Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

[Gordon]

EC just upped our totals big time, especially tonight and tomorrow - more than doubled our forecast for this period to 25mm!

EC nailed it for our area: 23 mm here, 26 mm at Millbrook, 27mm Ballan and numerous similar totals locally. (GFS and BOM (2-8mm) didn't do quite so well...)

Really good to see so many other 'inch' falls about - a true Autumn Break, though as HB said earlier, many had sort of had it already . Fantastic start to April!

[Didjman]

Just tipped 28mm out of the manual gauge here. Has not rained since 0600

[flyfisher]

Of course it rains lots when my roof is being replaced - I have water every where it should not be.

[Skywalker]

23mm recorded at home overnight to add to what's been a remarkable wet start to the year for this area.

I'd be happy if we had the most miserable cold, wet winter on record, especially considering we can't do too much atm outside of work.
Might as well be entertained by the weather at least.
Bring on the low level snow this year!

[Didjman]

That low is starting to spin up in Western Vic. On the satpic loop she is really starting to crank. Baro here currently 1005.2 but I am expecting it to maybe go sub 1000 this arvo / evening.

[Adam38]

It was a nice surprise to find 23mm in the gauge this morning

[Onetahuti]

A few passing light showers this afternoon. Checked immediately local PWS on Wunderground, they had falls of 30 - 39mm overnight.

The first shower was when I visited the partner in nursing home, the staff brought her out into a garden area and I was outside the fence thus not breaking the no visiting requirement. Thankfully it was very brief.

[Gordon]

Pretty cool and showery here with the wind just starting to pick up after a remarkably calm 48 hours. Another 3.5mm.

[Dane]

17.2mm's up to 9am here - 18.6mm's at Ballarat Airport.
Since 9am a further 3.6mm's at my place in Sebastopol
and 4mm's at the Airport.
Had 38mm's last month here and 27mm's at the Airport - ave is 42mm's
Temperatures last month were close to normal.
Pretty cold day here today with a Max so far of 14.8c and 14.6c at the Airport.

[occluded]

A solid 29mm overnight and now raining very heavily under that cell training over the Eastern suburbs at the moment. The garden isn't complaining.

[hillybilly]

Hammering down here at the moment, still and foggy. Quite eerie lighting. Rain is more typical of a summer storm than an autumn low. Great rain for the garden

Had about 10mm so far to add to the 27.6mm overnight.

[Tassiedave]

Rainfall since 9 am in Tas Northern Region : Killymoon 112mm, Monameta 102mm, Fingal 91mm, Mt Barrow 70mm, Scottsdale 50mm, Sheffield 29mm, Launceston 26mm. Southern Tas: Buckland 110mm, Triabunna 94mm, Swansea 89mm, Nugent 87mm, Kingston 42mm, Hobart 36mm, Hobart 34mm

[hillybilly]

Rainfall since 9 am in Tas Northern Region : Killymoon 112mm, Monameta 102mm, Fingal 91mm, Mt Barrow 70mm, Scottsdale 50mm, Sheffield 29mm, Launceston 26mm. Southern Tas: Buckland 110mm, Triabunna 94mm, Swansea 89mm, Nugent 87mm, Kingston 42mm, Hobart 36mm, Hobart 34mm

Great to see. A solid autumn break for people, and should be enough warmth and sunshine before winter for a bit of growth

Just hammering down here still. Really foggy too. Now up to 25mm since 9am and 53mm for the thread. Garden is a lake with water everywhere despite us being on top of a hill.

Our YTD is now 515mm Be a long time since we have had such a good start to a year. Such a nice change from those hot dry spells which have been too common in recent years

[QldTwister]

Another great big rain event for much of the state in the last 24 hours.
Our big wet flood year is on track get used to it folks wet wet year ahead for many the floods will be back soon
GREAT to see so many great falls for inland areas as well in Vic and NSW
Also big falls in East Tassie much needed and very Welcome

25mm from rain band last night
16mm from showers today so wet out there
YTD well over 300mm crazy for here

Another 20-50mm for many of us from Friday night to Monday morning. NE and SW Vic and West and South Gippy be much wetter but much less for East Gippy and NW Vic
Every event now dropping big falls so easy to get 20mm now classic sign in our wet years and models under doing rain over inland areas
Upper Troughs and cut off lows are also very active and large atm around the place leading to large areas of rain

Enjoy sun tomorrow last nice warm sunshine for about a week, BIG Front low and cold outbreak on the way
Rain then showers with local hail and thunder gales snow on the Alps wild 3 days ahead

PS Rainbow Radar now on WZ looks great be awesome to track the front tomorrow

Fun fact Melb on track for wettest year ever atm beating the old 1926? record i think but got long way to go of course but fun fact.

THE FLOODS ARE COMING

[StratoBendigo]

Nearly 30mm in past 24 hours here.

Looks like a similar amount tomorrow night if EC is on the money again.

Incidentally, March 2020 had max temp mean about 1c below average here.

[snowfall]

A further 16mm of good solid rain here this afternoon. Takes us up to 45mm since last night, and is a lot more than I expected. YTD is now 366mm.

[93ben]

Bring on the low level snow this year!

Hopefully I get to see that this year if it happens because atm I can't drive there as it won't be deemed "essential".

[hillybilly]

Southern Dandenongs special yesterday arvo with 31mm. Shows up nicely on the accumulated radar with my gauge sat in the middle of a 25mm plus peak Event on 59mm.

Cracking system for tonight. Becoming windy today with a late band of heavy thundery rain. EC has it moving through central about 2am with lots of sparks. Pretty unusual timing for storms, but the Synoptics are intense and EC is usually very good so wouldn’t be surprised. Then two very cold wet and wind at days. 850Ts dip to about -1 and pressure is quite low, so could be so snow should fall to 1000m and perhaps a bit lower. Expecting another 50mm, which will put us mighty close to our monthly average by Monday night.

[Hawker]

Flood watch for central, northeast is out
Sheep graziers warning
Looks like storms developing to the west, north west of here.
Could be a good arvo.
25 mm here so far another 15 to 20 would be very nice

[Wilko]

32 mm for the event so far
Lots more to come as the storms are starting to accumulate to the west

Ps love the new radar