Australian Weather

[Styx]

This has to be Tasmania's most unluckiest year... to have the coldest air masses travel north on a trajectory that has bypassed the island state altogether

[NorthNSW]

Poor Tassie hasn't had much luck this year.

One more video. A set of clips from Blackheath:

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpP23rtAwWY

Temperatures in that area are expected to hit 25ºC by Tuesday (reaching 32ºC on the adjacent lowlands at Penrith in western Sydney on Tues)

As expected, the effects of the cold snap were more benign on the north coast. We had two 19ºC days, which is a bit over four degrees below average for October. Last night was a noticably cooler 10.9ºC. We didn't get much rain from the frontal rainband (most of that fell on the ranges to the west), and the East Coast Low was too far south to bring rain here. Yesterday, we had a bit of 'foehn' wind on the north coast with snow/sleet falling on the adjacent ranges but very dry and comparitively mild air (relative humidity fell down to almost 20%) on the coast.

[NorthNSW]

Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall):

Oct 9th - 13.6ºC/24.6ºC - Nil

Oct 10th - 14.0ºC/23.5ºC - 0.6mm

Oct 11th - 16.4ºC/19.0ºC - 2.6mm

Oct 12th - 11.5ºC/19.0ºC - Nil

Oct 13th - 10.9ºC/23.2ºC - Nil

Oct 14th - 13.0ºC/22.8ºC - 0.2mm

Oct 15th - 13.2ºC/24.8ºC - Nil

Past week:

The cold front delivered some light rain here as the frontal rainband moved through. It brought a cool change, with noticably cooler temps. Daytime temps quickly returned to seasonable levels, though nights remained cool. A little light rain fell and rolls of thunder were heard on the 14th as localised showers and storms developed as an upper trough moved through the region. Hail up to 4 centimetres in diameter was reported from near Lismore.

The upcoming week (Oct 16th to Oct 22nd):

A high centred over the far southern Coral Sea / far northern Tasman Sea brought fine conditions today and should do so tomorrow as well. A southeasterly change will arrive during early tomorrow afternoon. A surface trough will linger over southern QLD and northern NSW on Thursday. Storms are not expected here on Thursday with the main area of instability to the north. A drizzly shower is possible Thursday evening in the light SE'ly winds though. The trough is expected to weaken on Friday, and dissipate that night. There is the slight chance of a shower/storm Friday afternoon, although breaking the cap is expected to be a problem.

Warm, dry air is expected to be pushed ahead of an approaching surface trough on Saturday. The trough should move through during Saturday afternoon, bringing a cooler S/SE'ly change. Despite the expected dry air ahead of the trough, there is the slight chance of an afternoon shower at this stage, as the change may potentially provide a trigger for struggling convection. Sunday should be cooler as the trough will be to the north over southern QLD and the far northeast corner of NSW, just the risk of a shower occurring here anytime between that afternoon and early Monday morning. A high should approach the region during Monday bringing fine conditions.

By a fairly small margin, spring is the driest season of the year here on average, but it's been extremely dry so far this spring. We're now halfway through spring and we've only had 5.6mm so far. The average for Spring is 265.0mm, and the driest spring on record was in 1991 when we received just 66.4mm over the spring. Either that record is going to be smashed or I should expect some rain in the next 6 weeks, lol!

It's been probably the most quiet start to the storm season I can remember, thanks to the unusual persistence of dry air along the coast. Although maybe our fortunes could turn around, if the Bureau are to be believed:

North Coast braces for bad storm season

Weather forecasters are warning north coast residents to expect more hail and lightning this summer storm season. The Bureau of Meteorology says storms have been characterised by heavy rain over the past two years because of La Nina weather pattern. Forecaster Mike Logan said the swing towards El Nino will cause more violent storms across the region this year.

He said so far it has been a relatively slow start to the storm season. "But we are starting to see more storm activity," he said. "I think we're into the season now and really the storm risk is just going to increase over the next month or two. "So we really need to start to be pretty vigilant. It is the time of year when large hail and damaging winds can certainly be a real player with the storms."

The Bureau of Meteorology said hail and lightning are also linked to the increasing El Nino weather pattern. Mr Logan says the north coast has experienced heavy rain from September onwards over the past two years. He said the risk period for severe storms will peak over the next two months and locals need to be prepared.

