Past Week’s Weather
|
Aug/Sept 2009 |
Rain 9 am |
Evap. |
Soil @20cm Temp.&(Moist) |
Gust Knots |
Bright Sun Hours |
Cloud 3pm |
|
Mon 31st |
0.8 mm |
1.2 mm |
n/a |
11 |
5.0 |
8As |
|
Tues 1st |
0.6 mm |
2.2 mm |
n/a |
10 |
8.3 |
Nil |
|
Wed 2nd |
Nil |
2.2 mm |
n/a |
12 |
7.8 |
3Ac |
|
Thurs 3rd |
Nil |
2.2 mm |
n/a |
14 |
8.3 |
4Sc |
|
Fri 4th |
Nil |
4.0 mm |
16.1ºC(58) |
17 |
7.8 |
3Sc,3Ac,2Ci |
|
Sat 5th |
9.8 mm |
3.4 mm |
16.7ºC{15} |
14 |
5.3 |
4Cu,2Cu2,Cb |
|
Sun 6th |
0.2 mm |
2.0 mm |
16.7ºC(32) |
12 |
6.5 |
6Sc |
Please go to “This Month” page for more data
Surface and upper level troughs brought some atmospheric instabilityto the hinterland with a potential for some good falls of rain. We certainly needed rain for gardens and paddocks, as well as near dry water tanks. Unfortunately, we received only the tail-end of the band of rain heading our way and so falls were not as heavy as expected. This differs from a similar synoptic pattern in the same week last year when over 100 mm of rain fell in 24 hours.
Saturday afternoon’s radar showed a small isolated cell of a thunderstorm over Witta, where most of the thundery rain fell. The week’s day and night temperatures were about average for this time of year.
The BOM national spring outlook for rain in the period September to November shows odds favouring a drier than normal season across south-east Queensland.