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Breaking Weather News - Woollen socks a must in Sydney's seasonal chill
Sam Terry, 10 March 2010Woollen socks weather has finally arrived in Sydney, thanks to a burst of autumnal winds that fed along the New South Wales this morning, according to weatherzone.com.au.
Sydney peaked at 30 degrees yesterday, five above the March norm. But today saw a maximum almost ten degrees less, surely heralding the end to Hawaiian shirt season.
Other chilly locations as compared to yesterday include:
- Gosford only hit 19, seven below average and 11 degrees colder than yesterday
- Penrith weakly touched 21 degrees, 9 less than yesterday
- Kiama reached 20, eight degrees nippier than Tuesday
Perhaps there are some thinking that this is just a brief cold snap. These people are wrong.
Tomorrow southeasterly winds are expected to keep temperatures down
along the NSW coastline, from Merimbula (which will reach just 21) to
Newcastle (slightly warmer at 25).
Sydney itself will see the mercury peak at 23 degrees each day until Tuesday, with a shower or two expected tomorrow, mainly later in the afternoon.
For those who want to enjoy warmer climes for just a little longer should head further north. However, temperatures of thirty degrees are
now as rare as snow in the Bahamas.
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Breaking Weather News - Wet season over: or is it?
Sam Terry, 10 March 2010The monsoon has been taking a break from Northern Territory life in recent days, but there are indications that the wet season is not over just yet, according to weatherzone.com.au.
Showers and storms have been confined to the immediate inland from the Top End coasts, with most of the interior staying fairly clear and dry. A very strong and broad region of high pressure has been pushing in dry southeasterly winds.
The drier winds have led to a cool morning for southern parts today. Alice Springs dipped to 13.8 degrees, the equal coolest minimum since November of last year.
The future, though, is looking wetter. Tropical moisture has been funnelling into an inland trough over QLD. This is set to continue as the trough heads west, spreading showers and storms across the NT interior.
Parts of the Darwin-Daly region have had a very much above average wet season so far. Arnhem Land has fared slightly drier, but as the trough heads west, more than a hundred millimetres may be added to it's seasonal total.
The Alice Springs district will most likely miss out on the upcoming rain event, so any chance of the Todd river becoming an inland ocean is extremely low.
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Breaking Weather News - Tasmania blown away
Martin Palmer, 9 March 2010Treacherous conditions are engulfing Tasmania, as destructive winds and rain lash the west in particular.
A rapidly deepening low pressure system, as predicted, moved south overnight. The system is now whipping Tasmania's west coast, much of Bass Strait and southern parts of Victoria.
The worst of the winds are sitting in the northwest quadrant of the low, blasting northwest Tasmania and funneling into Bass Strait.
Winds are averaging an eye watering 74km/h and gusts are reaching destructive levels.
- Cape Grim has been hit by 116km/h gusts - the highest in six months.
- In the southwest, Scotts Peak Dam hit 100km/h, a two month high.
- Even Hobart is starting to feel the affects taking 74km/h gusts this afternoon, also a two month high.
During Tuesday afternoon the winds will turn more southwesterly and as the low moves south the focus will move with it. Next in line will be much of western and southwestern Tasmania.
Gusts past 100km/h are very likely into Wednesday. They will ease on the Victorian coast over Tuesday night and northwest Tasmania on Wednesday morninng.
Most areas will see an end to the wild weather by Wednesday evening as a high moves in from the west.
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