"I think most people in the north east of NSW are a little bit calibrated to the fact that they get some pretty decent storms up there each year," he said. "But it certainly doesn't hurt just to remember that that is the case, we are into that period now. "There are things that you can do ahead of time that will definitely put you in a better position if something comes through at fairly short notice."

Link: http://www.abc.net.a...0?&section=news

Edited October 16, 2012 by NorthNSW

[NorthNSW]

Summary here for the past week (Date/Min/Max/24hrRainfall):

Oct 16th - 15.7ºC/23.8ºC - Nil

Oct 17th - 17.2ºC/27.3ºC - Nil

Oct 18th - 15.7ºC/26.5ºC - 1.0mm

Oct 19th - 17.8ºC/25.0ºC - Nil

Oct 20th - 19.4ºC/26.5ºC - Nil

Oct 21st - 16.1ºC/25.4ºC - 0.2mm

Oct 22nd - 18.4ºC/25.7ºC - 3.4mm

Past week:

A couple of light passing showers moved through late Thursday night in the weak onshore winds. Despite the odd bit of shallow convection about, the cap was far too strong to be broken on Friday.

On Saturday, hot and very dry W/NW'ly torched nearly all the region with temps rising up to the high 30s, and relative humidity falling down to as low as 8%. We were protected by a humid N/NE'ly sea breeze here within a couple of kilometres of the coast, but it is was still warm enough (our exposed coastal location can often see us escape such hot days). Bushfires on the ranges west of here became out of control during Saturday, and a smoky haze moved over in the afternoon with light ash raining down for a period of time. On Sunday a little light rain fell as a band of mid-level cloud came over. After a mild to warm start on Monday, a surge of cold southerly air moved through bringing wintry temperatures and strong winds that afternoon and overnight with some passing showers and there was some thunder/lightning offshore. Pictures of the smoky haze here around mid-afternoon on Saturday:

The fire has now burnt about 30,000 hectares (74,131 acres) of land. It is attempting to be controlled by 80 firefighters, five aircraft and four bulldozers. 25-50mm of soaking rain would go down a treat, but that doesn't look like happening in the short-term at least.

The upcoming week (Oct 23rd to Oct 29th):

After an unseasonably cold night, it was a fine but cool to mild day today (felt cool with the wind). The fine weather should persist through tomorrow and Thursday. Friday will most likely remain fine, despite a trough being near the region. Winds should tend SE'ly later on Friday and light drizzly showers are possible on Saturday. On Sunday, a trough is expected to trigger widespread showers and storms over the inland of NSW and QLD, but it should remain fine on the coast. The trough is currently expected to move nearer to the coast on Monday, and at this stage there could be some rain and a couple of isolated embedded storms about the region.

[i luv snow]

I live in Australia now, Sydney to be precise - enjoyed a mostly sunny and very warm Spring so far with a fair few days over 30oC, even had a 36oC! Looking forward to my first Oz summer :-) even if I will miss the snow back home!

[Styx]

Very dry in October but tropical conditions extending into the east and south next week, with possible active thunderstorms in places.

[Styx]

Tornado in formation over Hobart, first observed in 40 years

Hail coats ground during rare violent storm

The most dramatic weather day here for many years.

TORNADOES, torrential rain and thick hail rampaged across the state yesterday.

The wild weather forced the evacuation of a childcare centre and a call centre but most of the state escaped relatively unscathed.

The South and East were hardest hit, with conditions worsening on the East Coast last night but the Midlands and the North also reported dramatic weather.

At least three tornadoes were reported -- and photographed -- by stunned onlookers as thunderstorms swept across Hobart and its outer suburbs.

http://www.themercur...mania-news.html <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Video link

Hobart

Just south of Hobart

Near Hobart

Edited November 9, 2012 by Styx

[Styx]

ABC News report on the tornado activity around Hobart, Tasmania on Friday:

http://www.abc.net.a...ern-tas/4362868

The nature of today's wild weather in southern Tasmania has been described as unprecedented.

Authorities raised the alarm when minor tornadoes were spotted this morning on Hobart's Mount Wellington and at nearby Sorell.

Edited November 12, 2012 by Styx

[CycloneGail]

There was a supercell storm over my home town yesterday. Some awesome lightning shots here:

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/gallery-e6frer9f-1226518633361?page=4

[Styx]

Repairs underway in Brisbane after the wild electrical storms ripped through the city, uprooting trees, causing blackouts, flash flooding and damage to homes and buildings.

