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Forgot to post a summary of weather you'd expect here in August: August is usually the warmest month of winter. The days tend to be generally mild, still the occasional cool day though. The nights continue to be cool, and do tend cold at times. Maximum temperatures average 19.8ºC, and minimum temps average 11.7ºC. For August, the record high max is 31.5ºC (24/08/2009) and the record low min is 4.0ºC (25/08/1997). The record low min for August is also the all-time record low min for any month. It varies from year to year, but August can be more spring-like than winter-like some years. August is one the drier months (3rd driest month of the year on average), and is prone to dry spells and is probably the month with the most variability in rainfall from year to year. It is one of three months that have recorded 0mm in the past. The August rainfall average is 80.4mm. Wintry cold fronts occasionally pay a visit during the month, and high pressure systems over the continent can bring extended periods of fine weather. While the "storm season" doesn't begin until September, there can be a couple of thundery days during August. When a storm does occur in August, they are usually fairly benign at this time of year with generally a couple of rumbles and some moderate rain (although last year a severe storm hit on Tuesday August 30th: http://www.macleayar...on/2278740.aspx). It would be a bit unusual to not have a thunderstorm pass over during the month, and very unusual to not hear thunder at all during the month.

Sorry about that. Here's what I was distracted by, lol. A nice, mid-winter thunderstorm that came over the house late this afternoon shortly after 4:30pm. Upcoming week (Jul 26th to Aug 1st): Today (26th), an approaching surface trough and the intrusion of colder mid/upper temps caused thunderstorms to form about the region (instability was held back though by fairly dry air in the lower levels). As you can see a thunderstorm rolled through here this afternoon bringing some lightning/thunder, a period of steady to moderate rain (3.4mm), and a bit of strong wind (estimated 50km/h gust). Even though the surface trough is expected to move out to sea overnight and be a couple hundred kilometres offshore. An associated upper level trough lagging behind and even colder mid/upper temps (-27ºC @ 500mb!) means there is the slight chance of a shower/storm tomorrow (the main inhibitor to any activity will be a lack of lower level moisture, even drier than today). A ridge of high pressure should bring fine weather on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. A light shower or two could possibly be directed onto the coast on Tuesday and Wednesday as winds turn southerly.

Hi all, Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Jul 19th - 12.0ºC/18.4ºC - 0.4mm Jul 20th - 9.8ºC/17.5ºC - 0.4mm Jul 21st - 10.5ºC/19.0ºC - 0.8mm Jul 22nd - 10.0ºC/16.7ºC - 8.2mm Jul 23rd - 10.0ºC/16.2ºC - 5.4mm Jul 24th - 10.4ºC/19.5ºC - Nil Jul 25th - 11.7ºC/20.3ºC - Nil Past week: An onshore airsteam delivered the odd shower through the week, mainly on the 22nd and 23rd. It was a cool and breezy week. The 24th and 25th were both fine, mild mostly sunny days. I'll post about the upcoming week later tonight or tomorrow. A thunderstorm has developed nearby, so I'm quite distracted at the moment.

Starting to notice the days are getting slightly longer again, and the sunlight is just that little bit stronger. The golden wattles are flowering, and I notice my neighbour's weeping bottlebrushes are beginning to flower too (about a month early for the bottlebrushes I must say). Spring is edging closer. Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Jul 12th - 16.3ºC/19.0ºC - 20.0mm Jul 13th - 16.0ºC/20.5ºC - 5.2mm Jul 14th - 15.0ºC/17.0ºC - 0.2mm Jul 15th - 14.0ºC/20.0ºC - Nil Jul 16th - 10.0ºC/18.2ºC - Nil Jul 17th - 12.2ºC/20.9ºC - Nil Jul 18th - 12.5ºC/20.0ºC - 0.2mm Past week: In general, the days were mild and the nights were mild to warm. Northerly winds and high humidity brought unseasonably warm nights for July on the 12th, 13th & 14th. Persistent cloudcover prevented what would have otherwise been a warm day on the 14th (centres further up the coast recorded temps in the mid 20s). Most of the rain on the 12th fell during the morning, with just a bit of light rain at times after that continuing into the 13th/14th. The 15/16/17th were all nice sunny days. A weak trough moved through yesterday bringing a little light rain in the afternoon, moving out to sea overnight. The upcoming week (Jul 19th to Jul 25th): Today has been a sunny, though breezy day. Tonight, a high will start directing a southerly flow of showers onto the New South Wales coast, though most of the showers should occur along the coast south of here between Newcastle and Port Macquarie. The high is expected to remain slow-moving, and the onshore flow should persist until around Tuesday. Expecting the odd light shower here over the next few days, but I would be surprised if we accumulated more than 10mm this week. Wednesday should be a fine, mostly sunny day.

