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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Martin4Jay on January 02, 2019, 10:58:29 PM
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Huge red dust storm envelops Australian town of Dubbo on New Year's Eve – video
Footage obtained from Stephen Ney shows a dust storm rolling in on New Year’s Eve in the New South Wales town of Dubbo. Ney was lucky to get his drone down in time before the storm hit, while the massive dust cloud caused the evening's planned fireworks display to be cancelled (no audio)
https://bit.ly/2VhLgOO
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Massive hailstones, damaging winds and torrential rainfall lash Sydney as temperatures drop by nearly 20C in just half an hour - so how long will the wild weather last?
Sydney has been smashed by hailstones, torrential rain, lightning and devastating winds after a day of extreme heat.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by The Bureau of Meteorology for Sydney, stretching to the Hunter coasts on Saturday.
https://dailym.ai/2CRt1bW
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Wild afternoon of weather causes one death, traffic havoc
The storms that broke a sultry fortnight on Saturday afternoon caused damage to houses, power lines, train networks and traffic signals.
A southerly change worked its way up from Wollongong with increasing intensity, hitting Sydney with storms in the early afternoon.
https://bit.ly/2QpB3MM
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https://www.sott.net/article/404955-Australia-extreme-heatwave-Code-red-issued-as-Port-Augusta-hits-48-9C
Severe weather conditions forecast to bring maximum temperatures 8C to 16C above average, as three towns record overnight minimums of 33C
Port Augusta in South Australia has reached 48.9C on Tuesday, as a heatwave sets in across much of Australia threatening more record hot days.
All-time highest minimum temperatures have also been broken in three places. Meekatharra in Western Australia and Fowlers Gap and White Cliffs in New South Wales all registered an overnight minimum of 33C on Monday.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions extending from the interior of WA across South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, the ACT and NSW will bring maximum temperatures of 8C to 12C above average, and in some places up to 16C above average before the end of the week.
From Tuesday through to Friday, parts of South Australia, Victoria and NSW may break January heat records, with daytime maximums extending up to the mid-40s.
"It's quite a significant heatwave because we are expecting a number of records to fall across those areas for both minimum and maximum temperatures," said Dean Sgarbossa, a senior meteorologist with the Bureau of Meteorology.
On Tuesday, Port Augusta in South Australia reached 48.9C, an all-time high since records began in 1962.
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Australia feels the burn of an extreme heatwave
Most of the country has sweltered through a second straight day of higher-than-average temperatures, as a heatwave persists into its third day.
The Bureau of Meteorology earlier this week warned a record-breaking heatwave was on the horizon – and it wasn’t wrong.
https://bit.ly/2SW1H1A
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Powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off the east coast of Australia
An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude struck off the coast of Australia, near Vanuatu in the Pacific ocean.
https://dailym.ai/2T1jLYw
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Soaring heat turns outback into ghost town
https://bit.ly/2FGN7ar
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Australia heatwave: overnight minimum of 35.9C in Noona sets new record
On fifth day of record-breaking extreme weather, temperatures in parts of Victoria, ACT and NSW forecast to soar above 40C, including in Sydney’s west
https://bit.ly/2T2fB2f
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Australia's record heatwave worsened by delay in monsoon
Finally, the wet season is in sight in northern Australia, but the southern heatwave waxes and wanes.
https://bit.ly/2Hpyxqr
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Brisbane warned to brace for flooding as king tide hits
King tides are expected to inundate parts of south-east Queensland this week, with people urged to avoid parking their cars in areas prone to flooding.
The Brisbane City Council has warned that higher than normal high tides may be experienced in low-lying areas near the coast and riverside locations from Monday to Thursday.
https://bit.ly/2AWVGuE
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Winter is coming: Unseasonal weather in sight for WA as temperatures tipped to dip
The Bureau of Meteorology said unusual "winter" weather patterns were coming and would bring 20-degree temperatures, well below the average of a WA summer.
