Mild windy one here today. Looks like a mild night, with maybe a few spits.
Next 48 hours look blustery, and their should be quite a few showers about the ranges and coast. Inbetween will be a mixed bag. Ec quite keen for here with nearly 20mm, but GFS has only dribbles, and CMC sits inbetween. Next week looks more of the same, but turning steadily wetter. Does look like the rain totals in the end could be significant in the usual spots.
Btw saturdays rain looks like coming from a stationary front which becomes a warm front. Quite like the system on Tuesday but stronger. It ushers in much milder air for Sunday and Monday. Strange set up
Strato, we've had snow in the Dandenongs between August and December every year since 2001 except 2009. I suspect 2009 is the first year that it hasn't snowed in the Dandenongs in any month, but that's my gut feeling rather than a hard fact. It snowed in December 2002 and 2006 so can go into summer. The last time snow was significant was 2008 when there was locally 10cm. Most years up to about 2008 saw a couple of falls or more. Going back September 2005 saw snow in the city and September 1969 it snowed twice in the city. In the 2005 event snowed lay for about four days in the hills. The biggest sea level event was that in late August 1849 when there was a few inches in the city and apparently deep drifts in the hills. I understand there was over a metre in the Dandenongs sometime between 1940 and 1960 but haven't been able to pin down the date.
Here's the Argus article for the 1849 event