The Northern Australian Monsoon ( Darwin in particular )

This thread is heartbreaking. Wish I lived in Darwin, instead of this stupid cold stormless hyper-dry hyper-stable southerly infested muppet hole. 

That it does....'Twas an epic ( even by Darwin standards ) storm last night. With the extreme DP's, you just know something is gunna happen........
Monsoon forecast to re form in the warm seas to our North in the next few days, so expecting an increasing rain outlook.
Bring it on !

Except here that boring as batshit boredom lasts for 365 days out of every year....

Big mutha of a storm this arvo out Palmy way....pics from the Cazaly Club carpark.





From Nightcliff Jetty ( pic by Jackson Brown )

Palmerston ( pic by Caroline Brooksby )

From local forecasting guru, 'Pilko'
"Good morning trendsetters ..
Dare I say it but it’s almost nice to see the sun.
I said ALMOST 🤔
Anyhow if you are residing in the top part of Australia, the wet season has been interesting to say the least and it’s only going to get more interesting over the coming week or so.
The monsoon trough is currently to the west of the Australian mainland and along that trough is a developing tropical low NW of Broome and another further West.
Both these lows will develop into cyclones in the coming hours. Lucas followed by Marian.
The one closest to WA will push SW and then hook around to the SE over the next couple of days, threatening the Pilbara coast and dumping a lot of valuable rain across its path.
This will eventually send moisture across the southern states but I will do a separate write up about that later.
Once this crosses the coast I would expect the Monsoon trough to “snap” back to the north of the Australian mainland, with it again becoming quite active across the northern GOC and stretching back into the Coral Sea, which is still reasonably active from our drunken mate Kimi 🤣
This is going to ramp up our weather across the Top End quite markedly, in fact today will be the quietest day for a good week or so, hence I have gone and sprayed the weeds already ..
There is a chance of a low developing about the northern GOC once the monsoon redevelops in that area but at this stage there is no cause for concern.
Darwin and surrounds today should be mostly fine, with the chance of some weather pushing in from the east late today.
The last few days the weather has been drifting in from the NNE but the ESE steer is approaching from the East, especially as the developing Low off WA tracks further away.
So get that washing done today and any other outdoor jobs, because it’s going to get mouldy and sunlight is going to become quite a rare commodity 😉
Best time of the year ... I love it 😘
Have a great day .


And yesterday's GFS run ( which tends to exaggerate somewhat in the deep north Tropics )
"Just for amusement sake... Imagine if the scenario on tonight's run of the GFS model came off lol
This almost certainly won't happen, but it's a good example of some of the craziness that goes through the minds of weather models when the MJO pays a visit.

Nice photos, do those monsoon squalls usually bring the 10-20mm range, or does the monsoon squall line need to stall to pick up the 80+ figures?

I loved looking at all the storm clouds and tropical vegetation in this thread. Darwin is like a paradise on Earth for me You are so lucky to live there greysrigging.

It may not be as green in the dry season but you still have warm temperatures and tropical vegetation. Perfect time to sit by the pool with a cold drink!

I suppose it's all what you are used to. In 15C, I would still be in shorts and t-shirt lol