Hey all , Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Jul 5th - 10.6ºC/17.7ºC - 3.0mm Jul 6th - 9.5ºC/17.3ºC - 1.8mm Jul 7th - 9.3ºC/18.4ºC - Nil Jul 8th - 11.0ºC/19.2ºC - Nil Jul 9th - 11.0ºC/20.2ºC - 6.8mm Jul 10th - 12.2ºC/19.2ºC - 1.0mm Jul 11th - 13.7ºC/21.2ºC - 1.8mm Past week: It become more mild as the week progressed, as winds turned E'ly, then N/NE'ly. These moist winds directed by a high pressure system over the Tasman have given a notable increase in humidity. The moist winds also fed a trough over the central eastern inland, bringing the heaviest rainfall in July for sometime in areas (See: http://www.weatherch...ars-100712.aspx and http://www.weatherch...rds-tumble.aspx). There's also been a fair amount of storm activity (for mid-winter) over the past couple of days across inland parts of QLD, NSW and SA. Just a few showers here over the past couple of days. The trough responsible for the rain across the east moved out to sea yesterday, a new trough has flown in from the west and is over SA at present and moving eastwards. The upcoming week (Jul 12th to Jul 18th): There was steady rain through the morning here (18.2mm when I checked at lunch), but has eased off with mostly cloudy skies at the moment. There could be the odd spot of rain this evening and overnight, though a renewed burst of rain is expected as the trough momentarily stalls over northern NSW tomorrow. There is also the slight possibility of thundery rain tomorrow afternoon. Depending on the amount of lingering cloudcover, it is possible that it could be quite a warm winter's day on Saturday (23ºC is not out of the question), with NW'ly winds funnelled from the interior between the trough to the north and the approaching cold front. The cold front should move through early Sunday morning and bring a drier, cooler airmass into the region. A high pressure system is expected to be catapulted eastwards across Australia and will be responsible for bringing fine weather (though cool nights) here through Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. A trough is expected to develop across central eastern Australia on Tuesday. The high pressure system, now near New Zealand, should direct moist E/NE'ly winds from the Coral Sea into the trough. The trough will move further eastwards on Wednesday with the possibility of light to steady rain developing here that day. A cold front is expected to move into western NSW later on Wednesday.

Thanks Styx for that answer. Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Jun 28th - 12.9ºC/18.5ºC - 9.4mm Jun 29th - 12.8ºC/20.6ºC - Nil Jun 30th - 12.2ºC/21.6ºC - Nil Jul 1st - 13.3ºC/20.0ºC - Nil Jul 2nd - 9.5ºC/18.9ºC - Nil Jul 3rd - 9.3ºC/17.3ºC - Nil Jul 4th - 10.2ºC/17.0ºC - Nil The showers cleared early in the morning on the 29th. A high pressure system then kept the skies clear. Cooler air infiltrated the region later in the week with some cool days and cold nights. There was a bit of mid level cloud during the day on the 4th with a small increase in moisture as winds turned more S/SW'ly. The upcoming week (Jul 5th to Jul 11th): Winds will tend southerly today, with a scattering of generally light showers developing today (first drizzly shower is moving through as I type), and persist through tomorrow, weakening on Saturday. Winds should then tend more E/SE'ly. The onshore airstream will persist but is expected to be weaken somewhat, so just the chance of a rogue shower or two through Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Models are playing with a trough over central eastern Australia later this week, and at this stage there is the possibility of light rain on Wednesday as it moves further eastward. The days should continue cool and breezy for the next couple of days. It should gradually become mild later in the week though. The nights should tend to be more mild this week, largely thanks to an increase in moisture levels.

Rainfall for the first six months of 2012 here: January: 171.0mm (Avg. 146.9mm) February: 183.8mm (Avg. 168.6mm) March: 104.4mm (Avg. 183.0mm) April: 274.6mm (Avg. 172.0mm) May: 60.8mm (Avg. 132.5mm) June: 310.0mm (Avg. 139.1mm) JAN to JUN (6 month) total: 1104.6mm (Jan to Jun Avg. 942.1mm) June was quite wet, above the 90th percentile for June monthly rainfall. Although it was much, much drier than June last year, which set a new June record when 631.2mm fell during the month.

