Are You Praying for Australia? God is Answering Your Prayers in Spectacular Fashion

More than 500mm of rain falls in a single day in parts of Northern Territory

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Heavy rains expected across much of Australia

especially the 3 states that are on fire

After a bone dry Christmas, the rain has finally arrived with more than 500mm falling in one day in the Territory — and some of that is heading south.

Benedict Brook, news.com.au JANUARY 13, 20203:28PM

Each year, powerful cyclones smash into the Australian coast, stretching hundreds of kilometres end to end.

From tinder dry to sodden. The Northern Territory was so deluged on the weekend a record breaking 500mm of rain fell in parts.

Tropical Cyclone Claudia, which has now strengthened to a category three storm, is dumping huge amounts of moisture on Northern Australia. And some of that will likely find its way towards bushfire-ravaged areas of the nation’s south with storms and showers for many major cities, particularly towards the end of the week

Potentially as much as 50-100mm of rain could fall in some areas of the Queensland and New South Wales coasts and far into inland areas during the next week.

It will provide some relief, but the amount due to hit NSW will be nothing like the 500mm that fell near Darwin. And forecasters have warned that the country needs sustained rain rather than a downpour here and there.

In the 24 hours to 9am on Saturday 562mm of rain fell on Dum In Mirrie Island, which lies about 50km as the crow flies south west of Darwin. The previous record for the Territory was 544mm of rain that fell in the Roper Valley, a mine site 450km south east of Darwin in 1963. Dum in Mirrie Island was directly under the path of Tropical Cyclone Claudia as it careered through the Top End.

Darwin battled through rain on the weekend. Picture: Che Chorley Source: News Corp Australia

Darwin itself recorded far less rain than areas nearby, with just under 70mm filling the gauge on the weekend. Nevertheless, that was the highest single dumping of rain in at least a year on the NT capital.

“There has been a notable change to weather patterns across the country over the last week or so with an increase in rain due to monsoon onset one of the key changes,” said Sky News Weather channel Meteorologist Alison Osborne on Monday.

This is our answered prayer! Smack in the middle of high summer, there should not be a change in the pattern, especially toward cooler, wetter weather. Thank You, Lord for hearing our prayers and having mercy on Australia.

The monsoon was several weeks late reaching Australia; that tardiness was a critical factor in the tinder-dry conditions that helped the bushfires take hold.

But in the last fortnight two cyclones have crossed into Australian waters and a third is brewing to the east of Queensland.

Tropical Cyclone Claudia is growing in size but its track is likely to take it far out into the Indian Ocean limiting its effect on coastal communities. Darwin will fall back into a more regular pattern of afternoon storms dropping a few millimetres of rain and highs of about 33C.

Some of Claudia’s moisture should fuel a wet week for the country’s north and east.

“We can see a low pressure trough sitting in the interior of NSW, while a high pressure system over New Zealand is drawing more humid air across the east and toward eastern inland areas over the next few days,” Ms Osborne said.

Tropical Cyclone Claudia is now heading out into the Indian Ocean, but not before it led to record breaking downpours near Darwin. Picture: Windy 

RAIN FOR MOST CAPITALS

Thick bands of rain are creeping down both the west and east of the country, leaving only South Australia and the southern Northern Territory lacking in any noticeable moisture.

In the east, potentially as much as 50-100mm of rain could fall in some areas of the Queensland and NSW coasts and far into inland areas during the next week.

“It’s only light but rain is desperately needed and it will help to clear some smoke and ease fire dangers,” Ms Osborne said.

50-100mm is light?!!! Seriously - 2-4 inches!

Brisbane will be soggy from Tuesday onwards with highs nudging 30C and some heavy showers. Cairns, in the tropics, is looking at about 50mm of rain this week.

The weather has settled in Sydney for the next few days with highs in the late 20Cs. But from Thursday onwards, storms might be seen above the Harbour City with 5-10mm falling each day.

NSW RFS✔

@NSWRFS

If this @BOM_NSW rainfall forecast comes to fruition then this will be all of our Christmas, birthday, engagement, anniversary, wedding and graduation presents rolled into one. Fingers crossed. #NSWRFS   #nswfires

Most of the fires are in the three eastern-most states, Queensland, NSW, and Victoria,

where much of the rainfall will occur this coming week. 

Smoke haze in a warm Canberra on Tuesday where the mercury is forecast to reach 34C. Showers on Wednesday could clear the smoke with heavy downpours and a possible storm on Wednesday setting the tone for the rest of the week.

Drier in Melbourne with a sunny but smoky Monday and Tuesday with highs about 30C. Reaching 31C on a humid and possibly stormy Wednesday. Then the temperatures should fall into the low 20Cs, even the teens, as the week goes on with rain here and there.

