Extreme heat wave weather event for WA, SA, & Vic., on the way.

[bob10]

Take all the precautions, those in the areas effected.

Extreme heatwave to stretch from northern WA to Adelaide and Melbourne (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/extreme-heatwave-to-stretch-from-northern-wa-to-adelaide-and-melbourne/ar-BBQzbF9?ocid=spartandhp)

[bob10]

NOOOO!! not the mangoes. How much can a koala bear.

Heatwave destroys millions of dollars’ worth of mangoes - with one drought-stricken farmer losing 100 PER CENT of his plantation (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/heatwave-destroys-millions-of-dollars’-worth-of-mangoes-with-one-drought-stricken-farmer-losing-100-per-cent-of-his-plantation/ar-BBQyWaY?ocid=spartandhp)

[NavyDiver]

Mangoes - Ouch. Summer fruit coming in and very welcome here. I wonder how the 37+++ will hit the farms[bigwhistle]


Min of about 27-28 last night might have kept a few of us Coastal Vics tossing a bit. I note the Northern types had 29 over night with humidity I bet that toasts our puny efforts (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-06/qld-heatwave-moves-west-nt-records-broken/10591438) [biggrin]

[Eevo]

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[Roverlord off road spares]

I don't like mangoes so not effected[tonguewink]

[weeds]

146599

Yup.....extreme is getting overused a bit, what word are we going to use when temps go to the next level

[NavyDiver]

I don't like mangoes so not effected[tonguewink]

Great to hear. More for me. Elvis is back in town (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-07/hot-weather-and-fire-risk-high-as-high-temperatures-continue/10592824)


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[AK83]

The Bureau Of Meteorology (BOM) defines a heatwave as three or more days in a row in which both day and night temperatures are unusually high for that specific location.

LOL!
Couldn't possibly be more vague than this explanation!

Why is it that in the late 60's and early 70's, as a kid ... every day over summer felt like that!

[LRT]

I was stuck in a traffic jam on the Westgate bridge. Was 47°C sitting on the asphalt.

[trout1105]

We experience 45c+ temps quite often in summer and we are only 500k north of Perth.
Nothing to see here[bigwhistle]

[LRJim]

Yup.....extreme is getting overused a bit, what word are we going to use when temps go to the next levelCatastrophic?

[cuppabillytea]

Or, Deadly.

[biggin]

Or hot 🥵

[LRT]

Fires are underway in Vic now. https://www.aulro.com/mobile-gallery/10267947e24f42832711fe89bcce9b06.jpg

[LRJim]

Fires are underway in Vic now. https://www.aulro.com/mobile-gallery/10267947e24f42832711fe89bcce9b06.jpgYeah they were in ballarat yesterday pretty bad, hopfully they got them under control.
Cheers Jim

[Homestar]

Yeah, not sure why weather - be it hot, cold, windy or other is an ‘event’. I hate the term and will pull up anyone who uses it...

[LRT]

Yeah they were in ballarat yesterday pretty bad, hopfully they got them under control.
Cheers Jim

Yes they’re all under control now thankfully. Going to be a busy season I reckon...

Little River, near Werribee, threatened by fire, residents urged to evacuate - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-07/hot-weather-and-fire-risk-high-as-high-temperatures-continue/10592824?pfmredir=sm)

[LRJim]

Yeah, not sure why weather - be it hot, cold, windy or other is an ‘event’. I hate the term and will pull up anyone who uses it...In Australia it's an event when something DOSNT happen [emoji38][emoji38]

[LRJim]

Yes they’re all under control now thankfully. Going to be a busy season I reckon...Glad to hear I have a 5a block in snake valley in the middle of the bush, the houses that are around would have no chance at all.
Definitely gonna be a busy one, worth getting a fire tank/pump.

[bee utey]

Or hot 🥵

Ken Ott.

[bob10]

Yeah, not sure why weather - be it hot, cold, windy or other is an ‘event’. I hate the term and will pull up anyone who uses it...

This may make it clearer.

EVENT- Anything that happens, an occurrence, especially one of some importance. Macquarie Dictionary.

[bob10]

Or, Deadly.

Deadly has a different connotation to young indigenous people.

[4bee]

Great to hear. More for me. Elvis is back in town (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-07/hot-weather-and-fire-risk-high-as-high-temperatures-continue/10592824)


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Really? And there is me thinking he snuffed it yonks ago.[smilebigeye]

Rain & Fog here today with low temps(16.2c) & a light breeze from ESE @ 7 kn.

35degS, 138.7degE Weather - Bureau of Meteorology




(http://www.bom.gov.au/places/sa/KHS2/)At this afternoon's press conference, Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner, Andrew Crisp, revealed that over the past two days, Ambulance Victoria had responded to numerous calls about children being left in hot cars.
Mr Crisp said paramedics received 11 such calls yesterday and a further seven today.
"I just can't understand the behaviour where young children are left in vehicles," Mr Crisp said.
"I'm not sure how many times we need to keep telling people.




That people can treat their most valuable possessions like this is deplorable & they need a SCUD up their arses.
(http://www.bom.gov.au/places/sa/KHS2/)

[shanegtr]

Only reached 43 in Tom Price (ok the official temp is in Paraburdoo but close enough), so much for the heat wave......

[trout1105]

Only reached 43 in Tom Price (ok the official temp is in Paraburdoo but close enough), so much for the heat wave......

I lived in Tom Price for 4 years and always noted that Parra is always a bit hotter than Tom Price, Anyway 43C is Not hot at all for this time of the year there.

[cuppabillytea]

Deadly has a different connotation to young indigenous people.

True, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind if it was used to describe extreme heat.:firedevil:

[bob10]

They would understand.

[bob10]

Here's what happened.

WA town has hottest day for 20 years as South and West swelter (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/wa-town-has-hottest-day-for-20-years-as-south-and-west-swelter/ar-BBQEQtl?ocid=spartandhp)

[trog]

The sudden spike in temperature here in Melbourne has had an effect on my aquarium. Initially the higher temps got the metabolism rates for the little fish and shrimp up , but to an unsustainable level , and now they are starting to die off.
Coincidentally there was an article on the great die off millions of years back. The argument was something to do with rising sea temperatures and the resulting reduction in saturated oxygen in the water, with a die back of marine life. And the cycle continued with more and more extinctions.
At least my die back isn’t too catastrophic, the fish and shrimp are relatively cheap to replace !

[4bee]

"Hows it going, Chips?"

"Hot mate hot"

Sounds like the days of Chips Rafferty at the Iron Clad Marble Bar Pub are numbered as is old Chips & but it seems the Marble Bar Pub is still there but why? It was apparently 50c the other day.[biggrin]