Maleny Weather

At 6.15pm on Monday 18 a change swept through the region, winds veered southerly, the barometer took a steep dive to 1000hPa, and conditions became ripe for a severe thunderstorm.  Although thunderstorms developed to the northwest of us and cumulonimbus clouds were overhead no rain was recorded at MWS.  Sixteen consecutive days have now elapsed since we have had more than 0.2mm splatter of rain. This matches January 1939, when the last time Maleny recorded a sixteen day dry spell.  Weatherwatchers are keeping vigil on ex-cyclones Neville and Olga, and if one or other travels down the east coast as a rain depression, it could mean a wet and windy end of the month.  Also, full moon will be at its closest perigee of the year bringing exceptionally high king tides and this together with heavy rainfall could cause flooding to some low-lying areas.

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