VIC: Scorcher - December 24 2018 to January 5 2019

[Jezza]

^ Highest temperature in Viewbank was 43.3c at 3:27pm.

Cocoroc is 24.9c and Werribee is 43.3c. They're only 11km apart.

[Rhys_34]

Any chance of Melbourne reaching 43C?

Currently 42.5.

There’s every chance, change still not through Laverton at 3.40pm, a good 30 min of heating left at the city site

[Jezza]

Third hottest day in Melbourne this decade.

1). January 11 2010 = 43.6
2). January 16 2014 = 43.4
3). January 4 2019 = 42.6
4). January 17 2014 = 42.5

[Ausmammal]

Just checked temp gauge in the shade on the deck.
40c.

[StratoBendigo]

There goes the January record - 44.3c. winds gusting to 30 knots too.

[Jezza]

44C in Viewbank

[Onetahuti]

Wind change just through, currently 39.5°C after a max of 43.8°C @ 3:51PM

[hillybilly]

Putrid 39C here. That's about 44C sea level equivalent. The only day I've seen which was clear hotter here was Black Saturday (which got to ~41C). Not much wind and quite humid. Bit of convection firing ATM.

[Jezza]

Cool change has reached Melbourne.

Now it's 26.8c.

[Sean]

Change well and truly through. Thank God for that. This heat is gross and boring

[Jezza]

Great feeling to be standing in your backyard while the cool change arrives.

[Didjman]

Great feeling to be standing in your backyard while the cool change arrives.

I love being outside when a front goes through! Will go out for this one (now 50klms away on Doppler Radar).

[Jezza]

[occluded]

Change through here, down to 36.9C on the PWS and falling - winds not squally at all.

[snowfall]

The change has finally arrived here. Got to 42c just before the change, and now the temperature is quickly dropping. Has dropped 9c in only 5 mins, with SW winds gusting to around 40km/hr.

[tonycynic]

Are those thunderstorms on the radar? Moving fast.

[Didjman]

Change has gone through here. Temp in freefall; 1C / min, with humidity going straight up

[mick]

Dark clouds and a bit of virga suspect.

[Didjman]

Are those thunderstorms on the radar? Moving fast.

no CGs yet on lightningmaps.org

[Jezza]

Got a few drops of rain here.

Today's certainly living up to the moniker of "four seasons in one day"