tell I'm bored at work atm? Lol, I'm waiting for the EA to finish formatting my report.

36C at 12:32, lalalala. :)

3 Cheers for global warming!!!

jt

Hoorah! :(

I can't take it any longer. How come Melbourne and Canberra are getting forecast 17C today and Sydney is already well into its 30s :?

Ouwh, spoke too soon. Looks like a cool change a-comin'. Hope there's an accompanying thunderstorm!

Hoorah! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Alex_B/cheer.gif

Yey! First clash of thunder! Right on cue!

wow, from 35 down to 21 in an hour!!!
have mercy!!
http://www.gifs.net/animate/thundercloud.gif

wow, from 35 down to 21 in an hour!!!
have mercy!!
http://www.gifs.net/animate/thundercloud.gif

Once the cool change swept in you could really feel it and it was windy as hell!

Cool Week coming up

15*c

17*c

19*c

Big contrast

^^15°C and thunderstorms! Rain for the next two days after that. It's raining fairly decently at the moment actually.

still raining now
and cool cool out side

SYDNEY

Last week Sydney recorded their hottest October day on record, followed by a few more hot days followed by this:

Mon, Oct 18
Rain :cry: (was the closest symbol I could get to rain!)
min: 14°C
max: 15°C

Tue, Oct 19
Rain :cry:
min: 14°C
max: 17°C

Wed, Oct 20
Rain :cry:
min: 15°C
max: 19°C

Thu, Oct 21
Clearing shower :cry:
min: 15°C
max: 23°C

Last week in Melbourne it was 33 one day and then less than half that two days later followed by a string of winter-like days all below 20 and now this:

MELBOURNE

Mon, Oct 18
Mostly sunny :cool:
min: 8°C
max: 19°C

Tue, Oct 19
Mostly sunny :cool:
min: 9°C
max: 22°C

Wed, Oct 20
Mostly sunny :cool:
min: 9°C
max: 24°C

Thu, Oct 21
Mostly sunny :cool:
min: 12°C
max: 28°C

:wtf: Who's been fiddling with the thermostat!


MG2

On Friday, It was 36 degrees up here on the Gold Coast. It almost rained all weekend. And today, it's been pouring down. Oh, well. Better this weekend than at Indy next weekend.

It's a foggy one this morning!!! The temps will balloon into the mid 30's today.

wow, its just hit 100degF /38d in Sydney!!!

36 was the official recorded temp in the CBD. It was 37-38 out west.
It's still 38 degrees at Sydney Airport!!!!

And sleeping tonight will be tough. It will drop down to 24.

SYDNEY

:wtf: Who's been fiddling with the thermostat!


MG2

We all have!! Global warming....here..or..not...

It's been a hot night. The coolest it went to was 26 degrees. It's 27 atm.

and a week later, im frezzing. This is getting too way out of hand.

It's been a hot night. The coolest it went to was 26 degrees. It's 27 atm.

That was such a perfect night, for many reasons, but it was the beautiful evening weather that really set the scene!

And OMG the weather is sucking now, as you mentioned Fabian! So grey and dismal...but that's appropriate since I'm studying for exams currently. ;) Here's hoping it improves when I'm all finished which is on Friday!! :)

Yeah this current weather is crazy... one day it's 38 the next it hovering in the low 20s. What's doing? Last week I couldn't get to sleep because my bedroom resembled a suana, last night it was freezing and I had to rug up!!

yes its not right? bloody freezing.
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94767.gif

*nelson laugh* :)

Why does Sydney's weather have a sticky?

*nelson laugh* :)

What are you laughing about? Weather here in Victoria is shit 9 out of 10 days. Sydney has awesome weather compared to here.

*waits for winter to end*

Isn't it December next week?

coz Sydney's weather is diverse all year round.

Yeah great my waterbed temperature was all over the place this last week, cold hot, I had no idea where to set it. Why can't the cold weather piss off and leave us with 30+ everyday?

What are you laughing about? Weather here in Victoria is shit 9 out of 10 days. Sydney has awesome weather compared to here.

*waits for winter to end*

Isn't it December next week?

aaahhh-duhhh. QUEENSLANDER!

it's called dry sarcasm - now that I've had to s.p.e.l.l. it out for you, is there anything else while I'm at it? :|

sydney. could we please have have a few of your thunder storms for Melbourne please? love em!
we have way too few for my liking.
Not the ones that rip roofs off though please.
cheers

sydney. could we please have have a few of your thunder storms for Melbourne please? love em!
we have way too few for my liking.
Not the ones that rip roofs off though please.
cheers

You mean like this?

http://home.exetel.com.au/miliux/scraperimage/ThunderousLightning-1.jpg

SEQ has the best storms in the country. Just ask the B.O.M. Due to the instability of warm surface air and the cold air in the troposphere. Or something like that. I was half asleep in that class. Why it gets hail stones the size of golf balls.

Looks like rain/thunderstorm is about to develop. Thick black clouds covering Sydney metro area.

Get ya camera out people!

Yes, it did look very threatening but no rain :( At least it isn't feeling too hot this morning.

Forecast for this week

Monday 19-32 Possible Thunderstorm
Tuesday 20-42 Sunny (I need to check weather records for this.)
Wednesday 23-32 Possible Thundersotrm
Thursday 18-23 Showers

UNREAL

There is hardly any haze in Sydney. Havn't seen a clear hazeless sky for days.

