Keep setting fire to coal - you might reach 50 degrees soon !!


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Sydney's Penrith the hottest place on Earth amid devastating bushfires The mercury has climbed to a record 48.9C in the outer western Sydney suburb of Penrith. The western Sydney suburb of Penrith was the hottest place on Earth on Saturday, reaching a high of 48.9 degrees Celsius. The highest-ever temperature for the area, recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology just after 3pm, smashed a record that had stood for 80 years. At the same time, world temperature map website World Weather Today showed Penrith was the hottest place in the world. Three hours later, at 6pm, the website showed the places with the top ten highest temperatures recorded globally over the previous 24 hours were all in Australia. Penrith’s temperature also set a new record for the Sydney basin, beating the previous mark of 47.8 degrees in Richmond in 1939. Canberra also broke records as the mercury climbed to 43.6 degrees on Saturday afternoon. The previous Canberra record was 42.8 degrees at the now-closed Acton observation site in 1939. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said there were no fires burning in the territory, but the impact of blazes across the border was being felt. "For Canberrans who are experiencing this day, obviously it is uncomfortable, and I know there is a lot of anxiety in the community, particularly as they see what is unfolding in surrounding New South Wales," he said. The nation's capital has been choked with smoke from bushfires for days, with the hazardous air pollution forcing shops and attractions to close. Conditions across Sydney and southern New South Wales were expected to worsen through Saturday evening, with a cool change expected to hamper firefighting efforts. The southerly change was expected to reach inner Sydney at 11pm, then the Blue Mountains by midnight. A cool easterly change was expected in Canberra at around 10pm.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/sydney-s-penrith-the-hottest-place-on-earth-amid-devastating-bushfires

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EanT30-NBc0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGSsu6pfOoY

Sir lastnail wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 10:25pm:

Keep setting fire to coal - you might reach 50 degrees soon !! Quote: Sydney's Penrith the hottest place on Earth amid devastating bushfires The mercury has climbed to a record 48.9C in the outer western Sydney suburb of Penrith. The western Sydney suburb of Penrith was the hottest place on Earth on Saturday, reaching a high of 48.9 degrees Celsius. The highest-ever temperature for the area, recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology just after 3pm, smashed a record that had stood for 80 years. At the same time, world temperature map website World Weather Today showed Penrith was the hottest place in the world. Three hours later, at 6pm, the website showed the places with the top ten highest temperatures recorded globally over the previous 24 hours were all in Australia. Penrith’s temperature also set a new record for the Sydney basin, beating the previous mark of 47.8 degrees in Richmond in 1939. Canberra also broke records as the mercury climbed to 43.6 degrees on Saturday afternoon. The previous Canberra record was 42.8 degrees at the now-closed Acton observation site in 1939. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said there were no fires burning in the territory, but the impact of blazes across the border was being felt. "For Canberrans who are experiencing this day, obviously it is uncomfortable, and I know there is a lot of anxiety in the community, particularly as they see what is unfolding in surrounding New South Wales," he said. The nation's capital has been choked with smoke from bushfires for days, with the hazardous air pollution forcing shops and attractions to close. Conditions across Sydney and southern New South Wales were expected to worsen through Saturday evening, with a cool change expected to hamper firefighting efforts. The southerly change was expected to reach inner Sydney at 11pm, then the Blue Mountains by midnight. A cool easterly change was expected in Canberra at around 10pm. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/sydney-s-penrith-the-hottest-place-on-earth-amid-devastating-bushfires

So it's taken 80 years to beat a recorded high ...

yep no doubt a an obvious indication of global warming  ::) ::)  ;D

we are in an El Nino    meaning extreme.....we are not ready for it  nor prepared..... to get excited about a high temp   in a sunburnt country....is bizarre.... what the hell does anyone expect????.....now if snow fell.... ::) ::) ::)


nah lets look on the dark side... >:(

cods wrote on Jan 5^th, 2020 at 7:08am:

we are in an El Nino    meaning extreme.....we are not ready for it  nor prepared..... to get excited about a high temp   in a sunburnt country....is bizarre.... what the hell does anyone expect????.....now if snow fell.... ::) ::) ::) nah lets look on the dark side... >:(

I dont remember it being over 40C before 10 or so years ago - especially not regularly. Even brisbane.

Spot

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 5^th, 2020 at 7:47am:

cods wrote on Jan 5th, 2020 at 7:08am: we are in an El Nino    meaning extreme.....we are not ready for it  nor prepared..... to get excited about a high temp   in a sunburnt country....is bizarre.... what the hell does anyone expect????.....now if snow fell.... ::) ::) ::) nah lets look on the dark side... >:( I dont remember it being over 40C before 10 or so years ago - especially not regularly. Even brisbane. Spot

Rubbish ... Ipswich regularly hits the odd 40 during summer. Has done so for as long as I can remember.

Western QLD, Sth Austn & Western Australian locations are regularly 40 plus during the summer.

At summer tennis tournaments in Melbourne there have often been days of 40 degree heat.

Gnads wrote on Jan 5^th, 2020 at 8:15am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 5th, 2020 at 7:47am: cods wrote on Jan 5th, 2020 at 7:08am: we are in an El Nino    meaning extreme.....we are not ready for it  nor prepared..... to get excited about a high temp   in a sunburnt country....is bizarre.... what the hell does anyone expect????.....now if snow fell.... ::) ::) ::) nah lets look on the dark side... >:( I dont remember it being over 40C before 10 or so years ago - especially not regularly. Even brisbane. Spot Rubbish ... Ipswich regularly hits the odd 40 during summer. Has done so for as long as I can remember. Western QLD, Sth Austn & Western Australian locations are regularly 40 plus during the summer. At summer tennis tournaments in Melbourne there have often been days of 40 degree heat.

