Peter Hannam
Sydney’s run (click here) of unseasonably mild weather is likely to extend into early next week, placing the city on course for one of its warmest Junes on record.
With the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting Sydney will reach 20 degrees or warmer on six of the coming seven days – including Wednesday – this June is likely to rank at least the city’s fourth warmest, said Brett Dutschke, senior meteorologist with Weatherzone.
A cold front arriving next Tuesday will likely disrupt the warm spell long enough to keep the average maximum below the record 20.3 degrees set in 1957. So far this June, the average top was been 19.6 degrees....
Australia measures their temperatures in Celsius, not Fahrenheit. New Zealand has been experiencing a lot of flooding in both the north and south islands, especially last week. This week is a bit better, but, still wet.
Thursday, June 10, 2014
New Zealand Transport Agency
Heavy rain (click here) during the last 48 hours has closed three South Island roads.
State Highway 94 from Lumsden to Te Anau is closed with a bridge washout at Whitestone River (a half hour detour is in place from Hillside Road to Manapouri); State Highway 6 is closed near Makarora with washout damage to three sections of the road and at Haast Pass because of slips; and State Highway 73 is closed from Cass to Jacksons because of flooding and slips.
SH 94 Milford Road, from Cascade Creek to Milford Sound, also remains closed this morning until a road inspection is completed. There are reports of overnight flooding on the road at Mirror Lakes.
The New Zealand Transport Agency Acting Southern Region Manager Ian Duncan says the approach to the Whitestone River Bridge on SH94 between Lumsden and Te Anau has washed out in the same place as in 2010....
June 18, 2014
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The Weather Channel "Pacific Global Satellite"
There are huge heat transfer systems from the equator into Antarctica. That is what is keeping the temperatures high and the land wet instead of snow cover. If that trend continues much longer, both Australia and New Zealand have to consider potential severe drought if the elevations receive far less snow this year. The precipitation that is normally snow will be running off as overland flow and into rivers and streams, ultimately into the ocean circulation. The scientists are very good at finding water vapor at every turn and preserving it for water reserves. It might be something that needs to be considered now, before there is less snow fall.
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The Weather Channel "Pacific Global Satellite"
There are huge heat transfer systems from the equator into Antarctica. That is what is keeping the temperatures high and the land wet instead of snow cover. If that trend continues much longer, both Australia and New Zealand have to consider potential severe drought if the elevations receive far less snow this year. The precipitation that is normally snow will be running off as overland flow and into rivers and streams, ultimately into the ocean circulation. The scientists are very good at finding water vapor at every turn and preserving it for water reserves. It might be something that needs to be considered now, before there is less snow fall.
