Rain And More Rain!

For three weeks I did not have to bother about tipping any rain out of the rain gauge. And being August (our driest month with just over 60mls average) this was not surprising. However the freak conditions which have prevailed since a storm first struck on Tuesday night has seen rainfall records for the Sunshine Coast smashed to pieces.

Here has been relatively dry compared to what has happened north of Noosa. There, recordings of over 600mls were made in the 24 hours to 9 am this morning! I emptied the rain gauge yesterday morning about 6:30 am. This morning I tipped out 134 mls at about the same time. It is now approaching 11 am and there is another 20+ mls in the gauge.

This makes a whopping 153 mls since 6:30 am yesterday, (6 inches in the old terms) and a total almost 240 mls for the week!

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At the foot of this blog page is an add-on which provides some weather details for the Sunshine Coast. These figures are taken from the Maroochydore Airport about 30 kms north of here and therefore are a little different to my figures.