There’s no chance of a September snowfall in Orange but the record-breaking rain is predicted to stay until Saturday morning.
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So far this month 252 millimetres of rain has been recorded at Orange Airport, that’s compared to just 16.8mm over the entire month last year.
The storm which left South Australia without power is predicted to drop an extra 30 mm in Orange, with September 2016 to be one of the wettest on record since 1996. The previous record was 149.8mm in 2005.
“It’s the wettest September in 20 years,” Weatherzone’s senior meteorologist Jacob Cronje said.
“The rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday is the leading edge of a low-pressure system.
“The rain is set to continue, trending to showers and will remain until Friday,” Mr Cronje said.
“It should clear by early Saturday. There’s no thunderstorms or destructive weather that we saw in South Australia. Snow is quite unlikely, the atmosphere is just too saturated.”
Mr Cronje said the rain is expected to clear by Saturday morning with the possibility by the up to 40 to 50mm of rain falling.
Temperatures are expected to hover around 10 degrees until Sunday, when a maximum of 18 is predicted.
“If anything (the temperature) will go down,” Mr Cronje said. So far this year, 1005mm of rain has fallen at Orange Airport over 125 rain days, compared to 2015 when 653mm had fallen in 119 rain days at this time last year. Saturday, September 3 was the wettest day with 44mm of rain falling.
Declan Rurenga
Declan Rurenga was the editor of Griffith's Area News and Leeton's Irrigator until September 2023. Before landing at the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, he reported news in Junee, Wagga Wagga, Orange and Cootamundra.
Declan Rurenga was the editor of Griffith's Area News and Leeton's Irrigator until September 2023. Before landing at the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, he reported news in Junee, Wagga Wagga, Orange and Cootamundra.
