We are in the middle of the biggest storm we have had this year so far.
The rain is almost horizontal and coming down in buckets.
Thunder but no lightning yet.
Think the temperature dropped 10 degrees in a matter of minutes
It's heading north so look out Nowra and beyond.
Ma said
05:41 PM Oct 30, 2011
Just checked the rain gauge 5.40pm - 25mil in 15 minutes and it hasn't stopped yet, eased off a tad but you would get soaked very quickly if you are out in it AND its cooooooold
_wombat_ said
05:42 PM Oct 30, 2011
if it's coming down in bucket's perhaps you could open a hardware store when it's over, selling all those bucket's
Ma said
05:43 PM Oct 30, 2011
BUCKETS.........BUCKETS.............BUCKETS............going cheap, open to offers......
rockylizard said
05:44 PM Oct 30, 2011
Gday...
I know how you feel ........
I'm in central inland QLD - Mitchell right now but from Charters Towers/Emerald/Roma etc for the past week or so I have been on the fringe of huge thunder/lightning storms - not lots of wind or rain - just HUGE light shows.
For the past 40 minutes, have been sitting in the van as it gets pummelled with little hail stones, lotz of rain but not much wind. Oh yeah - and the humidity is 110% - well it feels like it
Heading southward tomorrow ... but from looking at weather radar these storm bands which have been ranging from Channel Country, through northern NSW and Southern QLD through to SE QLD are pretty general each afternoon.
It is good standing in the rain though - cooling.
Cheers
John
Ma said
06:15 PM Oct 30, 2011
Nothing like a good storm to clear the air is there
Happywanderer said
06:17 PM Oct 30, 2011
Its been cold and windy down here all day. have just put my heating on to warm up a bit. Two days ago was sweatig in the heat with a 72 % humidity. Crazy weather.
Beth54 said
06:20 PM Oct 30, 2011
rockylizard wrote:
Gday...
I know how you feel ........
I'm in central inland QLD - Mitchell right now but from Charters Towers/Emerald/Roma etc for the past week or so I have been on the fringe of huge thunder/lightning storms - not lots of wind or rain - just HUGE light shows.
For the past 40 minutes, have been sitting in the van as it gets pummelled with little hail stones, lotz of rain but not much wind. Oh yeah - and the humidity is 110% - well it feels like it
Heading southward tomorrow ... but from looking at weather radar these storm bands which have been ranging from Channel Country, through northern NSW and Southern QLD through to SE QLD are pretty general each afternoon.
It is good standing in the rain though - cooling.
Cheers
John
Welcome to Qld, hail one day, storms the next!
By the way, I have lots of rellies in and around Mitchell. Last year the water was just lapping the bridge...hard to imagine...I only saw photo's of it.
Happywanderer said
06:23 PM Oct 30, 2011
You are not heading towards Biggenden are you John??
Beth54 said
06:23 PM Oct 30, 2011
Happywanderer wrote:
You are not heading towards Biggenden are you John??
Not if he's going south from Mitchell Marj.
Happywanderer said
06:27 PM Oct 30, 2011
I thought he might be going SE Beth. or in that general direction. Nomads have a habit of detouring in any direction.
Gerty Dancer said
06:34 PM Oct 30, 2011
Must have been a "Coast Special" Ma, all fine here in the ACT.
spice said
06:54 PM Oct 30, 2011
Had a storm come through Grafton about an hour ago, lots of rain with some thunder and lightning but thankfully no hail, Rod
the rocket said
06:58 PM Oct 30, 2011
good luck everyone with the weather. rocketnstrop
Beth54 said
07:07 PM Oct 30, 2011
Happywanderer wrote:
I thought he might be going SE Beth. or in that general direction. Nomads have a habit of detouring in any direction.
Biggenden is actually NE of Mitchell, but I get your drift...we do tend to wander off in any direction.
AmandaJayne said
07:12 PM Oct 30, 2011
Just wondering if you could send some rain here... not so much the storms... or the hail... but the rain would be nice :)
rockylizard said
07:19 PM Oct 30, 2011
Happywanderer wrote:
You are not heading towards Biggenden are you John??
Gday...
No plans to head back into SE QLD but you never know. I need to pick up some letters in St George in the coming week so I will be there. Would like to camp at the Nindigully Pub - see what everyone else loves.
Then ..... who knows - don't want to get too far ahead of meself
Cheers
John
Happywanderer said
07:33 PM Oct 30, 2011
Sounds like you are having a great trip John, all over the place. Might be up there myself in a few weeks. Son could be needing some support he's not getting at the moment.
rockylizard said
07:40 PM Oct 30, 2011
Gday...
Well let me know when you head northward ... I will be probably in the vicinity of places near the Newell Hwy - Moree, Narrabri, Coonabarabran etc for weeks coming - will probably stay "middle NSW" for a while probably .... no plans but will slowly head southward.
We may eventually get to share a cuppa praps
Cheers
John
Vic said
07:41 PM Oct 30, 2011
And another beautiful day here in Perth, not a cloud in the sky........
