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lol that **** is good after an extended hot spell, like when we had those 5 40C days in a row (even that was too much for me) but usually they're too severe, it should drop from 35C to 25C if anything, or around there. Not ****ing 15C.
My problem with cool changes are that the temp drop is too sharp like you said, and that they bring (in Melbourne/southern Vic) stratocrapulus cloud and low 20's temps that can last for days and are far too frequent. If these wind changes occured say twice a month, I would not care. But the frequency and the temp drop in Melbourne and other coastal areas is ludicrous.
Here these damn changes are less frequent (excluding this spring ofcourse) and the temp drops are more amiable and it warms up quickly after. Looking at last summer, temps would drop to around the mid-20's after a change and warm up back into the 30's in 2-3 days. In Jan 2016, looking at my temps obs, there were 3 genuine cool changes and in Feb '16 there were 4 ,with a pattern of temps dropping into the mid 20's at the worst right after than warming back up into the 30's after about 2 days.
Ofcourse, that is from one decent summer. There have been summers here that have averaged under 30C, I can imagine those were the result of near constant cold fronts and southerlies more like those this spring. If it happens this year, I am booking a one-way ticket to Darwin. Screw it.
Southwesterlies, whilst cool, still retain clear conditions.
Southeasterlies bring the endless rain and gloominess. You should be hating these.
In Melbourne, southwesterlies bring the endless cold, stratocrapulus overcast. Here they bring cold windchill but with far less cloud. Still the coldest wind direction here so therefore my prejudice remains valid.
In Melbourne, southwesterlies bring the endless cold, stratocrapulus overcast. Here they bring cold windchill but with far less cloud. Still the coldest wind direction here so therefore my prejudice remains valid.
Yes, true. I should've broadened my point, as I hastily spoke from Sydney's perspective.
Same here in Sydney - Our SW's bring a cooler windchill and mostly clear skies. I do like the fact that they can give us some sunshine, unlike SE's (which are probably homogeneous to Melbourne's SW's).
lol that **** is good after an extended hot spell, like when we had those 5 40C days in a row (even that was too much for me) but usually they're too severe, it should drop from 35C to 25C if anything, or around there. Not ****ing 15C.
Does Hobart get those sharp temp drops? Does the Bass Strait somehow protect them?
Bass Strait only protects Hobart from the extreme heat that comes from the mainland. But not always. Sometimes the heat from the desert does reach the island, and they would eventually get drastic temperature drops (thanks to the southern ocean). The only thing is that this happens in Melbourne more frequently as it's more proximate to the desert.
Pretty variable summers for being an oceanic climate on an island... 6C between record lowest warmest month vs record highest warmest month.
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