Yeah although Enso conditions are currently still neutral...a few agencies ar calling an El Nino ..

SM the Boms atmospheric/ocean "coupling" line is basically just forecasting for a weak trade wind season where the highs are less intense thus moderating the SE flows which usually push the cooler waters north during our typical sh!tty showery tradewind autumn/winter season...When we get a better fishing season with less SE winds this corresponds with higher SST's from more warmer equatorial waters pushing east across the pacific rather then the usual cooler waters being pushed north by the stronger tradewinds...i think generally the average increase in our SST temps during this setup will determine the strength of the El nino event..

Currently we have still been getting intense highs and the expected El Nino pattern hasnt actually set in but some agencies including BOM have run models which because there is warming SUB-surface temps equatorially point to such a scenario developing over the next month or so....But it also may not happen...Its just..a forecast by computers at this stage..

I'm sure its all far more complex then that but thats my simple take on it..

I guess we will will see..I just want the winds to stop to get out for a fish this mackie season ...Missus found some old packs of spottie in the bottom of the freezer the other day which was fortunate for the hounds but the freezer has been bare for a while now...

Old fella that used to be a competiton shooter for QLD helped set me up a solo rimfire 100m siloehtte match on the weekend.... target size starts at a small chicken at 25m and increases at distances of 50 75 and 100m..the club is getting a few sets of targets made up to run a small match on this discipline..Need a pretty accurate gun and decent ammo for this as hitting a slightly smaller then rabbit sized target at 100m with a handgun is challenging..First set I did freestanding up till 75m was pretty easy and i wasted a few rounds at 100 to knock the 4 targets down..Then prone and leaning off a wall were much easier with a more steady hand..I was using cci standard ammo with about 8 inchs drop at 100m..then tried some $6 a box cheap browning ammo lastly and didnt do as well at distance ...probably a combination of the ammo and my waning concentration levels..heaps of fun though and i'm looking forward to improving my distance shooting skills...

and Bunyip there was a bit of a kerfuffle the previous weekend with a younger rifle shooter female RO pulling a power trip on my usual use of the clubs steel targets I practice on...had a bit of back and forth with emails and phone calls from the Prez and secretary during this week so we will see what will come of it...The Prez has given me the gate code and access to a key to get into the range and target sheds previously although its not club policy unless one is an RO and i could have just went ahead and ignored the RO's BS and opened the shed and got the targets myself but i know it would escalated things a so backed of on the day....It just reinforced why i live on the bush with the missus and dogs for company..Small minded bullies creating drama when there doesnt need to be any are situations I prefer to avoid but i just couldnt let it slide when there was no logic at all to the behaviour....

Just like Sands through the hourglass stuff really..lol..meanwhile forecast showing it to be clearing up tomorrow..

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