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Agree, not overly convinced with the prospects for storms today, particularly in the metro area on a sea breeze pushing in, but Sunday is looking good so far.

Rog.

Tipped 29.5mm out this morning and expect a lot more when I get home. Is the BOM Radar ot of whack though? When we had the broken, light rain over us it was belting down. Now we have the Moderate to Heavy indicated rain over us it has almost stopped. It is like the radar loop is an hour or 2 behind?...

Wow, that intensified as it hit South Dandy. Went from nothing to white-out to nothing again in about 3 minutes. Looks like the tale end of the second line might have a punch also!

Rog.

Funny enough, although today's maximums did not get near yesterday's, temps across the metro area are higher than at the same time yesterday. Not much happening now beyong the line from Meredith to Beaufort, but with Temps in the mid 20's, DP's around 20, little sea breeze and convection moving in f...

Just been watching a great silhouette of the updraft and cell over the bay. It's a bit like a Kardashian though, looks pretty but seems to be serving no real purpose...

Been watching the up drafts either side of King Lake - now showing red on the radar. Will be interesting to see if they continue to track SSW. If they do they are heading straight for me

So is the sea breeze going to ruin our party again today??

Hmmmm, I just tipped 3mm of dead spiders out of my rain gauge. Speaks volumes to the weather we have had.

Wow, lots of aicraft now be diverted to either Canberra or Sydney. Go to http://www.flightradar24.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and click on some of the aircraft around Melbourne to see what's happening.

Rog.

Cells to the north of my current position in South Dandenong are looking very nice . Lots of rapid verticle development.

Rog.

Is that trailing cell just north of Meredith showing a bit of rotation on the radar?

Hope we get a clearing between 1-3am at least to give us a chance of seeing the Geminid Meteor shower!!!!!

Still sitting in a car park at Black Rock. Too much rain to set up and get any decent shots, so waiting for the rain mass to move to see if I can get any shots of the back of it. I have seen some if the brightest lightning that I have ever seen. Some so bright that the car park lights are switching ...

Hmmm, contemplating putting the camera gear in the car and working out an intercept point....any suggestions?

Rog.

Lightning going off everywhere to my southwest from that black cored storm. Hoping to eat some humble pie soon after my sulking earlier - will be delicious! Haha, I'll happily share a slice of that with you Geoff if it all comes off :) So, are we seeing the uppers cool slightly quicker than surface...

In hindsight you have to be a bit cautious with your expectations when you have 850, 700 and 500 temps so high. We really needed a colder upper pool of air, front, cloud clearing for thermal heating or decent trough to get things going I think. At this stage we really don't see any cooler upper temp...

Is that the sound of fizzing I hear......

Just climbed into bed last night/this morning and thought I heard thunder - ignored it - thought I heard thunder again - got suspicious - house lights up like disco strobe - confirmed!!! Back out of bed and stand outside watching some very bright crawlers until about 1:45 am :) We got smashed here i...

We had a few flangs around Wattle Park yesterday as the two separate cells came through. Most of the activity seemed to skip us to the north though

Total for the 24hrs to 9am this moring, 2mm.....
Rog.

With only 38.5mm during October for me, which is about half my average over the last two years, I am hoping November delivers in spades again. 2 distinct events in November 2010 helped me to a total of 103.5mm for the month, with 4 distinct events helping to push me up to 153mm in November last year...