#853864 - 22/03/2010 21:40
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: bigwilly]
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Registered: 8/11/2009
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Thanks guys. Good to hear of all the water up there. I Hope the Southern part of the MDB also cops a belting the rest of this year.
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#857689 - 7/04/2010 11:31
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: _Johnno_]
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Meteorological Motor Mouth
Registered: 7/02/2007
Loc: Townsville Dry Tropics
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So has any of the Qld flood waters started/been released to flow into the lower reaches yet or is it still too early?
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#858010 - 9/04/2010 07:26
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Dave-Wx]
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Weatherzone Mod and Photog
Registered: 25/09/2002
Loc: Junee - just north of the 'Bid...
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Sir Boab, the peak hasn't even passed Bourke yet and it isn't expected to until 13 of this month.
By the time it gets to Tilpa we're looking at the very end of this month.
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2010 Rainfall: 759.3mm (Annual Avg: 521.5mm)
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#858249 - 10/04/2010 13:26
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: bigwilly]
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Meteorological Motor Mouth
Registered: 7/02/2007
Loc: Townsville Dry Tropics
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Thanks Dave and Bigwilly. I haven't been down around that area for many years and have lost touch with the goings on of the river.
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#867049 - 4/06/2010 13:56
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Sir BoabTree]
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Cloud Gazer
Registered: 19/02/2010
Loc: Barossa Valley Sth Aust
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Hi all
A lot of time has past since the promises of water flows into the Lower Lakes but I haven't seen or heard of anything ever arriving .
Has anyone heard what is happening??
Will any water reach the lower lakes ??
We have had two big floods in the last couple of years but the water from both of these floods has not made it down.
What is going to happen in the years when we don't have floods
how much lower is the water in the lower lakes going to get ??
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#922150 - 7/01/2011 00:12
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Poprev]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 28/10/2003
Loc: Withcott...on the eastern side...
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With all QLD murray-darling basin rivers in flood, its going to be quite interesting watching the flood water slowly work its way down the darling. The warrego is still at moderate flood levels, of course the balonne river is at major flood levels. The darling river at Louth is already 1m above major flood levels and the bulk of the water hasnt even reached it yet! Darling river @ Louth
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#922192 - 7/01/2011 07:44
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Adam Ant]
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Weatherzone Mod and Photog
Registered: 25/09/2002
Loc: Junee - just north of the 'Bid...
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Yes it will be interesting to watch and given the QLD flood waters won't be reaching the lower parts of the Darling until probably Autumn maybe even early winter, it gives rise the ongoing possibility of the flood peak being excacerbated by 'local' flooding that would otherwise only result in minor to moderate river rises.
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YTD Rainfall = 281.0mm (Avg to March 117.0mm)
MTD rainfall March = 34.7mm(Avg 41.3mm)
February 2011 total = 203.9mm (Avg 37.8mm)
2010 Rainfall: 759.3mm (Annual Avg: 521.5mm)
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#922217 - 7/01/2011 08:39
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: bigwilly]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 5/10/2010
Loc: Cumnock CWS NSW
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I was joking to a friend a few months ago saying that by the end of the season Austalia may have an inland sea.even if the 'sea' only lasts a few months Maybe it's not such a joking matter anymore. This La Nina is starting to look very serious! I think it is totally on the cards that there is more big falls on the way for inland QL and NSW over next 2 months. Victoria and SA perhaps also.
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#922239 - 7/01/2011 09:20
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: bigwilly]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 28/10/2003
Loc: Withcott...on the eastern side...
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Yes it will be interesting to watch and given the QLD flood waters won't be reaching the lower parts of the Darling until probably Autumn maybe even early winter, it gives rise the ongoing possibility of the flood peak being excacerbated by 'local' flooding that would otherwise only result in minor to moderate river rises. yes willy, and given qld hasnt even got halfway through our wet season, there will be a solid flow of water for another few months at least.
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#923261 - 8/01/2011 20:38
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: Adam Ant]
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Weatherzone Mod and Photog
Registered: 25/09/2002
Loc: Junee - just north of the 'Bid...
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Interesting scenario coming up for the Darling!
It is at major flood level at Bourke, Louth and Tilpa (from the December floods in the central west rivers - Macquarie etc), there's an enormous amount of water coming down from the northern tributaries in southern QLD and now models are forecasting some significant rainfall totals over the next week for the immediate Darling Catchment (in the order of widespread 60-90mm and a small area centred over about Tilpa of 90+mm).
If these falls come off, it will be quite a signficant river event I should imagine.
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YTD Rainfall = 281.0mm (Avg to March 117.0mm)
MTD rainfall March = 34.7mm(Avg 41.3mm)
February 2011 total = 203.9mm (Avg 37.8mm)
2010 Rainfall: 759.3mm (Annual Avg: 521.5mm)
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#930210 - 15/01/2011 23:53
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: bigwilly]
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Weather Freak
Registered: 28/10/2003
Loc: Withcott...on the eastern side...
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Well another week on and you could say a very interesting and possibly scary scenario for people living downstream of the murray-darling. There is an insane amount of water (yes thats an offical term  ) coming down the darling from qld and there have been record floods in some of the murrays major catchments. There has also been some record falls in the lower darling. Im am following this with great interest
Edited by Adam Ant (15/01/2011 23:59)
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#930417 - 16/01/2011 15:13
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: teckert]
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Weatherzone Moderator
Registered: 27/05/2001
Loc: NE suburbs, Adelaide, South Au...
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#930423 - 16/01/2011 15:23
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: aztech.]
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Weatherzone Moderator
Registered: 27/05/2001
Loc: NE suburbs, Adelaide, South Au...
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no worries - it would be nice though if they had info on the lead up etc... BTW, a very interesting article here in The Australian a week ago.... before this week's deluge across VIC... One downpour from disaster Actually the more I read about 1956 and see what is happening now, i do wonder what will happen if we continue to see rain events in the catchment right through to the winter rains? The second half of this year could be very interesting.... 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...
Edited by teckert (16/01/2011 15:33)
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#930491 - 16/01/2011 21:20
Re: The Murray-Darling Basin
[Re: teckert]
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Cloud Gazer
Registered: 14/02/2010
Loc: Taylorville, SA (between Morga...
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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!
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