Perfect day to snap some pics before tomorrow's 42 degrees outdoor sizzler.

SEQ has the best storms in the country. Just ask the B.O.M. Due to the instability of warm surface air and the cold air in the troposphere. Or something like that. I was half asleep in that class. Why it gets hail stones the size of golf balls.

Thats true. The afternoon storms here are one of my favourite things about summer. Its still quite warm but its raining.. the smell of rain is in the air. U can walk out into it and be like ur taking a shower :P :D

On that note it been really cool in brisbane lately, not as hot as youd expect. Looks like we can expect a few warmer days now (34 max)

Poor Sydney with that 42. I like warm temps but 42! have fun lol!

Thats true. The afternoon storms here are one of my favourite things about summer. Its still quite warm but its raining.. the smell of rain is in the air. U can walk out into it and be like ur taking a shower :P :D

On that note it been really cool in brisbane lately, not as hot as youd expect. Looks like we can expect a few warmer days now (34 max)

Poor Sydney with that 42. I like warm temps but 42! have fun lol!

It has been quite cool for Brisbane especially for this time of the year. Out by the bay (eastern surburbs) it has been highs of about 23-24c and lows of about 14-16c. Things will definately start to really warm up though. I just hope we dont get those temps like we did in Feb this year, 2 solid days of 40c + temps.....

I can't believe Sydney is getting 42c - even Melbourne and Adelaide are hitting low 30s too.....

Currently (3.30pm) at Bris Airport it is 25c with 60% humidity - very nice and comfortable. The city is on 27c with 50% humidity.

Right now we're getting a cool change. Fresh winds blowing the hot air away.

It only reached 26 today :)

And if it does reach 42 degrees tomorrow, it will be Sydney's hottest ever november day ever and the hottest day ever since 1982!!!

Sydney Airport is likely to even reach 43 degrees.

Lets keep a log of temperatures

It's currently 20 degrees.

lets keep tabs here

http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94767.gif

9am - 25 degrees
10am - 27 degrees
10:30 - 31 degrees

11:40am 35C

12:42pm 37C

Common...only 5 more degrees to go. We can beat the November record.

1.16pm

35C

it went down 2C

Damn it.

It won't reach 42 degrees today then. BOM has done a way over-exaggerated predictions then.

The hot North Westerleys are yet to hit. This is what will send the temps skyrocketing!!!!

Damn it.

It won't reach 42 degrees today then. BOM has done a way over-exaggerated predictions then.

lol i cant believe u actually WANT it to hit 42!

why in the world would u want that! lol

just a question.......

would you all in oz like to have a more temperated weather? or are you happy with the weather you have


wouldn`t you like to have very cold winters and mild summer seasons????

snow in melbourne, adelaide and even sydney?

that would be great...just my opinion :)

When I was outside a little while ago, there was actually a lovely cool breeze, lol.

I don't think the hottest days ever happen when they are predicted - they have to be a surprise! ;)

When I was outside a little while ago, it was -10C ;)

just a question.......

would you all in oz like to have a more temperated weather? or are you happy with the weather you have


wouldn`t you like to have very cold winters and mild summer seasons????

snow in melbourne, adelaide and even sydney?

that would be great...just my opinion :)

Snow would be fun, but then it wouldnt be such a novelty to me! Still, I'd like to live a bit closer to places with regular snow, which are currently about 6 hours drive away (except for the somewhat random and unusual snow falls that occur in the Blue Mountains on occasion, only 90mins away).

I would be very disappointed by mild summers! Summer should be toasty warm, but not too humid IMHO. :cool:

lol i cant believe u actually WANT it to hit 42!

why in the world would u want that! lol

Chatswood is a biosphere with 5 shopping malls, many apartments and office towers all interlocked using sky bridges. So that means ya don't have to be outside udner the sun from shopping centre to home.

Doesn't matter if its 42 degrees. As long as air-con is working, Chatswood will survive.

Chatswood is a biosphere with 5 shopping malls, many apartments and office towers all interlocked using sky bridges. So that means ya don't have to be outside udner the sun from shopping centre to home.

Doesn't matter if its 42 degrees. As long as air-con is working, Chatswood will survive.

Thats true but if there is a power failure we are all f*cked to say the least HAHAHA

3:16pm 34C

- sorry guys dont think we'll reach the record today [Thank God] haha.

Yeah, pretty lucky today :)
But even at 34 it's still hot.

i was at newcastle today and it was extemely hot. radio said 40.
im back now and temp says 35. im going to beach.
see ya

Damn.

LOL

Tomorrow will be another scorcher - 37 degrees :cool:
A hot night lies ahead 25-26 degrees

And for those who think were the only ones suffering, these poor Americans have to contend with snowstorms and blizzards. Makes for tough driving on the roads and schools and businesses have been forced to close. Up to 18 inches of snow has fallen in the Rockies.

This is from Colorado
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/WEATHER/11/29/winter.storm.ap/vert.i70.ap.jpg

No it won't. It'll be 16 degrees indoors same as today.

LOL.

Damnit...but i won't cancel my photography walk tomorrow.

what time of the day does temp usually peak ?

