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21c, bright and sunny at 9.30am heading for 29c,  off to the beach to make the most of it with the first day of winter only 5 weeks away.

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17C/62F 

Midnight April 24th, 2022

 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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19c at 4.15am heading for a top of 29c, perfect weather for this morning's ANZAC Day Dawn Service.  We're finally expecting rain throughout the week with tops around 20c. Looking forward to it.

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Maximum of 19C / 66F here on Sunday. Cooling down over the next few days with some very cool nights, but it won't make a difference to the fires. There will be no rain whatsoever regardless of whether it is warm or cold here. There is scorched earth now everywhere. No twitter hyperlinks this time, just pictures...

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Multiple fire fronts still active...

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I wonder what tomorrow will bring... :unsure:

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On 4/25/2022 at 11:18 AM, UK_Palms said:

Maximum of 19C / 66F here on Sunday. Cooling down over the next few days with some very cool nights, but it won't make a difference to the fires. There will be no rain whatsoever regardless of whether it is warm or cold here. There is scorched earth now everywhere. No twitter hyperlinks this time, just pictures...

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Multiple fire fronts still active...

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I wonder what tomorrow will bring... :unsure:

That's just not right for the UK.

Does the UK have water bombers? Also I imagine fire breaks are not a thing in the UK, am I right? Those houses just back right onto burning bushland. 

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17 hours ago, Tyrone said:

That's just not right for the UK.

Does the UK have water bombers? Also I imagine fire breaks are not a thing in the UK, am I right? Those houses just back right onto burning bushland. 

As of yet, I haven't seen or heard of any water bombers being used. No idea why? When the fires were bad a month ago (when we last spoke), I thought they were going to start using water bombers to control the fires, but that never happened. They are still just using helicopters and fire crews on the ground. There are some firebreaks in place, but not nearly enough. The entire UK wildfire issue needs to be reassessed over here and methods changed to manage them better, including the obvious use of water bombers. This spring has been a reality check.

People are also somewhat nonplus and oblivious to the threat over here, including the police, who recently reassured everyone and told them to go back indoors and to shut their windows during the Canford fire. Then the fire crews had to scramble to evacuate people as the flames were at the houses, but people refused to leave because 10 minutes before the police said they didn't need to leave. They showed a guy on the news saying he refused to leave his house because "forest fires don't kill people in England". Thankfully for him he had 150 firefighters from 12 different departments working to save his property and his life, otherwise he could have died.

The Canford fire crossed the road and cut off the neighbourhood until fire crews and water carriers could secure it. Sooner or later, by the law of average, there will be a mass-casualty event here with people dying. There has been too many close calls already this year. Because the UK is a small area and well connected, it means a lot of fire crews can be sent from different areas, pretty quickly, but the main issue right now is the sheer number of different fires. Like the fire crews can't be everywhere at once and they are wasted time and resources all being there on foot. Hence why they should start using water bombers.

I mean this is getting ridiculous. It's only April still...

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Those are all burnt snakes... :crying:

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Truly horrific. 300 hectares destroyed just down the road from me in my county too. As I type this I am following 4 other active fires, although the situation isn't as bad as it was 48 hours ago.

 

There is ongoing discussion over here in the UK to change things, highlighted by the events of recent weeks. Making use of water bombers would be a start. More fire breaks too.

 

Multiple heath fires overnight...

 

Hill fires in Wales again last night... 

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Another fire raging in Dorset tonight...

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I don't see where the rain is going to come from!? There is literally zero rain in the forecast for the next 2 weeks right into May. I don't know whether La Nina is having a bearing on this dry period? April is definitely ending on 4mm / 0.2 inches here. May 2020 saw 0mm / 0.0 inches here, zilch, so that is a bad omen for things to come. These fires are in theory going to get progressively worse in the coming days and weeks. Temperatures are running a shade below average at least.

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@UK_Palmsprayers go out.

 

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UK_Palms my thoughts are with you in the UK. You’re right, very few would know what to do if this is a new occurrence for many. The weather being as dry as that is just unbelievable. 

Even here in Oz, in rural areas where fires are common place, some people who are completely unprepared still decide to stay and watch the flames up close and refuse to evacuate. 

