Tag: weather
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WEATHER UPDATE: RAIN, BUT NOT ENOUGH
A large rain band has passed producing up to 20mm in the far west near Narrabri but generally totals were less than 10mm. The rain was widespread but the small totals aren’t enough to create run off and will be absorbed quickly with what’s left evaporating due dry westerly winds. The main feature will now…
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WEATHER UPDATE: ANNUAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
This Friday morning there will be an annular solar eclipse, for us it will be partial. Annular eclipses are rarer than total eclipses. The moon is further away and doesn’t cover the sun completely causing a ring of fire to form around the moon which will seen in full over Cape York. There’s a good…
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WEATHER UPDATE: WEEKEND SOUTHERLY
The latest southerly change has moved through cooling things off while producing little in the way of wet weather. A few showers heavy at times developed across the far NE corner of NSW and SE QLD. Nights will be much colder but conditions will calm for a great looking Friday for most of the broadcast…
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WEATHER UPDATE: EAST COAST LOW TO FORM
It’s been a fabulously dry start to the week with some extremely cold nights producing severe frosts inland being especially bad on the Tablelands. A shallow inland trough will help increase the cloud cover producing enough moisture to create widespread, light, patchy rain across the NW during Wed the 18th spreading across NE NSW and…
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GAV’S DAILY WEATHER UPDATE
What’s instore for the next 48 hours? Gav has the latest. Video follows text. “Well would you look at that, we haven’t seen that for a very long time, not very often in the past summer, in fact not very often in the last two summers. That is because of two consecutive La Nina’s years.…
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FEATURED WEATHER SHOT
This shot was snappped by David Hough on Monday night. It shows Jupiter, the moon and Venus. It is all a pre curser to December 21 when all of the planets in the solar system will align. Have you taken a weather shot? Send it to http://www.nbnweathershots.com.au.
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WARNINGS FOR SWIMMERS AS GOLD COAST BEACHES CLOSED
All Gold Coast beaches were closed today as a low pressure system combined with ex tropical cyclone Fina continues to whip up rough conditions. And if you were planning on Christmas swim tomorrow – you may have to think again.
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TOURISM BOSS CLAIMS WEATHER PREDICTIONS ARE DRIVING TOURISTS AWAY
Gold Coast Tourism boss Martin Winter has sparked a national stoush – over of all things the weather. He says, long-range predictions of dark skies over the Coast are driving tourists away.