Christmas Day 2015

Today, Akela and I took Rufus to Akela’s family Christmas Day activities. We went swimming and lay in the bush to dry out. It was a warm 37C (98.6F) for most of the day, so using the swimming pool was definitely the coolest place to be (apart from under the cooler maybe!)

We enjoyed the two meals we had. It is a good thing we are going to the Jamboree in the New Year, as we will need to do a lot of walking and this will help us walk off the Christmas food.

We hope everyone had a great day and that for those who are missing people who may no longer be with us in a physical sense, they will always be with us.

Forcast of South Australian heat

One thing I like to do with this blog, apart from report on my activities, is to provide some insight into Australian Way of life. Sometimes, this includes blog entries such as this, about our weather. Other times, it will (and has) included other non scouting activities that Akela attends and takes me with her.

Today, I am doing a short entry about the weather we are going to experience.

This week, it is going to be very hot in Adelaide, where I live. We are planning very few (if any) outdoor activities for the coming days, apart from what we need to do.  Just so people have some idea of the temps we will be experiencing, please see below (including the conversions for those who don’t use the same system as we do here in Australia)

Sunday 12^th January – 34C (93.2F)

Monday 13^th January – 40C (104F)

Tuesday 14^th  January– 41C (104F)

Wednesday 15^th January– 43C (105.8F)

Thursday 16^th January– 43 C (105.8F)

Friday 17^th January– 40C (93.2)

Saturday 18^th January– 26C  (78.8F)

It will be the first time in four years that we have experienced several days at once over 40C. We get them every summer, but very rare for them to happen for 5 days in a row or more.

In January 2010, we sweltered through four days of extreme temperatures, while in January 2009, we sweated through a continuous run of six days above 40C. In fact, it was during the period of the 2009 heat wave that Victoria suffered terribly from the Black Saturday Fires. This is due to the weather we experience in South Australia heading east.

We can only hope that we see few to no deaths or fires as a result of this week’s heat.