Trough then east coast low: June 15-20

[Tassiedave]

Tas rain since 9am: Little Swanport 68mm, Triabunna 53mm, St Helens 37mm , Hobart 22mm,Friendly Beaches 37mm, Launceston 5mm

[Skywalker]

We are right in the firing line this morning, gotta love those southerly airstreams.

[Mike]

Showers getting chunkier as the day goes on.

[Petros]

We picked up 0.5mm Wednesday late arvo, grazed by storm that passed eastwards just to the town North.

Today after a very cold gloomy start, SE'ly rain started mid morning, and continued on and off till just now. 12C was our max, and the low pressure system delivered another 13mm to add more mud and a very significant June rainfall tally for Maffra.

For future weather historians, this is how this thread panned out:

[Australis(Shell3155)]

Busy trying to get a tree removed off our power lines.

Others unaware of what has been going on up the hill..

Winters drizzley day..

[snowfall]

Gloomy, wintry day today. Periods of drizzle, showers and thick fog from around mid-morning to late afternoon. 9.2mm in the gauge and a max today of 9.9c. Quite a bit more rain than I was expecting, which came down pretty heavily at times.

[hillybilly]

Surprised how wet today was in the Nongs. 16mm for the day and fog all day. Was quite heavy this arvo with a solid southerly wrap around. EC had about 5mm for us and GFS about 1mm so quite a miss. MTD is now just shy of 160mm. With a decent system next week gotta be a good chance for the double ton

Btw for those who missed it damage numbers coming in from last week. Crazy damage. I can’t recall there ever being a Vic wind storm in the modern area like this. The number of houses lost is nearly three times the 1997 Dandenong bushfires, for example

Victoria Storms
119 homes destroyed (uninhabitable) Flushed face
112 damaged
5600 homes still without power.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeABCNews/ ... 7661146114

[Pengaz]

A surprising 5mm here from SE wrap around drizzle and steady rain that lingered throughout the day.

Bitterly cold here over the past two days, really chewing through the firewood at the moment.

[stevco123]

9mm here today, with frequent showers, heavy at times.

Drizzle continuing into this evening still

[Mike]

Just emptied out 11mm so 24.5mm this last few days. A great total normally but nothing after last week haha. Tonnes more next week, very soft ground

[snowfall]

Had another 4mm overnight, bringing the total to 24mm for the past few days here as well. 97mm MTD.

[samboz]

hillybilly 18-06-2021 - "Btw for those who missed it damage numbers coming in from last week. Crazy damage. I can’t recall there ever being a Vic wind storm in the modern area like this. The number of houses lost is nearly three times the 1997 Dandenong bushfires, for example "

Re DECLARED POWER EMERGENCY - Suppliers operate almost entirely on a REACTIVE policy re the trees that are taking most lines out of commission, ie after the lights go out they wander off and clear it, then the linesman puts it all together and away we go again until the next wind event - South being the most damaging IME
If the "old" day commonsense policy of PROACTIVE line protection was ever implemented and no trees were close enough to fall over lines then major wind events would cause nowhere near the damage that happens now.
My theory, with Greenie pressure to save the ants (or whatever) and less cost to be REACTIVE then they go with that course, which gives higher profit in short term.
Bugger the consumer, our bottom line is looking great
This sounds like a rant, apologies - but PROACTIVELY clearing lines of potential problem trees after decades of neglect (will cost bulk $$) is a simple answer from where I sit.

IT AINT ROCKET SCIENCE

[Petros]

Yep Samboz, and roadside easements are just as important - remember how long it took to clear highway from CannR to Mallacoota.

[Australis(Shell3155)]

Off main topic,
How I understand it here,
Council responsible for nature strip trees,
Power company for home owners overhanging trees,
Inspected every 2 years..
Council seem to cut less,
Power co seem to cut if over hanging..
I ring and make sure they are inspected, although didn’t help with the one still balancing on the cross arm at the end of the street.

[hillybilly]

hillybilly 18-06-2021 - "Btw for those who missed it damage numbers coming in from last week. Crazy damage. I can’t recall there ever being a Vic wind storm in the modern area like this. The number of houses lost is nearly three times the 1997 Dandenong bushfires, for example "

Re DECLARED POWER EMERGENCY - Suppliers operate almost entirely on a REACTIVE policy re the trees that are taking most lines out of commission, ie after the lights go out they wander off and clear it, then the linesman puts it all together and away we go again until the next wind event - South being the most damaging IME
If the "old" day commonsense policy of PROACTIVE line protection was ever implemented and no trees were close enough to fall over lines then major wind events would cause nowhere near the damage that happens now.
My theory, with Greenie pressure to save the ants (or whatever) and less cost to be REACTIVE then they go with that course, which gives higher profit in short term.
Bugger the consumer, our bottom line is looking great
This sounds like a rant, apologies - but PROACTIVELY clearing lines of potential problem trees after decades of neglect (will cost bulk $$) is a simple answer from where I sit.

IT AINT ROCKET SCIENCE

Nothing to do with greenies. Who are these greenies anyway? .

The trees are 40-80m tall. You don’t prune trees that big as it is not branches that is your problem it’s the tree. Just imagine what that landscape would look like if you cut a >50m wide strip without trees for every street in the Dandenongs. There would be no trees left, including in large swathes of the national park. One problem solved, but you have a landscape that looks like suburban Melbourne and would have huge issues with landslips.

The answer is to put the main lines underground. The power near our place is underground. Never been cut on the section cut

[hillybilly]

Looks like the event is all wrapped up. Gorgeous day in the Nongs. Max of 9.4C.

Next system shaping up over WA already. Another low. Looks wet in northern areas. Could well see some significant stream rises.