Sydney - surf's up, dams up ...

Excerpt from Sydney Morning Herald:

Heavy rains poured on Sydney's suburbs, with 90 millimetres falling on the city in the 24 hours to 9am yesterday and 76 millimetres at Frenchs Forest. The South Coast was pounded by strong winds and heavy rains, with 112 millimetres falling at Ulladulla.

Fitzroy Falls, in the heart of the Warragamba Dam catchment area, recorded a very welcome 100 millimetres.

Dam levels are predicted to rise by up to 5 per cent, pushing drinking water storage levels to 45 per cent, the highest in three years.

And the news gets even better. A spokeswoman for the Sydney Catchment Authority, Debbie Low, said the authority expected even more good flows into the dams. "The soil is now saturated like a wet sponge," she said.

"That means any additional rain will not be absorbed by the soil but will flow straight into the catchment."

Rain is forecast for Sydney, the Central Coast, South Coast and ranges for the next four days, raising hopes that dam storage levels could pass the magic 50 per cent mark.

See - Sydney - it can rain again.

It's raining buckets in the UK as well.

Just imagine if Sydney residents had been encouraged to have water tanks ...