hillybilly » Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:56 am[/url]"]
hillybilly wrote:Sitting on 31C here and has only risen 3C in 3 & 1/2 hours.
BTW that storm band has exploded and is now nearly 700km north-south. Better drop some rain otherwise SA is in trouble.....
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Surely those SA storms must be dropping real rain with such strong radar returns? Even a couple of patches of black?
Edit: A storm just east of Hamilton has sprung out of nowhere; and bingo:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAILSTONES and HEAVY RAINFALL
For people in the South West, Wimmera and parts of the Central, Mallee, Northern Country and North Central Forecast Districts.
Issued at 1:28 pm Saturday, 3 January 2015.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Horsham, Stawell, Hamilton, Ballarat, Maryborough and Castlemaine.