BurbleChaz

The weather in Melbourne is confused. The Osaka Cup started on Sunday, so the normal howling southerly was appropriate. Keeping this up would have been far too convenient for the competitors, so the Weather Monsters tried something new - a flat calm. As the competitors drifted gently eastward, The Monsters got confused. Unable to resort to the normal howling gale, the temperature crept up. Then down again. Then it got strange. The day started with The Other Meteorologist pointing this out:

Mammatus

This picture was taken at 0830, which is, obviously, impossible. Mammatus clouds are a product of thunderstorms. Quite how a CuNim developed over night, over water is a bit of a puzzle. How it cleared to leave a clear, warm, still day is an enigma. Neither thermodynamics nor fluid mechanics seem to apply to the Weather Monsters.

As we were walking to a tram this evening, they finally lost control. It's now been pissing down for six hours. More rain has fallen this afternoon than in the past four months. Traffic chaos ensued. It almost feels like England.