Around the harbour it peaked this morning about 11:30am

In contrast most of the west peaked at 4:56pm or thereabouts... 42.3 or something for Penrith... ouch!

Observatory Hill (in city) 34.7@11:33
Penrith 42.3@16:56
Williamstown 42.1@15:41
Horsely Park 41.4@17:29
Badgerys Creek 40.5@16:55

thank christ I left yesterday :)

I'm enjoying the hot sticky weather at the moment! I'm sick of listening to my mum whinge about it though! ;) I don't imagine it will be so enjoyable when I try to get to sleep tonight!!!

No it won't. It'll be 16 degrees indoors same as today.

LOL.

Damnit...but i won't cancel my photography walk tomorrow.

16degrees? ho dayam u must like it cold!?
our A/c is always set to 21C

Bah...low power is fine.

Damn it! The builders has taken 2 months to renovate our pool (apartment). All they have to do is to lay the tiles...and that's it. Grrrr.... :(

Prepare for another hotty weather tomorrow.

the perfect weather for australia

these are the temperature that i would love australia to have during the year. but first, i would move the whole continent 5 degrees southward. that would make melbourne in a latitude of 42 degrees and sydney with 38 and so on

summer

adelaide - max. 34c, in extreme situations, 37c, min. 14-16c in extreme cases, 18c., sunny with some occasional rain shower

brisbane - max. 32 - 35c, in extreme situations, 38c, min 16-17c, extremes, 20-24 c, sunny with some occasional rain shower

gold coast - max. 32 - 36c, in extremes 39c, min 18-20c, extremes 25c sunny with some occasional rain shower

newcastle - max. 30 - 34c, in extremes 36c, min 16-19c, extremes 20-21csunny with some occasional rain shower

sydney - max. 30 - 34c, in extremes 35 c, min 16-19c, extremes 20-22c sunny with some occasional rain shower

perth - max. 30 - 34 c, in extremes 36c, min 16-19c, extremes 21-23c sunny with some occasional rain shower

melbourne - max 29 - 33 c, in extremes 36c, min 14-16c, extremes 17-19c sunny with some occasional rain shower

darwin - max 30-34c. in extremes 37c, min 21-23, extremes 25c very wet and rainy

autumn

adelaide - max. 15, in extreme situations, 12c, min. 6-8c in extreme cases, 5c., very rainy and foggy

brisbane - max. 20 - 24c, in extreme situations, 18c, min 10-12c, extremes, 8-9 c, beggining the dry season, occasional rain showers

gold coast - max. 23 - 26c, in extremes 21c, min 14-16c, extremes 12c ,beggining the dry season, occasional rain showers

newcastle - max. 14 - 16c, in extremes 10c, min 6c, extremes 4-7c,very rainy and foggy

sydney - max. - 15, in extremes 9 c, min 5-7c, extremes 3-4c,very rainy and foggy

perth - max. 13 - 15 c, in extremes 10c, min 4-6c, extremes 2-4c ,very rainy and foggy

melbourne - max 10 - 12 c, in extremes 7c, min 4-6c, extremes 1-3c ,rainy and foggy

darwin - max 28-30c. in extremes 34c, min 19-21, extremes 18c. beggining the dry season, occasional rain showers

winter

adelaide - max. 7, in extreme situations, 5c, min. -3,-5c in extreme cases, -8c., 1 week of snowfalls during the three months of winter, and very rainy, plus, foggy

brisbane - max. 11 - 14c, in extreme situations, 9 c, min 0,-2c, extremes, -3,-5 c, dry and sunny, not very windy and ocasional rain in the hottest days of this season

gold coast - max. 20 - 23c, in extremes 17c, min 7-9c, extremes 5c ,dry and sunny, not very windy and ocasional rain in the hottest days of this season

newcastle - max. 8 - 10c, in extremes 6c, min -3c, extremes -4,-6c, 4 days of snowfalls during the three months of winter very rainy, extremely foggy

sydney - max. 9, in extremes 5 c, min -3,-5c, extremes -4,-6c, 1 week of snowfalls during the three months of winter, and very rainy, very foggy

perth - max. 7 - 9 c, in extremes 5c, min -4,-6c, extremes -5,-7c 2 weeks of snowfalls during the three months of winter, and very rainy and extremely foggy

melbourne - max 5 - 7 c, in extremes 0, 3c, min -5,-8c, extremes -9-,10c, 3 weeks of heavy snowfalls during the three months of winter, entirely cloudy the whole season, the city with most fog during winter and cold breezes, rainy

darwin - max 24-26c. in extremes 27c, min 16-18c, extremes 14c, dry and sunny, no winds

spring

adelaide - max. 12, in extreme situations, 10c, min. 7-9c in extreme cases, 6c, still, very rainy and kinda cold, recovering from the winter season. less foggy

brisbane - max. 22 - 25c, in extreme situations, 20c, min 8-10c, extremes, 7c, getting hotter, increasing rain but still, very sunny

gold coast - max. 24 - 28c, in extremes 22c, min 13-15c, extremes 12c ,getting hotter, increasing rain but still, very sunny

newcastle - max. 10 - 14c, in extremes 9c, min 6c, extremes 4-7c, very rainy and kinda cold, recovering from the winter season, no fog

sydney - max. - 12c, in extremes 10 c, min 7-9c, extremes 4-6c, very rainy and kinda cold, recovering from the winter season. less foggy

perth - max. 9 - 12 c, in extremes 8c, min 5-7c, extremes 3-4c, very rainy and kinda cold, recovering from the winter season. foggy

melbourne - max 8 - 10 c, in extremes 6c, min 3-5c, extremes 0-1c ,still, very rainy and cold, but recovering from the winter season. less foggy, but still, alot of foggy days

darwin - max 25-30c. in extremes 32c, min 20-21, extremes 19c, getting hotter, increasing rain but still, very sunny

Another Scorcher for today. The temperature has been revised further to 39 degrees. :cool: 40 Out west.

