Monday, September 7th, 2009
Jimmy the dry weather has persisted with just 0.9mm of rainfall during August. The last decent rainfall was at the beginning of July which has meant two months with no rain – and the need to buy water to top up the household water tanks.
We had a few hot days after returning from the ASWA conference – the afternoon we returned was the worst with 36. Lots of records were set that day.
The following weekend 29-31 August, Alison, her mum and I drove to Newcastle for a family wedding. Strong winds got quite severe on the Saturday evening as a cold front pushed through. The next day there was a large bushfire in the Nelson Bay area – this was taken from the cliffs around Newcastle:
The past week was fairly quiet weatherwise though an isolated severe storm did develop south of Grafton on Saturday. I was able to see some of it from Ballina.
MB
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Tags: 31 August, 9mm, bushfires, Dry Weather, Photograph, storm storms tornadoes chasing and hailstorms, Water Tanks, Weatherwise
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Headed up to the Northern Tablelands last Wednesday (15th July) to intercept some snowfalls across the region. A very large cold pool brought scattered storm clouds across NSW. Some of these managed to produce snow on higher ground between Guyra and Glen Innes. The best falls were at Ben Lomond (where I was) where snow depth got to about 6cm or more by the next morning.
All photos for the two days are here:
15 July 2009 photos and 16 July 2009 photos
In contrast to the snow and cold, this week has seen widespread temperatures in the mid 20s. Looks like it will get to 25 today after 24 the past two days.
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Tags: 15th July, Photograph, storm storms tornadoes chasing and hailstorms, Temperatures, Weather
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Those images you have show how spectacular and messy the flooding was – certainly a huge damage bill. What is amazing about this even was the widespread nature of the major floods across southeast Queensland and North East NSW region. Certainly the most significant flood event in years for that part fo the world. And what about the Coffs Harbour and Bellingen region – 3 floods in one year! And it si only May!
Jimmy
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