Extreme Weather
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@dogmeat said in Extreme Weather:
@taniwharugby That must be some sort of record. I don't think we've had a 1-20 yr event for at least 2 weeks.
Old terminology. "Annual Exceedence Probability".
Old "1 in 20" is now 5% AEP. So people don't say stuff like that.
(I recall back jn the early 80s Southland copping a second "1 in 100 year flood" 2 weeks after the first ...).
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was shocked to see over the last week how warm the european winter has been in some places, ski fields closing in January is huge!
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@Kiwiwomble And yet across the pond it was so bad that friends on a skiing trip in NW USA couldn't go outside. Resorts closed to prevent people dying.
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Yes, it's all a bit strange up here weather wise at the moment.
Across Europe the snow has all been washed away by rain, the few resorts which are open are completely rammed, with hour long queue's for the lifts. Fuck that. We were debating risking Tigne in first week of April, taken that off the table now. It will be a choice of shit conditions, or huge queue's. No interest in either.
As for the UK ... after a belting summer of no rain and genuine warm comfortable weather, followed by a mild Autumn (6th November, I was having a beer outside in a t-shirt at 10pm ...) we had a huge freeze for two weeks in December where the temp didn't get above zero. And although there has been a large step up in rain, I wouldn't say it's been THAT wet. Yet, every time it rains now there is flooding / standing water everywhere. Seems the water table is ridiculously high.
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Almost not really one for the "Extreme Weather" thread, but crikey it's been mild this summer. Extremely mild.
Especially overnight.
So far have missed any real humidity. Still got duvet on the bed (in normal summer even the sheet gets kicked off), fan (no aircon in bedroom) only on 2 (not buffeting the fuck out you on 3) and often times having to wear tee shirt.
Current temp of 25.3deg and 72% humidity (8pm) seem normal, but it's just so comfortable.
Unseasonably so.
May get warm and damp as Ex-TC Ellie drifts past over the next few days (after royally fucking up the Kimberley - worst ever floods over there), but seems as if La Nina and Indian Ocean Dipole, instead of drowning Qld (like it did to the Murray-Darling, Vic etc), has kept us cool.
@MajorRage am convinced anthropogenic climate change is a thing (just don't tell @ w i n g e r), but have my doubts about the solutions proposed by the extremists.
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Akl summers normally kick in at the solstice but absent so far. We had a wet winter, a wet spring and thus far a very wet summer. Rumours abound that it was bright and sunny when I was isolating with Covid but I cannot confirm.
@booboo said in Extreme Weather:
La Nina and Indian Ocean Dipole
They're also blaming last year's Tongan eruption.
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@MajorRage said in Extreme Weather:
@booboo it’s very real.
Colossal difference between climate when I lived here 2000-2004 and now. Certainly warmer with better summers. Winter is still shit but many more cloudless days.
No one doubts that the climate changes over time. But is it natural cycles or due to CO2 etc. But it's a pointlessly debate now so can can we please leave it out (this is a great thread) as whats being done due to agw depresses and concerns me. One example. Land being converted to carbon sinks
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@dogmeat yeah sounds like up here too...before Xmas we had some brilliant summers days, but about 4pm for 4 days in a row, heavy downpours, one day in particular the sideways rain was so intense, like nothing I had seen before, and pretty much over central Whangarei as Kamo didnt get a drop.
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@antipodean said in Extreme Weather:
@Kiwiwomble And yet across the pond it was so bad that friends on a skiing trip in NW USA couldn't go outside. Resorts closed to prevent people dying.
the reason it was showing up on my feeds was we've just got back from 2 weeks in canada, its mad, on mountain we never really got above -3 to -5°, only 2 sunny days, the rest snowing on and off continuously
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apparently the Brynderwyns are closed due to the rain today, saw a clip from a colleagues daughter of the little waterfall on the southern side, it no longer a little waterfall.
Man I cant wait for summer to arrive!
is a clip in this
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@taniwharugby I was just rung to say there are cars floating in Wairau Road here on the Shore. People don't understand how quickly floods develop if storm drains are blocked - I've learned by harsh experience.
Rain easing now though. I might try and head home soon.
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@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
apparently the Brynderwyns are closed due to the rain today, saw a clip from a colleagues daughter of the little waterfall on the southern side, it no longer a little waterfall.
Man I cant wait for summer to arrive!
is a clip in this
My sister sent me some similar pics the other day - the damn on our land overflowed and flooded the road. The regional council guy who locks the gate to the beach stopped to have a look and the flooding engulfed his car.
I was worried we'd be on the hook for the damage to the car but apparently we're all good.
Shit, Auckland is getting a hammering:
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They've declared a state of emergency now. Been absolutely tipping down all day, then got even heavier this evening. Feel for those whose houses etc are getting flooded, not fun at all.
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Some of the scenes of Auckland are insane.
Hope all are safe
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