Beth54 said
10:04 PM Oct 30, 2011
Okay, so now it's my turn...the line of storms in central and western Qld are headed my way. And pretty fast by the look of the www.bom.gov.au
Time to batten down the hatches!
the rocket said
10:45 PM Oct 30, 2011
Hi, it is 9.45pm and it has just reached north Brisbane. hope you are ok. rocket n strop
goinsoon said
10:46 PM Oct 30, 2011
We are at Jimboomba in SE Qld. the storms split just west of us and the worst of it passed to the south, we are just getting some soaking rain and a bit of noise
Gerty Dancer said
08:46 AM Oct 31, 2011
Everything ok this morning Ma?
Beth54 said
09:31 AM Oct 31, 2011
Well it was certainly loud here in Loganholme. I was surprised we didn't lose power. I haven't been up the front yet, but there doesn't seem to be any damage.
Ma said
10:52 AM Oct 31, 2011
Gerty Dancer wrote:
Everything ok this morning Ma?
Yes, Gert, lovely day today, blue sky, gentle breeze around 21 degrees.
Total rainfall for the duration of the storm was 35mm according to the rain gauge.
Hope all you QLDers fared well in the storms up your way. Pretty spectacular light show I read on the news.
Beth54 said
06:03 PM Oct 31, 2011
I went ou to my daughters today...where my Nipper is stored...only to find her jockey wheel half buried in mud! S-i-l had levelled off a patch ground beside his shed especially for her to be tucked away, and the ground was still soft, so after the storm last night...mud all round her!
We are at Jimboomba in SE Qld. the storms split just west of us and the worst of it passed to the south, we are just getting some soaking rain and a bit of noise
That would be the fault of that "Flinders Peak". We always found when we live there that the storms always split around that rock!
Mrs D
Currently in Bowen
Beth54 said
07:34 PM Nov 1, 2011
You're right there Dunmowin. In another life I lived at Greenbank. We often missed rain for that reason.
We are in the middle of the biggest storm we have had this year so far.
The rain is almost horizontal and coming down in buckets.
Thunder but no lightning yet.
Think the temperature dropped 10 degrees in a matter of minutes
It's heading north so look out Nowra and beyond.
Just checked the rain gauge 5.40pm - 25mil in 15 minutes and it hasn't stopped yet, eased off a tad but you would get soaked very quickly if you are out in it AND its cooooooold
if it's coming down in bucket's perhaps you could open a hardware store when it's over, selling all those bucket's
BUCKETS.........BUCKETS.............BUCKETS............going cheap, open to offers......
Gday...
I know how you feel ........
I'm in central inland QLD - Mitchell right now but from Charters Towers/Emerald/Roma etc for the past week or so I have been on the fringe of huge thunder/lightning storms - not lots of wind or rain - just HUGE light shows.
For the past 40 minutes, have been sitting in the van as it gets pummelled with little hail stones, lotz of rain but not much wind. Oh yeah - and the humidity is 110% - well it feels like it
Heading southward tomorrow ... but from looking at weather radar these storm bands which have been ranging from Channel Country, through northern NSW and Southern QLD through to SE QLD are pretty general each afternoon.
It is good standing in the rain though - cooling.
Cheers
John
Nothing like a good storm to clear the air is there
Crazy weather.
Welcome to Qld, hail one day, storms the next!
By the way, I have lots of rellies in and around Mitchell. Last year the water was just lapping the bridge...hard to imagine...I only saw photo's of it.
Not if he's going south from Mitchell Marj.
good luck everyone with the weather. rocketnstrop
Biggenden is actually NE of Mitchell, but I get your drift...we do tend to wander off in any direction.
Just wondering if you could send some rain here... not so much the storms... or the hail... but the rain would be nice :)
Gday...
No plans to head back into SE QLD but you never know. I need to pick up some letters in St George in the coming week so I will be there. Would like to camp at the Nindigully Pub - see what everyone else loves.
Then ..... who knows - don't want to get too far ahead of meself
Cheers
John
Might be up there myself in a few weeks. Son could be needing some support he's not getting at the moment.
Gday...
Well let me know when you head northward ... I will be probably in the vicinity of places near the Newell Hwy - Moree, Narrabri, Coonabarabran etc for weeks coming - will probably stay "middle NSW" for a while probably .... no plans but will slowly head southward.
We may eventually get to share a cuppa praps
Cheers
John
Okay, so now it's my turn...the line of storms in central and western Qld are headed my way. And pretty fast by the look of the www.bom.gov.au
Time to batten down the hatches!
Hi, it is 9.45pm and it has just reached north Brisbane. hope you are ok. rocket n strop
Well it was certainly loud here in Loganholme. I was surprised we didn't lose power. I haven't been up the front yet, but there doesn't seem to be any damage.
Yes, Gert, lovely day today, blue sky, gentle breeze around 21 degrees.
Total rainfall for the duration of the storm was 35mm according to the rain gauge.
Hope all you QLDers fared well in the storms up your way. Pretty spectacular light show I read on the news.
I went ou to my daughters today...where my Nipper is stored...only to find her jockey wheel half buried in mud! S-i-l had levelled off a patch ground beside his shed especially for her to be tucked away, and the ground was still soft, so after the storm last night...mud all round her!
This was a storm near Lismore NSW yesterday.
That would be the fault of that "Flinders Peak". We always found when we live there that the storms always split around that rock!
Mrs D
Currently in Bowen
You're right there Dunmowin. In another life I lived at Greenbank. We often missed rain for that reason.