Thunderstorms

ivepeters says...
No
not enough to remove dust from windshield.

BJ says...
A few mils in the first storm, second wave just starting now, looks like a few more mils. The smell is terrific!

Anonymous says...
Lucky you, Mary. Still haven't had much to speak of, forecast for today indicated storms and showers, maybe it will build up by this afternoon. Humidity around has been good at least, I find it helps with my fig cuttings in the little makeshift greenhouse I have going.

BJ says...
Haha, what a difference a week makes! Last week my yard was a dustbowl. Today we had a months worth or rain in 10 minutes. And we weren't in the thick of it. Filled a medium wheelbarrow in minutes. And there are more to come.

David says...
Just emptied out another 27mm from yesterdays effort.

MaryT says...
It's pouring and hailing in Sydney. Big Storm!

Mike Tr says...
I could use the Brisbane showers but not the Sydney hail. It is dead still here and outside it is 26c and 87% humidity right now.David I gave most away a couple of times in the last couple of months to make way for the next lots. I really need to stop.
My yellow grumis are setting fruit,the big mangosteen has flower buds,the sabara jabs are wildly fruiting and the spirito santensis jab has lots of small fruit.

sternus1 says...
All my mangoes have dropped their little fruits following an inundation earlier in the week. They are only small trees, this year is probably the first they have fruited so I'm not too disapointed.

I'm sure if I logged how often BOM got it wrong it would be a fairly solid indictment of the parking lot science that meteorology is. Not denigrating it, but in the end you just can't predict the weather.

Didn't get much more than a sprinkle all of yesterday, despite all appearances being almost apocalyptic, and radars lighting up like christmas trees on BOM and Willy Weather. Thought for sure we were in for a big one, but no cigar.

BJ if you want one of those figs you'll have to let me know soon, if you can.

cheers
s

Mike Tr says...
Still chewing on dust here with 24 to 32c every day and air as thick as honey.There have been forecasts for storms for 7 days straight and I see BOM are sticking to their guns and predictring storms for the next 7 days.Brendan please send some up here and I'll put an order in for some of those cool Mackay evenings as well.

Brendan says...
My poor corn! Belted by storms the last two days :-(

No sheep in the meadow, but.........!

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ivepeters says...
So how does corn fed beef taste ?

sternus1 says...
Looks like that big amethystine got the wrong goose Mike lol

Chicken wire is working to keep the problem turkey off my mounds, thanks for the tip--and for saving a life....

s

BJ says...
Cambuca? That offence alone is worth a direct to the oven order. I planted my pitangatuba and precoce jabaticaba this weekend past, so I'm hoping my dogs dont take a shine to them.

David says...
30mm this afternoon,it just gets better.

David says...
Just emptied out 34mm from last nights storm.

sternus1 says...
yeah, good amount out my way too. Will keep the water delivery man at bay a couple of months at least. Grumichama seems to have liked it a lot and my tiny little carambola has flowered.