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Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 24

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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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Heard someone ring in on radio between stawell and halls gap, don't know the town, got around 80mm last night. BOM suggesting 30-40mm+ in storms today.

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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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I would be happy with 5mm at this stage. It is ridiculous the lack of rain we have had around these parts.
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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I expect nothing in Melbourne today due to lower level E/SE winds and upper Southerly winds pushing the storms further and further North any that develop over or near the ranges
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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Rhino » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:36 am wrote:
Rhino wrote:Heard someone ring in on radio between stawell and halls gap, don't know the town, got around 80mm last night. BOM suggesting 30-40mm+ in storms today.

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Not surprised Rhino (Pomonal?) It is so frustrating that the Mt William gauge seems to have been taken out by the storms, the radar had an endless procession of rain over the Grampians yesterday & it would be fascinating to know what fell there if a lowland town got 80 mm!
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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Sounds right Gordon, some big falls alright, they might even crack 100mm+ over 24hrs if it all goes to plan today :o .

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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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The AWF forecasts remained unchanged this morning, with early estimates suggesting things are on track. As many have mentioned the risk of storms for Melbourne itself is rather low today due to the lower level southeasterly component keeping a lid on instability, but cannot be ruled totally, especially for outer suburbs. Already warm here, 28 degrees and a dp of 18 degrees. A lovely northeast wind. Shame I'll be at work today from 3-8pm.
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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And with the extremely dodgy iPhone zoomed in pic, you can see ignition has started in a line from kynton to maryborrough that I can see from here..

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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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There's the odd northerly being picked up in the observations. Not sure if this is promising or it is just a very weak Northerly. If some areas are going SE to NE then maybe something will develop on the convergence line? Interested in some thoughts from some of those who are more experienced and may be able to provide some more info! ;)

BTW I can see towers going up out west where they were yesterday!!
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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cant see much happening today unless they suddenly pop up at the last minute

very humid out though....
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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Big Cu developing around the west central ranges, daylesford way, now so things should get going in around 30mins-1hrs time. Things didn't really get pumping yesterday until 2.30pm onwards so going to plan. Your sure right James regarding the humidity, dreadful out there.

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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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Well bugger me, things just starting up around the west central area, lucky guess... :D

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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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Massive cu rapidly developing to the north, watching them develop... Just saw the radar looks like ones dropping rain
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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haha, i guess when storms happen they DO almost always go up quickly!

hoping something will form over the suburbs today, the BOM said outer eastern suburbs and i guess i fit in there...will just have to wait and see, even if its close enough for lightning in the distance on dark..long time since i have seen night time lightning!
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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johnno » Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:59 am wrote:
johnno wrote:I expect nothing in Melbourne today due to lower level E/SE winds and upper Southerly winds pushing the storms further and further North any that develop over or near the ranges
Seems to be going exactly that way
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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My view (when I go outside and look behind work) to the SW of Bendigo, gosh darn it I want to be on the fields today! haha

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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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15min later...The complex down Kyneton Way is blocking my view of the Avoca Cell now, however the latter looks very nice on radar already.
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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A lot of thunder here now from those clunes/daylesford storms, heading this way.... :D :D

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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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Storms seem to be moving slowly North West now with mid and upper level winds weakly out of the South East
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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What the sky looks like to my NE, shame on that SE wind!! :x
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Re: Extended warm spell and becoming humid - Feb 6 to 15

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Yep, another night of watering coming up. Ride home should be nice again with that south easterly right behind me.
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