Looks like play could be interrupted today at Wimbledon by around 3pm (except Centre Court) because of rain, if the forecast is anything to go by. The men might not get all of their scheduled matches out of the way today. The women may possibly be able to get all of their matches played though. Play starts at 1pm on Courts 1, 2 & 3, so they should be able to get the first of the scheduled women's matches completed, because unless they're epic battles, they should be out of the way in less than 2hrs. Radwanska/Giorgi and Clijsters/Kerber may be able to sneak in before the rain if the women's match preceding them are straight-forward matches. The lucky ones (apart from Ivanovic/Azarenka under Centre Court) are the two womens matches on Court 12. Play starts there at 11:30am, and both matches will probably get in before the rain.

I've only been on here for about seven months but I think the current arrangement in the 'Weather around the world' sub-forum works fine. Separating discussion into a large number of sub-forums is unlikely to attract more international members, as there is a fallacy behind "build it and they will come". New international members joining the forum would be a gradual process, generally attracted through word of mouth (so to speak). If international members and/or discussion were to increase, then there might be merit in separating the discussion into several regional sub-forums for the sake of organisation and clarity (e.g. 'Europe', 'Nth America', 'Australia & Oceania', etc.)? As stated previously, this is primarily a British weather forum. Just my two cents.

I like it when Mt Wellington has a snow-capped peak. I was cruising up New Zealand's west coast near the Fiordland in early January and there was just something magical about being at sea level but being able to see snow-capped peaks on the highest mountains in the area. I took this picture on the Sea Princess, on January 8th this year: Styx, would you happen to know (or roughly estimate) the most consecutive days that Mt Wellington has had a snow-capped peak for? ~~~~~~ Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Jun 21st - 13.0ºC/20.3ºC - Nil Jun 22nd - 14.5ºC/20.4ºC - Nil Jun 23rd - 11.4ºC/18.0ºC - Nil Jun 24th - 9.0ºC/19.5ºC - Nil Jun 25th - 10.0ºC/19.8ºC - Nil Jun 26th - 11.5ºC/19.2ºC - 50.2mm Jun 27th - 12.2ºC/16.2ºC - 40.0mm Up until the afternoon of the 26th, it had been a sunny week. The nights were mild at first, then became cool, tending cold on the 24th and 25th. The last time, a night cooler than 9.0ºC occurred was July 11th last year. It become apparent as the week progressed, that the southeasterly airstream was going to be enhanced by a low pressure trough just offshore and that decent rain should be expected. The trough and moist southeasterly flow brought moderate to heavy rain from the afternoon of the 26th and into the 27th, bringing an end to a 12-day dry spell. Persistent cloudcover and rain periods on the 27th brought a cold day. A weak low developed off the southern Queensland coast last night. This rain has just nudged us over 300mm for the month to date. The upcoming week: The weak low / offshore trough, combined with a moist southeasterly flow should continue to deliver showers through today and ease during tomorrow. The showers should clear by tomorrow night. Saturday should be a mild, sunny day. A cold front will move through the region on Sunday, though no rain is expected to accompany the front. It should remain fine, though tending cool, from Sunday and through the remainder of the week thanks to a high pressure system over southern Australia. The month of July: July is a cool month, the days are cool to occasionally mild, and the nights are cool, sometimes cold. Maximum temperatures average 18.7ºC, and minimum temps average 11.2ºC, and as you would expect, it is our coldest month of the year. The record high max is 28.3ºC (29/07/1958) and the record low min is 4.4ºC (25/07/1971). July tends to be a dry month, and on average it is our second driest month of the year (July Avg. 78.7mm). Like any of our wintry months, July is prone to dry spells and rainfall can vary a lot from year to year. July is also one of three months which have recorded 0mm in the past. I guess you could call it one of our three 'dry season' months (along with August and September). The 'East Coast Low season' is in decline as sea surface temps start to cool somewhat during the month, hence the lower average rainfall than June. Like June, winter cold fronts make an occasional appearance in July, as do high pressure systems which can park themselves over northern NSW bringing long spells of fine weather but cool to cold nights. Thunderstorms are a rare occurrence in July, and much like June, it is not unusual for the month to be storm-free.

