Wet Again!

The Thursday weather forecast was for heavy showers during the afternoon. It was very muggy up till then with the occasional shower coming through. We received about 30mls between 2 pm and 3 pm Thursday afternoon. I tipped a total of 56mls out this morning and again showers are scudding across the sky this morning with more heavy rain predicted for this afternoon.

Caloundra usually experiences an average of 1574mls of rainfall per year. The average rainfall for December is usually 144mls. My figures show for 2010 we experienced 2552mls with 673mls falling in December. So for 2010 we were about 1000mls above the annual average while December was almost 5 times the usual amount of rain.

Rain is predicted here for the next 5 days and nights!

The pool has a small overflow pipe which drains water off to the storm water after heavy rain. However the overflow pipe is small and it seems to take an eternity to get rid of excessive water from the pool. I have set a siphon up as well as you can see in the photo. If you click on the photo for a larger view you can see the small overflow pipe in the skimmer box as well as the siphon into the pool.

If the pool were to overflow you can see another drain beside the skimmer box which directs unwanted water into the house storm water system.

Needless to say that since the rain has arrived my bike hasn't been used for the last two days.

Thank heavens the cricket is over! Great to hear commentators now calling for the Selector's heads. I have been advocating this for months. The selectors persevered with Marcus North who should have been dropped 12 months ago. They could have selected a young batsmen in North's place to give valuable experience. It is possible Australia's next Cricket Test team could have several debutants.