In my part of Oz, rural Western Australia there are basically 3 types of fire fighter, possibly 4 if you consider paid and unpaid. In the bigger towns we have paid career fire fighters who fight house fires, building fires and attend road accidents that may ignite. In the smaller towns we have unpaid volunteers who basically do the same thing. Then we have volunteer bush fire brigades which look after property fires on farms or areas of bush land. These are manned by unpaid volunteers many of them farmers. In fact that’s where the bush fire brigades originated from farmers banding together to look after each other’s properties from burning. Then in national parks etc we have another group that look after full blown forest fires. There is some overlap in how they integrate, but building fires, bushfires in farming areas, and national park style forest fires all require different approaches, methods and equipment. I’m wondering if the UK is set up like that. From the pics it looks like they’re taking equipment for fighting fires on a building to a bushfire. I could be wrong though. 

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Soo close.. While it topped 100F in the neighborhood ( 101F at 2 of 4 of the closest neighborhood stations around 3pm ), duration wasn't apparently long enough to be the " official "  reading here in Chandler ( 98 at the regional Airport here ). Thick blanket of high clouds overhead thru the day helped keep highs down as well.

Edit:  Tucson beat Phoenix at recording the first, official 100F reading of the year, only the 3rd time since 1940 that has occurred


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Today also offered a fleeting glimpse of the Monsoon Season ahead when winds turned easterly / southeasterly early this morning dragging  a quick surge of modified Gulf of Mexico moisture that has been pooling over Chihuahua and parts of the Chihu. Desert to the south and east of Arizona and southwest of TX northwest into south central and eastern AZ.. While it mixed out through the day, humidity levels briefly rose into the 30s ( Have been in the teens here ).

In the area where the deepest moisture was pooling, a nice surge of early season thunderstorm activity over Mexico this afternoon.. Almost reaching the U.S. / Mexico Border near the boot heel of New Mexico..  Can also see the constant stream of high clouds moving overhead as well.

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Red / Blue / Orange ++'s are real time Lightning flashes.


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19c at 1.00pm and raining, very happy with this weather. The first rains are always nice in Australia, the eucalyptus smell that comes from the bush is beautiful.

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2.00pm and 15C. We've had a bit of rain today but it's not really our first rains down here. 

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17 hours ago, Tyrone said:

UK_Palms my thoughts are with you in the UK. You’re right, very few would know what to do if this is a new occurrence for many. The weather being as dry as that is just unbelievable. 

Even here in Oz, in rural areas where fires are common place, some people who are completely unprepared still decide to stay and watch the flames up close and refuse to evacuate. 

In my part of Oz, rural Western Australia there are basically 3 types of fire fighter, possibly 4 if you consider paid and unpaid. In the bigger towns we have paid career fire fighters who fight house fires, building fires and attend road accidents that may ignite. In the smaller towns we have unpaid volunteers who basically do the same thing. Then we have volunteer bush fire brigades which look after property fires on farms or areas of bush land. These are manned by unpaid volunteers many of them farmers. In fact that’s where the bush fire brigades originated from farmers banding together to look after each other’s properties from burning. Then in national parks etc we have another group that look after full blown forest fires. There is some overlap in how they integrate, but building fires, bushfires in farming areas, and national park style forest fires all require different approaches, methods and equipment. I’m wondering if the UK is set up like that. From the pics it looks like they’re taking equipment for fighting fires on a building to a bushfire. I could be wrong though. 

 

100% they need different equipment and tactics to combat these fires moving forward. You're not wrong about them taking equipment for buildings into the bush. I mean we do have enough wildfires annually for the crews to know what to expect and how to deal with them. They do a relatively good job and have their own techniques for gorse, moors, heathland, forests etc. I just think the problem we have really had over the past month or so is just the sheer number of fires and the scale of some of them. The fire crews and public have been caught off guard. It is a reality check for us. Possibly a sign of things to come in the future if this is the result of climate change?

All of these fires stretch the resources to the limit and they need to come up with quicker, more effective ways of dealing with each fire, without committing too many firemen and too many hours into each one. The Ash Ranges fire just 3 miles away from me burnt for 4 days and tied up dozens of fire fighters who then couldn't get to other wildfires in the area, or even domestic fires. That surely could have been sorted sooner by using a bloody water bomber!? The ground crews are really getting bogged down, worn out and exhausted from battling them all, which limits their ability to tackle further fires. They are having to prioritise what blazes to commit to, while leaving others to just 'burn out' on their own essentially.

