Author Topic: Severe Weather (Read 9799 times)

StinkyPete · « **Reply #25 on:** December 19, 2015, 09:50:36 AM »

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.

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #26 on:** December 19, 2015, 11:24:14 AM »

12.15 pm, 37.1 degrees.... need to go over to the supermarket, should I take a jumper?

(We did have 0.2 mm of rain around 10.am... the rest evaporated before it hit the ground)

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #27 on:** December 19, 2015, 11:29:13 AM »

Quote from: StinkyPete on December 19, 2015, 09:50:36 AM

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...

Nigel · « **Reply #28 on:** December 19, 2015, 11:41:30 AM »

Quote from: Kev Murphy on December 19, 2015, 11:24:14 AM

12.15 pm, 37.1 degrees.... need to go over to the supermarket, should I take a jumper?

Highly recommended. This is Melb/Vic after all..

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btw should have my rocket back this week.

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #29 on:** December 19, 2015, 12:12:16 PM »

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!

WendyL · « **Reply #30 on:** December 19, 2015, 12:30:45 PM »

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.

Nigel · « **Reply #31 on:** December 19, 2015, 01:32:06 PM »

Quote from: Kev Murphy on December 19, 2015, 12:12:16 PM

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!

Not to mention, that the cows now have an extra hour to make more methane bombs go figure...

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #32 on:** December 19, 2015, 01:51:02 PM »

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

Nigel · « **Reply #33 on:** December 19, 2015, 02:22:24 PM »

Told ya to take your brolly....

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Nigel · « **Reply #34 on:** December 19, 2015, 02:23:45 PM »

40.2 in Bayswater atm. In the shade of course...

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Nigel · « **Reply #35 on:** December 19, 2015, 02:26:24 PM »

Having said that ...40.2 deg.....it is now raining.....what next....snow

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Kev Murphy · « **Reply #36 on:** December 19, 2015, 02:48:14 PM »

Strip off, nothing better than a nice warm shower...

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #37 on:** December 19, 2015, 05:21:42 PM »

28.4 degrees here at 6.15 pm... and rain approaching...

alans1100 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 19, 2015, 06:02:54 PM »

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.

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #39 on:** December 19, 2015, 06:43:17 PM »

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

StinkyPete · « **Reply #40 on:** December 20, 2015, 06:32:16 AM »

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.

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #41 on:** December 20, 2015, 07:07:17 AM »

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

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #42 on:** December 20, 2015, 07:16:36 AM »

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

NTRebel · « **Reply #43 on:** December 20, 2015, 08:39:22 AM »

Supposed to get to a nice cold 33 in Alice today with 80% chance of precipitation currently sitting on 28 at 0800 hrs.

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #44 on:** December 20, 2015, 09:27:03 AM »

Quote from: NTRebel on December 20, 2015, 08:39:22 AM

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?

Light passing sprinkle of rain here at the moment..10.30 am and 17.3 degrees

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #45 on:** December 20, 2015, 09:55:25 AM »

10.50 am, 16 degrees now with constant light misty rain and road is wet... neighbour has just abandoned lawn mower and retreated inside.

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #46 on:** December 20, 2015, 10:43:41 AM »

20 minutes to midday, and now the rain is bucketing down. 0.6 mm in past 5 mins.. cats both came rocketing inside.

alans1100 · « **Reply #47 on:** December 20, 2015, 11:08:06 AM »

Quote from: StinkyPete on December 20, 2015, 06:32:16 AM

Port Augusta hit 47.1 yesterday.

We made 41 yesterday and the temp dropped outside about 10 pm when the wind changed from the northerly we had all day.

alans1100 · « **Reply #48 on:** December 20, 2015, 11:13:48 AM »

Quote from: Kev Murphy on December 20, 2015, 07:07:17 AM

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.

Wild Rose · « **Reply #49 on:** December 20, 2015, 11:31:38 AM »

23° at this moment in Toowoomba

It is surpost to get to a hot 26° today

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Author Topic: Severe Weather (Read 9799 times)