UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 19^th, 2024 at 3:05am:


yes - it's often wrong here too.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ60801/IDQ60801.94374.shtml

Christmas Eve is forecast to be 40°C. Christmas Day cools down to 33°C. But I will be around at my parents' place in the cool of the airconditioning to be bothered about typical Rockhampton maximum temperatures. Will be too busy watching movies in the loungeroom.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-23/white-christmas-nsw-snowy-mountains-tasma...

Snow flurries in NSW alps and Tasmanian ski fields give locals an early Christmas present
By James Tugwell and Manika Champ
ABC South East NSW

Topic:Snow

2h ago


As bushfires rage out of control in Victoria and parts of Queensland count the cost of recent floods, residents in the NSW Snowy Mountains and Tasmania woke this morning to find snow on the ground.

The Bureau of Meteorology had forecast snow to fall above 1,700 metres in the NSW alps today, but some locals have reported sightings of snow flurries as low as Cooma at 800m elevation.

Further south, snowfields in Tasmania recorded up to 5 centimetres of snow down to 1,500 metres.

Errol Hanlon from the Thredbo Alpine Museum said snow settled on shady ground, car windscreens, back decks and some rooftops around the village.

"We definitely woke up to a snow flurry," he said.

"It's an early present for all the little kids running around in their pyjamas this morning trying to make snowballs and snowmen."


Snow was spotted at Thredbo Resort this morning, but didn't stick around. (Supplied: Thredbo Resort)

Temperature is rising here. Too hot to do gardening. Will have to stay indoors and do some cleaning before Christmas Day.

Cities generate a lot of heat. Black tar roads, light reflecting off tall glassed buildings, not much breeze, too many people exhaling carbon dioxide, monoxide, car engines running hot, electricity heat everywhere and so on.

Bobby. wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2025 at 7:35pm:


I have driven along Alexandra Street Extended where the houses stop and this little rural area begins. You notice that the breeze becomes a bit cooler out there just for the 2 minutes of driving. Then it warms up as you go by the housing estate. It is more noticeable when you do this during the winter months.

I did pizza delivery in my teens. When I would go from the car to the house, you would notice the warmth coming off the houses as you approached. Outside of built-up residential areas, the place was cooler.

Today’s temp here (eastern Melbourne area)

Stuff going to the beach!