That is partly due to the sheer unprecedented number, but it is also due to fire brigades spending too long at each one and relying on multiple ground crews, instead of water bombers & helicopters. If they had more fire breaks in place as well, as you mentioned, it would definitely help. Water bombers and more fire breaks are the two most obvious solutions to implement. They really have no excuse not to implement either moving forward ahead of summer. They also need to modernise their equipment and ground tactics like you say, so that they work more efficiently and are better suited for the terrain. If they don't make changes, I think a really bad fire will catch us out here sooner or later.

Fires are still burning this evening. 

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Apparently there were a few rain showers yesterday. News to me because I didn't record anything here. Still 19 days and counting since my last measurable rainfall. Some places look like they haven't seen any rainfall for 3 weeks probably now. Madness. Some places may only be on 1-2mm for the entire month. Sutton Bonnington, an official Met station, only had 0.6mm last April (2021) when I had 0.9mm here. April 2020 was exceptionally dry as well. A worrying April trend is definitely emerging there.

 

The grass is already going in London and around here. Some areas out east may have seen as little as 2-3mm / 0.1 inches this April. There is almost no water table whatsoever...

 

It's not effecting crops yet I don't think, but I can imagine it will do soon, especially as we head into summer. Unless we get 2-3 above average rainfall months now.

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It appears in northern England they are experiencing 1/3 less rain in April just since the year 2000. I have seen roughly the same % of decline here in the south too.

 

It's not hard to see why we are getting the fires. I have only had 6 inches of rain here during the past 6 months. November, January, March & April have all had 0.2 inches or less here. May 2020 and June 2018 both had zero rainfall here, so there is definite cause for concern moving forward.

 

Here you can see the precipitation block/buffer in effect across southeastern England, especially around London, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Sussex etc. If this plays out I could go 30 days without any rainfall. The Atlantic air masses are just totally cut off by the high pressure that is anchored over the UK. Any rain that does make it across from the Atlantic just dissipates over higher ground in central England before it gets here. The cool English channel also further suppresses rain from crossing over from France and Europe. Any precipitation that does fall is unmeasurable. 

 

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29C/84F

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April 27, 2022

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12.2C at 7.25am. It bucketed down last night. We’ve had around 10mm since midnight. Have had about 92mm for April so far. 

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@UK__Palms It is totally unbelievable to see what’s going on in the UK. The flora and fauna is just not suited to frequent bushfires in the UK. It will change the ecology and look of the English countryside if this keeps up for a decade or so. Areas of woodland and light shrubby areas will likely revert to grasslands possibly invaded by weeds. It’s well known that man has completely changed the look of the British countryside in the last 2000 - 3000 years but this may just shift it to another level. The other issue is water management. How can a huge population on a small land mass that gets less and less rainfall and unpredictable at that, get enough water for people, not to mention grow crops for food. 

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1 hour ago, Tyrone said:

@UK__Palms It is totally unbelievable to see what’s going on in the UK. The flora and fauna is just not suited to frequent bushfires in the UK. It will change the ecology and look of the English countryside if this keeps up for a decade or so. Areas of woodland and light shrubby areas will likely revert to grasslands possibly invaded by weeds. It’s well known that man has completely changed the look of the British countryside in the last 2000 - 3000 years but this may just shift it to another level. The other issue is water management. How can a huge population on a small land mass that gets less and less rainfall and unpredictable at that, get enough water for people, not to mention grow crops for food. 

Things have deteriorated again tonight. Failing to implement the use of water bombers is becoming suicide at this point. Changes to policy and procedure have to be made.

Sorry about all the pics, but look at the state of Scotland and Ireland tonight. These pictures aren't even southern England. Madness...

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This fire is out of control and they have limited resources there to deal with it...

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Multiple fires across Ireland today and tonight. Helicopters have been tackling the one in Kilmaley all evening, but the one in Cave Hill tonight appears pretty bad too.

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Things are going to be real bad in another week or two's time, not that they aren't pretty bad already in the UK... :bemused:

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1 hour ago, UK_Palms said:

 

Sorry about all the pics, but look at the state of Scotland and Ireland tonight. These pictures aren't even southern England. Madness...

 

Maybe just post one or two pics here and post all the rest to your English bushfire thread, they clog up these threads and take forever to load.

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22 hours ago, sandgroper said:

Maybe just post one or two pics here and post all the rest to your English bushfire thread, they clog up these threads and take forever to load.

Noted. It's only due to the extremity of these fires that I have been posting/documenting them so much. I am going to put everything else from here on in my other 'bushfire' thread. 

