Renegadesfan
Also known as Sooz
Ok i suggest that you get the same brand!Guys my phone is playing up, I think my battery is knackered, I'll buy a new phone soon, I'll reply to PMs when I return
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Renegadesfan
Also known as Sooz
We just got some of that rain. I say some. We got about 10mm of it
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
What a name: rain bomb! But the pics on TV were devastating. How are you, mate? How are you all living in AUS? Unprecedented rainfall, parts of Sydney flooded. He who denies that this is manmade climate change doesn't understand anything. Extremes only. Two years ago that drought and now the exact opposite.
Hope you are all safe.
We are all safe thanks Thomas. Our garage was under water on Tues/Wed and my pool looks like a swamp. I feel for the poor families of people lost in these shocking floods along our Eastern Seaboard.
That is a knee jerk reaction probably from a depressed farmer. Before this latest rain bomb much of Australia's crop had been processed for export. with many farmers saying it was the best crop for years. Unfortunately the recent deluge up north where a lot of tropical fruit is produced will resonate down south with raised prices due to damaged crops. Ditto with our food bowls on NSW/VIC border if this current deluge reaches that far south..
I live on the west coast and we've hardly had any rain for more than three months. December 2021 to February 2022 we had 5.2 mm including a total of 0mm in January. The next six days is set to see temperatures in the mid to high 30's as summer keeps on rolling for another month, next Saturday is 32 degrees at this stage of the forecast which is the coolest day for the entire week. Minimums are the very high teens to mid 20's in that time as well.
In contrast, Brisbane has had 1,121.3mm from December to February which is the city's wettest such period for 51 years and third wettest on record.
In contrast, Brisbane has had 1,121.3mm from December to February which is the city's wettest such period for 51 years and third wettest on record.
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Renegadesfan
Also known as Sooz
You had me at you guys getting no rain.
I live in victoria and we haven't had rain until this week.
We have had qld's humidity.
I reckon the earthquake tremour we had last year caused this to happen.
You had me at you guys getting no rain.
Yes, we had nothing in January. Any sort of grass or garden that doesn't have irrigation is brown.
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That would be La Nina,
Renegadesfan
. Due to the warm temperatures in the western Pacific Ocean, that has pushed a lot of moisture south, Brisbane and Sydney have copped a drenching with Victoria (including Melbourne) bearing some of that too. That looks set to continue until at least mid-April at this stage.
That is how the east coast was two years ago when after three years of consecutive bone dry summers we had that catastrophic fire season which damaged as much as a third of our state.
Renegadesfan
Also known as Sooz
Getting lovely autumn weather now!
Seems like the east coast has caught up on its rainfall and then some this current season. Forecast not looking great for the next few days either with more rain expected, heavy falls too.
Just be thankful that over in the west you aren't bothered by the devastating La Nina and El Nina systems. Its is not well known that La Nina can cause severe marine heatwaves off the Western Australian coast, bleaching coral and killing marine life while El Nina may be your rescuer by cooling those same waters. So at least one these two Spanish siblings does some good.
Renegadesfan
Also known as Sooz
Think Western Australia needs it more than what NSW needs it.
That would be El Nino (not El Nina), the opposite to La Nina. Yes, the goings in the Pacific Ocean generally have no influence here, particularly El Nino. La Nina can have an influence on the far northern parts of the state. The waters off the state have been some of the warmest for some time so there does seem to have be a small amount of influence there.
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Not so. A La Niña event is underway in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Most people know La Niña can bring wetter and cooler conditions to much of eastern and northern Australia. What is less known is that La Nina can also cause severe marine heatwaves off the Western Australian coast, resulting in coral bleaching and affecting fisheries. (BOM)
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Renegadesfan
Also known as Sooz
Have the cat on my lap whilst i try to get up.
