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by Dane
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Becoming warm ahead of a stronger cold front: March 16-20
Replies: 21
Views: 1204

Becoming warm ahead of a stronger cold front: March 16-20

Got some light showers late last night
0.4mm's all up MTD is 0.6mm's
The Airport got 0.2mm's MTD is 0.4mm's
Record March low is 2.2mm's in 1923
by Dane
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Becoming warm ahead of a stronger cold front: March 16-20
Replies: 21
Views: 1204

Becoming warm ahead of a stronger cold front: March 16-20

Big dry continues here in Ballarat just 6.6mm's in the last 53 days at my place in Sebastopol.
Only one day with more than one mm in that time.
MTD is 0.2mm's at my place the same at Ballarat Airport. :x :x
by Dane
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Becoming hot again: February 26-
Replies: 21
Views: 1474

Becoming hot again: February 26-

As I expectged the sun did come out in Ballarat this afternoon and the temperature then shot up. From around 24 degrees at 1pm the temperature has so far reached 34.4c at Ballarat Airport with winds gusting to 72kmh. MY PWS has so far reached 33.6c and gusts are getting up to 52kmh. Not very pleasant.
by Dane
Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Becoming hot again: February 26-
Replies: 21
Views: 1474

Becoming hot again: February 26-

Unusual day here temperature reached 26.9c at 10.45am on my PC, then dropped back to 24.0c at 12.30pm under heavily overcast skies with just a few drops of rain at one point. Winds are not that strong. Temperature is now starting to move up again and is now up to 26.2c. Expect the temperature to sti...
by Dane
Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Becoming hot ahead of a change with possible rain and storms: February 10-14
Replies: 45
Views: 2493

Becoming hot ahead of a change with possible rain and storms: February 10-14

Quickfire storm though here around 1.30pm 5mm's of rain in 10 minutes loud thunder and some pea sized hail.
Temp dropped from 35 to 25 in that storm but is rising again now up to 29c Dp is 18c
by Dane
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:56 am
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Becoming warm to hot, followed by showers: January 22-27
Replies: 41
Views: 3393

Re: Becoming warm to hot, followed by showers: January 22-27

Active high based storm just passed to the south of me here in Ballarat - Sebastopol no rain but several CG's and loud thunder that woke me up. Temp still 23 at 3.55am. That's the 5th thunder day this month.
Tracker shows plenty of activity in the SW of the state so may get some more later.
by Dane
Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Developing low with more rain and storms: January 15-20
Replies: 58
Views: 5362

Re: Developing low with more rain and storms: January 15-20

Thunder has been rumbling around for the last hour here but not much rain
just 0.8mm's here in Sebastopol and nothing at all at Ballarat Airport.
Temp down to 22c here now DP is 18c.
Reached 28.2c this afternoon 28.5c at the Airport
by Dane
Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Developing low with more rain and storms: January 15-20
Replies: 58
Views: 5362

Re: Developing low with more rain and storms: January 15-20

Yes just a 5% chance of Rain in Ballarat today according to the BOM but there has been very light intermitant rain here since 1pm and even now there is still the odd spot. Only 0.2mm's in the gauge at my place (Sebastopol) and the same amount at Ballarat Airport. Temperature Maxed out at 17.7c here ...
by Dane
Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Deepening low with rains and storms: January 7-10
Replies: 70
Views: 6351

Re: Deepening low with rains and storms: January 7-10

Really big miss for Ballarat from this system, just 8.2mm's at Ballarat since
the rain started yesterday MTD is 27.8mm's.
I have recorded 7.4mm's here in Sebastopol so far MTD 52.4mm's.
Been overcast and misty all day with some slight drizzle at times.
Just over 1 mm since 9am.
Fizzer here
by Dane
Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Deepening low with rains and storms: January 7-10
Replies: 70
Views: 6351

Re: Deepening low with rains and storms: January 7-10

Been a bit of a fizzer so far in the Ballarat area.
2mm's so far today from a few light showers, BOM
only going for 1 to 10mm's for tomorow now.
MTD is 47mm's here in Sebastopol.
by Dane
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:15 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Mild then more showers, 29 Dec to 5 January
Replies: 54
Views: 5125

