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Post by Moron on Aug 26, 2024 18:54:35 GMT -5
Basically summer maximums there, very nice
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 27, 2024 2:50:19 GMT -5
Another 4 sites in the Kimberley topped 40c today: Yampi Sound ( Defense ) - 41.2c Curtin - 40.6c Derby - 40.5c Fitzroy Crossing - 40.4c  |
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Post by aabc123 on Aug 27, 2024 12:00:07 GMT -5
27/08
High 21.9c, low 11.0c, sunny and dry.
20.6c, clear, rh 48% at 20:00.
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 27, 2024 19:08:58 GMT -5
All capital cities warmer than August average ( source: Weatherzone ) With only a few days remaining in August, it's near certain that all eight capital cities will register average maximum and minimum temperatures which are well above the long-term average. In short, it has been a warm one by day and by night, and not just in one portion of the country while regions of equal size have been comparatively cool, but right across vast swathes of Australia. Next week's monthly and seasonal summaries will reveal more, but as things stand now on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 27, the running August anomalies for the eight capital cities are: Maximums Perth + 0.8°C Darwin + 1.6°C Brisbane* +2.3°C Sydney + 2.4°C Hobart + 2.6°C Adelaide + 2.9°C Melbourne + 3.2°C Canberra* + 3.5°C  Minimums: Canberra +0.6°C Darwin +1.2°C Melbourne +2.1°C Adelaide +2.4°C Sydney +2.4°C Perth +3.0°C Hobart +3.0°C Brisbane +3.1°C In terms of rainfall, only Perth and Brisbane have been significantly wetter than usual in August 2024 to date – and almost all of Brisbane’s running total of 71.2 mm of rain came in a four-day soggy spell. Why so warm? While the background warming influence of climate change always tends to play a part in such figures, the main direct driver of August's warm temperatures has been dominant high pressure systems centred over mainland Australia. The position of these highs has been relatively far north for winter and has kept the majority of rain-bearing cold fronts south of most parts of the continent. The BoM's latest climate outlook states that warmer than average days and nights are very likely across most of Australia in the coming spring. * Note that the Brisbane and Canberra anomalies were calculated from the old sites because averages require a 30-year data set and the new weather stations have been located at their current location for less than 30 years. |
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Post by Ethereal on Aug 27, 2024 23:28:45 GMT -5
28°C on a Sydney winter morning
Morning temperatures in Sydney on the fourth-last day of winter 2024 have climbed to nearly two degrees above the average midsummer maximum, as a surge of unseasonable warmth bakes the east coast. Just before midday, a reading of 28.2°C was recorded at Sydney Airport (where flights are being disrupted by winds gusting over 80 km/h). The airport's average August max is 18.5°C and the January average high is 26.7°C.
By 1:00 pm, it had reached 29.4°C at the airport. On the fringe of the Sydney CBD, the Observatory Hill weather station had reached 27,5°C by 1pm, on the way to an expected maximum of 28°C. Further up the NSW coast, some truly remarkable temperatures for winter are being experienced. The North Coast seaside hamlet of Evans Head (population almost 3000) reached 34.3°C just after 1pm. Its average August maximum is 21.5°C.
The east coast warmth is being caused by strong northwesterly winds dragging dry air from inland regions while a cold front whips through southern parts, bringing bitterly cold conditions to Tasmania, with snow and subzero temps all day on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart. Many coastal locations in NSW are now edging close to record-setting territory. The August record in Evans Head is 37.6°C while at Sydney Airport it's 31.1°C. Those two weather stations, and several others, are now within two or three degrees of the warmest August day on record. Meanwhile Sydney will "cool down" to a maximum of 23°C on Thursday (which is still much warmer than the long-term average August max of 17.9°C) but should reach 29°C on Friday in a similar set-up to today, as northwesterlies strengthen ahead of another cold front down south.
