NH Winter/SH Summer 2023-2024

Floods ease in FNQ
( source: Bureau of Meteorology )
Heavy rain has cleared, and flood levels continue to ease across the North Tropical Coast after what has been a week of major flooding. Whilst river levels are quickly dropping the clean-up and recovery is ongoing.
Rainfall totals in the 7 days to 9am EST this morning are enormous some of the highest totals include:
-2252mm at Bairds
-2199mm at Black MT
-2101mm at Whyanbeel CK
-2096mm at Mossman South
-2078mm at Myola
-2055mm at Yandill
-2038mm at Diwan
-1921mm at Daintree Village
Major flooding continues on the Murray River with moderate flooding ongoing on the Tully, Daintree and Herbert rivers but these flood levels continue to ease today.
Showers and thunderstorms with isolated heavy falls are forecast in the coming days but nothing like we have seen in the last week.
For the latest forecasts and warnings, go to our website www.bom.gov.au or the BOM Weather app.

windy in britain

Through 3 weeks December is averaging 51.2/24.9 and has had an above average mean every day since the 2nd. That makes it the 5th warmest first 3 weeks of December.

9 days have hit 55 (13 c) and 5 have hit 60 (16 c).

Additionally, just 0.01” (0.3 mm) of precipitation has fallen and there’s been zero snow.

I haven’t minded the lack of cold and snow since it’s been so pleasant during the day and there’s 4 more months to get snow. I do wish it was milder at night and cloudier though as evenings are annoyingly cold.

For the first time since 1971, it did not fall below 23°F (-5°C) at Oklahoma City during the entirety of astronomical fall. The first sub-23 low might occur on Christmas night, but that remains to be seen.

Meanwhile I'm visiting my grandparents in the San Diego area, and it is in the lower 60s F (mid 10s C) and partly cloudy. Pleasant weather all things considered, but not very Christmasy. I saw some lightning on my flight in on Thursday night, which surprised me.

Todays 1” snow solidified a white Christmas here, otherwise it would of been the first brown Christmas since 1997

The record cold Christmas Day at my place. Rain gauge not installed yet, but it rained all day and was overcast. Let it be shown for prosperity.

Virtually equal daily high yesterday at my river-moderated location where my PWS is at, a bit warmer at the AP. Opposite season, opposite hemisphere. Let that be shown for prosperity.

Heatwave warnings across Northern AU


Marble Bar around the New year...

A tornado has blown rooves off houses in Greater Manchester during a thunderstorm this morning.

Storm was a violent Supercell thunderstorm, as seen on Doppler Radar: 





Article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67831843