The weather now, or soon...

[foxidrive]

Another cyclone might be brewing...

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cyclone-could-form-off-queensland-20150309-13z0j8.html

 

[misi]

Far North:

Queensland could see another cyclone develop as soon as Tuesday.

Move to Vic, guys!

 

[Guess]

You can see it here, ( I love this map )

http://earth.nullschool.net/#2015/0.../level/orthographic=152.05,-19.44,936/grid=on

 

[misi]

Lovely!!!

 

[Guess]

You can see it here, ( I love this map )

http://earth.nullschool.net/#2015/03/10/1800Z/wind/surface/level/orthographic=152.05,-19.44,936/grid=on[/QUOTE]

Lovely!!!

You can zoom in / out , move the map around and click on any point to get the wind speed !

 

[okeedokee]

That's a good site for watching cyclones.
Thanks Guess.

 

[Guess]

Southeastern Australia's heat even unusual for summer
Brett Dutschke, Monday October 5, 2015 - 12:46 EDT

The heat currently affecting southeastern Australia is rare, not just for this time of year but even for summer, covering an unusually large area.

Today much of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland is heating up to the mid-to-high thirties and the ACT and many coastal areas reaching the low thirties.

Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane are all forecast to reach 30 degrees or hotter. If each of these capitals do reach 30 degrees today it will be only the 28th time in the past 75 years it has been achieved.

It will also be the earliest in the season in the past 75 years, breaking the previous record by 26 days.

The main contributing factors to this unusual hot spell are -
- a lack of moisture in the air to allow sunnier-than-normal days, hence hotter-than-normal days over central and northwestern Australia
- weaker than normal cold fronts allowing heat to build over the southern inland
- weak high pressure systems and low pressure troughs keeping winds light and coastal sea breezes week

The unusually large area of heat is also unusually long for this early in spring, leading to a record-breaking run of three-or-four days of 30-degree heat for many locations.

The size of the hot area will shrink in the next few days once the strongest cold front in a few weeks moves through.

The front will bring a colder change to Adelaide and Melbourne on Tuesday, Canberra and Sydney on Wednesday and Brisbane on Thursday, taking the hot air back to the interior.

- Weatherzone

 

[misi]

The front will bring a colder change to Adelaide and Melbourne on Tuesday,

Hurry up, please!
ATM it's 34.4 C in my backyard.

 

[foxidrive]

it will be only the 28th time in the past 75 years

I am not sure how that classes as rare - more than once every 3 years.

It will also be the earliest in the season in the past 75 years, breaking the previous record by 26 days.

This seems rare. Welcome to global warming.

 

[Megabyte]

and more fires.....

 

[foxidrive]

and more fires.....

Ones started by lightning, Meg...

The awful truth about so many cases down around these parts is they are lit on purpose! or accidentally through stupidity or lack of care.

Lightning certainly is a cause though.

 

[Megabyte]

Oh. I thought it was something to do with the heat.

 

[TeeEm]

One of the fires was caused by a controlled burn that got away from them.

 

[misi]

One of the fires was caused by a controlled burn that got away from them.

It happens too often...

 

[foxidrive]

I thought it was something to do with the heat.

Some occasions can be - petrol cans explode, electronics can overheat and catch fire if installed in wrong places etc.

One of the fires was caused by a controlled burn that got away from them.

Victorians who have lost property thanks to a planned burn that got out of control will find out if they can get state government compensation.

That's an interesting topic of conversation. Say a government is sued and replaces 100 homes.

Would the government then say "Stuff you Jack, you live in the country - then you can pay for your own controlled burns and anything that goes wrong!" What if private burns then went wrong regularly?

What responsibility should the Government have in protecting property from natural disasters - say it's a huge population centre of 10,000 homes that is burnt out...