Polar Blast Fri 19 - Fri 26 July

[Gordon]

Gordon, do you know what your july average max is? do you have records? It must be pretty low.

Sorry Macedonian, don't keep detailed temp records but typically we run a little less than 2 C below Ballarat Airport, so I'd say 8.5 C would be close to our July average max.

Down to 8 C overnight, 12 C now and some heavy showers racing past but just missing us so far.

[stratospear]

Chucking it down here at the moment 7mm so far......water running everywhere.....can hear it getting heavier.

It's certainly been a ripper of a wet season for you guys. Hopefully we get some decent rain here both before and after the cold air hits. GFS is suggesting a high risk of storms for Northern Vic later today. Not surprising given the air mass over us right now originated from Cairns.

Looks like large areas of the state won't even get above 10c this weekend if the ensemble forecast is correct.

[dry]

It has now reached its expected top of 21 degrees I the CBD - I wonder if the 23.1 degree July record will be breached....

[stratospear]

It has now reached its expected top of 21 degrees I the CBD - I wonder if the 23.1 degree July record will be breached....

21.8c so far. It could get close. But temps are dropping out west now with Horsham on 11.6c.

[Dane]

Yeah a really warm one for July. It has reached 20c for the first time ever in July here. Mind you I only have 12 years of records but the previous high was 18.8c in 2009. Its now 20.6c and still rising so ive smashed my previous record.
Looking like it could be my warmest July on record overall even with the coming cooler temps.
Hope we get some good rain with this system only 18mm's so far this month (average 70mm's)
Not that windy here yet Max gust on my station is only 20 knots (37kmh) we have had a few windier days this month I recorded a gust of 35 knots on the 4th.

[johnno]

22.1c now in the City, 22.5 at Avalon apt & 22.8c at Moorabbin apt! Crazy weather!

[occluded]

Was expecting some strong winds this morning, going by the forecasts but wind back home only just picking up a bit now.

Been windy in the CBD since I got to work though, the flag on the top of the Reserve Bank building been straight all morning and I could have sailed down Collins St with that gutsy tailwind at lunchtime.

Temps are nuts for this time of year, hopefully it's reversed with this upcoming polar blast?

[dry]

Melbourne is currently the second warmest capital city! Darwin is first I course. Radar looks interesting too.

[dagget]

Unbelievable how warm it is in the city, this isn't winter at all.

[wolfcat]

and that folks is a record: 23.2c at 01:42pm is hottest every July on record for Melbourne.

[stratospear]

Melb CBD 23.2c so far. Record broken. This air mass has come to us from an area between the Coral sea and the Kimberly according to the streamline charts.

Air mass on Saturday will probably originate from the polar ice sheet...

[Gordon]

Heavy, constant rain for the last 20 mins here, 6 mm so far. Radar suggests a fair bit more to come.

Still comparitively mild at 12 C but nothing like those Melbourne temps even subtracting for altitude.

[tre75]

First spits from rain band, no thunder (wasn't really expecting it anyway), quite mild for this time of year (has been for a few days now), and back to our scheduled programming (winter that is ).

[wolfcat]

new record is now 23.3 at 02:02pm for Melbourne.

[stevco123]

Sad day for weather in Australia as the new record is false due to the UHI and crappy positioning of the current site. RIP accurate temperatures.

But look at that rain band coming in!!!!!!

Let's go. This hot winter weather has to be replaced by snow in Melbourne City on the weekend. We deserve it.

[Didjman]

max gust here so far 58klm/hr. temp 19C.
Peter

[Gordon]

14 mm so far and rain has eased back a bit. Nasty wind gusts - the wind and rain will cause chaos if the band hits Melbourne at peak hour.

[Skywalker]

Crickey check out the radar! That will get my semi recovered ribs shaking.

[dry]

Crickey check out the radar! That will get my semi recovered ribs shaking.

And I forgot my umbrella at home....

[Skywalker]

Black as a dogs guts here. A few drops starting to fall, here we go!