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araps tomorow?

certifi

26-Sep-2007
11:34:06 AM

have a made a huge mistake in going to arapiles on the footy grand final weekend? or is it a good thing?
im leaving tomorow lunch time for whole day friday, saturday and half day sunday before returning to
melb. anyone know what the weather is like at araps at the moment? know of any website i can
specifically check araps?? cheers?

dalai

26-Sep-2007
11:59:57 AM

BOM forecast for the Wimmera lists a four day forecast of Horsham which is close enough...

cruze

26-Sep-2007
1:26:10 PM

On 26/09/2007 certifi wrote:
>have a made a huge mistake in going to arapiles on the footy grand final
>weekend? or is it a good thing?
Are you kidding? Sounds like the best time to go (weather permitting)! 15 months after moving to Melbourne, I still reckon AFL is an advertising gimmick. I mean if almost 100,000 Melbournites think that last Friday night's game is as good as it gets, then living in Melbourne is starting to get depressing...

Edit: Just checked the forecast and it isn't looking good. Maybe take up knitting or tiddly-winks but don't whatever you do be suckered in by the marketing hype of the AFL...

gordoste

26-Sep-2007
1:31:00 PM

it is a truth universally acknowledged that AFL is sh!t.

snowball

26-Sep-2007
4:02:35 PM

Thursday Windy with showers
4 / 20°C 80%, 5-10mm Slight NW 22km/h 57% NW 29km/h 57%
Friday Windy with showers
7 / 15°C 70%, 1-5mm Nil WNW 27km/h 63% W 29km/h 79%
Saturday Showers
3 / 17°C 50%, < 1mm Moderate WSW 16km/h 62% W 19km/h 51%
Sunday Mostly sunny
5 / 20°C 40%, < 1mm Slight W 22km/h 79% W 24km/h 79%

Zebedee

26-Sep-2007
7:28:17 PM

On 26/09/2007 snowball wrote:
>Thursday Windy with showers
> 4 / 20°C 80%, 5-10mm Slight NW 22km/h 57% NW 29km/h 57%
>Friday Windy with showers
> 7 / 15°C 70%, 1-5mm Nil WNW 27km/h 63% W 29km/h 79%
>Saturday Showers
> 3 / 17°C 50%, < 1mm Moderate WSW 16km/h 62% W 19km/h 51%
>Sunday Mostly sunny
> 5 / 20°C 40%, < 1mm Slight W 22km/h 79% W 24km/h 79%
On current form the forecast suggest it won't actually rain at all. 70% chance of 1-5mm means no rain and the lower predictions for Sat and Sun mean not even the slightest chance of rain.

Snowball

26-Sep-2007
7:37:36 PM

On 26/09/2007 Zebedee wrote:
>On current form the forecast suggest it won't actually rain at all. 70%
>chance of 1-5mm means no rain and the lower predictions for Sat and Sun
>mean not even the slightest chance of rain.

Unfortunately I would have to agree with you, although it was nice to have to cancel my trip to the Grampians this morning because of the rain.

cruze

26-Sep-2007
8:07:40 PM

My partner and I reckon that Bom Victoria is the training ground for meteorologists in Australia. One thing you can take as given is that whatever they predict - that wont happen.

certifi

27-Sep-2007
1:43:41 PM

it is a truth universally acknowledged that AFL is sh!t.

^ jane austen anyone?

cheers for your help guys im just going to bite the bullet and go anyway. not like there isnt a million other
things

Zebedee

28-Sep-2007
5:34:18 PM

On 26/09/2007 snowball wrote:
>Friday Windy with showers
> 7 / 15°C 70%, 1-5mm Nil WNW 27km/h 63% W 29km/h 79%
Actually I have to apologise cause this was at least close to correct. Very windy and the occasional hail and rain. At least 5mm has fallen and maybe as much as 10mm in patchy rapidly moving showers.

evanbb

1-Oct-2007
5:57:36 PM

I can confirm. Just got back from a week at Araps and the weather was foul. Hailed while I was belaying Steve through the last pitch of D-Minor, rained at the top of Muldoon. Was generally miserable.

Get home to the Blueys, and it's 28 and clear as a bell!

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