Hey all, Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Jun 14th - 12.0ºC/21.0ºC - Nil Jun 15th - 13.5ºC/20.0ºC - Nil Jun 16th - 14.5ºC/21.5ºC - Nil Jun 17th - 12.5ºC/21.0ºC - Nil Jun 18th - 12.9ºC/19.9ºC - Nil Jun 19th - 11.4ºC/19.0ºC - Nil Jun 20th - xx.xºC*/19.6ºC - Nil *Observation missing It was a mild, sunny winter week. It was also dry with no rain was recorded, although there were two brief light showers early in the morning on the 17th as a weakening trough moved through the region. For the upcoming week: Today is the shortest day of the year, with sunrise at 6:45am and sunset at 4:54pm (civil twilight for about 25 mins on either side), and just a UV Alert between 11am and 12:40pm (Max UV Index of 3 today). It should be dry and sunny until Tuesday thanks to a dominant high pressure system. On Tuesday, a high over southern Australia may start directing southeasterly winds onto the coast with some light showers expected. The light showers may persist into Wednesday, but at this stage, they look like they will clear during the day. It should be mild today and tomorrow with highs in the low 20s, but it the days will cool from Saturday down to around 17 degrees or so. Nights should cool further too. Wintry cold fronts moving through southern Australia at the moment and over the next couple of days. Snow expected at higher elevations across SE Australia, especially at the ski resorts in Victoria and New South Wales. In Victoria, snow level is expected to lower down to 800m tomorrow, rise slightly to 900m on Saturday, then lower down to 700m on Sunday. Snow levels are expected to be somewhat lower in Tasmania, but Styx will probably give you the lowdown on that one.

Good afternoon to all Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Jun 7th - 10.3ºC/18.5ºC - Nil Jun 8th - 11.0ºC/19.2ºC - Nil Jun 9th - 11.0ºC/19.3ºC - Nil Jun 10th - 11.2ºC/16.3ºC - 29.4mm Jun 11th - 11.2ºC/15.6ºC - 110.2mm Jun 12th - 11.1ºC/19.5ºC - 41.0mm Jun 13th - 13.2ºC/18.3ºC - 4.0mm An East Coast Low (ECL) developed off the southern Queensland coast and brought heavy showers and rain over Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. There was also the occasional bit of thunder/lightning as the showers came ashore in a moist SE'ly airstream. Particularly on Monday (Queen's B'day holiday), with frequent heavy showers, and cold, breezy weather (the max was recorded overnight, temps did not rise above 14ºC during the day). The 110.2mm that fell on Monday is the wettest day so far this year (coincidently, the Queen's B'day holiday last year was the wettest day of 2011 with 150mm falling that day). Showers eased substantially on Wednesday as the ECL over the southern Coral Sea moved further out to sea. The ECL pushed us over 1000mm for the year to date. Upcoming week: It should be a mostly dry week. A ridge of high pressure is extending across the region today, with sunny skies this afternoon. The high will bring sunny weather over Friday and Saturday. Mild and generally light N/NW'lies will be directed into the region from central/northern Australia ahead of an approaching frontal/trough system, with temps in the low 20s today, Friday and Saturday. The trough should move through the region early Sunday morning, with a little light rain possible. Any cloud/rain should clear to a sunny day by the afternoon. A high pressure system will move into eastern Australia during Sunday night. As a result, mild and sunny weather is expected to return and persist through Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Perth and south-western Western Australia hit by more wild weather yesterday (Sunday). Here's a link to the current Severe Weather Warning issued for South-West WA for the next two days: http://www.bom.gov.a...pl?IDW28001.txt (As of 2:23pm EST, it warns for Widespread Damaging Winds with Locally Destructive Gusts and Abnormally High Tides)

Just saw footage of the tornado's damage on the news Styx, it's amazing no one was badly hurt or killed considering it came through around lunch-time. Here's what I could find of youtube that has footage from a number of different sources. Seven News Perth:

Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): May 31st - 12.2ºC/16.5ºC - 7.8mm Jun 1st - 12.0ºC/19.2ºC - 3.0mm Jun 2nd - 13.5ºC/19.1ºC - 6.4mm Jun 3rd - 13.5ºC/18.2ºC - 10.0mm Jun 4th - 13.4ºC/22.0ºC - 4.0mm Jun 5th - 10.5ºC/17.1ºC - 0.4mm Jun 6th - 10.9ºC/17.7ºC - 2.0mm Overall, it was a cool, damp and somewhat cloudy week. Most of the rain this week fell as drizzle. May 31st was our coldest day since October 2nd last year. The 4th was a warm winter's day (and started off sunny), and a pool of upper cold air moved in, allowing for isolated showers and storms to develop. I wasn't in town at the time, but father said a storm passed barely a kilometre to the south but there was a fair amount of lightning/thunder to be seen/heard, and the radar archive and lightning tracker supported his observations. I was in Port Macquarie (about an hour to the south) that afternoon, but I did manage to see a storm pass to the south of the city and out to sea, and pulled over for the photo opportunity as I headed along Pacific Drive: On the 5th, snow fell down to about 1200m on the Northern Tablelands west of here. After the ECL gave eastern Victoria a good lashing, it moved quickly up the southern and central coast of NSW. A number of coastal weather stations recorded gusts in excess of 90km/h (the Bureau's threshold for 'damaging winds'), and there were reports of wind damage from the Gippsland (VIC) all the way up to Bonny Hills (near Port Macquarie). The low veered out to sea as it moved into the north coast of NSW, so wind gusts were strong but nothing like some places had received further south. Tim Bailey's weather report from the 5th, he's a fruitloop, but his umbrella breaking made me laugh: http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjSWwZ5ubp0 Upcoming week: There is the chance of a shower this evening, with a southerly airstream along the north coast at present. Tomorrow and Saturday should be mostly fine, perhaps the chance of a rogue shower but more than likely should remain dry. An ECL is expected to develop off the southern Queensland coast on Sunday pushing showers, possibly tending to rain, onto the north coast. The showers should persist into Monday, clear on Tuesday, with mostly fine weather by Wednesday. The eventual movement of the low will dictate how much we receive and when it clears.

Southern and central New South Wales on alert for hazardous conditions. (As of the 5:38pm EST update) Winds up to 110km/h are forecast to affect the South Coast, Illawarra, Snowy Mountains and Southern Tablelands tonight, and the Sydney Metropolitan, Central Tablelands and Hunter tomorrow. Link to Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds, heavy rain, abnormally high tides and damaging surf: http://www.bom.gov.a...gs/severe.shtml

Haha, it's actually a fairly safe road. No sharp corners, stretches of straight road, and fairly good visibility ahead to scan for potential hazards, so the road is nearly all 100km/h. That is only one of two small hills the road goes over before it transverses the Macleay River floodplain to South West Rocks (floodplain about 1km north of this picture). This little section is 80km/h because of the number of driveways connecting to the road on the small hill. The road surface is not in the best state though due to the flooding and heavy rains we've had over the past 3 years, and not helped by heavy vehicles regularly using the road with the ongoing construction of the Kempsey Bypass. Hard for the local government to keep up at the moment. Btw, the bitumen in the foreground isn't part of the road, it's the entrance to the bus changeover. The main road continues in a straight line all the way into town from the edge of the photo.

Wow, only got to a maximum of 16.5ºC yesterday (May 31st) from persistent cloudcover and occasional showers. The very high humidity and light winds meant it didn't feel that cold though. A max temp that low is May is not common (though above the 10th percentile). The record low maximum for May is 14.4ºC, which funnily enough was set last year. Global warming, more like global cooling. Driving back to South West Rocks from Kempsey early this afternoon (June 1st), around 12:30pm. I caught sight of a funnel cloud. I pulled over into the bus changeover just off the road (only used for school kids changing buses, at about 8:30am and 3:50pm on school days). The photographs were taken looking north along South West Rocks Road, just outside of Kempsey. It was fairly dull, so you'll have to click to view the larger image to be able to see the funnel. There was nothing overly special about the cloud, just a shower moving in slowly from the east.

