Reached a minimum of 6.3c here in Bilyana this morning, 10.1c at the moment.

BRRRRRR!!

A truly stunning day up here today. We went to Bramston Beach and it was magical.

An absolute pearler of a day, clear blue skys without a cloud to be seen. Max temp 29'c RH 42%

Might be in for a cool one tonight and Sunday is forecast to get down to 10"c at airport, that will make it around 7'c here if it comes off; the coldest day of the year so far!!

Went for a run down to Innisfail for work. A little blowy down there but Bartle Frere and Bellenden Kerr in total view were stunning.


This is the first time northerlies have blown in August for a few years. Definately more of a nino feel with lower humidity and cold nights. It could be another late start to the wet this year if history is any indication.

mmm, that sounds nice ...

Leaning more and more to moving back to Cairns next year - other options are Darwin or Adelaide .. But don't think I could stand Darwin, and have no family in Adelaide, so Cairns is standing out a bit more. I do love the place though.

More than welcome back mate... you (and Coldfront) are the drivers in this thread.
Re Nino comment from CF... agree.
BTW... apparently we should be looking north in the early hours.... big meteor shower on the way.

Actually, the records indicate quite a few days in August 2011 on which northerlies were recorded. The set up this year so far is quite similar, so I agree that the wet will most likely see a long and slow buildup, however at the moment I tend to disagree with the models and progs for Nino (as I did last year). I think that we'll see neutral conditions over summer developing into another Nina during 2013. Climatologically, the current situation doesn't really stand out as being anything special - neither Nino or Nina.

Not sure if that is a good or a bad thing .. Although says a bit when you compare our 7 page dry season thread to the Cardwell-Bowen's 62 pages. Everyone up North goes into hibernation during the dry season

Have applied for engineering studies at JCU next year, so looks like I'll be heading back . Will be back for the solar eclipse anyway, can't miss that!

Annoyingly you don't find out if you got in until January, but worst case I can just get a job somewhere. I love Cairns

Thanks Boomer. Definately different feel to last year.

When's the meteor shower?

The meteor shower was in the early hours of the AM but apparently is also early hours tomorrow (obviously it's ongoing but we cannot see it in daylight!). Despite it being a Northern Hemi event it can be seen from Cairns or most places north of Brisbane. See http://www.examiner.com/article/2012-per...ugust-11-and-12

Gee what a cold night, our coldest for the year so far- 8'c here in BP, AP only got down to 10'c.

Last night i saw a couple of meteors around 9pm, didn't have enough will power to stay up and watch the early hour session.

Tell me about it. I was kayaking on Tinaroo last night and I
had absolutely zero feeling in my feet for hours. Stunning night though.

****FOUND**** 1 X Victorian style cold snap, would the owner please come and pick it up from Far North Queensland.
6 deg here at 5:11am this morning? that is HIGHLY unacceptable!

With a Bit of luck though thses sort of cold snaps might be a precursor to a decent storm season.

Last night was the best time to view it in Australia, however the meteor rates shouldnt drop too much, so if you are keen enough, head out monday morning between 1am-4am and you will see a few. The meteors will be radiating from the North - East. I went out last night and scored 3 spectacular fireballs, and also saw 15-20 true persied meteors in a hour and a half or so. It was an average night, a few years back i socred 68 in a hour.

I went out at 2.30am and didn't see anything for 10 minutes. In the end the cold won out (It was 9 degs at that stage). So you probably saw the better part of it Pac.

8 degs here too for minimum. Freezing (in FNQ language).

It all makes for what will be a stunning day. Even Townsville's nice at this time of year

Brett don't know how u did it though i am sure the visual effects of the stars made up for it; great spot for stargazing.

Lol Yas Shack love it!!

Sure is another pearler of a day CF, how lucky we are. I miss the last few weeks spent in Bamaga for work catching up with old friends and foes; days where around 30'c and nights 21'c. I have overindulged in my fair share of island food, i must be looking like a big Dugong now

Hey all,

Thought I would say hi. New to Weatherzone forums and new to FNQ. Just moved up here from SA and I am loving it.

It is nice to get some warmth into my bones. Was living in Berri in the Riverland for a few months before heading up to Cairns and it was bloody freezing. -4.9C a couple of nights before I left.

Looking forward to the stormy season, some humidity, and some very impressive 24hr rain totals, the likes of which I have never seen.

When does the humidity start to build and things start to fire up?

Cheers
Simmo

Welcome to the forums Simmo and welcome to tropical far North Queensland!

Generally, the heat arrives before the humidity sometime in mid to late September. This is the driest time of year across most of Northern Queensland, and also the most dangerous in terms of fires.

October-November heralds the start of the storm season, and a pretty dramatic increase in humidity.

Of course it varies from year to year though. Hope this helps!