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Lovely sunny 22 C today. But it's obvious that winter is right around the corner. The sun effectively sets at 4 PM as it's at such a low angle that horizontal obstructions block it out unless you're in the middle of a large field or something. Still two months until the solstice -- it's going to get a lot worse!
Lovely sunny 22 C today. But it's obvious that winter is right around the corner. The sun effectively sets at 4 PM as it's at such a low angle that horizontal obstructions block it out unless you're in the middle of a large field or something. Still two months until the solstice -- it's going to get a lot worse!
Ideally you want to be on a west-facing hill slope, just high enough to be above the "blockers".
Can any current / former Sydney residents confirm or deny these "icy westerlies"? Looking at daily weather observations it doesn't look that bad. Are strong, cold westerlies a common feature of Sydney's climate?
Coming from Sydney orginally, and spending over 2 decades there, I would say no.
Occasionally they can last for 3-4 days, as I can recall mainly in August-October.
The more common unfavourable condition (depending on how you classify that) is onshore southeasterly "'rut weather"', with intermittent rain and cloud for several days on end.
Coming from Sydney orginally, and spending over 2 decades there, I would say no.
Occasionally they can last for 3-4 days, as I can recall mainly in August-October.
The more common unfavourable condition (depending on how you classify that) is onshore southeasterly "'rut weather"', with intermittent rain and cloud for several days on end.
Makes sense to me. I saw some of that crud one June attending a 2-week course, and was most relieved on the next trip in an August to get fine dry conditions. The S/SE in the June was quite miserable.
Can any current / former Sydney residents confirm or deny these "icy westerlies"? Looking at daily weather observations it doesn't look that bad. Are strong, cold westerlies a common feature of Sydney's climate?
Newcastle resident. Similar.
compared with Perth and even Bunbury, coastal nsw gets a lot of cool sunny winter days accompanied by strong winds. There is a definite lag in daytime warming and afternoon cooling compared with west coast Oz. So 8am, 8C with 35km/h westerlies, gusting to 45km/h+ is actually not terribly uncommon. More typical, a low of 5c and windy and its still only 10C at 9:30am with 30+km/h winds...
very often sunny winter days, the warmth of the sun is completely nullified by the constant wind.
not so in west coast Oz.
winter is a calmer time of year.
cold lows mean low wind speeds.
high winds mean a storm off the warm ocean,
so rather than being cold
it is typically above average ambient temps
more often than not, winter sun in WA still feels much warmer than the shade, due to stronger sun and/or gentler winds. Sunheated car temps correspondingly are noticeably higher in WA winter than in NSW at the same ambient shade temp.
Makes sense to me. I saw some of that crud one June attending a 2-week course, and was most relieved on the next trip in an August to get fine dry conditions. The S/SE in the June was quite miserable.
Agree - having had a few Junes in Sydney they can be quite miserable with cool, showery conditions.
Coming from Sydney orginally, and spending over 2 decades there, I would say no.
Occasionally they can last for 3-4 days, as I can recall mainly in August-October.
The more common unfavourable condition (depending on how you classify that) is onshore southeasterly "'rut weather"', with intermittent rain and cloud for several days on end.
I think I prefer "rut weather" because in June 15C at sunset and even 7pm is common. Once the rain stops and clouds clear, forget about sunset temps above 13c and 10pm temps above 11C. I prefer the gentlest winter temps possible.
Nice to hear about the greening up Yes they are . The park opposite my house is still spilling bits of water here and there. At work, the footpaths are covered with dark green moss and lots of little green fern bushes growing out of the brick walls which adds colour to the drab red walls. The building is 110 years old. What's the most 'recent' cloudy April btw?
Assuming the daily average of 6.9 hours continues (which it could well do given the forecast), the monthly total would only be around 210 hours. Will most likely be the cloudiest April since 1997 which had 203.7 hours
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Yes they are 
. The park opposite my house is still spilling bits of water here and there. At work, the footpaths are covered with dark green moss and lots of little green fern bushes growing out of the brick walls which adds colour to the drab red walls. The building is 110 years old. What's the most 'recent' cloudy April btw?
