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Katie Woolf spoke with BOM Senior Meteorologist Chris Kent · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the Territory Mix
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  Speaker 1: one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I think everybody was pretty pretty please with the
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  Speaker 2: beautiful weather that we experienced over the weekend. And joining
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  Speaker 2: us on the line right now, Bureau of Meteorology Senior
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  Speaker 2: Meteorologist Chris Kent. Good morning to you, Chris.
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  Speaker 1: Morning Katie. How are you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm really good mate, And jeez, we had some
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  Speaker 2: nice weather on the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. We saw our first night of the
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  Speaker 1: trio season below twenty degrees in Darwin. Yes, they reached
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  Speaker 1: eighteen point seven as a minimum, and today this morning
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  Speaker 1: and also another night below twenty so eighteen point nine
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  Speaker 1: recorded just after six or six point thirty this morning.
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  Speaker 1: I'm in Darwncy. Yeah, very pleasant around.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was lovely, always nice when that those temperatures
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  Speaker 2: dip a little bit lower than twenty. How cool did
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  Speaker 2: it get in some of our other town centers around
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  Speaker 2: the place.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it got quite cool pretty much right across the
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  Speaker 1: top end, we've been seeing sort of temperatures sort of
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  Speaker 1: around two to three degrees below average. Nudama I had
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  Speaker 1: fourteen degrees overnight. Catherine recorded twelve degrees. That's down on
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  Speaker 1: the Gulf. Actually, Bori Lula recorded minimum of eight degrees,
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  Speaker 1: which is yeah, quite cool, about sort of eight degrees
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  Speaker 1: below what they usually record sort of this time of year.
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  Speaker 1: They're quite cool in some places.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Are they any kind of records set there or
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  Speaker 2: is that just you know, every now and then we
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  Speaker 2: get those temperatures that get that low.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no records just yet, but yeah, just some really
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  Speaker 1: pleasant conditions, especially yeah, for those up and about quite
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  Speaker 1: early in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I know that we do always expect that the
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  Speaker 2: weather's going to be beautiful in the dry season, but
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  Speaker 2: is this is this caused by something at this point
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  Speaker 2: in time, because seemed to be particularly nice.
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  Speaker 1: He does. Yes, there's a quite a strong high pressure
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  Speaker 1: system in the Great Australian Bite, so over the years
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  Speaker 1: or south of the NT so we're getting quite cool
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  Speaker 1: and originably strong southeasterly winds at the moment. So it's
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  Speaker 1: for those areas around the coast as well. We're not
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  Speaker 1: really seeing that humidity coming back with the sea breeze
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  Speaker 1: during the afternoon, so the evenings have been quite dry
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  Speaker 1: and pleasant and that's allowed Yeah, that temperature to really
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  Speaker 1: cool down overnight, so we are expecting this high to
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  Speaker 1: continue moving east. So over the next couple of days,
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  Speaker 1: those southeasterly winds are expected to start weakening, and the
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  Speaker 1: coastal areas we'll start seeing a bit of a sea
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  Speaker 1: breeze coming in during the afternoon. So over the next
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  Speaker 1: couple of days, this might start feeling a bit more
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  Speaker 1: humid around the coastal areas, but still it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be very pleasant over inland areas.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm gathering from what you're saying there, Chris, is
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  Speaker 2: that those temperatures might go up a little bit, but
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  Speaker 2: it's still going to be fairly good weather.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly right, Katie. So looking at a maximum of
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  Speaker 1: the maximum temperature is not really expecting to shift too much.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, those minimums are expected to climb into the
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  Speaker 1: for Darwen anyway, climb into the below twenties as we
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  Speaker 1: head further into the week. And yeah, with that humidity
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  Speaker 1: starting to increase a little bit around the coastal areas,
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  Speaker 1: so inland temperatures we'll also start going up a little
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  Speaker 1: bit as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but of course it is early in the dry season.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully we'll get another another bout of days below twenty
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  Speaker 2: degrees at some point.
