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as usual i will beleive it when I see it...so close but so far which has been the norm so far

STW just issued for a decent chunk of western Victoria - heavy rain and damaging winds.

Edit: thunder and good rain here now.

Storms now rolling in. And so it begins....

Update - pouring rain now. Not particularly windy.

Typically - it will arrive @ School pick up.
Dry so far, although radar is multi coloured.

Edit - big fat drops and 5 minutes till the bell.

Deep booming thunder in Bacchus now!!

Bugger all here at moment
Looks like a sparky night coming up though

Stop the presses.

I've heard a distant rumble of thunder and have picked up .5mm

Australis(Shell3155) wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:54 pm Typically - it will arrive @ School pick up.
Dry so far, although radar is multi coloured.

Edit - big fat drops and 5 minutes till the bell.

Why does this ALWAYS happen during school pick-up! Got caught in it picking up my son from school. On top of that you get the bananas on the road who have this inability to drive the moment a drop of water falls from the sky.

Radar is certainly looking like a Christmas tree at present. Going to be hit & miss for some.

very painful wait, its been stuck over that side of the state since last night

Sean wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:10 pm Stop the presses.

I've heard a distant rumble of thunder and have picked up .5mm

Lightning seems to be dying off as it edges closer to the Melbourne area as always

I'm giving up, seems the weathers not working to our advantage here anymore

Tas temps today: Scotts Peak 34.8, Bushy Park 33.5, Hobart 32.6, Strahan 31.4, Launceston 30.0, Wynyard 20.2

Look for more storms to fire along the current dry line moving through the Otways. Could impact Melbourne around 9-10pm if they develop.

13mm here so far. Still raining and thundering.

whats stopping the storms forming over melbourne, quite amazing how they are vanishing - what went wrong, or is this how it was planned? - I notice some of the models still say best time is later tonight / early hours is this still valid or is that pretty much it?

Great start to the event here. Was worried this wasn’t going to be a bust, but already near 7mm, perhaps ten audible rumbles and repeated heavy bursts of rain Radar looks very promising with big storms developing NNW of Melbourne out towards Bendigo. The whole system is about 50-100km east of the progs, so Melbourne and central is in the firing line.

Some of the cells in north central look nasty

Tropical feel out there with gusty winds makes it feel like the monsoon has arrived

James wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:15 pm whats stopping the storms forming over melbourne, quite amazing how they are vanishing - what went wrong, or is this how it was planned? - I notice some of the models still say best time is later tonight / early hours is this still valid or is that pretty much it?

Midnight to 5am. Great conditions for night storms and heavy rain

Agree 100% with the last couple posts. Melbourne situated perfectly for primetime which is just about to get going. Enjoy!!!