& I had no trouble sleeping last night despite having no air-conditioning. Not sure why, maybe I've been feeling more tired than usual :?

6:30am 22 degrees

7:30am

CBD - 23.0
Mascot 25.8
Penrith 24.8
Bankstown 23.3
Richmond 23.1

8:25 - 27 in the CBD

9:15 - 31 degrees

In Newcastle it was 34 degrees at 8:30am!!!! They're going for 41 today.

newcastle always seem alot hotter then Sydney? i was there yesterday and have never experienced anything like it. really intense heat with NO breeze.
my daughter likened it similar to opening an oven door in kitchen.

38.5 in the CBD!!!!

EDIT: just heard on the radio that it's 40 at the airport & 41 at Gosford & Richmond.

phew! yes its a tad warm.
just come back from an hr walk around city.

http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/EmergencyManagement/EMD/j0135991.gif

http://www.gifs.net/animate/beachbabe.gif

The winds are picking up along the coast. A friend of mine at Penrith said it was windy there an hour ago.

This ticker is recording 42 degrees!!!! :? ninemsn has 36.6 for Sydney

Elsewhere (3pm)
Mascot - 41.0
Penrith - 39.9
Badgerys Creek - 37.7
Bankstown - 40.2
Homebush - 40.7
Richmond - 39.7
Newcastle - 41.3
Gosford - 40.4
Wollongong - 37.8
Campbelltown - 37.3
Bowral - 30.5
Katoomba - 28.1

The coldfront has now reached Wollongong. It's getting close

EDIT (4:10): I think the change is here

3:30pm

CBD - 31.8
Mascot - 37.5
Penrith - 38.6

Windy!

Today was officially the hottest day since December 21 1994 reaching 40.0 in the City. Sydney Airport recorded 42 degrees.

Wrap up of temperatures from across the city

CBD - 40.0
Sydney Airport (Mascot) - 41.8
Penrith - 41.3
Badgerys Creek - 39.0
Bankstown 40.9
Homebush - 41.4

yesterday was only the 39th time the city of Sydney registerd 40deg since records began 150 years ago.

Does anyone know where to find the latest rainfall radar on the BOM website? The ones currently available for viewing are 12 hours ago? :)
Plus I want to check the storm radar approaching Sydney as I speak...

BREAKING NEWS!

Severe hail and thunderstorm will hit Sydney!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Severe-thunderstorm-hits-Sydney/2004/12/13/1102787003741.html

Turn off ya computer and unplug your applicances!
Put ya car underground
Don't walk outside!!!!!

BREAKING NEWS!

Severe hail and thunderstorm will hit Sydney!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Severe-thunderstorm-hits-Sydney/2004/12/13/1102787003741.html

Turn off ya computer and unplug your applicances!
Put ya car underground
Don't walk outside!!!!!

Calm down there nerd. Weather advice prepares you for the worst, and not all the time it is expected....

Does anyone know where to find the latest rainfall radar on the BOM website? The ones currently available for viewing are 12 hours ago? :)
Plus I want to check the storm radar approaching Sydney as I speak...

Nerds??

http://home.exetel.com.au/miliux/forumimage/DSC_0011.jpg

Great Photo! The storm approaching from the south near Cronulla looked awesome, wish I had a digital camera....

Great Photo! The storm approaching from the south near Cronulla looked awesome, wish I had a digital camera....

Well I happened to have one with me at the time. :)

This was taken from Rockdale looking south-west. Cronulla is to your left behind those apartment buildings.
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~liquidlounge/Rockdale_ThunderstormFront1.jpg

Looks like more heavy thunder storms due in Sydney within the hour. Batten down and get the tarps ready

Sydney had it's lowest ever recorded temperature for this date - only 13 degrees this morning.

It will get hotter as we go into the weekend (new year in fact)

It's going to be a scorcher out west - 37 in Bankstown & 39 in Penrith. Thanks to seabreezes it will only be 29 in the CBD and along the coast. I find this variation to be weird!!!

Did you know that 2004 was the warmest year ever recorded in Sydney - The average daily temperature was 23.2 C

^ yeah. posted it on useless info thread. twas a preety warm year indeed.

anyone got any pics of the storm last night and the one coming in RIGHT NOW? :)

My car got dented. It started raining golf balls as I was driving home from work. :(

The storm last night was nothing... the storm this afternoon destroyed one of my cars. The rear window imploded and the front window is close to shattering with cracks all over it. The dints look akin to bullet holes or craters in places - with no part of the car spared. My second car which was in another location has hail damage to the bonnet. Luckily the toughened glass roof (targa tops) on both survived.

