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Post by greysrigging on Jul 30, 2023 22:04:28 GMT -5
Midwinter Sydney Weekend More Like Midsummer ( source: Weatherzone )  Did Sydney just have a January or a July weekend? If you glanced quickly at the maximum temperatures, you'd surely guess that it was summer. Sunday was particularly warm, with parts of the city exceeding 26°C during what is normally the coldest month of the year. The city (Observatory Hill) reached 25.2°C, which was: Almost nine degrees above the long-term July average max of 16.4°C Within a degree of the long-term January average max of 26.0°C, and bear in mind that January is on average the hottest month Sydney Airport reached 26.0°C which was: Almost nine degrees above the long-term July average max of 17.2°C Within a degree of the long-term January average max of 26.7°C, and bear in mind that January is on average the hottest month Penrith, in the city's outer west, reached 26.4°C which was: More than eight degrees above the July average max of 18.0°C Within 4.5°C of the average max of 30.9°C in January, which again, is on average the hottest month Penrith also registered Sunday’s equal fourth-warmest NSW reading, with the warmest being 27.5°C at Grafton in the state's Northern Rivers forecast district. Why so warm in midwinter? Warm northwesterlies were pushed across southeastern Australia on Sunday by a low pressure system down near Tasmania. If you look at Sunday's live temps at 2 pm, you can see how cooler air had reached areas west of the divide, while anywhere along the east coast was super warm for midwinter.  Indeed warm temps were being experienced all the way down to East Gippsland in Victoria at the very bottom of the image, where towns like Orbost at the mouth of the Snowy River got a rare winter taste of 21-degree weather Meanwhile Monday is looming as a dry but slightly cooler day in most of the hotspots mentioned above, although it will hardly be cold by winter standards. Sydney should see maximums of at least 20°C for at least the rest of the week, while Canberra will also continue its run of much warmer maximum temps than usual for winter. |
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Post by Ethereal on Jul 30, 2023 22:40:49 GMT -5
Midwinter Sydney Weekend More Like Midsummer ( source: Weatherzone ) Why so warm in midwinter? Warm northwesterlies were pushed across southeastern Australia on Sunday by a low pressure system down near Tasmania. If you look at Sunday's live temps at 2 pm, you can see how cooler air had reached areas west of the divide, while anywhere along the east coast was super warm for midwinter.Why is Weatherzone so basic at times? They didn't explain why. They can say it's because of the 'foehn effect' and that map clearly hints that. |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 31, 2023 18:14:20 GMT -5
Tasmania Equals Wild Wind Record With 200 km/h Gust. ( source: Weatherzone )  Between 4:17 pm and 4:20 pm Monday, gusts of 200 km/h were recorded at Maatsuyker Island, the tiny speck of land located just off the state's southwestern tip These gusts equalled the strongest wind gust ever recorded in Tasmania of 200 km/h at kunanyi/Mt Wellington in March, 1998 Earlier on Monday morning, a gust of 178 km/h was registered at at Maatsuyker Island which equalled the strength of for Tasmania's strongest wind gust recorded in July. That record has now been decimated. The combination of incredibly strong sustained winds and gusts means that conditions on the bleak Southern Ocean outpost have been as wild as a Category 3 tropical cyclone  An interesting aspect of these incredibly strong winds is the associated apparent or "feels like" temperatures. The apparent (or "feels like") temp was an incredibly low -20.9°C when the 178 km/h gust struck Maatsuyker Island at 3:56 am. The actual temp at the time was 8.7°C, which shows how strong winds affect our comfort level The apparent (or "feels like") temp was a bone-chilling -20.6°C at the moment the 200 km/h gust struck Maatsuyker Island just after 4 pm Monday. That's a remarkable reading for the afternoon, when the actual temperature was 10.1°C Meanwhile, elsewhere in Tasmania... As mentioned, virtually the whole of Tassie copped a blast overnight as that cold front roared across the state and has continued to experience howling winds throughout Monday. Other readings of note included: At least 15 weather stations recorded gusts of 100 km/h or stronger The strongest gust on the Tasmanian mainland was 152 km/h at Scotts Peak, a 669-metre mountain in the state's southwest. kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart recorded a gust of 122 km/h Hobart Airport recorded a maximum gust of 89 km/h Launceston Airport recorded a maximum gust of 87 km/h Take a look at the loop below. It shows the three hours between 11 am and 2 pm Monday.   While readings in that three-hour period weren't quite as strong as the extremes experienced overnight, winds were still up around 100 km/h at elevated or exposed weather stations. So the loop does a great job of illustrating just how quickly the current weather systems are screaming across Bass Strait and areas further south. Snow is also falling to levels as low as 500 metres in Tasmania this Monday, although accumulations have not yet been sufficient to enable lifts to start spinning at the state's only commercial ski hill, Ben Lomond, near Launceston. Meanwhile a range of weather warnings are in place for Tasmania this Monday, including a Severe Weather Warning for destructive winds in several districts. |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 1, 2023 0:39:21 GMT -5
( source: JWC FB Page ) If you live in Melbourne and you think July hasn’t been that cold at night you are right!! Warmest July nights on record Fourth warmest July days on record    |
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Post by aabc123 on Aug 1, 2023 6:45:39 GMT -5
23.3c, partly coudy, rh 52%, UV index 6 at 14:00. Sea temperatures 20.5c and 21.
1c.
