Weather Wize

by Peter Nelson

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Mild days welcome with some rain

The strong high pressure system which had parked itself near Ceduna for nearly two weeks at last began to move over Victoria last Friday, May 25 and allowed some of the prolonged warmth in Perth which was a record for May to filter into our area the...

Peter Nelson
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Two major weather events recently

During the last few days there were two major weather events affecting the Nation. The heavy to flood rains of a record nature occurred at Hobart and nearby centres in south east of Tasmania. Across to Perth there was unseasonable warmth for this...

Peter Nelson
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Warmest May day on record last week

The past week was noteworthy for the warmest May day on record at many centres in north east Victoria and in the Riverina last Thursday week, May 3. In Wangaratta the temperature reached a record 28.2, just breaking the previous May record of 27.9...

Peter Nelson
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Hottest April on record for Wangaratta

It will be the hottest ever April in Wangaratta in 115 years of records. The mean maximum to 22nd April stands at 27.1 degrees and this is nearly a degree higher than the existing April record of 26.2 in 1923. There will be more warm dry days during...

Peter Nelson
Country News

April heat records set at many places

The past week has been noteworthy of record high temperatures for April mainly in the southern half of NSW and in the Mallee , Wimmera and East Gippsland of Victoria. The highest readings were at Mildura, Swan Hill, Walpeup, Hopeteon, Charleton...

Peter Nelson
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Pilbara region bakes in record March heat

During the past week the Pilbara region in WA baked in record high temperatures for the month of March. At Port Hedland the temperature reached 45.3 degrees on last Wednesday 28th March and this was the hottest March day since 2005 and easily the...

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Mild days welcome with some rain

The strong high pressure system which had parked itself near Ceduna for nearly two weeks at last began to move over Victoria last Friday, May 25 and allowed some of the prolonged warmth in Perth which was a record for May to filter into our area the...

Peter Nelson
Blogs

Two major weather events recently

During the last few days there were two major weather events affecting the Nation. The heavy to flood rains of a record nature occurred at Hobart and nearby centres in south east of Tasmania. Across to Perth there was unseasonable warmth for this...

Peter Nelson
Blogs

Warmest May day on record last week

The past week was noteworthy for the warmest May day on record at many centres in north east Victoria and in the Riverina last Thursday week, May 3. In Wangaratta the temperature reached a record 28.2, just breaking the previous May record of 27.9...

Peter Nelson
Blogs

Hottest April on record for Wangaratta

It will be the hottest ever April in Wangaratta in 115 years of records. The mean maximum to 22nd April stands at 27.1 degrees and this is nearly a degree higher than the existing April record of 26.2 in 1923. There will be more warm dry days during...

Peter Nelson
Country News

April heat records set at many places

The past week has been noteworthy of record high temperatures for April mainly in the southern half of NSW and in the Mallee , Wimmera and East Gippsland of Victoria. The highest readings were at Mildura, Swan Hill, Walpeup, Hopeteon, Charleton...

Peter Nelson
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Active change brings some much needed rainfall last weekend

The passage of a complex low pressure trough during last Weekend, 24-25th March, brought some much needed rainfalls to our area. Rainfall totals were about 15 to 20mm with thunderstorm activity, but heavier falls to near 50mm further south to...

Peter Nelson
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Little change from the current warm, dry period

There has been little change from the long warm dry period during the past week and many places in our regions are now approaching one of their hottest March on record. Nearly all of the continent are having warmer than normal days. Broome and Perth...

Peter Nelson
Country News

Victoria still waiting for rain

The main interest in weather events across the nation over the past week has been the drought breaking heavy rains over most of the inland districts of QLD and the heavy to flood rains along the Coast from Ingham south to the Gold Coast...

Peter Nelson
Weather Wize

Phenomenal rains in Broome again

The last four days has seen very heavy to flood rainfalls again in Broome. This follows the very heavy rainfalls in Broome at the end of January resulting in a record total for January of 915.6 mm. To 9 am last Saturday, February 17, a total of...

Peter Nelson
Weather Wize

Temperatures continue to fall below February averages

During the past week daily maximum temperatures in the northern part of WA have continued to be below the February normals. The highest temperature so far at Broome since 27th December last, has not yet reached 35 degrees and this is the longest...

Peter Nelson
Weather Wize

Significant fall in maximum temperatures across northern Australia

The past week has seen significant falls in maximum temperatures across the northern Australia. Persistent heavy rain has kept temperatures well below normal. At Marble Bar where a near record 314 mms for January occurred, the last three days were...

Peter Nelson
Weather Wize

More hot days but cooler change on the way

This current weekend has seen the continuation of the heat wave conditions which began on 19th January. However, the first active cool change for many weeks is expected to arrive in our regions by next Tuesday 30th January with many places receiving...

Peter Nelson
Weather Wize

Heatwave conditions last weekend

Many places in our region have been in a grip of heatwave conditions with maximum temperatures exceeding 40 degrees on 3 successive days to last weekend. At the same time unsettled, stormy conditions have affected mainly the northern regions of W...

Peter Nelson
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Second tropical cyclone invades WA last week

Last week a second tropical cyclone of this season hit the north west region of WA. The cyclone named Joyce brought more heavy rainfalls to Broome, Cygnet Bay, Derby and right across to Marble Bar where 115 mms fell to last Saturday morning, 13th...

Peter Nelson
Weather Wize

Hot weather to continue over Christmas

The next two weeks are expected to be dominated by a long sequence of hot days and very little rainfall of any consequence. There will be a brief interruption the middle of this week when a fairly active active frontal passage which will bring some...

Peter Nelson
Weather Wize

Cool start to December but warm to hot days on the way

It has been a relatively cool start to December after one of the warmest spells during the latter half of November over Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and the southern half of NSW. Melbourne has had below normal maximum temperatures for the...

Peter Nelson
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Exceptional rainfalls last weekend in many regions

For the second time in 16 days an exceptional rain event took part in many areas in our regions last weekend 2nd-3rd December. The heaviest rains were in Northern Victoria and adjacent areas where Echuca recorded 123 mms to last Saturday morning...

Peter Nelson