Silly Mistakes

I made a silly mistake.

I looked at the 28 day forecast.

Mid North Coast 28-day rainfall forecast

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 26 High 27 28 29 Low 30 31 1 Aug 2 Low 3 4 5 6 7 Low 8 9 10 11 12 Low 13 Low 14 Low 15 Low 16 Low 17 18 19 20 Med 21 22 Low Chance of rainfall somewhere within district Nil <25% Low 25-50% Medium 50-75% High ≥75%

The high for Saturday is a 90% chance of 5-10ml.

The 12 month forecast was even more depressing.

Then on the My Weather page, I found this.

Taree Ap Year To Date
Average rainfall to Jul	781.0mm	91.0 day(s)
Total for 2014	342.4mm	91 day(s)
Total to this day 2013	1009.2mm	98 day(s)
Wettest day	90.6mm	Mar 2
Lowest temperature	0.2°C	Jun 28
Highest temperature	37.5°C	Jan 2

It shows we’ve had less than half our rainfall for the year. On top of the less than half we had last year. If you haven’t read that blog, you can here.

We are one of the lucky few who have some fodder conserved. It’s not brilliant, but its better than nothing.

The rain is something we cannot control.

Nan’s philosophy was it always rains at the end of a drought.

Thank you – I think – to Elders Weather for the information.