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 1, 2023 16:48:19 GMT -5
Warmest July On Record For Parts Of Australia ( source: Weatherzone )  Tasmania and a few places on the Australian mainland just had their warmest July on record, while mid-winter rainfall was below average in much of southern Australia. The national mean temperature in July 2023 was 1.19ºC above the 1961-1990 average, making it the country’s 9th warmest July in records dating back to 1910.  The map above shows that the largest temperature anomalies in July occurred across eastern and southeastern Australia, particularly in Tas, and parts of Vic and NSW. A lack of strong mid-winter cold fronts allowed Tasmania to register its warmest July on record. The state’s mean monthly temperature was a whopping 2.02ºC above the long-term average, beating the state’s previous July record from 1930 by 0.39ºC. Parts of Victoria and NSW also registered a record warm July based on mean monthly temperature, including Sydney. While temperatures were closer to average for much of WA and parts of the NT in July, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas and SA all registered one of their top 10 warmest Julys on record. One of the main drivers behind Australia’s abnormally warm July was an unusual dominance of high pressure over the Australian continent, which helped keep cold fronts to the south of the country.  This suppression of seasonal frontal activity also limited rainfall across the southern half of Australia in July. Victoria registered its 11th driest July in 124 years of records, while rainfall across the Murray-Darling Basin was about 40 percent below the long-term average. A few places in Vic had their driest July on record, including Mallacoota in the state's far east, where a paltry 8.6 mm reached the gauge during the month, well below its long-term monthly average of 80 mm.  In contrast to the dry July in southern Australia, parts of the nation’s north had an exceptionally wet month thanks to a burst of unseasonably heavy rain in the first few days of July. This deluge saw the NT register its wettest July since 2010 and its 9th wettest on record. Unfortunately, the dry and warm July in parts of eastern Australia has exacerbated year-to-date rainfall deficiencies in parts of NSW and Qld. This is likely to help increase grass fire fuel loads as we head into the warmer months of the year. On Tuesday, August 1, six Local Government Areas in northern NSW commenced their Bush Fire Danger Period for the 2023/24 season. |
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Post by Marcelo on Aug 2, 2023 2:51:36 GMT -5
A freaking delirious hot event in Argentina which was one day too late from feasting on a lot of monthly records... Buenos Aires reached 30.2C yesterday... Córdoba Airport got to 35.3C. Today the north of the country is expected to be have another hot winter day... maybe even hotter. This is a special year, huh.
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Post by Donar on Aug 2, 2023 3:49:50 GMT -5
Rainfall the first 12 h yesterday, Wiesbaden near the wettest areas 
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Post by jgtheone on Aug 2, 2023 5:21:16 GMT -5
Damn you Perffff. Could have had a rare winter event where every capital was 19C or above.  |
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Post by cawfeefan on Aug 2, 2023 7:32:28 GMT -5
Damn you Perffff. Could have had a rare winter event where every capital was 19C or above. Perff, replacing Melbourne/Hobart as the party pooper of Australia |
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Post by MET on Aug 2, 2023 7:58:44 GMT -5
Max temperature 10°C / 50°F on saturday, 5th August.  |
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Post by B87 on Aug 2, 2023 8:12:27 GMT -5
Max temperature 10°C / 50°F on saturday, 5th August. 5th August is statistically the warmest day of the year as well. |
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Post by Benfxmth on Aug 2, 2023 15:41:08 GMT -5
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Post by rozenn on Aug 2, 2023 16:26:20 GMT -5
35 mm (1.4") from the last rain event last night at Orly airport, pretty even over the whole area. Some spots in the SE outskirts of Paris are cloking north of 170 mm (6.7") over the past 10 days. Awesome stuff knowing it'll warm up tremendously soon.
Also very windy for the time of year today, up to 95 km/h (59 mph) at Orly airport!
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Post by Steelernation on Aug 2, 2023 16:58:45 GMT -5
As per usual I missed it but Fort Collins had an incredible 3.58” (91 mm) in just over an hour on Monday. That’s two months worth of rain in just 1 hour!
Would be the 4th wettest day ever if not for the 7 PM day (see below).
Rain rates peaked at 5.4”/hour and exceeded 5”/hour for 15 minutes at the peak of the storm. Absolutely insane weather but of course it had to come when I was gone.
Also to add to the fuckery, it occurred around 7 PM so the rain was split between July 31st and August 1st in the records so it’s completely hidden by the stats. Instead of the 4th wettest day ever, it’s merely the 4th wettest august day (although none of the rain even fell in August).
6.32” (161 mm) fell in July making it the 2nd wettest July although it’s only the 8th wettest by the official stats using the 7 PM day.
This just caps off a very wet past few months:
•Wettest June 1-August 1 ever (11.93”)
•Wettest May 1-August 1 ever (15.26”)
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Post by Benfxmth on Aug 3, 2023 6:31:28 GMT -5
Polar temps this morning  |
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Post by rozenn on Aug 4, 2023 2:20:43 GMT -5
850 hPa temps are about to climb a great deal. Up to 28°C projected over SW France on determinist runs:  Seems like once you're a couple miles offshore cool nights are impossible even with winds off the continent. |
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Post by Benfxmth on Aug 4, 2023 5:49:59 GMT -5
rozenn The differential between coast and inland as been amplified by good radiational cooling (clear skies and near-calm, but still light NE'lies) and warm SSTs in the mid-80s °F offshore. Also note how the Piedmont of NC has seen considerably warmer lows, due to expansive cloud cover ahead of a shortwave moving in earlier.
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Post by rozenn on Aug 4, 2023 15:29:19 GMT -5
This is impressive.  |
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Post by Donar on Aug 4, 2023 15:36:20 GMT -5
Reutlingen, Germany today:
Of course this is hail, not snow.
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