As a Request from Cul.

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.
http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/au_st.gif


Queensland
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94287.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94294.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94578.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94568.gif40km West of Brisbane
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94580.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/95551.gifColdest city in Qld

NEW SOUTH WALES
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94767.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94763.gif40km West of Sydney
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/95908.gifSki resort in NSW

ACT
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94926.gif

VICTORIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94693.gifHottest place in Vic
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94868.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94903.gifSki resort in Vic

TASMANIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/language/www/global/stations/94975.gif

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94672.gif

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94610.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94312.gif

NORTHERN TERRITORY
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94120.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94326.gif


Ive also included the coolest city in Queensland and the coldest places in NSW and Victoria.
jt

fantastic jayt!! thanks for doing that. I love it. instant glance at cap cities in oz plus other places.
cheers:angel1:

Wow thats the most useful thing you've posted in .. well.. ever!

Very nice find..

Where the hell is Thredbo??

Wherever it is, it's the one I like best - it's the cooest temp!

BTW check out the current temperature map for Canada. :D:D:D

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/maps/images/floods/can_temp_obs.jpg

Compare to Aus. ;)

http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/au_st.gif

Originally posted by Bond James Bond
Where the hell is Thredbo??

Wherever it is, it's the one I like best - it's the cooest temp!
It’s a Ski Resort near Canberra. I thought it would be interesting for comparison and when we get into winter.
jt

Wow that's impressive. If anyone could be so kind I'd like to know the formula from fahrenheit to celsius or vice versa. I figure you just divide/times by 3 that's not right.

Originally posted by climbing_crane
Wow that's impressive. If anyone could be so kind I'd like to know the formula from fahrenheit to celsius or vice versa. I figure you just divide/times by 3 that's not right.
times the Celcius by 2.7??
so 37.5 degrees x 2.7= 101f. close but no cigar. it should be exactly 100f.
:cool:

Originally posted by climbing_crane
Wow that's impressive. If anyone could be so kind I'd like to know the formula from fahrenheit to celsius or vice versa. I figure you just divide/times by 3 that's not right.

from C to F , X 1.8+32

from F to C , -32 /1.8

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Cool thanxs guys.

its just after 10pm on sun night and its steaming here in sydney,-:cheers:
just checked out current temps around country
heres what i saw>>

CAIRNS-27
TOWNSV-29
BRISB-26
ADLERLEY-27
GOLD COAST-26
SYDNEY-30:bash:
PENRITH-29
THREDBO-28
CANBERRA-23
MILDURA-36-LOL:cheers:
MELB-21
FALLS CREEK-19
HOBART-18
ADELAIDE-22
PERTH-27
ALICE SPRINGS-35

Apparently Sydney will reach 40 this week with everyday being high 30's. not looking fOrward to it:bash:
oh well slap these on:cool: and do lots of this:cheers:

^^ yeah shit a brick...Its just b4 11pm now and its still 36 in Mildura.

it was 37-38 in Melbourne today so it would've been low 40's in Mildura for sure. I know that there are other areas in the country that get just as hot or even hotter and have more sunshine on average per day, but its obvious why they want to build that huge sloar tower their.

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

i once stayed at my Auntys place in Mildura in mid 1970's and i visited there in mid jan! lol not a good move!lol
I was "sunbaking" with my brother/sister in 46deg 2pm heat and the uncle came running out and grabbed us and threw us inside!
sheez, i said 'what? . Ive never been so hot in my life!
the week we were there it was 40+ everyday!:cool:

46 hey... f%#k that!

Although ive never been, im told its a very nice place. it has a population of around 50,000 and has a few large developments on the go or in the pipeline.

one is the new marina complex which i have very little detail about. anyone???

Sydney has 25 while Penrith has 39 and Melbourne has just 16.
Madness.
jt

This would have to be the worst summer i have expereienced in Melbourne, December was schorching and it was looking all promising for January, but that was more like autumn weather, sunny but only 23 or 25 degrees, then comes February, traditionally the hottest month of the year and we get this rollercoaster ride

TODAY WAS JUST 17 degreesss, thats pathetic but even Melbourne standards, the here is the outlook, its out of control

Thursday- Fine sunny 27

Friday- Fine mild 23

Saturday-Fine hot to very hot 37

Sunday- Cloud increasing 29

Monday- Sunny 26

Tuesday- Sunny 30

Wendsday-Possible shower 28

i mean what is going on i've lived in Melbourne for 19 years and i can never remember a rollercaster like this.

^^ you musn't pay much attention to the weather then ;)

yes i have this year because i havent been to the beach much and my tan is soo sadd i look like i came straight out of a winter wonderland

Penrith recorded a max temp yesterday of 44deg which was highest temp in metro area for many years!

Originally posted by Julz
yes i have this year because i havent been to the beach much and my tan is soo sadd i look like i came straight out of a winter wonderland

Spend tomorrow on the beach then! (sat 14th) 41 degrees! HOT!

41 in Melbourne == stay indoors infront of air conn.

Beach == too hot.

:)

As a Request from Cul.

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.
http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/au_st.gif


Queensland
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94287.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94294.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94578.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94568.gif40km West of Brisbane
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94580.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/95551.gifColdest city in Qld

NEW SOUTH WALES
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94767.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94763.gif40km West of Sydney
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/95908.gifSki resort in NSW

ACT
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94926.gif

VICTORIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94693.gifHottest place in Vic
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94868.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94903.gifSki resort in Vic

TASMANIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/language/www/global/stations/94975.gif

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94672.gif

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94610.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94312.gif

NORTHERN TERRITORY
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94120.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94326.gif


Ive also included the coolest city in Queensland and the coldest places in NSW and Victoria.
jt

11.20pm and its still 40 in Mildura, 35 in Adelaide and 34 in Melbourne

apparently it got to 47 in Victoria's Northwest(Mildura, Ouyen etc)

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Holy crap.

Lookig at that map, there's a fair chunk of the country that's around the 50 degree mark (pink-white).

^^ Its certainly some freakish weather. Western NSW and North Western Victoria were once again 45+

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

from www.bom.gov.au

"Highest Max to 1500 was 48 degs at Ivanhoe "

wow!
nearly 120deg(f) on the old scale!!

its 11pm and still 39deg in Mildura....

faaaaaaaaaaaaark!!!

Originally posted by ExSydney
its 11pm and still 39deg in Mildura....

faaaaaaaaaaaaark!!!
perfect spot to build a 1000m solar tower! :cool:
talk about a hot sweaty night.lol ive been waking up with "heatwave hangovers". its when you sl;eep through a hot night and wake up with headache due to dehydration. man i hate FEB!!
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
thats better!

One dead, 200 rescued on Perth beaches
ONE man died and more than 200 people were rescued at Perth beaches, which were packed yesterday as people tried to beat the heat.

The city's beaches attracted thousands of people due to the 36-degree heat but large swells and a low tide created dangerous dumper waves and strong rips.

Surf Lifesaving Western Australia spokesman Grant Trew said more than 200 people were rescued, with many taken to hospital for treatment for broken bones, spinal injuries and cuts and bruises.

A 66-year-old man died at City Beach just after midday, possibly after suffering a heart attack.

Mr Trew said the man was unconscious when pulled from the water and could not be revived.

"The volunteer lifesavers at the surf club, they worked extremely hard to try and revive the deceased gentleman but unfortunately there was nothing they could do," Mr Trew told ABC online
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8695875%255E421,00.html

swarm night in the suburbs
http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1076779843228_2004/02/15/bugs,0.jpg
The weekend heatwave might not have sparked fires or ended in floods, but it did fill suburban streets with an almost biblical pestilence.

As weather records were broken or equalled and the mercury soared, a swarm of cockchafers descended in their tens of thousands on Cranbourne, in Melbourne's south-east, about 9pm on Saturday.

Resident Ben Cooper said the town centre was hardest hit, as beetles covered pavements and swarmed around lights.

They swarmed on a shopping strip in Lurline Street and the Clyde rodeo site, while roads became hazardous under a glaze of squashed bugs.

"We sometimes get a few bugs around here, but nothing like this," Mr Cooper said.

Senior Constable Phil Watts said the beetles were up to seven centimetres deep at the back door of the Cranbourne police station and forced a nearby takeaway to close. "There were millions upon millions of them. They were everywhere," he said.

Insectarium of Victoria curator Bert Candusio said the beetles, also known as lawn scarabs, bred to very large numbers only in favourable weather.

While the insects basked, Victorians sweltered.

Ouyen, in north-western Victoria, reached 46.6 degrees on Saturday - equalling its previous hottest temperature, achieved on January 31, 1968. Mildura had its hottest February day ever, with 45.6, as did Horsham with 45.

It would have been uncomfortable trying to sleep on Saturday night in the latter two towns, which also recorded their highest February minimums ever. Mildura got no cooler than 30; Horsham 27.

Melbourne reached 40.4 at 5.10pm on Saturday, its hottest summer day since last January. Saturday's overnight temperature dropped to 24.1 about 3am yesterday, the hottest minimum since December 10 when it was 26.4.

Yesterday the temperature reached 31.2 at 12.20pm.

Many Melburnians took to the beach. Alison Reaby and her daughter Grace cooled off at Kerferd Road beach yesterday after a tough Saturday night.