Re: Mild then more showers, 29 Dec to 5 January

Also Puckapunyal Lyon Hill Defense. 21mm's in 9 minutes between 8.59pm and 9.08pm
Wind gusts to 98kmh in the storm
by Dane
Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:06 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Mild then more showers, 29 Dec to 5 January
Replies: 54
Views: 5125

Re: Mild then more showers, 29 Dec to 5 January

Check out Puckapunyal West Defence PWS at 8.38pm had recorded 0.4mm's at 8.40pm
had recorded 11.6mm's thats just over 11mm's in 2 minutes.
Also wind gusting to 87kmh at 8.39pm :o
by Dane
Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Mild then more showers, 29 Dec to 5 January
Replies: 54
Views: 5125

Re: Mild then more showers, 29 Dec to 5 January

Storm rumbling away to my North between 6.20pm and 7.30pm. just a sprinkle here not enough to trouble the gauge. Ballarat Airport has had almost 2mm's. Further north just north of Daylesford there have been a couple of falls over 20mm's according to local PWS's Storm now impacting Kyneton Going by r...
by Dane
Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Mild then more showers, 29 Dec to 5 January
Replies: 54
Views: 5125

Re: Mild then more showers, 29 Dec to 5 January

Very Big storm in Ballarat as well very Lightning active. Thunder is still rumbling around at the moment been going for more than 2 and a half hours. Too wet and too much Lightning to check my official gauge but my PWS is on 42 mm's now. 35mm's of that fell between 12.45 and 1.15pm. Quite a bit of f...
by Dane
Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: General Weather Archives
Topic: Wet Christmas 23 to 28 December
Replies: 87
Views: 8837

Re: Wet Christmas 23 to 28 December

Down in MelbourneToday where there have only been sporadic showers
Back home in Sebastopol my PWS is showing 70mm's since 5pm yesterday
Heaviest 24 hour fall since moved to Ballarat in March 2019
by Dane
Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: General Weather Archives
Topic: Another trough in the easterlies forming a low: December 18-20
Replies: 13
Views: 1568

Re: Another trough in the easterlies forming a low: December 18-20

BOM not really excited by this system going for a total of 0 to 4mm up and including the 24th of December in Ballarat
0 to 5mm for Melbourne for The same dates.
by Dane
Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:06 pm
Forum: General Weather Archives
Topic: Cool start to November followed by an extended warm spell: November 1-10
Replies: 40
Views: 5471

Re: Cool start to November followed by an extended warm spell: November 1-10

Cracking storm just through here very lightning active and lots of pea sized hail which whitened the ground.
Temp dropped from 24c just before the storm to 14c.
23 mm's in 30 minutes between 7.10 and 7.40pm.
Best storm for ages here
Sebastopol southern suburb of Ballarat
by Dane
Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Two deep lows: October 21-28
Replies: 32
Views: 3609

Re: Two deep lows: October 21-28

Just had a coldie through Ballarat. Temp on my PWS dropped from just over 10c to 4.7c with that. At Ballarat Airporrt temp dropped to 3.8c. Some sleety type rain with That. Noticed some ice crystals in the rain when it hit the car windsceen - indicates that snow was falling 200 to 300 meters higher ...
by Dane
Fri Sep 08, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Becoming cold, wet and windy with a front followed by a deep low: September 4-7
Replies: 46
Views: 3254

Re: Becoming cold, wet and windy with a front followed by a deep low: September 4-7

Been very windy and very cold here. Ballarat Airport recorded a gust of 80kmh earlier Maxed out at 7.8c at the Airport. Reached just 7.3c here in Sebastopol with 16mm's of rain since yesterday afternoon. Looks different next week with temperatures over 20c (23c) expected on Friday. Will be our first...
by Dane
Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: Victoria / Tasmania
Topic: Front followed by a low: August 10-15
Replies: 33
Views: 2476

Re: Front followed by a low: August 10-15

Down to -1.9c at my place this morning lots of frost.
Got down to -3.9c at Ballarat Airport coldest in August since 2014.