Stream showers ahoy!

Hopefully at least the Dry season will be above average...

Well, I managed 220.8 mm for april,- not brilliant but 23.7 mm above the long term average. I think we'll see 7 or 8 months of SE trade winds now.
The highs down south will soon move north to centre about adelaide latitude,- so strong SE winds and some stream showers. 9 months of the year with trade winds is why I sold my reef boat. Maybe full on blue skies but blowing like buggery.

I think we might see a few months of the trades but then a switch to offshore later in Spring. I'm still going for a nino but it is early days.

The SE trades are just fine if you don't want to go to sea. Good for 'blow boats' - (yachts) who want to go NW or parallel to the coast but then you need to get back. Many pay for a tow by coastal freighters.

347mm for April ,
18mm this morning ..

I hope we don't end up with a wet drizzel dry with endless SE's .. I stayed home this year instead of going south to harvest cotton, thinking i should do all right with planting cane. hate it when it drags on for months ..

anyway its the weather so will just have to sit back and wait

cheers

Another 17mm this morning
just keeping everything soggy ..

cheers

Bit like Cairns here today, overcast and drizzly - just about 10C cooler

Do miss the heavy Cairns drops though, rain here is pathetic (when we get it :P)

Down to an almost chilly 16.5 degs at home thismorning. Massive tides arund Cairns last night. Sea water was coming out of drains right up as far as Mulgrave Rd. Tonight is a tad higher I believe.

Things when conditions are right you'll get some ripper storms in that area with good heavy downpours. Just not as often as us

Hehe, no more storms here for a few months now, really getting into a winter pattern now. Been below 5C for the last few nights,.with 0C forecast for Monday next week

Funny how this forum has died off completely now the wet season is over

Brilliant full moon for the past few nights Things. Fires on the beach, Venus and Mars in alignment.... feel well soon mate.

Yeah, got a good snap a few nights back:



I do remember this time of year being amazing in Cairns. Cool mornings, non-stinker days and beautiful skies.

We went out for a meal with a couple of fellow WZ members and it was quite mild out. We managed a few spits of light rain on the way home.

The steak was the best I have had for a long while.

Hi all, back from holidays. Thought I'd share a few photos from tonight - taken in the backyard.
P.S Nice photo of the moon Things

Hi all - just wanted to drop a quick intro into the mix here. Long time lurker, first time poster. Recently moved to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait from Brisbane, but I'm originally from Cairns.

Don't read much on here regarding anyone else who's living up here, so I could be the only WZ'er up here.

Getting a fair bit of rain up here today, which is a nice change as we've been copping wind for the last 2 weeks or so.

Hope to be able to contribute a bit to the forum as far as weather from the Torres Strait goes! Cheers, Kel.

Hi Kelmac and welcome. I don't recall any member from T.I to be honest. It will be good to have your input. I think you best get used to the wind up there!

Hey Kel, great to have someone from up in the Straits. As we all know that area (and the Cape) is an absolute hive of activity weather wise. Look forward to your comments and observations.

Thanks guys! We got around 50mm of rain yesterday up here but it was incredibly still. Not 100% sure but I think the weather may have caused significant delays for QantasLink coming up yesterday too (it gets a bit rough in those Dash 8 Q400's and Q300's on the way up). Will do my best to make sure the Torres Strait has a good representation on the WZ forum Cheers!

Welcome Kelmac, enjoy your stay. Great bunch of people here

Nice photos Westy80 :-)

Oops... great pics from both Westy and Things