RAINFALL A poor July rainfall was recorded right across the Geelong and Otways Region, according to Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services. “Most places received well below their long-term average,” he said, and the urban area received only about half. The water catchment areas received only around half a normal July’s rainfall, but the total system was at almost…
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June 2001
RAINFALL Although most suburbs and outlying districts up to a radius of about 20 kilometres from Geelong received above average June rainfall (over 43 mm) the Otways and Moorabool catchments once again suffered from below average falls. Forrest’s 76 mm was only around 70% of normal, but the water supply system is presently at 64% of capacity and Geelong’s water…
May 2001
RAINFALL “A most unremarkable month,” is how Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services has described the region’s May rainfall. Across the urban area falls were around 30% of normal, while some places to do better were the Bellarine Peninsula and the Winchelsea District. However the Otways and Moorabool catchments were both down, around 50% and 25% respectively. Despite the…
April 2001
RAINFALL An unprecedented rainfall event from the 21st to 24th took place across the region. Starting around 12.30 am on Saturday 21st, rain began to fall in Geelong. By 9 am, 8 mm had been registered at Grovedale. Continuing light showers fell for the rest of the day, with some respite during Saturday afternoon. But in the early hours of…
March 2001
RAINFALL An incredible period on the 21st and 22nd of March saw Geelong receive 78 mm over less than 48 hours. The steady rain fell as a low pressure system cloudband wrapped around its centre and directed a northward-moving flank of moist air over the Bellarine Peninsula, Geelong and right up to Melbourne’s northern suburbs. Over the month urban Geelong…
February 2001
RAINFALL “Only about half of Geelong’s normal February rainfall was recorded this year,” Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services said today. “The urban area only received 20 millimetres in what has been a very dry summer,” he continued. A grand total of 52 mm fell in Geelong over the whole summer; this is only 45% of normal. The Otway…
Where To Put Your Thermometer
Have you recently obtained a thermometer and are wondering where to put it? You can spend literally from two dollars to hundreds of dollars on an external thermometer or temperature gauge. The cheapest ones are usually accurate to within a few degrees, but generally, the more you pay, the better will be the result.
January 2001
TEMPERATURE “The warmest January for twenty years,” said Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services. “The Geelong region had just experienced the hottest January since 1981,” he said. Geelong’s average maximum this year was 26.7 degrees compared to the normal 25.2. Average minimum was 15.1 compared to 13.6. This meant that, overall, the average January temperature was 1.5 degrees greater…
November 2001
RAINFALL “Another very good rainfall month,” said GWS Director Lindsay Smail, after November’s well above average rains across the region. Geelong’s urban area received between 47 mm (at Lara) and 80 mm (at Waurn Ponds) – the average is 50 mm – and both Barwon and Moorabool catchments, especially the former, exceeded their long-term means by large margins. There were…
Summary of 2000 Weather
( Figures are from the Bureau of Meteorology station at Mount Duneed ) Weather Conditions Temps (deg C) Rainfall (mm) Cumulative Rainfall Comments J A N 5 days over 30 degrees. Top temperature was 36 degrees on 14th. First half of month averaged 25.4, second half averaged 21.9. Av. max. was 24.0. January average max. is 25.7. Mt Duneed 24.2.…
December 2000
RAINFALL “Well below average” is how Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services describes rainfall totals for December, 2000. “It’s not a very auspicious way to end the year, the century or the millennium,” he said. “Most places in the region only received about half their normal falls. “Despite the poor end to the year and the projected dry summer…
November 2000
RAINFALL For spring there was good news and bad news, according to Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services. The bad news was the below average November totals recorded right across most of the region, while this was tempered by the good news of very heavy falls over the whole of spring. After solid downpours in September and October, total…
Jet Stream
Recently we flew to Perth for a holiday. The flying time from Tullamarine to Perth took just on four hours in a Boeing 737, because we were travelling headlong into the prevailing westerly airstream. At 33,000 feet or 10,000 metres the headwinds would have been over 180 kilometres per hour at the time we went. On our return flight it…