Sydney Rain

[Grunt]

Well we got some good falls of rain last night at work. Just wondering if it was all on the coast?
Last nights rain was actually the heaviest falls I have had to work in for maybe longer than 10 years. It was constant from around 10pm to 5am. Too bad it all runs off into Botany Bay.

Hopefully it got to a lot of the golf courses around Sydney that needed it. I know Macarthur Grange is in deep need of some water, they have ceased watering fairways due to lack of water.

Weather Forecast for the weekend may see some more rain too.

[3oneday]

Didn't rain last night in the west at all.

[Fishman Dan]

P'd down in Gladesville. Not exactly west, but westererer than Botany.

[Jarro]

it'd be acid rain down there wouldn't it.

[dc68]

Pink rain?

[Grunt]

Got some good constant rainfalls over night, hopefully it will be going into the Dam Catchments.

[Jarro]

send some our way will ya :(

[Grunt]

Has been pretty good today, a few heavy bursts but not too heavy to just wash over the really dry areas and wash the topsoil away. It seems to be really soaking in :p

[Trung]

Sydney is getting plenty in the next 2 hours.:mrgreen:

[Grunt]

Make that the next 4 days. Bugger I am off to work in it tonight.

[Grunt]

Awesome Thunder & Lightning Show around at the moment, Might be a relatively good start to the night with a storm alert confining us inside at work tonight.

[Fishman Dan]

Meant to rain all weekend - and into the Test!! :shock:

[Grunt]

Yeah supposedly could rain until late next week, no rain all year and then it rains when we don't really want it too.

[Trung]

then it rains when we don't really want it too. :???: :-? :???: :-? :-?

[Jarro]

We've had some good falls up here too, pretty fine and sunny today though :)

[TS]

I blame the rain on ALO. Hasn't rain in all year until ALO decide to come to Sydney and bring the rain with him.

[raidrboy]

ALO.
Seeing your in Sydney and, getting the blame for the rain head south for another 600 k's to Wodonga and, bring the rain with you, we won't complain.

[Moe Norman]

better not ruin the 5-0

[Andrew]

better not ruin the 5-0

Yeh, I'll be there from the first ball until the end.

I don't want rain to wreck the two & a half days of 2007 ;)

[Jarro]

Yeh, I'll be there from the first ball until the end.

I don't want rain to wreck the two & a half days of 2007 ;)

you reckon the limeys will last 2.5 days mate ;)

[Fishman Dan]

Pissed down last night, absolutely chucked it down to the point where it woke me up. The coast got drenched (i.e. close to the SCG), but the west barely got a drop.

Prepare to be patient for cricket today. It's meant to clear up but not completely go away. The winner of the toss will bowl.

[Jarro]

Prepare to be patient for cricket today. It's meant to clear up but not completely go away. The winner of the toss will bowl.

Wrong.

[Fishman Dan]

The weather has cleared up completely?! I thought it would more overcast for much of the day.

Then again we've seen how well Freddy has made decisions.

[Jarro]

So what you're saying Fishy is that you're as good a cricket analyst as you are weatherman :p

[AndyP]

Without actually being at the ground and playing, he simply can't have an opinion.

[Fishman Dan]

But at least i've been to the ground ;)

[marcel]

But at least i've been to the ground ;)

yeah but you're anti-Sydney

[Grunt]

Well the rain we had last week would be gone in consumer use yesterday alone. Damn it was out out here, got to 40 and is supposed to get there again today.

[Jarro]

On the news they said that it's only supposed to get to 28 in Sydney today :???:

[3oneday]

On the news they said that it's only supposed to get to 28 in Sydney today :???:probably last years forecast ;)

[Fishman Dan]

28 on the coast with the breeze, 40 at Penrith. Means it will be at least mid-30's here in Parra. I've parked the car downstairs - i won't resurface until after work when i depart in an air-conditioned vehicle!

[poidda]

And here's I thought we lived in the tropics up this way! I reakon we're gunna get smashed by a couple of stinking months when summer actually starts up here!

[Courty]

And here's I thought we lived in the tropics up this way!

Haha! Brisbane Tropics! :lol:

Come up here if you want some tropical weather. ;)

[Grunt]

Is currently 38 here in Liverpool, f'ing hot. Was told today that the long range forecast for Sydney is for a wet February March.

[3oneday]

Was told today that the long range forecast for Sydney By Tim ??? Lennox ???

[Jarro]

Come up here if you want some tropical weather.

no thanks, too many rednecks :p

[Grunt]

A guy that works for Lands and Environment with the State Govt.

[poidda]

Come up here if you want some tropical weather. ;)

Now that would be just pointless.

[3oneday]

A guy that works for Lands and Environment with the State Govt.damn, someone actually believes what the governments says ????

