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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
November has turned out to be a wet and stormy month. There was even a confirmed tornado in the northern Sydney suburb of Hornsby. Today there was a tornado up in the Northern Tablelands, about 500 km north of me. How often do you see this in Australia? http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/201 ... newengland
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Sydney weather
That is something you do not want going through a heavily populated area Phil.....
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Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:44 pm |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
We had our first heatwave on Saturday when it reached 40c in the western suburbs (33c at Observatory Hill), followed by a more humid 38c on Monday (28c at Observatory Hill). This was the tailend of the heatwave which affected the Third Test in Perth. These events usually travel west to east across the continent.
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:33 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
Sydney's temps have been moderate, but the inland is another story. Many centres in the outback of SA, Qld and NSW have recorded maximums of 47c to 49c over the last couple of days. Today Walgett in northern inland NSW exceeded 49c. Tomorrow the heat will shift further east and Brisbane is expecting 41c.
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Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:39 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
A major heatwave is set to cross southern Australia over the next week, perhaps of record proportions. Perth will have 44c tomorrow and 40c on Sunday Adelaide will have from Monday to Friday 40c, 41c, 41c, 43c and 40c Melbourne will have from Tuesday to Friday 41c, 39c, 38c and 39c Sydney will largely escape due to east coast seabreezes.
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:26 am |
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Zig Tropicbreeze
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:32 am Posts: 133 Location: Noonamah Australia
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Re: Sydney weather
When the heat moves across the bottom of the continent the monsoon usually becomes very active across the top, as well as cyclones.
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 1:29 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
We had a beaut thunderstorm yesterday with hail that went on for about 10 minutes. It was generally larger than pea-sized, almost up to marble-size. January was the driest since 1987, but from mid-Feb onwards the humidity has really picked up.
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Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:38 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
A man drowned in a stormwater drain yesterday as Sydney was hit with torrential rain- up to 70mm in an hour fell in some southern suburbs and one location had 297mm in 24 hours. Observatory Hill only had 7mm, which indicates the storms were hit-and-miss.
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Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:19 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
I was driving through the Blue Mountains yesterday evening when I saw what looked like a curtain or veil across the road about 100 metres ahead. Mist perhaps? Well, it was rain; lashings of it. I don't think I've ever seen such an abrupt edge to a rain storm. It was like driving into a waterfall.
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Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:16 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
We are having quite an Indian summer: 15 consecutive days above 22c, which is a record for May. And there are more to come.
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Sun May 25, 2014 7:02 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
Winter arrived with a blast today, with a lot of power outages due to high winds, but luckily not for me (yet). Melbourne suffered even worse conditions, and blizzards engulfed the Snowy Mountains.
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Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:42 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
Today reached a pleasant 23c before a cold blast arrivd in the afternoon with 100 km/h winds and a rapidly plummeting temperature. It had got down to 12c by 6pm.
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Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:08 pm |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
Temperatures fell below freezing in western parts of the Sydney Basin this morning eg -3.3c at Richmond and -2c at Camden.
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Fri Jul 04, 2014 8:33 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
Tomorrow is forecast to be 25c; could it nudge the July reord of 25.9c? After that, another cold front barrels through with snow to 600m asl.
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Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:23 am |
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Sydney weather
It was only 5.5c in Sydney this morning, which was the coldest temperature in 4 years. Some western suburbs went below freezing, although it's not the first time this has happended this winter.
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Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:07 am |
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