Hot in the city!

[swannies1983]

Adelaide peaked at 42.1 degrees today with the next four days forecast to reach 42, 43, 43 and 40. The record number of consecutive days above 42 in Adelaide is 4. We should at least equal the record and there's a small chance to break it depending on when the change comes through on Friday. Minimum temperatures are also set to hover above 30 degrees for most of the night. Keep cool everyone!

[Exfso]

Dan, I believe it is 6 consecutive days, mute point though as it is just plain hot in those conditions.

(The heatwave would come behind streaks of six days above 40C that were recorded in 2009 and 1908.
From January 27 to February 1, 2009, the mercury reached highs of 43.2C, 45.7C, 43.4C, 43.1C, 41.1C and 40.6C on consecutive days.
From January 14 to January 19, 1908, the mercury reached highs of 40.7C, 43.1C, 41.8C, 43.4C, 42.8C and 43.4C on consecutive days.)

[Wookie]

Peter, Dan did say 4 consecutive days above 42.
You have confirmed that from 27th Jan - 30th Jan 2009.

Not a nice period to have the air con out of commission.
:(

[pgc hunter]

Going to be hot in subarctic old Melbourne aswell.

43C tomorrow followed by 3 more potential 40C days. Big seabreeze effect today, city only had 31C while the eastern suburbs got 35-37C. Was hot and humid where I am in Berwick. Dripping sweats at work. And to think last two nights out observing I was just about shivering...

[multiweb]

It's coming our way in Sydney but we'll be saved by the north easterly sea breeze and nights aren't too bad. You guys are going to be suffering with 5 days of this. :scared:

[swannies1983]

41.4 in the city @ 10.30 :(. Also, some dry lightning to the west. Hopefully no fires are going to be started.

[michaellxv]

No wonder I am sweating. I just got off the roof :doh:

[Ric]

We've got some real cookers heading our way as well.

We are on alert for any situation, hopefully it will be okay as light winds are predicted at the moment.

[swannies1983]

Just reached 43.

[BPO]

How do you guys cope with that? I live in the hot, dry part of NZ, the bit with the continental-like climate, yet the hottest I've ever recorded is "only" 34.4 °C, and that was scorching. (To me, anyhow.)

How you put up with those temps is beyond me.

[swannies1983]

Yeah it's hot but at least it's dry heat. Humidity is around 10% at the moment.

New max temperature just peaked at 44.2. So much for the predicted max of 42.

[pgc hunter]

Just about to crack 40C in Melbourne, Avalon Airport up to 43.6C!

Lots of 43 and 44's popping up in NW Vic and Keith SA on 46.0C

[gary]

Pallamana aerodrome near Murray Bridge in SA reached 46.3C at 12:59pm.

Luckily there is no Papal visit scheduled there today. You wouldn't want to be stepping
out of the plane and kissing the tarmac.

[MrB]

Fair bit of lightning around for you guys, tho most of it is out to sea, there are dozens of cells breaking out in the last 15 - 30mins to the west.
The stuff at sea seems to be heading South-Easterly, but the stuff around Adelaide seems to be moving WSW'ly looking at the animations:
http://www.lightningmaps.org/blitzortung/oceania/index.php?bo_page=archive&bouser&bo_map=oceania&bo_animation=now&lang=en
http://www.lightningmaps.org/blitzortung/oceania/index.php?bo_page=archive&bouser&bo_oldmap=oceania&bo_oldani=1&bo_map=wwlln_as&bo_year=2014&bo_month=1&bo_day=13&bo_hour_from=23&bo_hour_range=2&bo_animation=now&lang=en#bo_arch_strikes_maps_form

[dutch2]

43.4 here at Gawler.:eyepop:
I was out early watering the garden, but inside with the air conditioner on since 9.30.

[guggle]

Just topped 40 in Melbourne officially - several suburbs are already beyond 41, just the Bayside suburbs keeping the official reading down..

[swannies1983]

44.8 for the city now. 43.8 at my place which is close to the coast.

EDIT: Cracked 45 now!

[Forgey]

45deg Updated at 3:00pm Melbourne

[MrB]

Storms have really kicked up a notch, gonna be a wild night in SA methinks.

[noeyedeer]

with ice cold beers :)

matt

[BPO]

Adding to MrB's post...

Another lightning map (http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&region=2&subpage_0=20).

This display is generated from data supplied by a growing number of inexpensive (but amazingly capable) detectors throughout Australia and New Zealand (http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page=5&region=2&subpage_0=20&p=5).