:lol:

[amanda]

I'm working from home today - it's bloody hot outside - but not too bad inside (no air con at our place - just a fan)

[raidrboy]

Pissed down last night, absolutely chucked it down to the point where it woke me up. The coast got drenched (i.e. close to the SCG), but the west barely got a drop.

Prepare to be patient for cricket today. It's meant to clear up but not completely go away. The winner of the toss will bowl.

Seeing the cricket is in Melbourne the rain last night in Sydney won't have much aeffect on the game.

[3oneday]

Seeing the cricket is in Melbourne the rain last night in Sydney won't have much aeffect on the game.no, especially when he posted that 10 days ago ;)

:lol:

[Grunt]

Thunder rumbling storms are a coming.

[Grunt]

Getting some good rain latley and another bout of storms this afternoon, is getting more like the old summers that we had years ago, pity summer is over tonight.

[Bruce]

I am Sydney's rain god.

Monday night I flew in - big arse storm.
Flew out yesterday arvo - flights delayed due to weather.

You want to solve the drought - just keep putting me on a plane.

[Grunt]

I am Sydney's rain god.

Monday night I flew in - big arse storm.
Flew out yesterday arvo - flights delayed due to weather.

You want to solve the drought - just keep putting me on a plane.

Did you get on the plane or were just sitting in the terminal. It was chaos yesterday afternoon wit haround 30 flights directly affected by the many Operational shutdowns of the airport around 3-5pm due to the thunderstorm activity in the area.

[Bruce]

It was an absolute shit fight there yesterday.

I was booked on the 20:30 but arrived at the airport at about 17:15. My optimism of getting an earlier flight took a dive when I saw the boards. So I used the electric check in and tried for an earlier flight but "computer says no." The girl at the bag drop was not so pessimistic though. "Do you want an earlier flight?"
"Well yes, but...."
"I can get you on the 18:30 if you don't mind having an exit row?"
"Mind??? I will kiss you." She was pretty hot.

So the 18:30 flight boarded about 18:50 and the wheels left the runway about 19:30. I count myself lucky.

[Grunt]

It took almost until curfew to get it back on track.

[Grunt]

Good Falls again tonight

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR033.shtml

[Grunt]

Here are some pics of the storm we got this afternoon. In 20 min we got 20 mm of rain.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7803/p3050717editedmw1.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7272/p3050712editedvi2.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7456/p3050716editedyc7.jpg

[Bruce]

The weatherman says there will be more rain on the 12th. The rain god is coming to town again.

[Grunt]

Heavy rain Falling again here in Sydney.
Tonights NRL game Souths v Penrith has already dropped the Jersey Flegg match from the program due to the horrible conditions at Homebush. A crowd any bigger than 5000 will be great new reports.
Hopefully is will ease off so I can play tomorrow. Mac Grange is not known for good water runoff, it runs straight down the 7th, 8th & 9th Fairways turning them into rivers en-route to the large dams at the end of the course.

[Grunt]

Still too wet, Macarthur Grange is going to be closed early tomorrow so no golf for me this week.

[terryand]

Still too wet, Macarthur Grange is going to be closed early tomorrow so no golf for me this week.

Damn, you'll just have to get by with the 4 games in the previous 7 days :roll:

Terry.

[BrisWesty]

You could always drive up to Newcastle and hit balls at the boats!

[Grunt]

You could always drive up to Newcastle and hit balls at the boats!

By seeing how close it is you could hit wedges over it!!

[amanda]

I wonder if courses will recover for our game on Monday.

It's just been bucketing down/sideways! Imagine if everyone in Sydney had even a 2000L water tank - we'd be saved :)

[Grunt]

Well not sure if it is over yet but we have had over 100mm in 2 days. Last nights rain was 70mm from 5pm to 12pm today.

[jimandr]

The rain has finally stopped at my house.

It was good while it lasted, but I'm glad it has stopped.

Amazingly enough, this is exactly what the Weather Bureau forecasted. Rain periods morning, easing to showers. If they continue their winning streak, their forecast of occasional and scattered showers Sunday and Monday should mean courses will be playable by Monday, if not tomorrow.

[Grunt]

Heavy Rain due back again tonight Jim, must say it is not looking good for your games on Monday.

[Hooker]

Had around 325ml on the Central Coast in the last couple of days , just got power back at home after 30 hours without power.

Have not seen anything like it for about 20 years , would have seen around 20 cars abandoned well under water at Tuggerah yesterday arvo, drove my bus through 2 foot of water on several occasions with a load of school kids and after starting work at 6am I couldn't get home until 8pm last night due to flooding and the congestionon on the F3 .

St Peter's collage at Wyong had over 500 students still at school until 9 pm last night as the school was isolated due to flooding.

