#1444705 - 13/12/2017 09:41
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: Long Road Home]
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Meteorological Motor Mouth
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Just a stock standard average spike for this time of year which the media will blow out of proportion just like they do with every storm day If you look at the latest runs of GFS, it's certainly going well beyond normality if that comes off. Starting to look like Feb last year, with 28C 850mb temps, and 36C @ 925 next Tuesday, so tomorrow's heat is just a taste of what's to come. 45C will be reached at Penrith on Tuesday at this stage. This certainly doesn't resemble a La Nina, that's for sure.
Edited by Wave Rider (13/12/2017 09:43)
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#1444706 - 13/12/2017 09:45
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
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WR, any idea of the timing of the change on Tuesday/Wednesday and whether any of that heat will get to the coast?
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#1444708 - 13/12/2017 09:51
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: DerekHV]
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The winds look really weird, they go southerly on Tuesday evening but then turn back to cooler westerly on Wednesday morning. Looks like the heat might make the coast at this stage too. But the winds and distribution of temps looks a bit strange so I wouldn't be surprised if the next runs showed something totally different.
Meanwhile EC has the heat inland and storms on the coast with NE winds, which seems less likely I think, given that hot and dry air aloft would spoil any storm chances .
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#1444711 - 13/12/2017 10:28
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
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If GFS is then to be believed, with the amount of cloud and instability it's progging for the next week not to mention also the strength of the subtropical jet, it would take a hell of a NW'er to drag a 45C from somewhere and I'm struggling to find a westerly strong enough on any of the available models.
Still a standard warm/storm event from what I can see, and perfectly normal for a La nina.
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#1444718 - 13/12/2017 12:52
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: DerekHV]
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We've almost cracked 30 - definitely will very soon, tends to keep warming till about 6 or 6.30 out here this time of year. As an aside - I've had a peek at sun rise & set times for here. We've actually already gone past our earliest sun rise time (was last week) - each few days it is already getting slightly later. However - sun set actually gets slightly later for the next week or two and stays at around 8.10 to 8.15 till well through January. Only at the very end of January does sunset come back to the time of say today (8.05). Interesting how it works, after the Solstice the days end still gets later (a bit) but the sun rises later as well. However the rise time gets later proportionately quicker than the sun sets later for a few weeks - if you get my drift. In years gone by I assumed that the earliest sun rise and latest sun set were on the solstice but that is an incorrect assumption. Only worked it out over the last several years - D'oh 
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#1444726 - 13/12/2017 13:45
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: Steve777]
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Might get some mixing of hotter air lower down if it does actually get as hot as forecast in the West. I keep an eye on Terrey Hills for signs of that. 43.0 at Smithville is the best effort in NSW thus far. At these temps the mixing through the troposphere is pretty much done and the absolute highest temperature possible is usually reached by early afternoon. Unless the hottest air is still to be advected into NSW I can't see it getting much higher.
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#1444727 - 13/12/2017 13:46
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: DerekHV]
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More than 15C separates Sydney Harbour and Penrith currently
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#1444730 - 13/12/2017 14:30
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
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More than 15C separates Sydney Harbour and Penrith currently One of the main reasons I moved away from Penrith up to the central coast. Haven't even needed aircon this season yet. Where's in Penrith probably would've had it going a dozen times in Penrith so far.
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#1444741 - 13/12/2017 15:34
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
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It's reach 38 degrees in Sydney's outer West, Penrith up to 38.6 so far (101.5 F). Even the Airport had passed 30. OH has 'surged' to 28 with a drop in the Easterly.
Re the Sydney Harbour site, that is actually on a navigational structure on a reef near the entrance to the Harbour, between Middle Head and Nielson Park, a few hundred metres off shore. It probably doesn't reflect anywhere much but is a useful early guide to sea breezes and Southerlies. There you go. I always thought it was on Fort Denison for some reason
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#1444749 - 13/12/2017 16:08
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: DerekHV]
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Bit strange that even after days of NE'ers, the SST's off Syd have actually increased to a max spike of 22.45C at 9am yesterday (According to MHL). I suppose they'll start dropping eventually
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#1444752 - 13/12/2017 16:26
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: DerekHV]
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Penrith tipped for 42 tommorow. With many western suburbs upgraded to 41 as well including campbelltown, parramatta, liverpool. Have a lot to do tommorow, really not looking forward to the heat.
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#1444755 - 13/12/2017 16:37
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: DerekHV]
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Oh I thought the Sydney harbour site was fort Denison also. There you go. You really do learn something new everyday.
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#1444762 - 13/12/2017 17:47
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
[Re: DerekHV]
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I notice that a new AWS has popped up on the Sydney BoM radar (when weather observations is on), Marangaroo (Defence), just north of Lithgow.
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#1444764 - 13/12/2017 18:38
Re: NSW - First summer heatwave of 2017, accompanied by thunderstorm activity 12/12/17 - 20/12/17
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Is that rain off the coast of Sydney?
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