What's the temperature where you are???

[Nomadicus]

94° and fair

 

[sourland]

96F with a real feel of 105. The humidity is a killer - literally as well as figuratively.

 

[Nym]

Tuesday 16th of July 10.44a.m. Cold, windy and mostly grey. Fresh 29.6 / 38.9kph WSW, Hg 38%, 13.4C / 56.3F top of 15C / 59F/ 9C / 48.2F in my backyard. Shower or two. Windy. Marine wind warning. Hazardous surf. Sheep graziers alert.

Moon is 69.8%

Snow falls at Guyra and Oberon in NSW as cold snap continues​

39 mins ago​

Snow blankets Oberon in NSW Central Tablelands as cold conditions and gale-force winds batters Australia's east coast.

Parts of New South Wales have woken to find the landscape covered by a light blanket of snow.

The areas include Guyra, in New England in the state's north, and Oberon, west of the Blue Mountains.
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Extreme weather chaser Thomas Hinterdorfer travelled from Queensland to Guyra, north of Armidale, for the chance to see snow.

He woke to find the town's bowling green had turned white.

"Every year it's just fun, it's always happy and exciting and we always try to mingle around the Guyra Bowls Club," Mr Hinterdorfer said.

"Seeing kids see snow for the first time, adults seeing snow for the first time, and you get to play with it, you get to throw it, touch it.

"I get so many snowballs thrown at me."

Mr Hinterdorfer said the area received only a light dusting of snow about 5:30am, but more was expected.

"At the moment, we're just being patient because all the model data is suggesting that better snow is expected today and tomorrow," he said.

"Snow can only last so long on the ground, and we're hoping that today the flurries can be a little bit more consistent to allow people time to play with the snow and have some fun."

'A lot of people are excited'​

On the western side of the Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains, Barry Richard has been watching the snow fall all morning.

"Everything is white this morning, it's quite pretty to see it," he said.

"But of course, the novelty wears off after a while."

Mr Richards said it was the first snow fall of the year in the area.

"Generally we can have snow anywhere from Easter weekend onwards," he said.

"But this year this is our first fall of snow, and a lot of people are excited about it."

Further north at Stanthorpe, on the NSW-Queensland border, those hoping for a glimpse of snow were left disappointed.

Joan Nash visited the region from Brisbane on Tuesday with her son and dog.

"I was hoping it might be snowing, but there hasn't been any," she said.

"It's been a little disappointing, but it's alright.

"It's still beautiful here."

Sheep graziers alert​

The falls come after the Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning to sheep graziers about cold temperatures, rain and westerly winds expected during Tuesday and Wednesday.

The areas likely to be affected include the Illawarra, Central and Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Riverina, Snowy Mountains and the ACT.

The warning also applies to parts of the Mid North Coast, Hunter, Northern Tablelands, South Coast, North West Slopes and Plains and Central West Slopes and Plains forecast districts.

There is a risk of losses of lambs and sheep exposed to the conditions.

 

[chrissynemetz]

71°F light rain
11:27 p.m.

 

[Jenbirdee]

 

[muddy75]

79 and mostly cloudy. High of 91 with heat advisory

 

[kikiruru]

Thunderstorms during the night .
Tuesday morning

 

[sourland]

79F with a high of 100 predicted. How did we ever survive without AC?

 

[kikiruru]

Yesterday actual temp
Tuesday record hi/lo

 

[LBL]

Every Chicken keeper should spend time in their Coop.

In my case, the coop is also my garage - which also has office space.

I spent about 2 hours in their Sunday morning, because I had to get some work done.

That's the time when the roof directly faces the sun.

It got up to 100+.

I GOT HEAT-STROKE. 4 hours of SERIOUS chest pains on Sunday, followed my a full day of chest pains on Monday.

Thinking of what the birds would go through, if they were stuck in there - it heats up in the morning, and never cools off.

Since they like being up in the rafters - being in there is a heat endurance event ... except I always let them out.

I have a Catalpa tree in a 30 gallon pot, I think I'm going to plant right in front of the garage door.

I'll just put up a "Catalpa tree crossing" sign - and everything will be allright.

Seriously though, every chicken keeper should spend time in their coop, so they fully understand what they are putting the birds through.

now I keep the coop locked from noon to 6, and they stay cooler under the deck, or under their favorite bushes.