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#1071264 - 4/02/2012 12:24 Re: NSW rain and flooding February 1 - 5 2012 [Re: ant]
Keith Offline
Meteorological Motor Mouth

Registered: 16/12/2001
Loc: Kings Langley, NSW
I think it was due to a trough moving from the east onto the coast, attached to the weak depression off the south coast. The 6 hourly surface charts seem to confirm this. The radar showed a band of heavy showers moving south across far northeast suburbs and it seems whatever triggered those also triggered the rain in the Hills district generally. I was surprised it wasn't more widespread.

So nearly 100mm here since Wednesday.

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#1071288 - 4/02/2012 14:15 Re: NSW rain and flooding February 1 - 5 2012 [Re: Keith]
Quagmelson Offline
Weather Freak

Registered: 15/11/2001
Loc: NW Sydney - quakers heights
I was surprised this morning Keith, went to bed early around 9pm as had early start, thinking it was all over, then driving to work at 430am, Hambledon Rd near my place was flooded over and i had to take a detour, i thought wtf did i sleep through?! checked gauge when got home and was 20mm in it, mustve just got the edge of it here

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#1071334 - 4/02/2012 17:07 Re: NSW rain and flooding February 1 - 5 2012 [Re: Quagmelson]
Keith Offline
Meteorological Motor Mouth

Registered: 16/12/2001
Loc: Kings Langley, NSW
I'd say so..the Kings Langley AWS which isn't far away, had 39mm of which 24mm fell in 3 hours..actually it would have been quite a lesser time given the rain I had here (I am about 4km southeast of the AWS). I was lucky to be able to get the car out this morning, the ground is so saturated.

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#1071543 - 5/02/2012 00:40 Re: NSW rain and flooding February 1 - 5 2012 [Re: DaveM]
aussiestormfreak Offline
Weather Freak

Registered: 2/02/2011
Loc: Melbourne, Corryong, Canberra,...
Originally Posted By: DaveM
Blue Mountain waterfalls should be good for a few days too. Well worth a look for anyone in the area.

AT - worth a drive to see Wentworth Falls plus others.


Hey Dave! Sorry I didn't respond to your post there, I haven't had a chance to get onto the Internet til now, alas I'm back home in Melbourne again frown Wish my gf and I could've stayed longer in Sydney, maybe we could've headed back up into the Blue Mountains to have a look at some of the waterfalls you mentioned, maybe next time. smile

Those showers/storms that appeared on radar over the Blue Mountains must've waited until I had left the Sydney region by around 4PM to get organised poke apart from the Gold Coast (on a single occasion in September 2007), I've so far only managed to catch storms on camera around parts of Victoria (mainly Melbourne and the Northeast) and around Southeast NSW (including the South Coast and Snowy Mountains), as well as Canberra. Still waiting to add Sydney to that list, hopefully it be soon wink


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#1071885 - 5/02/2012 19:03 Re: NSW rain and flooding February 1 - 5 2012 [Re: aussiestormfreak]
Duane Offline
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Registered: 25/11/2005
Loc: Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
Just had a nice little shower. Not forcast, but most welcome.
Duane.

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