The Cold

[PoppedCorn]

Will be messaging my wood guy this weekend
Getting in early before it starts raining everyday
5 ton should do it for the winter

 

[TheKanga]

First five days of april were pretty cool.
The nights were especially a nice change of pace from March which was the 3rd hottest ever for Tasmania.



Looking ahead some above average and mild conditions leading up to the weekend.
Should be back to more around average next week for this time of year.



Seasonal outlook does predict above average temps for my neck of the woods for April - June however.
Hoping for a proper autumn/winter like 2015 was

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks/#/overview/summary/

 

[TheKanga]

Chilly one yesterday in Victoria and Tassie.
Plenty of wind and rain.
Snow up on higher elevations.
This is Falls Creek in Victoria.



Currently a max of 16c here today and very overcast.
The weekend after easter could be the next significant cold change.

 

[GreyCrow]

Summer is over

 

[TheKanga]

Summer is over

More of a summer guy eh?
Feels like it went on a little to long for my liking.
We had a very warm March down here.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

aaaand the heater is on!

 

[PoppedCorn]

Yeah we are cranking the splitty of a morn for an hr to take the chill out
Got first load of wood on the weekend, was pretty tempted to light the fire

 

[GreyCrow]

One thing I do miss about my old pace, the big fireplace.

 

[TheKanga]

Cool day today only reached a max of 13-14c

 

[TheKanga]

Darwin recorded their lowest ever max April temp yesterday of 21.9 degrees.
Which also happened to be their coldest day in 49 years.
It dropped down to 18 degrees overnight which was their lowest April night in 69 years.

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/darwin-shivers-through-record-cold-day/526273

 

[TheKanga]

It's been a pretty unremarkable lately in terms of weather.
Just been lots of sunny, warm 20 odd degree days and milder nights.
Currently running +2.6 above average for max temps and 0.6+ for min temps.
I remember someone saying they wouldn't be surprised if in the future there are crocodiles in the derwent lol

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/late-season-warmth-in-tasmania/526305

Looks like a decent cool change next week and Wednesday's max of 12 should be interesting.
I have to start work at 6am that day as well!

 

[TheKanga]

Pretty cold and windy day today
Right now

 

[Tadpole]

Pretty cold and windy day today
Right now

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Ouch! It's 13.7 here at the moment, and feels like 10.2, and I thought that was bad enough.

 

[TheKanga]

Ouch! It's 13.7 here at the moment, and feels like 10.2, and I thought that was bad enough.

Yeah the wind chill has a bite to it.
Probably the coldest day here since August/September last year.

 

[GreyCrow]

 

[raskolnikov]

Meanwhile 32 here today.

 

[Catfish Alley]

First five days of april were pretty cool.
The nights were especially a nice change of pace from March which was the 3rd hottest ever for Tasmania.

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Looking ahead some above average and mild conditions leading up to the weekend.
Should be back to more around average next week for this time of year.

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Seasonal outlook does predict above average temps for my neck of the woods for April - June however.
Hoping for a proper autumn/winter like 2015 was

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks/#/overview/summary/

Looks like your past couple of days are pretty much the same as our current spring. That's golfing weather! haha. Although our humidity is over 90% so feels warmer.

 

[Hatiko]

Everything is not so bad as in USA. My sister called me yesterday. She lives in Colorado mountains. She told me that Colorado is likely to see its strongest snow storm so far this winter from Sunday night through Monday morning. The mountains could see 1 to 3 feet of snow, while Denver could get anywhere between 2 and 3 inches of snow. And this is in April! She even had to tune up the heating - http://www.summitheatingco.com/denver-heating-tune-up/ she read there that it's better to have 68 to 72 degrees is a temperature range that is not too warm or cool, and is sufficient enough to warm up the home. But due to weather had less than 60 degrees

 

[Catfish Alley]

Really?? I have colleagues in Denver/Boulder. I just looked at the forecast and Sunday is supposed to be 12 degrees celsius.

 

[mellowyellow]

Meanwhile 32 here today.

Shut up.. JUST SHUT UP

 

[TheKanga]

Looks like your past couple of days are pretty much the same as our current spring. That's golfing weather! haha. Although our humidity is over 90% so feels warmer.

Yeah we had some milder days/nights recently.
Now it feels like winter is starting to come.

Last few days



Outlook



Yesterday and last night was probably the coldest in some time around Australia.
A town in the Tasmanian midlands fell to -3.8 last night.

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/wintry-chill-grips-six-states-and-territories/526332

I did some stats for here and in May in the last 16 years there have been no more than 5 days above 20 degrees celcius.
On 6 of those years there has been none over 20c.

Hopefully weather is okay for the North vs. Adelaide match!

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Wednesday morning was a belter of a chill.

Glad it warmed up though and that the rain stopped the rest of the day.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Stocking up on firewood here still.
Two more loads this week will give me two tonne so far.
Reckon i could get away with maybe four tonne but will get 5 just in case.

Got off my ass and finished insulating the roof a fortnight ago.....did half 4 years ago when building and just got lazy and left the rest
Massive massive diff.....wouldve been burning wood already if i hadn't of finished it.
20 degrees in the house this morn.

We tried it out the other week and cranked the fire for one night.....it got to 27 inside

 

[TheKanga]

Sounds like it will be nice an toasty inside for you.
Nothing like a good wood fire either.

I need to get our heat pump fixed was leaking water last we turned it on in the summer for AC
Max of 13c here tomorrow.
Rest of the week looking on average or abit above average.

 

[TheKanga]

Maxed out at only 11.4 degrees yesterday.
In the afternoon the wind chill was making it feel like nearly zero.

So plenty of cold winds and even snow around the state.

This was up at Cradle Mountain yesterday.