More rain forecast tonight and evecuations at Wyong .

[Grunt]

Wow Hooker, knew the rain up there was big but not that big. Is the area near Kooindah flood prone? Looks like it is low lying when I ave been there. Could be ugly for the course if so.

[Hooker]

Yeah Grunt Kooindah was flooded. Drove through Wadalba and North Wyong on the old pacific highway yesterday arvo , [which is just east of Kooindah ] and only heavy vehichles and 4 wheel drives were getting through. Drove past Wyong golf course [my home course] and it was flooded, the lower parts of it was under a foot of water.

[Grunt]

Is the top end of Wyong GC high up or does it just feel like it is on the top of the hill as you drive past.

[Hooker]

Yeah , you drive on the old highway that runs parallel to the 18th and the green is near the club house on the highest part of the course .

The 18th is a par 5 all uphill, the tee was under water yesterday arvo and the green up near the clubhouse was ok.

[goughy]

So you could play it as a par 3 then?? ;)

[Grunt]

Rain has caused Mac Grange to be closed yet again and with rain predicted to continue overnight not much chance of it opening tomorrow. Shots below taken at 8 this morning

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2466/image008bf3.jpg
Water flowing down the 9th Fairway


http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9940/image009cc9.jpg
Dam at 18th as full as I have seen in about 3 years.

[Grunt]

More Rain overnight and another golf game canned because the course is closed :(

[Grunt]

Amazing what 24 hours of rain does. Here are the same 2 pics as above 24 hours later.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/1118/image010lx9.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7470/image012bw1.jpg
This dam is expected to breach it's banks sometime this afternoon, the dam on the far right is not full yet and is expected to fill tonight as the other overflows.

[Bruce]

Yowsa - that's a lot of water.

[Fishman Dan]

Yowsa - that's a lot of water.

Best of all Bruce is that Grant's golf course is somewhere near the catchment area. Looks like our showers are safe until next year at least!

[Grunt]

Well it dried out some what over night and I got to play it today, the river on Nine was only about 15 feet wide and was out of most players landing areas.

[jimandr]

Even more rain for us Sydneysiders this week. It's been raining solid at my place for the last three hours.

Overnight and then tomorrow, it is forecast that we are going to have The Perfect Storm. 80-120kph winds, heavy rain, possible flash flooding. Might be the best day for Marcel to invite guests to play NSW, just to see if they turn up.

Could be the third weekend in a row with courses closed for most of us.

I might head out to the catchment area. It never rains out there, although the dams did rise by 5% last week.

[Fishman Dan]

And still meant to keep rising. Official figures meant to come in by Thursday, although with further rain that might not yet be accurate.

With the rain and soaked ground, any new rain we get will pretty much go straight into the catchment too. Great news for long-term storage.

[Grunt]

Rains have started here again and it is quite heavy, winds are expected to hit around midnight.
Will be interesting to see what the rainfalls add up to in catchment terms.45% is the expected dam levels for the week before the falls tonight we may even get close to 50% now.
Wonder if we will ever get off water restrictions or will it be now expected to keep saving water forever?

[mikezone13]

Wonder if we will ever get off water restrictions or will it be now expected to keep saving water forever?

That's the way ti should be grant, we're in a cycle now where we have the weather extremes, so that means more extreme droughts and more extreme wet weather as well.

It's best to conserve water for future use and by getting into good habits (which is all the water restrictions are really making us do) it will become common place in the future.

I still think though there needs to be a federal government initiative (rather than just subsidised raintanks) for collecting water to use for things such as gardening and washing cars etc where the cleanliness and purity is not as stringent as for drinking water.

[Fishman Dan]

This is pretty full-on... centred around Wollongong at the moment, but coming from the SE.

[saved from BoM at 10:25pm]

EDIT - Bugger, was hoping the image would be bigger than that...

[Courty]

I saw on the Sunrise weather this morning that they were recording 10 metre waves at Port Kembla this morning. :shock:

[Grunt]

Courty that was at a wave buoy that is about 5 miles offshore. if it was in Port Kembla itself there would be major carnage

[Grunt]

Wow it is raining here, first falls for quite some time. Is actually rain too, not just a little shower/mist.

[Grunt]

Will this rain stop this week? Was fine last Sunday, have heard that it may clear up this Sunday. Hopefully it is all happening this week so the champs are a nice dry event (weather dry, not drink dry)

[amanda]

I'm hoping the rain stops soon - construction on our block of land (getting the electricity, sewer etc in) was supposed to start Wedesday

[AndyP]

What doe Sydney rain have to do with the Champs weather?

[Grunt]

What doe Sydney rain have to do with the Champs weather?

Because the fact the rain has been up the entire east coast this week from Woolongong to Hervey Bay.