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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: StinkyPete on December 17, 2015, 07:22:08 AM
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Adelaide is in the middle of a December record heat wave with four days over 40c :H and Sydney has been hit with a tornado. Climate change skeptics take note.....
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And we in the north have sweltered through one of the hottest build ups on record. We finally have the monsoon on the way, last couple of days have been beautiful, 30 deg with rain :thumbsup
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Melbourne is trying to keep up with Adelaide. Lagging a bit behind. Not 40 till Saturday 8)
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Not an unfamiliar position for Melbourne to be in, lagging behind. I think the y2k bug alert came out last week :Stirpot
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Its still the most liveable city though. :like
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Just looking at our local weather and the hottest day for Dec on recorded for Peterborough was back in 1972 @ 41.5C on the 21st so high temps for this time of the year are not that unusual. Yesterday we only got 39.5C. Won't know what our max for today is until tomorrow.
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I was speaking to a colleague in Adelaiee yesterday, and he said they were having a heat wave. So I asked him if it had got to 21 °C. :grin
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And this morning here was cool with a heavy due..... :popcorn
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I was speaking to a colleague in Adelaiee yesterday, and he said they were having a heat wave. So I asked him if it had got to 21 °C. :grin
:well
Monday 37
Tuesday 36
Wednesday 41
Thursday 42
Today 42
Tomorrow 43
:H
Sunday 27 :thumb
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Just looking at our local weather and the hottest day for Dec on recorded for Peterborough was back in 1972 @ 41.5C on the 21st so high temps for this time of the year are not that unusual. Yesterday we only got 39.5C. Won't know what our max for today is until tomorrow.
It was slightly cooler for us here yesterday at 39C and the same forecasted for today and chilly 38 for Sat.
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I was speaking to a colleague in Adelaiee yesterday, and he said they were having a heat wave. So I asked him if it had got to 21 °C. :grin
:well
Monday 37
Tuesday 36
Wednesday 41
Thursday 42
Today 42
Tomorrow 43
:H
Sunday 27 :thumb
We choose where we live. You're welcome to come to Brisbane! ++ |-i
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Overcast, 17 degrees at present here, and foggy... 12.45 pm :thumb
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Overcast, 17 degrees at present here, and foggy... 12.45 pm :thumb
Yes but where you are it's like that all year around. :crackup
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Just had a phonecall from my mate Darren, who lives in Melbourne. (He owns the house next door to my flat, which I keep an eye on for him)
Darren was complaining of the erk heat in Melbourne today, and asked me to pop on the aircon in his house to cool it down before he drives over this arvo. I assured him that the aircon is not yet needed today.
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Overcast, 17 degrees at present here, and foggy... 12.45 pm :thumb
Yes but where you are it's like that all year around. :crackup
Yep!... probably rain here tonight, Pete :rofl
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you should all come to alice springs nice and cool during the day wet overnight ooh and the big external fan blowing 24/7.
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Quote from: StinkyPete on December 18, 2015, 09:01:58 AM (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=10351.msg1190390#msg1190390)<blockquote>
Quote from: Gadget on December 18, 2015, 07:39:18 AM (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=10351.msg1190387#msg1190387)<blockquote>I was speaking to a colleague in Adelaiee yesterday, and he said they were having a heat wave. So I asked him if it had got to 21 °C. :grin
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:well
Monday 37
Tuesday 36
Wednesday 41
Thursday 42
Today 42
Tomorrow 43
:H
Sunday 27 :thumb
Won't 27 feel cool on Sunday. Still 37 here on Sunday. Monday is to be a perfect 21
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Won't 27 feel cool on Sunday. Still 37 here on Sunday. Monday is to be a perfect 21
21 is only perfect as an overnight minimum!
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Still using my 'lekky blanket some nights .. :grin ... has been below 12 degrees overnight for a few nights last week.
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I have to put up with this at the moment.
http://www.foreca.com/Thailand/Damnoen_Saduak (http://www.foreca.com/Thailand/Damnoen_Saduak)
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Suggested by a mutual friend.. :grin
https://www.prageru.com/courses/environmental-science/what-they-havent-told-you-about-climate-change#.Vc4sj_lViko (https://www.prageru.com/courses/environmental-science/what-they-havent-told-you-about-climate-change#.Vc4sj_lViko)
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I think 21 is perfect anytime :H
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Suggested by a mutual friend.. :grin
[url]https://www.prageru.com/courses/environmental-science/what-they-havent-told-you-about-climate-change#.Vc4sj_lViko[/url] ([url]https://www.prageru.com/courses/environmental-science/what-they-havent-told-you-about-climate-change#.Vc4sj_lViko[/url])
And this from 2013 paints a similar picture http://joannenova.com.au/2013/01/eight-reasons-the-australian-heatwave-is-not-climate-change/ (http://joannenova.com.au/2013/01/eight-reasons-the-australian-heatwave-is-not-climate-change/)
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..and today, 8am.
