Re: Summer has 'Arrived' in Oz...Suffer you 'Northern's'
- From: "Bigbazza" <bigbazza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 08:44:13 +1100
"Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°5 +" <flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bigbazza wrote:
>> Anyone here feel jealous of our 'B...Hot Summer' that has started
>> with an avengeance.. Toddy loves this hot weather...I would swap
>> seasons with any of you 'Northern's' anytime if it were possible !!...
>>
>>
>> Summer finally arrives in a blistering bluster
>>
>> December 8, 2005
>>
>> IT TOOK its time to get here, but summer has finally arrived.
>>
>> Sydney recorded its hottest temperatures of the year yesterday, when
>> the mercury edged over 40 degrees for the first time since December
>> 2004.
>> The scorching heat came as a blistering shock after two weeks of rain
>> and below-average temperatures.
>>
>> On November 27 temperatures in Sydney reached just 16.7 degrees.
>>
>> But at 3.30pm yesterday chilly weather was a distant memory when the
>> temperature hit 40.1 degrees at Olympic Park at 3.30pm and 38.7
>> degrees at Observatory Hill.
>>
>> It was the hottest day since December 1 last year, when thermometers
>> at Observatory Hill recorded 40 degrees.
>>
>> The high temperatures heralded the first bushfires of summer.
>>
>> Five small fires broke out across the state during the day, including
>> one in Mangrove Mountain.
>>
>> A spokeswoman for the Rural Fire Service, Rebel Talbot, said all
>> fires were contained by 5pm. The scorching day was preceded by a
>> night of rain in the city and wild winds in the state's west.
>>
>> Baulkham Hills and Northmead recorded 12 millimetres of rainfall,
>> while just two to five millimetres fell in the CBD.
>>
>> Broken Hill was lashed by 80 kmh winds and the State Emergency
>> Services had more than 202 requests for help.
>>
>> An SES spokesman, Phil Campbell, said the storm hit at 7.35pm last
>> night and its strongest gusts lasted just two minutes. Six homes lost
>> their roofs during the gale and one unoccupied house was destroyed by
>> a falling tree, Mr Campbell said. Two schools and two ovals were also
>> damaged.
>> "We have a number of other homes that have had substantial roof
>> damage, either from the force of the wind or trees and branches
>> falling on homes," he added.
>>
>> In a bizarre incident, a four-metre-long fibreglass KFC bucket sign
>> was dislodged from the roof of a KFC restaurant by the wind.
>>
>> The sign smashed into the forecourt of a nearby motel. Mr Campbell
>> said the emergency services had received no reports of injuries.
>>
>> The weather in Sydney will get a little cooler in the next few days,
>> falling to a high of 27 degrees in the city on Friday.
>>
>> More sunshine and high temperatures are forecast for the weekend.
>>
>> On Sunday the temperature is expected to hit 30 degrees in the city
>> and 34 degrees in the west.
>>
>> No rain is forecast for the next four days.
>
> Feels like summer here today too. Temp nice and high at 6.1°C (43°F) and
> dry with no breeze. And it's only midday. LOL
> --
> Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard melodies are sweeter
> flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FN 2°°5 +, Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland
>
>
LOL...That sounds like you're having one of your 'typical' English spring
days there ...You lucky lot FN... <BG>....
--
Bigbazza (Barry)..Oz
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