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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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There will be storms today. The precursor clouds have developed showing the high potential of something developing later
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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And down it comes!! Nice and heavy and no wind.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Getting heavy showers here atm. Been a bit stop start, and clearly the radar is overreading a bit with most spots only around a mm so far. A couple of fall locally around 5mm south of Ballarat :)

Should be a showery night as the upper trough sharpens up. Best looks like happening in the Great Divide north of Gippsland. Elsewhere more like 2-10mm.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Todays temps in Tas: Launceston 21.1, Cressy 21.1, Fingal 20.7, St Helens 20.0, Wynyard 19.8, Hobart 15.6
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Got up to 22.7c today before the cloud set in. 2mm so far with a few showers. One heavy-ish shower early this evening. Very calm. Barely a breath of wind and 12c.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

Post by Australis(Shell3155) »

"Radar" yellow..
it's going to be very wet..
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Very welcome 14mm overnight. After really wet first half of November here (125mm :? ) the second half was much drier (just over 10mm) so this one resets the drying, more or less. Month ends on 150mm, which is about 30mm above average :D We’ve really bucked the national trend our here with six of the past seven months above average :o

Good to see good falls shared around across central and eastern areas. Was never going to be big for the west or more northern parts.

Not seeing a lot today, just the odd shower. It is quite unstable, but moisture is limited in the colder air.

Tomorrow looks increasly cold, wet and windy :D
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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10mm overnite here. Quite surprised but will take it!
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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stevco123 wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 2:06 pm There will be storms today. The precursor clouds have developed showing the high potential of something developing later
There were no storms in Templestowe. Just light rain from time to time. Hopefully we get something today.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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4mm here; happy with that as it finishes November on 82mm, 1.1mm above average :).

About 10mm behind ytd average, but tracking pretty well given January to April was exceptionally dry (62mm total).
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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11.5mm here. The dot for Mt Macedon on the BOM's clickable map isn't working.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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hillybilly wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:33 am Very welcome 14mm overnight. After really wet first half of November here (125mm :? ) the second half was much drier (just over 10mm) so this one resets the drying, more or less. Month ends on 150mm, which is about 30mm above average :D We’ve really bucked the national trend our here with six of the past seven months above average :o

Good to see good falls shared around across central and eastern areas. Was never going to be big for the west or more northern parts.

Not seeing a lot today, just the odd shower. It is quite unstable, but moisture is limited in the colder air.

Tomorrow looks increasly cold, wet and windy :D
You are doing very well HB!
It's odd that the bom site for Ferny Creek only has 45mm for November up until yesterday.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Macedonian wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:56 am
hillybilly wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:33 am Very welcome 14mm overnight. After really wet first half of November here (125mm :? ) the second half was much drier (just over 10mm) so this one resets the drying, more or less. Month ends on 150mm, which is about 30mm above average :D We’ve really bucked the national trend our here with six of the past seven months above average :o

Good to see good falls shared around across central and eastern areas. Was never going to be big for the west or more northern parts.

Not seeing a lot today, just the odd shower. It is quite unstable, but moisture is limited in the colder air.

Tomorrow looks increasly cold, wet and windy :D
You are doing very well HB!
It's odd that the bom site for Ferny Creek only has 45mm for November up until yesterday.
It had an extended outage. Shame as it means it’s annual average is no good now :( It will still be the wettest metro site, but under by 100mm from the true number .
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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That is a shame.
Its also funny that it will be wettest even though it will be 100 under. You have gotta love a place that is that rainy! I'm envious!
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Macedonian wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:44 am That is a shame.
Its also funny that it will be wettest even though it will be 100 under. You have gotta love a place that is that rainy! I'm envious!
Love the rainfall reliability, though you’d be surprised at how the ecosystems adapt. We basically need 100mm a month to keep it damp. With 60-80m trees in the garden they just rip the moisture. The deep volcanic soil means we never get puddles for longer than a few hours after it stops raining.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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11mm overnight here, quite heavy at times. That take us up to 74mm for the month, which is just slightly above average. Quite a turnaround given the dry couple of weeks during the middle part of the month.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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hillybilly wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:49 am
Macedonian wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:44 am That is a shame.
Its also funny that it will be wettest even though it will be 100 under. You have gotta love a place that is that rainy! I'm envious!
Love the rainfall reliability, though you’d be surprised at how the ecosystems adapt. We basically need 100mm a month to keep it damp. With 60-80m trees in the garden they just rip the moisture. The deep volcanic soil means we never get puddles for longer than a few hours after it stops raining.
Same here, never a puddle or a boggy patch to be seen. The overflow from my tanks discharges straight onto the ground 4 metres from my house and even though thousands of litres can pour out of it, you would never know, the volcanic soil just swallows it up.
It's great soil but it dries out badly if there are even short periods without rain.
Calm here now and bright and sunny. So much for the bleak cold that was in the forecast just a couple of days ago.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Macedonian wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:51 am
Calm here now and bright and sunny. So much for the bleak cold that was in the forecast just a couple of days ago.
Watch the satpic animation. That front is really moving, coming up from the SW. Fun weather tomorrow!
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Hi all, a very welcome 15mls yesterday and 142.5mls for the month.. so pleased with this rain and lushness in the garden, sadly not everyone is enjoying this situation.
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Re: Near Stationary, sharpening LWT 26 Nov - 2 Dec

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Not exactly the “winters day” my social media newsfeed was promising :P Never was going to be a lot today as we sat under a weak ridge with fairly dry air. Sun’s got a real kick - managed a dip in the pool which is currently 27C thanks to the solar heating :)

Tomorrow will turn bleaker, and looks like another 10-20mm quite widespread by Monday morning. Probably double that in the wettest spots. This one’s a cracker of an early summer front, so should throw up the full winter mix including small hail and thunder, and alpine snow. Hopefully some makes it onto the fire grounds which are looking nasty despite around 10mm overnight (photo from the CFA below :( take this arvo near Orbost). Hard to believe how dry things are for so many atm.

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