4pm Update
Significant rainfall is continuing to fall across E SA along a strong cold front and pressure trough that is set to intensify this evening as it moves east. There is likely to be another burst of rain behind this initial band which may become thundery, chiefly north of Adelaide. Falls of 10-20mm have been achieved over wide parts of SA with isolated falls of 30mm since 9am under heavier cells of rainfall.
W VIC is seeing a increase of high cloud presently with a little patchy rain falling through far SW VIC and also along the W border with SA. This rainfall is expected to increase this afternoon and become steady through the region by 7pm. Cloud will increase for C areas more noticeably around 7pm through Melbourne-Echuca with rainfall not coming into these regions until 12-3am Saturday morning. There is the slight chance of a few thunderstorms in the SW this evening, though mainly a rogue clap of thunder with locally heavy falls.
Overnight the rain will spread to affect most W and C areas and begin to increase over E Western VIC (Swan-Hill-Ballarat-Cape Otway) during the morning and this activity will slowly move E peaking over C areas during the afternoon and into the night and become near stationary as a low winds up over the state and moves south to be located W of Melbourne by tomorrow evening. Local thunderstorms in clearer air will develop over E districts with scattered showers tending to rain later in the day in milder air. Over the NW the rain will break to showers later. SW winds will develop over the W and spread into C areas at night and become strong and gusty over the coast.
Sunday the heavy areas of rain with local flooding will continue for a good part of the day in S Central and W Gippsland Districts with widespread showers over the remainder of the south, more isolated in the north continuing in a strong SW flow which will shift Wly later. Snow will develop on the Alps at night. Cold throughout.
Next Update at 7pm.
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27C here so the first October without a 30C for I think 10yrs!!! Now lets get a November without a 30C!