Weather where you are?

chrisk said:
Weather, bloody hell, rain in bursts today in Brisbane. I’ve changed the oil and washed my ute today. Had to retreat inside three times, due to rain.
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How's the new self-employment moto transport biz going Chris? Sounds like you've landed plenty of work already. You want a bal;ance - not too much not too little. I reckon Red had too much :eek:
 
31 degrees here today low humidity and all the rural fire brigades on standby...

33 in Timaru. Which is where Levels circuit is. Practise tomorrow for the National round. Predicted to drop to mid 20's - and may even rain on Sunday. The boys have seen everything so far this season. Levels gets faster in extreme heat. High water table under it means it doesn't warm the surface easily.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
How's the new self-employment moto transport biz going Chris? Sounds like you've landed plenty of work already. You want a bal;ance - not too much not too little. I reckon Red had too much :eek:
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Is going well Q. Full load on board and heading south today, Gosford, Sydney and Canberra drops, pick up in Wagga, Melbourne and onto Adelaide.

Everyone impressed by transporter. All customers have been nice people …. although the jury is out on a couple of blokes that ride old Italian clunkers that nobody has heard of 😉

No damage and no complaints…. happy days.
 
chrisk said:
Is going well Q. Full load on board and heading south today, Gosford, Sydney and Canberra drops, pick up in Wagga, Melbourne and onto Adelaide.

Everyone impressed by transporter. All customers have been nice people …. although the jury is out on a couple of blokes that ride old Italian clunkers that nobody has heard of 😉

No damage and no complaints…. happy days.
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Good stuff Chris. You seem to have got the machine up and running with plenty of work relatively quickly.
 
close to 9 pm Thursday January 11, 2024. Just had a "Severe Weather Alert" pop up on my phone. "Extreme Cold Warning", now they are saying minus 40 to minus 45 Celsius with wind chills near minus 55 or colder.

these temperatures are no joke, makes it tough to breath, high risks of frost bite and hypothermia, people die.

Imagine being homeless in this weather
 
Paul LeClair said:
close to 9 pm Thursday January 11, 2024. Just had a "Severe Weather Alert" pop up on my phone. "Extreme Cold Warning", now they are saying minus 40 to minus 45 Celsius with wind chills near minus 55 or colder.

these temperatures are no joke, makes it tough to breath, high risks of frost bite and hypothermia, people die.

Imagine being homeless in this weather
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Bloody hell, Paul!! It's 35 here and i've been up near the ceiling pulling elec cables through - absolute sweat bath. Those temps would be extreme in Antarctica! Don't even think about taking your hound out for a leak or #2s without adequate footwear! Even here, they warn about walking dogs on footpaths on hot days as blistering or burns of delicate paw tissue is common.
 
-45 with wind chill to -55 ! These are incredible numbers. More like what you would expect from an antarctic research station . Had to walk the hounds before sunrise yesterday and I think it was hovering around -1. They weren't over keen to go out in that !!
 
When -30 was forecast for Oslo last week they allowed the rough sleepers to stay inside central railway station. Yes there are more comfortable places to be homeless.
 
https://weatherkit.apple.com/alertD...pple&ids=213931A4-9165-521D-9A44-106C15F51E86

I am sitting in an airplane stuck on the tarmac at Calgary International Airport. Second attempt after first booked flight delayed by 12 hours due to weather. Close to minus 50 Celsius apparently. Maintenance is trying to warm the cold jet engines up enough to start…, this present weather is truly extraordinary. Hurts to breathe when outside. F full plane load of anxious passengers. My anxiety is different. I don’t want plane going anywhere unless and until everything is right and correct no matter how long that might take…….:
 
Starting to get cold on the North Shore of Lake Huron.

3 days ago temps dropped from a plus 3 to a minus 15 with 10 inches of snow plus another 10" tomorrow - Were in for it for next month or 2.

Guess I gotta plug in my Jeep so it will start when they want to clean the lot as if I care ;o)
 
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Paul LeClair said:
https://weatherkit.apple.com/alertD...pple&ids=213931A4-9165-521D-9A44-106C15F51E86

I am sitting in an airplane stuck on the tarmac at Calgary International Airport. Second attempt after first booked flight delayed by 12 hours due to weather. Close to minus 50 Celsius apparently. Maintenance is trying to warm the cold jet engines up enough to start…, this present weather is truly extraordinary. Hurts to breathe when outside. F full plane load of anxious passengers. My anxiety is different. I don’t want plane going anywhere unless and until everything is right and correct no matter how long that might take…….:
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I'm with you Paul. Much rather leave when it's safe to do so. Getting everything working in those temps must be an engineer's nightmare!
 
The usual operating environment of an airliner is about that cold all the time, summer and winter. 10,500m is a pretty inhospitable place.
As for local weather, yesterday at the shore it was 30c, this morning in the mountains at 1500m its 13c,
 
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