Good afternoon, Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): May 24th - 15.5ºC/23.0ºC - 5.4mm May 25th - 16.8ºC/18.9ºC - 1.8mm May 26th - 10.5ºC/21.0ºC - Nil May 27th - 12.0ºC/19.6ºC - 1.8mm May 28th - 11.5ºC/19.2ºC - 0.4mm May 29th - 10.9ºC/19.0ºC - 10.0mm May 30th - 11.8ºC/19.9ºC - 2.0mm This week saw our 20-day dry spell come to an end. The days were cool to mild, and the nights were mild at first but soon tended cool to (almost) cold. The 10.5ºC minimum is our coldest minimum since early October last year, and our coldest May night since 2006. A rainband earlier in the week delivered some light rain, which cleared to a sunny weekend. A couple of light showers developed early Monday morning, and have persisted on and off since then. There were a two brief moderate showers on the 29th, which made it that bit wetter. The upcoming week: Today is overcast with low cloud and generally light showers on/off. Onshore showers should continue to persist over the next couple of days. A low pressure trough is expected to move through the region from the west on Sunday, with some patchy rain likely to accompany it. At this stage, an East Coast Low is expected to form off the central NSW coast on Monday, but being to the north of it should mean we see minimal precipitation from it. There may be a burst of showers on Wednesday as the low moves away from the NSW coast, sending moist southeasterly winds ashore. The rainfall, if any, we receive from Monday to Wednesday will be highly dependent on where the low forms and its behaviour after formation. The month of June: June is a cool month, the days are cool to mild, and the nights are cool, sometimes cold. Maximum temperatures average 19.2ºC, and minimum temps average 12.1ºC. The record high max is 26.3ºC and the record low min is 4.2ºC. June tends to be a damp month, and on average it is actually slightly wetter than May (June Avg. 139.1mm). Much like May, June can be prone to dry spells and rainfall can vary somewhat year to year. June is the peak in the East Coast Low season (ocean is still fairly warm and intrusions of cold air tend to be a regular occurrence). Last year in June an ECL brought 560mm here in 5 days causing major flooding. Though this year the ECL season has been fairly subdued. Winter cold fronts come through now and again, sometimes a high pressure system anchors itself over northern NSW bring clear, mild days but cold nights (often frosty away from the coast). Frontal systems tend not to bring much rain here, as we're on the leeward side of the Great Dividing Range and by the time they get to this latitude (basically 30ºS) they are usually running out of "puff" anyway. Thunderstorms are a very rare occurrence in June, it is not unusual at all for June to be storm-free.

Hey all, Snowed under assessments at the moment as the University trimester comes to an end, so I'm typing this very quickly and won't have time to proof-read, lol. Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): May 17th - 13.7ºC/22.0ºC - Nil May 18th - 14.0ºC/23.1ºC - Nil May 19th - 14.5ºC/23.7ºC - Nil May 20th - 12.8ºC/23.7ºC - Nil May 21st - 13.0ºC/23.2ºC - Nil May 22nd - 15.2ºC/23.6ºC - Nil May 23rd - 15.8ºC/23.6ºC - Nil The week brought cool to mild nights, and balmy, mostly sunny days. There were very isolated showers about the region on some of the days but most areas stayed dry. It's been 20 days since it last rained. Today (24th), high cloud is gradually increasing from the west. Upcoming week: For this final week of May/Autumn, a cut-off low and associated front/trough should move further east, with some light rain developing overnight. Light to steady rain should persist for most of tomorrow, and clear tomorrow night. On the southern ranges of NSW, BOM are currently predicting snow to fall down to 1000m ASL tomorrow night and into the early hours of Saturday. A ridge of high pressure system should bring dry weather here on Saturday and Sunday. As the high moves further east into the Tasman Sea during Monday, it should start directing southeasterly winds onto the coast. As a result, there is the possibility of a shower or two later on Monday, and into Tuesday and Wednesday. Today is in the mid 20s, though maximums should cool tomorrow under cloud/rain to around 19 degrees. Clear skies and dry air should allow Sat/Sun to get into the low 20s, then Mon to Wed should be around 19-21 degrees. Minimums should be in the mid teens at first this week, cooling into the low teens, then slightly warming into the mid teens later this week.

