Confused....

[rogerg (Roger)]

I can only think that at some point us Perth people are really going to cop a whole lot of bad weather for a long time, because we've had a dream run for a while now. I go back to work on Monday after two weeks of almost continuous astronomy with fair to good conditions, and then the new moon before that was nothing to complain about either. Shame we have no rain and hence water, everything is crisp to the bone.

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by M110

Where in Hobart are you? The clouds cleared last night at about 11.30 so I was out til about 4am and didn't wake until midday . It was very warm I went to the computer as I have a weatherzone tracker on my desktop, gives current temps, it said it 33deg, within an hour and half the cold change had come through and it 20deg. Holy crap what a massive change. The thunder my wife thought was an explosion, it was that loud.

I was sitting on a balcony in Moonah... just happened to be looking right at the spot in the sky where the flash occurred about 10 degrees north of the Zenith. So damn bright I instantly flinched then nearly left the chair like a bomb was under it when the thunder arrived about 2 seconds later. Must have been right under it.

Temperatures now halved. Wish I was at my observing site in the mountains right now. Must be sheer bloody heaven there.

[M110 (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by el_draco

I was sitting on a balcony in Moonah... just happened to be looking right at the spot in the sky where the flash occurred about 10 degrees north of the Zenith. So damn bright I instantly flinched then nearly left the chair like a bomb was under it when the thunder arrived about 2 seconds later. Must have been right under it.

Temperatures now halved. Wish I was at my observing site in the mountains right now. Must be sheer bloody heaven there.

I'm a bit further out the highway, at Goodwood. I had just come inside after watching the rain and lightening, I am a bit of thunderstorm junkie, I saw some lightening and heard thunder and thought it was all over. I went back inside then bang the hugest thunderclap I have heard rattled all of the windows in my house. Why would want an observing site in this weather, with these damn clouds?lol

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by M110

Why would want an observing site in this weather, with these damn clouds?lol

Its 30+ acres at 550m altitude, behind Wellington Park; black as ink and beautiful in any weather.

[M110 (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by el_draco

Its 30+ acres at 550m altitude, behind Wellington Park; black as ink and beautiful in any weather.

Nice. Still don't think see anything through these damn clouds. My in-laws live at a place called Mt. Lloyd it's about 20ks past New Norfolk up in the hills. Nice dark up there too.