Bit of rain about in SA / Vic

Submitted: Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 06:57

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jdwynn (Adelaide)

For the weather watchers on EO, we’ve had a drenching the last 24 hours. Nothing much on the news about it but it’s been a fair event around here.

I’m in NE of Adelaide and we’ve got a new December record for a day. But we’re just 2-3km from a local weather station and had a massive storm early afternoon yesterday that didn’t even register at the station – reminded me of a SE Asia monsoon – but there was hail too.

Central Adelaide weather station has almost (69.8mm vs 72.8mm) set a new December monthly record in just 1 day. Not big numbers compared to other states but big around here.

I see Hamilton in Vic has had over 80mm.

Also, has anyone noticed, Leigh Creek has more than doubled it's annual rainfall.

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Reply By: murrayman - Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 07:29

Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 07:29

hi, just check rain gauge in here in mannum. 135mm, huge amount of damage around town. so far i can see it has cost me 2 air conditioner units, a lawnmower and blower vac, a couple hundred ton of driveways etc etc. dont you just luv it. cheers mm

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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 07:54

Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 07:54

Hi
They just said on the radio that this was the wettest 24hours day in December since records have been kept.

I have had just over 85.5mm of rain here in the Clare township since it started raining around 3.30pm yesterday until 6.30am this morning. Most of all that rain fell up until 9.30 pm last night, as when I checked the rainfall readings for the last time last night. The last reading at 9.30 I has 82.2mm of rain, with only just another 3mm of rain overnight.

The main road up from Adelaide is closed at Templers, so the only way up this way will be through Balaklava.

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Stephen

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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 11:31

Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 11:31

Just a follow up
Riverton had 180mm of rain , 90mm yesterday and another 90mm last night, with nearly a metre of water throuth the main street. Been told at nearly 75% of houses have some form of water damage.

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Reply By: Ray - Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 09:19

Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 09:19

SEnd some over here (WA) we are in the midst of a drought.

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Follow Up By: Members Pa & Ma. - Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 13:29

Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 13:29

Hi Ray,
You don't know how much we could!!!!!!! Not for our sake because we're on high ground at our house but for the other poor people who aren't and for W.A.s farmers sake & the rest of the country's farmers sake. We work on a potato & beef farm ,.......Too wet to plant potatoes in places.
Take care, safe travels. Bye Ma

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Reply By: Sigmund - Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 10:54

Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 10:54

We'll all be rooned!

Downy mildew for the grape growers
Flystrike for the sheep farmers
Rain damage for the cherry growers
Mozzies attack city dwellers down south
Wheat crops degraded
A plague of locusts

And rain kicking dirt halfway up the side of the parked car!

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Reply By: jim870 - Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 13:56

Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 13:56

Wet right up to the Border,

At work in Renmark we got 82 mm, home at Barmera 90mm, not bad on an average rainfall of 250mm/year.

Coates hire at Mildura no longer have any large diesel pumps left we snaffled one of the last.

I'm sitiing on approx. 8 million litres of stormwater in my contigency dam at work.

Water level below lock 5 increased 180mm yesterday only has 300mm till its over the top.

Rumour doing the rounds is that SA Water is booting everyone off the low lying areas (caravan pks etc) stating they are expecting 90,000ML to come over the border - True??? who knows

Jim

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Follow Up By: Member - Ed C (QLD) - Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 14:40

Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010 at 14:40

"stating they are expecting 90,000ML to come over the border - True??? who knows"

I don't doubt it for a minute.....

Apart from all the water in the 'Bidgee, there's plenty more yet to come down the Darling, and the Menindee Lakes ain't going to stop it this time......

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