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Post by Ratty on Nov 28, 2010 10:55:18 GMT
Here is South East Queensland, our Spring ends on Tuesday. We have not had a 30 degree C. day all Spring and the forecast says we won't.
I believe that this will be the first time ever we have not had a Spring 30 degree day.
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Post by numas on Dec 8, 2010 8:56:12 GMT
Wettest day on record in Victoria in several towns today. (Records go back about 150 years.)
This is with the Australian Government recently claiming that drought is caused by Global warming.
So therefore, we don't have it anymore apparently.
back in 1911, Dorothea MacKellar described our land in a poem as one 'of droughts and flooding rains. ..
I guess there hasn't been any climate change after all.
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Post by stranger on Dec 10, 2010 2:28:09 GMT
No, as far back as old mens, and womens, memories run, there has been no climate change. The young ones let their imagination get overheated about weather changes, runs of hotter than usual summers or colder than usual winters, or wet years and dry years. Yes, we have had that. But climate change? No more so than usual. Not yet, at least.
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Post by numas on Dec 19, 2010 21:05:35 GMT
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Post by numas on Dec 19, 2010 21:11:19 GMT
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Post by ant42 on Dec 19, 2010 22:37:55 GMT
Numas, Melbourne last night topped 1996 rainfall which was the last year we beat the average in Melbourne CBD.
Here in the Eastern suburbs, sitting a cool 300mm above normal after a deluge last night that models failed to pick up.
The climate shift is on, make no mistake.
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Post by numas on Dec 19, 2010 22:41:56 GMT
Climate Change! I knew it!
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Post by trbixler on Dec 20, 2010 15:36:02 GMT
"Australia swaps summer for Christmas snow " "AFP - Snow fell in Australia on Monday, as the usual hot and summery December weather was replaced in parts by icy gusts sweeping up from the Southern Ocean, giving the country a taste of a white Christmas. Snow has fallen in parts of east coast states New South Wales and Victoria, leaving ski resorts -- some of which are usually snow-free at this time of year -- with dumps of up to 10 centimetres (four inches)." www.france24.com/en/20101220-australia-swaps-summer-christmas-snow
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Post by trbixler on Dec 20, 2010 19:03:18 GMT
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Post by numas on Dec 27, 2010 1:24:46 GMT
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Post by tobyglyn on Dec 27, 2010 9:05:46 GMT
As I type this 8:05PM Sydney time
Sydney 17C
Melbourne 13C
Adelaide 18 C
Canberra 13C
Brisbane 22
Cairns 26
only Perth on the other side of the country is warm at 33C
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Post by Ratty on Dec 27, 2010 10:27:17 GMT
As I type this 8:05PM Sydney time Sydney 17C Melbourne 13C Adelaide 18 C Canberra 13C Brisbane 22 Cairns 26 only Perth on the other side of the country is warm at 33C Glad you mentioned Perth. Tim Flannery is still hanging his hat on heat in Perth. I wish they had kept him in Canada ...
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Post by numas on Dec 27, 2010 19:52:56 GMT
The interesting thing is that the week long forecasts are for hot weather (high 20's to 30;s Celsius) but when the day arrives barely 20 (Melbourne)
I need to keep a diary to record this! A sure sign of a warm bias in the forecasting models.
The forecast sunny days have been very cloudy & overcast.
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Post by tobyglyn on Dec 28, 2010 1:59:27 GMT
I'll be watching this prediction with interest: "A SIZZLING New Year's Eve is expected to kickstart a sweltering summer, according to weather forecasters. Until now Melbourne has shivered its way through the first month of summer, with an above average rainfall and even snow in parts of the state. But Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Rod thingyson said the New Year would bring in the the warmer weather. "Obviously we're having a fairly cool period, but there are certainly increased chances of above average temperatures from January," Mr thingyson said. The scorching days are set to kick off on Friday with the temperature set to hit 36 degrees." www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/summer-chill-to-make-way-for-hot-days-in-the-new-year/story-e6frf7kx-1225976701317Rod's name is not thingyson of course, for some reason his correct name is constantly modified to thingyson after I post. Over sensitive profanity filter?
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Post by stranger on Dec 28, 2010 3:00:26 GMT
Well, Tobyglyn, being curious, let's see if it's the site's filter - or Oz'. The mans surname is the diminuitive of Richard's son; Rod thingyson. Which does have a certain something to it.
But good luck on sizzling New Years, in all the senses of the word.
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