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    Belting down here at the moment. Just sent the offsider home. Hoping it will clear mid morning as I have a heap backed up
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    What can you do? I swore black and blue I was going to work today but I headed out on school drop off without the trailer, cause it was pissing down. Then get back home and tie up loose paperwork while there's not a drop, then just about get ready to head out and down she comes again. Sometimes I'd rather leave the "to work or not to work" decisions to a boss! I probably wouldn't make anyone work in this but I'd rather keep up to date and some dosh in my wallet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy B View Post
    What can you do? I swore black and blue I was going to work today but I headed out on school drop off without the trailer, cause it was pissing down. Then get back home and tie up loose paperwork while there's not a drop, then just about get ready to head out and down she comes again. Sometimes I'd rather leave the "to work or not to work" decisions to a boss! I probably wouldn't make anyone work in this but I'd rather keep up to date and some dosh in my wallet.
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    Lovely beautiful clear blue skies here today. About 25 degrees with a gentle breeze!

    Just finished doing my neighbours lawn and about to head off around town for one more mow and a couple more gardening jobs for the day.

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    Raining all day and for some reason the phone hasn't stoped

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    WA drought 'could be worst for 750 years'
    http://webcache.googleusercontent.co....google.com.au

    If you thought the drought affecting south-west WA since the 1970s was extreme, you were right.

    But just how extreme has been a matter of contention.

    Now, scientists believe it could be the worst of its kind in 750 years, after making an unexpected discovery.

    Advertisement: Story continues below Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-operative Research Centre have identified a link between the drought, which began in the early 1970s, and snowfall at a site in East Antarctica over the same period.

    In research published in Nature Geoscience, they say the relationship is inverse - high snowfalls at the Law Dome site correlate with low rain in the South-West.

    That is as a result of the atmospheric circulation pattern that brings dry, cool air to Australia, while sending warm, moist air to East Antarctica.

    However, the high snowfall at Law Dome was unlike any other in the past 750 years, and led the researchers to believe the drought was similarly unusual.

    Since the 1970s, there has been a decline of up to 20 per cent in winter rainfall in the South-West and, though the cause of the drought remains unclear, others have pointed to land-use changes, ocean temperatures, air circulation changes and natural variability.

    But its severity has been hard to calculate, with weather records going back only about 100 years, and the oldest tree-ring record, 350 years, from a site that has not been affected by the drought.

    The researchers found that the snowfall was of a severity expected only once in every 38,000 years. Adjusting their analysis of ice cores, it still should happen only about every 5400 years.

    "It also suggests ... that if the mix of factors that influence [South-West] rainfall over the past century reflects that of the longer term, then the recent drought ... may be similarly unusual," the researchers say.


    Lead researcher Tas van Ommen said the results of the study were unexpected.

    "We were surprised at first, given the complexity of climate processes, to find such a direct connection between our ice core and the climate of Western Australia," he said.

    "By identifying new processes that influence regional Australian climate, this work offers the possibility to improve understanding and reduce uncertainty in future projections of climate change.

    "This work underscores the need for long-term records of past climate from sources like ice cores and it illustrates the important role that Antarctic climate processes play globally."

    It suggested human influence was likely to have played a role in the drought, Dr van Ommen said.

    University of NSW professor Andy Pitman said the study was a "good and bad news story".

    "It is good for those policy makers in WA who invested in alternative sources of water based on earlier research by CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology," he said.

    "This new science suggests they made a wise decision. It is, of course, less good news for the future of water dependent industries in WA and reinforces the urgent need for global cuts in greenhouse gas emissions."

    Monash University professor Neville Nicholls said the researchers may even have underestimated the severity of the drought.

    "Since about 1990 snowfall at their site in Antarctica appears to have decreased but the South-West rainfall has not rebounded as we might have expected from this," he said.

    "This indicates that some additional mechanism is affecting either snowfall or the drought. This is not surprising in a time of strong global warming. But we do need to work out these mechanisms."

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    Perth lawnies still doing it hard

    Dams levels have dropped by 37 percent or 91.67GL compared to this time last year, currently sitting at just 24.5 per cent capacity.

    This follows the city’s second driest year on record through 2010.

    A high pressure system dominating south of the state is causing the long, hot, dry spell, Mr Saunders says.

    “The region of high-pressure has maintained a persistent hot, dry easterly airstream across Perth over the past two months,” Mr Saunders said.

    “The easterlies have also kept temperatures well above normal with Perth averaging nearly 33C so far this year, around 3C above the long term average.”

    While it is dry, winter rainfall predictions remain typical for that time of year.

