permaculture, chooks & stuff in the Samford Valley (Queensland)
Posted in weather on Oct 31st, 2009
Monday (26th), the mini-drought in Brisbane did break, 53mm of delicious rain fell here and we’ve been able to throw away the chlorophyll-tinted glasses we had all taken to wearing.
Great news…..but of course rain never falls in an egalitarian fashion with places like Rockhampton still desperate for a good fall – can’t be too far [...]
Posted in weather on Oct 26th, 2009
After the disappointment of a couple more storms that failed to eventualise over the weekend, it seems that Brisbane’s four month mini-drought is set to finally end today.
The bureau is forecasting significant rain – it’s just a waiting game now.
So as the rain-gauge said to the cloud this morning….Bring it on!!
Posted in weather on Oct 7th, 2009
Sad James here – yep today’s stormettes didn’t cut it….just 0.7mm lobbed into my rain guage.
Hope now turns to Sunday when the Bureau is again calling for showers or a storm.
Seems like the weather pattern is changing, but so far mostly talk (thunder) and no action (rain).
Posted in weather on Oct 7th, 2009
Is today the day we get some tank filling rain? Radar images are not that impressive yet however the blue patches are increasing….was that a rumble of thunder I just heard??
Happy James or Sad James to report back later.
Posted in weather on Oct 6th, 2009
It’s seems unreal now that we had 700mm of rain in the 3 months up to the end of June – that was about 5 times the average rainfall for that period.
Since then, the rain tap has been tightly turned off and with some higher than normal temperatures and many windy days, everything is rapidly [...]
Posted in weather on Oct 5th, 2009
Everyone is probably totally over the east coast dust storm (September 23) story.
However I have only just got back home from 10 days away and haven’t had a chance to regale readers with my personal perspective of millions of airborne tiny pieces of South Australia arriving unexpectedly up Queensland way.
September 23 – first day of the [...]
Posted in weather on Aug 24th, 2009
Not the sort of record to jump up and down about – Brisbane has just recorded its hottest ever August day.
The Bureau of Meteorology thermometer touched 35.4 Celsius late this afternoon – that’s 95.7 Fahrenheit in the old language.
With this early heat wave, remembering we are still officially in winter, it’s no wonder the authorities [...]
Posted in weather on Aug 17th, 2009
Winter scorcher: mercury may break record
Temperatures may reach a record 32 degrees in Brisbane for the first time in more than 60 years this week, as warm north-west winds heat the south-east corner, forecasters say. (brisbanetimes.com.au)
Spring is supposed to be still 2 weeks away but let’s just all call it early summer and stop playing [...]
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