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Offline DarWen

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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #525 on: October 28, 2020, 04:44:04 PM »
Jeepers, at least your tanks should be full.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #526 on: October 28, 2020, 04:53:15 PM »
yep...

Both dams @ 50% capacity too.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #527 on: October 28, 2020, 05:08:41 PM »
Dark threatening clouds, a nice shade of bottle green tinge, no wind, a few big flashes and rumbles then hardly enough of the wet stuff to dampen the footpath . " Storm Gooonneeeeeee " .
People running around crazy,  driving up over the footpath to get through the traffic and red traffic lights in their flash 4wd, so they dont get hailed on, others yelling to hurry up .. All thinking theyre going to get  caught in the Supercell of Doom .....
People round here have gone Bat Shit crazy ..
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #528 on: October 28, 2020, 05:11:46 PM »
Quote from: edz on October 28, 2020, 05:08:41 PM
Dark threatening clouds, a nice shade of bottle green tinge, no wind, a few big flashes and rumbles then hardly enough of the wet stuff to dampen the footpath . " Storm Gooonneeeeeee " .
People running around crazy,  driving up over the footpath to get through the traffic and red traffic lights in their flash 4wd, so they dont get hailed on, others yelling to hurry up .. All thinking theyre going to get  caught in the Supercell of Doom .....
People round here have gone Bat Shit crazy ..

You live there.  ;D
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« Reply #529 on: October 28, 2020, 10:34:08 PM »
Yeah ! Wish I could afford not too .. I might identify a little with the BatShit crazy to  ::)
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #530 on: October 29, 2020, 03:45:20 AM »
we took a direct hit with a storm at 7pm..... should've been a good 20mm in it.

Can't wait to see the dams now.

All our tank overflows go straight to them, rather than just piss out all over the ground.   :cup:
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #531 on: October 29, 2020, 06:17:46 AM »
17.5mm..... still need a metre in each dam.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #532 on: October 29, 2020, 06:25:29 AM »
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on October 29, 2020, 06:17:46 AM
82 in the last 7 days...17.5mm..... still need a metre in each dam.

May as well call that 100mm!

Awesome :cup:
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #533 on: October 29, 2020, 06:36:03 AM »
Quote from: Steffo1 on October 28, 2020, 04:26:10 PM
Yea, how unusual! Storms in Queensland in October. Who would have thunk?
Oh, bucketed down here half an hour ago, from a naughty storm, to the tune of 15.6 mm. That makes a life threatening total of about 37 mm for the month, so far.

After good, soaking rain overnight, our monthly total now at 70.8 mm. As Jeepers has said, we still need another 100 mm or so, as our dam is still below half.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #534 on: October 29, 2020, 07:36:43 AM »
My g'father used to say that if it rains in October, it rains in December.

Looking back at our rain records, the years that we had above avergae rain In October, the same happened in December, so who knows, there may be something in it ???
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #535 on: October 29, 2020, 08:38:28 AM »
The onion man out here said it would rain in October.... he was talking 2018, he was only a little bit out.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #536 on: October 31, 2020, 01:49:22 PM »
we have wicked little purple storm cell about to hammer us.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #537 on: October 31, 2020, 02:21:44 PM »
Tiny bit of rain, small hail.... but, a second wave is behind it and just got a warning on the bat phone for large hail.

Its eerily quiet here all of a sudden.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #538 on: October 31, 2020, 02:33:59 PM »
We're about 50k S.E. from you Kev and we just got slammed with this
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #539 on: October 31, 2020, 02:51:18 PM »
Yeah.... we're not getting the storms at full tilt, they are still building up as they pass us.

Friggin good sized hail.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #540 on: October 31, 2020, 06:06:56 PM »
Impressive north Shitney

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued-for-sydney-central-coast-20201031-p56aal.html

In a severe thunderstorm warning at 3.04pm, the Bureau said thunderstorms are likely to produce "giant hailstones", heavy rainfall and possible flash flooding in the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands, in locations including Lismore, Grafton, Yamba and Maclean.

The storms may lead to flash flooding and "large hailstones" in other parts of the state, including Newcastle, Gosford, Sydney, Wollongong, Orange, Tamworth and Dubbo.
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #541 on: December 11, 2020, 06:16:18 AM »
Lightly showering this morning ;D

If we actually get what they're guessing at for the rest of the week, it'll certainly make the grass green! :o

http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/forecasts/surfers-paradise.shtml
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #542 on: December 11, 2020, 10:47:54 AM »
The reports are looking good for some wet stuff.  :cup:
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« Reply #543 on: December 11, 2020, 11:03:45 AM »
A nearly cyclone is dumping on the Pilbara after another one wet the Kimberley early in the  week.
100mm in Nullagine probably the most exciting thing to happen there in a while.  :D
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #544 on: December 12, 2020, 08:23:57 AM »
~35 mm so far since yesterday morning, & still gently raining now ;D

You getting any of it yet, Jeeps ???
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #545 on: December 12, 2020, 09:02:10 AM »
230mls at Coffs from about 4pm till 9am
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #546 on: December 12, 2020, 11:00:52 AM »
Quote from: rossm on December 11, 2020, 11:03:45 AM
A nearly cyclone is dumping on the Pilbara after another one wet the Kimberley early in the  week.
100mm in Nullagine probably the most exciting thing to happen there in a while.  :D

And Nullagine had another 100 plus. Marble Bar has had 200 over two days. Roads in and out of town all closed. Town Christmas Party on tonight, hopefully people can get there! 
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« Reply #547 on: December 12, 2020, 11:35:59 AM »
Quote from: alnjan on December 12, 2020, 09:02:10 AM
230mls at Coffs from about 4pm till 9am

Wow! :o
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Re: Batten Down the Hatches - Australia wide
« Reply #548 on: December 12, 2020, 11:54:06 AM »
Quote from: alnjan on December 12, 2020, 09:02:10 AM
230mls at Coffs from about 4pm till 9am
Flood related evacuation warnings at Sawtell I think it was
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« Reply #549 on: December 12, 2020, 12:18:29 PM »
Quote from: Bird on December 12, 2020, 11:54:06 AM
Flood related evacuation warnings at Sawtell I think it was

One section of one street that backs onto a creek.   It usually goes under pretty quick.   In all it has been good steady rain, 230mls in 17 hrs.   I checked my drive and it's really not that washed as it could have been.   Even the creek wasn't up that much. 

The BOM from their weather station at the Coffs airport only had 150mls.   Like a lot of places we need about a week of 100-150mls each day, or rather over a 24hr period.   Now if we had even 100mls, 150mls in half an hour like we have previously had, then we are in trouble with some flooding.     
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