"It was terrible. We just had a fan, no air-conditioning," Ms Reaby said.

If she was under strain, spare a thought for Dmitri and Zinaida Mertchouk, holidaying in Australia from Russia. Also at the beach yesterday, with his grandchildren Lara and Tatyana, Mr Mertchouk said the temperature in his home city of Taganrog was below freezing at this time of year.

Extra demand for electricity caused a blackout to more than 4000 homes on Saturday, mainly in Thomastown, Eltham and Greensborough
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/15/1076779836733.html

BoM at 13:42 AEST
Adelaide: 32.3, 22% humidity
Brisbane: 35.0’C, 60% humidity
Melbourne: 22.1’C, 51% humidity
Perth: 34.8’C, 36% humidity
Sydney: 24’C, 59% humidity

This weather is really starting to shit me. I was on a NON Airconditioned bus this morning at about 8.30am when it was already about 30c. It was stinking hot - especially when the bus was stopped and stuck in the sun. WHEN IS IT GOING TO END?:mad:

^^
EXTENDED OUTLOOK – BoM Today
Sultry conditions should continue over nearly all the state for most of the week with scattered to isolated showers or thunderstorms in most parts as a broad trough remains out in the far southwest of the state. A temporary relief is expected over the southeast corner on Tuesday as a trough moves up the coast. This trough will bring showers and thunderstorms to the south coast today extending up into the Capricornia on Tuesday before weakening. The surface trough over the southwest is expected to deepen on Friday with very hot conditions over southern districts before another temporary change moves into the southeast on Saturday night.

Originally posted by ExSydney
from www.bom.gov.au

"Highest Max to 1500 was 48 degs at Ivanhoe "

wow!
nearly 120deg(f) on the old scale!!
The official temperature Ivanhoe set was 48.5deg or 119.5F which is a new record for NSW!!!
:cool: :cheers:
now thats hot! :cheers:

Brace yourselves for Friday peoples. It's gonna be HOT.

40c in perth right now [3.20pm]

41 degrees is predicted for both Saturday and Sunday in Brisbane. I dont ever recall seeing a weather forecast where the temp was predicted at 40 degrees or above. The highest we really see predicted for Brisbane is 38 deg.

According to BOM.gov.au our all time record max is 43.2

Another Stinker for Melbourne-

Fine Sunny Gusty wind change 36 degrees

Currently at 12:40pm- 36.1 degrees

MELB Airport- 36.7 degrees

Supposed to be 41 in Brisbane on Saturday and Sunday. ATM its a very sultry 31.

jt

Currently 38.2 degrees in Melbourne CBD- 1:40 pm

Still Fine and sunny, and very hot

Originally posted by Julz
This would have to be the worst summer i have expereienced in Melbourne.

Id be happy if the temperature in sydney never dipped below 30 all year round... actually 36 is even better. Bring on the ozone hole and bring on Tropical weather for all of Australia I say.

As a Request from Cul.

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.
http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/au_st.gif
http://www.ece.jcu.edu.au/JCUMetSat/ausvlast.gif

Queensland
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94287.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94294.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94578.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94568.gif40km West of Brisbane
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94580.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/95551.gifColdest city in Qld

NEW SOUTH WALES
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94767.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94763.gif40km West of Sydney
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/95908.gifSki resort in NSW

ACT
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94926.gif

VICTORIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94693.gifHottest place in Vic
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94868.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94903.gifSki resort in Vic

TASMANIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/language/www/global/stations/94975.gif

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94672.gif

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94610.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94312.gif

NORTHERN TERRITORY
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94120.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94326.gif


Ive also included the coolest city in Queensland and the coldest places in NSW and Victoria.
jt

I wish perth would get some very overcast and rainy days! im getting sick of the sunshine

Check this out for anyone in NSW/QLD derived from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Hurricane Warning 012 issued from RSMC NADI Feb 25/0714 UTC 2004 UTC.
Tropical Cyclone IVY [955 hPa] centre was located near 15 decimal 7 South 167
decimal 7 East at 250600 UTC.Position Fair. Repeat position 15.7S 167.7E at
250600 UTC. Cyclone is moving towards the south southwest at around 13 knots and
expected to turn south in the next 12 to 24 hours. Expect sustained winds of 80
knots close to the centre increasing to 85 knots in the next 12 to 18 hours.
Expect winds over 63 knots within 30 miles of centre, over 47 knots within 90
miles of centre and over 33 knots within 240 miles of centre in sectors from
northwest through east to south and 150 miles of centre elsewhere.
Forecast position near 17.2S 167.2E at 251800 UTC and near 18.5S 167.2E at
260600 UTC. All vessels within 300 nautical miles of centre are requested to
send reports every three hours. VOS reporting ships use normal channels. Other
vessels fax plus 679 6720190 or email naditcc at met dot gov dot fj.
This warning cancels and replaces warning 011.

Bring it on Huey. I wanna see 20 foot surf.:)

I warned yous all so sucked in to all who read this and missed it.

P.S- Swell may posibly rise again on Monday.

I'll start with a prelude on the Manly Ferry 24 hrs before the swell arrived.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p5edb42e4cb57322dc60d22c486800379/f980a191.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/pb957fd074984e1738296218380e5913a/f9809f48.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p80fb90038a34add4272a9b080d2c306c/f9809ed0.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/pdced639002e4e411e50ea4b7e28ef057/f9809e64.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p7212a2d4ac03efcf84d99ea697049276/f9809e06.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p0d79f48c187204f99582451adc01b35f/f9809d7c.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p85761a119f88fe42d91dc9b6a07859b0/f9809d25.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/pe65eaffccad1ab47594e0c8e95a5319e/f9809c49.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/pa5259963b83275d1b634642276d0acad/f9809ca5.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p18a88eab27cbca553e42393058f098b0/f9809bc0.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p3861db09aaf13e82e43a8da8ec35c42b/f9809b25.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p9410c8c998560acdaba8af26992105bd/f9809ae4.jpg

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.
http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/au_st.gif


Queensland
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94287.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94294.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94578.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94568.gif40km West of Brisbane
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94580.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/95551.gifColdest city in Qld

NEW SOUTH WALES
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94767.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94763.gif50km West of Sydney
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/95908.gifSki resort in NSW

ACT
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94926.gif

VICTORIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94693.gifHottest place in Vic
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94868.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94903.gifSki resort in Vic

TASMANIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/language/www/global/stations/94975.gif

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94672.gif

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94610.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94312.gif

NORTHERN TERRITORY
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94120.gif
http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94326.gif


Ive also included the coolest city in Queensland and the coldest places in NSW and Victoria.
jt

Weather in OZ is crazy!

Our Weather Channel is better than your Weather Channel.

Aus Weather Channel:
http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/

US Weather Channel:
http://www.weather.com/

The maps on our Weather Channel are *much* better than the maps on yours.

So there. :P

Our Weather Channel even has maps on obscure topics like soil moisture:

http://beta.weather.com/maps/activity/garden/ussoilmoisture_large.html

3:54pm and 41 degrees , glad i didnt go to skool 2day!, 38 on satday and 40 or sumthen yesterday , im dying :( help!

You guys are getting not one but TWO cyclones!!

I'm jealous. :(

http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/images/web-aus-syn-d1.jpg

It's midnight 14th April.

So why is it still 27 degrees?

I got the air-con on now and I'm pretty certain to have the heating on over the weekend.

Gotta love Melbourne. :)

Cheers.

Heat sparks more than 100 fires
UNSEASONAL heat sparked more than 100 fires across the state yesterday, threatening homes and ripping through thousands of hectares of bushland.

Firefighters faced their busiest day of the fire season.
They battled to control blazes in Victoria's north, northwest, the Mallee and Gippsland.

The blazes were fuelled by near record temperatures and hot northerly winds.

More than 200 Country Fire Authority volunteers and two water-bombing helicopters fought a 200ha blaze at Coonooer Bridge, north of St Arnaud. The fire was driven by winds travelling up to 120km/h.

The strong winds also sparked a grass fire in Glenburn, north of Melbourne, and fanned nine private burn-offs out of control near Horsham.

Homeowners in Blue Rock Lake in Gippsland and north of Bairnsdale were put on alert for flying embers when two more fires flared up late yesterday.

"I think people thought it was too late in the year for fires, but the state is so dry and it doesn't take much for them to start up," CFA spokesman Alex Twomey said.

Much of the state yesterday was close to record temperatures for April, with Melbourne's maximum of 32.5C just shy of the 1938 record of 34.9C.

Weather bureau senior forecaster Dean Stewart said the higher-than-average temperatures, combined with high cloud cover and hot northerly wind, were ideal fire conditions.

One suburban fire came within a few hundred metres of private property.

The 20ha bushfire raced though Norton's Park in Wantirna South about 9.40am, causing concerns for an adjoining house.

Fire authorities, who took more than two hours to control the blaze, said a car accident on the park's boundary was the cause.

A spark from a car was believed to have ignited tinder-dry grass along the roadside.

About 65 CFA officers with Parks Victoria and Metropolitan Fire Brigade units battled the blaze.

Helicopters were brought into the attack, helping slow the fire front until ground crews could establish breaks.

