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Post by greysrigging on Jul 23, 2023 20:16:34 GMT -5
Very chilly at 10.10am  Bring on next week !  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 23, 2023 20:38:20 GMT -5
From the local ABC 105.7 Radio Station ABC Darwin: ·Who needed a jumper this morning? 🥶❄️💨 It was a chilly 16 degrees this morning, which made it a bit difficult to roll out of bed 😂 The cold morning weather is expected to linger until the end of the week: ☃️ Tuesday 15 degrees ☃️ Wednesday 16 degrees ☃️ Thursday 18 degrees What do you think Territorians, is it actually cold, or are we just used to the heat?  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 23, 2023 22:35:21 GMT -5
One of the coldest days ( without being overcast ) that I can remember in Darwin. Only 23.7c at 1.00pm, dp of -1.3c, humidity at 19% !   |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 24, 2023 17:31:01 GMT -5
fucken feezing this morning, but not as windy as yesterday morning  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 24, 2023 20:11:33 GMT -5
Crocs In Socks On Darwin's Coldest July Night In 16 Years ( source: Weatherzone )  The crocs were surely wearing socks, and whatever other warm items they could find, as Darwin copped an overnight taste of the southern winter chill. The mercury in the NT capital plummeted to a decidedly subtropical 13.4°C at 7:19 am local time, which was: The lowest temperature in any month since 2019 The chilliest July temp since 2007 Almost six degrees below the average July minimum of 19.3°CThe coldest temp to date in 2023 by a margin of 2.5°C The "feels like" or apparent temperature was even worse, dropping below 9°C for at least an hour Why the Top End taste of winter? It's all to do with the position of the high pressure system which is currently dominating weather virtually right across Australia. Here's a screen grab from the Weatherzone home page taken early on Tuesday. These are NOT the min temps for all cities, but we happened to capture this when Darwin’s temp had bottomed out.  As you can see, air circulating anti-clockwise around the high brought warmer air and relatively mild overnight temps in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Hobart. Canberra was its usual chilly self overnight (it got down to -4°C) while Sydney was also quite cool under the influence of southerlies. That cool dry air from the south then did a big loop of the country, affecting temperatures all the way up the Darwin. Numerous locations across the Northern Territory also experienced a cold night, including: Jabiru had a minimum of 11°C, its coldest July night in 38 years With a minimum of 16.6°C, it was the coldest July night in 25 years (and coldest in any month for 10 years) in Warruwi, a small mostly Indigenous community on South Goulburn Island off Arnhem land, where min temperature extremes are moderated by the Arafura Sea Batchelor Airport, an hour south of Darwin, had a low of 7.8°C, its lowest in any month 14 years As for the rest of the day in Darwin, the forecast is for a top of just 26°C, which would be well below the July average maximum of 30.7°C. Keep your socks on, crocs. Temps should remain lowish by both day and night by Top End standards until normal transmission resumes from Friday onwards with high temps in the low-to-mid thirties and overnight lows above 20°C extending into the weekend and early next week. |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 24, 2023 20:52:49 GMT -5
A fair amount of media coverage re the cold spell the last few days....the local radio station 105.7 has been spruiking 'the coldest July min since 1942 line... Er, no, we had a 13.2c min in July 2007 and four consecutive sub 13c mins in July 1965; 12.6c, 10.8c, 11.3c and 11.8c ! Same with claiming record cold inland... Noonamah dropped to 6.1c, which is a record at this particular site ( only in action since 2013 ) The Noonamah record is 5.0c min at the Store ( 4klm away from the AWS at the Airstrip ) in July 1965.   |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 25, 2023 20:07:05 GMT -5
Some cold records broken in the Top End the last coupla days   |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 26, 2023 16:19:43 GMT -5
The overnight mins have occurred around midnight the last 2 mornings.... unusual for the Top End. Mostly happens around dawn here in Darwin.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 26, 2023 18:53:48 GMT -5
Darwin Airport BOM compound.   |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 30, 2023 0:16:05 GMT -5
This is a hot day for July... the all time July max is 35c in July 2020.  Particularly so given it was 'winter' only a few days ago....  A +34c max temp in July is uncommon at Darwin Airport... only 20 such days since 1941 2023 = 1 2020 = 1 2017 = 1 2015 = 1 2010 = 4 2009 = 1 2003 = 1 1998 = 5 1981 = 1 1975 = 1 1969 = 1 1942 = 2 July max temps have warmed some in the last 60 years. 1961-1990 = 30.5c mean 1991-2020 = 31.1c mean. |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 1, 2023 0:25:38 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 2, 2023 15:26:25 GMT -5
Another nice Top End dry season day....  Few showers between the Tiwi Islands and the Mainland  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 3, 2023 1:34:41 GMT -5
Bit of a dry season hot spell in Darwin City and the outer rural areas in the last 5 days Darwin mean max last 5 days = 34.2c Noonamah mean max the last 5 days = 35.4c   |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 3, 2023 2:01:26 GMT -5
Later than usual rainfall onset likely for most of northern Australia ( source: BOM Australia ) A later than usual northern rainfall onset for the 2023–24 season is likely for most of northern Australia. Most of Queensland, the NT and northern WA have a 60 to 70% chance of a later than usual rainfall onset. However, for some inland areas of the Gascoyne and Interior districts in WA and the Yulara district in the NT, there is a 60 to 70% chance of an early rainfall onset. The northern rainfall onset outlook gives an indication of whether the first significant rains after 1 September are likely to be earlier or later than their median date (based on historical observations, 1981–2018). View median onset dates here. The northern rainfall onset outlook will be updated twice a month until the end of August 2023.  Influences: The Australian northern rainfall onset is significantly influenced by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). ENSO is currently neutral but an El Niño Alert is active. When El Niño Alert criteria have been met in the past, an El Niño event has developed around 70% of the time. Typically, during El Niño, the northern rainfall onset occurs later than usual for most areas of northern Australia. A positive Indian Ocean Dipole event, as currently forecast, is also historically associated with below-average rainfall across northern Australia during the September to November period. However, other influences, such as a forecast warming of sea surface temperatures over the coming months to the north-west of Australia, may be raising the likelihood of an earlier onset over some western parts of Australia. |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 3, 2023 15:26:12 GMT -5
Some showers about this morning according to the radar....  Gulf lines approaching Gove and moving east to west accross the northern Top End.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 3, 2023 22:45:59 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 3, 2023 23:52:15 GMT -5
How good is this shot !...fire burning at Lake Argyle ( near Kununurra, WA )  ( Image: Fire at Lake Argyle, WA. Source: @dimitri_georges / Instagram ) |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 5, 2023 2:51:55 GMT -5
An example of how our DP's can vary during a dry season day depending on the wind direction and the timing of the sea breeze.... we topped out at 33.8c today.   |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 6, 2023 18:39:17 GMT -5
Airport site running +2.0 for max temps first week of August.  Gulf lines approaching the Gove Peninsular this morning.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 7, 2023 2:01:39 GMT -5
Slighty cooler ( but still above average max temp ) day today.... and dryer.... a dp of 8.2c atm  |
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