Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Heat still didn’t make it this far north yesterday but that should change today with mid 30s likely away from the strong seabreezes. Some storms are possible on the ranges in the west of the Northern Rivers. Cricket Test Match starts today so no afternoon media work for me this arvo - perhaps I’ll get [...]
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Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Finally a much cooler start due to a weak SE change that came through yesterday evening.
Yesterday was a long day - finished school about 12:30pm, then funeral service, then after afternoon tea headed down for an AMOS (Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society) meeting - it was the AGM. This was all during hot conditions - [...]
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
yes - very sad about Roger. He was one of the first people I knew in the weather community when I started going to AMOS meetings not long after moving to Sydney for work in 1989.
Bit warmer and more humid today - at the surface at least. Looks more likely there will be some cells [...]
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Awoke to yet another red sunrise with altocumulus cover and a reminder of smoke from the threatening bushfires. Very dry and hot as well - it got to 41C at nearby Penrith and today still anticipated to reach near 40 - well 38C is near enough. Actually Michael, was there convection nearby or near Dorrigo? [...]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Certainly no sign of the hot weather up here on the Far North Coast. Only mid 20s this afternoon with quite a fresh seabreeze keeping things nice. There is a chance we may see some convection on the Dorrigo Plateau today and Wednesday, and then a bit further north on Thursday.
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Early rise for me - sunrise as red as can be filtering through the bush fire smoke. Not the best news I’m afraid. Today is anticipated to be hot with dry NW winds - perfect bush fire weather unfortunately. I’ll be at work today and see what evolves from there.
Jimmy
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Another fairly mild day for mid November with the max only reaching about 25. The dew point fell away to 10 later today - certainly a sign the atmosphere has only slightly recovered from the powerful cold front last week. In fact it’s really just the shallow seabreeze moisture otherwise the DP would be well [...]
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Warming up by the looks - a day off today. Might go for a drive. Not much in the way of storms anticipated with a ridge in place. With so much extremely dry air centred inland, the air is bound to warm and lead to dangerous bush fire conditions. talking about drought - we have [...]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2006
Was on the northern Gold Coast this morning with family for a friend’s 40th birthday - yes 40, not too long before I reach that mark too. They had a hire boat and we went from Runaway Bay to Surfers Paradise and back. Beautiful day for it, though a little cool at first, dewpoints are [...]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2006
Jimmy Deguara’s post
Daybreak. Very hazy given there are bushfires - another clear sky. Storm prospects are improving but no doubt the conditions accompanying the rise in instability will not always be favourable.
Feeling very tired given I was up late last night. Watched the footy Australia versus Great Britain. Although Australia won, they did get a run for [...]
