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5 years and beyond

Icy Shower

Today it has been freezing! Yesterday there was warmth in the air and a hint of what is to come. Summer and holidays! However today it seems like we have hit another cold snap. Black dark clouds hovered over us after I picked up the girls from school. We had to get Weet-Bix from the store or else there would be issues in the morning and when we exited the skies errupted with hail. Little balls of ice, and it bucketed down. It did not last for long.

Did you get a big down pour of rain? Was it hail? I have heard some people got snow. Yes snow! I suppose that is no surprise. Two years ago in October we got the biggest dump of snow in ten years here. So anything is possible. Snow in Spring. Hail in spring. Maybe it might happen in summer? Only time will tell.

The only thing that made it all worth it was that the store had Weet-Bix. Imagine making your way in a hail storm to find they had none.

It has been snowing. See the article from the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Katoomba and Weather

Want to be somewhere warm

It is freezing here. We are facing about 3 days of severe wind with possible wind speed to get to 115km or more per hour. Last night I just laid awake and listened to the scary wind and hoped that the house did not end up like the one in the wizard of oz.  I am from Queensland and miss the beach and the warm weather. Why is it that we have to have a freezing cold winter, why can’t it be unusually warm? I know I live in the Blue Mountains and it is cold so what do I expect. A girl can dream of warm days at the beach, the current day dream is for the whole family to hope on a plane and go to Fiji or Queensland to a resort and to be pampered and be warm at least.

It has been windy all day and raining all day, from a drizzle to heavy rain. Just being out for a couple of minutes I feel the cold wind go straight through me… maybe I need to invest in warmer jackets and pants?

This afternoon when I picked the girls up from school it was raining, just getting a bit wet, I could not feel my hands. Not feeling hands did not help putting kids seat-belts on.

Current temperature is:

  • 4.5°C
  • Recorded min: 2°C
  • Recorded max: 3°C
  • Feels like: 0.6°C
  • Humidity: 98%
  • Rainfall since 9am: 11.2mm
  • Wind: S 18km/h
  • Wind gusts: 32km/h

However for most of the day it was about 2 or 3 degrees but felt like minus 4 degrees.

I hope you are all keeping safe, warm and that you are o.k from the strong winds.

If you have any recommendations for warm gloves send them in. My hands get so cold that I cannot feel them, not good as I fear that it will get worse. It is only day 5 in winter and it is so cold.

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Katoomba and Weather University Study

A Chilly Update

Fallen Branch
Fallen Branch

Hi everyone, long time no post. It is very cold here today and was freezing yesterday. This morning the current temperature care of Sydney Morning Herald Weather was:

  • Current temp: 3.6°C
  • Recorded min: 2°C
  • Recorded max: n/a
  • Feels like: -3.0°C
  • Humidity: 77%
  • Wind: WSW 46km/h
  • Wind gusts: 72km/h

Last night wind gusts got up to 106km/h and as you can imagine it was scary to listen to. I am glad we are o.k, and all well. A branch off a tree in the front yard fell over the fence, and it was lucky to not hit next door’s house and also the power lines.  I heard the big bang when it happened, but it was too dark to see anything. I did try and look but it was no good.

I am still ill with a cold, it is getting better. Today all of us are off to a good friends engagement party. We are looking forward to that but not braving the cold.  So think dressing in layers is the key today.

University group assignment was submitted but not without dramas. I lost Internet connection and things were not done that I thought might have been. Oh well, at least it is done and I don’t have to worry about it any more. Just keen now to see what mark I get for it.  Only outstanding items for uni is tutorial questions and study for exam.

We are now back from the party and caught up with some friends we have not seen in a long time. It was nice. Now waiting for takeaway to be delivered and then maybe an early night. Still cold and current temperature is:

  • Current temp: 14.3°C
  • Recorded min: 10°C
  • Recorded max: 17°C
  • Feels like: 13.1°C
  • Humidity: 50%
  • Rainfall since 9am: 0.2mm
  • Wind: W 17km/h
  • Wind gusts: 22km/h

So even though we are in double digits for the temperature it is very cold here and we have put on nearly every heater. Looking forward to a nice sleep and relaxing after dinner.