Summer 2017-18 Discussion Thread (Southern Hemisphere)

I completely forgot the last one said spring

Here's a cool map which illustrates all the cold fronts going around the antarctic

That's a very disturbing picture.   The production rate at the Cold Front Factory is so high that they had to expand their facilities. 

Meanwhile, this Dickcember MTD is still 1.4C below avg, but if the forecast holds, we might creep over.

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We miss out for christmas, but by the time the boxing day test starts it'll be glorious onwards. Whoever bats first will be piling on runs.

Here are a couple of photos of Jacaranda trees on Christmas eve, at twilight -got roped into a christmas light tour.
Thee are no public plantings of them around here, and they are little known as garden plants - Kowhai, Silk, and Pepper trees have similar form and are more common.

The photos are under 200kb, so the quality is a bit poor.

A thunderstorm heading this way -cool, but not cool, as this area could do without any hail, and there a few reports of hail already.

Did see some good cloud to sea lightning a few minutes ago, as I was enjoying my KFC down by the wharf.

Bringing some much needed rain -there is a bit of soft hail in which feels like sleet, so hopefully not a problem.

The cloud in the photo is quite typical for about the warmest 4-5 months -usually quite a quick buildup around mid day, but the convection stalls as the cloud eventually  blocks the sun, slowing the convection off the narrow coastal strip.