Some more info here (http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page=2&region=2&subpage_0=20&p=2) for anyone interested in the nuts 'n' bolts behind it all, or thinking of joining the network.

[swannies1983]

Apparently 45 tomorrow and 46 for us on Thursday!

[michaellxv]

Nothing like a nice warm blanket to keep us toasty.

[MrB]

I run the Rockingham detector :)
http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page=5&region=2&subpage_0=20&subpage_3=1&p=5

Do need more detectors around the country. Increases the detection rate and accuracy.
Some stations in SA and NT would be good, and ofcourse some more stations in WA.

[rustigsmed]

not looking forward to this week's "sleep" ...

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Fires everywhere here!!

Six in a 20 km radius, the one to the lower right is 5 kms away.
In for a scary night !!

Justin.

[Brian3.]

Just to let you know it has cooled down for now in the "West."
(Until the weekend that is which forecasts more 35+.)
Best observing area here is in the hills, but the bush fires have
added a new dimension to that area with more than 50 homes
destroyed. Hope it stays safe your way.
Brian3.

[MrB]

My uncles house was confirmed to have been lost to the fire :(
We're waiting for the go-ahead to start the salvage/clean-up.

[scagman]

Well its just hit 40c in my lovely little office.


Sorry to hear about your uncles house Simon. Glad they're all safe.



Cheers

[mithrandir]

Sorry to hear that Simon.

It only got up to 34.4C today. I've turned on the lawn sprinklers for the area near my weather station. The temp dropped 4C and the humidity rose 13% in the next 90 mins.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Sorry about your Uncles home Simon.
Just watched the devastation on the news.

Justin.

[Exfso]

Sorry Dan, mis-read it, the heat is getting to me. :D Now supposed to be 46 here on Thursday, had a lazy 45.1 today..:jawdrop:

[Brian3.]

Sorry to hear about your uncles loss Simon, it must be heartbreaking for him and his family. A very good friend of mine was lucky this time when the approaching fire front was halted less than 500m from his property. He and his wife were forced to flee, discretion coming sensibly before valour.
Brian3.

[traveller]

Managed it ride the 10kms home. A bit warmer than usual when I got home, but a quick shower fixed that.
Sorry to hear of people's losses. Guess we all need to be a bit alert and watch out for each other.
Cheers,
Bo

[MortonH]

It's a pleasant 27C here in Hyderabad :)

[FlashDrive]

I can recall my days in the Airforce at RAAF Edinburgh...near Elizabeth ..Adelaide ...we were stood down at midday when the temp reached 42*C.
Most of the Airman went to the Pool and cooled off.

Flash.....

[BPO]

Hey! It's great to meet an Aussie lightning detectorer!

I operate the Omarama, NZ station.

The detector was up at the observatory at a little under 2,000m asl, but the intermittent nature of my Internet link drove me to transplant the station to the village below at around 430m asl. The detection rate's taken a bit of a hit, so I'm trying to remedy the internet issues up top so I can move the station back up there.

And thoughts to you guys battling fires. Good luck.

[JB80]

I have just seen a serious warning for a uncontrolled fire in the Barossa just down the road from where I used to live and work. Hopefully people can get out safely and there is minimal loss.

[pgc hunter]

Avalon Airport 45.8C !!!!!! Most of the Melbourne metro area was between 43-44C today. Very hot.

The hottest places in Victoria today:

Charlton ................................... .... 46.5C
Longerenong (near Horsham) ............ 46.0C
Avalon Airport (near Melbourne) ........ 45.8C
Hopetoun ................................... .. 45.8C
Walpeup ................................... .... 45.6C
Nhill ................................... .......... 45.3C
Mildura ................................... ...... 45.2C
Swan Hill ................................... ... 45.2C
Horsham ................................... .... 45.0C
Edenhope ................................... .. 45.0C

Honorable mention: Geelong with 44.9C

Radar shows a stack of thunderstorms over western Vic which are edging towards Melbourne....

Still 36C in the city and 38C at the airport at 9.30pm. Forecast low 28C, and over 40C every day for the rest of the week!

[pgc hunter]

35.5C at 12:30am! WOW!!

Winds have turned to northerly and we have a thick blanket of cloud trapping the heat, so there is a very good chance it won't go below 30C tonight, and we might break the record for the highest overnight low.

Thursday night into Friday looks like it could be the most epic of hot nights though, with an approaching cold front compressing all the heat ahead of it and 850hpa temps overnight are progged to be about 2C hotter than tonight.

Radar shows a thin band of light rain between Melbourne and the airport, but apparently this is a lightning active storm according to the lightning tracker.