Spokesman Chris Wyborn said the wind was a blessing in disguise for firefighters.

"Luckily it was northerly or it would have gone over that hill and headed right towards the houses," he said.

Later in the day near Morwell, a fire forced the closure of the Princes Freeway.

The 10ha fire began about noon, jumping the freeway and forcing police to block the road. It took about an hour to bring under control.

Today is a day of total fire ban in the north-eastern, eastern and central districts, including Melbourne and Geelong.
http://heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9281962%255E2862,00.html

Its getting colder!

@ 8am this morning

Darwin - - - -26
Brisbane - - -19
Perth - - - - 15
Sydney - - - 14
Adelaide - - - 9
Melbourne - - 7

jt

It got to 13 in Sydney this morning - one of the coolest mornings so far.

Bloody foggy this morning. Couldn't see the city from my place.

OMG - Brisbane is nearly as cold as Threadbo!!!

jt

perth is soooooo fucken cold, every night/morning for the past few weeks, it feels colder than it did when I went to the snow

Snap puts the shiver into river
http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,348527,00.jpg
WINTER starts officially on Tuesday but already the cold has set in.

And spare a thought for Penrhos College Year 10 girls rowing eight, who were out on Canning River early yesterday – as the mercury dipped to 4.9C.

Yesterday's overnight minimum, recorded just before 6am, was the fifth consecutive day the temperature had dropped below 5C – a record for the month of May.

The cold snap started on Tuesday when the overnight minimum was 3.6C, followed by 3.1C on Wednesday and 2.4C on Thursday, before inching up to 4.8C on Friday.

Thursday's 2.4C minimum was the second-coldest May day on record – the coldest came on May 11, 1914, a chilly 1.3C.

By yesterday, Perth had experienced eight days this month with a minimum below 5C.
http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,9691471%255E2761,00.html

some much needed rain for Perth
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Okay, our low weather picture of Oz seems remarkably like what one of Japan would look like. They're provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency, so maybe it isn't too surprising considering the weather; it looks pretty wet and windy.
http://www.ece.jcu.edu.au/JCUMetSat/ausvlast.gif

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.
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Queensland
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NEW SOUTH WALES
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ACT
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VICTORIA
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TASMANIA
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
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jt

7ºC over here right now. It's soooooo cold. I wonder if you're having such a cold winter there in the east as well. It's to reach 3 degrees tonight! :eek:

@http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR122.shtml#image
http://mirror.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR122.gif?20040816183329

Perfect weather in Melbourne the last 4 days!! And it gets better Saturday has been forecast clear blue skys top of 18!! Beach time!! Will make for some nice photo opportunities in the city, especially Eureka!

I was going to say ... when was that? 32 Max two days ago, 8 at the moment (allegedly, actually I think it's very wrong), 16 max tomorrow. Moi, give me 16.

It is a tad moist here...

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y59j9f&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

wow, its bloody hit 100F in sydney.
current temps at time of post-
alice-40deg
sydney-38
darwin-33
canberra-31
cairns-31
gc-27
brisb-27
hobart-25
melb-24
perth-19

too hot for me..
well no harm done as I'm fortunate to be in an cold airconditioned workplace. woOp wOop!

Phew its nearly 10 pm and still 31c in Melbourne!

Yeah I can't wait till I get over to Aussie in January, then I can have a real summer lol

7pm and a pleasant 24c in perth!

^ same as Sydney and brisbane atm. it says 31 in melb atm?

That Melbourne weather could be coming our way

it's bloody boiling here atm, my wife is at work right now (she's a 000 operator) it's nights like this where a lot of crazy shit happens because people are out or they no air conditioning. (Not that i know of anything atm, just generalizing)

1am and still 27 degrees - phar-yark.

11pm and a stunning 21c in the wild west

It's 38 in Sydney atm :cool: It's going to be 41 on Christmas Day.

Yesterday was a cold one across NSW. Not one part of the state reached 30 degrees.
And it's been very cool in old Sydney town over the past two days. I've been freezing when I get up in the mornings. 16 degrees at 10am - Thats cold. Toowmoomba is a wintry 13 degrees.
Thank goodness the 41 degree forecast for Christmas turned into a 23 degree one.

Yer was up in Sydney on Monday and Tuesday, very humid on Monday went to Manly, and then very cool on Tuesday, but nothing compared to the Debarcle of 2 days in Melbourne, 18 showers and 18 showers on both days with dusting of snow on the Mountains.

Sydney is like living in the iceage atm. It's absolutely terrible weather we have.

I was in NSW (a bit north of Sydney) for Christmas, so I experienced the lousy cool, overcast weather. I came back to Brisbane a few days ago and it's been nothing but sun, sun, sun since. That said, the temperature has also remained at pleasantly warm levels.

Should make for a fine bringing in of the new year! (no pun intended *ducks for cover*)

The temp and humidity is rather nasty today.

^^^^^
Its the Monsoon - no Cyclones yet though.

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.
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Queensland
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NEW SOUTH WALES
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ACT
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VICTORIA
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TASMANIA
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
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jt

What happened to cyclone kerri. it was sposed to rain all weekend in qld and its been nothing but hot and sunny. i was at teewah beach, where the cyclone had weakened 500km offshore and we didnt have a breath of wind. good surf though!!!! ironic that its rainining now (mon night)

What happened to cyclone kerri. it was sposed to rain all weekend in qld and its been nothing but hot and sunny. i was at teewah beach, where the cyclone had weakened 500km offshore and we didnt have a breath of wind. good surf though!!!! ironic that its rainining now (mon night)
Thank Fuck its cooled down, last night was a sauna. I swear this time last night it was 10-12c hotter with about 80% humidity. Currently at my place its 19c. Nice and pleasant.....

yea yesterday had to be the hottest day in summer yet. too much heat..

wow, it says perth is 30deg.and its midnight. hope they catch arsonist who started bushfires.

down to 27 degrees in perth.


an extremly comfortable 21 degrees in Brisbane. hell of a reliefe from last night

We flew into Adelaide as the bushfires were happening on the tuesday. It was 42 degrees celcius that day.

damn humidity today. It says its only 29 degrees but im sweating like.. .. (does a pig sweat?)

:pepper: :cool: yeah its fuckin hot

SYDNEY

Precis For Saturday Min Max

Sydney: Dry, Partly cloudy. 20 26

UV Index: UV Index 11 [Extreme] decreasing to 8 [Very High] under
cloud.

Further Outlook
Min Max

Sunday : Showers and thunderstorm. S/SE winds.

Sydney: 21 25

Monday : Shower or two. SE winds.

Sydney: 21 25


Tuesday : Clearing shower. SE winds.

Sydney: 20 26

Trend for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Dry and very warm Wednesday and Thursday, unsettled Friday.


MELBOURNE

Tonight and Saturday
Fine. Some morning cloud then a mostly sunny day. Light wind and afternoon
seabreezes.

Min 15 Max 24

UV Index: UV Index 13 [Extreme] decreasing to 8 [Very High] under
cloud.

Further Outlook
Sunday
Fine. Min 14 Max 26

Monday
Fine. Min 15 Max 31

Tuesday
Fine. Min 19 Max 37

Trend for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Fine. Generally warm to hot.

GOOD TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE 2 CITIES

www.bom.gov.au

It's a cool start to the day

Sydney - 15
Canberra - 8
Melbourne - 14 (warmer than anytime yesterday)
Adelaide - 14
Hobart - 12

It's 0 at Falls Creek.

If there's anything we can take away from this summer, it's this: never trust the weatherman. :runaway:

Or, if you're fortunate, you can take away a hail-damaged car or, if you don't like hail, one with a tree lodged in it! :D

I think its officially Melbourne's hottest April 9th on record with a peak (so far) of 32.7.
Pointless Trivia for today.

for crap's sake - WHERE THE FRAK HAS WINTER GONE?

I hope its gone.

dont come here winter, your not welcome.

Bah, Brisbane's winter isn't really worth complaining about. There wasn't a day under 20 last winter if I remember correctly.

ah yes, but the nights, and the mornings.

Bah, Brisbane's winter isn't really worth complaining about. There wasn't a day under 20 last winter if I remember correctly.

I think thats a slight exaggeration (but not by much), though I am always surprised how cold the overnight lows get in Brissy when i'm there in winter.

Another scorcher today, 34.2. April is redeeming Victoria's horrible Feb/March for me.

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.
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Queensland
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NEW SOUTH WALES
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http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig_both/global/stations/94763.gif40km West of Sydney
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ACT
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VICTORIA
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TASMANIA
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
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jt

Melbourne is having an unusually long warm to hot spell for April.

Impressive weather over QLD atm, very large amplitude upper trough is giving uplift to a very moist air mass over QLD, being fed into a surface trough from the pacific ocean. I'd expect the rain to increase significantly over the central and SE regions of QLD later today with some excellent falls of up to 100mm likely.

Also the blocking pattern that we are seeing, that is causing warmer temps and very much below average rain for SA/VIC espec, looks to be breaking down slowly and should be almost gone by about May 20th. Perth is certainly about to cop a dose of wet weather with significant fronts to impact on them for the next week.

^^^ I bet SEQ is breathing a sigh of relief, God knows what will happen if they have another dry year.... mass evacuations of Brisbane due to lack of water?

