Clouds and mouths

 This covers a few snaps of the current dampness. The first three were an interesting collection of dark, eventually rain-bearing, clouds on the evening of 15 June.

Somewhat later in the month the evening view from the lounge was rather colourful

A facebook post mentioned the heavy seas on 16 June so I took myself to Bastion Point.  The seas were indeed heavy, but were so large that (while I was there anyway) that they were breaking before hitting the breakwater.

Another facebook post mention that a new Mouth was forming to the East of the current one.  That is shown in this image from Bastion Point.  Perhaps there will again be a beach at Bastion by next Summer? 

This snap from the end of the Pumping Station Track shows the position of the old and new mouths.  I suspect that at present they are both quite shallow so would be a challenger for boaters.  Given that the Bastion Ramp is also dodgy I suspect the divers and Gabo workers/visitors will be having a tough time.

The greyness of the sky is also reflected in the rainfall records.  A little over halfway through the month we have already recorded 216mm of rain: more than 3 times the median rainfall for June .  This places 2024 as 6th, of 45, heaviest rainfall for June (to get to 5th place is possible, only requiring a further 14mm).  The heaviest June, in 1978, was 309mm with two very heavy spells.  A day by day comparison of falls in the two months is in this chart.  

It is notable that BoM stations to our North seem to have recorded modest falls (around 40mm) while  Wunderground sites to our West have much more: Tamboon has 260mm while the Marlo Fire Station has 206mm.  (The BoM station at Orbost seems to have some 'issues'.) 

Another sunset set.

It has been quite cool outside so a nice fire is very pleasant indoors!