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Post by jonesy on Dec 30, 2013 13:39:02 GMT 12
Got a nice little cyclone heading our way over here... www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/ due to hit our site on Tuesday, we're about 300km inland so will drop to a Cat 2 by that stage (hopefully!) Was due to fly home that day bugger, might be a couple of days extra stuck up here! Anyone else here in the Pilbara? Time to hunker down then! On a side note I see Victoria is getting other extremes of weather...all we need is a plague of locusts to top things off!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 30, 2013 13:51:27 GMT 12
Best of luck Nelson.
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Post by corsair5517 on Dec 30, 2013 15:37:10 GMT 12
Hunker down and stay safe up there, eh; we had the biggest electrical storm i've ever seen go over here last night - woke us up so we stayed up for the light show, just awesome!!
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Post by jonesy on Dec 30, 2013 16:52:07 GMT 12
Yeah I'm sweet as here, we just go into lockdown and sit in our rooms for the day...but a couple of my crew are flying in at about 1600hrs, that would be a VERY bumpy flight for sure! Thank goodness the pilots on our charter flights are some very experienced chaps on the '146's. Sounds like the coast is getting pretty smashed right now. What is it with all this weather over here? Does God really dislike this place or something??  |
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Post by 11SQNLDR on Dec 31, 2013 12:55:12 GMT 12
Hope you get back home Jonesy & don't have to stay there longer than you need to! Overcast this morning in Perth which suited me fine as I went on my morning walk (after too much Marlborough Sav last night)  |
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Post by haughtney1 on Dec 31, 2013 23:17:00 GMT 12
YPPD 311100Z AUTO 33014KT 9999 // SCT016 BKN036 28/// Q1004 TAF YPPD 310508Z 3106/3124 32025KT 9999 -SHRA BKN020 FM311200 30014KT 9999 BKN015 INTER 3106/3112 3000 SHRA BKN010 PROB30 INTER 3106/3112 33035G45KT 1000 TSRA BKN008 FEW030CB RMK YPLM 311100Z AUTO 23019KT 9999 // NCD 26/19 Q1003 TAF YPLM 310507Z 3106/0106 23022G32KT CAVOK FM312000 20014KT CAVOK RMK Cyclone tracker |
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Post by jonesy on Jan 1, 2014 11:50:16 GMT 12
Fortunately dropped to a Cat 2 by the time it hit us, still had about 16hrs of rain!. Time to get back to Perth, lovely blue skies all around.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 3, 2014 11:02:15 GMT 12
16 hours of rain would be a god send in most parts of Aussie wouldn't it?
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Post by corsair5517 on Jan 3, 2014 18:22:44 GMT 12
It certainly would be most welcome here in Queensland!!
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Post by jonesy on Jan 3, 2014 19:48:25 GMT 12
It certainly would be most welcome here in Queensland!! Sounds like it! Still on high fire alert there? |
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Post by corsair5517 on Jan 3, 2014 20:19:06 GMT 12
High alert be buggered; some spots here are at 'catastrophic'!! Everywhere else is at extreme... and it's only gonna get hotter!
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