Not much to report from up here, after a prolonged cool period in Feb, a nice warm finish to summer. Still plenty of water in the tanks and plenty of underground water to tap into, so all good here. Rainfall wise, a very similar total for the last 6 months compared to Sept 2015-Feb 2016 of around 200mm. Back in that last dry period, there were nasty winds up here as Lancefield found out in October 2015. So far, so good. When the Autumn break arrived in May 2016, I got 800mm in the southern wet season with a negative IOD. The one think I have learnt about being on the land north of the divide, when the rains come, they come hard.
Dry lightning is now probably the biggest risk over the next couple of days as south east and east of Melbourne has found out. Total totals on the rise into the 50’s here late tomorrow afternoon, so will be keeping a close eye on that. The monsoon comeback over Northern Australia is still on track for mid March, the cyclone season peak