Hobart will be warm, in the mid to late 20Cs until Thursday when there could be a 10C temperature drop accompanied by splashes of rain.

Bone dry all week in Adelaide. Temperatures reaching 34C on Monday and Tuesday, then settling between 26-29C for the rest of a sunny week.

A hot week for Perth, the highs not dipping below 33C. While the monsoon could bring rain to the north of WA, with storms for Broome and Karratha, little of that will reach the south.

Please keep praying until the fires are out or under control. 

Australian Bushfires: Firebugs Fuelling Crisis as Arson Arrest Toll Hits 183

See bottom for prayer request and answered prayer

While climate alarmists would like to blame the Aussie bushfires 100% on climate change, it has been obvious that at least half the fires were set either deliberately or because of stupidity. 

This is not the worst fire-season in Australian history in terms of lives lost and homes destroyed, though it may well be before it is done.

2019–20 Australian bushfire season

  At least 1516 homes lost (Thought to be over 2,500),  at least 25 deaths,

  At least 6.3 million hectares (63,000 km2; 24,000 sq mi) burnt, nearly half the size of England.

2008–09 Australian bushfire season:

  173 fatalities, 2,060 houses lost

1982-1983: The 'Ash Wednesday' fires of 16 February 1983 caused severe damage in Victoria

   and South Australia 75 fatalities, 2464 houses lost

1966-67 Australian bushfire season: 62 fatalities, 900 injured, 7,000 left homeless, 4,286 buildings lost

1897-1898: On "Red Tuesday", 1 February 1898 in Victoria 260,000 hectares (640,000 acres) were burnt,

  12 people were killed and 2000 buildings were destroyed 

1850-1851: The "Black Thursday" fires of 6 February 1851 in Victoria, burnt the second largest area

  (approximately 5,000,000 hectares (12,000,000 acres)) in European-recorded history and killed more than

  one million sheep and thousands of cattle as well as taking the lives of 12 people

Bushfires rage between the towns of Orbost and Lakes Entrance in east Gippsland.

DAVID ROSS
IMOGEN REID
The Australian

More than 180 alleged arsonists have been arrested since the start of the bushfire season, with 29 blazes deliberately lit in the Shoalhaven region of southeast NSW in just three months.

The Shoalhaven fires were lit between July and September last year, with Kempsey recording 27 deliberately lit fires, NSW Bureau of Crime and Statistics and Research data shows.

Police arrested 183 people for lighting bushfires across Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania in the past few months. NSW police data shows 183 people have been charged or cautioned for bushfire-related offences since November 8, and 24 arrested for deliberately starting bushfires.

Queensland police say 101 people have been picked up for setting fires in the bush, 32 adults and 69 juveniles.

In Tasmania, where fires have sprung up in the north of the state and outside Hobart, five were caught setting fire to vegetation. Victoria reported 43 charged for 2019.

Melbourne University associate professor Janet Stanley said arsonists were typically young males, aged 12 to 24, or older men in their 60s.

“There is no one profile, but generally they seem to have a background of disadvantage, a traumatic upbringing and often have endured neglect and abuse as a child,” Professor Stanley said. “They are often kids not succeeding in school, or they have left school early and are unemployed. The boundaries between accidentally and purposefully are unclear because many arsonists don’t plan on causing the catastrophe that occurs. Often there is not an intention to cause chaos and the penalties for accidentally lighting a fire are far less than purposefully lighting a fire.”

Swinburne University professor James Ogloff said about 50 per cent of bushfires were lit by firebugs and impending fire seasons excited them. “They’re interested in seeing fire, interested in setting fire and quite often the information around how fires burn and accelerate excites them,” the director of the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science said.

I wonder if any  were set by climate alarmists trying to make a bad situation worse. For some far-left liberals, the end justifies the means.

Prayer

Regardless of how they started, the fires are burning savagely in southeast Australia. Maps of the previous 4 or 5 fire seasons show that most of those fires were concentrated in northern Western Australia which is getting hammered with heavy rain today. The southeast hasn't had a bad fire-season for some years meaning the grounds are super-ready for kindling. 

On Sunday, (in North America), I asked my Twitter followers, and two Facebook groups to pray for cooler and wetter conditions for Australia. On Monday, when I checked, it was raining in Sydney. It wasn't a lot of rain, nor did it cover a significant area, but it was a good sign. And, the forecast was for cooler temperatures and a chance of rain over the next few days.

On Tuesday, a friend from Australia informed me that 25 record LOW temperatures had been set that morning in Australia.

I'm now asking my blog readers to join in and pray for a week of cool, wet weather across Australia, but especially in the southeast states. Do you believe in miracles? Then pray. This forecast for Sydney, in the middle of high summer, looks like a miracle to me. Please join and pray and encourage others to as well.