Yer parts of SE QLD and the Capricorna coast got good falls, Mackay getting over 100mm. Falls were generally lighter down in the SE but still some good numbers.

NSW is copping the best of the rains from this system as a low has deepened off the coast in response to the upper trough that moved in from the west, causing the low to 'bomb' offshore. The mid north coast should see falls well over 150-200mm for the system, and showers are going to continue along the eastern seaboard for up to a week as an upper trough lurks. Cert very wet for them.

Very wet also in the lower SW reaches of WA over the next week, especially sunday. Look out for potential gustnadoes.

Remaining very dry across SA and VIC for at least 1.5 weeks. The only slight respite, a weak upper trough will cross SA on saturday giving scattered showers and possible thunder...but dont expect more than 2-5mm 10mm for the lucky ones, nothing for the unlucky. Farmers are in serious strife.

eight degrees in Sydney atm - I'm freezing brrrrrrrr At Penrith it's only one degree.

Snow was reported at Bathurst overnight. The Northern Tablelands of NSW are in for a dusting today.

on way to work today at 6am in woy woy, it was 5deg. coldest day this year sofar.
cold enough to be northen hem xmas
http://www.tvdance.com/bush-gore/images/1anew.gif

Right now the temperature here in Brisbane is in the double figures, however that's not to say it isn't bloody cold by normal standards up here! It's 15.5 at the moment (but there is some very chilly wind about); heading for a top today of 18.

It snowed in the adelaide hills a couple of days ago.

the snowies got 25cm overnight. how good is that.!

and yes, brisbane is quite cold, particulary on George St, which is a man made wind tunnel

Snowing in the Blue Mountains, 9 degrees here. Much colder in Western Sydney.

-1 at Londonderry

the snowies got 25cm overnight. how good is that.!

and yes, brisbane is quite cold, particulary on George St, which is a man made wind tunnel

Well currently in the city it is 14.5c with a about a 40km WSW wind gust. Which means that one could die of hypothermia down George St with the wind chill factor happening. :nuts:

Wow - 3pm in the afternoon and only 7c in Toowoomba. Wonder if they will get snow tonight?

Well currently in the city it is 14.5c with a about a 40km WSW wind gust. Which means that one could die of hypothermia down George St with the wind chill factor happening. :nuts:

hypothermia and brisbane are two words that rarely get mixed in the same sentence.

whats the wind chill at the moment coz that isnt recorded in brisbane coz its usually not needed?

According to this, it's only 11 in the Sydney CBD and only 10 at Penrith. Hasn't been that cold in yonks.

I was in the CBD at lunchtime today and I was freezing my wits in Martin Place, and the winds only made it worse :(

Schools in the upper Blue Mountains were closed today due to the snow.
The wind feels like it's come straight off the mountains.

ive never experienced anything like yesterdays weather. extremely cold. i hate winter.
so many records out west. coldest day ever recorded.

This is hilarious. You're all gonna die of hypothermia cos it's reached the dizzy lows of 10C. Look out Siberia! :hahaha:

Maroon Grown: did you get that avatar from Medo? :D

I'm one of those weirdos who enjoys winter. Contrary to popular interstate belief, it actually does get kinda chilly here in Brisbane (though not as much as places down south where I grew up obviously), so it allows me to get my fix of cold, crisp weather in the year.

Then there's summer, and who doesn't like summer? :D

This is hilarious. You're all gonna die of hypothermia cos it's reached the dizzy lows of 10C. Look out Siberia! :hahaha:

Maroon Grown: did you get that avatar from Medo? :D


yeah. i did. i dont know what thread though? i love it!

That nipple wasn't there originally. Another UK forumer added it for him (Sy I think it was). :D

go away cold.
go. away. now.

I cannot possibly complain enough.

I prefer to be too hot. Coldness is just fucking .... disturbingly unpleasant.
Ill admit this, you appreciate things more in winter. When im warm in my bed, i love that feeling, and hot showers etc.

But those dont last forever lol. You have to get out of bed/shower some time. And when you do... AHHHHHHHHH its freezing.

The Weather © BoM
• Adelaide is now 12°C
• Brisbane is now 6°C
• Canberra is now 3°C
• Darwin is now 23°C
• Hobart is now 4°C
• Melbourne is now 7°C
• Perth is now 12°C
• Sydney is now 12°C

So Brisbane is colder than Sydney, Adelaide, and Melbourne (as well as others) atm.
Not that i feel it. Ive brought the heater in this small room and im actually hot. lol.

go away cold.
go. away. now.

I cannot possibly complain enough.

I prefer to be too hot. Coldness is just fucking .... disturbingly unpleasant.
Ill admit this, you appreciate things more in winter. When im warm in my bed, i love that feeling, and hot showers etc.

But those dont last forever lol. You have to get out of bed/shower some time. And when you do... AHHHHHHHHH its freezing.
But you're NOT cold. Get over it! :lol:

well i was driving home last night at about 2:30am and for the first time the frost warning came up on my car when the tempeature hit 3.0c it was damnnnnnn cold!!!!

Sure I am Robbie.
And I will most likely fill this thread with complaints for the next few months. lol.

What is it now? Dropped below 10C again? Does the water freeze before it hits the ground when you throw it out the window? :lol:

It was between 0.8 C early yesterday morning (about 5 a.m. I think) in Hoppers Crossing, where I am. In Melbourne's CBD it was 4.2 C. I couldn't sleep at the time so I was on here, or watching TV.

In SE Qld it is PISSING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dam levels are on the rise with some areas experiencing 75mm last night and judging by the rain tonight, theres another 75+ on the way. SE Qld is usually a very dry region in winter and wet in summer. The rain we are expriencing currently is very heavy and quite tropical like. Its not even cold. Minimums at 17 and maximums of 22. I luv it! Luving how green it is too. I know it is spreading into NSW so i hope everyone down there has the same luck, especially western districts!

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.

TEMPERATURE
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HUMIDITY
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CLOUD
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Queensland
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NEW SOUTH WALES
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ACT
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VICTORIA
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TASMANIA
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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NEW ZEALAND
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Nice point Maroon.

How much will this rain were getting help the water Crisis?

75mm last night and prob tonight? 15cm rise in water levels is alot :)

Although the rain is quite extensive, most areas aren't getting anywhere near 75mm....

24h to 9am today. (until 11:30)

Brisbane - 11.8 mm (15mm)
Brisbane Aero - 12.4mm (18.6mm)
Ammberly - 4.2 mm (25.4mm)
Redcliffe - 7.6mm (24.2mm)
Coolongata - 49mm (32.4mm)
Miami - 54 (?)

The good new is Tallebudgera creek (with its dam) got over 115mm last night, and has gotten about the same already tonight.

Wivenhoe Dam has had barely anything 30-40mm

Brisbane City - 40mm
Brisbane Ariport - 86mm
Archerfield (Southside) 50mm
Redcliffe (Bayside) 76mm
Gold Coast Seaway 344mm
Coolangatta 360mm HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The unfortunate truth is that even with the 369mm the Coolongatta has had just today it still doesn't make up for the low rainfall earlier in the year.

Brisbane amount compared to average = - 364 (692-328)
Coolongatta amount compared to average = - 113.3 (991.7-878.4)

The total rainfall of 512 easily beats the monthly record (308mm) and 369mm thrashes the 143.6mm previous daily record.

Wivenhoe Dam has had barely anything 30-40mm

Wivenhoe has only had 10mm, while Sommerset has had 17mm.

^ Are you sure about the Gold Coast. Theyve had another 83mm since 9am on top of the 360 last night and you think thats not enough. Mate youre crazy. The Hinze Dam will burst the wall in a minute!!!!!!!!!! They will have sharks swimming in Cavill as well

Unlucky for Brisbane's Wivenhoe though. North Pine Dam got a good drenching which will help Pine Rivers, Caboolture and Redcliffe greatly!

^
I neither said it wasn't heaps or enough - I did say it was a record. However it still doesn't put the GC in the black as far as rainfall is concerned for this half year; it really has been that dry.

Any rain past 9am this morning isn't counted as being in the 6 months of the year, so it doesn't change any calculations that it has poured since then.

Calling weather freaks!

Is the BOM and Snowatch wrong when they say snow will be limited to higher elevations next week with the liklihood of rain below 1700m.
PLEASE TELL ME THAT THIS FRONT IS COLDER THAN THEY PREDICT!!!!!!!

Im going to Thredbo tomorrow and ill be pissed if it rains all week with gale force winds

edit
Information from http://www.wunderground.com

Guys - check out the temperatures falling all over the place. Both Canberra and Hobart are just 3c - and its only 7:30pm.

Edit - double post

Apparantly it was snowing in Canberra?

So said Merrick and Rosso on nova thisafternoon.

Freak snow blankets southern Australia
17:41 AEST Wed Aug 10 2005

Freak snowfalls have hit coastal and low lying areas in Australia's southeast, leaving meteorologists reaching for the record books.

Bitter Antarctic weather blanketed Victoria in the most widespread snow for decades, hit Hobart with its first snowfall in almost 20 years and showered Parliament House in Canberra, and parts of the Blue Mountains and central western NSW, with a series of flurries.