There have been 66,000 power interruptions in the last 24 hours and a few hundred homes are still waiting for electricity to be restored.

Energex reports that there have been more than 33,000 lightning strikes the storms first hit.

The first severe cell swept through the region yesterday morning, with a second line of storms passing overnight.

At Pittsworth and Millmerran on the Darling Downs there were reports of hail as big as golf balls and rockmelons.

Parts of Brisbane were hit with hail, while shops in the inner western suburb of Paddington were flooded.

Michaela Minx, the manager of the Kelvin Grove Markets in inner city Brisbane, said tents and stalls were flattened.

Video links on this page: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-18/south-east-qld-warned-of-more-storms-to-come/4377954

Authorities are warning residents to brace for more wild weather, after two major systems hammered south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales yesterday.

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting dangerous storms producing large hail and strong winds for the region this afternoon, and Energex has already reported almost 1,000 lightening strikes this morning.

Brisbane airport

Westside markets, Brisbane

[stevofunnelcl]

Now, this is a waterspout

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234704/Keep-driving-Jeep-speeds-past-seafront-huge-waterspout-heads-inland.html

[NorthNSW]

Sorry about the disappearance, I have had Uni work and other things to deal with, and haven't had much freetime of late.

The local weather station has been throwing up some strange temps lately and has been online/offline several times, so I'm using Coffs Harbour temp obs until further notice (the rainfall is still what I record in my own gauge). I thought I may as well throw in Coffs' max wind obs too. Coffs experiences very similar weather to here. So while I have been slacking off, lol:

Summary here since October 23rd (Date/Min/Max/MaxWindGustDirection&Time/24hrRainfall):

