Sydney on track for record annual rainfall of 2.2 metres as eastern states brace for flooding | Australia weather | The Guardian It's been a very wet year for us so far with all time annual records for Sydney expected to be reached in the next few days.
According to my friends, for the first time in about 50 years it's snowing in Christchurch and Dunedin, New Zealand in October.
There have always been sections of temperate rainforest within 500 metres of where I live. Since those horrible bushfires of 2019/20 we have had 4 significant floods in the Hawkesbury Nepean river system which surrounds the Sydney basin. I live in a narrow coastal strip to the south of sydney between the Illawarra range and the ocean. The rainforest is at the base of the Illawarra escarpment. The coastal strip is only a kilometre wide where I am so we only get flash flooding from overflowing creeks. So far they've never been high enough to affect me apart from cutting off access to me street for a few hours. I don't think the current rain is heavy enough to cause a significant flood but it's definitely enough to put 4 holes of my golf course under water (again). This rain system should ease overnight but another maybe more severe is expected saturday and sunday. We have a trough bringing warm moist air from the tropics through central Australia which could be compounded by an east coast low that brings cool moist air from the south. If the east coast low does form as expected we could be in for our 5th significant flood in the Hawkesbury Nepean in 2 and half years.
Oh and Sydney passed its record annual total with ease with 91mm recorded in 7 hours today. Heavier rains expected on the weekend. Today's rain mainly on the coast so the Nepean isn't flooding yet. If we get heavy rains in western and south western Sydney it is likely to flood to some extent.
Saudi Arabia was selected as host of the 2029 Asian Winter Games. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-winter-games-at-desert-megacity-neom-trojena Hopefully it's not a nuclear winter...
Will they ask the Qatar government to lend them tens of thousands of migrant workers to build this place? The migrant workers who weren't killed at the hands of Qatar, I mean.
More flooding in Australia but this time further south with inland NSW, Victoria and Tasmania affected ‘Danger period’: Victoria and Tasmania on high flood alert as rivers rise rapidly after heavy rain | Australia weather | The Guardian Australia news live: Victoria, Tasmania and NSW floods; mandatory Covid isolation ends today (theguardian.com) This is the 3rd significant rainfall event in 3 weeks and it seems another is brewing for next week. Colour Forecast map for next 4 days (bom.gov.au)
Meanwhile, here on Vancouver Island, our weather continues to be insane versus normal, notably October. We're known as a rain forest type climate for a reason. And yet, we haven't seen rain now since July 3. It's really kind of scary the impacts right now. And, I also the Alaskan Snow Crab harvest was canceled this season, fir the first time ever. The population just collapsed in an epic manner. We are so, so ********ed.
I have been thinking BC. Rain seems to usually turn on like clockwork there mid September but not this year. Has to change soon!
Yup, and the forecast still shows nothing for the next 10 days. When it does finally rain, flooding is going to be the next problem as it's bone dry here. The ground won't soak it up fast enough.
And just to the south of you at the bottom of Puget Sound we are expecting to be 80F (27C) today, in mid-October (!), but we can't effectively go out and do anything because air quality is labelled unhealthy due to smoke (mid 150s as I wake up this morning).
After it finally cooled down here a month ago, I was ready to turn off my irrigation. Howeve, not a drop of rain came with that cooler weather. It's been pleasant! I'd rather have some rain.
The particulates are from fires; based on the air quality map I assume the fires are in the southwest part of the state.
🦀Estimated 1 BILLION crabs have mysteriously disappeared, a 90% drop in population🦀Alaska has canceled winter snow crab season in the Bering Sea for first time in history🦀 Climate connection: canary in coal mine for other cold water species https://t.co/C97ns8Fpdq— Dr. Solomon David (@SolomonRDavid) October 15, 2022
Rain continues to fall in widespread areas of eastern Australia as flood waters from the last few weeks continue to make their way down the Murray River and its tributaries. Australia floods live updates: weather emergency widens from Victoria to northern NSW with more rain due (theguardian.com)
You all better fix that shit by next July otherwise I am only going to new Zealand for the world cup.
I'm certainly hoping it will stop soon. There is currently a cricket world cup going on here which is much more weather sensitive. The rains have gone around the match schedule so far with only one game being rain affected.so far out of 18.
Something that I didn't know. I was under the impression that polar bear population was decreasing. https://www.arcticwwf.org/wildlife/polar-bear/polar-bear-population/
Over the last 6 months, of the houses in my little end of the cul-de-sac, over half have either had solar panels installed or have had quotes for doing so and are seriously interested, probably intending to do it next year. I would be in the latter category but we might be moving next year and it's obviously more of a long-term investment, (certainly more than 12 months). I don't know about the rest but I'd imagine they'll probably be making the same sorts of investments over the next 12-24 months. I only mention this now because it all reminds me of this... Cameron’s decision to cut ‘green crap’ now costs each household in England £150 a year Ending onshore wind projects, solar subsidies and energy efficiency schemes has added to inflated bills, study finds The decision by David Cameron’s government to ditch what he denounced as “green crap” policies will cost every household as much as £150 a year by the autumn, new analysis has shown. With energy prices already soaring and bills set to rise even further this year, it suggests Cameron’s decisions to effectively end onshore wind projects in England, cut solar subsidies and slash energy-efficiency schemes played a large part in rising bills. What with brexit and ending up with unleashing Boris johnson and Liz truss on us, we'll be paying for that fecker for several decades to come
Our family is already deciding not to fly very much, if at all. Although I think it is possibly a bit overstated, all the same, space tourism is downright harmful, and any rocket launched better have a serious mission whose benefits are for the good of humanity, and not just a thrill ride for the ultra-wealthy and connected.