Good evening, back from my short holiday. Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): May 10th - 16.5ºC/25.2ºC - Nil May 11th - 15.8ºC/24.0ºC - Nil May 12th - 16.1ºC/24.1ºC - Nil May 13th - 12.0ºC/23.6ºC - Nil May 14th - 11.5ºC/18.9ºC - Nil May 15th - 12.0ºC/21.3ºC - Nil May 16th - 13.3ºC/21.6ºC - Nil I have been away over the past week, but did keep tabs with what was going on back home. No rain was recorded, though there were isolated storms in the afternoon on the 12th, and there were a couple of showers about the region on the 16th. Dry weather for May has continued across much of the state. Today will be our 14th day of dry weather. Sydney has had its driest start to May in 130 years, and it could potentially be Sydney's driest start to May on record if it starts dry for a couple more days (since records began in July 1858): http://www.smh.com.a...0515-1yo7r.html The upcoming week: It should stay mostly fine over the next few days. But there is just a slight risk of a shower over the next few days, though shower activity should stay very isolated. A trough is expected to develop over central eastern Australia on Sunday/Monday, and be fed by moist easterlies from the Coral Sea. At this stage, most rain from the system this week should fall in Queensland, with patchy, lighter falls extending into NSW. Therefore, a light shower is possible on Monday, and once again on Tuesday. Light rain periods should develop on Wednesday. Maximums should stay in the low 20s, perhaps creeping up into the mid 20s on a couple of days. Minimums are likely to stay around 13-16 degrees this week. Here's a small collection of photos I took about the Southern Tablelands of NSW and the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) over the past week during my short holiday: Taken at about 4:30pm on May 11th, looking over Goulburn (a city of about 24,000) in NSW: Some nice autumnal colours at Bowral in NSW (12/5): Bowral again (12/5): Looking towards the city centre of Canberra (Population around 360,000) in the ACT. The capital city of Australia, founded in 1913. Taken on the 15/5. Taken from Mt Ainslie Lookout (15/5). Looking over the Australian War Memorial, up Anzac Parade, Lake Burley Griffin, followed by Old Parliament House, and behind it is Parliament House. Looking up Anzac Parade, towards Old Parliament House and (New) Parliament House. (15/5) Old Parliament House (House of Parliament from 1927 to 1988) (Taken on 15/5) Front of Parliament House (House of Parliament since 1988) (Taken on 15/5) Parliament House entrance (15/5)

I'm heading down to the Goulburn area on the Southern Highlands this week (between Sydney and Canberra), so I've reported a day early before I leave tomorrow. Might share a couple of pics on my return if I think they're worthwhile. Summary here for the past six days (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): May 4th - 15.5ºC/22.0ºC - Nil May 5th - 14.0ºC/23.8ºC - Nil May 6th - 13.6ºC/23.5ºC - Nil May 7th - 15.0ºC/21.8ºC - Nil May 8th - 14.0ºC/22.8ºC - Nil May 9th - 16.0ºC/25.0ºC - Nil It was a predominately sunny period of days with no rain falling thanks to a high pressure system keeping the majority of the country dry. Nights were cool to mild here, tending cold away from the coastal fringe. Minimum temperatures on the extreme coastal fringe in the region are always moderated by the ocean in the more wintry months (the sea surface temp at the moment is still around 22-23 degrees offshore of here). Though places more than about a kilometre from the ocean in the coastal region usually have overnight temps several degrees cooler. Armidale, on the Northern Tablelands (a city around 1000m ASL, almost at the same latitude as here), has had five consecutive frosty nights below zero, with the coldest being -2.1ºC (though well short of the May record min of -8.8ºC). The upcoming week: It should be a mostly dry week ahead. Thursday and Friday should be fine and sunny. A cold front moving through on Saturday afternoon could trigger isolated showers/storms in the local region. Fine and sunny weather should return on Sunday and Monday. Winds should turn S/SSE'ly on Tuesday bringing the slight risk of a light shower. The high over southern NSW should then move a little further east during Wednesday, turning winds more SE'ly, with the likelihood of a shower or two developing. Maximums should stay around 25 degrees over the next couple of days, before cooling into the low 20s after the cold front. Minimums should stay in the mid teens, tending into the low teens after the passage of the cold front.

