Hail can be pretty terrible.
Oh, the weather outside is...
- Thread starter Valka D'Ur
- Start date
What, you don't like snow from September to April? (or the Southern Hemisphere equivalent)? Some years it starts in August (in the mountains west of here) and we've had the odd snowstorm in May in recent years.
I've seen snow in every month of the year in this region (though thankfully not all in the same year).
We're just coming out of a deep freeze of -50C, but at least we didn't an insane amount of snow like Newfoundland did.
how long before wildlife there realizes this stacked against them, and just throws in the towel? Serious, is there any part of Australia that isn't being completely wrecked by extraordinary climatic events? From the great barrier reef to your dried up rivers...
Evidently, judging by this emergency callout map, the destruction was confined to a narrow swathe of the city lol. My work is in that southern patch and I'm on my way home via bus to the northern patch. This path took it straight over the main parliament and civil service hub south of the lake and also crossed our main university, so there are thousands of cars smashed.
I tweeted a video of it slamming our windows here.
And this is a fun photo taken at Parliament by their photographer.
Zardnaar
Deity
-20 or so is the coldest it gets here and that Uber rare. Hoar Frost's are cold for us.
-5 would be a cold winter's day.
As long as there's no wind, -5C is considered balmy here at this time of year. For me it's a sweater + light jacket kind of day. Actually earlier today I saw someone go outside without a coat (trust me, -9C feels like shirtsleeve weather compared to -30C and colder; around here if it's -20C or warmer with no wind chill, people tend to say, "Nice day!" to each other).
With this -50C we've had lately, I don't even think of going outside. In some municipalities even Canada Post carriers were off the job.
bernie14
Filter Manipulator
hobbsyoyo
Deity
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2012
- Messages
- 26,575
Stay safe man
ACT's turn to face bushfires. Real ones, in our big National Park areas rather than scattered greenery near the airport like last week.
This one started two days ago down in the national park southwest of the city. Here's how it looks from the centre of Canberra right now:
And here's the southernmost suburb, Banks:
It's gotten big pretty quickly, the map below is out of date because it's spotting several km ahead of the outlined area below, in northwards and eastwards directions.
Our southernmost suburbs are being put on alert with the embers likely to spot to within about a kilometre of Banks tonight. The words they're using are "erratic" and "deteriorating" and they say the fire has started its own weather system as it moves northeast.
Oh and, this is a new one for me, the fire was started by the radiant heat from the spotlight of an army helicopter after it landed, They were out running recon for the rest of the firefighting effort, used the spotlight to land due to the poor visibility, and the grass lit up from the heat of it. That should illustrate just how flammable stuff is out there in the bushland right now.
I personally am quite safe - I live in an apartment in the centre of a built up area in Belconnen in the north, I'm two suburbs from any substantial greenery and my fire plan is largely to bring the barbecue gas bottle and the hammock in from the balcony if there's embers.
This one started two days ago down in the national park southwest of the city. Here's how it looks from the centre of Canberra right now:
And here's the southernmost suburb, Banks:
It's gotten big pretty quickly, the map below is out of date because it's spotting several km ahead of the outlined area below, in northwards and eastwards directions.
Our southernmost suburbs are being put on alert with the embers likely to spot to within about a kilometre of Banks tonight. The words they're using are "erratic" and "deteriorating" and they say the fire has started its own weather system as it moves northeast.
Oh and, this is a new one for me, the fire was started by the radiant heat from the spotlight of an army helicopter after it landed, They were out running recon for the rest of the firefighting effort, used the spotlight to land due to the poor visibility, and the grass lit up from the heat of it. That should illustrate just how flammable stuff is out there in the bushland right now.
I personally am quite safe - I live in an apartment in the centre of a built up area in Belconnen in the north, I'm two suburbs from any substantial greenery and my fire plan is largely to bring the barbecue gas bottle and the hammock in from the balcony if there's embers.
hobbsyoyo
Deity
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2012
- Messages
- 26,575
Very good weather. Halcyon days
Same here.
Josu
Emperor
Sunny, 17ºC, 23º Celsius is expected.
In february we usually have temperatures between 5ºC and 12º C
In february we usually have temperatures between 5ºC and 12º C
It is 13-17 here, midday. Excellent ^_^
Josu
Emperor
I am not very happy with the situation.
Normally if we have sunny January and February, we have extrmelly rainy April, May & June.
We will see
On the other hand I am so grumpy that I would not be happy if it was rainy
Last edited:
Same here. Once it even snowed (hail-storm, actually) in April.
Yesterday it reached 22C. (Normal highs for February are around 0C.) Lots of people, including me, were in shorts and t-shirts, but a few people were in long pants and winter coats, as if they didn't believe the weather would last. My son and I had an enjoyable afternoon sitting around outside in the shade, reading, while we waited for my daughter to finish up her indoor activities. Of course, Wednesday we are supposed to get several inches of snow, as we continue our roller coaster weather.
Josu
Emperor
I just recall that we have a proverb in basque about it, and I found that there is an English version "March in Janiveer, Janiveer in March I fear"