Australia's ski resorts are delighted with the heavy snowfalls, with Thredbo and Perisher Blue in NSW receiving about 25cm of snow overnight, and Victoria's Mt Hotham and Falls Creek about 20cm and 30cm respectively.

But in Tasmania and southern Victoria, snow forced the closure of major highways and other roads that remained closed for much of the day.

The snow was falling as children went to school, but the Department of Education said at least three schools closed in Victoria, with students stranded at a primary school in South Gippsland, which was one of the worst affected areas.

Principal Alistair Hillis said Mirboo North Primary School and Secondary School were sending home students who had walked to school.


But about 120 primary students who travel by bus could not leave safely and would stay overnight at the school if parents did not nominate a friend in town who could take them, he said.

Mr Hillis said the children were "loving it".

"It's a bit like being on a school camp really," he said.

"The main thing is, we are telling parents from outlying areas not to drive in because they are taking their kids from a safe situation into a dangerous one. It is treacherous out there and the visibility is pretty low."

The Bureau of Meteorology said an unusual combination of sufficiently low temperatures combined with the usual water vapour in the air had brought the snow which fell at sea level and on beaches right across southern Victoria.

"I'd have to say it is the most widespread I've seen in my 21 years at the bureau," senior forecaster Scott Williams said.

"It's right through the Mornington Peninsula and into the southern suburbs of Melbourne ... it's right on the beach level.

"On a Victoria-wide scale, it looks set to be the coldest day this winter."

Snow fell along ACT's Brindabella Range and down to as low as 600 metres above sea level, with northern Canberra seeing most of it.

Parliament House received a dusting as did some areas further into the city centre.

Snow flurries drifted across Tasmania's capital around midday but failed to settle, the Bureau of Meteorology said, while snow had been reported as low as 100 metres above sea level at Geeveston, south of Hobart.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued an alert for all roads in southern and mountainous Victoria and elevated Tasmania advising that snowfalls and hail were causing slippery, icy and hazardous conditions.

Police said a school bus slid off the road near Strahan, in the Tasmania's north-west, but no injuries were reported.

Forecasters predict the snow will continue overnight but that the cold snap will pass by the weekend.

Apparantly it was snowing in Canberra?

So said Merrick and Rosso on nova thisafternoon.

Yes I saw an interview in front of Parlaiment House this afternoon, can't remember what is was about but it was like a Blizzard.

I cant believe this, I just went out for lunch - How cold is it??, especially with the wind chill. It is colder in Brisbane then most other places. Whats going on?? The cold snap just hit us this morning. I swear it was warmer this morning then now.

Currently 1.36pm:

Bris: 11c
Syd: 13c
Melb: 12c
Adel: 12c
Per: 19c

I cant believe this, I just went out for lunch - How cold is it??, especially with the wind chill. It is colder in Brisbane then most other places. Whats going on?? The cold snap just hit us this morning. I swear it was warmer this morning then now.

Currently 1.36pm:

Bris: 11c
Syd: 13c
Melb: 12c
Adel: 12c
Per: 19c

LOL - 11c is pretty cold for Brisbane - especially at 2:15 in the afternoon!
Its only 8c in Toowoomba so I bet there is snow on the granite belt.

^^ That's pretty odd. Never thought I'd see Brisbane being colder than Sydney or any other major Australian city to the south!

^^ That's pretty odd. Never thought I'd see Brisbane being colder than Sydney or any other major Australian city to the south!

its very very very rare for winter. the last few days were 24/25 in brisbane and we dropped to 11 in 1 day. it is even snowing / sleeting on mountains out west which never happens either. we didnt break our coldest day record which has stood for 50 years but we are close enough

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.

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CLOUD
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
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QUEENSLAND
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http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94294.gifTOWNSVILLE
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A.C.T.
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VICTORIA
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http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94857.gifGEELONG
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94903.gifFALLS CREEK

TASMANIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94975.gifHOBART

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94312.gifPORT HEADLAND


NEW ZEALAND
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/93119.gifAUCKLAND
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/93436.gifWELLINGTON
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http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/93831.gifQUEENSTOWN
Information from http://www.wunderground.com

^^
Does anyone like the new look weather stations? I think we may stick with this because its not constantly flashing all the time. Also its better for people who have dial up connection.

Any requests? Any places people would like me to add in Australia or NZ?

Its unusually warm through the middle inland regions of Australia - Mildura 27c at 5:00pm. Its over 30c in Western NSW, SA and Qld according to the temperature map.

Is this Winter???

how friggin windy is it in brisbane?????????? up to 87km at the airport

Big row of thunderstorms has just passed over Melbourne - clearing the other east atm.
Very heavy and very noisy.

Check that out - 27c in Brisbane and 39c in Ipswich. Thats 12c difference over just 40km!!!

Check that out - 27c in Brisbane and 39c in Ipswich. Thats 12c difference over just 40km!!!
Yesterday the maximum was 30c while the minimum overnight got down to 12c - now that is a big variance.

God i wish it was 30c in perth the minimun in perth last night was 2.5c.

Its unusually warm through the middle inland regions of Australia - Mildura 27c at 5:00pm. Its over 30c in Western NSW, SA and Qld according to the temperature map.

Is this Winter???

It's spring and i wish i was in broome it's a good 30+c everyday.

God i wish it was 30c in perth the minimun in perth last night was 2.5c.

Its going to be 29 on Sunday. 26 tomorrow :)

^^
Its beginning to heat up:D

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.

TEMPERATURE_______________________________________HUMIDITY
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http://www.monmouth.army.mil/cecom/safety/sys_service/lightning.gifClick Here (http://www.gpats.com.au/php/cust-cgi/LIAS_free.php) for current LIGHTNING ACTIVITY

CLOUD
http://www.ece.jcu.edu.au/JCUMetSat/ausvlast.gif

NORTHERN TERRITORY
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94120.gifDARWIN
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94326.gifALICE SPRINGS

QUEENSLAND
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http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94294.gifTOWNSVILLE
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94578.gifBRISBANE
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94568.gifIPSWICH
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94580.gifGOLD COAST
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/95551.gifTOOWOOMBA

NEW SOUTH WALES
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94767.gifSYDNEY
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94763.gifPENRITH
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/95909.gifSNOWY MOUNTAINS
A.C.T.
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94926.gifCANBERRA

VICTORIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94693.gifMILDURA
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94868.gifMELBOURNE
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94857.gifGEELONG
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94903.gifFALLS CREEK

TASMANIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94975.gifHOBART

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94672.gifADELAIDE

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94610.gifPERTH
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94312.gifPORT HEADLAND


NEW ZEALAND
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http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/93436.gifWELLINGTON
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/93780.gifCHRISTCHURCH
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/93831.gifQUEENSTOWN
Information from http://www.wunderground.com

For those of you who use Google Earth - here is a new feature. Real Time Rain and Lightning over Australia!!!
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Brought to you by Google Earth and The Weather Co.

^
excellent.

ITS HOT!!!

And I like it:D

At the moment where I sit it's hot and sweaty with a storm brewing 50km to our North and another passing 30km to our South.

Melbourne is stormy, Ballarat is colder than a witch's tit, and Sydney is at Boiling Point:) :) :)

SORRY COULDN'T RESIST THAT ...

Holy Crap - 9:30 am and it's 36 degrees in Sydney!

Everyone!

Get our your chestnuts. Perfect temperature to eat some roasted chestnut for Xmas eve! Just stick ya food on the sun.

ITS HOT!!!

And I like it:D

I want my winter back!!

:rant:

Perth has had it's coldest summer on record, between 21 and 26 everyday. Lovely and sunny during the day while I was there, but had to wear a sweater at night, as it was down to about 12. Not what I was expecting!

new years eve + day was damn damn hot in melbourne.... plenty of water/ice fights..... ohhh yeah

parts of queensland recorded the hottest december on record. georgetown out in whoop whoop had an av of 40.

brissy had also had a hot av of 32. only 5 days in december were recorded below 30, the coldest been 27.6 (28) and the hottest been 37. the humidity here was stifling. no change as we enter january either.

bullshit low 20's here in Melb ever since New Years Day, fucken cold and cloudy since that 43c sizzler :mad: fucken gay. week ahead looks ordinary, temps no where near 30 even though places like Mildura and Adleaide will be getting towards the high 30's.

bullshit low 20's here in Melb ever since New Years Day, fucken cold and cloudy since that 43c sizzler :mad: fucken gay. week ahead looks ordinary, temps no where near 30 even though places like Mildura and Adleaide will be getting towards the high 30's.

thats melbourne for ya, but i tell ya, i wish it would get to low 20's here just once to cool off. our minimums are 21-26 at the moment. hot, humid days are continuing here with storms at night that make the mugginess even worse the next morning.

boulia in western qld recorded a MINIMUM of 34C last night. fuck that!!!!

Wow!!!!!!!

Check out the "BLAZING" lightning display south of Brisbane, Just Spectacular!!! Like an amazing strobe light the entire skyline to the south is just one big blazing light source!!!

Hope it comes this way:D

unbelievable. theres lighting 10 times likes every dam second! its fukin crazy! almost erie..............

Wow!!!!!!!

