Australian Politics Forum - Weather forecast winter 2024

UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24512 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #30 - Jun 27^th, 2024 at 5:53pm Fantastic rain we have had in the last few days. 42mm up to 9am this morning. 16mm up to 5:30 this afternoon. We might have another downpour before the night is done. If it eases up by Friday, I should be able to get some mowing done on Monday or Tuesday.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24512 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #31 - Jun 27^th, 2024 at 5:55pm According to the weather forecast, rain is going to stick around until next Thursday. But it will just be overcast conditions. I will have to use my mozzie zappers for a few nights.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #32 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 7:49am One thing about where I now live—no mosquitoes! Have not heard a single one! This is NOT a complaint!
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102442 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #33 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 9:22am Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 28^th, 2024 at 7:49am: One thing about where I now live—no mosquitoes! Have not heard a single one! This is NOT a complaint! It's too cold in Tassie for mozzies except in summer.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #34 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 9:30am You have any data to back that up, TVI™?
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102442 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #35 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 9:31am Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 28^th, 2024 at 9:30am: You have any data to back that up, TVI™? It's called common sense - something you are lacking.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #36 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 9:34am So, no data, color me unsurprised. Winter is too cold, summer isn’t. Don’t hear mozzies in summer either, idiot.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102442 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #37 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 9:45am Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 28^th, 2024 at 9:34am: So, no data, color me unsurprised. Winter is too cold, summer isn’t. Don’t hear mozzies in summer either, idiot. Hi Mr ASPD, I've been on a mountain in Victoria at 5,000 feet altitude in summer and there were mozzies everywhere. The rest of the year it snows there.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #38 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 10:28am No mozzies here, not even in summer, idiot and psychopath blackmailer!
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Re: Weather forecast winter 2024
Reply #39 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 10:36am

A bit off topic but relates to mozzies. . .

We had a minor problem with mozzies in Adelaide. Once I installed the fishpond and stocked it with Murray River rainbows and Flinders Ranges purple spotted gudgeons and one other I can’t remember the name of—no more mozzie problem.

The fish I stocked all ate mosquito larva, no new mozzies!

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Reply #40 - Jun 28^th, 2024 at 12:23pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 28^th, 2024 at 7:49am:

One thing about where I now live—no mosquitoes! Have not heard a single one! This is NOT a complaint!

Facebook webpages have "facts" pages. They said that Iceland has no mosquitos or snakes on the island. I found that such a foreign experience to me.

It gets too cold in Tassie for mosquitos to breed. Up here, you have to be careful where you leave your buckets, because a rain shower could fill up enough water for mosquitos to breed.

Every year during the coldest part of winter, I light up a citronella lantern under my house. Part of the reason is to keep under the house a little warmer. But, I buy a large bottle of citronella oil with bifenthrin. Bifenthrin is an insecticide that makes sure that the larvae undergoing diapause are killed off, so that they don't become hatched mosquitos during the next rain event.

I have 3 mosquito zappers on during the rain periods. During the summer months, I will light up mosquito coils under the house just prior, during, and just after rain events, whenever there is a plague of mosquitos. Recently, I light up citronella tea lights in the toilet room, because that room is the only room of the house with uncloseable louvres. It keeps the mosquitos out of the house, and the room a little warmer for a few hours of the winter mornings.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24512 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #41 - Jul 11^th, 2024 at 12:55am Whatever happened to "winter"? Minimum temperatures have been between 15°C and 25°C. Nice rain on occasion, although nothing considerable. What is happening in the southern states? Maximum temperatures in Frankston are below the minimum temperatures of Rockhampton.
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Re: Weather forecast winter 2024
Reply #42 - Jul 11^th, 2024 at 1:40am

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 28^th, 2024 at 12:23pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 28^th, 2024 at 7:49am:

One thing about where I now live—no mosquitoes! Have not heard a single one! This is NOT a complaint!

Facebook webpages have "facts" pages. They said that Iceland has no mosquitos or snakes on the island. I found that such a foreign experience to me.

It gets too cold in Tassie for mosquitos to breed. Up here, you have to be careful where you leave your buckets, because a rain shower could fill up enough water for mosquitos to breed.

Every year during the coldest part of winter, I light up a citronella lantern under my house. Part of the reason is to keep under the house a little warmer. But, I buy a large bottle of citronella oil with bifenthrin. Bifenthrin is an insecticide that makes sure that the larvae undergoing diapause are killed off, so that they don't become hatched mosquitos during the next rain event.

I have 3 mosquito zappers on during the rain periods. During the summer months, I will light up mosquito coils under the house just prior, during, and just after rain events, whenever there is a plague of mosquitos. Recently, I light up citronella tea lights in the toilet room, because that room is the only room of the house with uncloseable louvres. It keeps the mosquitos out of the house, and the room a little warmer for a few hours of the winter mornings.

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Some mosquitoes carry viruses that can make humans sick. These viruses are spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. Some viruses can be carried by mosquitoes in Tasmania, other viruses are only carried by mosquitoes in other states or territories, or overseas.

It is important to take steps to protect yourself and your family from mosquito-borne diseases by avoiding mosquito bites and removing mosquito breeding sites. This is especially important in the warmer months in Tasmania and when travelling interstate or overseas. Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus are present in Tasmania.

https://www.health.tas.gov.au/health-topics/infectious-diseases/infectious-disea...

So, not too cold for mozzies in Tassie.

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Re: Weather forecast winter 2024
Reply #43 - Jul 12^th, 2024 at 4:45pm

It comes down to humidity in the air. Even in winter, if there is enough moisture around, mozzies can still breed. During the dry season, mosquito larvae goes into a hibernation and wait until the rain pools water for the larvae to swim around and spawn.

I have just bought another 3L bottle of citronella and bifenthrin oil to use for my lamp downstairs. With recent rain, the mosquitos started acting up again.

There were plenty of flies around. So, I wonder if we might be seeing some more rain soon.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Weather forecast winter 2024 Reply #44 - Jul 12^th, 2024 at 7:08pm Oil of lavender will repel flies.
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