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Warm thundery weather 22nd October Bushfires NSW Qld

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

It seems there is a hint of thunderstorms beginning to be in the picture from the 22nd October over eastern NSW and lingering for some time. Obviously this depends on moisture availability. GFS has been very unreliable with predictions of moisture particularly inland around the Central West this season as with other seasons. The coastal areas are struggling with moisture but nowhere near as serious. This means Sydney and further north to the mid-north coast are in for a chance of storms over the coming days.

Meanwhile, bushfires continue to threaten communities over northern NSW and Queensland. I am certainly surprised to see Rockhampton during October getting serious fire behaviour. Personally, I have yet to see bushfires mentioned in the news so far north into the tropics. At least though the dust storms have eased for the time being.

Jimmy

Rain and storms Sydney October 2009

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Finally some significant rainfall across the Sydney region and south along the coast. Some heavy falls occurred in the parched South Coast where water restrictions are about to be issued.

The rain began overnight Friday as thunderstorms streamed in from the northwest. Some hailstorms amongst the many cells that developed and rapidly drifted towards the coast. Most of the more consistent rainfall however occurred on 3rd October. Models seem to indicate a wet pattern and relatively cooler weather at least for the first part of October.

Meanwhile, in contrast, bushfires and heat waves conditions persist in Queensland and parts of northern NSW.

Jimmy

Hot dry weekend September 12th and 13th 2009

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Since the last warm spell, the weather had remained reasonably cool with rather cool nights. However, the weekend proved to be rather warm to hot with a north westerly air stream advecting above average temperatures across the state. Temperatures reached 31C on Saturday 12th and 32C on Sunday. Amazingly, the minimum temperature during Sunday morning was about 7C warming to 28C by 11am! There have been and still are bush fires burning across the state.

Cooler weather this morning as the south east change moved through this morning. There is a potential for thunderstorms mostly elevated today. Tomorrow there is higher likelihood of thunderstorms as the change stalls.

Jimmy