WOW ! What a scorcher it was on Monday. With a humidity of 46% and a steep fall in barometric pressure the afternoon’s temperature soared to a maximum of 35°C by 3.00pm. The Hear Stress factor recording was 46°C. Not since 21st January 2000 has there been such a high temperature in January. The cause of Monday’s abnormal temperature was a high in the northern Tasman Sea bringing a stream of hot air to the Ranges.
In a normal year it is expected that the monsoonal trough line will extend from the Coral sea, through Cape York, NT, and over to the Indian ocean. This year so far is an exception. Currently the trough line is firmly bedded in the Coral Sea and curving round to the Indian Ocean well clear of the Australian coast line.