Forecasters said Tuesday night would be cool, wet and windy for most of south-west WA with chances of heavy rain. Wednesday will have early morning showers.
https://bit.ly/2RFLf9r
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Severe storm warning for Canberra
There's a warning of severe thunderstorms in the ACT on Tuesday evening.
The Bureau of Meteorology says that they could "produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds over the next several hours".
https://bit.ly/2RHR0mL
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Unusually wild, wintry weather looms in WA's south-west as cyclone possible in the north
A dose of wild, wintry weather is expected in WA's south-west as it brims with holidaymakers hoping to make the most of the region's idyllic beaches and campsites.
https://ab.co/2Dqkixr
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Weather News - Adelaide sets new heat record as temperatures soar throughout SA (http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/adelaide-sets-new-heat-record-as-temperatures-soar-throughout-sa/529122)
Adelaide has set a new heat record, smashing the previous one reached in 1939, hitting 46.3 degrees Celsius this afternoon.
Heat records began to tumble throughout South Australia earlier today.
So far, 19 locations have hit record temperatures including Adelaide Airport, Minlaton, Noarlunga, Snowtown and Port Lincoln.
Ceduna set a record for the second day in a row reaching 48.6C.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is tipping more records will be surpassed this afternoon and predicts Port Augusta will reach 49C and Port Pirie 47C.
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Those temperatures are seriously hot!
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Tropical cyclone forms off Western Australia with thunderstorms and 100 km/h winds to lash the coast
Tropical cyclone warning has been issued for northern Western Australia region
Bureau of Meteorology is tracking a tropical low 185km from the WA coastline
Gale force winds up to 100km/h and heavy localised rainfall is expected in areas
https://dailym.ai/2sJtZRO
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Far north Queensland river breaks 118-year flood record
A far north Queensland river reached a new record flood level in more than 100 years after experiencing heavy rainfall that forced the closure of a ferry and left a floating ticket booth behind.
The weather bureau reported the Daintree River at Daintree Village, about 56 kilometres from Port Douglas peaked at 12.6 metres just before midnight on Saturday compared to the previous record of 12.4 metres in 1901.
https://bit.ly/2RgHlic
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Mixed Vic day brings rain, heat, storms
Thunderstorms and damaging winds have lashed parts of Victoria while the rest of the state has sweltered through hot, dry conditions.
https://bit.ly/2SdBrmp
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Weather News - Townsville flooding could worsen with more heavy rain and dam releases (http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/townsville-flooding-could-worsen-with-more-heavy-rain-and-dam-releases/529181)
Up to 20,000 homes could be flooded in the coming days if rain continues to fall in north Queensland as heavily as it has been, authorities have warned.
Acting Chief Superintendent Steve Munroe said the current mapping showed up to 500 homes were at risk of being impacted by floodwaters on Saturday night.
"If it continues tomorrow [Sunday] and the next day we could be up towards the 10,000 to 20,000," he said.
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Hail, rain, wind – and dust storms – lash Victoria
Thousands of homes across Victoria were plunged into darkness as a dangerous thunderstorm brought giant hail, strong winds and heavy rainfall.
Melbourne retained its reputation as the city with four seasons in one day, as 30-degree daytime temperatures were swiftly overtaken by an intense thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon, causing a train line to stop.
https://bit.ly/2DVDFi9
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Queenslanders told to brace for more rain and wild weather as cyclone with winds of up to 120km/h moves closer to the coastline
Queensland residents told to brace for huge swell as Cyclone Oma moves along
Cyclone expected to move south west over the coming days with 120km/h winds
BOM forecaster said cyclone Oma likely to start moving towards NZ within days
https://dailym.ai/2DNXV46
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Gold Coast beaches closed all weekend with Cyclone Oma to batter coast
All 34 Gold Coast beaches have been closed for the next three days as Tropical Cyclone Oma bears down on the southern Queensland coast, bringing up to 300 millimetres of rain.
