Observing report

Thunderstorms for 3 nights in a row. So much for living in a semi arid
place!


Terry B
Moree
Australia

Thunderstorms for 3 nights in a row. So much for living in a semi
arid place!

Is Moree in northern Australia? I just read about the monsoon season
(the wet, as you guys call it) in National Geographic, that hits the
northern coast starting somewhere around now, but peaks in January.
Cheers,
Ritesh

"Axel" wrote in message
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Thunderstorms for 3 nights in a row. So much for living in a semi
arid place!

Is Moree in northern Australia? I just read about the monsoon season
(the wet, as you guys call it) in National Geographic, that hits the
northern coast starting somewhere around now, but peaks in January.
Cheers,
Ritesh


Yes and no. We are 29deg south which is not in the monsoon area but well
north of Sydney. It is 400 km west of the coast and usually pretty dry and
very flat. Our average annual rainfall is about 600mm/yr. However we have
had 120mm rain overnight and are at minor to moderate flood level already
(and it is still raining!)

Lovely grey skies. not much use for astronomy

Golly, sounds like the weather in this part of Florida during our summer.
Rain rates of 25mm per hour are pretty standard, but most of the time the
"4:00 thunderstorm" doesn't last an entire hour. However, the debris clouds
hang around every night until well past midnight.

Then THIS year we get hurricanes too. One of them dropped 200mm in 24 hours.

Craig in Tampa... pretty close to exactly the other side of the world
(28 05'10" N....82 28'02" W)

"Terry B" wrote in message
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Thunderstorms for 3 nights in a row. So much for living in a semi arid
place!


Terry B
Moree
Australia