The Northern Australian Dry Season 2022
Apr 23, 2022 2:17:00 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Apr 23, 2022 2:17:00 GMT -5
The 'Dry'.....it's almost upon us in the Deep North.
The calendar and convention tells us the 1st of May is the official start to the 'dry season' with the season running from the start of May to the end of September in the Northern Territory capital, Darwin.
Of course seasonal variability and prevailing weather systems sometimes say otherwise.
Generally, the second half of April is when the showers and storms taper off significantly and May is the month when the first of the monster south easterly surges of drier air push their way into the Tropics.
Here are some KPI's (key performance indicators ) of the 'Dry'
Nights min temps below 20c ( and if below 15c makes the front page of the local newspaper )
Daytime max temps below 30c ( few and far between in this day and age )
Zero rain for 5 calendar months ( not all that common, but happened in 2017 May-Sept )
Grass and bushfires that burn out a huge percentage of land.
Meterologically, the 'dry' ain't here yet, no south easterly surge, and a later in the week/early May infusion of moist tropical air to move in from the east.
However, today was the first day in a loooong time that felt 'dryish'. An overnight min of 24c and a max of 35.2c doesn't seem like an indicator of the 'cooler' season, except that the humidity and DP's were way down at 40% and 18c respectively. After months of DP's up around 25c and humidity in the 70-80% range, one could really feel the change of seasons in the air.
The first fires of the season on the Radar today
First day with below 20 dew points and away the fires go.
Anyways.... I'm calling today a dry season kinda day, but the wet ain't done just yet.
The calendar and convention tells us the 1st of May is the official start to the 'dry season' with the season running from the start of May to the end of September in the Northern Territory capital, Darwin.
Of course seasonal variability and prevailing weather systems sometimes say otherwise.
Generally, the second half of April is when the showers and storms taper off significantly and May is the month when the first of the monster south easterly surges of drier air push their way into the Tropics.
Here are some KPI's (key performance indicators ) of the 'Dry'
Nights min temps below 20c ( and if below 15c makes the front page of the local newspaper )
Daytime max temps below 30c ( few and far between in this day and age )
Zero rain for 5 calendar months ( not all that common, but happened in 2017 May-Sept )
Grass and bushfires that burn out a huge percentage of land.
Meterologically, the 'dry' ain't here yet, no south easterly surge, and a later in the week/early May infusion of moist tropical air to move in from the east.
However, today was the first day in a loooong time that felt 'dryish'. An overnight min of 24c and a max of 35.2c doesn't seem like an indicator of the 'cooler' season, except that the humidity and DP's were way down at 40% and 18c respectively. After months of DP's up around 25c and humidity in the 70-80% range, one could really feel the change of seasons in the air.
The first fires of the season on the Radar today
First day with below 20 dew points and away the fires go.
Anyways.... I'm calling today a dry season kinda day, but the wet ain't done just yet.