The weather bureau expected tidal peaks to exceed the highest tide of the year by a metre at exposed beaches because of the big swell generated by Cyclone Oma, combined with king tides.
https://bit.ly/2Tazqru
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https://bit.ly/2Hc6c54
World weatherwatch: Tropical Cyclone Oma pounds Queensland
Tropical Cyclone Oma has been meandering through the Coral Sea, east of Australia, for the past two weeks. Though the heaviest rainfall has remained offshore, Oma has brought gale-force winds and hazardous surf to the east coast of Queensland, with 10-metre-high waves recorded offshore at Byron Bay.
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Anxious wait as residents brace for massive Cyclone Trevor
Cyclone Trevor is growing in strength as it barrels toward the Northern Territory coast amid warnings of monster waves, flooding and destructive winds of more than 300km/h.
https://bit.ly/2uqhVp3
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https://ab.co/2Hcd3tS
South Gippsland hailstorm blankets beaches as wet weather sweeps across Victoria
A hailstorm has blanketed coastal towns in South Gippsland in white, while heavy rainfall across Victoria has downed trees and caused flash flooding west of Melbourne.
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https://bitly.is/2HgpkPl
Australia's east coast is set to be smashed with torrential rain and 95km/h winds as Cyclone Ann rolls in
Tropical Cyclone Ann set to smash north Queensland coast with torrential rain
The rest of Australia is set to see cool but fair weather as Autumn winds down
Canberra to see freezing temperatures as minimums hit zero degrees this week
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https://www.sott.net/article/413872-Huge-early-snow-storm-hits-Australia-nearly-10-inches-falls-in-24-hours
Falls Creek, Victoria
A week-long snow storm (if forecasts prove correct) is just getting underway in Australia.
The country's ski areas have reported up to 25cm of snowfall in the first 24 hours of the snowfall, which is due to continue through to the start of June - meteorological winter in the southern hemisphere - on June 1st.
Up to 70cm (2 feet, 4 inches) is expected to fall in total due to a front moving up from Antarctica.
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The record-breaking Polar blast currently battering Australia’s southeast has brought widespread early snow across parts of Victoria, NSW and Tasmania — with the nation’s biggest ski resorts set to cash in by opening at least a week early.
Victoria’s Mount Buller is already under 13.8 inches (35 cm) of snow after days of blizzard conditions, and the resort village will open on Saturday instead of its original scheduled date of June 10.
Mount Hotham, also in Victoria, is experiencing “amazing” early-season totals of 25.6 inches (65 cm), along with well-below average temperatures of -7C (19.4F):
https://electroverse.net/australias-polar-blast-continues-to-topple-cold-and-snow-records-across-the-southeast-with-the-entire-continent-forecast-to-be-engulfed-by-june/
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Several May temperature records – at least one more than a century old – were broken in southern Queensland overnight.
Applethorpe, Oakey and Dalby all suffered their coldest May mornings on record.
The temperature plummeted to -6.1 C in Applethorpe, –2.1 C below its previous record set 13 years ago.
Oakey dropped to -4.4, 0.3 of a degree cooler than its old record set in 2006.
Dalby had its coldest morning since 1911, recording -3.6.
Southern Queensland towns record coldest May morning
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-31/cold-morning-in-southern-queensland/11166790
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May warmer than average, pretty dry.
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/aus/summary.shtml
Will be interesting to see how June turns out. A cold start for the SE corner.
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https://dailym.ai/2Ftxbrs
Australia is in for torrential downpours following the winter solstice - the shortest day of the year - with winds set to lash the country, and some parts getting down to -9C.
Sydney will experience the worst of the cold snap, where heavy rain will hit the coast on Saturday afternoon, with 25mm forecast to fall on Sunday.
Temperatures will plunge to just -4.4C in Canberra, -9C in Cooma and Sydney will shiver through 6C weather.
