Could there be some rain at last.
Batchelor did get some in the early evening, around 10mm. But that was minor.
By the time we had returned to Darwin [100kms north] the sky was developing that bright flashing amid the thunderheads......maybe, maybe a storm at last.
Around 2230hrs it started to blow.......the harbinger of a decent storm. Wind speeds around 50-60km/hr, a few broken tree limbs, and plenty of stuff blown around on the terrace and then it really rained. Exactly 40mm at home, in about 30 minutes. A great start to the rainy season.
And today, everything is bright.....dust washed off plants, roofs and just about everything else, streets clean, the light is bright and sharp and no doubt it will be hot and steamy as the day goes on.
A great storm, but not too much lightning. And our great guardian of the fortress.......snuck inside. Not a great lover of thunder is our fearsome warrior dog. Very happy to sit on the mat in the laundry though under storm conditions.
The green tree frogs were singing big time, so loud that it was hard to hear much else. I wonder what else they were getting up too??
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That sky reminds me of the storms that hit us in Belize, Central America. Often the storm would come and a few minutes later disappear completely. Is that what you experience too? Is your climate very humid? I now live in southern California where its mainly dry.
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