Check this out:

:jawdrop::jawdrop:

[pgc hunter]

This is not actually possible :jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop:

[multiweb]

Here's a map (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82790&src=eoa-iotd)of early jan heatwave.

[goober]

Yes, I was looking at the Melbourne Obs last night - the sea breeze died out and the prevailing northerly bought the warm air back in. Just oozed in from the north.

[MrB]

It feels a little strange for me to give thanks on my uncles behalf, but thank you all for your thoughts.
In a sense my Aunt and Uncle are fortunate(!) in that they were at another home of theirs. The home that was destroyed was being prepared for subdivision and eventual sale but it was their home for ~40 years, so the emotional attachment would still be large.
The home also still contained many of their personal items that hadn't yet been transferred and can never be replaced.
They're both pretty cut-up that their large vinyl collection is now gone, including many rare Beatles and blues albums.



Hey! Another Blitzer :) Awesome.
I have met a few of the NZ guys on the NZWeather forum, but always good to meet another!
I have a second Red station that I had planned to set up at a farm in Nannup, around 300km south of Perth, however internet access is now an issue. I have trialled mobile broadband down there but it's a no go for any of the telco's that charge data by the kilobyte. There is good Telstra reception, but they charge in MegaByte blocks unfortunatelly :(

[04Stefan07]

BOM have updated the weather for tomorrow in Melbourne.

44 degrees.

[swannies1983]

Only reached 43.7 today in Adelaide (predicted max was 45). Still going for 46 tomorrow :(.

[mithrandir]

Can't give a figure for here today. Stupid (being very polite) outside transmitter stopped talking to the desk station and it took hours to get them reconnected.

Lesson learnt: Alkaline batteries each reading over 1.4V it doesn't mean three of them can power a nominally 4.5V transceiver. I've run out of power points to add another wall wart for the base station.

So tempted to get a Davis 6163.

[michaellxv]

I took 3 thermometers to the shed today to see what they said. 3 widely different results as expect. The one I believe (a preserving thermometer that goes up to 100C) said it was only 45, certainly felt hotter in there. Outside temp was 41.

[pgc hunter]

39C at Laverton at midnight, and 36C+ in Melbourne at 2-3am, that's insanity. I was outside at 2am, the wind felt like a hairdryer and not only that, but it was spitting raindrops and there was some lightning flashes in the distance. Very unique.

Charlton in NW Vic had 46.5C yesterday, 46.2C today and 46C forecast in the area for both tomorrow and Friday. Could be 4 days in a row over 46C for them.

Tomorrow forecast 44C for Melbourne and 46C for Adelaide. Friday forecast is 29/42C for Melbourne, could be some new records set for high min temps on Thursday night.

48C predicted for Renmark tomorrow!!! I've been there for holidays a good 4 times in the last few years. I've been to Renmark many times , it's almost my second home :)

Some crazy obs in Renmark last night with a thunderstorm that passed through. Check it out

[Hans Tucker]

One interesting thing that has come with the heat wave....a spectacular lightening storm over Geelong way tonight.

[pgc hunter]

I've been watching lightning flashing to the west, southwest, southeast and east for pretty much the entire evening. Had a short heavy shower just after sunset. Muggy and humid out, not even so much as a breath of wind. 29C at 1:30am

My brother in Traralgon reports spectacular electrical storm.

[swannies1983]

While Adelaide didn't reach the predicted max of 46, it still peaked at 44.2. We have now equaled the record for consecutive days (4) above 42. Our predicted max today is 42 so there's a chance we may break the record.

For my site, the minimum temperature was 32.3 @ 2.24 and was above 33 most of the night. In fact, it was a touch above 35 just after midnight.

[swannies1983]

Adelaide just cracked through the 42 degree barrier meaning we have broken our record for consecutive days (5) above 42.

[guggle]

It's almost like Adelaide and Melbourne are racing..

[swannies1983]

Cool change finally here. Temperature 32 and dropping!:D

[JB80]

But fires are still raging throughout SA and the Barossa.
I have friends and family on the run at the moment as some fires are out of control.

[dutch2]

Smoke from the fires in the Barossa Valley caused the Moon to appear red.
My hubby took this photo late last night.
I was asleep and missed it.:rolleyes:

[Ric]

All those fires are certainly getting a grip accross the south east of Australia. I was reading that the Grampians fires are creating their own weather patterns with dry storms not helping the situation.

It looks like I'll be off on deployment next week to give some crews a needy break, not sure where though at the moment, could be Vic, S.A or somewhere in NSW.