Get ready to freeze! Cold snap set to send temperatures plunging to -9C as torrential rain and frosty winds lash Australia's east
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Melburnians woke on Sunday morning to a thick blanket of fog engulfing their city, and it hung around all day holding temperatures at record low levels.
The city of Melbourne reached a maximum high of just 9.6C (49.3F) on Sunday — officially it’s coldest June day since 1985 (solar minimum of cycle 20).
Other record lows over the weekend include the 3.8C (38.8F) at South Australia’s grape-growing region Coonawarra — its coldest day in 37 years, with the region also extending its chilly run of mornings dipping below -2C (28.4F) to 5 (a feat which has not been achieved in 47 years).
While 12-year lows were also observed in Queensland’s Birdsville and St George with the mercury sinking to 0.5C (32.9F) and -2.9C (26.8F) respectively.
And 8-year-cold-records tumbled following the -3.8C (25.2F) in NSW’s Moree, the 0.8C (33.4F) in SA’s Coober Pedy, and the -3.8C (25.2F) in SA’s Naracoorte.
And the wintry conditions continued into Monday, with morning commuters battling freezing temperatures and severe frosts across much of south eastern Australia — with the BoM even issuing a frost warning for the region.
Yunta, north of Adelaide, recorded South Australia’s seven year low of -7.1C (18.3F).
While other notable Monday morning lows include the -0.5C (31.1F) at Edithburgh — the town’s lowest temperature in 22 years, and Noarlunga’s -2C (28.4F) — the suburb’s lowest in at least 19 years.
It was the coldest in 12 years at nearby Mt Gambier over the weekend — with -2.2C (28F) recorded.
https://electroverse.net/melbourne-australia-experiences-its-coldest-june-day-since-1985/
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/grower-lathers-crops-in-molasses-to-protect-produce-as-south-australia-endures-consecutive-frosts/529871
As South Australian temperatures plummet below zero severely damaging crops, some growers are turning to creative methods to protect their produce.
The Bureau of Meteorology said yesterday's low of -5.7 degrees Celsius at Renmark in the state's Riverland was the equal-second coldest temperature on record for the town.
Meteorologist Matthew Bass said it was the region's sixth consecutive day below zero.
"Those sort of temperatures are not what we see very frequently in South Australia ... it's a very significant, severe low temperature."
Frost form when the dewpoint temperature has dropped below zero and the air is condensed to form ice crystals which then land on a surface.
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The far north and far south of Australia both registered their lowest temperature in more than five years on Tuesday morning, according to Weatherzone.
In Tasmania, Hobart's -0.2 degrees Celsius shortly before 5am on Tuesday was the city's lowest temperature since 2013. It was also its third coldest morning in the last 20 years.
In the tropical north, Darwin Airport dipped to 12.7C just before 4:30am on Tuesday, which was their lowest temperature in eight years. Just to the ease of Darwin, Middle Point's 4.8C was its lowest temperature since at least 2001.
While cold mornings are common in Australia during winter, the chill on Tuesday morning was given a boost by dry air in both Tasmania and the north. Dry air allows much more cooling of the ground because it prevents the formation of mist or dew, both of which act as insulation for the surface.
Darwin Airport's coldest morning on record is 10.4C during July 1942, while Hobart's lowest was minus 2.8C, from July 1981 and June 1972.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/cold-australian-nights-tropics-190625150139182.html
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Bureau of Meteorology climatologist Ian Barnes-Keoghan said record-breaking COLD NIGHTS and a continuing DROUGHT were the features of Tasmania’s weather over the past month.
https://electroverse.net/tasmanias-record-breaking-cold-and-dry-june-grand-minima-intensification/
COLD NIGHTS
The town of Ross registered its coldest June temperature on the 24th, when the mercury plunged to -6.7C (19.9F) — breaking it’s all-time record from 1993 (approaching solar minimum of cycle 22).
