The Weather in Omund Today!

[Bertie Horak]

@ Georg Snr:  Here in SA we have a charcoal shortage ---> Caused by too high electricity demand ---> Caused by too many AC's running!  ---> vicious circle!

[Michael Alexander]

Locals know this already...everyone is talkng about the wind, the last two days.,..... the wind in Omund has been pumping...... big way....... cold and southerly with sand all over the place.... Looking towards the east of town, it looks like a scene outta the movie, the Mummy,  A wall of sand...... Spoke to Johann, who flies choppers to the boats...... The swell on the sea is 10m and the wind is hurling past at 50knots........

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

I can only hope that we will not have that kind of weather on the weekend of the reunion!

For a change we have a quiet day today and summer is truly here now  -  temps are exceeding 30 and sweat pouring, but I love it.....

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

.....and table View has a pumping South Easter to-nite. After some wine it didn't seem so bad...just a breeze.

[SandyB]

After lovely tropical weather i come home to this cold wind ...

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

... so I'm not imagining it then.

[SandyB]

Its cold and uninviting ... me off to bed now ..

[pam spackman]

In the S.E. EnglandHertfordshire, we had 4 inchesof SNOW last night!!!

Very unusual for October!   Beautiful, except  when it melts!!

[Michael Alexander]

The wind is blowing from the west today, a strange warm wind.... Weather reports reckon there is a 40% chance of rain tonight and for Saturday morning..... maximum temp 2morrow 28 degrees .... looks good for a braai.....

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Very Very hot here in Cape Town thank goodness for the wind (just above a breeze)

[Michael Alexander]

It's all that wine that you're drinking that causes wind....

[Bertie Horak]

33 degrees in my valley right now!

[Malcolm Bertoni]

Hi

Aus, as some of you might know, has bloody hot weather over summer.  The mainland has had 40-45 C for the past 7-10 days. Adelaide hit an all-time high of close to 44 C last week. Today Melbourne has 44, Canberra has 40 C, Adelaide 41 C.  Perth had 40+ last week but now its a (relatively) cool 28 C. 

Thank God I'm in Hobart where its only 27 C.  We had a high of 32 C last week.  The entire mainland is roasting and there are huge bushfires everywhere, especially in the southern states.  Evidently the temperatures are an average of 4-5  degrees warmer than last year, with less rainfall.  Even Tasmania which is normally quite wet has had about 20% less rain.  All the mainland states have had water restrictions for the past year or two.

And there are floods in northern Queensland!!!!!!!  Figure that out.

Malcolm

[Michael Alexander]

No Thanks Malcolm, I'll stick to living in this cool desert of ours....

Ps.. I got your papers.....

[Malcolm Bertoni]

Thanks Mike.

By the way, Melbourne hit a maximum of 46.5 C today - a new record.  Ridiculous.

Malcolm