Discussion: Australia General Weather

[Zweatherman]

I have just spoken to my brother who up in Mackay on holiday away from our cold weather here.

Warm wet and windy very much summed up his weather report.

[windy]

looks like a bit more rain in needed areas last couple of days., yes?
(inland VIC and NSW)

[RWood]

A friend was in Noosa for a week recently and thought the weather was perfect.

[rainfan]

As mentioned before re my "mate" - picked him up from the airport Tuesday evening, he said (actually moaned) that the weather was absolutely shocking (wet, cloudy and cold) and declared that next time he yearns for sunshine/warm weather, he'll go to Darwin!

[ATO2]

I got mate who went over to Jupiters (Gold Coast) and sends me these txts about the great weather the past 2 or 3 days...

[rainfan]

Half yearly totals for some state capitals (Jan - Jun 08)

Perth:
Rain: 417 (wettest April on record with 153mm)
Sun: 1640

Melbourne:
Rain: 200
Sun: 1183

Sydney:
Rain: 655 (driest May on record with 3mm)
Sun: 1229 (sunniest March on record with 274 hrs)

Brisbane:
Rain: 633
Sun: 1328

Darwin:
Rain: 1460 (Jan-Apr only) May & Jun had NIL
Sun: 1444 (Feb had 101 hrs)

[rainfan]

JULY 2008 STATISTICS:

Darwin as usual tops the list, Sydney 2nd in place re sunshine. For the first time since June 1991 all state capitals recorded near, exactly and above average rainfalls.

Darwin
Rain: NIL
Sun: 321

Brisbane
Rain: 91
Sun: 173

Sydney
Rain: 89 (74 at airport)
Sun 201

Melbourne
Rain: 44
Sun: 139

Hobart:
Rain 47
Sun: 156

Adelaide
Rain: 66
Sun: 134

Perth
Rain: 179 (205 at airport)
Sun 157

[rainfan]

Severe frosts in SE QLD - courtesy of the Courier-Mail

Big chill in southeast set to continue

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Greg Stolz
August 13, 2008 12:00am


SOUTHEAST Queenslanders shivered through one of their coldest mornings in years yesterday, and the big chill is set to continue.
The mercury plunged to minus 5C at Warwick while Coolangatta recorded its lowest minimum temperature in more than four decades – 1C. Even the normally balmy Hervey Bay could manage only the same overnight low as chilly Toowoomba – zero degrees – while centres including Stanthorpe, Dalby, Oakey, Maryborough and Gympie were all below freezing.
At Brisbane Airport, early morning travellers and workers shivered through 2.6C temperatures.
The city, where the temperature reached a minimum of 4.1C just after 6.30am, wasn't much warmer.
Maximum temperatures in parts of the southeast struggled to reach 16C.
Weather bureau senior forecaster Vikash Prasad said snow probably would have fallen on the Darling Downs had the air not been so dry.
"The minimum temperatures in some areas were certainly close to record lows," he said.
"Coolangatta's 1C minimum was the coldest since 1964 when the airport recorded 0.4C.
"The last time it was this cold in Coolangatta was in 1990 when the minimum reached 2C."

Meanwhile on the other side of the country - there in far-flung Perth - today is the 11th consecutive day of no rain - currently longest dry spell August-wise since 1991 which had 12. Longest spell on record is 20 days way back in 1902, with fine conditions expected over the next 7 - 10 days - the 1902 record might be broken although if it happened would certainly not be appreciated at all.

Looks to be one of the coldest Augusts on record with temps running as much as 5 degrees below average.

[ATO2]

Originally Posted by rainfan

Severe frosts in SE QLD - courtesy of the Courier-Mail

Big chill in southeast set to continue

Article from:

Greg Stolz
August 13, 2008 12:00am


SOUTHEAST Queenslanders shivered through one of their coldest mornings in years yesterday, and the big chill is set to continue.
...

That is a big event for that region!Thanks for posting that, I was wondering about extreme minima there, the other day.

[windy]

all due to the position of the high, shovelling cold air up and around and onto SE queensland all the time...