#1101281 - 25/04/2012 15:37
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Happy Birthday WWW! I'll have a rum or two for you  Went to dawn service at Farleigh this morning was surprised I didn't need a jacket, I did this time last year. Hope the predicted rain comes off I want to spread out some grass seed after repairing the mess leftover from the wet season. Again ended up with a few tonne of top soil at the bottom of pig paddocks.
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#1101289 - 25/04/2012 17:04
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Forecast is sounding promising!
Forecast for Thursday: Cloudy with isolated showers and patchy rain, increasing during the evening. Moderate S to SE winds, fresh at times about the coast.
Forecast for Friday: Cloudy with rain areas and isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy falls possible. Cool.
Forecast for Saturday: Rain areas and isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy falls. Cool.
Forecast for Sunday: Rain clearing during the morning. Isolated afternoon and evening showers.
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#1101375 - 26/04/2012 08:52
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Pleasant outside this morning, can feel the slight chill in the air, currently overcast and cool with a slight breeze - 19.7°C as of 8:50am.
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#1101388 - 26/04/2012 09:51
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Has cooled down further to 19.1° at 9:50am. BTW, Happy Birthday to WWW for Yesterday 
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#1101467 - 26/04/2012 19:25
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Good evening you lot Long time no see! Ok - very interesting setup coming up over the next few days, we've got a nice mid to upper level system coming through that will deliver some good falls anywhere south of about Prossy with the main area of focus south of Rocky. Tomorrow afternoon we've got the winds backing with height which means the wind shear direction is changing as it gains height. The advantage of this is that it helps to "suck up the clouds" to further heights when there is no instability. We could even see some mid level storms tomorrow in the 10-14,000 feet range, purely generated by the cold unstable mid levels and the forced lifting by the strong shear. Expect the activity to move swiftly in from the NW to the SE with no problems getting over the ranges - definitely a lovely wintery type setup. I wonder if the BOM will revise the max temp for tomorrow? They are going for 23 but I don't think we'll get much above 20-21 if GFS has anything to go by. Looking forward to it
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#1101511 - 26/04/2012 23:30
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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I wonder if the BOM will revise the max temp for tomorrow? They are going for 23 but I don't think we'll get much above 20-21 if GFS has anything to go by. Looking forward to it Me too, love the cool drizzly days. Yeah, was only up to 22.8°C here today, doubt we'll make it much over 20° tomorrow, for here tomorrow GFS says Morning min of 16°, warming to 18° by midday then dropping to 14° by 4pm. Will also be interesting to see how cool it gets on Saturday morning. BOM has gone for 20° for a Min on Saturday for Mackay, yet most models expect it to be much cooler than that, even OCF is saying 15° for Mackay.
Edited by PV Weather (26/04/2012 23:43)
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#1101517 - 27/04/2012 04:03
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Good evening you lot Long time no see! Ok - very interesting setup coming up over the next few days, we've got a nice mid to upper level system coming through that will deliver some good falls anywhere south of about Prossy with the main area of focus south of Rocky. Tomorrow afternoon we've got the winds backing with height which means the wind shear direction is changing as it gains height. The advantage of this is that it helps to "suck up the clouds" to further heights when there is no instability. We could even see some mid level storms tomorrow in the 10-14,000 feet range, purely generated by the cold unstable mid levels and the forced lifting by the strong shear. Expect the activity to move swiftly in from the NW to the SE with no problems getting over the ranges - definitely a lovely wintery type setup. I wonder if the BOM will revise the max temp for tomorrow? They are going for 23 but I don't think we'll get much above 20-21 if GFS has anything to go by. Looking forward to it Looks good MM, suprising developments of rain, good for the sugarcane which is totally out of moisture - great timing one week earlier but now is better than never Here in Mid Pyrenee's (France) going for 80 kmh winds, rain, snow at 2900m tomorrow (springtime right) and for next few days, really sh*t* weather  This afternoon was warm as toast and really sweet but temps dropping like a stone. No hiking in mountains or other sight seeing in the high regions.
Edited by Pic Du Midi (27/04/2012 04:04)
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#1101563 - 27/04/2012 11:48
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Hearing reports that the Calen Pub is on fire
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#1101581 - 27/04/2012 12:58
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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That's not good. Drove past there a few hours ago, everything was quiet, but it doesn't take long for a fire to take hold. Apparently the building is gutted & about to collapse. Luckily no one has been hurt.
Arrived at Conway Beach an hour ago. What a pretty place. The van park is like a candy-coloured playground. Every cabin is painted in multi-colours. Ours is pink, purple, turquoise, orange & green. So far the weather seems to be holding. A few sprinkles in Prossie this morning. Fingers crossed, the rain will wait until after my mate gets married tomorrow.
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#1101637 - 27/04/2012 17:06
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Grey skies,cool and overcast.not liking this much.Paddocks drying off and plants unhappy.Please rain,top up the tanks and the final greening before winter sets in......
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#1101697 - 27/04/2012 22:31
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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The cold wet weather has arrived at last. Cumulus reporting an Apparent Temperature of 9.9 degrees. Eton, QLD - 27 Apr 2012, 22:25 PM Temperature 14.6°C ||  15.8°C  25.2°CDew Point 14.3°CHumidity 98% || 57% Wind SW at 25 km/h Gusting to 33 km/h ||  36 km/hPressure 1015.21 hPa Rainfall 2.2 mm since 9am || 0.0 mm 24 hrs to 9am || 9.0 mm Month || 1753.2 mm YearRain Rate 0.0 mm/hr || 3.4 mm/hr
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#1101712 - 28/04/2012 03:47
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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The cold wet weather has arrived at last. Cumulus reporting an Apparent Temperature of 9.9 degrees.
Not that cold or wet here!! 18.9C and only 1mm overnight...had heavier dews 
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#1101721 - 28/04/2012 07:18
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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14mm here overnight,
Anyone in South Mackay around sports fields area can tell us how wet it is there.?
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#1101725 - 28/04/2012 07:39
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Starting to get more persistent and a little heavier here...4.1mm and climbing. Current RR around 9mm/hr.
Temp has been constant for a couple of hours at around 18.4C.
Forecast has the rain easing to only isolated showers by this afternoon.
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#1101739 - 28/04/2012 08:51
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Finally we have had some rain 16mm overnight. I haven't recored rain for 31 days.
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#1101764 - 28/04/2012 10:46
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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31.2 millimetres to 9am here with an overnight minimum of 13.8°C which is the coldest for the year so far.
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#1101819 - 28/04/2012 17:57
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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14.2mm for the 24hrs to 9am in Beaconsfield, with a few flashes of lightning offshore near Prudhoe Island around 2:15am.
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#1101945 - 29/04/2012 14:19
Re: Central Coast & Whitsundays Wet Season - April 2012
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Looking like we're heading for our first real cool period of the season next weekend.
At the moment I'm thinking minimums of around 10-11°C here, around 13°C in Mackay.
I'll be away near Longreach next weekend and looking at around 5°C out there so will be really experiencing the cold out that way!
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