The Sydney Traveler

Is it just me, or does it feel like it’s been raining forever? Maybe it’s just that the weekend’s approaching, and that I have an outdoor concert to attend, but it feels like I’ve been staring at the sky and willing it to change for days. So this Sydney Photo Friday I decided to change my headspace and appreciate the beauty that storms can bring. Just look at this shot of the Sydney skyline all lit up with lightning. Isn’t that an amazing sight? Maybe that rain’s not so bad after all.
Image source: Leorex @ Flickr

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We may have had a break in the weather, but don’t put away your umbrella just yet. A report in the latest Sunday Telegraph says we’ll see above average rain levels until at least the beginning of winter.
Weatherzone meteorologist Thomas Saunders says the weather pattern which produced the recent storms is set to continue until at least June, if not longer.
It’s bad news for Sydney beachgoers who’ve been a little bit ripped off this summer, but fantastic for the state’s farmers.
“If that happens, the drought figures will obviously fall even more,” said Mr Saunders.
This will be a cold week by summer …read more

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The sun’s come out after some soggy wet weather, but don’t put away your umbrellas just yet. Meteorologists are predicting we’ll have a wet, warm summer this year.
“The forecast is for wetter-than-average conditions, and with a strengthening La Nina in the Pacific, wet and warm is the outlook,” Clinton Rakich, acting manager of the NSW Climate Services Centre, told The Sunday Telegraph.
“We haven’t had a cool spell like this since 2003 but, after our driest September on record this year, we are hoping to see more of these.
“It’s a pattern we’ve been missing out on. It hasn’t been frequent in …read more

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