WA storm cuts power, hits homes and washes yachts ashore as big cold front looms near Perth....

aussie_paul · Guru

RE: What's the weather like where you are?

Lanock · Member

Farm sitting north of Mackay Qld. weather has got cooler, it is only 29degrees during the day and around 16degrees at night.

Sunshine breaking through the mist each dawn is wonderful and sunrise is unique and lovely.

Cane as far as the eye can see. When the owner come back from their trip, I will be heading to NSW and that will be a shock to my system. lol

Love OZ, dont really care if it is hot or cold.

Dunmowin · Guru

Lanock wrote:
Farm sitting north of Mackay Qld. weather has got cooler, it is only 29degrees during the day and around 16degrees at night.

Sunshine breaking through the mist each dawn is wonderful and sunrise is unique and lovely.

Cane as far as the eye can see. When the owner come back from their trip, I will be heading to NSW and that will be a shock to my system. lol

Love OZ, dont really care if it is hot or cold.

Lucky you Lanock, we are farm sitting near Bright in NE Victoria. Max today was 5 degrees, snowed nearby...What fun...

aussie_paul · Guru

New Caledonia 20/22 nightime and 24/28 daytime.

We left Ballarat in the nick of time, Max 7 yesterday. biggrin

Aussie Paul. smile

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Winter has come . Drove back from Victor Harbour to Penrith the last two days. Stopping overnight in Hay . ( the town ). Very windy . Lucky most the wind was behind us . My arms and shoulders got a work out . All good .sudden winter change .Funny how Medea say itâs fanominom ! Itâs winter ! Sheesh . Snow was great going through Blue Mpuntains .

Col Rennie · Veteran Member

We are at Mataranka hot springs .

Cold nights 12

Hot dry days 28 to 30 degrees

Windy every morning for the last four days .

Wind stops at about 3pm.

Still an amazing caravan park

kiwijims · Guru

Here in Perth the wind is blowing, it's raining and dark skies are threatening to drop a load of more rain any moment,

present temp is a cool 15 deg, we hope is reaches 18 deg today,

Going by B.O.M. there is a double weather front approaching the City,

WA storm cuts power, hits homes and washes yachts ashore as big cold front looms near Perth....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-05/power-out-homes-damaged-as-big-cold-front-threatens-wa/9834952

Loose yachts wash up against a concrete barrier at the Bunbury Yacht Club, while two people brace against the spray of water.

Loose yachts were tossed against a concrete barrier at the Bunbury Yacht Club.

We hope that all Caravanners on the way North have found safe shelter, wouldn't like to be out in it today, or any time in the next week........

Stay safe People !!!

K.J.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Tuesday 5th of June 2018 01:25:53 PM

Tony Bev · Guru

Yes the weather is not the best in Bunbury at the moment, much the same as Perth, 200 kilometres north of us

kiwijims · Guru

Get the umbrellas ready Perth is set for a weekend of wet weather.

Sat 9th June....

A complex storm front on Saturday night and into Sunday will drench the state with up to 50 millimetres of rainfall, possible thunderstorms and gusty winds reaching 90 kilometres per hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster James Ashley said the storm front would cause Perth to hit the halfway mark for the average June rainfall of 173 millimetres in just two days.

"We're going to have a pretty rainy period Saturday night until about lunchtime on Sunday," he said.

"About 1:00pm, the wet weather will pass and it will clear up. But between 7:00 tonight and 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, the Perth area is likely to see falls of 20 to 50 millimetres or more with the passage of that system.

"I'd expect coastal parts of the metropolitan area will see winds of up to 80km an hour easing as they get further inland."

K.J.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Sunday 10th of June 2018 03:58:53 AM

Dave1952 · Senior Member

Glorious weather here in Brisbane today, with a bit of high cloud and a slight breeze. Temperature is 22 degrees.

Sheffield-er · Senior Member

9 degrees and 20 mls in gauge with lots more to come according to the radar. A string of 10 deg's over next few days with snow predicted by the weekend. Adding a 3rd layer of clothing. Air con. doing it's job nicely. Wouldn't want to be anywhere else thanks.
... Val smile smile smile

Warren-Pat_01 · Guru

When it's 7.2 degrees & feels like 2.2 degrees - does that sound like a liveable climate? Only the Great Southern Ocean separates Antarctica from Warrnambool!! You can carry only a limited amount of warm clothing in the van.
I hope our next two grandchildren (twins) hurry up & make an entry so we can head north to "God's Own Country".

kiwijims · Guru

Here in Perth, we've woken to a fine day ( at long last ) clear blue skies but still rather cool at only 11.5 C but expecting a top of 19 C

tomorrow ( Friday and Saturday ) promises to be even better, with forecasts of 20 & 21 deg,

but come Sunday, it's back to wet conditions, well it is Winter and we need the rain !!!

K.J.

kiwijims · Guru

Frost blankets central and eastern Australia....

Parts of Queensland experienced their lowest temperature in more than a decade on Tuesday morning as frost blanketed central and eastern Australia.

A combination of clear skies, light winds and a lingering mass of cold air caused temperatures to plummet across the eastern half of Australia during Monday night.

By the early hours of Tuesday, some places were shivering through their coldest morning in years.

In Queensland, Townsville dipped to 6.3 degrees shortly before 7am, making this its coldest start in 10 years. Further south, 3.5 degrees at Ayr was its lowest temperature since 2004.

