Last day of summer today and it is still hot with temperatures in the 30’s. The beginning of Autumn is still on track as per the last post to remain hot and in the 30’s until next week.

It has been a hot, extremely humid summer along with many records broken all for the wrong reasons. The amount of moisture in the air with the perceptible water in a weather sounding was broken resulting in flash flooding with the storms and heavy rain. We had the most humid nights ever recorded with the feel like temperatures on many nights sitting in the low to mid 30’s. Day time temperatures had feel like temps of high 30 and some into the 40°C mark. This was all due to the moisture in the atmosphere giving us some of the highest dew points we have seen for a long time.

At this stage it does appear that we are tracking towards or back into a La Niña phase this Autumn/ Winter. So if it follows the trend we should see milder nights and cooler day time temperatures. But in saying that the weather pattern around the world has really bucked the trend and presented some extraordinary weather.

The best thing that we can do is be prepared for whatever is thrown at us, and the only way is to keep an eye and ear on the weather and look out for any extreme events that may arise and if they arise!