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  Speaker 1: That's it. We've only just started, so there's plenty more
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  Speaker 1: to come, I think. Or the average for Darwen I
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  Speaker 1: think is about fifty six fifty seven nights below twenty
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  Speaker 1: I think. So we've hit two. There's plenty more to come.
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  Speaker 2: Good stuff. And just for our friends in Catherine, the
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  Speaker 2: temperatures there, as you mentioned, they've been quite low.
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  Speaker 1: They have been. Yeah, the temperatures overnight have been very cool. So,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, twelve degrees four car sorry that recorded
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  Speaker 1: this morning, and yeah, yesterday had a minimum of eleven
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  Speaker 1: so has been quite cool. Expecting a maximum of thirty
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  Speaker 1: one degrees in Catherine today and I could see another
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  Speaker 1: cool night tonight as well, with a minimum of eleven
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  Speaker 1: or twelve as well.
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  Speaker 2: And Chris, just for our friends in Alice Springs who
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  Speaker 2: are listening this morning online, what's the weather been like there?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Catherine saw their coolest night of the year overnight,
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  Speaker 1: so a minimum of zero point nine degrees just after
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  Speaker 1: six o'clock this morning, so it's been very cool down
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  Speaker 1: in the southern parts of the territory. We're looking at
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  Speaker 1: a maximum of nineteen degrees there today, sunny conditions continuing
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  Speaker 1: and over the next couple of days. Yeah, there might
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  Speaker 1: be a little bit of morning frost around in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: but just like the top end, we're expecting those temperatures
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  Speaker 1: to slowly start increasing as we head into the week
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 2: Goodness may so Alice springs zero point nine degrees this morning,
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  Speaker 2: it was yes.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, we could even see a cooler night tonight,
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  Speaker 1: so yeah we could as a risk, we could seek
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  Speaker 1: drop below the zero degree mark. So yeah, definitely rugging
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  Speaker 1: up tonight down through the Red Center.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I reckon they will be well. Chris Kent, It's
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  Speaker 2: always good to catch up with you. Thank you so
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  Speaker 2: very much for your time this morning. Just briefly, any
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  Speaker 2: warnings or anything we need to be aware of.
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  Speaker 1: No, we've got a marine wind warning which has been
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  Speaker 1: canceled this morning, so the Rouper Group coast, we've seen
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  Speaker 1: winds are up around thirty nine this morning, but since
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  Speaker 1: then we've started to see those easing, So twenty five
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  Speaker 1: notes across most of our crustal waters. I will sort
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  Speaker 1: of just mention as well, there's quite a lot of
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  Speaker 1: bushfire smoke out across the top end at the moment,
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  Speaker 1: so for people, yeah, with breathing difficulties, it's definitely something
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  Speaker 1: to keep an eye on as well as especially across
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  Speaker 1: the western top end. Lot of fires burning at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there is. Have your puffer nearby, is my advice.
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  Speaker 2: If you're asthmatic like May.
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  Speaker 1: That's it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good on you, Chris, Thanks so much, mate. We
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  Speaker 2: always appreciate your time.
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  Speaker 1: I see you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Chris Kent there the VIEWERAU of Meteorology senior meteorologists.
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  Speaker 2: I tell you what, zero point nine degrees in Alice
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  Speaker 2: Springs only heading for a top of nineteen. I actually
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't mind being somewhere that cold, just you know, just
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  Speaker 2: to experience it all, so long as you've got your warm,
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  Speaker 2: warm clothes to pop on. But yeah, beautiful weather in
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  Speaker 2: Darwin over the weekend, and by the sounds of things, Catherine,
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  Speaker 2: it's been glorious, nice low temperatures for you guys in Catherine.
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  Speaker 2: Twelve degrees I think they said. I think Chris said
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  Speaker 2: there was minimum in Catherine, so lovely stuff. And eight
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  Speaker 2: degrees in goth Sure. Yeah, unbelievable beautiful weather, really beautiful weather,
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  Speaker 2: while everywhere else in Australia is absolutely suffering through winter.
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  Speaker 2: We are experiencing glorious weather. Why would you want to
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  Speaker 2: live anywhere else