Clear sky, bright sunshine, currently 18 degrees here, with a top of 31 expected.
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Only going to 42 in the Barossa today, glad I'm not in Adelaide with 44 expected. Having family BBQ so just wheel BBQ out into sun and use solar heat to cook, how could anything be better. Currently 36 (0930) so hope it warms up soon. Gotta feel sorry for those in the cold areas.
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I decided to go for a ride yesterday to get some bike time and relief from the ehat. It was 40 degrees at 6.30pm when I left home, so I wet my shirt under my mesh jacket and felt quite comfortable riding. I rode down to the coast at Victor Harbor. At Victor it was down to 20 degrees and with the wet shirt and mesh jacket I was quite cold. It was then across to Middleton and I stopped at Goolwa for a sundown coffee. The trip home was through Ashbourne and Meadows, and as I got closer to Adelaide the temp climbed again. When I arrived home at 9.30pm it was back to 30 degrees.
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12.15 pm, 37.1 degrees.... need to go over to the supermarket, should I take a jumper? :think1 :grin
(We did have 0.2 mm of rain around 10.am... the rest evaporated before it hit the ground)
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I decided to go for a ride yesterday to get some bike time and relief from the ehat. It was 40 degrees at 6.30pm when I left home, so I wet my shirt under my mesh jacket and felt quite comfortable riding. I rode down to the coast at Victor Harbor. At Victor it was down to 20 degrees and with the wet shirt and mesh jacket I was quite cold. It was then across to Middleton and I stopped at Goolwa for a sundown coffee. The trip home was through Ashbourne and Meadows, and as I got closer to Adelaide the temp climbed again. When I arrived home at 9.30pm it was back to 30 degrees.
..of course it was cooler at Victor Harbour.. technically, you were around 70 Km closer to Antarctica... :grin
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12.15 pm, 37.1 degrees.... need to go over to the supermarket, should I take a jumper? :think1 :grin
Highly recommended. This is Melb/Vic after all.. :eek........................................ :wht11 btw should have my rocket back this week. Wot thuh
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Personally, I blame the heat on Daylight Saving... that extra hour of daylight is dangerous!.. with an hour less of 'dark time', there isn't enough time for the country to cool down before the sun comes up again! :rofl :rofl :grin
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Yay, the monsoon is here. Only 25 degrees at midday, nearly 2 inches of rain in the last 12 hours. Bloody wimps at the concrete plant wussed out today and wouldn't mix/deliver the concrete we needed though. Something about they didn't want to work with lightning around. Hopefully they'll be working Monday.
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Personally, I blame the heat on Daylight Saving... that extra hour of daylight is dangerous!.. with an hour less of 'dark time', there isn't enough time for the country to cool down before the sun comes up again! :rofl :rofl :grin
Not to mention, that the cows now have an extra hour to make more methane bombs go figure... :eek :eek :eek :eek :wht11
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The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a thunderstorm warning for the southwest of Victoria. Might have to drag out the wet gear later...
Light cloud cover, and temp has dropped to 36
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Told ya to take your brolly....
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40.2 in Bayswater atm. In the shade of course...
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Having said that ...40.2 deg.....it is now raining.....what next....snow :H.......................... :wht11
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Strip off, nothing better than a nice warm shower...
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28.4 degrees here at 6.15 pm... and rain approaching...
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Got to 40 yesterday but still not the hottest day of the year for us though I guess not much in it @ 40.2 back on Jan 3. I think our warmest night for quite awhile @24.
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Looks like the rain has bypassed here some distance to the north of town. Only had a 5 minute mist here that didn't even wet the road, but I can see very low black clouds and a rainbow to my east at the present. Appears to be heading for Melbourne. Still 32 degrees at 7.45 pm
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The December record for the longest heat wave is over for us, and this morning it's 26 degrees and raining steadily. Sweet Relief.
Port Augusta hit 47.1 yesterday. :H
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Supposed to be windy with showers here today, currently 21.
