Overnight "Showers"

The weather has been showery the last few days. But then March is one of our wettest months of the year so to have some damp weather is to be expected. Though it is overcast, the temperature remains in the high 20's. We had a few showers yesterday (Fri) morning but it was still hot enough to dry any washing which was still wet when it was put out between showers.

Just as Trish arrived home after Quilting and doing some grocery shopping at about 1:15 pm we had a very heavy shower, like 25mls in less than 15mins! Usually it is hard to capture the rain in a photo but it was no problem yesterday. Click on this photo for a larger view, then hit "Back" to return to this page. Within minutes the area on the back fence side of the pool began to flood so I removed the 'observation' lid to allow the excess water to escape. Despite the heavy rain, the front street which usually floods during such a downpour did not as you can see from the shot below.

Showers continued throughout the afternoon, overnight and into the morning. This morning the rain gauge held 101mls, just over 4" of rain had fallen during yesterday afternoon and overnight! No bike riding or watering was able to be done this morning.

It is state election day here in Queensland. Lou Ann, voting here is compulsory, failure to vote attracts a hefty fine!