Another amazing day in the Whitsundays. Fine and not too warm, with a coolish breeze.

Hope the Easter Bunny finds everyone.

Nice moon there Firepac.

Hi all from down in Brissie - hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Far out the first week of my holidays has gone so quick Will be back in Mackay before I know it! The last of the wet season is well and truly finishing off now that's for sure with only the odd shower about the coast in the SE winds. Been quite cool down here at night but the days have been lovely with tops in the high 20's

Had 1.5 mm in the gauge yesterday no idea of when from :-)

Sorry if it's off topic, but wanting to ask the knowledgeable people in here are there any lookouts in or around mackay? (obviously accessible to the public)

Hope evey1 had a good and safe Easter!

Jupiter71: Nth Mackay lookout (Pollock St off Norris Rd), Slade Point lookout (off Pacific Esp), The Leap estate (Bonson's Scrub Rd off Bruce Hwy) might be more but that's all I can think of now.

Nice pic of the moon Firepac and great to hear you have a new camera, you are now obligated to post pics for us


Now come on guys you are making my place sound like a mad house RR I'm already storm deprived and can't wait for the next storm season.

Nice moon shot, I was also out with a tiny telescope having a look that night, was amazing clear for once

MM, yep she's all over I think, SSTs are still ok for a cyc but nothing else seems to be

Thanks Ree.

Easter came and went with the best weather in years - Sweet

A dry change has just moved through the Mackay area, currently 21/09 here with a humidity of 45% at 1:40am.

Both Mackay AP & MO are reporting 40% while Proserpine which is yet to receive the change is reporting 95% humidity.

Is that due to the strong high ?

I'm in Ree. Just pick a date... I do have to help my daughter move house in about a month but don't know the exact date yet. If i can make it I will.

A screaming wind has certainly arrived in Mackay! Some showers on Radar too. What is cooking up??

3.6mm from a few overnight showers

Just had a short downpour that bought overnight total to 13mm.

Windy and pleasant here at the moment.

Eton @ 11:55 AM on 12/04/2012:
Conditions: Cloudy. Windy.
Temperature: 22.9°C (19.4°C / 23.4°C) (App Temp: 19.8°C)
Dew Point: 16.9°C
Humidity: 69%
Wind: ESE at 28 km/hr, gusting to 37 km/hr
Pressure: 1019.95 hPa
Rain: 0.0 mm (since 9am) / 0.0 mm (24 hrs to 9am) (Current Rate: 0.0 mm/hr)

Winds here gusting up to 56 km/hr (30 knots) this afternoon.

Yeah, we have a Claytons cyclone - just no rain

Blowin its guts out here

I stayed at Cape Hillsborough (Seaforth)last night - not the best conditions for camping so thank goodness i stayed in a hut ... the wind was so strong there that a few trees lost their branches and the beach front looked like a sand storm rolling in for the best part of the evening..approx. 35knot wind gusts...

3.00mm rain from midnight.heavy solid shower at sandy creek around 5 today on the way home and wind gusting to 38 kmh today.

Hamilton Island AWS Observations at 7:09pm:
Wind Speed: 44kts (82km/h)
Wind Gusts: 49kts (91km/h)
Wind Direction: ESE
Actual Temperature: 23.5°C
Apparent Temperature: 9.0°C
Dew Point: 13.4°C
Relative Humidity: 53%
Pressure: 1020.0 hPa