I have pics of the hail which was litterally the size of small oranges and shaped like a hatak mothership ... jagged all over with points on them.

After the hail the rain started with road flooding and other water damage to cars and properties already shredded by the hail.

What an inconvenience!

Storms lash Sydney
February 2, 2005 - 6:03PM

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Electrical storms sweeping NSW today brought down powerlines and trees, tore roofs off buildings and caused havoc on Sydney's roads.

Large hail up to five centimetres in diameter and heavy rain lashed the greater Sydney area and the NSW Central Coast this afternoon.

Trees were reported down around Sydney and in the city suburb of Gladesville, roofs were blown off two shops.

Areas from Richmond in the west to Sydney airport were hit by heavy rain and hail, a Bureau of Meteorology spokeswoman said.

NSW Fire Brigade Superintendent Ian Krimmer urged anyone requiring assistance with non life-threatening storm damage to call 132 500.

"Our Triple-0 network is being inundated, we do have over 100 incidents in the Sydney metropolitan area - power lines, trees - and we urge please to dial triple-0 for life-threatening (cases) only."

A Westpac Rescue Helicopter spokesman said three cars were underwater after a road under a railway bridge flooded in Sydney's south.

People were stranded on top of one car at Railway Parade, Bexley, the spokesman said.

Trains also were being delayed by up to 30 minutes on most lines because of the electrical storms, CityRail said in a statement.

Tuesday night storm was an electrical marvel...shame didnt have my camera

At my place, it rained very heavily for around half an hour, not to mention how dark it was during the storm. I hadn't seen it that dark. Visiblity was very poor too!!!! There wasn't any flooding except for huge patches of water at a nearby reserve.

The lightening was spectular too. I saw it from outside. One bolt was enough to trigger a car alarm within my street

I have woken up and it feels very cool outside and it's nice to see that for a change.

My car got dented. It started raining golf balls as I was driving home from work. :(

My Cousin who lives at Yagoona (in your area) was saying there was hail at his place too. He was chatting on MSN to my brother and the computer simply went off. Did the power go off within the area as well???

Central Coast had a blackout for 1hr when storm hit. so much rain came down.

NEWS update my home town of Londonderry officially was hit worst by yesterdays storm hears the full story http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=3205041#post3205041post3205041

It was very nippy 13 degrees this morning.

Power was fine at my place. I drove through the first 5 min of the storm and I only live 5 min away from work!! What rotten luck!!

Tonight will only be 15 degrees. It might be time to unpack our doonas????

It didn't hail here, as amazing as it might sound. The rain didn't last long that afternoon either. This part of the shire seems to have an amazing ability to dodge the worst of the big storms (unlike my aunt's car, but that's another story... :runaway: )

It got down to 12 at Penrith this morning And I was freezing a bit in bed as well (despite the temp being 17 on the coast)

That's the sort of storm I miss seeing when I am living overseas....nonetheless, am not too happy with the damage, and we were without power for the night, and without phones til this morning apparently.

I wished I had my camera to catch the view from work as the storm was coming in at 3pm or so, sky went dark, areas in the distance disappeared, lightning struck surrounding buildings, power went off and of course there was the wind and rain. When it cleared up of course we were left with the stories in the news. Amazingly with the warm weather just after the storm, temps dropped off dramatically as night fell. Sorry to you guys in Melbourne...

there are helicopters in Londonderry at the moment moving iron from storm. but why are they doing it at night!!!!!!?????

hit 39Deg yesterday in Sydney. yukki humidity.

Looks like were in for a big storm.

so hot today glad to have it cool now even if it a storm

5pm and it's half dark!!! Whats going on????
It's good to see much needed rain falling across town.

There was some pretty heavy rain here... for about 5 minutes. Some nasty thunderclaps too, but beyond that, not alot to speak about. The dog was petrified - He went skitz. Doesn't do that very often these days.

I was in Carlingford on Saturday and there was hail for like 10 minutes. My car was damaged by that. :bash:

Yeh it hailed here in Castle Hill for 15mins!~!! Never seen anything like it in my life.

im so glad it didnt hail here (again)

Hailed here too pretty bad for about 15 mins too, and cars and roof damaged by the hail. Me also seen nothing like it before, we had hail bouncing through the kitchen!!!...and no power for two days

Once again the NSW (Southern sky) is filled with storm clouds.

The view from Brisbane - this storm is located near Armidale in New England.
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Yes, It's rained a bit here in sydney over the past half hour. I haven't seen any lightening as yet. It was awesome last night though.

:) Good Rain falling over the SW Warragamba and Escarpment Dam Catchments!

What's with the sudden hot weather again? 33C at the time of posting.

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Its due to the meridional setup we have atm. There is a strong blocking high in the Tasman, which is directing N to NW winds down across a lot of southern areas. Been a hot April nationwide pretty much.

Will only cool down when the blocking pattern breaks down allowing a zonal west to east flow with more cold fronts. I'd say mid May is when that should start to occur.

BTW, any of u folk know of www.weatherzone.com.au ? Excellent site for weather enthusiasts with a great forum.

^^^ Yeah melbourne is on track for its hottest April on record, with the Average temp at about 24.4. (its sure to climb today with a forecast of 30Degrees) Sydney's average is at 25, also well above average for April, which is 22.4.
Weatherzone is great.

