Like the cold? Move to Alice Springs!

[pgc hunter]

Saw the high temp today on the channel 9 weather at Alice Springs....thought it was fake...or a typo


Actually turns out it's pretty real indeed
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDD60...01.94326.shtml

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

There sure is some wierd weather going around lately.

At the moment we should have pristine clear, dry skies perfect for astronomy...I look out the window & what have we got...clouds, dark clouds & RAIN!!

I'm not a happy camper.

[Liz]

Its absolutely amazing - top of 6.4 yday for Alice Springs . How can that be??? Dont think we have any Alice members, but would be interesting to hear from them.
Echuca only got to 6, jiminy!!
Weather up here is totally out of whack as well. It is usually clear skies for us from April to November, but we have had barely a clear night. Cloud + cloud + cloud. Terrible . We can put up with no viewing during the wet season, but not in July!!
We have our group viewing Saturday night, cloud is predicted.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

Not quite as bad as Alice Springs but current temp here in Roma is 7.3C and falling and raining.

Adrian

[pgc hunter]

Average nighttime mins for July in Renmark SA are at -2.3C, That is about 6 below average! Each of the last 7 nights have been sub freezing. Mildura sitting on 0 aswell.

This has to be a major anomaly, even for a short period of time like a week.

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

-2.3!!

At that temp my skinny legs become lucky legs.

Lucky if they don't snap at the knees & spear me in the ar..

[leon]

Gee's you lot are a handful of sooks, Ice is Nice.

Leon

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by JD2439975

-2.3!!

At that temp my skinny legs become lucky legs.

Lucky if they don't snap at the knees & spear me in the ar..

yep that's the week long average in Renmark atm, lowest was -5C.

And my memories of the place are nothing but heat heat heat....I remember being on a houseboat there once and the thermometer in the shade was pushing 50C

[AstralTraveller (David)]

If you don't like the cold you could always move to tropical New York.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...08/2947668.htm

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

If you don't like the cold you could always move to tropical New York.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...08/2947668.htm

offtopic much?

Yeah we all know New York can get hot, but this thread is about cold in Australia.

[BPO]

Those poor people!

It was a balmy -30 °C up here on Benmore Peak...

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

offtopic much?

Yeah we all know New York can get hot, but this thread is about cold in Australia.

Humble apologies. OK everyone get back on topic and be miserable.

Oh good grief - look at that grey thing in the sky. My day is ruined.

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Humble apologies. OK everyone get back on topic and be miserable.

Oh good grief - look at that grey thing in the sky. My day is ruined.

lol talking about unusual cold in Alice Springs and tropical Australia is really miserable indeed LOLCANO
I'm about to cry.

Yeha, that grey thing in the sky....your day WILL be ruined if you see it every day for months on end as you do in Melbounre, unlike in Sydney, Mr NSW Sydney inhabitant. Consider yourself lucky. Damn lucky. And get rid of your "cloud coast battler" title...come to Victoria and then you can wear it.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

lol talking about unusual cold in Alice Springs and tropical Australia is really miserable indeed LOLCANO
I'm about to cry.

Yeha, that grey thing in the sky....your day WILL be ruined if you see it every day for months on end as you do in Melbounre, unlike in Sydney, Mr NSW Sydney inhabitant. Consider yourself lucky. Damn lucky. And get rid of your "cloud coast battler" title...come to Victoria and then you can wear it.

1) So Gary shouldn't have mentioned Benmore Peak in NZ?? Surely just as much as off topic.

2) Wollongong is _not_ Sydney. The escarpment here creates a distinct microclimate. Virtually any on-shore breeze produces cloud. There is a good reason the natural vegetation of the area was largely rainforest. That is why I travel inland to observe.

3) DON'T tell me what to do.

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

1) So Gary shouldn't have mentioned Benmore Peak in NZ?? Surely just as much as off topic.

Well his post was far more on topic than some normal heatwave on teh other side of the planet that no one gives two craps about

2) Wollongong is _not_ Sydney. The escarpment here creates a distinct microclimate. Virtually any on-shore breeze produces cloud. There is a good reason the natural vegetation of the area was largely rainforest. That is why I travel inland to observe.

Wollongong, Sydney, Newcastle it's all the same. Your worst "microclimate" couldn't hold a candle to Melbourne.

3) DON'T tell me what to do.

okay I am at ya command

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by Liz

Its absolutely amazing - top of 6.4 yday for Alice Springs . How can that be??? Dont think we have any Alice members, but would be interesting to hear from them.
Echuca only got to 6, jiminy!!
Weather up here is totally out of whack as well. It is usually clear skies for us from April to November, but we have had barely a clear night. Cloud + cloud + cloud. Terrible . We can put up with no viewing during the wet season, but not in July!!
We have our group viewing Saturday night, cloud is predicted.

Whimps! I have a 300m driveway and went from sun, to cloud to drizzle to hail to snow by the time I walked its length, 10 minutes at a leisurely stroll. 20 minutes later, sun!

Gotta love Tassie!

[Liz]

Originally Posted by el_draco

Whimps! I have a 300m driveway and went from sun, to cloud to drizzle to hail to snow by the time I walked its length, 10 minutes at a leisurely stroll. 20 minutes later, sun!

Gotta love Tassie!

crazy weather all over!!

[leon]

Yea, yer still sooks.

Leon

[Ric]

I get -5ºc quite often in the morning when riding the motorbike to work.

It's a good day when I can feel my fingers before 10am.