Good afternoon to all, Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Apr 27th - 15.1ºC/21.6ºC - 6.0mm Apr 28th - 15.8ºC/17.9ºC - 5.4mm Apr 29th - 14.6ºC/23.2ºC - 5.4mm Apr 30th - 14.8ºC/21.5ºC - 2.4mm May 1st - 14.0ºC/22.2ºC - 2.6mm May 2nd - 15.3ºC/22.5ºC - Nil May 3rd - 17.2ºC/25.0ºC - 29.0mm A couple of showers persisted over much of the week. In general, it was a mild week and somewhat cloudy. The 28th was overcast all day, keeping temperatures down in the high teens, but the humidity was quite high (around 90%) so it didn't feel as cool as the temp would suggest. E/SE'lies persisted through until early on the 2nd. Winds turned northerly, bringing warmer temps and a mostly sunny day. On the 3rd, a trough moved through the region, delivering a weak southerly change as it came through. It brought scattered showers with some localised thunderstorms. I was lucky enough to have one develop overhead here just before sunset, with moderate to heavy rain and a good amount of thunder/lightning (some were close). Out of the small number of storms that developed that afternoon/evening, I reckon we got the best one of the day. It persisted for around 40 minutes, then moved out to sea, and for a period became quite lightning active. Not bad for this time of year. For the upcoming week: There is the possibility of an isolated shower or storm today with some instability lingering about the region. A low should develop a reasonable distance off the NSW coast overnight, and deepen as it heads SSW through the Tasman Sea. There's a slight chance of a light shower tomorrow morning before the wind turns to the southwest, but it will most likely remain dry. A high pressure system will start to have an influence here later tomorrow. The high should pretty much sit over northern NSW, bringing fine, sunny and mild to warm weather until at least Thursday (May 10th). The relatively dry air should bring cool to cold nights over the northern inland, with a couple of frosty nights expected over the tablelands/highlands. Nights will be warmer along the coast, but still cool to mild. Maximum temperatures should stick around 22 to 25 degrees over this week. Min temps should be in the low to mid teens. Half-decent chance that we'll experience our coldest night since early October, when we had a couple of 10-11 degree nights.

Good afternoon everyone Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall): Apr 20th - 17.5ºC/25.2ºC - 38.8mm Apr 21st - 18.3ºC/25.7ºC - 0.2mm Apr 22nd - 18.6ºC/26.0ºC - Nil Apr 23rd - 19.9ºC/26.6ºC - 15.0mm Apr 24th - 17.6C/22.6ºC - 0.2mm Apr 25th - 14.0ºC/21.2ºC - Nil Apr 26th - 13.4ºC/23.4ºC - Nil It was a mild to warm week though tending cloudy at times. Rain on the 20th occurred during the early morning as a weakening trough moved close to the coast delivering a burst of moderate to heavy rain, which cleared not long after sunrise. A weak NW cloudband (http://www.bom.gov.a...ark=nwcloudband) developed and moved into northeastern New South Wales on the 23rd. Isolated storms developed ahead of cloudband in the warm late April sunshine, though there were only distant rumbles here. Locally high moisture about the region enhanced the rainband along the coast, allowing for higher totals than what would normally occur on the leeward side of the range from a system moving in from the inland. A cold front moved through during the late afternoon on the 24th, with cooler, drier air moving in that night. This caused cool nights and mild days on the 25th, 26th and even today. There were a couple of frosty nights (mainly light frosts) on the NSW tablelands/highlands, and the alpine region received some snow shortly after the passage of the cold front. On the 25th, I put a blanket on my bed. Before then just sleeping with a thin sheet would suffice. Not time for a doona yet (I think the UK calls it a duvet?), probably have to wait until mid/late June for that to happen. For the upcoming week: A shower or two is likely to occur tomorrow as a low forms off the southern/central QLD coast. A couple of light showers should persist into Sunday and Monday due to a high directing SE'ly winds onto the coast. Winds are expected to turn more easterly on Tuesday, with a possible shower or two lingering about the region into Wednesday. Indications are that a low pressure trough should form across central Australia on later on Monday or into Tuesday, though it should have little to no impact on our local weather until Thursday. At this stage there may be a little light rain on Thursday, possibly with the slight chance of an isolated storm about the region. Maximum temperatures should stay in the mid 20s, tending towards the low 20s on cloudier days. Minimum temperatures should stay around 15-18 degrees. The month of May: May is the driest month of autumn but still gets 133.6mm on average. May rain is not as reliable as Mar/Apr though, and it can vary somewhat from year to year. Extended dry spells can happen, though more likely during El Nino. With sea surface temperatures still warm, East Coast Lows can contribute nicely to May rainfall but their formation from year to year varies. Frontal rainbands and NW cloudbands become more common, providing some rain. However, being on the leeward side of the Great Dividing Range means these systems do not usually provide much more than patchy light to steady rain. Locally favourable conditions can enhance the rainband on the leeward side (like earlier this week), but it is not particularly common for this to happen. Thunderstorms in May are rare, though not unheard of (e.g. May 2008 was stormy month). It is a noticably cooler month than April, with more regular intrusions of cooler, and generally drier air. The wind often comes from the southwestern quadrant during May (and the winter months). The record high max for May is 29.5ºC and the record low min for May is 5.9ºC.

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