#930519 - 16/01/2011 22:28
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Taylorville]
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Cloud Gazer
Registered: 15/02/2010
Loc: Cadell
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teckert....At what point of inflows will SA Water and the state govt decide that levee banks need to be considered? They cant wait till flooding is already happening as it will be too late...
Maybe when the SA murray irrigators get their full 100% allocation?????? Seriously this state govt is so city centric i doubt if they'd give a sh1t if the Riverland even existed! I was listening to the local radio station the other day,when to my dismay a government official said that the Murray wasn`t in flood in South Australia???? I doubt she had even got out of her office to even notice that we could be at the start of the most significant flood event since 1974/75.I couldn`t agree more about this government.I know alot of farmers in country S.A who think the same.
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#930534 - 16/01/2011 23:08
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Jack Frost]
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Cloud Gazer
Registered: 14/02/2010
Loc: Taylorville, SA (between Morga...
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Jack, suggest you have a read of ROM's posts on the 9/1/11 and 10/1/11 under chewing straw in the Agricultural forum. This is exactly why our area and many others in Australia's food bowl are dying.
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#965837 - 24/02/2011 21:20
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: davidg]
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Weatherzone Moderator
Registered: 2/11/2001
Loc: Vincent, Townsville - NQld.
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hi all, just a before and after picture of my family holiday home on the murray. first is a pix i took 2years ago in autumn.  and this one from my uncle last weekend, 
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#1065320 - 27/01/2012 16:33
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Mick10]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 28/10/2003
Loc: Withcott...on the eastern side...
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With the potential monsoon low bearing down on inland queesland I thought that it would be a good time to bump this thread. The majority of the Darling river basin will receive significant falls over the next week. Parts of the Darling river are already running at major flood levels.
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#1065329 - 27/01/2012 16:40
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Adam Ant]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 5/10/2010
Loc: Bently Park, Cairns
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Woohoo foor the river system. Probably not so good for those that live along it's edges.
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#1070562 - 3/02/2012 13:48
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: adon]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 28/10/2003
Loc: Withcott...on the eastern side...
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Should be interesting watching the flow come into the darling. Narrabri (Namoi river), Moree (Mehi river), St George (Baloone river) and Charleville (warrego river)are all at major and near record flood levels. All that water is heading towards one spot, the darling river!
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#1070608 - 3/02/2012 14:56
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Adam Ant]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 31/12/2004
Loc: North bank river Daintree
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Yes AA its going to take a few months to trickle its way down but its another good flow and nice top up for the system ,, most irrigators will still have close to full storages , so even more will make it all the way this time ..
cheers
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#1070832 - 3/02/2012 20:20
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: adon]
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Weatherzone Mod and Photog
Registered: 25/09/2002
Loc: Junee - just north of the 'Bid...
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It'll most likely take in excess of a month for the flow from the current floods up north to make it to Wentworth so you would have to think that, coming into Autumn there's a fair chance of some high flows coming down the Murray. Perhaps not to coincide with the peak from the current flooding, but it could certainly make for extended inundation of rural areas.
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#1077234 - 17/02/2012 16:13
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: bigwilly]
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Meteorological Motor Mouth
Registered: 8/10/2007
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Taken straight from Flood Warning Number 58 (BoM). Wow things are about to get interesting with more inland rain expected over coming weeks (according to GFS at least) Predicted River Heights/Flows:
Brewarrina - peak near 10.2 metres around 22/2/12 with major flooding
Bourke - peak near 13.9 metres around 1/3/12 with major flooding
Louth - peak near 13.5 metres around 8/3/12 with major flooding
Tilpa - peak near 13.0 metres around 12/3/12 with major flooding
Wilcannia - peak near 11.0 metres around the end of March with major flooding
Preliminary peak predictions Menindee and downstream:
At this stage flooding similar to 1974 is possible.
Menindee Town gauge - peak near 10 metres mid April with major flooding
Pooncarie - peak near 8 metres late April with moderate flooding
Burtundy - peak near 8.5 metres early to mid May with major flooding
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#1077866 - 19/02/2012 15:49
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Flood]
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Weatherzone Addict
Registered: 31/01/2011
Loc: Southern Victoria
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Flood , As you've mentioned if i was living on the Lower Murray I'd be really nervous ..... And as you've suggested DS of Bourke should be very Weary as GFS doesn't look flash in the next week or two . Not to mention that some ( ITK ) are calling for a Strong end to the wet season .... Another interesting tale is that ENSO seems to be ramping down which could see Some tail end of a WA ( Pt Headland - JBG ) Cyclone land fall make a more Typical / average south /southeasterly path aided by a connected Trough cold front down to the SE Corner . this hasn't been able to happen this season yet as the Easterly flow has been too strong , as this subsides it will be all bets off .... Inundating the lower end including some of the rivers of NSW that haven't had too much and even N & NW Vic . Most catchments in this system are now or near FULL . Another Issue maybe how long it takes for this water to subside . As an active southern winter may make for a really long term inundation .
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#1078276 - 20/02/2012 00:26
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Southern Oracle]
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Meteorological Motor Mouth
Registered: 8/10/2007
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Indeed.. GFS has ramped up the falls significantly in the last run. Two lots of heavy rain events are possible, does seem to be an infeed from the GOC of sorts for the first week of March.. now this will really push those rivers beyond critical points. A wait and see game for now..
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#1080433 - 24/02/2012 16:47
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: FNQ Bunyip]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 8/11/2009
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If GFS is right we are going to have a major major problem for NSW river systems and the Darling River.. Already there saying the flooding expected to go right down the Darling River may be as high as 1974 if next week comes off how GFS expects it too or even half of that.. We could see the biggest flooding in these rivers in the modern era
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#1080722 - 24/02/2012 23:48
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: _Johnno_]
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Meteorological Motor Mouth
Registered: 8/10/2007
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If you thought that's big.... check out gfs 06z, 600mm+ over the eastern catchment!!
Unimaginable result if that does come off. This particular model - GFS (Global forecasting system), has been spot on with most systems of late so i'll certainly be glued to this one!
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#1080786 - 25/02/2012 01:12
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Markus]
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Weatherzone Addict
Registered: 29/06/2005
Loc: Caboolture, SE QLD
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Pretty much every Model is going for Heavy Inland/Central Rain for next week. EC, Access, GFS etc.
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