The Dreaded Christmas Music

[Dingo40]

we're experiencing the customary weekly summer cycles of a gradual buildup over a week from low 20s C to 40+ C followed by a sudden drop of 20+ C in the space of less than an hour or so.
Currently, we're in the low 20s section of the cycle..
The high end of the temperature range is usually accompanied by very low humidity.

 

[JerryPH]

That's just whacky weather! + or - 20 degree shifts in an hour??

 

[Tom]

we're experiencing the customary weekly summer cycles of a gradual buildup over a week from low 20s C to 40+ C followed by a sudden drop of 20+ C in the space of less than an hour or so.
Currently, we're in the low 20s section of the cycle..
The high end of the temperature range is usually accompanied by very low humidity.

We’re getting the same as you, Dingo but with “F” rather than “C”. We had a white Christmas but now rain. Uggggg

 

[Dingo40]

That's just whacky weather! + or - 20 degree shifts in an hour??

The air is moving in a huge circular swirl with a diameter of perhaps a thousand kilometres.
At the same time, the whole circle is drifting across country from west to east taking approximately four to five days to travel from the city of Perth on the west coast to the city of Adelaide (~2,800km).
One "limb" of the circle is bringing hot dry air directly from the centre of the continent .
The other "limb" is coming directly from the cold Southern Ocean so, at a certain point the source of the air changes suddenly from hot to cold, with an accompanying change of wind direction.
It's very sudden: like switching on a refrigerated air conditioner, and generally accompanied by a sudden squall of wind that sends dust and unsecured objects flying!

 

[Ffingers]

The air is moving in a huge circular swirl with a diameter of perhaps a thousand kilometres.
At the same time, the whole circle is drifting across country from west to east taking approximately Four to five days to travel from the city of Perth on the west coast to the city of Adelaide (~2,800km).
One "limb" of the circle is bringing hot dry air directly from the centre of the continent .
The other "limb" is coming directly from the cold Southern Ocean so, at a certain point the source of the air changes suddenly from hot to cold, with an accompanying change of wind direction.
It's very sudden: like switching on a refrigerated air conditioner, and generally accompanied by a sudden squall of wind that sends dust and unsecured objects flying!

Good description of Southern Australian reality, wilddog.

I might add that peculiar phenomenon which happens closer to Melbourne in Victoria ( the city of 4 seasons in one day ):

Occluded fronts with embedded thunderstorms which are so common in the Summer time produce high winds and falls of large hail following midday temperatures of 40+˚C: Get caught in the open some distance from cover and suffer heavy bruising to accompany the freezing downdrafts which they bring.
Structural damage to cars, aircraft, glasshouses etc. are not uncommon.

 

[Dingo40]

Structural damage to cars, aircraft, glasshouses etc. are not uncommon

Occasionally, we get such hailstorms in Adelaide.
Some decades ago (when we still had a car manufacturing industry), the entire output of one manufacturer awaiting transportation to buyers (some thousands of cars) in an outdoor car park was ruined by a fall of large hailstones in a matter of minutes.

 

[Pipemajor]

We’re getting the same as you, Dingo but with “F” rather than “C”. We had a white Christmas but now rain. Uggggg

Language Timothy!!

 

[Tom]

Language Timothy!!

?????

 

[Pipemajor]

?????

Timothy was the main character in a British comedy called "Sorry" played by the late Ronny Corbett.
"Language Timothy " was a catchphrase of his father, usually from a different room, when he misheard the conversation.

 

[Tom]

Timothy was the main character in a British comedy called "Sorry" played by the late Ronny Corbett.
"Language Timothy " was a catchphrase of his father, usually from a different room, when he misheard the conversation.

Thanks!

 

[simonmax]

I thought you meant the "F", that he wrote.

 

[Pipemajor]

I thought you meant the "F", that he wrote.

Correct

 

[JerryPH]

Back from the Czech Republic... there was no snow accumulation there, but they had this odd super thick fog that literally left every tree looking like it was dipped in glass. Glass forests made for amazing scenery!

 

[Hellohelenhere]

If anyone is interested in some lesser-known Christmas music, and if it isn't illegal to post links to guitar music here, I can suggest a beautiful album of (mostly) more obscure Christmas tunes (disclosure - Duck Baker is my husband) It's my favourite of all his (many) albums, and in fact, it's his too.
https://duckbaker.com/discography/duck-baker-solo/the-salutation/
You can listen on Spotify, or buy it as a CD from Duck's site, or as an mp3 download from this page: https://duckbaker.com/online-store/mp3-download/
I don't think he ever published the arrangements in notation, but I'll ask.
Hope that's not breaking rules about self-advertising or the like!

 

[Giovanni]

Thanks!

You have to be a brit !!!!!! to know this ..............................you are forgiven.....ha ha ha