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

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

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1mm overnight in Ferny Creek :? Blowing a gale and foggy, but mostly missed the wrap. Expect a bit more today, though starting to clear.

Event passed 30mm so handy, but not the "month in a day" which looked a chance a few days back here.

Interesting temps. Rose all night here from 4C to now 10C. Can see the rapid warm air advection bringing the warm moist air from the Tasman Sea.

Looks like lots of spots out west just shy of 100mm but none yet to crack it?
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Re: Vic- April 1 - 10 Mild, warm then a major front, possible cut off low

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Well..... what a system! Basically been like a low end Cat 1 cyclone up here. Wind gust of 92 km/h and 86mm for the thread. Loads of gauges around here 60 to 100mm. Musk near Daylesford has 101mm. im hearing 100mm + around Ballan, so Gordon's total will be interesting. There will be a bit of damage I'd say....

As for the system, I suppose the thread sums up best what was unfolding last night.... incredible to witness the chain of events in the atmosphere from 6pm onwards.
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Thats what i call an autumn break.
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80mm here for the event so far. Quite anazing really. Even Yr.No underestimated the totals :o

Good to see high totals for the always short-changed west, around Melton/ Bacchus Marsh.
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Amazing 57mm here, which is not expected with rain coming from the south.
I want another one!!!!
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Just did a quick scan of past records and looks like this system may well be the best April event since 1977 for west central. Suspect in some spots will be ahead, and some behind that event. There was also a big event in April 2004, but that split across two days and wasn't generally as big.

There appears to have been a really big system back in April 1901 (bit young to remember that one) :P

FC now up to 33mm with a few heavy showers in the past hour.
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Couple of snowcam screen shots (hat tip ski.com.au).

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Not a bad cover for April (though not a sign of the season ahead ;) ).
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A mere 75mm from 9 am here, 82mm for the event.

However just a few km down the road in both directions, they've topped 100mm. For once I don't feel jealous :).

My brother (99mm) has been without power since 8pm! Somehow we've still got it..
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60mm here, wet and windy old day yesterday! But nice in the man cave by the fire.
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This side of town the biggest events were the kick-ass storm on Saturday late-afternoon and last night's minimum of 5.7 degrees :D

Well done to the west. Long time coming for them.

Looks to be a lot more autumnal the next 10 days at least with minimums below 10, varying maximums and on and off showers.
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Saturday about 4pm, from my house. Looking westerly towards the bays and city.

Got smashed byt it once it came through
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Event total of 73.4mm for us here. Well beyond the monthly April average. Really wild with gales and heavy rain from about 9:00pm last night. Still quite gusty out there this morning and drizzling.
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Up to now, 102mm might get a few more but that's probably it.
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...and now we play catch up.
Torrential drizzle/light rain here this morning quickly adding up.
Congrats to the western desert folks, long overdue for you over there! :D
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46mm for the weekend. Drying wind from the South this morning. Autumn break here.
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Great pics steveco123
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I think that must be my PB for most underestimated system :).

Up until Thursday I was promising a couple of local farmer mates half an inch (one of whom was considering watering his crops) and secretly hoping we'd make that... They've now had 100mm or more!
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Gordon wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:56 am I think that must be my PB for most underestimated system :).

Up until Thursday I was promising a couple of local farmer mates half an inch (one of whom was considering watering his crops) and secretly hoping we'd make that... They've now had 100mm or more!
Amazing amount Gordon. I was in Daylesford yesterday and it was def wetter and wilder than around Macedon
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50mm plus in Burnside Heights (gauge overflowed). Unbelievable result for the west! :D
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I think this thread might have to go into the Pool room. That set up might be a once in a life time event for the west of the bay. Normally we can get some big north west cloud bands, inland tropical fed lows, Polar pulses but an Occluded front that turns into a bass strait cut off low, then moves and stalls in the bay, merges into an epic convergence zone which is then locked by a new 2nd cold core cut off low in eastern Bass strait…. a little rare :)

@Gordon, Yes…. It certainly was underestimated on the models for this side of the bay until very late. For me it was all about the position of the low and once it locked in around King Island with the NE steering, she became the perfect storm for the west side of the bay. Farmers will be happy. A manual gauge just north of Ballan got 148mm.
@Stevco and HB, nice pics
@dagget – Nice total !!
@snowfall – It’s certainly upgraded for Gisborne later in the night ;)
@SB and Hawker – A nice southerly fed 46mm for 57mm drop on the north of the divide. Hen’s teeth comes to mind :)
@Skywalker – It’s no longer the weather boredom zone

All done here. Dams and water tanks full, dog has started to grow her winter coat. Event total 86mm , Year to date 165mm. Took 100 days to get 79mm and 48 hours to more than double it.... welcome to Australia 8-)
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