VIC: Hot and humid with some storms - January 24 to 31 2018

[WeatherViewer]

Strong sea breeze near the bay, is the breeze originating from bass strait or is it a breeze off the bay?

Will it die down and allow for some storms to creep in?

[JasmineStorm]

little cells have broken through the force field to the west of Melbourne. How long will they last though..... indicates that the uppers are getting quite unstable, tomorrow might be very interesting.

[Chritc]

Storms firing rapidly now.inside the sea breeze west of Geelong and the metro area

[Vic]

Cells are now popping up near Laverton, maybe some hope for the western fringe of the city before the day ends?

[JasmineStorm]

Candles, matches, torch works, batteries charged, tonic water, ice, gin... check.

[stevco123]

Just heard very distant thunder.

[Dane]

A cell in currently just trying to cross the bay. Can clearly see the anvil to
the NW from here. I think it will collapse though before it reaches this area.

[Hawker]

A big hot gust of wing and it starts raining, I thought it looked like it was going to go under us.
But a quick bit of development on the radar goes red, could be good!!!!

[hillybilly]

Apparently quite a few rumbles here from cells in the Yarra Valley but no rain. Nearest cells perhaps 10km away. Not completely giving up on today, but thinking it’s now waiting to see how tomorrow pans out. Friday has tended to look the best of the three days for Vic overall.

Rainband for late Sunday and Monday better across the models. CMC and ACCESS going for some big falls. EC and GFS ok but not quite as good.

[Didjman]

I am shortly leaving work in Tulla. Will probably intercept the Maryborough storm when I get home (Wallan).

[hillybilly]

Bit of an outflow boundary coming out of the storm cluster near Ballarat firing up new cells near the sea breeze. Edging south. That cell over the bays has also got more active. Am guessing quite unstable around central now. Would prefer this to happen at 5pm, but still a chance

[Sean]

That storm is splitting up before hitting you, Jasmine! Hate when that happens.

That cell crossing now is dropping light rain. No thunder at all. Nice sepia hue in the sky

[neil275]

Cells popping up all around here. Thunder and lightning, but no rain as yet.

[JasmineStorm]

This is a classic slow moving multicell cluster....losing energy in one spot, gains in another... the storm is getting larger looking at the cloud tops. Almost impossible to predict where it strengthens next. Lots of sparks. It's gaining over the range ATM, think it might get to metro northern suburbs.

[Dane]

Getting a moderate shower here now bit of Lightning and thunder as well.

[neil275]

Ripper storm here now. Pelting down. Lots of sparks. Huge crack of thunder just then. Dog next door is going berserk.

[snowfall]

Got to 31.4c here today. It cooled off quite a bit this afternoon with the sea breeze. Currently 21.7c, but with a dew point of 17c, it’s certainly feeling sticky. The sky to our north and west has gone very dark and the radar suggests at least a bit of rain soon. As Jasmine mentioned, it’s a tricky one to predict, as the pattern of rain keeps shifting around quite rapidly. It’s looking stronger further north at the moment, above Lancefield and heading towards Broadford and Kilmore. We might end up with a solid downpour or just a few spits! Just saw a lightning strike and the wind is picking up. At the very least, it’s good to see some rain on the Melbourne radar after such a long dry spell!

Jasmine, looks like you’ve finally had some rain?

[Macca2395]

Starting to turn pretty nasty outside now! Just about to be smashed!

[Dane]

3mm's of rain from that storm. Its now moving away but has become very active
with frequent lightning and continous distant thunder to the south of me.

[Sean]

Constant rumble of thunder out east. The storm developed overhead unfortunately and barely dropped a mil.