Could it mean a big Wet is on the way?
One of Australia's wettest periods was around the time of Cyclone Tracy. From BOM ...
I just had a look at the build-up map from BOM for late 1973 ... http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/soi ... 1973.shtml ... record rain.2010 and 2011 were the third-wettest and second-wettest calendar years on record for Australia, with 703 mm and 708 mm respectively, both well above the long-term average of 465 mm. Combined, the two events yielded Australia's wettest 24-month period on record (April 2010 to March 2012, Figure 1), and wettest two-calendar-year period (2010–2012), with 1411 mm of rainfall, topping the previous record of 1407 mm in 1973–1974.
Closest map I can match it with for this year is this map, which does not yet include Oct/Nov rain ... http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/rain/ind ... h&area=nat
There is always hope ...
Pissing down here ...
no fish today though due to wind and rain making water pretty dirty. Try again tomorrow.