www.weatherzone.com.au/news/28c-on-a-sydney-winter-morning/1889802
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 28, 2024 1:27:07 GMT -5
And another four +40c max temps in the Kimberley including a 40.5c winter record in Broome.  For a site like Broome on the coast deep in the AU tropics to have max temp anomalies +10c is simply off the charts !!  |
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Post by Beercules on Aug 28, 2024 3:27:23 GMT -5
160km/h winds recorded in the Bass Strait today.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 28, 2024 3:41:30 GMT -5
160km/h winds recorded in the Bass Strait today. Imagine being on the ferry across Bass Straight today ?... the barf bags will be gettin' a work out !! |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 28, 2024 5:38:33 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 28, 2024 20:05:07 GMT -5
Back-to-back record hot days in Broome ( source: weatherzone ) Note to media: You are welcome to republish text from the above news article as direct quotes from Weatherzone. When doing so, please reference www.weatherzone.com.au in the credit.  Western Australia’s Kimberley coast is enduring one of the most intense bouts of August heat ever observed in Australia, with Broome the latest place to experience record-breaking temperatures for this time of year. Earlier this week, a weather station at Yampi Sound registered a temperature of 41.6°C. While this station has only been open since 2019, Monday’s maximum was the highest temperature ever recorded in Australia during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter months (June, July and August). One day later, the temperature at Broome reached 39.2°C on Tuesday, beating its previous August record of 38.9°C from 2020. This new record was surpassed again on Wednesday as the mercury reached 40.5°C. This was Broome’s first August day over 40°C since weather observations commenced there in 1897.  Prior to 2024, 40°C had only been observed in Australia four times during winter. Over the past four days, this threshold has been breached 16 times at weather stations located in WA and the NT. This was also the first time an NT location (Bradshaw-Angallari in this case) has exceeded 40°C during August. The stifling air mass will linger over northwestern Australia for the rest of this week, possibly allowing temperatures to exceed 40°C a few more times before the end of August. |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 28, 2024 22:00:38 GMT -5
Three winter records could fall in Brisbane this week ( source: Weatherzone )  Brisbane is experiencing an unseasonably warm week, with the potential for winter maximum, minimum and prolonged warmth records to be broken. This unusually warm end to winter is being driven by unseasonably warm airmass lingering over central and northern Australia. This, in turn, is in response to a stubborn high-pressure system and prevailing warm and dry westerly winds as a series of cold fronts sweep across southern Australia. The map below shows the warm airmass around 1.5km above the surface forecast for Saturday, with westerly winds dragging it all the way to the coast.  The warmest days in Brisbane are forecast to be Friday and Saturday with temperatures of 34 and 35 to 36°C forecast consecutively. While minimums on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night should only drop to around 19 to 20°C. There are at least two records that could fall in Brisbane during the next week: The daytime temperature on Saturday is forecast to reach 35 to 36°C. This temperature could break the previous winter record of 35.4°C, set back in August 2009. Brisbane’s minimum temperature on Friday night should only drop to around 20°C, potentially breaking the winter record of 19.4°C set in August 2006. Saturday and Sunday nights minimums are forecast to be around 19°C. The maximum temperature will reach above 31°C for the final three days of August, breaking the previously set record of two days in August 2009. Looking ahead, the temperatures should finally drop into the 20’s from Tuesday, September 3 as the high pressure system moves further east directing a cooler southeasterly flow over the city. |
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Post by psychedamike24 on Aug 28, 2024 22:11:54 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 29, 2024 19:39:12 GMT -5
Roebourne and Marble Bar broke their site August heat records yesterday... 40.2c and 39.7c respectively. Records back to 1902 in Marble bar and 1919 in Roebourne. ROEBOURNE:  MARBLE BAR:  |
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Post by Ethereal on Aug 29, 2024 23:53:50 GMT -5
Sydney hits 30°C (86°F) in winter
Sydney reached 30°C just before 2pm this Friday, and edged up to 30.3°C at 2:30pm, making it just the third time the city has reached the 30-degree mark in winter since records began in 1858.
Sydney Airport has already broken its winter record of 31.1°C this Friday, reaching 31.5°C just before 2 pm. But even if the main city weather station's record doesn't fall, this week's heat has still been remarkable because of its persistence. Bear in mind that the average winter maximums at Sydney’s main weather station at Observatory Hill (on the fringe of the CBD near the harbour bridge) are:
- June 17°C
- July 16.5°C
- August 17.9°C
In August 2024 to date, Sydney's running average maximum has been 21°C, some 3.1 above the long-term average. So that's an ongoing stretch of 10 days when each day's maximum temperature has been at least five degrees warmer than average, with some days well over 10 degrees above the average. By any measure, that is a remarkable run.