On the same day, King Island also recorded its coldest June temperature ever — a chilly 0.3C (32.5F).
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All very well - nevertheless Tasmania was a little warmer than average in June, the Tmax surplus more than cancelling out the colder nights. The country as a whole was also a little warmer than average.
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/aus/summary.shtml
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Nearly a week of heavy snowfalls have brought great powder snow conditions to the slopes of Australia and total accumulations of more than a metre at some areas.
Aussie ski areas have been giving the huge snowstorm different names, some going for "Polar Express" others "The Godzilla Snow Storm."
Thredbo Resort has been one of the big winners with nearly three feet of snowfall since last Wednesday. It reported 15cm (6 inches) last night taking storm total there to 85cm (34 inches).
However Perisher has posted the biggest total at 106cm (3.5 feet).
https://www.sott.net/article/416798-Big-snowfall-totals-at-ski-resorts-in-Australia-up-to-3-5-feet-in-5-days
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/bom-forecasts-antarctic-winds-for-nsw-weekend-as-towns-receive-first-snow-in-decades/530057
Residents just 90 minutes out of Sydney have woken up to fresh snowfall this morning, and the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is forecasting a weekend of extreme winter conditions.
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https://www.facebook.com/news.com.au/videos/351270195751875/?t=18
Shot by Sydney man Stephen Grenfell near a sheep farm outside Goulburn, about 121 miles west of Sydney, a large mob of kangaroos was spotted frolicking in the snow. The video has already racked up more than 700,000 views.
“Not something you see every day in Australia,” said Grenfell. “Kangaroos in the snow.”
After strong winds and freezing winter conditions swept across three south-eastern states, parts of the country experienced rare snowfall.
The snowfall also led to road closures outside of Sydney, while the cold caused flight cancellations and power cuts in about 10,000 homes in the south of the country.
Meanwhile, record snowfall hit the Bathurst and Blue Mountains, with Perisher and Thredbo also seeing plenty of fresh powder.
Victoria’s snowfields were also hit with more than a meter (more than 3 ft) of snow over the weekend, with more expected early this morning.
The Bureau of Meteorology said it had been the most low-level snow recorded across Victoria in more than a decade.
https://www.9news.com.au/wild-weather/weather-australia-snow-expected-thredbo-perisher-icy -temperatures-throughout-vic-qld-sa-news/8e72d7fc-5c5b-4518-b69a-341a910e4a21
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49327172
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/cold-snap-sends-shivers-across-southern-australia/530094
A mass of cold polar air caused rain, hail and snow across multiple states and territories during the weekend, with more wintry weather on the way in the coming days.
A strong cold front swept over southern Australia between Friday night and Monday morning, producing a wintry mix of weather from WA to NSW.
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/record-breaking-dry-stretch-in-queenslands-southern-downs-after-70-days-without-rain/530128
Parts of drought-stricken South East Queensland are experiencing an unprecedented dry spell, with some regional centres going several months without recording a drop of rain.
Warwick has not recorded any rainfall for 72 days, breaking the previous record of 58 days set in 2017.
The situation is similar in the small town of Rathdowney, where locals have not experienced a dry stretch this long since the rain-monitoring station opened in 1973.
It has not rained in Ipswich and Allora for almost 50 days.
Meteorologist Harry Clark said Queensland was in the dry stage of its weather cycle.
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/cold-and-dry-august-in-adelaide/530156
Cold and dry August in Adelaide
Graeme Brittain, Sunday September 1, 2019 - 13:22 EST
Temperatures and rainfall were below the long-term August average for South Australia's capital city.
Adelaide's West Terrace site only received around 68% (42mm) of the long term average for the month (62mm), while the Kent Town site recorded just over 50mm, which is 74% of the monthly average (68mm).
Almost all of the month's rain fell on Thursday 8th/Friday 9th and Monday 19th, in association with a pair of cold fronts followed by showery southwesterly winds.
