Crikey it’s wet

[facthunter]

Not in the South West where the REAL rain is.  P.S. Don't mention the LEECHES. Nev

[onetrack]

OME, they're called trench digging machines - you can even get trenching attachments for Bobcats. Doesn't take long to install a 200M narrow trench with them. No-one - but no-one - digs trenches by hand any more. 

[Jerry_Atrick]

I read, I think it was in The Age, that people from northern climes in Australia are moving to southern climes to avoid the oppressing and dangerous heat in the north thanks to climate change. The Crikey its Wet and Climate Change Debate continues threads seems like the could be joined as one ands the discussion would be the same topic. 

 

[old man emu]

When does water falling from clouds become "rain". In other words, how much of that water is needed to justify claiming that it is raining? Is there a certain length of time that water has fallen continuously? What is the volumetric difference between a "shower" and "rain"?

[red750]

y son managed to get the front lawn mowed for Christmas before the rain came today. A pretty heavy fall. 

 

This photo taken down the neighbour's drive may give some idea of how big the gum tree in his yard is. The video was taken from our back yard. The fence is 6ft high. I don't know how the council would let a gumtree this tall grow in a suburban backyard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[facthunter]

Councils are DUMB and are a sheltered workshop.. Failed example of democracy.   Nev

[red750]

Minimum temp 12.1, coldest Christmas Day since 2006. Max 17.3. Carbon copy tomorrow.

[rgmwa]

Well, 41 here in the Hills east of Perth this afternoon with a bit of a thunderstorm on the way by the look of it.

[pmccarthy]

Two blankets and a doona tonight.

[onetrack]

42° in Perth City, 43° at Pearce Airbase, Perth Airport, and Gooseberry Hill at the foot of the Darling Range - and a minimum last night of 24.2°. It was 40.9° on Rottnest Island!

 

Hot N/NE winds and thunderstorms moving from the N along a trough line, but no decent amount of rain. We spent most of the day under the A/C, up in the hills at SD's place at Stoneville.

 

 

Edited 19 hours ago by onetrack

[nomadpete]

11 hours ago, onetrack said:

42° in Perth City, 43° at Pearce Airbase, Perth Airport,

Proof at last!

Global warming is true!

And Perth is responsible for it.

 

Expect the department of war to bomb Perth to fix it.

Thank you for attention to this matter (DJT)

[facthunter]

Depends where the wind is coming from. That's all it is. Perth can get temps like this till March.  Nev

[onetrack]

It's not that bad. We survived. A bit of a sweaty, still night, last night, as the trough moved inland - this morning we have a balmy 21-22° and a lovely cool Sou-Westerly ahead of the tip of a cold front.

It's when a trough hangs around the coast for days on end, and brings in the heat from the interior, coupled with the stillness of the centre of a low-pressure area, that it gets a bit tiring.

The worst part is, despite the trough and associated thunderstormy skies, we got no rain in the City, and very few areas in W.A. got much out of it. My block in the wheatbelt got 3.4mm.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by onetrack

[facthunter]

Adelaide can cop a lot of heat at times. It's location allows the Wind to travel Long distances over HOT dry ground. . Darwin would have to have the LEAST Max temp variation. It just has a WET and a DRY.  Nev