Check out the "BLAZING" lightning display south of Brisbane, Just Spectacular!!! Like an amazing strobe light the entire skyline to the south is just one big blazing light source!!!

Hope it comes this way:D

Here's the amazing light show in Brisbane's southern suburbs. Apparently Springwood have reported Cricket size golf balls. A caller rang up on 4BC and you couldn't hear her at all because of the hail, and she was locked up inside her house with everything shut............. :eek2:

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4979/extern280185nq.gif
http://info.energex.com.au/images/key1.gifhttp://info.energex.com.au/images/key2.gifhttp://info.energex.com.au/images/key3.gifhttp://info.energex.com.au/images/key4.gifhttp://info.energex.com.au/images/key5.gif

How to read the storm map:
The storm map displays cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in south-east Queensland during the past 45 minutes. Each strike, represented by a coloured square, shows the strike age. The strike age is summarised in the legend, with colour graduation on the map showing storm direction. Note: Under an agreement with our information supplier, GPATS, we must delay the publication of Lightning Tracker data to the Internet by 15 minutes.

I live at Cleveland, and we got some hail ! 10c piece sized ! i stuck it in the freezer, got drenched going to get it tho ! yeah the lighting was mad, like a strobe alright!

Temperature drop in Brisbane during the storm:

Bris Airport:
20:21 – 27.6c - 0mm
20:39 – 24.9c - 0mm
20:44 – 24.1c - 0mm
20:48 - 23.9c - 1.6mm
20:56 – 22.2c - 25mm
21:00 - 22.3c - 32.2mm

From today's west.

Floods and chilly nights as the weird weather continues
DANIEL EMERSON and JENNIFER ELIOT

WA’s weather turned from unusual to bizarre on Monday evening when the city was bathed in orange light and a bright rainbow arced over the Perth skyline, while farmers in the Eastern Goldfields celebrated the first heavy rains in four years.
Weather Bureau spokesman Brad Santos said the eerie orange glow was caused by the setting sun hitting low-lying rain clouds approaching Perth from the east.
“We get our weather from the east only a fraction of the time and because there was a lot of cloud there to be lit up, it led to those ominouslooking skies,” he said.
Sunlight hitting ice crystals in the clouds was reflected to create the orange glow. Light showers started about 6pm and although Perth received only 2mm of rain up to 9am yesterday, the fall was just enough to create the bright rainbow that accompanied the peculiar light show.
Farmers in the Eastern Goldfields said they could not have received a better start to the year, despite flash floods washing away some gravel roads and air strips. Most gravel roads have been closed between Esperance and Kalgoorlie but farmers facing the prospect of de-stocking land could not be happier.
Kybo Station, 505km east of Kalgoorlie, had the biggest fall — more than 160mm since December 31. Owner Toni Campbell said yesterday 2005 had been the worst year on record and plans were under way to de-stock the property this week.
“The airstrip has been washed out and we haven’t been able to leave the property to check stock, but we couldn’t have had a better start to the year,” she said.
Mundrabilla Station, 600km north of Norseman, had been carting water for six weeks and only had two weeks of water left on the property.
“We were looking at having to buy water or get the stock off,” owner Colin Campbell said. “The dams are now full and feed will pick up over the next couple of weeks, which is a welcome relief after having the Department of Agriculture up here recently looking at drought relief.”
Weather Bureau duty forecaster Chris Godfred said more rain was expected in the region with a risk of thunderstorms this afternoon.
In yet another example of the weird weather, a man almost died of hypothermia at the height of summer as unseasonably low temperatures gripped the Goldfields.
The man, who is in his 60s, was evacuated to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service on Monday evening after collapsing at his Kalgoorlie home. St John Ambulance paramedic Michael Ficko said it was extremely rare to see cases of hypothermia in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
The mercury dropped to 13.7C at Kalgoorlie-Boulder airport yesterday following a 14C day on Monday and Sunday’s minimum of just 10.7C.
Meanwhile, the main rail link between WA and the Eastern States will be reopened this afternoon after flash flooding washed away part of the track at the weekend.
Hundreds of people were stranded after a kilometre-long section of the railway was washed away at Nurina, about 1150km east of Perth, on Saturday, leading to the cancellation of all freight and passenger services.

Temperature drop in Brisbane during the storm:

Bris Airport:
20:21 – 27.6c - 0mm
20:39 – 24.9c - 0mm
20:44 – 24.1c - 0mm
20:48 - 23.9c - 1.6mm
20:56 – 22.2c - 25mm
21:00 - 22.3c - 32.2mm

Here's the amazing light show in Brisbane's southern suburbs. Apparently Springwood have reported Cricket size golf balls. A caller rang up on 4BC and you couldn't hear her at all because of the hail, and she was locked up inside her house with everything shut............. :eek2:

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4979/extern280185nq.gif
http://info.energex.com.au/images/key1.gifhttp://info.energex.com.au/images/key2.gifhttp://info.energex.com.au/images/key3.gifhttp://info.energex.com.au/images/key4.gifhttp://info.energex.com.au/images/key5.gif

How to read the storm map:
The storm map displays cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in south-east Queensland during the past 45 minutes. Each strike, represented by a coloured square, shows the strike age. The strike age is summarised in the legend, with colour graduation on the map showing storm direction. Note: Under an agreement with our information supplier, GPATS, we must delay the publication of Lightning Tracker data to the Internet by 15 minutes.

I've just been up Mt Coot-tha, was very strange. Amazing lightning at first with several electricity boxes exploding upwards as we watched the storm approach from the south, they have this strange green light that flashes upwards when they go. Anyway the rain and wind came over and everthing was suddenly plunged into this thick fog - thick fog lit by lightning. Was very bizzar!!

^stay clear of those funny drugs jayt! lol

Check out the Weathezone forums for the latest news.
Aparently 89mm of rain has fallen at Slacks Creek.
Golf Ball and Cricket Ball sized hail has fallen at Springwood and Kuraby.

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=001900;p=27

Its the first time ever in my life this has happen to me but I was outside on my Patio during the height of the strom watching it roll through and all of a sudden a blinding white light was followed immediately by a massive indescribable buzzing sound like something had short circuted in the night sky and then a bright orange light that covered the whole sky and then a blue sky as if it was 12 midday followed by a huge clap of thunder. I shat myself !!!. I couldn't get inside quick enough. The power went out then come on about 10 seconds afterwards. It was a very exciting 15 seconds of my life...................

Wow!!!!!!!

Check out the "BLAZING" lightning display south of Brisbane, Just Spectacular!!! Like an amazing strobe light the entire skyline to the south is just one big blazing light source!!!

Hope it comes this way:D

i love brissy storms soooooooooooooo much. this region must be the most active storm region in the country. i love it sooooo much.

the northside unfortunately didnt get too much. about 20mm of rain and lots of sheet lightning. no bolts unfortunately. we copped it in though on tuesday night at about 11.30pm. i have a friend whos tv was blown up from a direct lightning strike to the aerial. i was woken up 4 times from lightning strikes that woulda been at least 200m from my house. the flash and thunder were instant and deafening.

GOTTA LOVE THOSE STORMS - we are going into CYCLONE season now!!!


Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.

TEMPERATURE_______________________________________HUMIDITY
http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/au_st.gif---http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/au_rh.gif

http://www.monmouth.army.mil/cecom/safety/sys_service/lightning.gifClick Here (http://www.gpats.com.au/php/cust-cgi/LIAS_free.php) for current LIGHTNING ACTIVITY

CLOUD
http://www.ece.jcu.edu.au/JCUMetSat/ausvlast.gif

NORTHERN TERRITORY
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94120.gifDARWIN
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94326.gifALICE SPRINGS

QUEENSLAND
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94287.gifCAIRNS
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94294.gifTOWNSVILLE
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94578.gifBRISBANE
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94568.gifIPSWICH
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94580.gifGOLD COAST
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/95551.gifTOOWOOMBA

NEW SOUTH WALES
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94767.gifSYDNEY
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94763.gifPENRITH
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/95909.gifSNOWY MOUNTAINS
A.C.T.
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94926.gifCANBERRA

VICTORIA
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94693.gifMILDURA
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94868.gifMELBOURNE
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94857.gifGEELONG
http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/94903.gifFALLS CREEK

TASMANIA
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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NEW ZEALAND
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Just did a quick calculation of last nights Brisbane storm events.

According to ENERGEX there were 17,000 lightning strikes on their network over a four hour period. Remember thats just on their network!!!

That means there were 70.8 lightning strikes per minute (cloud to ground) which equates to 1.18 strikes per second!!!!

Remember this is just Brisbane Metro Area and only on the Energex network!!

That was some spectacular Storm - Love this Summer:D

:colgate: It was quite a loud storm in Greenslopes what with all the hail and the vast majority of tin roofs. Beats having a concrete tile roof

Crikey its a scorcher today in Melb! Still 40 in the city and overnight min is forecast to be 27! :eek2:

Crikey its a scorcher today in Melb! Still 40 in the city and overnight min is forecast to be 27! :eek2:

Yeah not a good time to be re-plumbing your roof .. up under those terra cotta tiles.

Some people are truly, truly mad.

27? Was about 35 here the other night. Didnt drop below 30 I dont think..

27? Was about 35 here the other night. Didnt drop below 30 I dont think..