August 2019's mean temperature was 1.0 degrees below average at Kent Town and 0.5 degrees below average at West Terrace.
Cooler than average sea surface temp
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https://electroverse.net/tasmanias-record-cold-august-devonport-equals-lowest-average-monthly-minimum-mount-read-experiences-coldest-month-for-21-years/
Thermometers plunged across Tasmania last month with a number of locations either busting or equaling long-standing low temperature records. And looking at latest GFS runs, there’s a lot more of that anomalous cold on the way as Australia enters September and meteorological spring.
Devonport, located on Tasmania’s north coast, where the Mersey River meets Bass Strait, equaled its coldest-ever August minimum avg. temp last month, with 3.5C (38.3F) observed at its airport, the city’s official measuring station.
After checking data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), the only other time the mercury has averaged a reading that low in the month of August was back in 2015.
For reference, Devonport AP’s August avg. min stands at 5C (41F).
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The town of Rutherglen equaled its coldest-ever August on record in, 104 years of observations, with an average reading of just 7.1C (44.8F) which matched the previous record from 1994 (approaching solar minimum of cycle 22).
Deniliquin Airport’s 8.9C (48F) tied its all-time record-lowest August mean temp from 2008 (solar minimum of cycle 23).
Swan Hill Aerodrome’s average of 9.1C (48F) busted the previous all-time record low of 9.3C (48.7F) also from 2008 (solar mini of cycle 23).
Both Albury and Mangalore Airports observed their lowest August mean temperature since 1994 (approaching solar minimum of cycle 22) .
While Tatura ISA and Wangaratta Aero each just recorded their lowest August mean temperature since 1997 (solar minimum of cycle 22).
The above are all average temperatures over the coarse of the entire month by the way, not one-off daily blips (of which there are also many). And, as also mentioned above, the BOM’s official website states, “most districts experienced nights 2C cooler than average.”
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Australia in August - mean max up, mean min down, ranked 71 of 110 (110 = warmest) rather dry overall.
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/aus/summary.shtml
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/nsw-bushfires-still-out-of-control-as-residents-face-the-devastation/530183
irefighters continue to battle multiple fires across NSW but two blazes of major concern in the north of the state have been downgraded overnight.
More than 370 firefighters have been working to control 59 fires across the state in a dangerously early start to the fire season.
Conditions have eased slightly at Bees Nest, near Armidale, and at Long Gully, near Drake, with both fires now at watch and act level.
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About 2500 homes were evacuated on Monday night and another forty were evacuated at Weyba Downs, just inland from the hard-hit Peregian Beach area, as winds picked up on Tuesday, as wildfires rage across the Sunshine Coast area.
https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/almost-70-fires-burning-across-queensland-with-multiple-homes-lost/news-story/cfed8354529a72026722f730b65e033f (https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/almost-70-fires-burning-across-queensland-with-multiple-homes-lost/news-story/cfed8354529a72026722f730b65e033f)
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“BREAKING NEWS: Perisher’s natural snow depth has hit 2.25 metres. We’re extending the season!“ –reads the opening lines of a recent perisher.com.au/ article.
Conditions are reportedly “incredible” at Perisher right now (the largest ski resort in the southern hemisphere located in the ‘Snowy Mountains’ of NSW) with the natural snow base hitting 2.25 meters.
Skiers and boarders will now be able to turn and burn the sensational snow until Sunday 13 October!
After “significant” snowfalls, an early opening in May, brutally cold temps and impressive Aug and Sept storms, 2019 has not only become one of the greatest seasons ever, but also officially Perisher’s longest season on record, at 136 days:
https://electroverse.net/australias-perisher-ski-resort-is-extending-to-oct-13-making-2019-the-longest-season-on-record/
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The coldest town in South Australia on Wednesday morning was Yunta, east of Port Augusta, where a low of -3.2C was recorded just after 6am.