The unseasonable heat is being caused by exceptionally warm northwesterly winds for winter. These winds are being driven over eastern Australia by a strong low pressure system far down in the Southern Ocean, and an associated cold front flicking southern Victoria and Tasmania. While the front is causing bitterly cold weather in Tasmania, most of the cold air staying is well south of the mainland. www.weatherzone.com.au/news/sydney-hits-30c-in-winter/1889812
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 30, 2024 1:45:03 GMT -5
Unprecedented winter heat in Queensland as records fall in several states ( source: Weatherzone )  An exceptionally hot air mass for this time of year has just produced the highest winter temperature ever recorded in Queensland, with records also falling at locations across several other states. Numerous records have been broken across Australia during the past week as unseasonably hot air drifts across the continent. On Friday, this record-breaking hot air mass was focussed on parts of Qld, NSW, SA and the NT.  Prior to 2024, the highest winter temperature on record in Qld was 38.5°C at Bedourie on August 29, 2009. Birdsville came close to breaking this state winter record on last Sunday when the mercury reached 38.4°C. Now, five days later, Birdsville has managed to break this record. Birdsville’s running maximum temperature at 2pm AEST on Friday was 39.4°C. This is roughly 15°C above average for this time of year and Qld’s highest winter temperature on record. Winter temperature records have also been broken in parts of NSW, SA and the NT on Friday. Bourke’s running maximum temperature of 36.8°C as of 2pm AEST on Friday is a new winter record for the northwest NSW town. In SA, Moomba’s running maximum of 37.3°C as of 1:30pm ACST on Friday also makes this their hottest winter day on record. Alice Springs reached 36.2°C shortly before 1:30pm ACST, beating its previous winter record of 35.6°C. "It feels like high summer," Alice Springs local Debbie Fearon told Weatherzone, and she's not wrong, as the average max in January, the hottest month, is 36.5°C. It’s possible that higher temperatures will occur on Friday afternoon, so these records may be surpassed in the coming hours. This inland heat will also linger into the weekend and spread towards the nation’s east coast in the next few days. Brisbane is expected to see maximum temperatures in the low to mid-30s between now and Monday next week, which could get close to the city’s highest winter temperature on record, which was 35.4°C from August 24, 2009. |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 30, 2024 2:31:24 GMT -5
Queensland's Hottest Winter Day on Record ( source: Weatherwatch ) The outback town of Birdsville recorded the hottest winter day ever recorded anywhere within Queensland. At 3:35pm on August 30, 2024 the town peaked at 39.6C which is a staggering 15C above average for August.  It wasn't just Birdsville though - Queensland's previous winter record was 38.5C meaning multiple places broke this record including Ballera (38.7C) and Windorah (38.6C). Many other outback towns registered their hottest winter day on record. These included: Birdsville 39.6C (previously 38.5C) Ballera 38.7C (previously 36.5C) Windorah AP 38.6C (previously 36.4C) Urandangi 38.5C (previously 37.0C) Thargomindah 38.1C (previously 36.3C) Camooweal 37.8C (previously 37.3C) Longreach 37.7C (previously 37.5C) Winton 37.7C (previously 37.6C) Mt Isa 37.6C (previously 36.4C) Blackall 36.0C (previous 35.7C)  Fortunately cooler weather is on the way - tomorrow temperatures will still remain well above average through outback Queensland but fall from their record levels to hover in the low to mid-30s. However it won't be until next week when a more substantial cooler change sweeps through bringing some relief to the unseasonal winter (and soon to be, early-spring) heat.  |
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Post by Doña Jimena on Aug 30, 2024 12:27:16 GMT -5
Ariete still hot here. Amazing summer day in Riga. I wish all summer days were like today - sunny, dry, slow wind and a high above 30C. Highs in Latvia today: 
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Post by Beercules on Aug 30, 2024 13:16:31 GMT -5
Pay attention to the winds  |
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Post by Beercules on Aug 30, 2024 13:50:08 GMT -5
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Post by Ariete on Aug 30, 2024 13:59:46 GMT -5
Ariete still hot here. Amazing summer day in Riga. I wish all summer days were like today - sunny, dry, slow wind and a high above 30C. Highs in Latvia today:
Only 26.4C high here, interrupted by thunderstorms. Still the highest temp of the month...   |
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