Very foggy start to the day if you were out west this morning!!!! Visibility went down to 100 metres at Strathfield.

Is it just me or is weather always couple of degrees above average...? :? :D

Winter is finally here!!!

Taken from the Bureau of Metrology website (bom.gov.au)

Thursday: Dry. Sunny. Light to moderate west to northwest winds.

Precis For Thursday Min Max

Sydney: Sunny. 9 18
Liverpool: Sunny. 3 18
Penrith: Sunny. 5 18
Richmond: Sunny. 2 18

UV Index: 2 [Low].

Further Outlook
Min Max

Friday : Dry. Sunny. W/SW winds.

Sydney: 8 17
Liverpool: 3 17
Penrith: 5 17
Richmond: 2 17

Saturday : Dry. Mostly sunny. W/NW winds.

Sydney: 6 17
Liverpool: 1 17
Penrith: 2 17
Richmond: 0 17

Sunday : A little rain, clearing later. N/NW winds.

Sydney: 11 17
Liverpool: 9 17
Penrith: 9 17
Richmond: 9 17
Trend for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Dry. Cool to cold.

How was the rain in Sydney over the past few days? Here in port Macquarie we had 3 days of good, nearly 24 hour rain. I assume was good for our catchment, although i am more worried about you guys, as we are at about 90% capacity up here!

It's raining where it should be :)

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im really over the rain. please no more!!!!
its now flooding were the farmers are.

Good news hopefully for our water supply - 50mm has fallen at Warragamba in just six hours :)

50mm for Warragamba :)

We really take our water for granted! :bash:

Goulburn could use some rain as well. I heard their dam is like 10% capacity or something?

DAMN!
dam
...... lol

Winter is finally here!!!

Living in Europe before, today (4th July) is a fine spring day really:D

It's frezzin cold outside. Very windy and wet. Winter is really hitting us now.

well its middle of july and thats middle of winter! lol

It's very cold today - only 13 degrees.

Imagine how we feel down here!? 11degrees today!!!! yowsers

Yesterdays max made it the 2nd coldest day of the year with the temp reaching 13.5 degrees.

Outwest it was even cooler.

Saturday produced our lowest temps - 5.6 in the CBD and -4 at Richmond the following night.

last Sunday in Gosford it was coldest August day in 31 years! it dropped to -1c over night. it was bloody freezing!
why is it frezzing in Gosford while Sydney 7 newcastle have milder temps? Ive really noticed this since i moved up the central coast. When i watch the news/weather over past year, eg Sydney is always a degree warmer in winter or cooler in summer then up my way.
weird?

You should see the difference between Geelong and Melbourne! Often, especially in the latter half of the year there can be 6 and 7 degree differences in temp between them, and they're only 85km apart. Its like being in Tasmania!

Urban heat island cul, i would put it down to.

ive seen overnight mins upto 10c higher in Melb than in geelong on the same night!

Yep....its like you enter a windswept tundra when you hit geelong....it makes me wonder why people persevere living here when its so much nice in Melbourne or the coast....

hey whats the go??? its friggin frezzing. 11 deg???
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30th of August! 1 day left and we arrive in Spring! Yaaay! Bring back the warmth and even the heat! How I miss it dearly. *gets ready to not use his heater*

todays news is that Sydney has just had its warmest winter on record!!
average 19.3deg

And i think last year's winter, or at least one of the winter months was the warmest on record.... Everytime i go back to Sydney in winter i'm amazed at how warm and sunny it is constantly, not the winters I remember going to school in freezing winds and rain.

^ yes, the last 3 winters have had record temps.

Today was warm - 28 degrees in the CBD, 8 above average :cool: I noticed alot of schoolkids at Hurstville heading off on the train to Cronulla to get a dip.

We've already had a couple of days with 26 degree readings such as Sept 10 and August 31 (It hit the max at 1030am that day)

Here it's Autumn now, with cool weather:(

5-day forecast for London:

Today: Cloudy, Max 21 Min 8
Sat: Sunny, Max 19 Min 12
Sun: Partly cloudy, Max 19 Min 10
Mon: Partly cloudy, Max 20 Min 12
Tue: Isolated showers, Max 21 Min 11

Here it's Autumn now, with cool weather:(

5-day forecast for London:

Today: Cloudy, Max 21 Min 8
Sat: Sunny, Max 19 Min 12
Sun: Partly cloudy, Max 19 Min 10
Mon: Partly cloudy, Max 20 Min 12
Tue: Isolated showers, Max 21 Min 11

Sounds like our winter weather. :cheers:

When are we getting summer cant wait.

Why so stinking hot all of a sudden?!?!?!

33 degrees?

Yeah it was warm today...

soo jealous! yesterday we had like a max of 15 and min of 8 and this week looks like it will only reach 18 degrees, which im sure it only reaches for like an hr before getting colder again. brr the winter wardrobe is back out for another 8 months of the year.

soo jealous! yesterday we had like a max of 15 and min of 8 and this week looks like it will only reach 18 degrees, which im sure it only reaches for like an hr before getting colder again. brr the winter wardrobe is back out for another 8 months of the year.

haha 18. im glad thats behind us. 18 is about the minimums at the moment. currently the east coast is getting warm temps up to the mid 30's. except melbourne, its too cold down there. its prolly as bad as london. hahaha

^^ Meh Melbourne was 25 on Sat and Sun...bit cooler for the week so far...low 20s...

