Very much a miss here
Doing better than us! 4mm overnight makes 46mm mtd. Expecting a fair bit more this week though.StratoBendigo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:25 am 10mm so far this week. MTD of 51 mm.
Maybe another 5-10mm this coming week. Pretty average for August.
Yep, when the wind goes SWly, you should get heaps. Incidentally, there's a Low spinning up in Western Vic atm. Looks interesting on Radar.Gordon wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:58 amDoing better than us! 4mm overnight makes 46mm mtd. Expecting a fair bit more this week though.StratoBendigo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:25 am 10mm so far this week. MTD of 51 mm.
Maybe another 5-10mm this coming week. Pretty average for August.
Noticed the pressure this morning as well. It's currently 991 hPa here (adjusted for sea level), which is the lowest so far.hillybilly wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:57 am BTW check out your barometers. Pressures have gone below 990hPa. Doesn't happen too open. So far the lowest I've seen here is 988 The August record for Moorabbin which has a good long record is 985.8 hPa so not far of record low values.
The soil around here isn't muddy, it's still soaking it in after a dry July. It was muddy in late-May/early June, but not now. Not a heap of run-off into the big dams around here either with Eppalock at just 40%. YTD we are tracking ok: 400mm (compared with annual mean of 550mm).snowfall wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:02 am 2.4mm here overnight, makes 4.8mm for the past 24 hours. We're only on 43.6mm for the month, despite it raining most days. We've been getting rain shadowed this morning, which might be a bit of a feature for much of today here.
I'm kind of torn on rainfall at the moment. I would love to at least reach average or above for the month, but the ground around here is absolutely drenched and some plants and smaller trees are suffering from too much water. My feet just sink into the muddy, swampy ground out the back and this week I noticed grass in a few spots has been turning yellow due to waterlogging. Clay soil is the main culprit! Plus, we're only about 50mm away from our annual average.
990.1 here atmsnowfall wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:06 amNoticed the pressure this morning as well. It's currently 991 hPa here (adjusted for sea level), which is the lowest so far.hillybilly wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:57 am BTW check out your barometers. Pressures have gone below 990hPa. Doesn't happen too open. So far the lowest I've seen here is 988 The August record for Moorabbin which has a good long record is 985.8 hPa so not far of record low values.
Must have still had a reasonable amount of evaporation from wind and sun during July. That might all change in your area during spring if we do end up with a negative IOD, plus the likelihood of at least a weak La Nina.StratoBendigo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:08 amThe soil around here isn't muddy, it's still soaking it in after a dry July. It was muddy in late-May/early June, but not now. Not a heap of run-off into the big dams around here either with Eppalock at just 40%. YTD we are tracking ok: 400mm (compared with annual mean of 550mm).snowfall wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:02 am 2.4mm here overnight, makes 4.8mm for the past 24 hours. We're only on 43.6mm for the month, despite it raining most days. We've been getting rain shadowed this morning, which might be a bit of a feature for much of today here.
I'm kind of torn on rainfall at the moment. I would love to at least reach average or above for the month, but the ground around here is absolutely drenched and some plants and smaller trees are suffering from too much water. My feet just sink into the muddy, swampy ground out the back and this week I noticed grass in a few spots has been turning yellow due to waterlogging. Clay soil is the main culprit! Plus, we're only about 50mm away from our annual average.
Oh wow -just checked, 989.0 here. It looked to be clearing up briefly about an hour ago here, was thinking of heading out for the allowed one hour of exercise, but the rain is starting to settle in here.hillybilly wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:57 am BTW check out your barometers. Pressures have gone below 990hPa. Doesn't happen too open. So far the lowest I've seen here is 988 The August record for Moorabbin which has a good long record is 985.8 hPa so not far of record low values.
My min was 989.5! Lowest I have ever recorded.