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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by flyfisher »

Oh well radar is down anyway - not that we really need it any more, the western desert has spread across all of Melbourne now. Just finished survival watering of the garden. Still a bit of hope in the SW stream on Saturday...just little hope.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Gordon »

2mm... hope it leaves as slowly as it arrived. (That 'upgraded' Melbourne radar really is a useless piece of junk - hope BOM got a refund.)
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by snowfall »

Some very light rain here this evening. Only totalling 0.3mm so far, but will take anything we can get right now! There has been some more persistent rain a little further north in the Macedon Ranges, generally around the 1-3mm mark.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by hillybilly »

0.6mm in FC overnight. Decent showers inbound from the west. Might score a couple of mm's today, or they may disappear like most of the rain the last month :roll:

Not overly confident about tomorrow. Slow moving trough with showers and storms developing. The further west the poorer the chances. EC has 5mm in the city, 10mm in the Dandenongs and 20mm for Warburton. Clearly a few minutes in the set up could make a bit difference in totals.

Looks like the west coast and higher elevations out west have had ok totals overnight, locally almost to 20mm.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by 93ben »

Does anyone know why the BOM have released a "road weather warning"? Like it hasn't been bad at all outside.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Gordon »

Up to a mighty 4mm here - must be in the sweet spot :).

Re road weather alert, I think they issue these after a long dry spell followed by light rain. Turns all the dust and gunk on the roads into a greasy film; whereas heavier rain washes it all away and is therefore actually 'safer' for road surfaces, if that makes sense?
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Dane »

0.7mm's here overnight, almost doubles my monthly total to 1.5mm. :(
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Macedonian »

2mm here overnight. I think that takes me up to 6mm for the month.
It is still surprisingly green around this area. I drove down to Gisborne this morning and there is still green grass in front of peoples houses and roadside verges.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by typhoon29 »

why is there no chance of a thunderstorm this avo for Ballarat and region when <100km away the radar and lightning tracker sure do show some of that activity!
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Wilko »

Was sort of wondering the same
Melb could sneak one in too
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Tassiedave »

Rain in Tasmania since 9 am: Mt Read 29 mm, Sheffield 19 mm, Wynyard 15 mm, Devonport 14 mm, Deloraine 11 mm, Launceston 3.6 mm, Hobart 1.0 mm
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

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2mm here. Blustery wind right now and 27c.
Macedonian wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:08 pm It is still surprisingly green around this area. I drove down to Gisborne this morning and there is still green grass in front of peoples houses and roadside verges.
There’s still surprisingly quite a bit of green here too. January was well above average for rain, so I guess the effects are still being felt. After such a dry month I would have expected it to have browned right off, but thankfully we also haven’t had those terrible landscape-burning 40c days.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by QldTwister »

Yeah its not that dry people few weeks of no rain in driest part of year just relax lol.

Also fire threat almost done hard to get big bush fires in March.

Another hot night then blustery change with showers.

Mild to warm and mostly sunny week next wee loving it.

The Cold dark moist depths of winter arent far away, it will be wet and damp and cold then so enjoy last few weeks of sun and warmth.
Well i know i am any way lol.

Enjoy change tomorrow last one for Summer.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by stevco123 »

Almost 30 degrees here right now at 1am
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by 93ben »

stevco123 wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:09 am Almost 30 degrees here right now at 1am

And it's still the same and its almost 2am! It's also breezy outside. Don't think the BOM have a clue on what's happening atm. They have been getting everything wrong these past couple of days!
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Australis(Shell3155) »

28.8 c here, and more than breezy.. not comfortable for sleeping..
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by jimmyay »

Incredibly warm night here in Cheltenham - I see the Moorabbin station has hovered around 29-30 the entire night. Remarkable.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

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Big rains in Northern Tassie overnight. Cradle Valley 71 mm, Meander 60 mm, Sheffield 41 mm, Devonport 40 mm, Wynyard 37 mm, Scottsdale 22 mm Launceston 17 mm, Hobart 3.8 mm since 9 am yesterday
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Dane »

Very warm night, only got down to 28.3c here a record high for February.
Previous record was 24.3c last year.
2nd warmest night I have recorded in my 16 years here only warmer night
was a min of 28.8c in January 2010.
Doubt if we will get much rain with the change so might be my driest ever month.
Driest ever was January 2013 with 3.0mm's. Sitting on 1.5mm's at the moment.
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Re: VIC: Warm, humid and possibly showery/thundery - Feb 18 to 25 2018

Post by Horts »

Was hoping it would be raining by now, instead its clear sky warm and windy again. :(
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