Storms have lashed the region over the weekend, with very mixed outcomes.
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There were dam-filling rains in isolated pockets of the shire and an eerie dark descended with a monster dust storm on Sunday afternoon.
Forbes airport recorded a total 47mm from Thursday evening to Monday morning, but the Advocate's online followers have shared very varied rainfall measurements and few are that high.
Totals in town gauges ranged from five to 10mm in Bathurst Street and 10mm on Calarie Road to 21mm in Quarry Road and 23mm in Jacaranda Street.
One property on the Forbes side of Wirrinya measured 50mm, or two inches, of rain in half an hour on Friday night.
Another property at West Wirrinya recorded just 1.5mm.
Eugowra was under the storm on Thursday afternoon, with police busy attending fallen trees and water over the roads.
Rainfall varied there too, with a number of areas recording about an inch of rain.
Whether you got the rain or not, it was hard to miss Sunday afternoon's dust storm, which rolled in and turned day to night.
In Forbes winds peaked at 83km/h at 5.06pm, and the temperature dropped from 32.1 degrees at that time to 20.7 degrees by 7pm.
As the storm season continues Forbes Police urge people to drive to the conditions when dust and rain impact visibility on the roads.
Our Rural Fire Service teams were also quick to respond to fires ignited by lightning.