That depends on how much they are getting paid!
Chances are they won’t get much sympathy from anyone.
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so if SAM turns negative like it is in the picture below, does that mean that there will be a strong cold front moving through the southern states. I know when it turns negative, depending on the scale it will either be a strong or weaker front when it’s a -3 or -4 is dubbed a stronger front but anything less is either a moderate or weak front.
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There has been no escape from the mugginess this week in SE mainland Australia. Even Mount Ginini, which is one of the peaks of the Brindabella Ranges and sits around 1760 m ASL, recorded dewpoints around 18C yesterday which is incredible for that elevation. For perspective, you wouldn’t go up there without winter clothing even in midsummer.
Down at the elevations where people live, i.e. Canberra, it’s been bloody awful.
Some incredible temp and dewpoint combinations in the outback as well, for example Oodnadatta which kicked the 40/20 you don’t want yesterday (40C temp, 20C dewpoint). Apparent temperatures were about 45C with that but it would possibly feel closer to 50C considering the light winds.
Thankfully the mugginess retreats later today for Victoria and by mid-late morning tomorrow in Canberra. No such luck for Brisbane of course.
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Feels like apart from maybe 1 year since 2020 summers have been ridiculously muggy.
In Yeppoon where already is humid. No cooling breeze being near the sea.
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Yes very muggy here today too… unusual for this early in the summer, even here. Don’t usually get humidity until after the summer solstice.
Even 5pm here today, temp of 28.8, but dew point of 24.8… yuk yuk.
Yes, some truly awful readings coming out of Sydney at the moment, Richmond being the standout with sustained dewpoints of just below 27C. It also rained with a dewpoint of 25C- truly Darwin like.
Here the dewpoints are “only” around 20C, similar to what Melbourne has had.
Sadly, this ‘mega mugginess’ is a feature of our new climate. Warmer oceans mean more atmospheric moisture- no getting around the laws of physics. The spatial extent of these tropical dewpoints is astounding though, engulfing almost the entirety of SA, VIC and inland NSW which aren’t ‘normally’ humid.
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Brisbane today,Very hot and humid,about 35 degrees and 23 percent dew point.
So glad I was driving the RSPCA van today with the air con blasting instead of working in the laundry room.
I really noticed the heat when I had to hop out of the van to deliver birds to carers
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Interesting article from the ABC on changing bushfire risk, quoting a CSIRO study:
It seems like I could have made the right decision; have a look at the difference between Canberra and the adjacent areas on/near the South Coast:
I’m guessing the reasons for this might be increased summer rainfall/humidity on and west of the Great Dividing Range compared to climatic norms (as we experienced this week) but when fire conditions do occur, they’ll be more severe on and east of the range.
Adelaide will be the first to hit 40 degrees on Sunday, followed by Melbourne on Monday.
If Melbourne reaches 40 degrees, it will mark the warmest December day since 2019.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will spend Christmas Day in Darwin to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy.
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Dry in Central Qld . Yeppoon has had above median rainfall but Rockhampton has only had 38mm this month and their median is 77mm
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Been pretty dry here (Newcastle) too… only 17 mm of rain so far this month.
But now that I’ve said that…
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Don’t like the chances of Australia forcing a result in the cricket if the higher end rainfall scenarios come to pass. Brisbane looks like it’s on the south end of it though. Fast moving tropical showers are the order of things today, but rain looks like increasing for Day 4 and 5.
Meanwhile, the south is frying today with Victoria and SW NSW copping the worst of it. I’d expect some bushfires to break out in western VIC shortly if they haven’t already- there’s still a huge rainfall deficit there.
Shockingly dry outlook for Canberra; can’t see where our next raindrop will come from. Thankfully we had a wet start to the month, otherwise we’d be in a similar position to western Victoria. At least the heat will reach a peak today before moderating a bit midweek; earlier models had us in a constant heatwave up to and beyond Christmas. Hot and dry is still the main theme for us, though, with 31C predicted for Christmas Day at this stage.
If the heat keeps up, I’d expect bushfires in SE NSW in the new year, but anything can happen these days.
Horsham has reached 43C with wind gusting to 76 km/h, that is catastrophic fire danger right there. Fingers crossed.
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