East meets west in a collision of 2 systems. Ex tropical cyclone Olga remnants moving in from the east and a trough from the west collide over central South Australia. See the amazing satellite and radar animations HERE
>>(02-02-10)

Storms? Where?.In classic centrals collapse, forecast storms in an unstable NE flow atmosphere that should have exploded simply failed to occur. One or 2 weak cells propogated, yes yet again, north. As always absolutely nothing but uncomfortable humidity down south as we continue to get drier and drier.
A few pics of the Woodside cell HERE HERE HERE
>>(02-02-10)

Centrals force field ..... is in action again driving what should have been an impressive storm line up, you guessed it - north! Still one or 2 flashes about and some dribbly rain and a beautiful pink/red sunset. Plus a great diversion from "groundhog day" conditions.
Sunset pic of our hillside glowing red HERE
>>(27-01-10)

FIRE! ..... A grass and woodland fire jumps into action near Meadows on the 25th Jan. Under control by evening, but a potent reminder of the season. See some pics from the links below -
Pic-1 Pic-2 Pic-3 Pic-4 and Pic-5
>>(25-01-10)

Interesting rainfall stat ..... While we wallow in severe weather boredom I dug up this little rainfall stat from 2009!
Read more about rainfall rates HERE
>>(24-01-10)

Heatwave breaks and it rains! ..... Well it rained well for some. Good falls over most areas but it can be considered a flop for the SE ranges again. At least its cool!
Read more from HERE
>>(09-01-10)

and the HEAT rolls on. ..... In the city 4th Jan made 31.3, 5th-32, 6th-33.6, and 7th-35.1, 41 on the 8th, 41 today (9th) and 43 forecast for the next 2 days.
For my spot in the SE ranges it reads as 7th- 33.5, 8th- 35.2, and 9th (today)- 36.7
Oh yeah this is a heatwave - AGAIN!
>>(09-01-10)

2009 Meadows summary HEAT .....dominates 2009 in the Meadows hills. It was my hottest year I have recorded (av max) by a tiny 0.01 degrees. It had my hottest ever recorded day of 40.8. Plus 40 degrees usually only comes along once every 5-6 years. 2009 also recorded the number of days with a max above 30 more than any previous year I have recorded.
See the SUMMARY HERE.
>>(09-01-10)

WHAT? Another heatwave? You have got to be joking, c'mon mother nature give us a break. Enough is enough. So what will this one bring? Watch this space.
>>(05-01-10)

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here we go again, another year. What will it bring? No-one knows, but it started with some decent stormy action. Where? Up north and east of course. Lameroo smashed by 140km wind gusts and some serious rain rates. A monster of a storm explodes on new years day over no mans land in Riverland SA..
See some radar grabs HERE
>>(05-01-10)

Nov Heatwave! Wrapup and BOM download HERE
>>(05-01-10)

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Synoptic and Satellite

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S.E. storm
New Years eve 2009 saw decent storms explode along a troughline.This shot taken from Millicent looking north. Click on the pic for a larger version. An even bigger pic is HERE.