Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Hi Jimmy, more mild days coming up. Expecting 26 here Wed and Thurs. The Rural Fire Service is introducing the bushfire danger period here from tomorrow - which is 1 month earlier than normal. The big dry continues - I measured just 1mm for July - wow ! Katrina goes on the year 10 excursion [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by Michael Bath
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
Michael,
Yes the snow depth has certainly built up possibly to a maximum given the current pattern. The issue though is that the warm weather may begin to impact on this snow particularly in the lower elevations. Michael Scollay suggests in his predictions that the snow will disappear quickly this year because of early heating! It depends on [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by jdeguara
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
Hi Jimmy - some rather mild days and already 24 today. Quite a contrast to last week, though to be expected with the winds being predominantly N-NW. Been great to see some storms in Victoria and NSW over the past two days, but annoying none of them made it this far north.
Next major cold change [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by Michael Bath
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Wow - quite a flock now - just as well you got enough rain to grow a decent pasture for them.
A lot more moisture around this morning with some lovely valley fog, then some altocumulus from the south. Cumulus has developed this afternoon and looks quite widespread over eastern Australia today.
Rodney departed for his snow [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by Michael Bath
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Michael,
Yep the sheep explosion continues with another set of twins - total now 28 sheep! We have as many lambs now as sheep.
I awoke to an altostratus deck this morning and it seems it is located mainly in central and southern NSW. Clear sky further to the north this afternoon as I write. I have [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by jdeguara
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
I would not have thought you had enough pasture for that many sheep - my memory of your place must be slipping.
25mm at Ballina during some heavy showers just after midnight but nothing here or for the majority of the Northern Rivers by the looks. Weak onshore flow will produce a couple more showers over the [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by Michael Bath
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
Michael,
The sheep stay on this property - we won’t keep them all - they will eventually be sold as they grow older and are less dependent. I would like to correct my initial number of sheep to 12 - I miscounted and I call myself a maths teacher. So I think we now have 26 [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by jdeguara
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
Hi Jimmy - who will look after all these sheep - do they get moved to another property?
10 drops of rain overnight - wow ! Ballina got 4mm but little anywhere else. Next few days have potential for a light shower in the northern part of the Northern Rivers. The weather patterns have gone into a [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by Michael Bath
Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Michael,
The cold mornings have ceased finally as a result of what you have suggested - increased dew points. We even got a trace of some light drizzle. Clouds have been here now for three days with southerly winds.
Another set of triplet lambs this morning - that now makes 12 lambs - we have doubled the [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Storm Chasing by jdeguara
Friday, July 20th, 2007
Hi Jimmy - the cold mornings certainly continue with some record minimums in NE NSW and SE QLD. Some very damaging frosts around here with temps in some of the local valleys down to minus 9 - this is no error - many sources have reported mins well below -5. The air-mass changed this arvo [...]