I said brisbane. Also the thread is about penrith. I didnt say ipswich and i didnt say SA or WA

Spot

Love living on the coast, it only got to 32 yesterday.

Finally some rain has come with cool conditions:

In Melbourne it's only 12 degrees right now!


http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/vicall.shtml

Bobby. wrote on Jan 5^th, 2020 at 9:11am:

Finally some rain has come with cool conditions: In Melbourne it's only 12 degrees right now! http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/vicall.shtml

fantastic news.... hope it lasts..

cods wrote on Jan 5^th, 2020 at 9:13am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 5th, 2020 at 9:11am: Finally some rain has come with cool conditions: In Melbourne it's only 12 degrees right now! http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/vicall.shtml fantastic news.... hope it lasts..

Hi Cods,
I've just been outside -
it's been raining  for hours and I had to put a beany and a scarf on.
It's cold and it's raining.  :)


On the news - this rain band will hit the fire areas perhaps today.
It's already a lot cooler.

Gnads wrote on Jan 5^th, 2020 at 7:01am:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jan 4th, 2020 at 10:25pm: Keep setting fire to coal - you might reach 50 degrees soon !! Quote: Sydney's Penrith the hottest place on Earth amid devastating bushfires The mercury has climbed to a record 48.9C in the outer western Sydney suburb of Penrith. The western Sydney suburb of Penrith was the hottest place on Earth on Saturday, reaching a high of 48.9 degrees Celsius. The highest-ever temperature for the area, recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology just after 3pm, smashed a record that had stood for 80 years. At the same time, world temperature map website World Weather Today showed Penrith was the hottest place in the world. Three hours later, at 6pm, the website showed the places with the top ten highest temperatures recorded globally over the previous 24 hours were all in Australia. Penrith’s temperature also set a new record for the Sydney basin, beating the previous mark of 47.8 degrees in Richmond in 1939. Canberra also broke records as the mercury climbed to 43.6 degrees on Saturday afternoon. The previous Canberra record was 42.8 degrees at the now-closed Acton observation site in 1939. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said there were no fires burning in the territory, but the impact of blazes across the border was being felt. "For Canberrans who are experiencing this day, obviously it is uncomfortable, and I know there is a lot of anxiety in the community, particularly as they see what is unfolding in surrounding New South Wales," he said. The nation's capital has been choked with smoke from bushfires for days, with the hazardous air pollution forcing shops and attractions to close. Conditions across Sydney and southern New South Wales were expected to worsen through Saturday evening, with a cool change expected to hamper firefighting efforts. The southerly change was expected to reach inner Sydney at 11pm, then the Blue Mountains by midnight. A cool easterly change was expected in Canberra at around 10pm. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/sydney-s-penrith-the-hottest-place-on-earth-amid-devastating-bushfires So it's taken 80 years to beat a recorded high ... yep no doubt a an obvious indication of global warming  ::) ::)  ;D

and if it didn't you libbos would be talking about a temperature 80 years ago that was higher. That's what you do all of the time :D LOL

Gnads wrote on Jan 5^th, 2020 at 8:15am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 5th, 2020 at 7:47am: cods wrote on Jan 5th, 2020 at 7:08am: we are in an El Nino    meaning extreme.....we are not ready for it  nor prepared..... to get excited about a high temp   in a sunburnt country....is bizarre.... what the hell does anyone expect????.....now if snow fell.... ::) ::) ::) nah lets look on the dark side... >:( I dont remember it being over 40C before 10 or so years ago - especially not regularly. Even brisbane. Spot Rubbish ... Ipswich regularly hits the odd 40 during summer. Has done so for as long as I can remember. Western QLD, Sth Austn & Western Australian locations are regularly 40 plus during the summer. At summer tennis tournaments in Melbourne there have often been days of 40 degree heat.

.. they don't burn no coal out there,
no logs, no moss, no peat,
All they need to fry their brains,
Is Ipswich falcon heat.

Sir lastnail wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 10:25pm:

Keep setting fire to coal - you might reach 50 degrees soon !! Quote: Sydney's Penrith the hottest place on Earth amid devastating bushfires The mercury has climbed to a record 48.9C in the outer western Sydney suburb of Penrith. The western Sydney suburb of Penrith was the hottest place on Earth on Saturday, reaching a high of 48.9 degrees Celsius. The highest-ever temperature for the area, recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology just after 3pm, smashed a record that had stood for 80 years. At the same time, world temperature map website World Weather Today showed Penrith was the hottest place in the world. Three hours later, at 6pm, the website showed the places with the top ten highest temperatures recorded globally over the previous 24 hours were all in Australia. Penrith’s temperature also set a new record for the Sydney basin, beating the previous mark of 47.8 degrees in Richmond in 1939. Canberra also broke records as the mercury climbed to 43.6 degrees on Saturday afternoon. The previous Canberra record was 42.8 degrees at the now-closed Acton observation site in 1939. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said there were no fires burning in the territory, but the impact of blazes across the border was being felt. "For Canberrans who are experiencing this day, obviously it is uncomfortable, and I know there is a lot of anxiety in the community, particularly as they see what is unfolding in surrounding New South Wales," he said. The nation's capital has been choked with smoke from bushfires for days, with the hazardous air pollution forcing shops and attractions to close. Conditions across Sydney and southern New South Wales were expected to worsen through Saturday evening, with a cool change expected to hamper firefighting efforts. The southerly change was expected to reach inner Sydney at 11pm, then the Blue Mountains by midnight. A cool easterly change was expected in Canberra at around 10pm. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/sydney-s-penrith-the-hottest-place-on-earth-amid-devastating-bushfires

that must be that ice age goober kept going on about  ;D ;D ;D ;D