Oct 23rd - 13.2ºC/22.0ºC - SW 69km/h @ 11:15pm - Nil

Oct 24th - 13.5ºC/22.0ºC - S 35km/h @ 9:03am - Nil

Oct 25th - 9.6ºC/25.6ºC - NE 56km/h @ 1:19pm - Nil

Oct 26th - 14.4ºC/25.8ºC - SSW 33km/h @ 7:13am - Nil

Oct 27th - 17.2ºC/22.8ºC - SSW 52km/h @ 7:28am - Nil

Oct 28th - 15.1ºC/22.8ºC - S 48km/h @ 9:21am - 1.4mm

Oct 29th - 13.6ºC/22.0ºC - SSW 30km/h @ 11:26am - Nil

Oct 30th - 13.5ºC/23.4ºC - E 28km/h @ 11:34am - Nil

Oct 31st - 12.2ºC/25.2ºC - NE 39km/h @ 3:27pm - Nil

Nov 1st - 14.0ºC/26.8ºC - NNE 54km/h @ 11:14am - Nil

Nov 2nd - 18.4ºC/23.8ºC - SSW 59km/h @ 1:29am - Nil

Nov 3rd - 11.9ºC/22.9ºC - ESE 33km/h @ 2:19pm - 1.4mm

Nov 4th - 16.1ºC/23.7ºC - NE 41km/h @ 12:33pm - Nil

Nov 5th - 16.1ºC/26.7ºC - NNE 52km/h @ 1:56pm - Nil

Nov 6th - 17.8ºC/27.1ºC - NNE 54km/h @ 3:38pm - Nil

Nov 7th - 22.2ºC/27.1ºC - NNE 65km/h @ 2:00pm - Nil

Nov 8th - 20.7ºC/27.1ºC - NNE 65km/h @ 2:00pm - 9.0mm

Nov 9th - 20.7ºC/27.0ºC - SW 26km/h @ 12:51pm - 6.8mm

Nov 10th - 18.1ºC/20.4ºC - SSW 56km/h @ 11:55am - 34.8mm

Nov 11th - 14.4ºC/22.1ºC - SSE 41km/h @ 11:22am - 0.2mm

Nov 12th - 9.8ºC/22.8ºC - NE 33km/h @ 1:48pm - Nil

Nov 13th - 13.6ºC/26.5ºC - NE 54km/h @ 12:31pm - Nil

Nov 14th - 17.9ºC/24.9ºC - SW 41km/h @ 12:15am - 10.0mm

Nov 15th - 18.5ºC/25.6ºC - ENE 30km/h @ 11:13am - Nil

Nov 16th - 18.8ºC/25.8ºC - S 43km/h @ 3:51pm - 4.4mm

Nov 17th - 18.7ºC/22.6ºC - NNE 43km/h @ 10:11pm - 82.0mm

In summary, the very dry conditions continued into early November and the area was starting to show signs of drought (we became classed as 'marginal' on the agriculture drought maps). We kept on getting an unusual amount of dry air intrusions from the interior and even when winds tended onshore, moisture depth was often shallow, limiting precipitation prospects with troughs. For a few days from Nov 4th, the winds were persistent from the NE, drawing moisture from the Coral Sea (and into a trough over central Australia, which delivered rain/storms to the interior). The moisture was fairly deep and it became increasingly humid (sticky nights!), usually this kind of thing happens in mid/late Oct, so the patterns were about 3 weeks behind. The trough moved into the area from the 8th, delivering areas of rain and isolated storms over the following days. Another trough moved into the region on the 14th bringing stormy conditions (we had quite a spectacular display of lightning that evening, with plenty of close bolts). The trough persisted around the region over the next few days delivering showers and storms, with some of these storms tending severe, especially around here in Northern NSW and neighbouring Southeastern QLD. We had a severe storm move through here during the night of the 17th which brought very heavy rainfall (including 47mm in 1 hour). Over the past two days, Brisbane City has experienced severe storms. Wind and rain were the main problems on the 17th (big hail was west of Brisbane on the 17th), with large hail being the problem today. These severe reports were mentioned in Brisbane's Severe Storm Warning just as it was hitting the CBD this evening:

"Golf to tennis ball size hail at Toowong at 5:55pm.

6cm hail reported near Ipswich at 5:30pm.

9cm hail was reported at near Boonah at 4:45pm.

A 90 km/hr wind gust was recorded at Double Island Point at 3:35pm.

6cm hail reported at Biggenden at 2:00pm.

3-4cm hail reported near Beerburrum at 2:40pm.

3cm hail was reported at Caboolture at 2:20pm.

4cm hail was reported at Jandowae at 1:50pm.

2-3cm hail was reported at Yamanto at 1:10pm."

There should be some good pics/videos of the storms in Northern NSW and southeast QLD appear on the net / YouTube over the next 24-48 hours. I'll try and find some for you all over the next couple of days.

The upcoming week (Nov 18th to Nov 24th):

