Mercury Rising

[scroman]

You know it's hot when you could'nt be bothered going outside to fish. I live on a small property 6km south of Murwillumbah and our day yesterday went like this: 6.30am 32 deg & 82%hum, 10.am 35deg, 2.00pm 39deg & 78%hum - in the house, 3.30pm 47deg in the shade of our north east facing pergola, 61deg in the shed with the doors open, went to bed at 11pm and 35deg and 88%hum in the hallway of the house. Woke up today at a very pleasant 31deg at 6am Was prepared to trade my wife and dogs for an air con but nothing available between Lismore and the Gold Coast for a couple of weeks. At time of writing it is 38deg and 76%hum.Fan-bloody-tastic

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

Just checked out the weather station and see 42 deg and barometer dropped to 1000.
Methinks gullyrakers coming.
Looks like a few isolated thunderstorms for the region going by the BOM radar.

[Jeremy87]

The temperature always tends to be a few degrees hotter on days like these under pergolas as heat tends to radiate from corrugated iron roofs. The weather tends to be a bit a bit milder where I live maxing at 36.1 degrees at about 2. I checked the temp of the swimming pool turned fish pond at about midday and the water was 32 degrees. It shows how much another 3 or 4 degrees increases the activity of the fish. The barcoo grunter and silver perch smashed the pellets within moments of the pellets first hitting the water. It can sometimes take a minute or two before they start to feed. It can only mean good fishing for anyone brave enough to take on the heat.
Jeremy

[Graham_N_Roberts]

So damed hot here in Mt Morgan, the saratoga are sun burnt, and the line is meltin'.

[Kerry]

So damed hot here in Mt Morgan, the saratoga are sun burnt, and the line is meltin'.

What, there's actually saratoga still there would have though the "run-off" would have burnt them off yonks ago.

Hot, nah just feels that way if ya ever seen the 3 little light lenses swivel up and fall out of a land rover dash then ya know it's hot

Certainly the feel is much hotter than what the BOM is actually recording especially with this humidity that is more consistent with equator latitudes.

Cheers, Kerry.

[Gazza]

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you know you live in Queensland when.....

1. The best parking space is determined by shade, not distance.
2. Hot water comes out of both taps.
3 . You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
4. The temperature drops below 35c and you feel a little chilly.
5. You discover that in February it only takes two fingers to steer your car.
6. You discover that you can get badly sunburned through your car window - even on a very short trip.
7. You develop a fear of metal car door handles.
8. You break into a sweat the instant you step outside your house in the morning.
9. Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
10. You realise that asphalt has a liquid state.
11. Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to prevent them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
12. The cows are giving evaporated milk.
13. The trees are whistling for the dogs.
14. While walking back barefoot to your car from the beach, you do a tightrope act on the white lines in the car park.
15. You catch a cold from having the aircon full blast while you sleep during the night.
16. You pray that your train/bus will have air-conditioning, and if it doesn't, waiting an extra 15 minutes for one is worth it.
17. You'd rather be at work in the airconditioning than anywhere else in the world.
18. If you have no airconditioning at work, you take an unpaid day off to stay home in the airconditioning.
19. The thought that you have no airconditioning at work or at home reduces you to tears.
20. You're tears evaporate before they hit your cheeks.

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[PinHead]

Dammit..bring back the heat..I want several more weeks or months of it..it is brilliant for business.