Ice was also covering the Red Centre as the sun rose this morning, with Alice Springs hitting minus 3.7 degrees for the first time in two years. Across the border in SA, Moomba's minus 0.3 degrees was its first morning below zero in seven years. In western NSW, Tibooburra had its coldest morning in six years after hitting 1.4 degrees.

Melbourne and Canberra tied for the coldest capital city in Australia this morning, both dipping to three degrees. For Melbourne, this was the coldest morning since last winter.

Almost feels like Summer here in Perth, 10 deg at 8.30 am wst, but showers forecast today with a top of 19 deg

K.J.

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Aus-Kiwi · Guru

The ice age is near !! Aha . Cold as here at home Penrith . 5 min sunshine so far and its 1.30pm . Overdast and miserable . Book and fireplace comes to mind ? AC & Fox in these times !!

Plain Truth · Guru

The weather today on the river near Bairnsdale was cold this morning,but lovely in the afternoon.

Did some work on the jetty, but is was so nice knocked off for a fish,might do the same tomorrow.

Not going away this Winter to much work to catch up on.

Dave1952 · Senior Member

Cold night in Brisbane. Down to 9 degrees tonight with rain forecast for the next few days.

Dunmowin · Guru

Brrrr... negative 3 degrees this morning - at least that is what Weatherzone said for Wangaratta. Here in Bright/Porpunkah, I am sure it was closer to -5 when we peeked out of the curtain at 7.45 am.

Mt Hotham, Bogong and Feathertop are looking spectacular dressed in snow.

I feel sorry for those of you still in South East Queensland. I use to shiver through negatives going to work from Jimboomba in another world. Now I can just sleep through it until the sun surfaces above the fog and the frost burns off.

miroku12g · Senior Member

Raining again on the Sunshine Coast, feels like im in N.Z.

Dave & Maz

kiwijims · Guru

Perth's overnight rainfall makes it the wettest June in five years, but it's still below average....

Perth has posted its wettest June in five years, after 14.8 millimetres fell on the city overnight.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-27/perth-weather-june-rain-figures/9914562

K.J.

Dave1952 · Senior Member

Hi K.J.
I guarantee some dill would still be stupid enough to try to drive through the road n the pic you posted! Dunno if those who try such antics think their cars can swim, but I hope they can - I also hope they get charged for the effort of emergency services to come out and rescue them.
Cheers

kiwijims · Guru

Dave1952 wrote:
Hi K.J.
I guarantee some dill would still be stupid enough to try to drive through the road n the pic you posted! Dunno if those who try such antics think their cars can swim, but I hope they can - I also hope they get charged for the effort of emergency services to come out and rescue them.
Cheers

G'day Dave, unfortunately you never seem to hear about these idiots being charged, more's the pity,

maybe some example of a very large fine might have some effect on these fools ??

K.J.

matildatraveller · Guru

Hi guys, have seen some idiots in my trip on the 'big loop road' too, but was told about an incident at the Birdsville races one year when the 'rain came down'. Apparently the Police closed the roads in & out at one point. The word around got around that any driver who disregarded this advise and managed to bog themselves, it would cost them $1,000 per tyre ( including caravan tyres) to be rescued! biggrin biggrin biggrin THAT SURE GOT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION!!! Common sense comes at a price sometimes hey! Gwynnie

A bit of rain at Birdsville 2012.jpg

kiwijims · Guru

Complex frontal system about to drench the WA coast, again....

Mon 2/7/18

A cold front, low and trough currently traversing the Indian and Southern oceans will arrive at the WA coast overnight, and this front is soaking up a lot of moisture on its journey. By midnight Tuesday, some parts of the coast between Denham and Albany may have collected well over 50mm in the rain gauge.

The system as a whole is expected to generate powerful winds as it crosses southern WA. Damaging gusts greater than 90km/h are a high risk from very late Sunday all the way through to Thursday.

By Thursday, as the system has moved away to the east, parts of southwestern WA may have picked up 60-90mm of rain. Some of this will fall as heavy rain and showers, possibly leading to flash flooding.

If you happen to be travelling at the moment, Be sure to keep an eye out for severe weather warnings.

K.J.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Monday 2nd of July 2018 06:27:26 AM

kiwijims · Guru

Perth, south-west WA brace for damaging winds, rain as severe weather warning issued.....

Wild weather the likes of which is only seen in Western Australia's south-west twice a year is set to hit the state on Wednesday, 25/7,

packing strong gusts which could cause significant damage or destruction to homes and property.

A map showing South West WA with bands of blue and green over the top indicating the chance of rain.

A strong cold front is expected to bring wind gusts up to 100 kilometres per hour across south-west WA from late in the morning through to early Thursday morning, but isolated gusts may exceed 125kph.

Locations which may be affected include Albany, Bunbury, Busselton, Mandurah, Manjimup, Margaret River, Mount Barker, Perth, Harvey, Lancelin, Walpole and Yanchep.

If you're on the road, find shelter NOW !!!

K.J.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne VIC. Saturday 11/8/18

Cold, wet and windy with light hail even. Express delivery from the polar bears further south.

More coming.

Keep safe on the roads and out there.

Stuart-Jan · Veteran Member

At Karumba it is about 25 deg, Bright sunshine & blowin a bloody gale. Perfect weather for winter..

Dave1952 · Senior Member

Sunshine here today in Brisbane with a 35 km/h south westerly blowing. Temp is 22 degrees. Not too unpleasant if a body can get out of the wind. Safely ensconced in the van and on the computer, so all's good.

Tony Bev · Guru

Bunbury WA

We have had a nice couple of days, with the sun shining

Kaid · Guru

Cool and breezy here in Mornington Victoria