|
Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 8, 2019 8:53:11 GMT
Storm Eric is on it's way here. I don't know why we've started naming our feeble little squalls. I'm quite content with the weather forecasters saying "it's going to get a bit windy" ...I don't need to have a personal relationship with a weather system. We do get storms here occasonally...but we don't get WEATHER...its very unusual for us to get the extreme temperatures, snowfall or strong, prolonged windy weather that other places have.
|
|
|
Post by patricklondon on Feb 8, 2019 13:18:21 GMT
Storm Eric is on it's way here. I don't know why we've started naming our feeble little squalls. I'm quite content with the weather forecasters saying "it's going to get a bit windy" ...I don't need to have a personal relationship with a weather system. We do get storms here occasonally...but we don't get WEATHER...its very unusual for us to get the extreme temperatures, snowfall or strong, prolonged windy weather that other places have. What happened to Hurricane Ernie?
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Feb 8, 2019 16:00:06 GMT
I am not really feeling winter anymore but then again, I'm not feeling spring yet either. Perhaps we need to create more seasons.
|
|
|
Post by casimira on Feb 8, 2019 18:27:19 GMT
Major extremes in temperatures and conditions here for weeks now. 78F balmy yesterday, blustery rainy windy 45F this a.m.
My garden is confused and my piles of different garments lay piled up for me to choose what I am going to wear from day to day.
|
|
|
Post by questa on Feb 9, 2019 5:46:28 GMT
The indigenous people in the tropical North of Oz have 14 recognised seasons in our calendar year. They live in a habitat of constant changes from which they have learnt when to see and do various activities. I arrived Darwin in April one year. The Summer dry was starting which showed the season was "Water moves away" Another couple of our weeks and it was "Grasses grow high" (Easy to hunt food) Then comes "Grasses fall down" when the smaller animals can find prey
A couple of seasons on it is "time to light fires" and the carefully selected areas are control-burned. The build up to the Wet Season starts with phenomenal lightning displays in "Fire dances" fortnight. Meanwhile the new grass is growing in all the burned areas. The sweet soft grass means the kangaroos etc get fat and slow and the people eat well too. After the wet season the waterholes and rivers are full of food for everybody. A few "seasons" and the "water moves away" again.
I had written the names and seasons down but,alas, have lost it.
|
|
|
Post by amboseli on Feb 9, 2019 14:18:33 GMT
7°C but it feels much colder because of the strong wind.
|
|
|
Post by questa on Feb 10, 2019 0:37:37 GMT
"The indigenous people in the tropical North of Oz have 14 recognised seasons in our calendar year"
I thought I'd do a check and found that the Indigenous seasons are now 6 to a year.will try to post the new version.
Kakadu's Aboriginal owners recognise six different seasons. There are subtle variations that signal the transition from one season to another—changes in the weather, which plants are in flower, and which bush foods are abundant. This knowledge of nature is fundamental to the culture of Kakadu and its people. Bininj/Mungguy have lived with the changing landscape for tens of thousands of years, adapting and using the land for food, shelter and general well-being.
Show all Hide all
Gudjewg | Monsoon season
Gudjewg can be described as the 'true' wet season and lasts from December to March. With average temperatures between 24-34°C, it is a time of electrifying thunderstorms, heavy rain and flooding, and vivid green landscapes.
The heat and humidity generate an explosion of plant and animal life. Spear grass grows to over two metres tall and creates a silvery-green hue throughout the woodlands. Magpie geese nest in the sedgelands. Flooding may cause goannas, snakes and rats to seek refuge in the trees. Eggs and stranded animals are a good food source for Bininj/Mungguy during this time.
Banggerreng | Knock 'em down storm season
Banggerreng, in April, is the season when the rain clouds have dispersed and clear skies prevail. Average temperatures are between 23-34°C and the vast expanses of floodwater recede and streams start to run clear.
Most plants are fruiting and animals are caring for their young. Violent, windy storms early in this season flatten the spear grass—they are called 'knock 'em down' storms.
Yegge | Cooler but still humid season
Yegge, from May to mid-June, is relatively cool (between 21-33°C) with low humidity. Early morning mists hang low over the plains and waterholes.
The shallow wetlands and billabongs are carpeted with water lilies. Drying winds and flowering Darwin woolly butt tell Bininj/Mungguy that it is time to start burning the woodlands in patches to 'clean the country' and encourage new growth for grazing animals.
Wurrgeng | Cold weather season
Wurrgeng, from mid-June to mid-August, is the 'cold weather' time. The humidity is low, daytime temperatures are around 30°C and night-time temperatures are around 17°C. During this period, most creeks stop flowing and the floodplains quickly dry out.
Burning continues, extinguished by the dew at night. By day, birds of prey patrol the fire lines as insects and small animals try to escape the flames. Magpie geese, fat and heavy after weeks of abundant food, and a myriad of other waterbirds crowd the shrinking billabongs.
Gurrung | Hot dry weather
Gurrung, from mid-August to mid-October, is hot and dry in Kakadu with temperatures between 23-37°C. It is still 'goose time' but also time for Bininj/Mungguy to hunt file snakes and long-necked turtles.
