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im just going to drop this here so we can look back on it later on...

I think a lot of ammeter weather men do great predictions because they are not held by the government and its institutions who have to follow the political line..

it would not surprise me if he is right as the past 2 or 3 winters have been long and colder than the ones before...

time will tell..

but people are always "smart" after the event... lets keep this prediction here before the event.. 

I expect snow in Melbourne this winter
if David DuByne is right.
Last winter was bad enough - it seemed to go on for 5 months.

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Mar 8^th, 2018 at 6:39pm:



Yeah, but BoM only recognises temperatures to 1910. They refuse to recognise Stevenson Screens were in  place for most of Australia before then.

We had our usual 2 weeks of cold weather (if that) in Rockhampton. But it was not a cold winter for the other 10 weeks. If we get freezing weather for a month (at the coldest time of the year) I will be happy. I would not mind it if we broke the -1 degree Celsius record we established 70 years ago.

I have not had a decent winter for the last 30 months. It has either been hot or mild around here all year. Nothing under a 5 degree minimum since 2015. And I do hope we have heavy Autumn rain before Winter sets in.

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Mar 8^th, 2018 at 6:39pm:


Actually by saying "on record" they are protecting themselves because the records go by exact dates and temperatures on those dates. Since our calendar is well overdue for an overhaul (seasons about a month out now) its a pretty safe bet to beat some "records" for specific dates.

Spot

Bobby. wrote on Mar 11^th, 2018 at 3:31pm:


how in the hell did we ever used to live outside with no clothes on?

I just saw around 40 to 50 black cockatoos in the trees across the river...

I've seen them go by over the past 4 or 5 years after the mini drought...

some old folk say its a sign of winter coming in a couple of months, as they are flying passed on their way to the mountains... a bit early I would have thought..

in passed years I've used Crows as an indication winter is on the way.... hundreds of them come to my area a couple of months before the rains come in...

I've been working away and only Home some weekends so it'll be hard to tell this year... there are crows around at the moment... but not by the "hundreds" ... yet...

I will expect to see heaps more within the month which will indicate heavy rains through winter...

Astronomers who study the sun are usually spot on about the weather thus far, I think....

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Mar 8^th, 2018 at 6:39pm:


On record for this region means going colder than negative 1 for one day of the year.

Bring on the cold weather. I now have 3 gas heaters and central heating.

Gordon wrote on Mar 14^th, 2018 at 9:39pm:

LOL Gordy is there ANY weather you actually like- just put on yer puffy winter jumpsuit and snow boots and LIVE!!!!!

miketrees wrote on Mar 14^th, 2018 at 9:43pm:


ole folk didn't have weathermen and looked for signs in nature to give them a hint of what was to come...

Some farmers use different types of weeds growing as a sign of turning climates... going from draught back to rains coming in..

but we are losing that ability...

im sure everyone on here knows that a sign of thousands of ants on the move means rains are coming in within a day or 3...

people are calling Melbourne Radio stations talking about ants on the move today...

Rain coming your way Bobby..

Gordon wrote on Mar 15^th, 2018 at 9:47am:


strewth..

the fun never stops at your house Gordo.. 

I am already chasing one of those air conditioners for the room, as seen on television. With winter coming on, I doubt that they will sell very many, and I should get a fairly cheap unit. It will have to sit in storage until September. But it should be really good.

Ajax wrote on Mar 12^th, 2018 at 8:47am:

...what?

Winter is now over so let's see how how David Taylor's forecast of the coldest winter ON RECORD panned out:



Oh dear.
Far from being the coldest winter ON RECORD, for most of Australia it wasn't even BELOW AVERAGE.

massive fail from David Taylor
massive fail from that fraud Du Byne
Massive fail Bobby

lee wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2018 at 12:52pm:


If you have an issue with the BOM data please provide references and explain how many weather stations you would require with links to the appropriate sources. If not then STHU

The_Barnacle wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2018 at 10:18am:



I saw a graph very similar in one of DuBynes's videos
& it showed massive areas of cold.

Did you notice Barney showed Mean Temperature map?

Does everybody get a mean temperature?

Of course if you want to look at cold winter temperatures you look at minimums.

And despite the smearing this is what the minimum anomaly looked like.



Gee. Lots of blues and greens in that.

lee wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2018 at 7:43pm:


You are hilarious lee

1. so you don't mind using the BOM maps when it suits you, but you reject them when anybody else uses them. That is the ultimate in dishonesty and hypocrisy.

2. Even the map you posted doesn't show the COLDEST WINTER ON RECORD. So the thread is still wrong.

3. Minimum temperatures are overnight temperatures. So they have nothing to do with the Grand Solar Minimum and they are exactly what you would expect in a drought year.

So once again you fail lee and just show yourself to be the most dishonest and hypocritical debater.

All those two graphs indicate to me is the dryness of the winter.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2018 at 11:49am:



Well they are temperature maps to be fair. But generally cold is dry.

rainfall anomalies