Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Our Hinterland Weather - December 2011

Throughout the month La Niña was still active but considerably weaker than the very strong 2010-11 event. It is no wonder the month’s total rainfall of 329.2 mm exceeded the month’s average of 195.6 mm. The first week of summer brought a welcome change in the weather after the driest November in 17 years. An upper [...]

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Our Hinterland Weather – November 2011

November this year was the driest month for 17 years with only 37mm over five rain-days. This was 26 per cent below the 118-year average of 139mm. The synoptic weather pattern was similar to 2006 with NW cloud bands and southern cold fronts bringing storms and structural damage to southern states. The NW cloudbands that [...]

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Our Hinterland Weather – October 2011

There were no abnormal weather conditions on the hinterland ranges for October this year. This was not so in the same month last year when we endured the wettest October for 117 years, the lowest temperatures and gale force winds. The cause of the unusual weather phenomenon was an extreme high pressure system of 1044hPa [...]

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Our Hinterland Weather – September 2011

For most of the month weather in the hinterland has been dominated by an extensive high pressure system in the north Tasman Sea. This resulted in stable dry air flowing over the region for the first two weeks bringing pleasant daytime temperatures in the low to mid-twenty degrees range. There was one exception, however, when on [...]

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Our Hinterland Weather – August 2011

It was dry and sunny for the first half of the month with no precipitation apart from some early morning dew. The thirty- day rainfall dry spell was broken on Sunday 21st when an upper level trough over the Ranges brought much needed moisture to dry gardens and paddocks. A few days later the slow moving upper [...]

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Our Hinterland Weather – July 2011

JULY was a dry month and visitors to the hinterland were seen enjoying the long hours of sunshine under clear blue skies. Over the first half of the month the weather on the ranges was influenced by stable atmosphere extending from high pressure systems over Australia and the Tasman Sea. This brought light winds and fine [...]

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Our Hinterland Weather – May 2011

La Nina has now ended… In the first part of the month hinterland weather continued to be influenced by the La Niña event. The good news, however, is the 2010−11 La Niña event has now ended. Climate models surveyed by the Bureau of Meteorology suggest that the Pacific Ocean will continue to warm over the coming months, [...]

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A month of high humidity…

THE 2010/11 summer season was much wetter and cooler than usual. Early last spring a La Niña event was forecast and the following month’s weather brought catastrophic disasters to eastern regions of Australia. Maleny’s Rainfall for the season was 1848mm. This is over twice the average and brought flash flooding to many local areas and [...]

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Our Hinterland Weather – February 2011

A month of high humidity… The 2010/11 summer season was much wetter and cooler than usual. Early last spring a La Niña event was forecast and the following month’s weather brought catastrophic disasters to eastern regions of Australia. Maleny’s Rainfall for the season was 1848mm. This is over twice the average and brought flash flooding to many [...]

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Our Hinterland Weather – December 2010

Rain … and yet more rain! Not surprisingly the main topic of conversation has been the rain spell that began in the third week of November and continued on throughout the following month. In December, with only three ‘dry days’, Maleny plateau and catchment area was saturated, dams and household tanks overflowed and flash flooding on [...]

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