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#1096909 - 31/03/2012 08:28 Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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#1096916 - 31/03/2012 09:05 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: Raindammit]
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A pleasant morning around the region this morning, looking forward to the cooling temperatures.

This morning's temps:
Mackay AP - 18.3
Mt Bassett - 19.3
Eton - 18.5
Proserpine AP - 18.1
Rainrunner at Mt J - 18.9
Firepac at Prossy - 18.7
Moranbah Airport - 14.4
Clermont Airport - 13.4


Edited by PV Weather (31/03/2012 09:08)
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#1096924 - 31/03/2012 09:59 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: PVW]
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RD is so quick!

Feels like the wet season is over, it was only 21deg went we went out on our bike ride this morning.

March was really wet, I recorded 705mm



Edited by Tempest (31/03/2012 10:01)

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#1096939 - 31/03/2012 11:16 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: Tempest]
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Yes the mornings are starting to become much cooler. It may have taken until the last day in March, but today was the first time this year the temperature at the Mackay M.O. dipped below 20.0°C. Since records commenced in 1960, only on five other occasions has it taken so long to reach this milestone:

2004 – April 1st
1997 – March 31st
1987 – April 9th
1982 – April 14th
1973 – April 8th

Worth noting, all above listed years except 1973 resulted in an El Niño. frown

For March 2012 I ended up with 810.4mm in Beaconsfield, with 22 days of precipitation. So didn’t quite reach last year’s 1056.9mm, though still well above the March average which is about 280mm for me.

5 Highest daily totals were:
• 149.8mm (16th)
• 147.2mm (20th)
• 140.4mm (19th)
• 128.8mm (21st)
• 83.6mm (18th)

Year to Date = 1415.2mm
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Beaconsfield, Mackay:
MTD - 2.6mm (June Ave - 65mm)
YTD - 1629.4mm (Annual Ave - 1665mm)
2012 Total - 2072.4mm

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#1096944 - 31/03/2012 11:30 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: Wet Wet Wet]
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Originally Posted By: Wet Wet Wet
Yes the mornings are starting to become much cooler. It may have taken until the last day in March, but today was the first time this year the temperature at the Mackay M.O. dipped below 20.0°C. Since records commenced in 1960, only on five other occasions has it taken so long to reach this milestone:

2004 – April 1st
1997 – March 31st
1987 – April 9th
1982 – April 14th
1973 – April 8th

Worth noting, all above listed years except 1973 resulted in an El Niño. frown

Interesting WWW, the only thing I'd like about an El Nino year would be the cooler winter it brings, the dry summer would be a pain!

I just had a look back at my stats for March for the last few years.
This March, the lowest minimum was this morning with 18.5
March 2011 lowest was 20.4 on 30th
March 2010 lowest was 20.2 on 19th
March 2009 lowest was 17.5 on 31st
March 2008 lowest was 16.5 on 31st

So I think we're doing alright for cooler mornings so far. I'm hoping for a nice, long, cold winter like we had last year smile

The models are showing little if any rain for the next week or so with the words "Fine and mostly sunny" appearing in the forecast, looking like the cooler mornings will stick with us for a few more days as well, Tuesday looks like it'll be the coldest morning out of the next 7.
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#1096945 - 31/03/2012 11:41 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: PVW]
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EC is predicting the humidity to drop to about 35% around here later this afternoon, will be interesting to see if it's right.
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#1096995 - 31/03/2012 16:20 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: PVW]
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Latest BOM Précis forecast for Mackay updated 30 minutes ago sounds very nice:

SUNDAY: Fine and sunny. 19° / 29°
MONDAY: Fine and sunny. 19° / 29°
TUESDAY: Fine and sunny. 20° / 31°
WEDNESDAY: Fine and sunny. 21° / 30°
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#1096996 - 31/03/2012 16:28 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: PVW]
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added up my figures 1611mm YTD. 950.5mm for march.

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#1097006 - 31/03/2012 17:03 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: jupiter71]
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820.4mm MTD with 21 rainy days, for a YTD total of 1404.5

Definately NOT looking forward to the cooler dryer boring autumn and winter days ahead, roll on Wet Season 2012/13 laugh
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#1097084 - 01/04/2012 02:15 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: Firepac]
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March totals were 840.3mm & YTD 1479.9

Enjoying the cooler weather, but I'm missing the rain already!
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#1097094 - 01/04/2012 07:24 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: nthqlndr]
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Not missing rain, bring on winter.

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#1097127 - 01/04/2012 11:16 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: Tempest]
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Beautiful day in the bay. About 15 knots SSE,
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#1097128 - 01/04/2012 11:27 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: Tempest]
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Here's my detailed statistics for March:

Click to reveal..

MARCH 2012:
Total Monthly Rain: 979.0mm (20 days)
Percentage of Average: 562%
Maximum Rain Rate: 217.4mm/hr on 20/03 at 9:25pm
Most Rain to fall in 1 hour: 51.0mm on 23/03 from 4:19pm to 5:19pm
Highest 24hr to 9am total: 276.6mm to 9am on 21/03
Year-To-Date Rain total: 1744.0mm (52 days)
Total Rain since 1/01/01: 16406.7mm

Lowest Temperature: 18.5°C on 31/03 at 2:29am
Highest Temperature: 33.9°C on 05/03 at 1:35pm
Highest Minimum: 24.0°C on 08/03 at 5:57am
Lowest Maximum: 23.2°C on 19/03 at 11:43am
Average Minimum: 22.1°C
Average Maximum: 29.2°C
Average 9am Temp: 26.2°C
Average 3pm Temp: 27.5°C
Month's Average Temp: 25.03°C

