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Yesterday here was a "wet" day, everything wet, very dull, raining on and off, solar hot water barely above blood temperature for a shower last night, almost nothing input to the batteries; and there was still only one millimetre in the gauge this morning!

Most water I have had in my gauge since putting it up in December 50mm since last checked last Saturday. Usually there is only 1mm for a 3 week period.

Penrith has the worse flooding in 60 years, according to BOM.

And the Hawkesbury , evacuations ordered.
The SES have ordered anyone in low lying areas of Agnes Banks, Pitt Town Bottoms, Pitt Town North, Cornwallis, Gronos Point on the Hawkesbury and low-lying areas of North Richmond to evacuate.


Weather chaos in NSW as residents urged to work from home, keep children out of school (msn.com)

Originally Posted by bob10

Penrith has the worse flooding in 60 years, according to BOM.

And the Hawkesbury , evacuations ordered.
The SES have ordered anyone in low lying areas of Agnes Banks, Pitt Town Bottoms, Pitt Town North, Cornwallis, Gronos Point on the Hawkesbury and low-lying areas of North Richmond to evacuate.


Weather chaos in NSW as residents urged to work from home, keep children out of school (msn.com)

If it equals '61 it'll be big.
I've only seen the multiple floods through from the 70's up through the 90's there and they were big enough, but I remember dad saying the '61 flood got as high as Mulgoa Rd, so where Panthers is (and all of Jamison Town) will be under water.

FWIW 1867 was 4m higher at Windsor than 1961

Originally Posted by rick130

If it equals '61 it'll be big.
I've only seen the multiple floods through from the 70's up through the 90's there and they were big enough, but I remember dad saying the '61 flood got as high as Mulgoa Rd, so where Panthers is (and all of Jamison Town) will be under water.

FWIW 1867 was 4m higher at Windsor than 1961

Far amount of water coming over the top of the dam now apparently peaking around midnight:

According to a commentator on the news tonight it will be higher than the 1961 flood. And Jamison had an evacuation order today.

For those who suggest that Warragamba should have been left at 75%, I remember that in 1961, as a student, I did an in depth tour of the dam and its structure. During that tour, we were told that at that time the dam was 25% full (it had just been completed) and it was expected to take three years to fill. A few months later I saw in the papers pictures of the water running down the front of the dam, similar to today's pictures.

And for the 'optimists', note that this weather on the coast is coming from the east. A separate weather event is approaching from the NW, and reached here at about 2pm. It has been raining ever since, and the forecast here is for 75-150mm up to Tuesday night, when it should have cleared to the east!

My daughters weather station at Saratoga on the central Coast topped out at 180MM on Friday.

Regards PhilipA

I have been keeping an eye on the river gauge for the Nepean at Castlereagh. About 11pm last night it said the river abruptly dropped three metres, and since then it has been rapidly going up and down about a metre. I think something has happened to the gauge!