Just about to get hammered - 1130pm storm in newcastle

h0ughy (David) · #1 07-03-2008, 11:38 PM

well its about to hit and its very active

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #2 08-03-2008, 12:39 AM

Take care Dave.

h0ughy (David) · #3 08-03-2008, 01:08 AM

we just got 66 mm rain in one hour

johnno · #4 08-03-2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

we just got 66 mm rain in one hour

Its been raining here at Greta for the last couple of hours,

Not 66 mm though.

Bit of Thunder,and Lightning,thats about it.

John

iceman (Mike) · #5 08-03-2008, 06:38 AM

We had a nice storm too but nothing damaging.

Thank goodness the kids slept through most of it

Ric · #6 08-03-2008, 07:29 AM

Hope you didn't get anything too rough Houghy.

We had an early evening storm which cleared away to a crystal clear night.

I didn't get a chance to take advantage of it as I other things to clear out of the way first, maybe tonight as it's all looking good at the moment.

Cheers

h0ughy (David) · #7 08-03-2008, 09:04 AM

must have been retribution - the 16 is now residing at home

sheeny (Al) · #8 08-03-2008, 09:27 AM

Not sure if it was that front or an earlier one that hit us at about 22:00... I was in the middle of copying photos to an external HDD for a "slide night" presentation when the pooter curled up suffering the black death...

I'll try again today...

I haven't checked the rain gauge properly but from the back door it looks like we got 2-4mm rain

.

Al.

spacezebra (Petra) · #9 08-03-2008, 09:54 AM

On a serious note - hope everything is okay - we had nothing but clear starry skys.

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

must have been retribution - the 16 is now residing at home

Cheers Petra

h0ughy (David) · #10 08-03-2008, 06:37 PM

Wallsend and Elermore vale had minor flooding, given the duration and intensity of the storm it was between 1in 50 and 1 in 100. we have had 4 events of this calibre since January this year

. I am getting sick of this weather

- you guys up north in Sunny Queensland will definitely understand. Petra thanks for the concern. Has Dave got his trebuchet prepared for this year??

Maybe you can test the 20" mirror?

aerobrake (Michael) · #11 08-03-2008, 07:12 PM

Just to make you guys feel better when I used to live in New Guinea there was place I worked out of called Kikori that got 38 FEET of rainfall during the wet season.

Clear skies all.
Cheers
Mike

alan meehan (Alan) · #12 08-03-2008, 10:33 PM

hey dave yea gods have spoken

h0ughy (David) · #13 08-03-2008, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by alan meehan

hey dave yea gods have spoken

yes big time