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Post by greysrigging on Feb 28, 2022 3:44:26 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 1, 2022 0:02:01 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 1, 2022 4:01:06 GMT -5
A ball tearer of a storm system going off over in East Arnhemland atm....   |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 1, 2022 16:46:02 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 2, 2022 23:57:52 GMT -5
A rippa of a storm over on the east coast of the NT about lunchtime.  Hot oppressive day in the Darwin region..  |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 3, 2022 17:00:51 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 3, 2022 23:55:45 GMT -5
A crappy hot monsoonal break kinda day....   |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 4, 2022 3:15:55 GMT -5
Real steamy outdoors atm and some thunder and lightning in the distance to the south....a few spots of rain too.   |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 4, 2022 3:36:17 GMT -5
Looks much more likely out to the East....  Whoa ! Bring It On !!  |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 4, 2022 15:26:57 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 4, 2022 15:33:16 GMT -5
Another warm Top End night....  And clear skies across the Top End except for a cell beween Katherine and Timber Creek ( near Delemere )  |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 5, 2022 3:38:55 GMT -5
Well, what will tonight bring ?  |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 5, 2022 4:23:27 GMT -5
By any reasonable standard, its been an ordinary day climatically in the Darwin region   |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 5, 2022 14:51:05 GMT -5
And this is about as bad as it gets trying to have a decent nights sleep without aircon. 29.2c min temp and 31c indoors at 5.00am !   |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 5, 2022 15:16:20 GMT -5
Something has gotta give after the soupy conditions of the last few days....plenty of activity inland, just cant quite make it into coastal Darwin.   |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 5, 2022 15:38:32 GMT -5
Some storm pics from last night ( Chris Garth )   And these superb shots by Jeni Bylsma. [    |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 5, 2022 23:05:33 GMT -5
Here's a couple of obscure March stats just to confirm what some are thinking.... Who thinks it has been a hot, humid but dry, start to the month ? Well indeed, would you believe, the first 6 days of March has only yielded 0.2mm at the Airport. This is the equal driest start since records began in 1942. First 6 days of March lowest totals ( Airport ) 2022 - 0.2mm 2016 - 0.4mm 2014 - 0.2mm 1987 - 7.6mm 1985 - 9.6mm 1983 - 3.8mm ( but ended up with 676mm total ! ) 1951 - 2.5mm Honourable mention to only this time last year - the first 13 days of March 2021 = 7.2mm. And the first 10 days of March '87 = 7.6mm The driest March: 1978 - 88.0mm 2014 - 92.4mm 1987 - 93.0mm 1961 - 94.4mm Our wettest March was back in 1977 with 1013.6mm ! Of particular interest re the stats from March 1977 was that 16 days recorded 5mm or less rainfall and 10 of those days less than 2mm. As far as heat goes, no records broken. ( except the broken record whinging re the insufferable humidity and dp's lol ). We are running 1.3c above the monthly mean max of 32.0c. The min temps are exceptionally warm at the moment and the Airport is +2.8c above the monthly mean min of 24.6c. ps/- bring on some more rain !!   |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 6, 2022 2:49:17 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 6, 2022 15:59:54 GMT -5
A real Top End beast captured just south of Adelaide River yesterday ( pic by Damon Wagland )  |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 7, 2022 0:59:14 GMT -5
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