Heatwave to hit South Australia

[Reece]

I live in the mid north of South Australia and the heatwave coming is rather worrying!!
Sunday 35
Monday 39
Tuesday 42
Wednesday 44
Thursday 46 (115F) Gasp!!
Friday 45
Everything up here is bone dry, thankfully we are surrounded by harvested farm land, just stubble but fire can race through that quite easily.
Not looking forward to this at all. :oops:

[mapuc]

Oh man
Here we have 4-6 degrees daytime and just above zero night time with a strong wind, which makes it feel a lot colder.

Back to your country.

I'm happy I do not live in Australia during those temperatures I feel very unhappy when our temperature reach 25 or above.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

well u can move to Napa and avoid the whole thing! Plowed vinyards make pretty good fire breaks.:O:

[Reece]

The climate is definitely changing, NSW and Queensland have been battling fires for the last month, now Queensland gets hit by a flood, 125mm in just over an hour, weird!! :doh:

[STEED]

End of Australia sign...:hmmm:

Australia will burn and flood and the good folk will leave and come to the UK, Reece will shack up in Jim's man cave. :03: :hmmm: :)


On a serious note do all you can reece to keep cool. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

I've family dotted around Australia, New Zealand and even Tasmania. They have been telling me for over five years now how the weather is definitely changing.

[STEED]

Still here reece?

Hang in there mate you can get though this.

[d@rk51d3]

I live in the mid north of South Australia and the heatwave coming is rather worrying!!
Sunday 35
Monday 39
Tuesday 42
Wednesday 44
Thursday 46 (115F) Gasp!!
Friday 45
Everything up here is bone dry, thankfully we are surrounded by harvested farm land, just stubble but fire can race through that quite easily.
Not looking forward to this at all. :oops:

Makes me laugh when you watch the weather report.
Often you'd see Strathalbyn with a recorded high of 43 degrees (or whatever)
The weather box was by the post office, on a nicely irrigated lawn, under a big weeping willow by the river.

However, travel a mere 2km out of town to the open plains, and you're in the low 50's.

Hot days I can handle. It's the hot nights that suck.

[Falkirion]

Feel your pain Reece. I'm in Melbourne and don't have to deal with temps like that but with the concrete jungle looking to hit 30+ over next few days and insufficient cooling at home it's going to be a tough start to summer.


I've definitely noticed the climate shift. Seasonally the weather patterns seem to be shifting about a month ahead, though last year it's either been stinking hot (Mid to late Jan till end of May) or cold (June-December) and I can't recall the last time the weathers done that in my lifetime. We need to move on climate now, not in 20+ years once the Government has shifted to people more inclined to do something.

[Reece]

Going for 42 here today and after Fridays 46 it only goes down to 30 then back up, Christmas day is tipped for 37!! :doh:

[STEED]

Up and down like a whore's drawers. :sunny:

[mapuc]

It was on the news day before yesterday.

Here in Denmark an old record seems likely to be beaten. 2019 could very well be the wettest year since the Danish Meteorological Institute started measuring weather in 1870-something.

Markus

[Reece]

Yes everything is in a mess!!

Up and down like a whore's drawers. :sunny:
mmmm! :oops::)

[d@rk51d3]

It was on the news day before yesterday.

Here in Denmark an old record seems likely to be beaten. 2019 could very well be the wettest year since the Danish Meteorological Institute started measuring weather in 1870-something.

Markus

Did they change the way they record it, like they did down here?

Here, the temperature peak had to hold for a set amount of time before it was recorded. Now, it's recorded instantly, even if it's only at that temperature for a few seconds.

Also, low temps aren't being recorded properly. It was discovered that the equipment used to record the temperatures has limits that are exceeded by actual temperatures, so they were just "guesstimated". Their excuse was that "it couldn't possibly get that cold anyway".

People started sending in their pictures of creeks and dams frozen solid, ice and snow....... only to hear crickets chirping.

[Reece]

5 pm here and it is still 41, not nice!! :doh:

[Jimbuna]

5 pm here and it is still 41, not nice!! :doh:

Keep the fridge well maintained and stocked at all times :Kaleun_Cheers:

[STEED]

Reece you can become a professional streaker. :03: :D

[Reece]

except that I would burn my n..s off!!:oops:

[STEED]

except that I would burn my n..s off!!:oops:

Well you can cover them in....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFgLLjTkA9A

OH WAIT CHOCOLATE MELTS! AHREEEE NUTS! :wah:

[Jimbuna]

Australia heatwave: Nation endures hottest day on record.

Forecasters had predicted the most intense heat would come later in the week, meaning the record could be broken again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50817963

[Reece]

Oh this is not nice here, the AC is struggling to cope with the heat, not even 10:00 am and it is 40, going for a top of 45 here today!! :doh:
Keeping fingers crossed there are no fires today, and would you believe, I have a cold!! :oops:

[Aktungbby]

NO NEED TO USE THE STOVE THOUGH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t4L6g3MPdg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t4L6g3MPdg)

[Jimbuna]

Incredible :o

[Reece]

Currently 44.6 here!! :doh:

[Catfish]

Fake News!
Also 44,6 degrees Fahrenheit are 7 degrees Celsius, this is not "warm" at all. :O:

Seriously, i hope temperature is not rising more, this must be unbearable already. Hope AC and air conditioners ae up to it :o
All the best.

[Dowly]

Damn.. :-?
https://i.imgur.com/rt0sPPj.jpg

[STEED]

Hey reece, sounds like you got a right dork of a Prime Minister taking his holiday abroad while Australia burns. :doh:

How you holding up?

[Reece]

Our poor freezer is struggling to cope, took out some ice-cream and more like a smoothie!! Hopefully the meat etc is ok. :doh:
Going for 46 today, currently 39 (9:20am), very windy and thick dust, not very nice at all.
The prime minister is out on a date with Jeremy I think. :hmmm::oops:

[mapuc]

I would
Not do any hard work
Stay as much as possible in the shadow
Drink as much water as possible-When thirsty
Now when work is off lets spend all day with friends on subsim and play games.

Markus

[Reece]

Good sound advice Markus! :up:

[mapuc]

Have just heard some sad news

Two firefighters has lost their life in fighting the fire.

Markus

[Reece]

Yes that was in the NSW fires, very bad over there, thankfully not so bad here in S.A. :hmmm:
Very sad when volunteers are killed, especially through burns, though in this case the truck overturned so may have been crushed, not sure, my prayers to their loved ones. :oops:

[Jimbuna]

Yes that was in the NSW fires, very bad over there, thankfully not so bad here in S.A. :hmmm:
Very sad when volunteers are killed, especially through burns, though in this case the truck overturned so may have been crushed, not sure, my prayers to their loved ones. :oops:

~SALUTE~

[STEED]

I see your dork PM has now cut short his holiday abroad. What's the odds he will say I'm back and its all under control now and on that note i got a plane to catch. :03:

Hang in there reece good luck.