#1068969 - 31/01/2012 09:59
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
[Re: weather stalker]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 22/03/2006
Loc: Te Kowai Qld Aus
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And it's rained ALL night out here again, awesomely heavy shower at about 10.45pm but only lasted momentarily  has showered for the remainder though. It's the first morning for about a week that the temp hasn't been over 30 degrees at 8am! How much rain did you measure from this event you mention? Mackay - we have heavy MIST today, better than LIGHT mist 
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#1068990 - 31/01/2012 11:10
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
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Weather Freak
Registered: 28/12/2010
Loc: Marian
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12 mm to 9am. Its drizzling away here at the moment, I think there must be some heavier falls around the mountains, popped down to Mirani this morning, and most of them are completely invisible. Usually they are clearly visible.
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#1069031 - 31/01/2012 13:08
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
[Re: jupiter71]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 23/01/2011
Loc: Whitsundays
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Some nice showers over the Whitsundays this morning giving me 31.6mm from the station. MTD finishes mid-night tonight and currently totals 343.2mm for January. My nylex was actually the less reliable rainfall value because of my shed was too close to where it was located. The rule for placing rain gauges away from structures is the distance away needs to be twice the height of the structure. Also recently noticed when the nylex fills the centre container up (25mm), the catcher lid floats up and moves off the level and tends to fill up with water as well. Ended up buying anothery, placed in a different location and now the station somewhat agrees with the nylex.
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#1069070 - 31/01/2012 14:23
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
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Weather Freak
Registered: 27/03/2011
Loc: Proserpine
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My nylex was actually the less reliable rainfall value because of my shed was too close to where it was located. The rule for placing rain gauges away from structures is the distance away needs to be twice the height of the structure. Also recently noticed when the nylex fills the centre container up (25mm), the catcher lid floats up and moves off the level and tends to fill up with water as well. Ended up buying anothery, placed in a different location and now the station somewhat agrees with the nylex. Hey Rainrunner, I gather you have the same Nylex as myself (Round clear plastic with 25mm tube in centre & black funnel), because mine did the same from new. Only the centre would fill up, get an air lock, then overflow out the funnel, especialy with heavy rain. Here's an easy fix. Get the outside clear container. Using a small round file, and filing almost parallel to side of container, put some grooves in outside surface of container, running from top to down a couple of mm further than where bottom lip of funnel sits. You don't have to file them all the way through the plastic, just enough to leave grooves. I put in four grooves. Has not overflowed due to air lock since. Guaranteed to work! (Yes, I was bored that day...quiet day today too!)
Edited by Mick66 (31/01/2012 14:29)
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#1069106 - 31/01/2012 16:08
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
[Re: Mick66]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 23/01/2011
Loc: Whitsundays
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My nylex was actually the less reliable rainfall value because of my shed was too close to where it was located. The rule for placing rain gauges away from structures is the distance away needs to be twice the height of the structure. Also recently noticed when the nylex fills the centre container up (25mm), the catcher lid floats up and moves off the level and tends to fill up with water as well. Ended up buying anothery, placed in a different location and now the station somewhat agrees with the nylex. Hey Rainrunner, I gather you have the same Nylex as myself (Round clear plastic with 25mm tube in centre & black funnel), because mine did the same from new. Only the centre would fill up, get an air lock, then overflow out the funnel, especialy with heavy rain. Here's an easy fix. Get the outside clear container. Using a small round file, and filing almost parallel to side of container, put some grooves in outside surface of container, running from top to down a couple of mm further than where bottom lip of funnel sits. You don't have to file them all the way through the plastic, just enough to leave grooves. I put in four grooves. Has not overflowed due to air lock since. Guaranteed to work! (Yes, I was bored that day...quiet day today too!) Thanks Mick, I do have the same so I'll try that...on both nylexs.
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#1069193 - 31/01/2012 18:58
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
[Re: Rainrunner]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 12/01/2011
Loc: Sarina, QLD
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Not sure, didn't check the gauge yesterday so don't know what was already in it.
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#1069226 - 31/01/2012 20:28
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
[Re: weather stalker]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 31/01/2012
Loc: mackay qld
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It looked like we where going to get a few storms here in mackay, I watched them build up and roll in from the beach today but they didn't produce to much as far as rain goes the only thing that came out of it was a few rainbows.
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#1069286 - 31/01/2012 21:44
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
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Weatherzone Addict
Registered: 8/01/2008
Loc: Paradise - Mackay, Qld
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Ended up with 195.9mm for the month here in Beaconsfield, which is about 135mm below average. Have had much worse in the past though so not complaining! January 2012 rainfall totals at Flood Warning Gauges around the Mackay Region: 354mm Ridgelands 345mm Mt Christian 321mm Carmila 304mm Clarke Range 303mm Sarichs 293mm Dumbleton Rocks 269mm Finch Hatton 259mm Hospital Bridge 258mm Eungella 244mm Greenmount 239mm Hannaville 238mm Calen 233mm Whitefords 232mm Munburra Rd 230mm Gargett 230mm Teemburra Dam 219mm Gooseponds 213mm Mackay M.O. AWS 211mm Mackay Bluewater Quays 211mm Plevna 196mm Beaconsfield 192mm Mirani Weir 187mm Dows Ck 160mm Bakers Ck 157mm Mt Vince 153mm Homebush 
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Beaconsfield, Mackay:
MTD - 29.6mm (April Ave - 145mm)
YTD - 1444.8mm (Annual Ave - 1665mm)
2011 Total - 2141.1mm
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#1069754 - 1/02/2012 20:28
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
[Re: Wet Wet Wet]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 23/01/2011
Loc: Whitsundays
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Here is my summary for January 2012. Rain 353.1mm (my avgerage 312.2mm) - good start for 2012, but feel a bit lucky comparing with Prossy Max rain day 68.4mm Max/min temp 35.8C/19.3C Very little wind daily average 1.7k/h Here is the graph and data:  
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#1070187 - 2/02/2012 20:08
Re: Central Coast and Whitsundays - Wet Season, January 2012
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Cloud Gazer
Registered: 30/01/2011
Loc: Riordanvale
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