Tully had another visit from the blob last night..I see 248mm for the Tully dump and 161mm in Town over a couple of hour period..

Just 55mm for us sitting on the northern edge of it..I could see and hear it form over Tully at about midnight and ran out with a shovel and headlamp to clean out a couple of drains which had been overflowing and causing a bit of a small river to flow right past the back door...been meaning to do it for weeks now but the severity of these intense downpours finally urged me into action..

I see some of the weather boffins getting a bit excited about the interaction of the returning MJO and the monsoon trough next week creating the possibility of lows forming into cyclones along it....yeah I wouldnt mind another creek flush out or 2 but am hoping to see no cyclonic activity .