Yep, official minimum was 33.1C, and was still 36C at 3am. You want hot, you come to Adelaide. That very hot period the other week saw 4 consecutive days over 40C, two of them reached 42C and above, hottest 43.2C, and much hotter over northern suburbs, Edinburgh reaching 44.5C and 44C on two consecutive days.

And to top it off, had a 42C the other day so that made 5 days over 40C in a 7 day week period.

These maps are indicating lightning strikes during a 24 hour period.

http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/Darwin_stroke.png

http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/Brisbane_stroke.png
http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/SE_QLD_stroke.png

http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/Sydney_stroke.png

http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/Melbourne_stroke.png

http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/Adelaide_stroke.png

http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/Perth_stroke.png

http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/Canberra_stroke.png

http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/Hobart_stroke.png

Found a really good lightning maps of Australian cities.
http://www.gpats.com.au/php/repository/National.html

We average at least one thunderstorm in the Darwin area every 24 hours. And they can happen at any time of the day (5am, 10am, 3pm, 5pm, 10pm etc). Unlike SEQ when they always seemed to be late afternoon or evening.

We average at least one thunderstorm in the Darwin area every 24 hours. And they can happen at any time of the day (5am, 10am, 3pm, 5pm, 10pm etc). Unlike SEQ when they always seemed to be late afternoon or evening.
We had a big one about 8am this morning - was hell trying to drive to work as the rain was so heavy. Old Cleveland Road was partially flooded at Carindale - but it was still hot:D

We had a big one about 8am this morning - was hell trying to drive to work as the rain was so heavy. Old Cleveland Road was partially flooded at Carindale - but it was still hot:D

Wow, that's unusual.

The thing about SEQ storms is they are usually intense. Far more intense than your average Darwin storm, though we still get a few big ones.

The Perils of Braving an Aussie Summer



You know you're in an Australian Summer when:



1. The best parking spaces are determined by shade instead of distance.



2. Scalding hot water comes out of both taps.



3. You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.



4. The temperature drops below 35c and you feel a little chilly.



5. You discover that in January and February it is best to steer your car using only two fingers.



6. You discover that you can get 3rd degree sunburn through your car window.



7. You develop a morbid fear of metal car door handles.



8.You break into a lather of sweat within moments of stepping outside your house at 7:30am.



9.Your biggest fear is, "What if I faint and end up lying on the footpath and broil to death?"



10.You realise that road asphalt also has a liquid state.



11. You wear your thongs (flip-flops) right down and into the water at the beach to avoid searing the soles of your feet.



12. You catch a chill from having the aircon full blast while you sleep during the night.



13. You pray that your train will have air-conditioning, and if it doesn't, waiting an extra 15 minutes for one is worth it.

The Perils of Braving an Aussie Summer

7. You develop a morbid fear of metal car door handles.



Perhaps it could be the perils of Braving a Brisbane Winter - car doors - ZAP!!! We have a serious static electricity problem in winter here which has left me doing a strange 'earthing' ritual every time I get out of the car.

Noticed when I did this post Brisbane was sitting @ 21 degrees...the coldest capital in the country. Not bad for 1pm :uh: :shocked:

^^ Its 35 in Melbourne!

^^ Looked similar to that in Hobart aswell...I bet they were dying!!!!!!

^^ Yah, poor little buggers, looks like they got to about 35 today, which is only a couple degrees shy of a March record! Conversely, Brissy almost got a new record low for March today! craaaaazyyy

35 in Hobart? That must truly be a record for tasmania and probably a few heatstroke deaths thrown in.

Brisbane was funny today. It peaked at 22.9c at around 9am this morning but then after that and throughout the whole day it only hovered around 21c mark. Currently it is sitting at about 19.5c (9.19pm)

Here is the current weather for Australia and our centers.

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CLOUD
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A.C.T.
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VICTORIA
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TASMANIA
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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NEW ZEALAND
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Surprisingly low humidity lately. I'm fucking loving it.

Currently at my place (eastern suburbs of Brisbane) it is 11.5c. Big difference to two nights ago when at the same time, around 10.30pm it was 26c.
Bring on the cooler months.............

Its actually 25 today here in London - hottest day so far this year!!

If you thought it was chilly last night you were right. This taken from Weatherzone.com:

Bitterly cold nights in the east
Tom Saunders, Wed 17:45 EST

A combination of clear skies, light winds and very low humidity is causing temperatures to fall to record low May levels across eastern states. Minimums on Wednesday morning dropped 13 degrees below average in NSW and QLD, 11 below average in SA, 10 below average in VIC and the NT, and 8 below average in TAS. The lowest recorded temperature was -9 at Glen Innes and Woolbrook. Amberley’s low of -3 degrees broke a 65 year May record. Mildura’s low of -2 broke a 60 year May record. Brisbane Airport’s low of 3.9 was a May record and its coldest morning since July 2004. A broad ridge of high pressure will bring similar conditions on Thursday and Friday morning with temperatures forecast to drop more than 10 below average in NSW and QLD, and 9 below in SA. A slight increase in wind and cloud will cause overnight temperatures to rise during the weekend but they will still remain well below average.


It is supposed to be even colder tonight with Ipswich forecast at -2c after a min of -5 last night.

Nice and cool today with drizzly rain and a maximum of 20 degrees. Kinda reminds me of when I was last in Melbourne! :)

What the hell is going on in Brisbane? 15 degrees at 2.30?! :eek2: Is everyone still alive?!

It's fantastic walking round the city seeing the tops of the buildings intermittedly in the clouds!! Love this weather every now and again!!

What the hell is going on in Brisbane? 15 degrees at 2.30?! :eek2: Is everyone still alive?!
Yeah it happens everynow and then. The apparent temperature (feels like temp) is actually 11c so it feels colder than what it really is. Looks like its set in too so it should hang around for a few days.

Currently:
Temp (AT)
Brisbane Airport 04:00 pm 14.8c - (11.2c)

The good thing about this weather is that the night time minimums wont get down too much more than what it feels like now. Should only get down to about 9-10c overnight.

All I know is its cold, and I dont like it.

nice n warm today. thought id rub it in to all the southerners freezing thier tits off.

nice, sunny 25C here today. LOVES IT! i walked out of the house this morning with a shirt and wasnt even cold.

then on the weekend we get rain (hopefully a lot but its winter and i dont have my hopes too high)

It was friggin freezin riding my pushy to work today. 5 or 6 degrees apparently. It rained on and off all night last night down here. Dunno how much we got - maybe 2mm. fuck all - oh well, thats mel for you.

sydney was sweating in 23deg yesterday. real nice. but today back to 15deg.yuk

In cairns at the moment and of course its been nice and warm :) hasn't dropped below twenty for the last 4 days and 26-27 during the day, my kind of winter :D

The gold coast has had awesome weather in the last week there has been perfect winter days but cold nights

brizzy had 26C today. it was sooo friggin nice outside today. perfect weather. thats spring weather. too bad its gonna drop on the weekend but hopefully we'll get some decent rain

Adelaide's coldest forecast day so far this cold winter is tomorrow. A maximum yes maximum of only 10 degrees. If there is such a thing as global warming i'm thinking it will end up the way of "The day after tomorrow".

^^ *fingers cross* it will snow in the hills tommorow

man the BOM shits me off. they promised good rains in SE Queensland and so farweve had 0.8mm. the radar has like 5 slotches of small showers on it. they have no idea

City's coldest day of year

15jul06
AS Adelaide struggled through its coldest day of the year, farmers generally yesterday celebrated the best rain since early May.

The temperature reached only 12C in Adelaide, the coldest day since July 12 last year. Regional centres struggled through record low temperatures for July. Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Mika Peace said rain was widespread. Most of the cropping belt was expected to receive falls of 10-30ml by Tuesday. SA Farmers chief Jeff Klitscher said crops were expected to respond quickly.

sick to death of this cold weather

sick to death of this cold weather

Well you should be up here to cairns with me :D a lovely 27 today, and currently 23.5 at 830pm... but it did drop to a chilly 21 last night :lol:

... I shouldn't be laughing I am coming back to Adelaide in a few days and I am not looking forward to the weather :(

hehe...

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Queensland welshes on winter
Michael Wray

August 04, 2006 12:00am
Article from: The Courier-Mail

IT was just another winter day in southeast Queensland yesterday.

Blue skies, fine and 21C but for two Welsh families on the Gold Coast it may as well have been summer.

The Colwill and Jones families, holidaying for a month in Australia, splashed in the Surfers Paradise shallows, and declared "it's just like a summer's day in Wales".

Alec Colwill, 8, who pushed through the gentle swell, ran to his mother, said the water was a little cold and ran straight back to plough through another wave.

A weather bureau spokesman said daytime temperatures yesterday were about average across most of the southeast. Brisbane reached 22C and it was cooler inland. He said morning temperatures would remain cooler than average but generally fine days could be expected until the weekend.

The Colwill and Jones families said they had been sympathising with those left in Wales, suffering through a "30C heatwave", and would take Queensland winter weather anytime.

Their travels now take them north to Cairns.

