Rain for country NSW

[bob10]

Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Good luck to people on the land.

512 km composite Namoi (Blackjack Mountain) Radar Loop (http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR691.loop.shtml#skip)

[JDNSW]

6mm so far - that will lay the dust for a couple of days!

[Slunnie]

I don’t recall this poddy critter ever being wet. Spit/mist here rather than rain though. Hopefully more to come because it’s all just starting to bounce back after a lot of nothing.

[JDNSW]

Now 12mm after a heavy shower. Should lay the dust until about Tuesday! But my tanks are now topped up (benefit of a big roof area from the all round verandah).

[speleomike]

Our farm near Rylstone NSW has had 10 mm today :-)

[Graeme]

Less than 5mm here yesterday but there's a storm front coming our way. Hopefully the storm damage will be minimal and that we'll get half a decent drop. The wheat is just starting to flower and canola pods growing so rain now would be very beneficial.

[ramblingboy42]

having grown up in Broken Hill I always keep an eye cocked and an ear to the ground about the dirty old town

yesterday they had a big dust storm....and I remember big dust storms ...always followed by rain /thunderstorm.

well , it did , just behind the dust storm came the thunderstorm and they got about 5mm out of it......then the real McCoy rolled in they got 32mm in a matter of an hour or two ... more than the last 12mths rainfall combined.....all the creeks flooded...if you know the town all the intersections and flood relief drains flooded.

I wish I was there to enjoy it like the people in the town did.

Its something you might have to be part of to understand

[speleomike]

Our farm near Rylstone NSW has had 10 mm today :-)

My online weather station nows says we have had 18 mm. All the alpacas will be completely sodden. However, anticipating this rain, I had put my tractor out in the weather so they can use the machinery shed for shelter. I'm so nice to them :-)

[Graeme]

Perhaps I should have put my tractors out in the weather and left the doors open too!

[Graeme]

My online weather station nows says we have had 17.5 mm.You appear to have fared better than another weather station just north of Rylstone (FW1609) that is reporting only 5.8mm.

[speleomike]

You appear to have fared better than another weather station just north of Rylstone (FW1609) that is reporting only 5.8mm.

Whats the link for that station FW1609? I see Nullo Mountain (30 km away) is just 7.6 mm (Latest Weather Observations Nullo Mountain (http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN60801/IDN60801.94754.shtml))
I have a Davis Vantage Pro setup but weather can be very different just several kms away.

Mike

[JDNSW]

53mm in the gauge this morning - rained a good part of the night, with a modest amount of lightning early in the evening. I'll have a drive around after breakfast.

[Graeme]

At least someone got some rain although probably too late for pasture except lucerne.

[JDNSW]

Yes, but very spotty. Dubbo got about the same as here or a little less, but Dunedoo, which is closer, only got about 8mm.

[bob10]

We picked up 50 ml in our gauge overnight. More showers today. All welcome , but would be better further west.

[RANDLOVER]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-01/the-cwa-secretary-leading-the-charge-in-drought-battle/10312598

I hope Quirindi got some rain, I saw the story on Four Corners, and it was eye opening what people are having to go through.