Next week's predicted heatwave needs a lot of things to line up which still has me predicting it won't happen (not saying that it can't happen). GFS has been producing extreme mid-range forecasts for a while now.
This same model was predicting snow to sea level about 5 times last winter and the winter before that.
I find that it likes to throw extremes out 4-7 days before an "event".
I'm sticking to my forecast of 28-32 for Melbourne, with a mild change next Friday, before a stronger front around the 27th/28th.
In saying that, keep a close eye on how far north that front will end up for next Friday as it will be the key on whether 7 Feb 2009's conditions are repeated.
it does worry me slightly that multiple models have hinted in at least one run that next Thursday could be VERY hot.
A completely different BOM forecast for Ballarat for the week in terms of max temps from this morning (which to be fair is really yesterday afternoon's forecast): Sunday was 26, is now 28; Monday was 32, is now 29; Tuesday was 32, is now 34; Wednesday was 35, is now 29; Thursday was 33, is now 41!
It's been a similar story for most of the date range: obviously a real challenge for BOM to pick the northerly influence vs southerly (at least for southern Vic) even a day or two out.
Friday Morning was a tad wet, made it very funny to be out in it..
made for some really fast running, picked up a stray lady walking,
yelling to her as we bolted through a park Here it comes, if you want a lift follow us,
A really tropical down pour,
windows fogged as 3 climbed in grabbed our breath and then asked her where do you want to go.
turns out she lives 6 doors down.
Dont recall a summer with house windows open for long periods, usually locking out a dry hot heat,
yesterday was tack pants and jacket again..
if only that down pour lasted 10 minutes longer..
Australis(Shell3155) wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:09 am
Friday Morning was a tad wet, made it very funny to be out in it..
made for some really fast running, picked up a stray lady walking,
yelling to her as we bolted through a park Here it comes, if you want a lift follow us,
A really tropical down pour,
windows fogged as 3 climbed in grabbed our breath and then asked her where do you want to go.
turns out she lives 6 doors down.
Dont recall a summer with house windows open for long periods, usually locking out a dry hot heat,
yesterday was tack pants and jacket again..
if only that down pour lasted 10 minutes longer..
Been a wierd flash drought here as we’ve had multiple thunderstorms with heavy rain, but each has only lasted a couple of minutes. If only one had lasted for 15 minutes it would be looking very different in the garden.