Lowest Barometric Pressure: 995.50hPa on 21/03 at 4:07pm
Highest Barometric Pressure: 1017.11hPa on 27/03 at 11:03pm
Month's Average Pressure: 1009.00hPa

Maximum Wind Gust: 43 km/hr on 20/03 at 6:31pm
Month's Average Wind Direction: 126° - SE
No. of days where the dominant wind direction was N, NNE, NE or ENE: 2 days
No. of days where the dominant wind direction was E, ESE, SE or SSE: 28 days
No. of days where the dominant wind direction was S, SSW, SW or WSW: 1 day
No. of days where the dominant wind direction was W, WNW, NW or NNW: 1 day

Lowest Dew Point: 15.3°C on 25/03 at 5:47am
Highest Dew Point: 27.0°C on 21/03 at 2:46pm
Month's Average Dew Point: 20.6°C

Highest Heat Index: 43.6°C on 06/03 at 11:54am
Month's Average High Heat Index: 33.5°C
No. of days with Heat Index >40°C: 5 days
No. of days with Heat Index >45°C: 0 days

Lowest Steadman Apparent Temp: 18.8°C on 26/03 at 12:48am
Highest Steadman Apparent Temp: 39.7°C on 06/03 at 11:55am
Month's Average Apparent Temp: 28.3°C (+3.3°C from Actual Temp)

No. of days with Precipitation: 20
No. of days with Frost: 0
No. of days with Fog: 1
No. of days with Nearby Storms: 1

Links:
My Weather Page
Detailed Graphs
Summary of March 2012
My data on OzForecast

grin Have a good day!
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#1097138 - 01/04/2012 11:50 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: PVW]
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Loc: Whitsundays .
Wind has dropped off to 10 knots. What a beautiful day in the Whitsundays
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#1097146 - 01/04/2012 12:27 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: beachcomber]
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Loc: Tekowai Qld Aus
Missing the wet, love rain, everything green (including walls) and no dust

<< My poor frog, will dry out n die frown

Such is time and season, forever in a state of change


Edited by Pic Du Midi (01/04/2012 12:30)
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#1097151 - 01/04/2012 12:55 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: beachcomber]
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Just having a look at my statistics for April over the last 4 years of my records for it.
There is a clear drop in temperatures during the month over the last few years, I've put together a list of the average min and max temps during April based on the time of the month.

Early April (1st - 10th): 19.2°C / 28.4°C
Mid-April (11th - 20th): 18.1°C / 28.0°C
Late April (21st - 30th): 16.7°C / 27.3°C

Average temps for April around the region:
Te Kowai: 18.0 / 27.9
Mackay Airport: 19.4 / 27.6
Mackay Post Office: 19.3 / 27.2
Mackay MO: 20.1 / 26.7
Proserpine Airport: 19.2 / 28.6
Proserpine Post Office: 19.3 / 28.2

The 14th/86th Percentiles show that on any typical day in April around Mackay and the Whitsundays:
Minimum temps are likely to be between 15°C and 22°C
Maximum temps are likely to be between 25°C and 30°C
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#1097247 - 01/04/2012 19:36 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: PVW]
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Great to see everyone had some decent falls for March making the wet season totals look a lot better than they were in February. This March was not quite as wet as last year (1339.6mm) but still ended up with a big total.

MARCH

Rainfall 1152.8mm (YTD to 1959.8mm)
21 days of rain
Avg wind speed 5km/hr (dom direction E)
Max wind gust 51.8km/hr (20th)
Mean temp 24.7C
Max temp 33.3C (6th)
Min temp 18.2C (29th & 31st)

Sad to see the end of the wet season and the start of boring weather
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#1097267 - 01/04/2012 20:47 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: Ree]
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Registered: 30/01/2011
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Loc: Airlie Beach/Cannonvale Qld.
Didn't eventually end up as a very wet month here:

March: 359.1 mm
YTD: 1272.6mm


March Weather Summary

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute) 27.5
Mean (min+max) 24.5
Mean Minimum 17.5
Mean Maximum 29.0
Minimum 14.5 on 31/03/2012
Maximum 33.4 on 5/03/2012
Highest Minimum 28.3 on 5/03/2012
Lowest Maximum 24.8 on 31/03/2012
Air frosts 0

Rainfall (mm):
Total for period 359.1
Wettest day 67.5 on 20/03/2012
High rain rate 25.2 day 19/03/2012
Rain days 13

Wind (kts):
Highest Gust 46.9 on 20/03/2012
Average Speed 3.6
Wind Run 113.3 nm
Gale days 1

Pressure (hPa):
Maximum 1015.4 on 31/03/2012
Minimum 997.5 on 1/03/2012

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#1097334 - 01/04/2012 23:29 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: TeeCee]
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Originally Posted By: TeeCee
Temperature (°C):
Minimum 14.5 on 31/03/2012

Wow TeeCee, you had 14.5 yesterday morning?
That's the coldest for the CC&W region.
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#1097381 - 02/04/2012 09:30 Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012 [Re: PVW]
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Registered: 30/01/2011
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Loc: Airlie Beach/Cannonvale Qld.
Originally Posted By: PV Weather
Originally Posted By: TeeCee
Temperature (°C):
Minimum 14.5 on 31/03/2012

Wow TeeCee, you had 14.5 yesterday morning?
That's the coldest for the CC&W region.


Dunno what happened there PV - Lowest temp was 21.5 deg @ 0215hrs 31/03/2012.

All my low temps appear wrong?

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