Weather

[Red Wazp]

After posting some pics of our California snow, Stumbles06 posted he had never seen snow. This amazed me, perhaps I grew up in the northern (Minnesota) part of the US.Being I work outdoors I participate in the weather on a dayly basis more than some indoor people.
Having never had the pleasure of visiting your part of the planet I have some weather questions about your country.
Do you get snow anywhere?
Do you have severe thunderstorms, tornado's or cyclones?
I know your winters are a bit dry and toasty just like the Amercian west in the summer but do you get freezing temps in the summer?
Using Google maps street view it looks like the eastern part is the gets more rain than western Australia, correct?
Sure I could google your weather but I think it is more interesting to hear it from those who live it.

 

[ozzieboy]

G'day mate. We do get some seasonal snow in places in the Great Dividing Range towards the southern end and every now and then some sporadic snows in winter other places.

Summer is hot and dry down south in Adelaide and winter is usually a bit damp but nothing compared to other states.

I think an average winter day would be something like a 6 degree min with a 16-18 degree max.

NSW is very mild. Loads more rain and the temps in both summer and winter are milder in all the places I've lived from Sydney to Newcastle.

I'll let the others tell you about their areas as things have changed in the decades since I lived in Qld or Vic.

Cheers
Mike

 

[Stumbles06]

Yeah, I know... I've led a pretty sheltered life. Haven't been around our country much.

During Summer here, there is no chance of freezing temps at all.

During Winter though, we do have a couple of Ski Resorts over in Victoria and New South Wales.
Falls Creek is one of them in Victoria.

As for Tornados etc, the Northern part of Oz is vulnerable to Cyclones. Cyclone Tracy being the most devastating one to hit Oz, smashed into Darwin (Northern Territory) on Christmas Eve, 1974. The North East of Queensland is also vulnerable to cyclones.

When I think of more, I'll add it.

Great post too... :thumbup:

 

[ozzieboy]

After posting some pics of our California snow, Stumbles06 posted he had never seen snow. This amazed me, perhaps I grew up in the northern (Minnesota) part of the US.Being I work outdoors I participate in the weather on a dayly basis more than some indoor people.
Having never had the pleasure of visiting your part of the planet I have some weather questions about your country.
Do you get snow anywhere?
Do you have severe thunderstorms, tornado's or cyclones?
I know your winters are a bit dry and toasty just like the Amercian west in the summer but do you get freezing temps in the summer?
Using Google maps street view it looks like the eastern part is the gets more rain than western Australia, correct?
Sure I could google your weather but I think it is more interesting to hear it from those who live it.

No tornadoes really but we do get some waterspouts out in the Gulf, and some nice little ones near Normanville due to the cliffs there. Had one spring up about 20 feet from my kayak once.....WOW!. How cool.


Dry lightning storms are a shocker too. Good for starting fires usually in our more humid summers.

Our seasons have definitely changed in the last couple decades though.

We used to be able to look at WA weather and plan ahead 4 days. Now it's far more complex. Used to be Mild to hot dry days with a nice cool gully breeze at night to cool everything off. Now it seems to stay hot over night a lot, like those still hot humid nights where Mr. Humpy lives.

Cheers
Mike

 

[Red Wazp]

Yeah we get those dry lighting storms in the summer nere in Ca. Last summer in June we had over 1,100 fires start in one night! Most were put out soon but some burned for quite some time, the smoke was real rugged for a while.
The US is split weather wise, the eastern half gets rain during the summer and is very green and lush, where as the western half does not which makes for long dry summers with not much humidity.
California gets it's rain in the winter, the northern half gets most of it. We average about 55 inches a season. Where I live yet less than 60 miles in the central valley they get 19 inches, Up here in the Serria Nevada Mts. most of the water in storms is squeezed out which is why Nevada is mostly desert. California is a big state and everything here is big. Trees, mountains, deserts, farmland, taxes cost of living etc.
Looking at google maps makes me think it would be fun to ride around Australia on Hwy 1 (FJR would be my choice for a ride that big). Is that a doable ride or am I dreaming?

 

[Stumbles06]

It's do-able, but some of those roads are long and dead straight. The Nullabor Highway and The Gunbarrel Highway to name a couple.

Depending on how much time you had, would be one hell-of-a ride.

 

[ozzieboy]

Yeah we get those dry lighting storms in the summer nere in Ca. Last summer in June we had over 1,100 fires start in one night! Most were put out soon but some burned for quite some time, the smoke was real rugged for a while.
The US is split weather wise, the eastern half gets rain during the summer and is very green and lush, where as the western half does not which makes for long dry summers with not much humidity.
California gets it's rain in the winter, the northern half gets most of it. We average about 55 inches a season. Where I live yet less than 60 miles in the central valley they get 19 inches, Up here in the Serria Nevada Mts. most of the water in storms is squeezed out which is why Nevada is mostly desert. California is a big state and everything here is big. Trees, mountains, deserts, farmland, taxes cost of living etc.
Looking at google maps makes me think it would be fun to ride around Australia on Hwy 1 (FJR would be my choice for a ride that big). Is that a doable ride or am I dreaming?

Definitely doable but it's a huge ask. From Adelaide to Melbourne, if you want to have a bit of a look around and not just zoom in a straight line would take a couple of full-on riding days. Straight line, about 8 hours depending on radars...lol. These are probably the 2 closest cities.(except if you include Canberra).

The nasty bit would be Adelaide to Perth. That's a long ride in a straight line through dust and tumbleweeds...lol. The Nullabor is called that for a reason...LMAO. Nothing there and is boring as Guano...lol.

You'd be better off taking your time and doing it properly though. Stopping for touring and fishing etc. Some truly magnificent spots to stop.

Cheers
Mike

 

[OZXJR]

Yup ,the Nullabor is dead boring I,ve done a few crossing driving a semi.......first time was fun ,after that .........hmmmm.

As far as snow goes Stumbles is not the only one that has not seen it .My wife had never seen snow till I took her back to Tassie one year,the look on her face was priceless !

Adelaide don't really have a winter as far as I,m concerned ,just a long autumn and spring.........winter in Tassie,whole different story ,lol.

 

[buzzbomb]

Yup ,the Nullabor is dead boring I,ve done a few crossing driving a semi.......first time was fun ,after that .........hmmmm.

As far as snow goes Stumbles is not the only one that has not seen it .My wife had never seen snow till I took her back to Tassie one year,the look on her face was priceless !

Adelaide don't really have a winter as far as I,m concerned ,just a long autumn and spring.........winter in Tassie,whole different story ,lol.

+1 for not seeing snow!

Never travelled far east enough to see it...
I was planning a trip to Tassie with my fiance, but the arrival of bubs has put those plans on hold for a while!
Ah well, I'll get there one day!

One thing that would spin me out (no pun intended) is tornadoes. I don't know how anyone could live in tornado prone areas, and just keep rebuilding their houses every year.

BB

 

[antijoy]

I've meet people from California and Florida who've never seen snow before.

I went on a ride this last weekend where we got up into our snowy area. The roads were mostly clear, but there were a few patches in the center of the lane a couple times.

That's me in the far back right.