VIC - Sequence of fronts: April 13-18 2018

[Amandagorural]

Had 4mm on the Bellarine so far, can see some heavy stuff a few k's away. Need to drive through this to Geelong for some grog for the pub. The wind was absolutely crazy this morning, my PWS is not mounted high enough to get good reading of wind speed darn it

[JasmineStorm]

Nice angry squall line on that cold front coming through central areas

[Horts]

Getting absolutely smashed in Safety Beach!

Epic squall line bringing crazy winds, hail and a ton of rain.

Just went down to check the bay, looks more like Gunnamatta than Safety Beah.. EPIC!!!

[Didjman]

Any sign of storm surge yet? Baro 994.7 here - haven't seen that for a while!

[Macedonian]

Just over 11mm here, wind is not too bad at all and temp is relatively steady on 6.8C now. Nice cold wet day for a change.

[Dane]

Squall line came through here a few minutes ago with heavy rain and brief hail.
Wind gusted to 76kmh - 41 knots on my PWS.
Temp has dropped to 11.2c.

[hillybilly]

Rain picking up in FC as the squall line approaches. Approaching 3mm now.

Some significant radar issues with the band now parallel to the radar beam so "invisible" and also the intensity dropping the rain rates as the beam gets attenuated.

Some solid falls showing up with plenty of sites in southern Vic in the 10-25mm range. Just hope it keeps coming...

Rainfall to 9 am: Sheffield 19 mm, Launceston 9 mm, Mt Arthur 17 mm, Scottsdale 7.6 mm, Nunamara 20 mm, Hobart 0.6 mm, St Helens 2.6 mm, Grindelwald 19.6 mm

Tas is having a good run, which is good to see. Must admit that I struggle to think of a time when the difference in rain between northern Tasmania and southern Victoria has been so dramatic. Hopefully the remainder of autumn spreads it around

[wolfcat]

Opps, got caught out in that, just 10 min from home in the car.

Had to pull over ( as did most people ) literally couldn't see the end of the bonnet.

10mm in the gauge at home. ( just downloading the dash cam )

[Didjman]

Baro 994.5 here. Watching for wind change. 6mm so far

[JasmineStorm]

Just clocked a 74 km/h gust, local airport got a 77 km/h. 8mm so far.

[hillybilly]

9mm in quick time with hail and gales in FC. Temperature has dropped to 5C. Hoping this is the start of autumn proper

Would expect a decent burst of snow at Lake Mt and Baw Baw when the band hits them.

EDIT> up to 13mm now. Unfortunately our local AWS is blocked.

[snowfall]

Easing off here now after really wild conditions over the past hour or so. We're currently on 15.8mm and 8c. Loving this wintry burst!

[stevco123]

2pm yesterday: 24 degrees
2pm today: 9.4 degrees

Welcome to autumn Melbourne style

[wolfcat]

Got some great slow motion video of the rain and the hail hitting the car as the front came through.

[hillybilly]

Great video Real contrast between the teaming rain and hail and the dry verge on the road!

[Timster]

20mm since about 10am, with 13mm of that falling in about 10 mins around 11:30. AWS says 110mm/hr peak rate.
Was in the car at the time, diabolical conditions.
Happy with 20mm, and the follow-up showers. House water tanks are now full, and overflowing into the irrigation tank. Garden is loving it.

[Blackie]

Satpic is looking pretty special!

Lovely speckley, winter type trough. Seriously heavy rain shower here presently 138mm p/hour rain rate. Bleak and wintry in
Mansfield and enjoying it!

[Macedonian]

Sun is out now. 22mm for me even though the bom site had 25mm. Not usually such a discrepancy.
Very happy with the rain and the temp hasnt been higher than 6.8C since daybreak.

[wolfcat]

The moment the main band hit, caught on my dashcam.

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[Blackie]

Great videos WC. The slow mo hail! 14mm so far here. 10c.