..and here is the weather forecast for 2012

[ZeroID]

According to local weather pundits we are going to have rain through until March ... :sadeyes:

Land of the Long White Rain Cloud methinks ... :shrug:

Been getting some blue skies lately but evenings are high haze with cloud to follow. Some one has bought something large and optical somewhere.

[mikerr]

The big fans we have set up pointing your way must be working!!:P Beautiful clear skies here!!:rofl:

Michael

[Suzy]

It's New Zealands turn to take one for the team. :P
We here in Queensland have had enough rain and clouds. :windy:
Have microscope will travel :question:
I wouldn't mind one. :D How do you make obs on bacteria thingies :question:

[Suzy]

:lol::lol::lol:

[gbeal]

I'm over it. Trying to work in the rain isn't what I enjoy any more. Time to emigrate, (is that was shift is in fancy lingo?)
Gary

[skysurfer]

Here in NL a 'horror winter' with lots of snow and temperatures of -20°C was 'predicted'. But it has been raining since beginning of December and it is very mild. In the north of NL there is a flood threat. However, we have some clear skies yet.
These long term so-called 'predictions' are just a media hoax.

[bartman]

Soooo no Elfsteeden tocht this year then Skysurfer?
Bartman

[GrahamL]

Thats great news Gary, heres some directions for when you arrive.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=bondi&gs_upl=30996l38728l1l39070l23l5l18l 0l4l0l351l1514l2-3.2l16l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1920&bih=985&wrapid=tlif132592866404610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x6b12b2764633189f:0x5017d681 632aad0,Bondi+NSW&gl=au&ei=BxEIT_bOA6uviQfAjoWhCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CDwQ8gEwAQ

:):D

[gbeal]

LOL. Too many Ozzies there mate.
As I type this it is simply hosing down, and blowing a gale. I cannot recall the grass and paddocks being so green this time of year, great for the farm of course, but right now the countryside is normally brown (not as brown as Oz of course), and drying off. Not this year.
Gary

[kinetic]

Check out this low pressure system in the G.A. bight.
I've been watching this for a few days now.
Have a look at the barometric pressure of the sucker...or lack of it!
962!...
I haven't seen such an intense low like this one, in a summer since
one that disrupted a Syd-Hobart race a decade or so back. (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=442596&postcount=6)

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Storm at sea - Sydney to Hobart yacht race - December 1998

Of the 115 yachts that set sail at 1.00 pm on 26 December 1998 in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, only 44 reached their destination. The cause of this disaster was an intense low pressure system which formed in the Bass Strait region of south-eastern Australia during the long weekend of 25-28 December 1998. The explosive development of this low commenced on 26 December and reached peak intensity on 27 December with average wind speeds reported in the 50-60 knot range. Gusts and squalls of considerably higher wind speeds would almost certainly have been experienced by the yachts for short periods - possibly reaching up to 70-75 knots - and causing ferociously massive seas. The destruction caused to the fleet by the storm triggered a huge search and rescue operation involving numerous personnel from organisations such as the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force and police. Even so, it resulted in the abandonment of several yachts and the death of six people. It was the most disastrous event in the then 54-year history of this yachting classic. The yachts encountered very severe wind and sea conditions before most were half way into their approximately 630 nautical mile journey down the south-east coast of Australia. The worst weather to hit the fleet occurred off the southern New South Wales coast and in eastern Bass Strait. The Bureau of Meteorology had issued a gale warning for the southern New South Wales coast four hours in advance of the start of the race; it upgraded this to a storm warning for the southern New South Wales coast and the eastern Bass Strait area about one hour into the race.

Steve

[kinetic]

First squalls of the top spiral arm trough hitting Adelaide now.
I hope the low loses some steam before it hits Tassie/NZ :face:

(http://www.bom.gov.au/products/national_radar_sat.loop.shtml)

[ZeroID]

****enHausen !! And you're sending that OUR way ?!:eyepop:
Time to start the pumps I reckon, bail out the bilges and batten down the hatches. Think I'll stick to splicing the mainbrace for a few weeks, wheres that rum ?

[Finite]

Something for the astronomers on Mars to marvel at.