A cold shower start to May: 1-7

[hillybilly]

New thread for a chilly and wet start to May. A large high stays anchored south of WA, throwing up a series of fronts and likely giving a couple of cut off lows. Should add up. Will be chilly enough for snow towards the middle to end of the week. Good to see comtinuing rain in the southeast, despite the likely developing El Niño in the pacific.

[StratoBendigo]

We're certainly starting to feel the chill in the air. Another 2c morning in Bendigo today.

Probably only a mm or two for the next two weeks here.

[hillybilly]

Chilly start to May here with a max of just 13C and light rain. Today looks like a repeat but heavier rain. Could well be the odd rumble, particular central VIC which times the trough mid arvo.

Progs are holding, and perhaps getting a touch chillier. Latest GFS suggests the weekend might bring some low level snow

[hillybilly]

Fairly mild showery Tuesday here. Just over 2mm, with some heavier falls out towards the airport. Was a bit thundery at times, though didn’t hear any rumbles. Couple of storms back in central VIC as expected.

Nasty day today for Vic with heavy showers and strong winds which will be really gusty. Few warnings up. TAS is closer to the low centres, so tends to be more of a rain event. Is quite a cold system with snow on the alps

[stevco123]

Looks like one of those mornings where the Otways shred every bit of precipitation before it gets here

[Macedonian]

Back at Mount Macedon after a few sunny warm days in Sydney, it's a bit of a shock. Blowing fairly hard and only 6° at 11am.
I'm not ready for five months of winter!

[Gordon]

12mm here and pouring again as I write with short, sharp showers. Almost sleety despite a temp. of 6C.

Snow beginning to accumulate in the Alps. Sure does feel like winter, and we still have a succession of fronts to come.

[snowfall]

3.6mm from showers overnight and today. Some showers have packed a punch this afternoon, with squally winds, but have been short-lived, so not adding up much.

Currently 10.3c. Fairly cold but not overly so - should get a fair bit colder later in the week though.

[Onetahuti]

20mm for here, most of which fell in a heavy showery period around 3AM.

[Macedonian]

Max temp today was 7.1°

[hillybilly]

Cold wet Wednesday in southeast Tas. First proper rain since first part of April. Just on 10mm of rain. Started out as snow on the Mt, but then the winds went easterly for a while and all washed away.

Bit of a break today. Looks like the main action with the cutoff will be east of Tas on the Tasman Sea. Better for VIC.

Cold weekend then the highs step back and looks really mild. False start to winter

[Gordon]

17mm here so far for the dates - good start to May after an excellent April.

Snow cams look healthy: https://www.ski.com.au/snowcams/austral ... uszko.html The remaining Main Range snow patches from 2022 have made it through to become part of 2023's snowpack. That'll be for the first time (I believe) since the 1990s.

[Macedonian]

Snow forecast level for Saturday has dropped to 700m.
I had mid-may snow on coloured autumn trees around 2007.

[Pengaz]

17.5mm here over Tuesday and Wednesday.

After the mild end to April this week has been a shock to the system.

Looking forward to another 10-15mm over the weekend.

[hillybilly]

Looks like a cold wet weekend ahead for much of vic as a strong upper trough stalls and a deep low forms of Sydney. Solid snowfalls in the alps.

Icy cold down in Tas but just showers and being dry not expecting much. Snow levels will get low, down to around 500m in Tas. Might also see a bit of hail and graupel on the flats.

[stevco123]

I woke up to just under 30mm of rain overnight. A solid drop. Looks like we were in the sweet spot as most of the metro area got 5 to 10mm. A few 25 to 35mm stations popping up in my local area.

The Melbourne Water site at the Cranbourne Botanic Gardens has had 31.6mm.

I was not expecting more than about 5mm.

44mm for May now.

[Didjman]

On the radar we are under a solid band moving north. Rainfall totals might add up! Haven't checked amount in the gauge so far as raining steadily.

[Gordon]

Bang on 10mm here, making 27mm for the dates so far.

Fingers crossed for snow on autumn leaves for you Macedonian!

[Didjman]

17mm here overnight

[Petros]

6.5mm here overnight, still drizzling and cold. Will be at Merimbula today, tomorrow looks a bit wild for that area with a cut off low.