Why so stinking hot all of a sudden?!?!?!

33 degrees?
Sydney really turned on the good weather for the weekend. I was out all Sunday night until 10am and it was really nice to be able to walk from place to place without freezing your tits off. At sunrise on Monday morning it was about 20c and very plesant - especially with the morning sun on Sydney Tower.

Sydney really turned on the good weather for the weekend. I was out all Sunday night until 10am and it was really nice to be able to walk from place to place without freezing your tits off. At sunrise on Monday morning it was about 20c and very plesant - especially with the morning sun on Sydney Tower.

Yesterday was the hottest of this spring/summer so far.

I know this might sound a little odd, but have people noticed that their hearing changes in the heat? ACtually, i am sure it is not our hearing but sound travels differently in warmer air. It's not a huge difference but it is noticeable. Everything has a very slightly different ring to it. We get used to it by mid summer but it is particularly noticeable on days like yesterday when it is the hottest day in six months by almost 10 degrees.

And before any smart arse tries to accuse me otherwise - i am not under the influence of any substance (except my overly heavy lunch). I'm serious! :)

Anyone else know what i am talking about?

Yesterday was the hottest of this spring/summer so far.

I know this might sound a little odd, but have people noticed that their hearing changes in the heat? ACtually, i am sure it is not our hearing but sound travels differently in warmer air. It's not a huge difference but it is noticeable. Everything has a very slightly different ring to it. We get used to it by mid summer but it is particularly noticeable on days like yesterday when it is the hottest day in six months by almost 10 degrees.

And before any smart arse tries to accuse me otherwise - i am not under the influence of any substance (except my overly heavy lunch). I'm serious! :)

Anyone else know what i am talking about?

You'll often find that on Summer afternoons, radio waves tend to carry longer distances because the air is warmer. It has been known that you can sometimes pick up FM stations from Auckland along the east coast of Australia some summer arvos. I know Im not actually talking about sound as you were, but it sought of along the same lines. :)

It's always bloody Summer in this city without seasons!...... :cucumber:

It's been a funny week 34 one day, 21 the next and then 30 the next day. Thats part of Spring here in Sydney. It cannot just make up its mind from one day to the next. :nuts:

I heard it was very windy last night and it caused a bit of damage too along the coast. The southern suburbs escaped it pretty much. a bit breezy though today.

extemely windy up here on central coast. lots of rain too last night. perfect for trees to come down., very hot now . might go to beach ;-)

Yesterday was the hottest of this spring/summer so far.

I know this might sound a little odd, but have people noticed that their hearing changes in the heat? ACtually, i am sure it is not our hearing but sound travels differently in warmer air. It's not a huge difference but it is noticeable. Everything has a very slightly different ring to it. We get used to it by mid summer but it is particularly noticeable on days like yesterday when it is the hottest day in six months by almost 10 degrees.

And before any smart arse tries to accuse me otherwise - i am not under the influence of any substance (except my overly heavy lunch). I'm serious! :)

Anyone else know what i am talking about?

Humidity / air moisture make the sound travel. From where I live here in Brisbane when its dry I can't hear much at all, when its humid I can hear the planes land and take off at BNE and the City Hall chimes very clearly.

The last few days here we've been recording temps of 23-24ºC, and last night London recorded a low of 18ºC. Today was cooler with a temp of 19ºC though.

Sydney! We need more rain! Bring the big overcast to feel our near-empty dams!

Well from the hard pouring rain to blue skies. I think it's bound to rain again tomorrow;)

OMFG!!! Those freaking flies! Any other sydneysiders having trouble running away from those creepy fat flies? It's especially worse when ya walking on concrete footpaths because the heat just attracts flies like magnets. Flies don't like bins, they like sweaty people!

I have never felt anything like this... There wasn't much mosquito plague last year...so this is it.

Maybe it goes in rotation. Xmas beetle --> Mosquito --> Flies.

Insect repellant companies will be laughing. People hitting their sunglasses and slapping their face to fend off these crap.

i knocked my glasses off twice wednesday trying to rid my face of flies.

It's died down with the flies today :) they were a nuisance during the week.

El Nino free in NSW. Finally more occurance of rain.

oh yeah, more rain, less flies. it's all good. :yes:

yesterday I dunno I was pretty bugged by flies like usual when I was in garigal national park, then I put on some insect-repellant lotion. I don't know if that did the trick or the prevailing overcast conditions that took over in the afternoon.

It is absolutely pouring at my place up the coast. We've had lots of rain over the past two weeks, hopefully some has landed for you guys in the catchment for Sydney.

37mm over the last 24 hours at Badgerys Creek, and another storm moving right over the catchment from Springwood/Penrith

any idea what has happened to the dam levels in the last couple weeks ???

Still below 40%

gee 32deg at 10am, horrid. so humid. hope southerly comes soon.

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So glad I'm going to Christchurch tonight! lol

Still below 40%

Actually, Sydney Water catcments are at 40.4% as at Thur 11th Nov

is that 2 percent up? last time I checked it was like 38 something.

btw wow what a change in weather after those evening and overnight showers. It was quite something like a European summer weather, cold mornings with low 20 afternoons.

anyone noticed how it's winter all of a sudden in November? are we slowly drifting into the Northern hemisphere?

