Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Got my snow tires on just in time!
The Weather Where You Live?
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special ed
2nd Lieutenant
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- May 13, 2018
Did you put them on the front or the rear tires?
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Yes!
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Winter has arrived. 27 F last night (it gets much colder here), and tomorrow night it is supposed to drop to 19 F.
Donivanp
Major
Woke up to 47° this morning, turned the furnace on for the first time this year.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
29F, windy. Got our first snow overnight. About an inch.
Happy Hallow'een.
Happy Hallow'een.
Viking1066
Senior Master Sergeant
In the 20's and recess time is now being spent inside.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
DRY
Even the cork trees are needing water - ask any Spaniard and they will tell you how unusual that is. And they do not like chlorinated water that much.
The ground is cracking in a lot of areas and this lot below is wide but most is only 550mm deep.
This is the worrying one - on top of the dam which has been watered weekly and it is a metre (40 inches) deep. If we get heavy rain the dam will go. Heavy rain in 2013 mean 704 mm in 48 hours and in November 2016 meant 226mm in three hours. Our last real rain was 14 mm on July 4th. Total rain since then is 6mm and zero since August 30.
This is a prime agricultural area in normal times.
The good/bad news is that our weather forecast is 1 to 80mm in the next period. 80 slowly over six days would be fantastic. 80mm in a few short storms would be a disaster as most of the rain would run off down the hill ripping all the topsoil with it
Even the cork trees are needing water - ask any Spaniard and they will tell you how unusual that is. And they do not like chlorinated water that much.
The ground is cracking in a lot of areas and this lot below is wide but most is only 550mm deep.
This is the worrying one - on top of the dam which has been watered weekly and it is a metre (40 inches) deep. If we get heavy rain the dam will go. Heavy rain in 2013 mean 704 mm in 48 hours and in November 2016 meant 226mm in three hours. Our last real rain was 14 mm on July 4th. Total rain since then is 6mm and zero since August 30.
This is a prime agricultural area in normal times.
The good/bad news is that our weather forecast is 1 to 80mm in the next period. 80 slowly over six days would be fantastic. 80mm in a few short storms would be a disaster as most of the rain would run off down the hill ripping all the topsoil with it
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22C fine and sunny down here..
fubar57
General
-3°C and snowing
ThomasP
Senior Master Sergeant
56°F/13°C at the moment, sunny and windy. 64°F/18°C expected with winds gusting upto 50 mph later today. Highs have been around 20°F above normal for the last few days.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
The 1-15 mm for today has turned to 1-9 starting at 10:00 and lasting all day and night. Will be good if it happens. According to BoM for that whole period we have a 50% chance of at least ZERO rain.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Well that 1-15mm offered turned into 1-9 offered yesterday and they actually delivered 0.3mm measured at 05:30 and the rain started only 13 hours later than predicted so the Bureau of Misinformation were on target as usual. Very light misting rain at present and todays forecast says 0-1mm so they may be right for a change.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
On Thursday they said we would get 0-10 for yesterday - we have had solid medium to heavy rain for the last four hours and we got 24mm. We are at the bottom of the rain free v southwest of Bundaberg. Todays forecast has dropped from 15mm to 7mm so hopefully that will turn to another 15+ mm and reduce our fire risk for a few days.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Here is hoping for you. Were forecast 4-15mm later today, my fingers are crossed. 
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
We got 20mm yesterday and now the weed grasses (paspalum and wire grass etc) are growing rapidly.
On the first sunny day I will go out with the glyphosate and fix that problem.
No movement in the other grasses yet but hopefully soon. The cracked ground looks no different at first glance but the 55cm fissures are now only about 30cm deep so that is real progress.
Last Thursday they predicted 0-20mm and today they predict 3-20. I hope they underestimated again.
On the first sunny day I will go out with the glyphosate and fix that problem.
No movement in the other grasses yet but hopefully soon. The cracked ground looks no different at first glance but the 55cm fissures are now only about 30cm deep so that is real progress.
Last Thursday they predicted 0-20mm and today they predict 3-20. I hope they underestimated again.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Well we got 6.5mm out of a forecast possible 20mm and another possible 10mm forecast for today.................................We will see!!
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
32mm yesterday
Today's forecast is 0-5mm and we have had another ten already.
I think our total fire ban will be lifted today or tomorrow if it continues this way today. If you lift long dry grass that has been laying down there is still a fair amount of dry fuel there still.
Today's forecast is 0-5mm and we have had another ten already.
I think our total fire ban will be lifted today or tomorrow if it continues this way today. If you lift long dry grass that has been laying down there is still a fair amount of dry fuel there still.
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Cold and cloudy. Around 10C/50F…