Joint Media Release
The Hon Greg Hunt MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Federal Member for Flinders
&
David Jull MP
Federal Member for Fadden

4 August 2006

GH06/100
New generation weather radar for Brisbane
The second of Australia's new generation weather radars will be opened today at Mt Stapylton, between Brisbane City and the Gold Coast, said the Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary with Ministerial responsibility for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

The high resolution Doppler radar has been constructed as part of the Federal Government's five-year $62 million radar upgrade project, announced during the 2003-04 Budget.

"The new radar is ideally positioned to monitor weather across the Brisbane area and Gold Coast, and will serve as the premier radar for Greater Brisbane and most of Southeast Queensland," said Mr Hunt.

"It also has an excellent view to the north as far as Tin Can Bay, and southward to Evans Head (NSW), and provides coverage of the inland areas of Stanthorpe, Karara, Dalby and Kingaroy, as well as of Casino and Tenterfield in northern NSW," he said.

"The new radar will provide an important boost for local weather services and is a vital tool for providing high quality forecast and warning services to southeast Queensland and northern NSW.

"The public will have easy access to the data via the Bureau's web site, where radar images will be displayed at four times the resolution of other images, and updated every ten minutes.

"I congratulate David Jull for his commitment to the project and to weather services for southeast Queensland," said Mr Hunt.

Mr David Jull, Federal Member for Fadden, said the state-of-the-art radar has Doppler capability, enabling forecasters to "see" the wind flow and the rainfall intensity associated with weather systems.

"This information can provide valuable clues about the potential severity of thunderstorms and other hazardous weather affecting Greater Brisbane and its surrounds," said Mr Jull.

"Forecasters will use this data to provide more effective short term forecasts and warnings of severe weather, such as large hailstones, damaging winds and tornadoes," he said.

Other expected ongoing community benefits include

Improved techniques for assessing rainfall intensity, leading to more accurate short-term forecasts of heavy rain;
Better monitoring of rainfall across southeast Queensland river catchments, for use in flood warning operations and water management; and
Better tracking of the location and strength of wind changes, for the benefit of mariners, aviators and fire agencies.
Imagery from the Bureau's network of weather radars is freely available on the Bureau web site www.bom.gov.au, consistently rated one of Australia's most heavily accessed web sites.

Media contact:
Kristy McSweeney (Office of Mr Hunt), 0415 740 722
David Jull 07 5580 0355

Up to 25.2 today... not too bad for mid August in Adelaide ( After the weather we had been having this autumn/winter I was starting to wonder if Adelaide was actually any warmer than melbourne....)

^^ statistically Adealide and Melbourne winters are virtually the same.

^^ statistically Adealide and Melbourne winters are virtually the same.

No they arent....
(from BOM)
Adelaides temp average max/min:
Jun: 16.1/8.2
July:15.3/7.4
Aug:16.5/8.2

Melbourne's max/min average:
Jun:14/6.9
July:13.4/5.9
Aug:14.9/6.6

So that is a bit of a difference... more so when you look at absolute minimums aswell... Melbourne gets a fair bit colder.....

13.4, hah.

I wish it was 4, 3.4 and 4.9 respectively.

cities are far more interesting when the weather is diverse. Not that Melbourne doesn't have a claim there, we just get half-arsed winters which are neither here nor there by world standards.

Strong Winds cause havoc around Adelaide and around the state

Strong winds cause havoc
MATT WILLIAMS and CARA JENKIN

August 16, 2006 03:20pm
Article from: The Advertiser

STRONG winds and high temperatures today caused widespread chaos across the state, with the emergency services responding to dozens of calls about property damage.

Fallen trees, damaged roofs and power cuts were the most common reason for the call-outs.

The Bureau of Meteorology recorded wind gusts of up to 95km/h on Yorke Peninsula, with the strongest winds in the metropolitan area recorded at Edinburgh Airport.

The city reached its maximum temperature of 25.2 degrees at 1pm.

A bureau spokesman said while the weather conditions were unusual for August, they did not break any records.

“The highest ever maximum for August was 27.8 degrees in 1982 so we were still a couple of degrees off that,” he said.

“But it has been more like a spring day than a winter one.”

btw in the last 5-6 hours it has been bucketing down in Adelaide :D

No they arent....
(from BOM)
Adelaides temp average max/min:
Jun: 16.1/8.2
July:15.3/7.4
Aug:16.5/8.2

Melbourne's max/min average:
Jun:14/6.9
July:13.4/5.9
Aug:14.9/6.6

So that is a bit of a difference... more so when you look at absolute minimums aswell... Melbourne gets a fair bit colder.....

The BoM doesn't use those as the averages they compare current stats with anymore. They use a set of data that is from the last 30 years or so, don't know about Adelaide, but for Melb you can add about .5 of a degree to the winter average highs...Not that it counts for much.....

i love this city. winter and we get this. damn i love queensland!

Forecast for Sunday
Fine. Light to moderate SW to SE winds.

Precis: Fine
City: Min 10 Max 26
Bayside: Min 8 Max 24
UV Index: 5 [Moderate]

Monday Fine Min 10 Max 26
Tuesday Fine Min 11 Max 29
Wednesday Fine Min 11 Max 28
Thursday Fine Min 11 Max 30
Friday Fine Min 12 Max 26

Adelaide is currently the warmest capital outside of Darwin... 19.4 @ 10pm... my kind of winter night :D

Thursday Fine Min 11 Max 30

That has been downgraded, thankfully. Actually most have been by two degrees.

http://www.ourbrisbane.com/news/weather/

Not very often this happens but Brisbane is the lowest of all the mainland capitals.

Latest Weather 16:42

Sydney 19°
Melbourne 21°
Brisbane 17°
Perth 23°
Adelaide 21°
Hobart 16°
Canberra 16°
Darwin 31°

Australia has just had its dryest and warmest August on record. not good for this summer.

Australia has just had its dryest and warmest August on record. not good for this summer.

SA should get sizable rains in spring..

ive heard so many different stories of late that we will or wont get rain. let me tell you that weather forecasters dont know shit! they cant even predict 24hrs in advance and dont get me started on the inaccuracy of the 7 day forecast. and as if ppl will plan for rain on the weather channels 30 day rain calender...fuck me it changes every day.

so never believe what your told, that way you wont be surprised.

Australia has just had its dryest and warmest August on record. not good for this summer.

u never know, australia may have the coolest and wettest summer on record! i hope anyway. the way the weather works these days anything can happen

It was on the news today that Queensland will have extremely rainy summer this year. BTW, how exactly does that "drought" look like? Can someone post a photo how landscape around Brisbane looks like currently.

Lets hope it's like this just this year. But don't worry too much, even New Zealand had droughts. It just happens on crappy years.

I don't need to talk about Adelaide. Landscape here looks like desert. This is how it usually looks like near Adelaide at this time of the year:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9503/viewfromthebluffvictorharborjr4.jpg

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6791/nearsellicksbeachsaua0.jpg

It was on the news today that Queensland will have extremely rainy summer this year. BTW, how exactly does that "drought" look like? Can someone post a photo how landscape around Brisbane looks like currently.

Lets hope it's like this just this year. But don't worry too much, even New Zealand had droughts. It just happens on crappy years.

You should know, your spose to be living in Brisbane :|

I don't need to talk about Adelaide. Landscape here looks like desert. This is how it usually looks like near Adelaide at this time of the year:

your a dickhead boeing, if you call that a desert you must have problems "seriously". its nothing like a desert, if you wanna see a desert go and visit Coober Pedy, most of time fluerieu peninsula (pictured above) and the Adelaide Hills are green as hell at this time of the year. BTW remember the state is currently going through one of its worst droughts ever!!

Well it now feels like summers kicked in!

our a dickhead boeing, if you call that a desert you must have problems "seriously". its nothing like a desert, if you wanna see a desert go and visit Coober Pedy, most of time fluerieu peninsula (pictured above) and the Adelaide Hills are green as hell at this time of the year. BTW remember the state is currently going through one of its worst droughts ever!!

Actually you're right (except the dickhead part). Last weekend I finally got a chance to get out of the city and landscape around Adelaide is extremely green.
Must be just due to my daily commuting on Grange Road which looks like crap at any time of the year I guess. And hills always get much more rain than Adelaide.
And we're finally getting some decent rain. :)

Those were really good couple of days for eastern states. Unfortunately no rain fell on Adelaide (only 0.4mm :( ) but most of eastern states enjoyed really high rainfall. Hope this is the start of drought's end.

Weather observations Sat.: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN60800.shtml
4th November for NSW, and check the rainfall since 9am. Pretty much everywhere 50mm or at least 10mm. Also good news for SEQ. :)

Brisbane got 46mm Saturday and we just got around 15mm tonight. Not drought breaking by any means but well needed just the same......
Currently it is 19c outside - just nice !!!

Another great day for SEQ today. Gold Coast already 52mm and Brisbane approaching 10mm. Should be more later.

It's not a drought breaking but it has started a slow death of drought in that part of the country. It's been pretty much quite good week on the east coast with more to come.

I wish a miracle happened in country and Adelaide. I'm kinda sick of this... There is no god.

^^Spose to be raining this weekend *fingers cross*

Adelaide - 13.8 mm (from www.bom.gov.au) :)

Also very good rainfall for many agricultural areas. And even now in the morning the radar picture still looks nice:

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