^^ Oddly Melbourne has been warmer, drier and sunnier than Sydney in November...(albeit marginally)

A top of 14 today here and the thunder this morning was insane.

Sydney's weather often takes a turn for the worse late Nov/ early Dec. I always remember my last week of school being wet and cold and having to wear my itchy wool jumper....

I read in the paper today that it rains more in Sydney than Melbourne or London - and yet we're the ones considering a desalination plant. ssshhheeeeeesh.

^^^ Rains about twice as much in Sydney as in Melbourne (on average), but over a few less days every year.

Sydney water has been labelled Australia's worst polluter by the parliamentary secretary to the Federal Envirnoment Minister.

for nearly summer, today was a shocker. nippers was just that nippy. but ocean was ayually warm. rain and wind most of day up coast.
good for gardens.but yes early summer seems to be always rainy.

Thought I'd drop in and say it's always good to hear you guys talking about the weather! I remember too the late november coolness and rains, was almost yearly. I wish we had some of that here though, having an exceptionally cold/snowy begin to winter here!

Cheers

Parraman, sounds like you're feeling homesick. Missing the good old Aussie weather ay?

well Parraman if you're itching for some Aussie weather this week isn't the best example of it gee, it's like winter again we got the heater going on tonight. It's like we're drifting into the northern hemisphere. How about last Saturday? cold in the morning, but goes up to like 30 in the afternoon before the next day dropping to 20 and thunderstorms like fark.

I remember last year it was also rainy around early summer, but I don't remember it being this cold!

A top of 14 today here and the thunder this morning was insane.
Tell me about it - what happened to sunny Sydney. Sunday Morning I froze walking back from The Shift in the rain and wind. This morning (Monday) was actually colder and rainier.

Had a lovely evening Saturday night though watching the storm roll in while at a party in an apartment in St Margrets. The view over the harbour, the CBD and out to the eastern suburbs was fantastic and I saw many lightning strikes hit tall buildings!!

Are you in Sydney!

Are you in Sydney!
No just got home a few hours ago.

And i didnt know! lol i could have shown you some cool Non City Hang outs

Yeah feeling a little homesick, for the last two years I've gone back to Syd for November/December, but this year not. Your weather is really ridiculous, saw and heard about the cold weather, here was just as ridiculous, houses without power for three days, trees over everywhere and snow up to 1.5 metres deep in some places and people sleeping on freeways with their cars covered in snow. Really wasn't normal.

I certainly know what it's like walking home in the morning in summer, the weather the night before was so hot and humid, but by morning you really freeze your ass off!

Parraman, sounds like you're feeling homesick. Missing the good old Aussie weather ay?

I think as Winter approaches, all of us in Northern countries are missing
the good old Aussie weather, even if we have never been there!! LOL!
Enjoy it, boys... :cheers:

So what happened to the "hottest summer in record"?

I read that Sydney's weather is significantly changing. Some meterologists said that after the El Nino, Sydney would get flooding.

Hmmm...

We better check our sewage systems that after years of under-par rain it won't be clogged with trash, everytime there were strong rains even in the city there would be big patches of floods.

Wow. Sydney has been getting really decent rains over the past weeks. Takes months to fill the dams to a more reasonable level.

wow, just hit the magic 40deg mark
why is sydney currently hottest place in Australia?
even darwin is low 30;s :cheers:
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It sure is fun to have a non-airconditioned car on a day like today.

I want my Winter Back!!

Someone tow the Southern Trough to Sydney.

wow, just hit the magic 40deg mark
why is sydney currently hottest place in Australia?
even darwin is low 30;s :cheers:
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SYdney airport - an ice bucket. I was in Penrith today - hell on earth.

wow still 33 at 10pm.
jjust come back from beach which is 3mins drive. beautiful temp in water.
nnow might have to get air con.

unbearable weather in Sydney today!! being in the city made me think its caused by urban heat. And with all that concrete radiating further heat as the day goes on, not cooling down a Centigrade.

funny...

just 150km from Sydney its 13degC tonight while I can't get to sleep due to the humid hot night. yes oh' please bring back Winter. There's something beautiful about wrapping up at night and slowly heating up as oppose to going to sleep and slowly sweating feeling hotter. :sleepy:

ps; funny that Shark at Bondi keeping all the tourists out of the water during scorching heat.

ive NEVER woken to a more hotter morning then today!! 30 deg at 7am. i went to beach and by 11 it was 40deg (GOSFORD). how hot did it get in sydney? it was really windy too, perfect for bushfires. cooler now but still yuk.

It got to 37 but it began cooling down by lunchtime especially in the southern suburbs. At 4pm it was 24 at Sutherland and Mascot and still in the mid 30's across the rest of the city.

Saturday night was quite cool to my surprise.

It will be a hot week 37 on Wednesday and 35 for New Years Eve and New Years Day :)

Also I noticed on the Central Coast during my recent trip how it can vary by a few degrees although its in a coastal area. I remember on one day It was 36 up at The Entrance (Going off the Norah Head reading for that day) while down the coast in Sydney it was 31. Seabreezes were non existant.