Weather winter 2010/2011

[Paddy Tobin]

Weather here at 17:40   -   available on the internet from a National Roads Authority weather station about 100 - 150metres from our house.

No Recent Rainfall   
Ground temperature 2.9°C   
Air Temperature 3.5°C   
Wind speed: 2 Km/h Westerly   
Humidity82%
Precipitation Amount: Zero
Road State Temp
Surface temperature: 3°C       5cm Depth2°C             30cm Depth 1°C
Other Temps:    Freezing Point-3°C                 Dew Point1°C
Wind & Visibility: VisibilityN/A          Max Wind Gust3km/h

[Graham Catlow]

Didn't somebody famous come from Wagga Wagga (so good they named it twice)?

It was Bill Kerr who used to appear with Tony Hancock and Sid James on "Hancock's Half Hour" on the steam Radio

I'm sure Anthony was really thinking of Dame Edna Everidge

[cohan]

Didn't somebody famous come from Wagga Wagga (so good they named it twice)?

I believe it was someone who emigrated from Walla Walla, Washington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla_Walla,_Washington

funny that they mentioned the cartoons, as that's my memory of walla walla--bugs bunny or others...lol

[angie]

Just seen on the news what Paul T was saying about the amount of rain that Australia was getting. There is major flooding and some people have died. I hope our friends are alright.
The snow does damage but nothing compared to floods. Thinking of you all on the other side of the world.

Angle 

[cohan]

Weather here at 17:40   -   available on the internet from a National Roads Authority weather station about 100 - 150metres from our house.

No Recent Rainfall   
Ground temperature 2.9°C   
Air Temperature 3.5°C   
Wind speed: 2 Km/h Westerly   
Humidity82%
Precipitation Amount: Zero
Road State Temp
Surface temperature: 3°C       5cm Depth2°C             30cm Depth 1°C
Other Temps:    Freezing Point-3°C                 Dew Point1°C
Wind & Visibility: VisibilityN/A          Max Wind Gust3km/h

sounds very balmy to me  nothing so warm here, though lori got something like +8 in calgary yesterday, i imagine that made the roads very messy, and presumably refroze today (our high will be -15C after -5 yesterday)..periods of snow starting this aft, 5cm forecast...

[Anthony Darby]

Didn't somebody famous come from Wagga Wagga (so good they named it twice)?

It was Bill Kerr who used to appear with Tony Hancock and Sid James on "Hancock's Half Hour" on the steam Radio

I'm sure Anthony was really thinking of Dame Edna Everidge

Spot on Graham.

[Paul T]

Paul,
thats quite an impressive flood of rain considering an annual amount of ~630 mm in your region.
Weather extremes everywhere...

Armin,
And it has been quite a few years since we've actually REACHED out long term average of 630mm.  If you took the average for the last 20 years I think it would be much less.  The city of Queanbeyan (it adjoins Canberra, just across the border in New South Wales) yesterday was declared a natural disaster area..... the 30th location to be declared one in the current round of torrential rains.  It has a river rise height of 8.4m go through it yesterday, cutting the city in half.  It all flows through into the main lake in the middle of Canberra.  They had 5 spillways open on the lake for the first time since 1976 (when I was there taking photos they opened the 4th one).  All this water will head downstream, and end up on Wagga Wagga again in the next couple of days.  This will be the third major hammering of Wagga Wagga since October.  There are places all over south eastern Aus that are flooded or in danger of flooding at the moment.  Not good. 

Thanks for everyones best wishes.  Thankfully for me to be "properly" flooded here we'd need something of truly biblical proportions (literally).  I can live with water running through the garage quite comfortably, even if all the junk inside is now a bit damp. 

[mark smyth]

we had an excellent thaw over night with most of the snow around here gone. All that's left is some compacted ice. Hopefully that will go during the day

[ChrisB]

Our snow is finally starting to melt and I saw my first patch of green grass this morning near the greenhouse.  But there are mountains of it yet to go, and I doubt this milder weather is going to shift it quickly.  Already I can see I'm going to have to do a lot of shrub pruning, some shrubs may pick up a little, but some have completely snapped under the weight of the snow.  Lot of work come spring....

[angie]

Same here in Aberdeen. Snow going really fast. Our hedge has dropped by two feet in places.
The sad thing is my baby fish that spawned this year are frozen in the ice. I suppose they didn't have enough body fat. Just thinking to myself does that mean that I need to eat more chocolate cake and bars of chocolate to keep me alive.   no I think I have enough body fat

Angie

[mark smyth]

using birds! Not one bird is at my feeders today despite yummy food put out for them

[Casalima]

Up to an even more unseasonal nearly 23 ºC today. And Ponte de Lima was the warmest place in the country, as far as I can see, which is even odder. Not that I am complaining ... Temps due to fall to 10-ish again next week.

[cohan]

Paul,
thats quite an impressive flood of rain considering an annual amount of ~630 mm in your region.
Weather extremes everywhere...

Armin,
And it has been quite a few years since we've actually REACHED out long term average of 630mm.  If you took the average for the last 20 years I think it would be much less.  The city of Queanbeyan (it adjoins Canberra, just across the border in New South Wales) yesterday was declared a natural disaster area..... the 30th location to be declared one in the current round of torrential rains.  It has a river rise height of 8.4m go through it yesterday, cutting the city in half.  It all flows through into the main lake in the middle of Canberra.  They had 5 spillways open on the lake for the first time since 1976 (when I was there taking photos they opened the 4th one).  All this water will head downstream, and end up on Wagga Wagga again in the next couple of days.  This will be the third major hammering of Wagga Wagga since October.  There are places all over south eastern Aus that are flooded or in danger of flooding at the moment.  Not good. 

Thanks for everyones best wishes.  Thankfully for me to be "properly" flooded here we'd need something of truly biblical proportions (literally).  I can live with water running through the garage quite comfortably, even if all the junk inside is now a bit damp. 

one extreme to another! we go back and forth between below normal and milder days, but nothing problematic, so overall i count us lucky with so many having real weather troubles!

[Armin]

Paul,
I hope you will stay save.

I learned there is another 100 mm rainfall predicted the next days for western NSW...
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather

[Anthony Darby]

I hope your rains don't have the same effect as this: