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Post by greysrigging on May 1, 2023 1:59:45 GMT -5
The 1st of May is the traditional start of the Northern Australian 'Dry Season', with little, if any, rain expected between now and the 1st of October. Glorious sunny days with not a cloud in the sky, balmy temps 18c-32c and dp's below 20c. Also hordes of scantily clad Eurotrash backpackers ( now that Covid ain't a thing anymore ) wandering the streets and permanent waterholes/swimming spots.... ahhh, its enough for old fellas to wind the clock back back 30 or 40 years to a simpler time... lol... but as usual, I digress... While we all love the green wet season, the 'dry' is a blessed relief from the stifling heat and humidity of the 'build up' and the 'wet'. And magically, the 1st of May has delivered with sub 20c dp's this afternoon... and I have the irrigation running in the garden; a sure sign the 'Dry' has arrived...   |
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Post by greysrigging on May 1, 2023 17:26:08 GMT -5
Warmer than average forecast for the first week of the dry season  May averages 1942-2022: Max - 32.1c Min - 22.2c Mean rainfall - 20.4mm Median rainfall - 4.3mm May averages 1991-2020: Max - 32.3c Min - 22.3c Mean rainfall - 20.7mm The first dry season sunset last night at Lee Point ( not far 4klm from my place )  |
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Post by greysrigging on May 1, 2023 19:43:31 GMT -5
Lovely dry season type day, with the lower humidity and dews ( 10.00am )  |
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Post by jetshnl on May 1, 2023 23:26:50 GMT -5
Lovely dry season type day, with the lower humidity and dews ( 10.00am ) '35C' and 'lovely' dont belong in the same sentence, lol |
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Post by greysrigging on May 2, 2023 1:10:52 GMT -5
Lovely dry season type day, with the lower humidity and dews ( 10.00am ) '35C' and 'lovely' dont belong in the same sentence, lol Our dews have been around 16c all afternoon.... almost need a jacket... lol |
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Post by greysrigging on May 2, 2023 16:54:12 GMT -5
I wonder if the predicted max temps will happen ? If so, would be the first 35c days since 12th Dec '22. And the first May +35c since 2016 when there 4 such days. Since 1941, only 27 May days have reached 35c at the Airport. 1941-1999 = 16 days 2000-2022 = 11 days |
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Post by greysrigging on May 4, 2023 15:24:02 GMT -5
Outdoors and indoors an hour before dawn   |
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Post by greysrigging on May 7, 2023 16:24:46 GMT -5
Another nice warm May day....  |
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Post by greysrigging on May 7, 2023 17:48:15 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on May 7, 2023 20:31:19 GMT -5
Occaisionally, the southen coastline of Timor picks up rain from stray Gulf Lines from AU   |
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Post by greysrigging on May 8, 2023 16:17:27 GMT -5
A few isolated coastal showers in the north east.  Darwin atm .... very dry with low dp's  |
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Post by greysrigging on May 9, 2023 16:41:49 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on May 10, 2023 17:25:34 GMT -5
Dry season well under way... smokey haze creates beautiful sunsets and sunrises across the Top End.   |
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Post by greysrigging on May 11, 2023 1:28:55 GMT -5
Magic early dry season day... a sub 20c min and a sub 32c day and dp's in the low teens .... pretty good !  |
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Post by greysrigging on May 11, 2023 15:57:22 GMT -5
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Post by jetshnl on May 12, 2023 0:21:37 GMT -5
11C seems rather chillly for Gunn Point in May. How far inland is the station?
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Post by greysrigging on May 12, 2023 1:14:21 GMT -5
11C seems rather chillly for Gunn Point in May. How far inland is the station? Funny you should ask... my son only an hour or so ago also questioned the reading... he thought the AWS is playing up. The site itself is probably only a mile as the crow flies from the coast on a peninsular, so it does come across as being a bit on the low side....otoh, an Admin bloke, Nikko, ( Pilko's Chat On weather FB Group ) lives about 600 meters from the BoM's AWS and his Davis 2 reads within 0.2c of the official equipment consistantly both max and min temps at all times of the year. So, yeah, likely legit.... *EDIT: well I think the instrumentation is playing up... the DP's and RH% are deffo not right, so I'm also now questioning the min this morning ( although it is plausible with other sites on the outskirts of Darwin recording 12c mins )  |
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Post by greysrigging on May 12, 2023 1:55:59 GMT -5
Been a while since I've seen or can remember DP's this low this early in the dry season. Dry as a dead dingo's donger outside... The potted plants sure know about it.   |
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Post by greysrigging on May 12, 2023 19:26:15 GMT -5
May in Darwin.... a snapshot ( and the last 5 days until 10.00am this morning )  |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on May 12, 2023 20:14:57 GMT -5
Gonna be a long wait for the wet...
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