The Ranges have experienced a week of isolated showers caused by a stabilizing SE moist maritime air flow over the coast. More often than not the showers arrived without warning and were of short duration but sometimes quite heavy while it lasted. It has been a good week for umbrella sales. On Saturday and Sunday the Intervals between showers were fewer and provided an opportunity for attending to the long grass on lawns that were unable to be mowed during the wet spell
Long range forecasters are saying our next rain spell is likely to originate in the monsoonal belt and then spread south reaching our area about 14 – 17 February.