Victoria: Showers and Storms: 6th - 8th November 2010

[tizza]

And Gisborne is getting slammed, anyone out that way stay safe and let us know what's happening if you can!

[norfolk]

I was wrong in thinking the Mountain was going to kill this beast! It did nothing to it!!!!

Did I speak to soon? All the black seems to be out of the cell now

[Anthony Violi]

Raining here now from the mid level deck, but to the NW i can see massive convection everywhere, and some level outflow convection as well.

Looks like an interesting hour or two coming up. With the trough line well beck could be a few more develop yet behind this stuff..

[johnno]

Slight weakening in the last frame be interesting how it maintains itself now that it heads into the suburbs of Melbourne. Looks like it will miss me just North of me.

[droughtbreaker]

Gisborne is going to be headline news tonight. I would expect widespread damage to cars, houses and businesses. Already reports from family members of large hail north of Gisborne and that's before the core hit.

[jase72]

yeah right where i am John

[droughtbreaker]

And here we would have been lucky to record half a mm, I'm not even going to check the gauge.

[jase72]

I am between Craigieburn and Broady

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria Regional Office

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - MELBOURNE AREA
for DESTRUCTIVE WIND, FLASH FLOODING and LARGE HAILSTONES
For people in the
Northern and parts of the
Inner,
Eastern and
Western Local Warning Areas.

Issued at 4:04 pm Sunday, 7 November 2010.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 4:05 pm, a very dangerous thunderstorm
was detected on weather radar near Mt Macedon and the area northwest of
Gisborne. This thunderstorm is moving towards the southeast. This very dangerous
thunderstorm is forecast to affect Craigieburn, Gisborne and Sunbury by 4:35 pm
and Broadmeadows, Greensborough and Preston by 5:05 pm.

Destructive winds, very heavy rainfall, flash flooding and large hailstones are
likely.

[jase72]

i can hear rumbles now

rain starting as well

Jase

[Duckey]

Little spits of rain here, sky has gone blue-black to the west and the wind has picked up and is very swirly. Can certainly feel the shift in pressure in the air

[norfolk]

Interesting that there is now a whole line of rain from Bass Strait all the way up to Seymour, and pretty much the only gap is over the western suburbs of Melbourne!!!!

[tizza]

I'm glad not to be in the firing line again, although it's weakening, we've all see them reform and smash us very quickly. Stay safe to all in the danger zone!!!

Not to mention change direction.

[ckeenan]

I am here in Laverton today recovering from yesterday i dont think i will get anything how i would love to be in the Sunbury area at the moment.

[schitzengiggles]

I've got a clear visual and sadly have to report it's rapidly decaying.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanmarshman/5152902891/

[Spargs]

Well it is truly underway here in Sunbury, rain sounds like a train is coming...lots of thunder and not so much lightning but very dark!

[jase72]

Constand rumbles and still raining a little but really nothing special at the moment

Jase

[ckeenan]

dam i am missing it.

I am off tommrow were should i go

[norfolk]

While we were all focused to our north, Corio Bay now has a nice line, this will probably hit the southern Mornington Peninsula with some good rain and possibly hail as well

[schitzengiggles]

Aircraft appear to be heading into holding patterns.

Image updates in this set every five minutes. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanmarshm ... 328898192/

[jase72]

looks likt the worst of it is going to miss us to the SW over the airport.

still rumbles and the rain is getting harder but still nothing exciting

Jase