Yeah it just seems that Sydney has been getting a lot of slow moving weather systems for some time, you look at the BOM radar and it's all clear till you see a huge blue blob over Sydney basin lol.uart wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 2:56 pmI think that is partly just due to observer perspective. I mean that you're more likely to take note of the rainfall if you're the one getting hammered by it.
Not denying that we've had a extraordinary amount of rain on the east coast here over the past 3 years, and it has indeed impacted Sydney a lot, but many of these events have also been concentrated more on other areas than Sydney. The event we had a few weeks ago impacted the Hunter area significantly more than Sydney, and the most recent (current) one is impacting the south coast a lot more than Sydney. Yes there are a few places in Sydney's SW that have gotten up around 120mm over a few days, but most of Sydney is only up around 50mm cumulative so far. Wollongong to Jervis Bay however have many places that have recorded nearly 200mm over the past few days with the rain still falling.
I'll never forget 2015 when we had our annual Suzuki V-Strom Motorcycle Gathering at Gloucestor and it was a total wash-out. There was also a big motorcycle event at the showground that weekend as well and the ground were basically a lake so of course it was cancelled......so....what else to do....it was wet outside so we stayed at the Pub and got wet inside It was very social if nothing else.
I've been down here in Albury now for the past 18 Months and this past Autumn has been absolutely glorious.....it's a special time down this way, mornings are quite fresh 2-5C but the days are still in their 15-19C bracket. Bit of a change coming next week with tops of 13C...oh well...we need a bit of rain now...it's still very dry.