Gordon wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:31 am
Even if it stops raining now, we couldn't have hoped for a better winter, with most of that rain falling during the low evaporation period of May-September. Local water storages are spilling or nearly so, springs are bubbling, and streams flowing strongly.
Certainly feel for that big sweep of country north of the Snowys - they are having a shocker.
Our winter has been like your’s Gordon. We’ve just clocked our fifth month above average which is something I can’t recall happening since moving here in 2001. Not a lot above average, but consistently 10-30mm above each month. Wierd weather as it has been almost all showery stuff with strong topographic enhancement, so those in the north and on the flats have missed out.
I couldn’t believe how it went from waterlogged around the Yarra Valley to dry at Flowerdale over a stretch of just 40km.
You can see this in the deciles for the past sixth months.
Progs not much changed. Change on Sunday looks a bit earlier in the south, while Saturday looks like having sea breezes so won’t get too hot near the coast. Inland should see 2-3 days in the 30s and the Mallee will get close to 40C on Saturday.
Ok bit of a distraction while we wait for some proper weather, but check our Melbournes YTD rain graph. Crikey... it has felt quite wet in the city but we are tracking barely above the record low
Looking pretty lean til early next week when something is brewing
1967 was a positive IOD, like this year.