What's the temperature where you are???

[janiedoe]

Reasonably warm at 86°. This is what summer should feel like.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

98 and climbing right now. The high today is 102, and we're all counting down the days till the highs are in the 90s, starting next Tuesday. We actually got 20 minutes of rain yesterday along with thunder, lightning, and wind, but it dried up within another 20 minutes or so. I can't wait for summer to be over

 

[kikiruru]

Thunderstorms coming

 

[akroberts1085]

Right now 104. Tomorrow 109

 

[Nomadicus]

79° and partly cloudy

 

[Nym]

Friday 19th of July 10.53a.m. Cold and cloudy, sunny patches. Moderate 24.1 / 31.5kph WSW, Hg 35%, 12.7C / 54.9F top of 16C / 61F. Partly cloudy. Marine wind + sheep graziers alert.

Moon is 92.8%

Wintry weekend forecast for eastern Australia, with risk of damaging winds, snow and blizzards​

6 hours ago​

By weather reporter Tyne Logan​

Parts of eastern Australia are set for another round of fierce wintry weather, with warnings of frost, damaging winds, hail and another dumping of snow from Friday.

It comes after icy cold conditions earlier this week plunged temperatures in parts of tropical Australia to near zero, with snow and sleet as far north as Queensland's Granite Belt.

The latest cold front, which passed through WA early on Thursday morning, is due to reach southern parts of South Australia by midday on Friday, triggering rain and strong winds in the afternoon, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

It will then reach Victoria, Tasmania and parts of southern New South Wales and the ACT late on Friday night.

BOM senior meteorologist Sarah Scully said the alpine regions could see another 20-30cm of snowfall, as cold air behind the front drops the snow level down to 900 metres across Tasmania, Victoria and NSW's alpine regions, and 1,000m across the NSW Central Table Lands.

Queensland's tropics turn to ice​

The cold outbreak comes after deep southerly winds of a low pressure system saw sleet and snow settle as far north as Queensland's Granite Belt on Tuesday afternoon, as well as the northern ranges of NSW.

Ms Scully said it wasn't common to see snow settle that far north.
"Generally speaking, snow flurries occur maybe once a year, that's where it doesn't settle on the ground," Ms Scully said.

"But actual snow where it's settled on the ground is less common. It's not unprecedented, but it's not common.

"I think last time I had snow in the Granite Belt was back in 2019."
It was followed by a bitterly cold morning in Queensland on Thursday morning, which turned usually tropical areas to ice.

In Palmerville, to the west of Cooktown on the Cape York Peninsula, the temperature dropped to 0.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning marking its coldest July temperature in 116 years of records according to BOM, although there are a few gaps in the data.

Apologies for the bold font ... it won't turn off.

 

[Jenbirdee]

 

[chrissynemetz]

70°F mostly clear and calm
1:57 p.m.

 

[Jenbirdee]

hallelujah !

 

[Nym]

For the ALPINE REGION ABOVE 1500 METRES: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 100 km/h, along with BLIZZARD conditions are likely from this evening, easing Saturday evening.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recommends that back country travel be postponed until conditions improve.

For parts of the SOUTH COAST, SOUTHERN and CENTRAL TABLELANDS TO BARRINGTON TOPS, INCLUDING THE ILLAWARRA, SYDNEY, AND HUNTER AREAS: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 90 km/h are likely to develop over elevated terrain from late this evening, extending to lower elevations and coastal parts of the warning area throughout Saturday morning and afternoon. Damaging winds are expected to ease by Sunday morning.

Locations which may be affected include Newcastle, Sydney, Katoomba, Wollongong, Nowra, Goulburn, Cooma, and Thredbo Top Station.

98 km/h sustained winds and 126 km/h wind gusts have been recorded at Thredbo AWS from around 3pm today.

Yikes. I hope that wind doesn't make it this far.