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Post by greysrigging on Jan 28, 2021 3:07:26 GMT -5
Cool how you just casually get 60+ mm of a rain in a storm, especially as epic thunderstorms. In already rainy Rochester, a fall that heavy happens only every few years. The lone 100 mm day was way back in 1893. Surprisingly Fort Collins has had more days >100 mm despite being a much drier climate. I'm up over 600mm ( 24" ) for January. One damn fine monsoonal burst this one ! |
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Post by greysrigging on Jan 28, 2021 17:09:58 GMT -5
Another massive downpour last night....thunder and lighting, the works !  About 90mm at home and around the other suburbs.  This spot on a major arterial road between Darwin and Palmerston is a popular wake boarding place, being towed behind a 4wd....looks like fun. Thely'll be out and at it this weekend.  Flooding on Darwin rural area roads atm.  This is an OK fishing spot when the Elizabeth River is up....get some decent Barramundi outta here...  A sure sign of a decent 'Wet' is turning on the booster of the Solar Hot Water System. No sun for over a week now ! |
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Post by Wildcat on Jan 28, 2021 23:12:08 GMT -5
No sun for over a week now ! That’s hard to believe. I thought Darwin’s wet season was highly convective like Florida. |
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Post by jetshnl on Jan 28, 2021 23:15:17 GMT -5
that dude in the last photo looks like hes fishing in the ditch
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Post by tommyFL on Jan 28, 2021 23:15:26 GMT -5
No sun for over a week now ! That’s hard to believe. I thought Darwin’s wet season was highly convective like Florida. It's possible to go a week without sun here in the summer. |
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Post by Wildcat on Jan 28, 2021 23:16:59 GMT -5
That’s hard to believe. I thought Darwin’s wet season was highly convective like Florida. It's possible to go a week without sun here in the summer. I’ve never even seen a single summer day in Daytona without sun, at least for an hour or so. |
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Post by tommyFL on Jan 28, 2021 23:20:46 GMT -5
Wildcat Ever been there in September?
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Post by Wildcat on Jan 28, 2021 23:49:54 GMT -5
Wildcat Ever been there in September? No |
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Post by Beercules on Jan 28, 2021 23:52:22 GMT -5
that dude in the last photo looks like hes fishing in the ditch I think he actually is. Look closely and he appears to be holding a rod. |
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Post by jgtheone on Jan 29, 2021 0:00:28 GMT -5
All that rain and the Weatherzone fire danger rating for Darwin is still “Moderate”. Must take a flood to move it to “low”. , or is there no “low” category? Low/moderate is in the same rating tier, the lowest one. High is the second lowest rating lol |
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Post by greysrigging on Jan 29, 2021 1:26:04 GMT -5
No sun for over a week now ! That’s hard to believe. I thought Darwin’s wet season was highly convective like Florida. No, when the monsoon trough settles in over the north, the convective type rain disappears, and the squally rain bands come in off the Timor and Arafura Seas. Speaking of sun, it actually cast a shadow in my yard today....for all of 10 minutes. About 20mm so far today, but the cloud is much higher and the sky is brighter without being sunny if you know what I mean. Most 'Wets' there are a couple of spells, ie 2 or 3 days of full overcast. This one is out of the ordinary with a week of full overcast ( and correspondingly low max temps ) |
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Post by greysrigging on Jan 29, 2021 1:54:39 GMT -5
that dude in the last photo looks like hes fishing in the ditch I think he actually is. Look closely and he appears to be holding a rod. He is having a flic for a Barramundi ( Australia premier freshwater sports fish, lives in salt water too and are exceptionally good eating ) This spot on Elizabeth Valley Road, has produced fish of a meter in length when in flood and a high spring tide pushes up the river. And we have a Million Dollar Fish competition, whereby the Govt has released tagged fish all over the Territory with $10k tags and one with a million dollar tag every year to attract anglers from down south up to the Territory. No one has caught a million dollar fish yet, but upward of 10 of the 10k ones are caught every year. A 'rat' ( ie undersize one ) I caught recently.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jan 29, 2021 18:53:22 GMT -5
With one full day of recording for the month of January remaining, it seems certain I will crack the 700mm mark for the month. Up until 9.00m this morning ( just now ) I'm at 687.3mm. Still full overcast and raining lightly as I type.
Since this monsoonal rain started 8 days ago....
23rd - 12.2mm
24th - 42.0mm
25th - 78.2mm
26th - 56.4mm
27th - 33.3mm
28th - 63.4mm
29th - 86.4mm
30th - 53.4mm
that's 425.3mm of consistent soaking type rain.....
