The Australian Weather Forum

Lily, I have fans on constantly trying to stop mildew, but other than that wipe it off and hope for some sunshine. Here are some pictures for you, waiting for the rain to stop so I can take some more. Picture of gate at the bottom of pig paddocks, it is buried knee deep in dirt from runoff, some was...

The Whitsundays rain has moved south to us, last night some huge falls highest 260mm since midnight was recorded at Mackay's Northern Beaches. Absolute chaos in town alot of roads are flooded and one bridge closed, the Bruce Highway north of the Mackay is banked up with traffic. Still raining so wil...

Thanks for the explanation RWM. Just had 1 hour without rain, a rare thing week.

163.4mm in 24hrs to 7am. 55mm midnight to 7am. People in the Proserpine/Airlie Beach area are reporting 400mm in 48hrs, that huge rainfall!
MTD 1115.6mm
YTD 1689.6mm

RWM how come Townsville is dryer than here? Is it because of the hills/mountains in our area?

Have just broken my March record (compared with Te Kowai AWS) of 1034.7mm set in 1955 . Now the question is by how much?

Thanks Lily, I was pretty happy . Have been keen to try again but no storms, just rain.

Some pics showing the weather we have been getting. Storm on its way, we had 121mm out of it: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x151/sheree2323/IMG_8252.jpg A typical day (for March) in Mackay: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x151/sheree2323/IMG_8006.jpg My first attempt at lightning pics, sitti...

Well it's still raining...... Today from midnight 36mm, 174.6mm in the last 3 days, nearby at Finch Hatton Gorge had over 200mm overnight. Everything is just soooo wet, as I have been typing we cracked 1m for March. 2.30pm - Temp 23C, wind 14km/hr, gusting up to 43.5km/hr, 1012.8hPa, 97% humidity.

RWM you should have no problems getting your 18mm with the predicted rainfall over the weekend. Had another storm this afternoon 175.2mm since midnight, a little bit wet here .
March to date - 829.8mm
Year to date - 1403.8mm

The rain has returned after a few of the hottest days of the year (max temp 34.1C, max heat index 43.8C), absolute STINKERS = humid & hot. Overnight from midnight to 7am we had 112.8mm, most which fell in 3hrs. Alot more rain around so will be an interesting day ahead. 7am - temp 22C ( :-P ), 10...

Storms were mainly to the south of us yesterday, but supposed to be moving north over the next couple of days. I'm hoping for storms too 'boxsey'.
10.15am - 30C, 38C heat index, 82% humidity, 1007.6hPa, 0.6mm of rain yesterday.

Rain has returned, 92.2mm since midnight last nite, 78mm fell in 2 hours 11-1pm. Looks like we are in for a wet weekend!

WOW guys you are really copping it, hope you all stay safe. No rain for me today , storms were predicted but didn't eventuate.

Hi Lily, hope I'm not too late
Jan - 302.6mm
Feb - 271.4mm

Some rain heading my way...............

Thanks Power Storm! Please ignore my previous barometric pressure reading, I didn't realise my weather station wasn't calibrated properly, but it is now . Have had 164.4mm for the day so far and looks like more to come on the radar! My little piggies will need flippers if this keeps up.

Getting some awesome rain here, from 7.30am-9am, 78mm and showing no sign of letting up! My Davis weather station is telling me 'it's raining cats n dogs', NE 10km/hr, 99% RH, 23C, 1008.7hPa. Not sure I should be posting my observations here since I am in Mackay, just let me know if it should be som...

Hi Jacci, nice pic, love the landscape. Does it take much time to stitch the images? Would like to see some more from your area.

Yesterday 56.4mm. Today so far we have had 19.4mm, this has taken us to 307mm for the month.

Howz the weather in Townsville? Today we had some showers 20.8mm up until around 7pm, then it just bucketed down 32.2mm in 30mins, at one stage rain rate of 174.6mm/hr. It has stopped raining now and I can hear our creek running, I just love the sound. This is probally just the start of the predicte...