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76mm overnight..
Seems that the cyclone forecast is firming but steering influences suggest that it will head East or Sou-east according to the boffins...
Doesn't look like any good fishing weather in the next week or so and when we were out last week there were logs floating around all the way to the edge of the continental shelf..as well as the ones floating around in open water we saw quite a few logs and debris caught up in eddies on the reefs....I wasn't game to move spots after dark..
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Originally Posted by: scott123  76mm overnight..
Seems that the cyclone forecast is firming but steering influences suggest that it will head East or Sou-east according to the boffins...
Doesn't look like any good fishing weather in the next week or so and when we were out last week there were logs floating around all the way to the edge of the continental shelf..as well as the ones floating around in open water we saw quite a few logs and debris caught up in eddies on the reefs....I wasn't game to move spots after dark..
Dangerous after floods. Us landlubbers kind of forget that happens. Nicked down to Cairns today. Eureka Creek was almost at the bridge, so I hoped it was actually going down rather than coming up. Thankfully it was a little lower on the way home. Drove home later than usual, dodging animals, live & dead, all the way. Rained most of the way from Mareeba, including the last bit to Chillagoe. Found 4mm in the gauge from the late afternoon sprinkle. Hopefully the low will at least bring us a bit more rain.
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Originally Posted by: scott123 76mm overnight..
Seems that the cyclone forecast is firming but steering influences suggest that it will head East or Sou-east according to the boffins...
Doesn't look like any good fishing weather in the next week or so and when we were out last week there were logs floating around all the way to the edge of the continental shelf..as well as the ones floating around in open water we saw quite a few logs and debris caught up in eddies on the reefs....I wasn't game to move spots after dark..
Went out 2 Sundays ago, one or two sticks about from the King tides, that was about it. Last trip I did out of Moroulyan I waited until daylight before knocking the throttle down. What pisses me off is the amount of poison drums and cr.ap in there amongst it. Edited by user Friday, 26 February 2021 8:54:01 PM(UTC)
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Dodgy records for 2022: 1520mm
2023: 2710mm 2024: 951.6mm
Jan 24: 449.6mm
Feb 24: 350mm
Mar 24: 152mm |
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80mm here for the past 24 hrs and only another 56mm needed to make consecutive 1000mm+ months. On the subject of radars i find bommap the best http://bommap.com/Default.aspx?ID=19it still uses the 512km radar (on the google maps overlay), and you can zoom in much much further that the normal fixed map (you can even zoom it right to your house)
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Originally Posted by: @_yassified_shak 80mm here for the past 24 hrs and only another 56mm needed to make consecutive 1000mm+ months. On the subject of radars i find bommap the best http://bommap.com/Default.aspx?ID=19it still uses the 512km radar (on the google maps overlay), and you can zoom in much much further that the normal fixed map (you can even zoom it right to your house) Is it normal for the rain image to be super pixelated?
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Just had a short shower. Edit: another shower not long after. 8mm all up including a beetle. Edited by user Saturday, 27 February 2021 5:36:01 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Weary Originally Posted by: @_yassified_shak 80mm here for the past 24 hrs and only another 56mm needed to make consecutive 1000mm+ months. On the subject of radars i find bommap the best http://bommap.com/Default.aspx?ID=19it still uses the 512km radar (on the google maps overlay), and you can zoom in much much further that the normal fixed map (you can even zoom it right to your house) Is it normal for the rain image to be super pixelated? Yes, that is how it has always been, but i suppose the closer you get the larger the pixels. First cyclone advice for the current system. 
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Thanks Yasi. Been watching that low get a bit more rotation. Just cloudy out here. Tried to rain, momentarily, won't bother checking the gauge... 😁 Edited by user Sunday, 28 February 2021 2:50:47 PM(UTC)
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If the low forms a TC,- looks like they're going to call it TC Niran.  What sort of dumb name is that for a cyclone ? Usually expect the weird names when Fiji names them.
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Originally Posted by: Hickory If the low forms a TC,- looks like they're going to call it TC Niran. What sort of dumb name is that for a cyclone ? Usually expect the weird names when Fiji names them. It is a bit of a strange name. Never heard it before. We had 4mm from a late afternoon shower, better than nothing. :-)
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Yep strange name, must be inclusive of something..
77mm here this morning, was heavy rain just before dark last night, had to ride the quad home in it..
Looks like all the action will be south of us here :(
More waiting and watching.
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Been watching the blue blob on the coast. Envious, but at least it's cloudy most of the time, and catching the odd millimetre here & there.
Looks like we might get a sprinkle again soon, but it could still slip up to the east of us.
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Nice steady rain for the last half hour or so, and just 23.3°C.
Well,- Feb is statistically the wettest month,- now into the 2nd wettest month of the year. See what happens.
Some barely noticeable rotation just ENE of about Babinda. MSLP around 995 hPa.
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Ron, is the blind spot in the Cairns radar a relatively recent thing? I don’t recall seeing it before you mentioned it. 
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I will happily admit I know bugger all about interpreting Doppler radar images. The red patches in the blue down Cassowary Coast show that the wind is going away from the radar(red) surrounded by wind going towards the radar (blue). Storm cells?. Any ideas? EDIT . When doubt read the BOM help pages. Apparently the Cairns Doppler can only read up 96 kmph. When it gets above that speed it shows it as going in the opposite direction to its real direction . So those red patches are just wind going towards the radar but above 96 kmph🤓🤪🤔😬 http://www.bom.gov.au/au...anomalies.shtml#aliasing Edited by user Monday, 1 March 2021 1:09:50 PM(UTC)
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Yes weary..they were explaining that on Oz cyclone FB page..
Called it "velocity folding"..
I'll just call windy as shit..!..its a mess here already with bamboo culms down everywhere and quite a bit of tree debris about...we are in a bit of a wind tunnel here though...
The BOM have forecast it to reach cyclone strength by tomorrow morning..I wonder if it might get there sooner then that..
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Windy as, here also. the rain has steadily picked up since this morning, palm fronds are down everywhere and a few trees have bit the dust, or should i say mud?
Must say it is bloody cold, i had to resort to putting pants on!
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Originally Posted by: scott123
The BOM have forecast it to reach cyclone strength by tomorrow morning..I wonder if it might get there sooner then that..
I’m with you Scott, we have gusts coming from all directions, just feels like it’s going to form tonight..
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Not even a cyclone and we’ve lost power, looks like the gennie is going to get a bit of a workout.
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Wow. Hard to comprehend from here. Darkish skies. Very calm. 26°C on the deck. Telstra mobile outage this morning 3.5 hours. Landlines not working, nor of course was Sky Muster... Payphones not working either. Weird feeling disconnected from the world especially with a potential cyclone suiting nearby. National radar shows a pretty extended sweep. Weipa looks wet. Hope it doesn't get too messy for you all. Edit: Someone on twitter said Townsville radar is out, and Kahlpahlim Rock is blocking Cairns radar. Haven't heard of that before. Twitter's busy. It does look very messy down there now. Edited by user Monday, 1 March 2021 3:01:19 PM(UTC)
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