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Post by greysrigging on Dec 5, 2021 1:41:50 GMT -5
THE DOME HAS LIFTED ! Go you good thing ! A genuine Top End guster has come in from the East and made it to the Northern Suburbs. Dropped the temp by 10c....now 24.4c after a 34.4c max and 26c dp's A pictorial record of what has been a rare event this season.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 6, 2021 5:08:40 GMT -5
A cooler day ( only 33.2c ) and mostly overcast all day after the big storm yesterday. There is something brewing up out to our East atm  |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 7, 2021 16:26:21 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 8, 2021 22:16:05 GMT -5
Heading across the harbour into the City.  There really is a Dome over my house in Leanyer.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 10, 2021 3:34:49 GMT -5
Another 20mm downpour this afternoon and as usual the bastard sun came out to steam things up some....   |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 10, 2021 4:02:19 GMT -5
A stock standard pre wet season/build type day in Darwin tomorrow.  |
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Post by Shaheen Hassan on Dec 10, 2021 4:06:09 GMT -5
Another 20mm downpour this afternoon and as usual the bastard sun came out to steam things up some.... Amazing pictures, especially the first one. |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 10, 2021 19:30:41 GMT -5
The 'dog days' before the arrival of the Monsoon.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 11, 2021 16:10:09 GMT -5
Storms Light Up The Top End ( source: Weatherzone ) Storms sparked to life across the Top End on Friday, bringing heavy rain and over 150,000 lightning strikes.  Image: Over 150,000 lightning strikes over the Top End, Tiwi Islands and surrounding waters between 7:30am (ACST) Friday and 7:30am (ACST) Satruday. Image showers cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground strikes These storms not only brought a good dose of nature's fireworks, they also delivered heavy bursts of rain. On the mainland, the highest 10-minute rainfall total was at Gunn Point with 11mm. Across the Beagle Gulf to the Tiwi Islands, Pirlangimpi recorded a whopping 17mm in just 10 minutes. The highest 24 hour falls were located in the northwest corner of the Top End where 89mm was recorded at Mount Bundey, 57mm at Howley Creek and 55mm at Adelaide River Town. Darwin dodged the heaviest rain, recorded 9.4mm to 9am on Saturday. The storms were made possible by a broad region of low pressure lingering over much of northern Australia. Further storms are likely in the coming days as the low remains the dominate synoptic feature over the Top End |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 12, 2021 3:40:12 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 12, 2021 5:36:45 GMT -5
A classic Darwin Harbour storm !  |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 12, 2021 22:32:03 GMT -5
Particularly brutal outdoors atm....Been across the street digging a bloody hole to plant a tree ( Nauclea orientalis ) Sweat pissing out of me !  |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 12, 2021 23:40:04 GMT -5
35c/25.7c dp....something has to give...   |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 13, 2021 17:10:10 GMT -5
Some nice captures last night by local storm chaser Kyle Howard   |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 14, 2021 5:39:37 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 14, 2021 16:08:17 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 15, 2021 0:31:13 GMT -5
The Monsoon can't come quick enough, give us some relief ! Another crappy Top End day.....  |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 15, 2021 0:45:49 GMT -5
Half way through the month, we are running 1.7c and 0.5c above the long term ( 80 years ) max and min means for December. And compared to the 1991-2020 means the anomaly is +1.4c and +0.3c. Rainfall is below average, although with the arrival of the Monsoon ( generally between Xmas and New Year ), the month will likely exceed the average of 250mm.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 17, 2021 6:45:00 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 18, 2021 1:32:57 GMT -5
Where the fuck is our 'wet season' ? Just topped out at 36.2c ten minutes ago. So barely a cloud in the sky and dps only 21c so at least it doesn't feel as bad as previous days.  |
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