Victoria: Spring Preview - August 22nd 2014 Onwards

[Nick Sykes]

Morning All

Stunning day in Melbourne today, sunny with a light northerly, temp around 18C at 11.30am on the way to about 20C.

Very welcome after the cold of the first half of August.

Looks like plenty more days like this in the outlook with a blocking high in the Tasman.

Will be a hiccup on Sunday/Mon but back to near 20 next week.

Loving it.

Nick

[Nick Sykes]

After the brief interruption Sun/Mon, stunning spring weather has returned. Loving the sun and high teens in Melb today, so nice out with the smell of Spring in the air.

More of the same til about Sunday/Monday, temps may even get over 20. Ahead of the front on Sun/Mon some very warm air for this time of year maybe dragged down with temp near mid 20's

Loving it.

Nick

[Geoff]

Enjoying this springlike spell and getting lots of work done. Need to make hay while the sun shines as the models seem to be firming on a much cooler and unsettled spell next week.

[Cass]

I hope that there is a drop or two of rain left for us. Dams are half full.
Canola is flowering but there is no height to it, as for the rest of the crops,
next week will tell how well they recover if at all.
Hoping for spring rains otherwise summer is going to be a worry

[Wilko]

Long way out but Access looks to have lots
of action for us next week
Other models also firming

[stevco123]

WOW... Melbourne Olympic Park (new site) running at more than 3 degrees lower than the old site. Currently 19.4 at old site, but 15.9 at new site. MASSIVE difference. I'm in the city right now and it certainly feels like 16, and not 19.

[Dane]

Notice That Frankston hasn't been much above 12c today thanks to lingering fog

[Dane]

Starting to get Foggy here already

[stevco123]

genuine fog already moving into the cbd. Amazing view watching it roll in

[Onetahuti]

genuine fog already moving into the cbd. Amazing view watching it roll in

We are clear here so far. Another great day for solar production, it has been a long time coming.

[Geoff]

Strange one today. Clear and sunny here up on the hill as it usually is above the fog, and even down in the Yarra Valley out to Millgrove it cleared early this morning and was a sunny day. But I was back up on the hill in Olinda this afternoon and had no view at all over the eastern suburbs down to the CBD. The bay must be having an effect on the Melbourne area in this set up, as it is unusual for it to be clear in the valley and foggy around the city.

[stevco123]

literally moved in last 20 mins. I have some amazing footage with it covering the tops of buildings first and then down to ground level.

[Rivergirl]

Yes I watched it from the Docklands. Amazing! If you put any footage up steveco123 can you post the info here. Thanks

[stevco123]

Yes I watched it from the Docklands. Amazing! If you put any footage up steveco123 can you post the info here. Thanks

No worries. Trying to figure out how to post online, but have no time. I'll figure it out eventually. Might put it on youtube. Will let everyone know

[johnno]

I was at Willamstown pier taking some pics for John's weather channel, it was noticeably colder when I got out of the car and you could feel the humidity was higher but I put it down just being near the coast/water. The horizion towards the east was murky and hazy but that was due to pollution but the skies were entirely blue this was at 5:10pm at 5:15pm you could see there were some patches of very low cloud to the south I said to my friend wow that may be sea fog coming in, a min after I could see the bank of it behind these few patches and in 5 minutes flat the sky went from being entirely blue to grey and visibility below 100 metres! It was incredible, in 37 years of weather I can never recall such a quick transition of weather changing so quickly in such a short amount of time. The temperature dropped from 15c to 10-11c in 10 minutes just amazing to see and feel. It felt like dawn rather than 530pm in the afternoon, it was like something out of Europe/London. It be interesting to see if today it may happen again? The set up is very similar.

[Geoff]

Apologies for the poor quality of the photo (old cheap camera), but this has been the view all week from Olinda, looking across Kallista to the eastern suburbs and down to Mornington. Nothing visible except a sea of dense fog down below.



Next week looking cold and wet down here.

[Skywalker]

That photo reminds me of my Eden Park (Whittlesea) days Geoff. Our property was fairly high up & sat above the fog & frost during winter. The descent on the road with my bike of a morning used to be quite interesting to say the least.

The past two mornings have certainly been a bit usual with the fog. Thank god most of my cycling trip is on off road dedicated lanes.

[stevco123]

I knew the 20 degree spell wouldn't last for the duration that was forecast. In the end the setup isn't right. Sunday could and probably will be quite pleasant and "warm", except for the wind part.

No 20 degrees yet for the season in my area.

[stevco123]

Fog just starting to clear here now. First sunny break of the day. Looks like tonight will be a repeat of the other nights

[stevco123]

Just found this from THE AUSTRALIAN

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