Weather where you are?

Not good for frogs here. 2nd week of official summer and it's been over 30C for that time here. Moving quickly into drought...

The Southern Classic festival last weekend at Levels, Timaru, was hot as hell. Enormous entries too.
No Laverdas running but what used to be Paul Dyas SFC750 was on display again. Now I understand in the Invercargill Motorcycle Museum. Pity as it won't be used.

Can tassie spare us some rain please....
 
Very pleasant 36 C outside at the moment, light breeze, very low humidity. Different tomorrow, mid forties for the Adelaide Plains with winds at 50 kph, could be a few problems :'(.
 
here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

minus 30 Celsius Christmas Day driving home from relatives Christmas dinner, with wind chill added in closer to minus 40 C.

December 26 today, warmed up to minus 28 C so far, and lots of snow.

Moving house on January 3, 2018, and weather so far is indicated to remain cold here into the new year. Have hired two moving firms, one with a heated truck to take the stuff that simply cannot be allowed to freeze, the other movers to take the bulk of the stuff that will not be harmed (hopefully) by freezing solid during the transition.

Paul LeClair
 
On the beach at Collaroy, max 24 yesterday, sun is out this morning, looking forward to a day on the beach. Beer is cold and the house we are in is right on the beach.
Bliss  :D
 
Minus 40 c here as well (with windchill) so too cold to even snowmobile. Dog does not give a shit and still wants it's walk. In the shop I am addressing the run out on my new rear disk for the Corsa. For whatever reason the flat surface on the wheel hub the disk carrier bolts to is not flat. Wasnt a problem for 33 years but the new disk is not running true. 4 more months of winter should give me time to fix it......
 
-25C here on the North Shore - Like -35C with windchill.

The JEEP would not start and NO block heater ;o(

WIll require a boost or a battery charge to get running.
 
Nice sunny evening here in Hobart. First of the Sydney-Hobart yachts is estimated to finish at about 8pm if it can maintain its present speed. The finish like is across the river from my house so I have a good view. There's still plenty of daylight at 8pm this time of year, so with a bit of luck we'll see the finish. It's not much of a spectator sport when they finish in the middle of the night.
 
Dellortoman said:
Nice sunny evening here in Hobart. First of the Sydney-Hobart yachts is estimated to finish at about 8pm if it can maintain its present speed. The finish like is across the river from my house so I have a good view. There's still plenty of daylight at 8pm this time of year, so with a bit of luck we'll see the finish. It's not much of a spectator sport when they finish in the middle of the night.
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Wear an Orange Laverda shirt and we'll see if we can spot you in the TV reporting....

Christmas day, hot - 31C - and windy. Fire midafternoon about 2km downwind from us. About 200 Ha burned but no houses lost - don't know how they managed that as you can see hedgelines and gardens within 2m of the houses gone.
New management system in place which appears to have worked very well. 5 choppers on site inside half an hour...
Had light rain since which has eased things considerably....
 
Sitting on the verandah of my sisters farmhouse in dwellingup which backs onto a jarrah forest, nice breeze 22 degrees. West Australian sun seems very fierce, but the breeze is keeping the temps down. Lots of forest trails to ride on a little 175cc yammie although deep sand keeps you on your toes. Beer fridge was well stocked when we arrived before Xmas but I reckon we will have to head out for supplies soon.
 
Dellortoman said:
Nice sunny evening here in Hobart. First of the Sydney-Hobart yachts is estimated to finish at about 8pm if it can maintain its present speed. The finish like is across the river from my house so I have a good view. There's still plenty of daylight at 8pm this time of year, so with a bit of luck we'll see the finish. It's not much of a spectator sport when they finish in the middle of the night.
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Winds got fickle in the Derwent Estuary, which is quite normal when the sea breeze fizzles out at dusk. It was getting quite dark by the time the first yacht (Wild Oats XI) finished at 9:45 pm (new race record by several hours). Comanche finished about 15 mins later.

Strange that the tracker website doesn't show either boat as finished yet, but the finish gun definitely went off.

My iPhone was struggling to get a photo in the dim conditions.
 

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