Sea turtles lay their eggs on the sandy beaches of Field Island and West Alligator Head and goannas rob their nests sometimes. White-breasted wood swallows arrive as thunderclouds build, signalling the return of Gunumeleng.
Gunumeleng | Pre-monsoon storm season
|
|
|
Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2019 9:35:22 GMT
|
|
|
Post by mossie on Feb 10, 2019 16:17:49 GMT
Well we can get four seasons in one day. I well remember 1976 when we had snow in early June, and by the end of the month temperatures were in the 80's.
|
|
|
Post by mickthecactus on Feb 10, 2019 18:17:37 GMT
I remember playing football on a Sunday with the temperature in the '70's and going to work on Monday in snow.
|
|
|
Post by questa on Feb 10, 2019 18:45:21 GMT
This week...Sydney hit by huge storms for 3 days. 2 dead, hundreds unable to live in damaged buildings.
Townsville floods abating but the drought affected areas are getting inundated and the earth has turned to thick mud trapping livestock. Over 300,000 cattle dead and flood relief has turned into animal rescue as the numbers grow.
Tasmanian fires are still out of control...started back in September. Large swathes of pristine forest now gone.
Come and visit Australia before it self-destructs!
|
|
|
Post by mickthecactus on Feb 10, 2019 22:00:20 GMT
Gosh that’s awful.
And not reported here..,
Baftas are much more important. Yawn....
|
|
|
Post by questa on Feb 10, 2019 23:30:48 GMT
Just Google "Stock losses Queensland floods" No yawns here.
|
|
|
Post by mickthecactus on Feb 11, 2019 7:57:16 GMT
Just Google "Stock losses Queensland floods" No yawns here. I did that. It really is awful. What a country of extremes Oz can be.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Feb 11, 2019 10:52:51 GMT
They're saying that on Thursday, we will have April-like weather. That could be anything.
|
|
|
Post by questa on Feb 11, 2019 12:14:06 GMT
What a country of extremes Oz can be. I don't know if any Anyporters have heard about the Royal Commission into Oz banks that has just delivered its report. I will post the story elsewhere, but just to mention that the Banks were highly condemned for forcing families off their farms where they had been for 5 generations.It was tragic to see dozens of farms just closed down when they could have kept on producing until rains and better times would arrive.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Feb 11, 2019 12:37:19 GMT
What next? A plague of locusts?
|
|
|
Post by questa on Feb 11, 2019 12:48:15 GMT
What next? A plague of locusts? A bit soon, mate.
|
|
|
Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 12, 2019 18:15:01 GMT
We had a lovely spring day today..it was nice enough for me to get into the garden to do some much needed tidying up. No need for my light box today
|
|
|
Post by rikita on Feb 13, 2019 0:46:31 GMT
back to snow free berlin, but at least we had lots of very nice snow during the last week ...
|
|
|
Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 13, 2019 14:30:34 GMT
Lovely spring day here again...hope it stays nice for the next week at least...I'm going to a spa for the day and it's deep in the Leicestershire countryside. My sister is driving us there...and if she sees one snowflake her car goes into the garage and she wont move.....
|
|
|
Post by amboseli on Feb 15, 2019 8:11:38 GMT
Temps are rising. Sunny and 15° yesterday, upto 17° expected today till Sunday. It really feels like spring!
|
|
|
Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 15, 2019 8:31:49 GMT
Very cold first thing, its expected to warm up later to around 11°C....so I'll be in the garden
|
|
|
Post by questa on Feb 15, 2019 11:35:11 GMT
Having a gardening day as well. Temp a gentle 27C. So many of my plants are still crispy brown from the heat wave but they are showing new growth. My 'put everything in containers of water up to their necks' theory seems to have saved most.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Feb 15, 2019 15:20:09 GMT
Today was not as springlike as promised, but it was sunny and if you stayed in the sun (which I don't), it felt rather nice.
|
|
|
Post by amboseli on Feb 15, 2019 23:00:54 GMT
Temp today in Uccle (weather station) was 18.1°C. This is the highest temperature ever recorded in Belgium on a 15th February. It was hard - almost impossible - to find a table on the sunny terraces in Antwerp!
|
|
|
Post by bjd on Feb 16, 2019 7:00:06 GMT
It was cold and windy most of the time I was in Paris, although the last 2 days it was sunny and cold. As we drove south on Thursday, it got nicer and nicer but now that we are in Toulouse, it is sunny but with a strong wind blowing. 16°C forecast but that doesn't include the wind. A different website gives 6° as the temperature we actually feel.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Feb 16, 2019 21:30:07 GMT
Today in Paris we finally had the delightful spring day that had been promised to us on Thursday.
|
|
|
Post by amboseli on Feb 16, 2019 21:47:39 GMT
So did we, kerouac. We made our first bikeride: 48 kms. It was great being outside in the sun.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Feb 18, 2019 16:04:19 GMT
Today was excellent as well. I had a very long walk crossing Paris and it was delightful in the 'spring' sunshine. Quite a few of the café terraces were just as full as they would be in the summer.
|
|