    “We are expecting near average rain for the city through the city’s wet season. A huge improvement from last year when only 256mm of rain fell through winter, resulting in Perth’s second driest winter on record,” he concludes.

    Meanwhile, a cyclone watch has been declared on the Tiwi Islands with a "broad" tropical low set to bring more monsoonal conditions to the mainland.

    The low, developing north of Croker Island 80km from Darwin, is moving slowly but is expected to gain momentum as it moves south-west over the Timor Sea tomorrow, the weather bureau said.

    Senior forecaster Graeme King said the cyclone was expected to develop on Friday with the entire Top End to cop the effects.

    Tiwi residents have been warned to clear yards and balconies and commence home shelter and emergency kit preparations.

    Forecast for Thursday 31/03/11 in Perth

    Sunny. Moderate to fresh E/NE winds shifting moderate SW near the coast in the
    afternoon.

    Precis: Sunny.
    City: Min 17 Max 31
    Mandurah: Min 18 Max 30

    Friday Sunny. Min 17 Max 31
    Saturday Sunny. Min 17 Max 31
    Sunday Sunny. Min 17 Max 32
    Monday Sunny. Min 18 Max 33
    Tuesday Sunny. Min 18 Max 33

    The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm WST Wednesday
    WA just need a break in

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    Quote Originally Posted by administrator View Post
    WA drought 'could be worst for 750 years'
    http://webcache.googleusercontent.co....google.com.au

    If you thought the drought affecting south-west WA since the 1970s was extreme, you were right.

    But just how extreme has been a matter of contention.

    Now, scientists believe it could be the worst of its kind in 750 years, after making an unexpected discovery.

    Advertisement: Story continues below Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-operative Research Centre have identified a link between the drought, which began in the early 1970s, and snowfall at a site in East Antarctica over the same period.

    In research published in Nature Geoscience, they say the relationship is inverse - high snowfalls at the Law Dome site correlate with low rain in the South-West.

    That is as a result of the atmospheric circulation pattern that brings dry, cool air to Australia, while sending warm, moist air to East Antarctica.

    However, the high snowfall at Law Dome was unlike any other in the past 750 years, and led the researchers to believe the drought was similarly unusual.

    Since the 1970s, there has been a decline of up to 20 per cent in winter rainfall in the South-West and, though the cause of the drought remains unclear, others have pointed to land-use changes, ocean temperatures, air circulation changes and natural variability.

    But its severity has been hard to calculate, with weather records going back only about 100 years, and the oldest tree-ring record, 350 years, from a site that has not been affected by the drought.

    The researchers found that the snowfall was of a severity expected only once in every 38,000 years. Adjusting their analysis of ice cores, it still should happen only about every 5400 years.

    "It also suggests ... that if the mix of factors that influence [South-West] rainfall over the past century reflects that of the longer term, then the recent drought ... may be similarly unusual," the researchers say.


    Lead researcher Tas van Ommen said the results of the study were unexpected.

    "We were surprised at first, given the complexity of climate processes, to find such a direct connection between our ice core and the climate of Western Australia," he said.

    "By identifying new processes that influence regional Australian climate, this work offers the possibility to improve understanding and reduce uncertainty in future projections of climate change.

    "This work underscores the need for long-term records of past climate from sources like ice cores and it illustrates the important role that Antarctic climate processes play globally."

    It suggested human influence was likely to have played a role in the drought, Dr van Ommen said.

    University of NSW professor Andy Pitman said the study was a "good and bad news story".

    "It is good for those policy makers in WA who invested in alternative sources of water based on earlier research by CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology," he said.

    "This new science suggests they made a wise decision. It is, of course, less good news for the future of water dependent industries in WA and reinforces the urgent need for global cuts in greenhouse gas emissions."

    Monash University professor Neville Nicholls said the researchers may even have underestimated the severity of the drought.

    "Since about 1990 snowfall at their site in Antarctica appears to have decreased but the South-West rainfall has not rebounded as we might have expected from this," he said.

    "This indicates that some additional mechanism is affecting either snowfall or the drought. This is not surprising in a time of strong global warming. But we do need to work out these mechanisms."
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    scary stuff!!!!!

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    It's raining cars down here today...

    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mor...-1226033127106

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy B View Post
    It's raining cars down here today...

    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mor...-1226033127106
    Big day planed today as off on Hols tomorrow and wouldn't you know it
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    Raining here in Brizzy too but Monday's my day off so no worries

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    Almost got through the day here dry. Got nice and wet from heavy drizzle on the last lawn of the day.

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    Been real nice autumn weather here in SA for the last week or so. Nice nights and top temps in the mid 20's. I like this time of year.
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    X2
    Cheers Fred.

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