Today (Sunday) was a mild and increasingly sunny day, with showers clearing by morning tea. A S/SW'ly change is due in the morning, and should bring fine and mild weather. Winds are expected to turn more SE'ly on Tuesday, with the risk of a light shower or two developing. On Wednesday, the winds should turn NE'ly and clear away any possible showers. A trough is expected to move into the region on Thursday, and could potentially bring a shower or storm, though there's the chance the trough may move through a little too early. A high near Southern Australia should bring fine weather on Friday and Saturday.

~~~

Btw, here's a YouTube video of Batemans Bay waterspout (on the NSW South Coast):

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za46Rmc5hxI

Edited November 18, 2012 by NorthNSW

[Styx]

Nice to see you back NorthNSW..I just knew those big storms you've been having up there of late wouldn't keep you away for long!

That waterspout in Batemans Bay is amazing.

Edited November 18, 2012 by Styx

[Coast]

Looks like they have more reasons to worry about over the weekend too:

A big clean-up is underway in south-east Queensland after a fierce storm caught many by surprise yesterday evening. The weather bureau had forecast the bad weather, but it was much worse than expected. The storm hit Brisbane and Ipswich just before 6:00pm AEST, with hail stones the size of cricket balls reported in some parts. Mike Shapland from Emergency Management Queensland says Brisbane's western suburbs bore the brunt. "The worst-affected suburbs - Mt Ommney, Middle Park, River Hills, Kenmore and Moggill - storm damage jobs, damaged roofs, trees down across yards, tarps needed, roofing repairs and of course water entering houses from that ... rain," he said.

Yesterday's wild weather followed on from storms on Saturday, which left a trail of destruction across Brisbane. Buildings were damaged and thousands of homes were left without power. Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says it has been an expensive weekend for the city. "All of these things come with a price tag and of course that price tag won't be known until the clean-up is complete," he said. "There was some very large hail dropped around Middle Park. Jamboree was the one that really did cop it. "We have had council teams out and about, undertaking repairs."

Two homes were hit by lightning, causing fires, but the heavy rain extinguished the flames quickly. The SES says it received 400 calls for help and Energex says it has restored power to more than 100,000 customers. The storms also caused damage and destruction across central Queensland, and farmers in the Granite Belt and Darling Downs have reported crop damage from hail. Towns and communities were battered by lightning strikes, flooding rain and winds gusting to 125 kilometres an hour.

Bureau under fire

The weather bureau is under fire over the lack of notice given before the weekend's storms. Warnings were not issued until after Saturday's storms had already passed over much of Brisbane. But senior forecaster Peter Otto says the bureau was warning of possible storms as early as last Thursday. "We issue warnings when they show evidence of being strong enough, when they require warnings," he said. "That was judged when they were getting close to Brisbane City on Saturday and so they issued warnings accordingly. "[We] certainly issued a lot of warnings during the weekend."

Queensland Community Safety Minister Jack Dempsey has refused to criticise the weather bureau's storm warning process. A spokesman for the Minister says forecasters had warned on Friday that a series of superstorms were expected in the south-east over the weekend. He says the public had been told to brace for wild weather and take necessary precautions. Emergency services were also kept busy along the New South Wales coast over the weekend. A water spout appeared off the coast of Batemans Bay yesterday afternoon, lasting about 15 minutes.

http://youtu.be/poWmtjpj1aI

http://www.abc.net.a...ensland/4378726

Edited November 19, 2012 by Coast

[bingobob777]

Here's a couple of photos I got of last weekends storms in Brisbane

[NorthNSW]

Nice job Bob with the lightning photos.

A couple of videos on YouTube from the storms on the weekend of the 17th/18th Nov:

From Nov 17th:

Seven News coverage of the (poorly-warned) storm that went through Brisbane late that morning:

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jmFb9vuGnU

Also from the 17th: damage in Woodburn, a small town here in Northern NSW:

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXt1zm1weXc

From Nov 18th:

I like how suddenly the wind arrives in this video:

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF5eMAJWfWU

The hail is rather impressive in this video, it picks up after 1:00.

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh9S0MdSYpk

Summary here over the past week (Date/Min/Max/MaxWindGustDirection&Time/24hrRainfall):

Nov 18th - 17.8ºC/22.7ºC - S 52km/h @ 11:50am - 5.0mm

Nov 19th - 13.7ºC/23.4ºC - SSW 50km/h @ 8:31pm - Nil

Nov 20th - 13.5ºC/24.0ºC - S 63km/h @ 1:14pm - Nil

Nov 21st - 15.4ºC/24.8ºC - SW 31km/h @ 12:47am - Nil

Nov 22nd - 18.3ºC/26.0ºC - S 43km/h @ 10:49am - Nil

Nov 23rd - 18.2ºC/23.1ºC - SW 28km/h @ 7:20am - Nil

Nov 24th - 17.5ºC/25.8ºC - NE 52km/h @ 1:48pm - Nil

Past week:

The showers cleared during the morning on the 18th, as the trough moved further north and away. Some passing light drizzly showers on the 20th but not enough to register in the gauge. A trough moved through mid morning on the 22nd, which was too early for storms to have a chance of developing. It became humid on the 24th as winds swung to the NE, and storms fired up on the ranges with the anvils spreading here toward the coast providing some relief from the afternoon sun.

This week (Nov 25th to Dec 1st):

