Vic- April 1 - 10 Mild, warm then a major front, possible cut off low

Dane · Post by **Dane** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:15 pm

Great to see those big falls in the dry western areas of Melbourne.
I Have been in the cold spot here in the last 24 hours with just 7.4mm's
in the 24 hours to 9am. System total now 25.6mm's MTD 27.0mm's
and YTD 223mm's.
Overcast but mostly dry here so far today with just a few spits of drizzle.
Looks like calmer and milder conditions over the next few days.

Skywalker · Post by **Skywalker** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:30 pm

JasmineStorm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:06 pm I@Skywalker – It’s no longer the weather boredom zone

Jasmine, Caroline Springs will always be the boredom zone.

Yes we got plenty of rain over the weekend, but it's been absolute ages since we last had a severe storm & it obviously never snows here during winter. It's also worth noting that this amount of rain is a rare one off for us. Normally during the cooler months the eastern suburbs gets all the wet stuff & we get bugger all.

Sun briefly poking out here at work.

StratoBendigo · Post by **StratoBendigo** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 3:34 pm

Rather chilly today again. it's only reached 15c so far

Adam37 · Post by **Adam37** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:39 pm

What a night! 73mm (70mm last night) in total, pretty amazing for this part of the world!!

snowfall · Post by **snowfall** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:22 pm

Lovely wintry day here today with 11.7c as a max. Added a little more to the gauge with drizzle and light showers to bring the event total to 75mm. Tanks are full, which I didn't think would happen at this point in the season. Currently drizzling again now. I think this event will be memorable not just for the rain but, as Jasmine mentioned, for the near cyclonic conditions with hours of driving rain and wild winds. Quite a bit of debris on the roads around here this morning.

Post by **hillybilly** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:38 pm

Nice chilly one here today with a max of 11C. Feels arctic after last weeks beach weather

37mm so far and hoping to slip past 40 with mizzle overnight. Suspect we will fall just short.

Lucky this one didn't come a week later for Easter. Would have been mayhem for all the campers and tourists

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:56 pm

hillybilly wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:38 pm 37mm so far and hoping to slip past 40 with mizzle overnight. Suspect we will fall just short.

Latest radar loop is encouraging, quite an increase in showers moving up from Bass Strait this evening.

stevco123 · Post by **stevco123** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:36 pm

Heavy (bordering very heavy) drizzle here for the last couple of hours. Almost 3mm from it.

Spectacular sleeping weather.

stevco123 · Post by **stevco123** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:19 am

Either the city gauge is broken or they have done very well the last few hours with drizzle. 15mm all up, the most out of any suburb

StratoBendigo · Post by **StratoBendigo** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:45 am

^^ Not the first time the CBD has copped a dose of torrential drizzle this time of year.

JasmineStorm · Post by **JasmineStorm** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:59 am

I got a surprise 1.8mm overnight. The 15mm in the CBD was also a little surprise as others have pointed out.

I just spotted this morning - one to keep an eye on. http://www.theaustralianweatherforum.co ... 18#p100018

stevco123 · Post by **stevco123** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:50 pm

Anyone notice Darwin is sitting on 20 degrees at the moment? Must be wearing jackets up there

StratoBendigo · Post by **StratoBendigo** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:55 pm

stevco123 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:50 pm Anyone notice Darwin is sitting on 20 degrees at the moment? Must be wearing jackets up there

They're probably wearing full polar gear! Incidentally, the current low daily max record for April in Darwin is 24.6c set in 1954. A good chance of that being broken I reckon...

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:03 pm

StratoBendigo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:55 pm
stevco123 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:50 pm Anyone notice Darwin is sitting on 20 degrees at the moment? Must be wearing jackets up there
They're probably wearing full polar gear! Incidentally, the current low daily max record for April in Darwin is 24.6c set in 1954. A good chance of that being broken I reckon...

...and down to 18C now, looks like a new record low is going to be set!
Just emptied the Nylex and found 44mm in it, so pretty good in the end. 46mm MTD.

stevco123 · Post by **stevco123** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:01 am

Interesting read about Darwin's cold snap:

http://www.ntnews.com.au/lifestyle/the- ... 3f39663769

JasmineStorm · Post by **JasmineStorm** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:24 am

Quite interesting for Darwin. Rare air indeed....

Some boredom and maybe some action later next week coming up for us, I think we need a new thread.

StratoBendigo · Post by **StratoBendigo** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:13 pm

Previous Darwin record Low max for April officially smashed. Now reset at 21.9c.

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:30 pm

JasmineStorm wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:24 am Some boredom and maybe some action later next week coming up for us, I think we need a new thread.

Difficult, nothing much happening to have a thread about. There's always the "Day to day weather talk" thread which gets little use.
Next Wednesday or Thursday looks to be the next "event" worthy of note.
If we were in New Zealand we would be going bonkers this week.

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