Things are pretty bad here still. I will bump my other thread onto the next page, so it will load easier, since I will need to post further about the ongoing fires here today & tonight...

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It's currently 8.7C / 48F at 1am here. Not particularly warm, just exceptionally dry. My last measurable rainfall was 21 days ago now. There are currently 11 active fires burning (that I know about), of which 3 are pretty severe and a definite danger to life. The Carman / Dumbarton fire is probably the worst right now. All my other fire related posts from now on will be put in my 'bushfire' thread. Not here. The pictures themselves don't seem to slow down load times that much, it's more the Twitter links I have been posting. So yeah, apologies. 

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9:00PM PST,  April 28, 2022

15C

Getting chilly

 

 

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20 hours ago, GottmitAlex said:

9:00PM PST,  April 28, 2022

15C

Getting chilly

 

 

I was about the same temp at 9pm last night. Mine will continue to drop while yours will climb. We’ve still got a few mid twenties C in the forecast but we’ve got a lot of mid to high teens in there too. 

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We really needed the rain today!

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USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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2 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

We really needed the rain today!

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Nothing lately out East! Not much forecasted either. Dry dry dry, thankful for a little humidity though. 

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11 minutes ago, D. Morrowii said:

Nothing lately out East! Not much forecasted either. Dry dry dry, thankful for a little humidity though.

NWS and Weather.com have Merritt Island at a 20-30% chance of rain today.  Hope it doesn't do what it did here Thursday.  It clouded up, dropped 5 small raindrops on my head, then the clouds dissipated and the sun came back out.

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USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

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A beautiful sunny 24c today with the rest of the week around the same.

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Cloudy and windy with virtually no blue skies and the odd bit of rain today. We may have hit 20C. High teens for most of the week. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Hallelujah, I have finally had some rain here after 27 days without a single drop. It was only 2mm, but every little helps right now to alleviate the drought& fires. It's just as well too, looking at the current forecast. It's looking pretty warm and very dry for early-mid May at this latitude. I only reached 19C / 66F today, but I think summer is already knocking on the door here. Definite warm-summer Med pattern emerging this late spring/early summer, but that may not last beyond.

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The American GFS model is on steroids and is predicting multiple 30-35C days for London in mid-May. It would be a massive heat wave of record breaking proportions for northern Europe especially. I doubt that will come off as GFS often over-inflates spring/summer temps in the longer range forecasts, but it looks like it is going to be pretty damn warm regardless.

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I'm going to get up at 6am tomorrow and plant all of my tomatoes out now. Expecting 21C / 70F here tomorrow, depending what model you look at. I reckon the first 80F day will fall on Thursday or Friday next week. The first 90F day could potentially be around 15th May. The earliest 90F on record for the UK is May 22nd I believe. So La Nina may be throwing us a bone this year. The exact polar opposite of this time last year. While the Pacific is cooling massively, SST's are way above average here.

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Cold morning here. 4.6C just before sun up. 

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12 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

Cold morning here. 4.6C just before sun up. 

Wowzers.  Weather is changing. 

Still, that's colder than it should be for you this time of year.

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Maxed out at 25.1C / 77F here today. It’s currently 16 / 61F at 11pm here and steadily maintaining. Slightly worrying that I have only registered 0.49 inches of rainfall over this entire spring, since March 1st. That is less than half an inch of rainfall over the past 9 weeks. I’m only on 5.8 inches of rainfall since November 1st (6 months). It is as dry as bone here, hence all the fires. The precipitation block has been in effect for months really.

We may get a mm or two of rain tonight potentially, but it is looking really dry here moving forward. Full blown drought conditions as the rivers are starting to disappear here. That’s what 6 inches of rainfall in 6 months does I guess. 0.49 inches in 9 weeks is ridiculous as well. If we have a hot, dry Med summer we are in big trouble. Fires are still raging across southern England, but not as bad as they were 1-2 weeks ago.

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On 5/6/2022 at 7:03 AM, GottmitAlex said:

Wowzers.  Weather is changing. 

Still, that's colder than it should be for you this time of year.

2.5C this morning before sun up. Not too unusual for May here given we are under a high pressure zone with no wind or clouds. Blue sky days and cold clear nights. Once the high moves east the cloud will return with higher night temps and rain. It hasn’t been as wet as the crazy wet last year, but we haven’t been dry either. Everything is green. I’m hoping for a mild normal winter, not too cold or wet. 

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