[Photos] From heat wave to tropical storms...

[moonvoice]

So we've just come to the end of a fairly intense heatwave.
In Ellenbrook, because we don't get the seabreeze, and heat swelters against the Darling Scarp, it's always about 2-4C more than it is in the Perth metro area.
So we've mostly been dealing with average temps of 41C for four days in a row. (A range of about 105-110F for USians).
Complete with high humidity.
Last night, the weather broke down as a degrading tropical cyclone system approached.
And now today, we have rain.

But here were the clouds from last night's sunset, which was glorious.




Earlier in the afternoon:



The beginning of the sunset:





The light changes (facing West here):



Facing North-West:



Facing North-North-West (and with the tops of houses for scale):



Facing South-East:



Directly above:



This section had a really interesting bit of mammatus:



So I took a close up:



Towards the end of the sunset:



And so night begins to fall:



Goodnight:

Comments

[bunny_m]

<3

[moonvoice]

<3 :)

[kath_ballantyne]

These are amazing. Such amazing light
Ugh. We've had so many over 40 days. A bunch of 44c. I just am not made for this. This is my first summer in Western Sydney and it's awful.
We had a couple of 30c days but it's back up to 41 tomorrow and 43 on Tuesday. I have no idea how you do it long term. We're going to have to save up and get a better aircon. The second hand one is not enough.

[moonvoice]

Oh man yeah, Sydney would be tough too. And good AC is so damnably expensive. Are you able to access a subsidisation scheme re: health? I know some states offer them - especially if your health is impacted by the heat. It's a rebate scheme or something similar, that I've heard of. *crosses fingers*

[kath_ballantyne]

If I lived in Victoria I'd qualify straight away but here it depends on the doctors. And right now I don't have a GP. If any of the doctors had ever sent me to get the blood pressure/heart rate thing diagnosed I'd probably be fine.

The room is quite small. I think even a basic store bought one would do better than the old one we have. So I guess we can only go upwards?

[silverjackal]

You have captured some amazing skies. Thank you for sharing the photos. :)

Hopefully your temperatures will ease off. We're currently in a warm spell which is very nice, but it is accompanied by absolutely bellowing winds (35-ish km/hr gusts, over a base of 22km/hr) which I am not enjoying. The weather will be shifting to a more moderate winter pattern tomorrow and I am actually looking forward to it.

[moonvoice]

The temperatures have radically eased off. It was 19C today, which I think may be the lowest daily maximum for January we've had in over a decade. (I'm not sure, I need to check the records). Tomorrow will be 22C. This is not a normal summer at all (and a whole lot of farmers are saying just that, since it's affecting them badly. :/ )

Oh I *love* those kinds of winds. We get 20-30kmh on a fairly regular basis (third windiest city in the world) -> two days this week will have those kinds of winds (which aren't fun when it's 40C but anyway). Even though I love them, they're not really that helpful for anything, and they play havoc with my body regardless. But I'm glad things are going to become more 'typical winter' for you soon.

[silverjackal]

That is an enormous temperature shift! We get them here too, but as a natural part of winter warming patterns. (It's called a "Chinook" and you can literally see it evaporating snow if the shift is radical enough.) I'm guessing such a tremendous change is not part of the normal climate regime where you are. :(

[moonvoice]

Yeah, *definitely* not normal here. I mean tropical storms happen, but normally they don't cause such a break in the weather. All this week, the mercury isn't rising above 34C, with temps in the high 20s/low 30s, and that's really unusual for a Perth summer. It's great for my seasonal affective disorder, but it's really bizarre otherwise.

And the Chinook pattern sounds amazing. :D

[wendelah1]

These photos are amazing.

[moonvoice]

Thank you so much <3