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Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Looks ready to split around me again.
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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That thunder... Been going on for half an hour now as it moves closer and closer
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Looks headed for Moorabbin/Bayside burbs.

I can barely hear a thing here, just one small rumble. 10 or so minutes ago.
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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This time yesterday the BOM forecast 15-30 mm for Launceston but as I type we have had 0 mm. Very disappointing. Still stuck on 10.8mm for February.
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Sean wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 6:03 pm Looks headed for Moorabbin/Bayside burbs.

I can barely hear a thing here, just one small rumble. 10 or so minutes ago.
Been going for ages now, but the main action seems to split again, as you said.

Impressive mammatus though.

Constant rolling thunder now...
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Still at the office, down on St Kilda Road, near Prahran. Just got completely smashed here with heavy hail and torrential rain. :o
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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stevco123 wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 6:38 pm
Sean wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 6:03 pm Looks headed for Moorabbin/Bayside burbs.

I can barely hear a thing here, just one small rumble. 10 or so minutes ago.
Been going for ages now, but the main action seems to split again, as you said.

Impressive mammatus though.

Constant rolling thunder now...
Yeah, sure am hearing it now. Hopefully we get something
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Nice shelf cloud visible to my Northwest. Too bad it's moving from southwest to northeast. Pics to follow later
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Lots of booming rumbles as the band approaches. Looks mean :D (happy with heavy rain, but no large hail for me, please ;) ).
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Two minutes of 5 cent-sized hail and some overflowing gutters. All calm now.
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Pretty impressive day you are having. Most unusual activity given the temps. Im struggling to recall a similar event in relatively mild temps in Feb since radar was online.
Moorabbin, because it is the highest hill closest to the coast on the eastern side of the bay in metro melb, it has its own weather, squeezes out the rain in all seasons.
BOM gave a good forecast, credit where it is due.
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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mick wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:07 pm Pretty impressive day you are having. Most unusual activity given the temps. Im struggling to recall a similar event in relatively mild temps in Feb since radar was online.
Moorabbin, because it is the highest hill closest to the coast on the eastern side of the bay in metro melb, it has its own weather, squeezes out the rain in all seasons.
BOM gave a good forecast, credit where it is due.
Seen a few days like this in January or February, but probably only a once every few years. Wish we could crank one every second week ;)

Quick five and a bit mm here so almost up to an inch. MTD is about 120mm which is nearly double the February average. Makes it a bit over 300mm YTD :D

Now waiting for the swly showers on the backside of the developing low.
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

Post by Australis(Shell3155) »

“James”. You’ve been wishing for this for many years..
and there rippers these storms. !
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Very tame here as expected. Not having much luck with direct hits.

Nice top up though, and very welcome for Feb, which usually errs on the dry side of things.

Would like to see this pattern follow us into autumn.. Still have very fond memories of that very soggy April a few years ago.
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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WOW, WOW and more WOW...

Managed to make it down to Brighton to see that come in, pull the DSLR shots now. The rain and hail and thunder was to use the technical BoM term.. UTTERLY BONKERS :-)
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

Post by James »

Well..i got more than i bargained for!

nasty bolt landed somewhere just across near boronia road, or the bowling green estate. I am pretty sure it was close as i actually saw the tentacles touch down and sparks falling from the powerline with instantaneous thunder.

I also saw the security lights of the house over from me come on and off, and then flicker as if they were damaged!

no damage here thankfully, i had disconnected everything as i could see we were in the firing line.

It all moved on pretty quickly after that, thankfully no hail !!

whats the conditions like this evening, will storms still fire after dark or are they relying on the heating?
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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I do not have any luck with posting photos But I will do my best later
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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And here is said image of the storm just before it hit.

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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Nice bloody shot there, wolfcat! Ominous tinge of green.
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Re: Vic - Humid & Potential for Rain: Feb 5-20, 2020

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Sean wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:00 pm Nice bloody shot there, wolfcat! Ominous tinge of green.
Made it back to the car a few seconds before it hit, and the sound of the hail on the windscreen was making me a bit nervous I can tell you.
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