14 November 2008

Storm this afternoon? - Armchair meteorologist verdict

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The Bureau of Meteorology estimates a 40% chance of rainfall today. Predicts isolated showers and thunderstorms.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN10035.shtml

Its now 2:30pm, 30 degrees, windy and I think the chances of rain and storms are about 95%.

Get your horses undercover and enjoy the rain! http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24650617-29277,00.html

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Holden Caulfield11:25 am 15 Nov 08

ant said :

The 3am storm was a nice surprise, I hear the inner north got it too.

Yes, a touch over 5mm in my rain gauge this morning.

The 3am storm was a nice surprise, I hear the inner north got it too.

I got squat today, after lots of promise.. damn wind. But now there’s a giant monster going to my SW so at least there’s something to look at/listen to.

If you want to see some good lightning pics, head to here:
http://forum.weatherzone.com.au/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=002579;p=1
and go through to the last few pages as people post their shots. There’s some spectacular lightning action out there.

There’s a real nice storm currently in calwell.

And according to that theory of the time between the lightning, and the thunder, jesus crist it’s close!! (Or primary school failed..)

blingblingbears9:44 pm 14 Nov 08

geez didnt it POUR down? lol dont believe everything you hear… just take it as it comes!

I had about 5 spots of rain. Moved my tomato plants out of the storm that never happened.

Because the storm didn’t happen, does this mean that tomorrow’s temps will be higher than previously predicted? Or is other stuff happening to make the temps of tomorrow and next week lower than today?

well…..unless i blinked and missed it , we had NO rain

Felix the Cat7:00 pm 14 Nov 08

It rained for about 5 mins at Mitchell at about 4.45pm but the ground was dry again by 5pm.

Holden Caulfield5:54 pm 14 Nov 08

Bel said :

Nothing beats the storms in Brisbane. It is what I miss most…

This post written and authorised by radonezh. 😉

Nothing beats the storms in Brisbane. It is what I miss most…

I’m reliably informed that Fraser got a bit of a dumping in the last few minutes.

grunge_hippy5:00 pm 14 Nov 08

looking very grey down south, but i think it will blow over.

Look on the national map – there looks to be more where that came from!

tylersmayhem4:27 pm 14 Nov 08

Grrr, looking on the BOM radar, it looks like the rain/storm is going to completely avoid us by such a slim margin 🙁

The high winds are a bit of a concern, they’ll dilute anything we get, unfortunately. You want a hot, humid, still day for really good storms.

There’s a bunch of stuff festering in from the west north west right now, I’m just a bit concerned at how they appear to be stalling on the western range. Still.

I saw some really good ones form to the east earlier today and head to the coast, and another huge thing formed to the north, and set off for the coast, and I think we’ll see something a bit later. But the wind will skunk us of something more spectacular.

Crapola, I am going to an outdoor BBQ tonight.

Looks like AngryHenry has been struck down by a bolt from above.

Looking outside, the ants who had previously been doing nothing more than tearing apart a caterpillar have in the last hour all decided to build little preventative dykes around their holes.
Storm seems likely.

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR403.loop.shtml#skip

Last loop on weather radar at 3:50pm looks promising. Rain near Gundagai may get here in an hour or so. Nasty storm heading towards Point Perpendicular.

BOM have upped their prediction to 60%

tylersmayhem3:49 pm 14 Nov 08

Yep – doesn’t look like rain nor storm to me. I’m hoping for some rain for the garden – especially now the roof is fixed 🙂

I hope the 95% prediction is right!

pretty cloudy here in the city, and mighty muggy fo’ sure….

Looks pretty clear out the window near dickson.

Holden Caulfield3:21 pm 14 Nov 08

Looks pretty dry on the radar: http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR401.shtml

neanderthalsis3:19 pm 14 Nov 08

The pain in my left knee tells me you may well be right.

Arthtitis: Better than a barometer.

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