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Are those particular sounds that relax you sentimental memories? Particular smells relax me, in a way that would be difficult to describe, smells that remind me of insignificant yet powerful and pleasant sensations of the past. The oddest one...yea it is really odd...is cow manure on fields. I'm taken back to childhood when I lived in Switzerland surrounded by fields and I get the kind of euphric feeling of relaxation like you describe!

Probably so because you can slow the film down, ( these things can't be seen by the naked eye ) , whilst keeping the integrity of the image intact.

^ Strange how they say the orbs appear to come and go from a residential area! They live amongst us!

Not on there unfortuently either

If you squint and nod your head to and fro for a bit, you'll notice there is not much of a rainfall anomoly here at all:

Happens every summer, somewhere in Australia, where bush meets suburb or town - houses are lost. Eucalyptus has evolved to regenerate by fire, and most homes are not built to standards that reflect that natural danger. Thankfully no injuries, or loss of life.

ABC News report on the tornado activity around Hobart, Tasmania on Friday: http://www.abc.net.a...ern-tas/4362868

Tornado in formation over Hobart, first observed in 40 years Hail coats ground during rare violent storm The most dramatic weather day here for many years. http://www.themercur...mania-news.html <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Video link Hobart Just south of Hobart Near Hobart

I admire your care for it, but just a reminder they only live for a month.

Well picked!

Ouch!

HOBART is Tasmania's capital, situated at sealevel on an estuary, and backed by 1270m/4200ft mountain range October - Mid Spring Weak cold fronts crossed Tasmania at 3 or 4 day intervals, bringing a few brief showers to Hobart, which were more prolonged at times during follow up high pressure ridging of an onshore south-south east nature. A whole year has now passed without a below average temperature month ( 1981-2010 av comparison ). Average maximum: 17.5 ( +0.2 ) Average minimum: 8.2 ( -0.1 ) Rainfall: 29mm ( Average 62mm ) October daily temperature extremes Highest maximum: 28.6 ( Record 34.6 in 1987 ) Lowest maximum: 11.2 ( Record 6.0 in 1958 ) Highest minimum: 12.6 ( Record 20.2 in 1933 ) Lowest minimum: 3.6 ( Record 0.0 in 1889 )

Very dry in October but tropical conditions extending into the east and south next week, with possible active thunderstorms in places.

Zurich at 6am this morning.

Quite interesting to see many cool months this year (cet), so i am suggesting 8.4 to balance things up somewhat.

Aurora photographed at Franklin, SW of Hobart, Tasmania, on October 11 From ABC news Tasmania

Peak snow depths measured at Spencers Creek ( 1830m ), Australian Alps over the last 50+ years. http://en.wikipedia....Snow_Depths.png (This graph is not an indication of prolonged snow cover - but it is useful in showing conditions present for accumulation - but the above article is correct in its reference to an early melt in most years, and snow cover at lower elevations becoming very irregular where artififical snow making is now the primer ). Where I live, low level snow events used to be a common feature of the climate. Not any more! http://www.tasfieldn...s_Snowfalls.pdf

Australian media always goes into a frenzy when a tsumai advisory is issued in this area. Straight to the top of the radio news bulletin and australian news websites.

Whatever happened to bangers and mash

This has to be Tasmania's most unluckiest year... to have the coldest air masses travel north on a trajectory that has bypassed the island state altogether

^ Certainly a standout event for October! I did notice that Adelaide was 4.9 this morning ( 7 below average ), very close to their October record low from that 1970s site.

It seems likely that Bushy Park ( near sealevel ) in Tasmania's Derwent Valley ( 65km/40miles inland from Hobart ) has recorded a sub zero maximum temperature in the past. This district is suspectible to day long fogs in the wintertime, following very low overnight temperatures, as cold air drains into the valley from the central plateau highlands. The complete weather record for Bushy Park ( dating back to the 1870s I believe ) is not availble on the weather bureau's website, but on June 19 1992 a maximum of 0.0 is listed, following an overnight low of -4.9. In Hobart on the 19th, it was 6.0 degrees maximum ( 6 below average ), and the capitals topography doesn't allow fogs to persist usually after mid morning - so - I am trusting that Bushy Park figure is reliable! Red = Hobart Blue=Bushy Park Derwent Valley Tasmania

Sorry to be brief, ( don't usually have enough time on weekdays ), but I'll have a go at your questions! Perhaps NorthNSW can offer some more detail In regards to snow, snow has settled at a location in every Australian state and territory. The furthest north was on the Clark range in the tropics ( 1270m/4200ft near Mackay, ( 21 degrees latitude ). There was also an incident of snow (briefly ) settling at Uluru ( Ayers Rock ) Central Australia in the mid 1990s. Snow will settle at sealevel in Tasmania at some location once every few years. No sealevel location in Tasmania however has recorded a sub zero maximum temperature. That naturally applies to the mainland aswell. In regards to a minimum of 0 or below and furthest location north, would suggest it may well be in the central top half of the Northern Territory, desert inland during the dry season ( winter ) Rare snow info link: http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Unusual_snow_events_in_Australia

Far out!! Very impressed, with all of your work