Another site that is also very hot and usually beats Marble Bar on spike heat days is Pannawonica, currently going for 48 on Sunday. Nothing unusual but still damn hotTassiedave wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:45 am Wow HB - I notice Marble Bar is looking at a couple of 47 degree days at the end of the week!
A number that high used to be about a once a decade event for WA. Before 2011 the WA December record was just 48.8C. Guess it's inevitable that as hot becomes more normal, we find ourselves increasingly "normalising" what used to be very extreme temperatures I find myself doing this - normal winter feels cold, and a near record summer like last year feels normal.Another site that is also very hot and usually beats Marble Bar on spike heat days is Pannawonica, currently going for 48 on Sunday. Nothing unusual but still damn hot
Decent troughs keep showing in the synoptics but quickly disappear before eventuating.
Absolutely me too !Sean wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:21 pmDecent troughs keep showing in the synoptics but quickly disappear before eventuating.
But at least we've seen that rain is possible at the moment, for central areas at least.
All that heat up north is scaring me though. Average
rainfall predicted by the BOM may mean diddly squat if evaporation is high.
Great shotwolfcat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:10 pm Looking good today Melbourne, looking good.
Big Summer Sky by Wolf, on Flickr
That's about 37, 39 and 33C at sea level. For December it is getting up there. The concept of heatwave is relative (so cooler spot reach threshold at lower numbers etc).I'm trying to work out how Ballarat temps of 14-32 Thursday, 20-34 on Friday, and 18-28 on Saturday, constitute a 'low intensity heatwave