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Post by greysrigging on Oct 20, 2024 0:37:43 GMT -5
A bit of action around the north western Top End. But nothing in the Darwin suburban area....   |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 20, 2024 14:49:31 GMT -5
5.00am showers in and around coastal Darwin:  |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 22, 2024 2:48:13 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 22, 2024 3:45:09 GMT -5
Heatwave gripping northern Australia this week ( source: Weatherzone )  A burst of unusually hot weather will cause severe to extreme heatwave conditions across parts of three states and territories in northern Australia this week, with the heat also elevating fire danger ratings in some places. Northern Australia is certainly no stranger to heat at this time of year. The country’s highest temperature ever recorded in October came from the Pilbara town of Port Hedland, where the mercury soared to a searing 46.9°C back in 2002. But even hot places can have heatwaves, and the Bureau of Meteorology defines a heatwave in Australia as: “When the maximum and minimum temperatures are unusually hot over 3 days. This is compared to the local climate and past weather.” Temperatures will be unusually hot for several days and nights in northern Australia this week thanks to a high pressure ridge lingering over southern Australia, which will help trap a hot and dry air mass over the country’s north. The highest absolute temperature this week are likely to occur in the north of WA, although parts of the WA, the NT and Qld will experience a heatwave.  ^^Image: Heatwave severity forecast for the three days starting on Tuesday, October 22.  ^^Image: Heatwave severity forecast for the three days starting on Friday, October 25. The hot weather in northern Australia this week will be associated with surges of dry air being pushed towards the north from the interior. This hot, dry and windy weather will elevate fire danger ratings in some areas throughout the week. On Monday, smoke from numerous fires could be seen across the NT, including a vast area of smoke that was capture by the afternoon sea breeze along the southwest coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria.  ^^Image: Smoke being pushed inland by a sea breeze from the Gulf of Carpentaria on Monday, October 12, 2024. A fire weather warning is in place for the Exmouth Gulf Coast in WA on Tuesday due to predicted extreme fire danger ratings. Forecast models also suggest that extreme fire danger could occur in parts of the NT’s Barkly region on Friday. |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 23, 2024 4:59:14 GMT -5
Fitzroy Crossing the last 5 days:  And the next 7 days:  |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 25, 2024 1:21:13 GMT -5
Radar looks good but I think tracking too far south for my place....  |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 25, 2024 2:31:18 GMT -5
^^ Nothing here at home... too coastal at my place...  |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 25, 2024 23:51:36 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 26, 2024 17:05:09 GMT -5
Bit of action in the Joseph Boneparte Gulf south west of Darwin:  |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 26, 2024 23:07:31 GMT -5
A rather grim lookin' radar pic for 1.30pm in the last few days of October !  |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 28, 2024 0:50:03 GMT -5
fast moving small cell just dropped 10mm at Darwin Airport... also dropped the temp to below 27c... Nature's aircon...   |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 28, 2024 3:11:41 GMT -5
Heatwave warnings still in force over the Top End:   |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 28, 2024 21:41:25 GMT -5
36c at noon in and around the 'Burbs ! its effin' hot !  |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 29, 2024 21:07:27 GMT -5
In the last coupla years the BoM ( in conjunction with the Defence and Aviation folk ) have installed two new fully fledged AWS weather stations at East Point and Knuckey's Lagoon ( to the east and west of Darwin Airport. Darwin Airport is actually a Military Base that leases land/runways to the Civil Aviation Authority. As you can see by the map, both new AWS sites are on the take off and landing flight paths for civilian and military aircraft.  For the general Darwin weather enthusiast mob, the 3 sites give us all terrific data for the Darwin area, ie coastal, slightly inland and a bit further inland that doesn't get the sea breezes like the other two sites do.... So here's some recent ( 2024 ) data which shows the subtle differences between the locations. EAST POINT: Max temps and +35c days in 2024   Min temps and sub 20c nights in 2024   Rainfall ( and days +25mm ) 2024   DARWIN AIRPORT: Max temps and +35c days in 2024   Min temps and sub 20c nights in 2024   Rainfall ( and days +25mm ) 2024   KNUCKEY'S LAGOON: Max temps and +35c days in 2024   Min temps and sub 20c nights in 2024   Rainfall ( and days +25mm ) 2024   East Point 2024: +35c days = 19 Sub 20c nights = 27 +25mm rain days = 18 Darwin Airport 2024: +35c days = 39 Sub 20c nights = 38 +25mm rain days = 21 Knuckey's Lagoon 2024 +35c days = 71 Sub 20c nights = 73 +25mm rain days = 23 |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 30, 2024 15:30:12 GMT -5
Drizzly rain all night and a very cool 22.5c at 5.30am... fucken green tree frogs wont shut up ! our heatwave conditions have broken.   |
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 31, 2024 15:32:41 GMT -5
Top End at 6.00am   |
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Post by greysrigging on Nov 2, 2024 5:55:40 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Nov 3, 2024 19:18:47 GMT -5
"Out on the patio we'd sit, And the humidity we'd breathe, We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields Laugh and think, this is Australia. The block is awkward - it faces west, With long diagonals, sloping too. And in the distance, through the heat haze, In convoys of silence the cattle graze. That certain texture, that certain beat, Brings forth the night time heat. Out on the patio we'd sit, And the humidity we'd breathe, We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields Laugh and think that this is Australia.'     |
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Post by greysrigging on Nov 3, 2024 22:04:59 GMT -5
Heatwave warnings in effect for the NT over the next week or so...  |
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Post by greysrigging on Nov 4, 2024 3:29:10 GMT -5
A classic NT 'build up' pic from Dundee, south west of Darwin  |
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