You definitely seem to be in a bad luck run. I know this sounds stupid but are you using an electronic gauge? Can i suggest it may be faulty. You constantly report substantially lower rain readings then everyone else around you.StratoBendigo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:30 am Ended up with 2.5mm. Only 10% of what the forecast models were suggesting just last night. I doubt that I've seen a worse mismatch and bigger fail.
There's quite an irony with half of Australia's top soil being lifted into the air and dumped on Melbourne...Gordon wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:03 am 31.5mm for us, so all is forgiven for the Sunday/ Monday miss! 77mm mtd, which is more than our entire Jan-April total last year. Good to see plenty of other nice falls, although Strato, that is a complete bummer for you .
I was up most of the night waiting for the red rain to go away so I could turn the tank off divert and catch some clean water; got about 8mm worth and probably missed a few mm before that.
I would be fascinated to hear from the experts how the red rain persisted for so long? It was a first in my 25 years here; in fact I can't recall it ever in my lifetime. Occasionally, we get a few red drops as a front moves through over a dusty atmosphere, but to have hours of red rain behind the front, exceeding 20mm worth? Trying to work out how that is possible? And in southern Vic at least, it may be unprecedented?
I just tipped out 13mm of red water from my manual gauge - from last 24hrs. My Davis indicated 1.4mm (it's not normally that far off)! Could it be caked in Coober Pedy opal dust?? Worth the thought (I am going to check mine).StratoBendigo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:16 am There's quite an irony with half of Australia's top soil being lifted into the air and dumped on Melbourne...
Never seen anything like it before. Seeing the photos of a red/brown Yarra is astonishing. I’ve seen plenty of dusty rain events with a few mms max, but nothing like it. Dreading seeing our pool when we get home, as these dirty rain events are like sprinkling fertiliser on the pool, so water goes brown, then cloudy the wants to turn green Usually takes a few days to get it clean. Hopefully most settled on the pool blanket.Gordon wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:03 am I would be fascinated to hear from the experts how the red rain persisted for so long? It was a first in my 25 years here; in fact I can't recall it ever in my lifetime. Occasionally, we get a few red drops as a front moves through over a dusty atmosphere, but to have hours of red rain behind the front, exceeding 20mm worth? Trying to work out how that is possible? And in southern Vic at least, it may be unprecedented?