Elsewhere, Murray Bridge woke up to a bitter -3.1C, while Snowtown, Kingscote and Kadina were sitting at -2.3C, -2.2C and -1.7C respectively.
Strathalbyn, southeast of Adelaide, couldn’t escape the cold either with a low of -0.2C.
For all six towns, it was the coldest morning recorded in September.
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/coldest-september-morning-ever-for-six-sa-towns-but-dust-storm-on-the-way/news-story/422cf7ea23c27a2571ffae112c422a1f
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https://dailym.ai/33H9q95
Massive hailstones, flooding and TORNADOES: Australia
Massive hailstones, flooding and TORNADOES: Australians are told to brace for 'violent and dangerous' storms this summer after the most damaging season in years
Last December Sydney was hit with the worst hailstorm city had seen in 20 years
Australians have been warned to brace for more 'violent and dangerous' storms
It's part of a long-term trend in which storms having been falling further south
Parts of Australia are also bracing for severe heatwaves and bushfires this year
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Parts of southern Australia see their lowest back-to-back minimums this late in the year in more than a century.
Monday morning was the coldest morning this late in the year in more than 25 years in Kingscote (0C), more than 15 years at Robe (0.8C) and 14 years at Stenhouse Bay (8.3C).
Further east, Victoria’s Rutherglen dipped to -2.1Cs on Sunday and -0.9C on Monday, well below their October average low of six degrees. It was also the first pair of mornings below zero C this late in the year on record. Records date back more than a century, to 1913.
https://www.eldersweather.com.au/news/cold-october-mornings-in-parts-of-sa-vic/530422
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/drought-stricken-western-nsw-receives-best-rainfall-in-years/530459
some areas of inland NSW received their biggest rainfall in years, but farmers warn it is far from drought-breaking.
The widespread rain over the weekend has brought hope to regional communities and sent water flowing down streams and into dams that had dried up.
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/fires-blazing-across-eastern-australia/530484
Dry, hot and windy weather caused a number of large and dangerous fires to burn uncontrollably in eastern Australia on Friday.
At 4pm EDT, more than a dozen fires were burning at Emergency Warning level in NSW, with close to 100 active fires across the state, according to the Rural Fire Service (RFS).
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/fire-weather-cold-front-drags-in-hot-blustery-air-and-sudden-dangerous-wind-changes/530502
Authorities in Queensland and NSW declare state of emergency amid fears extreme heat and strong winds will fan fires.
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https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/11/australia-bushfires-maps-reveal-extent-of-blazes-as-sydney-braces-for-catastrophe.html
Australia bushfires: Maps reveal extent of blazes as Sydney braces for 'catastrophe'
Firefighters in Australia are warning residents to get out of the way of quickly spreading fires.
New South Wales and Queensland are facing "catastrophic" conditions, after high temperatures and low rainfall sparked bushfires in the two states.
The fires have already claimed
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/heat-record-australia-191117151742325.html.
Perth, in Australia's west, has beaten a 122-year-old temperature record. On Saturday, the thermometer reached 40.4 degrees Celsius (104.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in the city and was even higher at the airport. This beats the previous record for this month, indeed for the whole of spring, set in 1897.
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Sydney weather: BOM issues severe weather warning as hail forecast for city (http://bit.ly/35uLlmH)
Flights cancelled and heavy rain in Sydney's north after storms
Thirty flights have been cancelled and others delayed after Sydney Airport was forced to adjust for severe weather conditions on Monday night.
The northern and western parts of Sydney were the most affected by heavy thunderstorms and massive winds after the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning.
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http://bit.ly/2OnnI9G
NSW 'state of extremes': snow, heat, rain
NSW was a "state of extremes" as severe storms lashed Sydney, downing trees and powerlines and cutting off power to thousands of homes, while snow fell in Thredbo and parts of the state sweltered.
