Readers have mentioned rain in their areas and I have heard of road closures in the bush.
Added 14 Sep: The map compares Year To Date (YTD) rain with the Annual Mean.
Readers have mentioned rain in their areas and I have heard of road closures in the bush.
Added 14 Sep: The map compares Year To Date (YTD) rain with the Annual Mean.
That dark green area east of Laverton WA, what stations is that based on? I can only find Ilkurlka 12240 only opened in 2005 and does not fit the +150% quota.
In my area SE Qld the graph might be OK if it compares the rain to date for 2016 to the mean rainfall over all years in the record-at my place it is 1031mm/1806mm =57% but if the rainfall to date is compared to the mean to date (1031mm/1343mm) then the result is 76.8% and outside the range of the chart. The reduced rainfall was mainly in the summer months 68.8% in Jan, 35 % in Feb 67% in Mar and 47% in Apr. which is the wet season These were in the height of the El Nino and high negative SOI readings. BOM should just provide facts instead their AGW agenda.
Warwick I just checked rainfall and averages to the “END” of September of a dozen stations in the SW corner, of WA where the map shows 80% to 100%. All but three were well above the “END” of September average already. At least one of the other three (Manjimup) still has 22 days of missing data when the gauge was faulty. 64.1 measured by DPAW only 50 metres from the BOM weather station, which would put it well above average. It’s my guess that the other two that read lower had gauging problems too.
It appears that thyew BOM is determined to fulfill the modelling prophecy of continued decline in this area. The locals are revelling in the fact that it’s just like one of the old winters.
And it continues cold in SW WA. After a well below average August, temperatures in the first half of September continues cool. Average max temp -1.6C so far this month.
You can add July to both below average max and min temps Phillip.
The rainfall frosts and fogs that have been largely absent for most of the last decade are back, for 2016 at least.
Looks like it will be wetter than usual for the year over practically the bulk of Australia. With 70% of the year gone, most of the continent has already had more than 80% of average annual rainfall. The only large region that hasn’t is the north, where the rainy season is just about to start, so expect much of that orange in the Top End to turn green by Christmas.
So much for the “permanent drought” predicted so often for so long by our global warming fraternity.
I see the SOI is about +12, pushing into La Nina land. No wonder all these floods in eastern Australia.
www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/seasonalclimateoutlook/southernoscillationindex/30daysoivalues/