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Old 07-02-2009, 03:33 PM   #1
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Default The Victorian Bushfire disaster.

Well it is official, at 1422 hrs on Saturday 7th February Melbourne passed the old record of 45.6 recorded on Black Friday, 13 January 1939. The temperature posted at 1422hrs is 45.7 as seen here http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60900.shtml

Now that is HOT!!!

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47.3 in Avalon.
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Old 07-02-2009, 03:43 PM   #3
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As it keeps rising, 46.0 at 1427hrs.

Laverton (10k west of Melbourne) has recorded 46.7
Avalon has recorded 47.3
Geelong 46.8

Hell it's even been recorded as 43.8 in Ballarat where the temperature is recorded from the middle of a windy field at the airport and the temps in town are usually at least 2-4 degrees hotter.
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yes its bloody hot

glad we stocked up on the icy tubes for the kids

as far as i can see avalon has only hit 46.8 from the elders site http://www.eldersweather.com.au/obsh...=site&lc=87113

what site you guys looking at

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Old 07-02-2009, 03:50 PM   #5
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Only 42.9 here at the moment.
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Only 42.9 here at the moment.

Where is here ?
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Don't ya luv it when someone says " hot enough for ya?"














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yes its bloody hot

glad we stocked up on the icy tubes for the kids

as far as i can see avalon has only hit 46.8 from the elders site http://www.eldersweather.com.au/obsh...=site&lc=87113

what site you guys looking at

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Old 07-02-2009, 03:58 PM   #10
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46 in my back yard in the shade yesterday. the GT RECORDED 49. 44 today and rising . this is in sydneys west .
tomorrow they are predicting A RECORD.
MELBOURNE HAS COPPED A HIDING RECENTLY.
PS: 44 degrees in sydneys west means 34 in CBD.
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I like looking at graphs :p
http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~.../melbtemp.html

I leave it on all day at work and it updates itself
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It is a nice 20 here. Sorry to rub it in
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46.4 at 1504hrs.
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46.9 here in Yarrambat, situated near the Plenty River
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It is a nice 20 here. Sorry to rub it in
I can't see what the fuss is about....cold pizza and a fridge stacked to the roof with even colder beers says Melbourne town aint so bad.
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I can't see what the fuss is about....cold pizza and a fridge stacked to the roof with even colder beers says Melbourne town aint so bad.
Amen to that. Damn, i got no beer in the fridge.

Now i gotta go out to get some !!

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Yep its bloody hot. Just hit 42 here in Penrith NSW and our hot day is going to be tomorrow.
I think there will be another record temp!
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Old 07-02-2009, 04:26 PM   #20
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46° = 23 Natural Blondes. Please go higher so I can finish the carton.
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Sorry guys, I'm feelin for you, we are sitting infront of the beach near byron bay with a beer in hand and a breeze in our faces, with a rather superb 28 deg.
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I'm with you on that, the natural blondes do a great job at keeping a bloke cool

Avalon recorded 47.9 @ 1450hrs.
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That ain't Ballarat° Russ

Bet you're enjoying a cool breezy 40
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You poor people are roasting over there at the moment!!
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That's what the sky looks like at the moment. That's smoke blowing over from the Kilmore fires.
Anyone got some really good ones?
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Bet you're enjoying a cool breezy 40
Nope, parents thermometer is recording just above 47 here, but that was Melbourne's recorded temp.
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Nope, parents thermometer is recording just above 47 here, but that was Melbourne's recorded temp.
Don't take you're olds around town with all that new grunt.

BOM is showing 43.1° for Ballarat @ 1500. Is that a record too?
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Anyone got some really good ones?
If I wasn't driving at the time, I would have taken some of the massive dust storm we had come over.
Weeks of 35+ degree days + 40km/h NW winds = I can't see very far.
Let's hope they get those fires under control pretty soon. I was only thinking yesterday that we wouldn't want to see any over here today!

The temps starting to drop over here in Adelaide, so looks like the change is finally starting to come through.
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Don't take you're olds around town with all that new grunt.

BOM is showing 43.1° for Ballarat @ 1500. Is that a record too?
Mum loves it, she's as much a petrol head as I am :evil3:

The 43.1 isn't but I'm pretty sure the 44.1 recorded at 1502 is.
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I wish the cool change would hurry up!
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