Summer is definitely arriving this week, with a noticeable jump in humidity and persistent warm to very warm temps. A trough should sit across NSW all this week, fed by humid NE'ly winds. Unstable conditions are expected to persist until at least Friday.

Yesterday (25th) saw thunderstorms developing on the ranges, and there was some light spitting anvil rain here in the evening (but not enough to register). Today, storms have developed on the ranges once again. Unfortunately for those of us right on the coastline, the weak steering winds will mean the majority of storms will stay on the ranges and the coastal hinterland (Booo!! ). Wednesday and Thursday provide a little glimmer of hope for a storm here on the coastal fringe, with a bit of an improvement in shear expected. However, it is certainly within the realm of possibility that no rain could be recorded here this week given the fickle nature of storms.

Edited November 26, 2012 by NorthNSW

[Styx]

Victoria has just recorded its highest November temperature on record, 45.4 degrees at the NW town of Mildura.

Previous record 44.5 in 1980.

Moments ago it was 38.9 in the state capital, Melbourne ( 16 above average ). 41.2 is the official November record for Melbourne.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/state-swelters-but-relief-is-in-sight-20121129-2ahxd.html

Cooler in Tasmania, but it is 30 degrees this afternoon, making it the first 30+ of the season here ( 11 above average ).

Edited November 29, 2012 by Styx

[AderynCoch]

I'm planning to go to Mildura for seasonal work around January/February time.

Am I crazy?

[Styx]

I'm planning to go to Mildura for seasonal work around January/February time.

Am I crazy?

Jan/Feb average is 17-32 in Mildura...I think if you have coped well with the humidity in Cairns, you'll eventually adjust to the dry heat of Mildura !

I think too you will find that picking starts at dawn, and you'll end up finishing before the hottest part of the day. Make sure your accomodation has AC!

Edited November 29, 2012 by Styx

[AderynCoch]

Thanks!

It doesn't really feel that humid up here yet, certainly not as humid as equivalent temperatures in the UK. The wet season seems to be taking its time arriving: the second week of November was quite unsettled but we've had no real rain since then.

[AderynCoch]

I go and say that and we've just had a heavy shower.

[SAB]

Highest temp in Victoria on thursday 29th was 45.8C in Ouyen which is a small town about 100km south of Mildura, with Mildura itself reaching 45.5C

A station in NSW just across the border got to 46.2

Oodnadatta in the South Australian outback had an overnight min of 32.3C the same day.

[Methuselah]

Highest temp in Victoria on thursday 29th was 45.8C in Ouyen which is a small town about 100km south of Mildura, with Mildura itself reaching 45.5C

A station in NSW just across the border got to 46.2

Oodnadatta in the South Australian outback had an overnight min of 32.3C the same day.

A tad on the 'warm side' then...

[NorthNSW]

A rather "traditional" first day of summer here:

Sticky night (21.1ºC min) followed by a warm and humid day (28.6ºC max) with NE'ly sea breezes.

UV Index now at 13:

It usually peaks around 14-15 here for several days in late December or early January. Some years there have been a couple of days in late December with a UV Index of 16. The highest I've experienced was a couple of years ago in Armidale (at 1000m ASL on the ranges to my west), where the UV Index reached 18 on two days in December.

In the warmer months when driving in the car with the windows down, I have a habit of sitting my right arm on the flat part of the car door window (the border between the interior and exterior of the car). Driving back from Newcastle during the middle of the day in mid January a couple of years ago, I pretty much had my arm sitting in the sun for 4½ hours which resulted in a nasty sunburn. I have areas of scarring on my right arm from it, because parts of the sunburn turned into an oozing mess (was then bandaged at hospital and they put some kind of silver cream on it). My ancestors came from Germany and Scandinavia, so I have fair skin and blue eyes. Which means that I have to be careful about being in the sun too long from around Oct until March, but sometimes you forget to protect yourself!

Edited December 1, 2012 by NorthNSW

[NorthNSW]

Summary here over the past week (Date/Min/Max/MaxWindGustDirection&Time/24hrRainfall):

Nov 25th - 20.5ºC/28.0ºC - NNE 61km/h @ 12:20pm - Nil

Nov 26th - 18.8ºC/28.0ºC - NNE 59km/h @ 3:11pm - Nil

Nov 27th - 20.7ºC/28.1ºC - NNE 44km/h @ 3:13pm - Nil

Nov 28th - 20.9ºC/26.2ºC - SSW 50km/h @ 12:49am - Nil

Nov 29th - 19.6ºC/27.6ºC - SSE 26km/h @ 12:10pm - Nil

Nov 30th - 20.8ºC/28.5ºC - NE 52km/h @ 11:36am - Nil

Dec 1st - 21.1ºC/28.6ºC - NE 59km/h @ 1:43pm - Nil

Past week:

The weak steering winds kept storms on the ranges and eastern slopes. There was the odd light spit of rain during the week but not enough to register in the gauge. It has been a humid week, and also rather difficult at times to get some sleep. The afternoon NE'ly sea breeze does provide relief from the humidity, but it is still fairly easy to work up a sweat if you're moving around.

This week (Dec 2nd to Dec 8th):

A trough will stall about the region today and tomorrow, and combined with warm and humid conditions, it will bring the risk of a storm or two on both days. The trough will weaken and move away to the north during Tuesday morning, with fine conditions expected to persist for the remainder of the week as we come under the influence of a high pressure system. The humidity and warmth should ease off a bit through Wednesday, Thursday and Friday too. A trough should approach the north of the state on Saturday, but it will still be some distance away and should remain dry here on the coast.

Edited December 2, 2012 by NorthNSW