It hit 49.4 in Whyalla in 67?-68? 3 day heatwave, 118, 119, 121. (47.8, 48.3, 49.4) and the next day was about 69 (21 .. everyone was in bed with a cold, lol
I was working at the blast furnace at the time. During tapping, radiated air temp was over 176 fah (80 cel) We were restricted to 4 minutes access to the casting floor, even with protective clothing and face and neck shields
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Reported temps in Whyalla in those days was a bit of a local joke.. "Official" site for town temperature was from a park, opposite the police station and courthouse... surrounded by tall pine trees, and with the sprinklers operating to water the grass... (read 'evaporative cooling' here)
Our shade readings under the veranda at home were regularly 5 degrees hotter, we lived less than 2 k west from there
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Supposed to get to a nice cold 33 in Alice today with 80% chance of precipitation currently sitting on 28 at 0800 hrs.
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Supposed to get to a nice cold 33 in Alice today with 80% chance of precipitation currently sitting on 28 at 0800 hrs.
Got your thermal gear handy? :rofl
Light passing sprinkle of rain here at the moment..10.30 am and 17.3 degrees
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10.50 am, 16 degrees now with constant light misty rain and road is wet... neighbour has just abandoned lawn mower and retreated inside.
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20 minutes to midday, and now the rain is bucketing down. 0.6 mm in past 5 mins.. cats both came rocketing inside.
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Port Augusta hit 47.1 yesterday. :H
We made 41 yesterday and the temp dropped outside about 10 pm when the wind changed from the northerly we had all day.
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Supposed to be windy with showers here today, currently 21.
It hit 49.4 in Whyalla in 67?-68? 3 day heatwave, 118, 119, 121. (47.8, 48.3, 49.4) and the next day was about 69 (21 .. everyone was in bed with a cold, lol
I was working at the blast furnace at the time. During tapping, radiated air temp was over 176 fah (80 cel) We were restricted to 4 minutes access to the casting floor, even with protective clothing and face and neck shields
When I moved to Whyalla back in 1978 the local directory they gave us told us to expect at least 10 days in a row of temps in excess of 40C during summer; nothing was mentioned about possibly getting 6 inches of rain in February which we had in less than one day.
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23° at this moment in Toowoomba :grin
It is surpost to get to a hot 26° today ++
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I was working at the blast furnace at the time. During tapping, radiated air temp was over 176 fah (80 cel) We were restricted to 4 minutes access to the casting floor, even with protective clothing and face and neck shields
Did my summer Uni holiday time at Newcastle BHP Plate and Bar Mill- the door would open and the bar would roll out. Our job was to hook it with our metal rods and turn it onto the rollers that ran at right angles.
WPH&S!! These days you wouldn't be allowed near it.
I do recall there was a lot of heat involved, but not like a pour would entail.
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40 degrees here at 1225 - Just did our 1st nanna down from the heat :H
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13.01 it is 34 here in Alice.
Supposed to get to a nice cold 33 in Alice today with 80% chance of precipitation currently sitting on 28 at 0800 hrs.
Got your thermal gear handy? :rofl
Light passing sprinkle of rain here at the moment..10.30 am and 17.3 degrees
I'll just do a Tony Abbott and go down to the budgy snugglers.
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I never regreted leaving Adelaide in 1978 and by pure luck I got stuck in Canberra. 36 max today but had a nice MC ride trough the hills early morning and now just hybernate with the swampy on till evenings and then ride the bicycle for some exercise.
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Now 41 - This 12% humidity is terrible :H :grin
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The wind has arrived here,
and it is blowing like a bit ... and boy howdy, it sure is strong!
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We have 25 and 90% humidity.
Now 41 - This 12% humidity is terrible :H :grin
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I've just discovered that the residents in my Worm Farm did not survive the heat wave. Bugger! :'(
We've been friends for a long time, sharing bananas and helping each other with the gardening.
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Bugger.
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Sounds like you need a fresh body in there Pete to re activate the soil - I am sure a man of your previous talents could come up with one :whistle :grin
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I'm trying to think of how you could prevent that happening in the future. Normally spill is around 23 °C, so pet than bringing them in to the air conditioning, there must be another way to keep them cool. Hesian bags draped over and dampened perhaps with a trickle of water to keep them damp.
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Quote from: StinkyPete on December 20, 2015, 07:32:37 PM (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=10351.msg1190569#msg1190569)<blockquote>I've just discovered that the residents in my Worm Farm did not survive the heat wave. Bugger! :'(
We've been friends for a long time, sharing bananas and helping each other with the gardening.
Ohhh Stinky.. (Blame Chris for that one.
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Could well be a little breezy for Christmas here.
From BOM:
Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Northern Region on:
Monday: Low.
Tuesday: Moderate.
Wednesday: High.
Looking like forming in the Gulf of Carpentaria, then it just depends whether it decides to go east or west.....
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Great day here today, forced us out of the house to do some wine tasting. Damn lifes hard, got to entertain the visiting family though.
Looks like another heat wave for Christmas.... hmmmm roast or salad?