Wild weather hammered Sydney on Tuesday afternoon after the Bureau of Meteorology forecast a gusty thunderstorm warning for the region earlier in the day.
Winds reached up to 104 kilometres per hour at Fort Denison, closely followed by 96km/h in Holsworthy and 95km/h in Sydney Harbour, the bureau posted on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/bureau-of-meteorology-declares-spring-2019-the-driest-on-record/530614
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The Water levels fell to 94.4% to 27.2% in South Australia and New South Wales respectively since 2016 after an rather wet year.
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Freak Brisbane storm dumps half a year's worth of rain in ONE HOUR - causing flash flooding and leaving thousands of homes without power
Brisbane has copped a badly needed drenching from a a wild storm that triggered flash flooding and left thousands of homes without power.
More than 100mm of rain in just over an hour was dumped on the Queensland capital on Wednesday night.
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The "Mail" has got it badly wrong - would only be correct if Brisbane had an arid climate. Its annual average rainfall is around 1100-1200mm, so the 100mm that fell is a about a month's worth, not 6 months!!
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That is quite some error they made, for sure!
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This is was they getting at?.
As bushfires continue to burn across parts of Queensland and New South Wales states, some much-needed rain has been working its way along eastern coasts.
On Wednesday night, Brisbane picked up more than 100 millimetres (about 4 inches) of rain, with 130mm (about 5 inches) falling in East Brisbane, 112mm (4.4 inches) of that in just one hour. The average rainfall for Brisbane in December is 116mm (4.6 inches) for the entire month.
The rain was accompanied by strong winds and about 29,000 homes lost power as the storm hit. Lightning strikes were fast and frequent, with 208,000 reported.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/heavy-rains-hit-east-coast-australia-191212081407669.html
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Yes. But note that the previous 6 months were unusually dry, with only 1/3 of the average. So the downpour received about 2 months' worth of normal rainfall averaged over June-November.
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Western Australia's Eucla and South Australia's Nullarbor both reached reached 49.8 degrees on Thursday, setting a new national December maximum temperature record. Prior to Thursday, the record was 49.5 degrees at Birdsville, QLD in 1972.
This was also the closest any official weather station in Australia has been to 50 degrees since 1998, when Western Australia's Emu Creek Station reached 49.8 degrees.
The new national PB for the month came shortly after South Australia's Ceduna (48.8C) registered its highest temperatures on record for any month.
The intense heat over Australia's south coast on Thursday was an extension of a much larger air mass that is causing dangerous heatwave conditions across a broad swathe of the country this week.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology's online climate database, the highest temperature reliably recorded in Australia was 50.7 degrees at Oodnadatta, SA in January 1960.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/national-december-heat-record-falls/530736
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‘Utterly surreal’: Thousands trapped on Australian beach by massive fire, turning skies RED & raining embers (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
A raging brush fire has trapped up to 4,000 people on a beach at a popular tourist resort in Australia, turning what many hoped would be a sunny holiday into a nightmare, complete with deadly ember storms and blood-red skies.
Inching its way toward the seaside town of Mallacoota early on Tuesday, the inferno has left thousands of tourists and locals stranded with no route of escape, as officials warn of extreme fire-induced thunderstorms and “ember attacks” in the area.
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Heat records around Australia have continued to tumble today, with the ACT reaching its highest-ever recorded temperature and Penrith topping 48.9 degrees Celsius.
Canberra Airport reached 43.6C shortly before 3:00pm, which surpassed the ACT's previous record at the Old Acton Station, which reached 42.8C in January 1939.
There are no active fires in the ACT but conditions on fire grounds in surrounding areas in New South Wales are deteriorating, as hot and gusty north westerly winds ramp up.
Meanwhile, Penrith in Western Sydney reached 48.9C just after 3:00pm, a high that
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/heat-records-around-australia-continue-to-tumble-with-canberra-reaching-436-degrees-and-penrith-489/530829