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Post by jgtheone on Jan 29, 2021 23:13:28 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Jan 30, 2021 0:34:32 GMT -5
 ^^ you beat me to it ! Bloody hell ! if that comes off..... 1000mm in 8 days .... holy hell !  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jan 31, 2021 2:08:16 GMT -5
My January monthly total 691.8mm ( mean is 447.8mm ) So well above average therefore no complaints !
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Post by greysrigging on Feb 4, 2021 17:16:29 GMT -5
Big storm impacting the Darwin region overnight and this morning.... "Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services Heavy Rain overnight – impacting roads and traffic conditions in the Greater Darwin area We have had some heavy rain overnight and the forecast indicates further rain today. NT Police are taking the opportunity to remind people to be aware of the the possibility of localised flooding occurring, the need to drive to the road conditions, slow down, maintain a safe distance from other road users and to turn on headlights when visibility is impaired. Impacted areas at this time in the Greater Darwin area include: 1. Stuart Highway Pinelands south of McMillan’s Road Intersection [Inbound lane to Darwin] A number of cars have become stranded after being affected by water, with multiple reports of water over the road 2. McMillan’s Road & Charles Eaton Drive, Rapid Creek [water over the road] With Minor Flood Level of 2.829 metres having been met at 4:50am and the possibility of variations as the weather continues. Water levels and rainfall can impact conditions quickly and road users are reminded to use the Road Report website to check local conditions road.report.nt.gov.au & secure.nt.gov.au Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, NTES & NT Police have and are continuing to respond. Please take notice of all traffic controls." Here at home got smashed by a beauty early this morning. Currently 101.4mm and still raining. Very windy at one stage. I noticed a gust of 100km in the Harbour, so a wild night up town that's for sure !  |
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Post by greysrigging on Feb 4, 2021 19:14:26 GMT -5
The official BOM AWS ( about 700m from me ) recorded 109.8mm in the 24 hours to 9.00am this morning. My place I measured 101.3mm.
Also the overnight minimum of 21.6c was the coolest Feb morning since 2013. ( record is 17.2c in 1949 )
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Post by greysrigging on Feb 5, 2021 2:18:46 GMT -5
Re the coolish overnight minimum ( 21.6c ) this morning.
The record of 17.2c in 1949 was preceded the morning before with an 18.8c. To have two sub 20c temps in February is quite remarkable and I wonder what the charts and weather patterns were on these days and nights ?
So the second half of Feb 1949 had a ripper of a monsoonal burst with a fortnight of good rains and lower max temps as one associates with an active monsoon event.
max temps, min temps and rainfall
12th - 30.7c/24.9c-19.1mm
13th - 29.3c/24.7c-27.2mm
14th - 27.8c/23.6c-62.7mm
15th - 27.3c/22.9c-137.7mm
16th - 26.1c/24.3c-41.1mm
17th - 27.7c/24.0c-29.2mm
18th - 28.2c/23.7c-49.5mm
19th - 28.3c/24.2c-90.4mm
20th - 29.0c/23.1c-29.2mm
21st - 31.1c/24.0c-4.3mm
22nd - 30.7c/25.6c-0.0mm
23rd - 30.9c/24.1c-8.6mm
24th - 26.7c/18.8c-6.1mm
25th - 27.1c/17.2c-5.8mm
26th - 29.8c/21.9c-0.0mm
So 511mm in two weeks... outstanding event ! And no day exceeded the av Feb max of 31.5c and only 2 nights exceeded the av min temp of 24.8c. The sort of event Territorians drool over !
So why/how did those couple of mornings drop below 20c ?
Well buggered if I know ! Certainly after the major monsoonal burst there were a couple of overcast drizzly/light rain kinda days ( not unusual, we have had a couple this season ). Without access to the charts of the time, I wonder if there was a passing of a tropical low, and there were a couple of days that had cooler winds although still overcast and light rain, with the winds coming from a drier and cooler quadrant ? Not a very scientific explanation, but this has occurred in the region in the past, specifically that cold April day a few years ago. ( 2017 )
There has not been a sub 20c minimum in February since 1949 when the record was set. There were two such mins in 1941 ( 19.3c and 19.4c ) and a 17.5c on the 18th Feb 1942....I'm suspicious of this reading as it was the day before Darwin ( and the Post Office ) was destroyed by the Jap bombing raid of 19th Feb 1942.
Only 3 other years where the min temp has dropped to 20c in February....1964, 1965 and 1987.
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Post by jetshnl on Feb 5, 2021 21:52:32 GMT -5
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