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This reminds me of Feb 1995. A few stinking hot dry and windy days in late-Feb, before a cool March and April.

Wednesday does look quite dangerous. Could be a very gusty change.

Things are spiralling out-of-control between Ararat and Beaufort with a large bushfire bearing down on Mt Cole and nearby towns.

Very very dangerous, so stay well away from that region...

Where did that come from? Just got 14mm. A few flangs in the mix too.

Any chance the 500 kV towers going down near Lara was due to a tornado? Quite extreme damage tbh.

Still raining here. Closing in on 20mm... The new Weeaproinah :). What's your mtd? Bendigo Airport MTD is 171mm. Second wettest January on record (since 1862). Fun fact - 250mm in Bendigo in the 31 days from December 24th to January 25th. About as wet as it can get for a one month length of time, a...

Still raining here. Closing in on 20mm...

Now up to 14mm and still raining. What a January!

8 mm so far today. Chilly too.

We haven't gone over 36c here this January. That's very rare.

28mm and now clearing. Wettest January since 2011 (155mm so far).

Pouring in Bendigo. Already more than 13mm and heaps more coming.

I can see this cold front delivering 20-30mm, easy.

It's looking like another 15-30mm possible here this week. Quite humid again today, and easterly winds are picking up.

Incidentally, very wet overnight in Sydney.

It's looking like another 15-30mm possible here this week. Quite humid again today, and easterly winds are picking up.

Incidentally, very wet overnight in Sydney.

Access-G also keeps throwing up weird inland deluges too for the next week or so.

Whacky. And rather tropical...

Bendigo broke a daily rainfall record with this event - 92mm in the 24 hours to 9am. That's with records going back to 1862. Worth noting that it broke a record that's stood since March 1914 (a soft 87.6mm). In Kangaroo Flat we got 96mm in the April 2020 storm which ended the last drought. Just 70mm...

Campaspe River flood peak at Rochester expected tomorrow morning at around 114.8m.

Much lower than January 2011 and October 2022 floods (115.56m & 116m respectively).

Wow! Some flooding problems East of Bendigo this morning. Campaspe one to watch, although likely to have two peaks North of Eppalock given it hasn't spilled yet.

Quite a lot of road closures, especially around Heathcote and Redesdale. Messy.

50mm so far today. Looks like a last hurrah with the incoming band from the West. That delivered 17mm to hopetoun, so probably a similar amount to add to the total here.

I'm seeing things being wound back. Looks more like a stock-standard 20 odd mm today.

First band approaching now. Looks damp rather than stormy.

Still looks good for 30-60mm here, although the 18Z German model goes for 100mm...

It feels like this summer is more typical of what Sydney experiences, not Bendigo.

Well, 45mm today. We've had an incredible 138mm since Christmas Eve. It certainly keeps the lawns green and the plants happy.

Next Monday, yeah...