Victoria: Winter blast - June 20 to 28 2014

[Geoff]

Welcome to winter 2014 folks!

[Skywalker]

Just came back from a day up at Wallan & later Epping. Very wet & chilly including several fairly decent heavy showers.

Yep winter is here. Thank god for indoor play centres. This time of year is a nightmare when you have a 3 and a half year old stuck indoors.

[stevco123]

maximum of 8.7 here today worth frequent showers all night and day. I would say there was a gap of Max 15 minutes between every shower.

Love it

[mad*moo73]

It's bloody cold - how's that for in depth weather analysis!

[mick]

Just had a very wet hail shower off the bay for 3 min.

[Australis(Shell3155)]

What a report Moo - I'm with you, it sure was..
Boronia, Lilydale, Maccelsfield, Belgrave, FTG, yep was all of the above.
Don't need any wind now on those very wet Gums, they will drop now being so heavily wet.

[Stone Free]

Stayed the weekend down at Venus Bay. Got hit with what can only be described as a freight train at about 4am on Sunday morning. Massive amount of thunder and lightning. Never seen rain or wind like it down there. Gutters couldn't keep up with the deluge. Rained on and off all Sunday morning. The hail that fell from the sky wasn't hail, more like chunks of sharp ice fragments. Tarwin River is just about to flood, but I think it's just fallen short of bursting its banks. Give it another day and night like that and it probably would though.

[Geoff]

Showers setting in again now, and still a chilly 7c here, but at least the wind has dropped.
Finished the month with a very respectable 153mm.

[Skywalker]

Another chilly & cloudy morning out this way. Not expecting anymore in terms of rainfall. Drier conditions coming up so it's back to the bike for a while.

Regarding the Rabbits, they are everywhere out here, especially near the Kororoit Creek in Deer Park & Caroline Springs. Quite a few Hares as well. They will never die from flooding burrows here as we simply don't get the rainfall you guys get out east. They at least keep my Jack Russell entertained.

[I_Love_Storms]

It's bloody freezing! Not sure if I'm feeling it more than usual for some reason but it feels about 10c here!

[Macedonian]

was there snow to 800m anywhere in victoria on sunday and monday? not here!

[Geoff]

was there snow to 800m anywhere in victoria on sunday and monday? not here!

Don't think so Chris, looks like 1000m was the limit, with sleet down to 700m according to hillybilly.
Emptied the Nylex at 9am yesterday for the final June total, and have just emptied another 25mm out of it, which has come from just drizzle. Very foggy and saturated here for a couple of days now, will be nice to see some blue sky for a change later this week!

[stevco123]

New fancy way of forecasting long term??? (look at the bold)

Tuesday 8 July

Summary
Min 10
Max 15
Shower or two.

Melbourne area

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely later in the day. Winds northerly 25 to 35 km/h.
Wednesday 9 July

Summary
Min 10
Max 14
Shower or two.

Melbourne area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds northerly 15 to 25 km/h turning westerly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

[Macedonian]

Thanks guys. nice pic of tanjil bren