Bureau of Metrology (BOM) - fUCKS UP agane.



Local area 7 day forecast - "Nice, warm, maybe a little rain Thursday, dry Friday":

4am Friday - thunderstorms rolling across - do the usual unplug everything that can be fucked by a lightening strike - as taking 2 minutes to unplug and replug them in - several times a year, is a lot easier and cheaper than replacing the chest freezer, the TV, the PC, the washing machine etc.

But NO thunderstorms were forecast - yesterday - Thursday afternoon - to Friday.

But at 4am Friday, the radar image showed this - with a HUGE storm running left to right (west to east), and downwards at about 45* from horizontal.



And the "district forecast" said this (like 5am on the Friday)

Forecast for the rest of Friday

Cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers, becoming less likely this afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm this morning. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h turning northerly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures between 19 and 22.


And the 7 day forecast said this:

Forecast for the rest of Friday
Summary
    Max 21
    Showers easing.
    Chance of any rain: 90%
Cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers, becoming less likely this afternoon. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending north to northwesterly in the middle of the day.


Nice......

Back to the tea leaves.


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