High Temperatures, High Humidity and Storms 26 Feb - Mar 3

[Mikew]

Steady rain here now
5mm today
Looks like Rosebud is in for it !

[b1schn1]

10 minutes in and rain already coming down the inside wall oh dear, great light show pity about the house

[Rhino]

That band running NW of around ballarat-horsham-nhill looks a little interesting, may be the next line of heavy rainfall developing now, I hope anyway.

Rhino.

[crikey]

All skud turned to flat low cloud instantaeeously!! looking ominous. My how things change so quickly..Logging off looks a bit dodgy!!

[Meso]

Just adding 2 pics I took whilst driving to and from Bendigo today!! These were taken in Myers Flat a few Ks North Of Bendigo. Caused by the massive amount of rain clearly, but something i do not want to see again in a long time!!!

Reminds me of the floods last year. The Loddon and Calder Hwy's had water over them like that for weeks at a time.

[Twiggy]

Thanks Meso
Reminds me of the floods last year. The Loddon and Calder Hwy's had water over them like that for weeks at a time.[/quote][/quote]
Tell me about it Meso!!!! I was Marooned here for 2 -3 weeks last year, the week I got home with a new born (also had a 3 year old.... ) I was going insane!!! You could not get out of our place for the first week with out the tractor...and the next 2 weeks without a 4WD....... Do not want it to happened again!! lol.... (though i am not pregnant... would make it a lot easier!) They did offer to send a chopper in for food etc Bless them,

[James]

all looks great but has been evaporating most of the evening before getting tot he suburbs

[Meso]

Wow, sounds stressful!

Was saying to the missus this morning that the people of Bridgewater would probably being getting a bit nervous right about now after last year. Have you had a chance to check how high the Loddon is by any chance?

[Lily]

Argghhh, Twiggy, what a nightmare! There's a story for the grandkids

Nothing doin' here, just drizzly boring stuff, it's all breaking up and dissolving into drizzle when it reaches out to this area.

[nafets]

Moderate rain here now. sorry but I can see those huge here even though I would like them… after this rain and passes will there be some more rain when the cold pool interacts?

[adon]

That band running NW of around ballarat-horsham-nhill looks a little interesting, may be the next line of heavy rainfall developing now, I hope anyway.

Rhino.

Can see some beefy looking cloud tops to my w-wsw here so I would say that it is developing further NW than the radar is showing too.

[tizza]

long time, I hope everyone is well. I've just been watching green clouds from my parents in Dandenong North over Dandenong way, bizarre question and no it wasn't the light of Dandenong being lit by clouds, BUT can greenage happen at night?? That's what it looked like and it's now pelting down!!

[Twiggy]

Have no checked on Loddon rises. Would depend on Laancoorie etc I would gather,. But i will check Tomorrow,.... to tired after last nights events, and the radars is sticking on me, so no idea what is coming our way tonight. here is hoping something pops ups from no where, but saying that, a good night sleep for kinder run is a goer at 8am!! ;P

[Lily]

Hello Tizz (Edit: hangonaminute - Beaconsfield????). No real surprises here:


http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDV36710.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria

Minor Flood Warning for the Goulburn River Tributaries.
Issued at 7:10 pm EDT on Monday 27 February 2012
In the 24 hour period to 9:00 AM Monday rainfall totals of up to 114mm have been recorded in the Goulburn River catchment. Since 9 AM, rainfall totals up to 97mm have been recorded.

Significant stream rises are being observed in the Goulburn River catchment as a result. Further widespread rainfall totals of up to 40mm with heavier falls as a result of thunderstorm activity are possible for the remainder of Monday and the majority of Tuesday across the Goulburn catchment.

Goulburn tributaries below Eildon and Seymour
The Acheron River at Taggerty is currently peaking below the Minor Flood Level (2.0 metres), however rain is continuing to fall throughout the catchment. Further stream rises above the Minor Flood Level are possible given forecast rainfall.

The Sunday Creek at Tallarook had an initial peak around the Minor Flood Level (3.0 metres) during Monday afternoon. Forecast rainfall overnight into Tuesday may lead to renewed stream rises above the Minor Flood Level.

Hughes Creek
The Hughes Creek at Tarcombe Road had an intital peak below the the Minor Flood Level (2.0 metres) Monday afternooon. Rain is continuing to fall in the catchment. Further stream rises above the Minor Flood Level are possible given forecast rainfall.

In the interests of community safety the SES suggests following precautions:

Don't walk, ride or drive through floodwater,
Don't allow children to play in floodwater,
Stay away from waterways and stormwater drains, and
Keep well clear of fallen power lines
Current Emergency Information is available at http://www.ses.vic.gov.au" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

For emergency assistance contact the SES on 132 500.

Current Road and Traffic Information is available at the VicRoads website: http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/trafficalerts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Weather Forecast:
For the latest weather forecast see http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Next Issue:
The next Flood Warning will be issued around 9 AM Tuesday 28 Feb 2012.

Latest River Heights:
Location Height of River Date/Time of Observation
Delatite R. at Tonga Bridge 0.75m rising 03:20 PM MON 27/02/12
Goulburn R. at Doherty's 0.96m rising 05:45 PM MON 27/02/12
Goulburn R. D/S Lake Eildon 0.99m steady 05:45 PM MON 27/02/12
Rubicon R. at Rubicon 1.23m steady 05:46 PM MON 27/02/12
Home Ck. at Yarck 0.4m steady 06:25 PM MON 27/02/12
Acheron R. at Taggerty 1.69m steady 06:23 PM MON 27/02/12
Yea R. at Devlins Bridge 0.79m rising 05:27 PM MON 27/02/12
Yea R. at Yea NA NA
King Parrot Ck. at Flowerdale 0.88m steady 05:45 PM MON 27/02/12
Goulburn R. at Trawool 1.98m rising 05:45 PM MON 27/02/12
Sunday Ck. at Tallarook 2.04m falling 04:45 PM MON 27/02/12
Sugarloaf Ck. at Ash Bridge 1.91m falling 05:45 PM MON 27/02/12
Mollison Ck at Pyalong 0.91m steady 06:31 PM MON 27/02/12
Whiteheads Ck. at Seymour 2.13m steady 06:31 PM MON 27/02/12
Goulburn R. at Seymour 2.99m rising 05:45 PM MON 27/02/12
Hughes Ck. at Tarcombe Rd 1.47m falling 06:20 PM MON 27/02/12
Major Ck. at Graytown 0.19m steady 02:45 PM MON 27/02/12
Goulburn R. at Goulburn Weir DS 113.92m steady 05:54 PM MON 27/02/12
Goulburn R. at Murchison 1.07m steady 05:30 PM MON 27/02/12
Pranjip Ck. at Moorilim 0.43m rising 06:13 PM MON 27/02/12
Castle Ck. at Arcadia 0.17m steady 05:18 PM MON 27/02/12
Goulburn R. at Arcadia Downs 2.07m steady 05:31 PM MON 27/02/12
Seven Cks. at Euroa 0.87m steady 06:24 PM MON 27/02/12

[typhoon29]

all over stormwise for here. good drop ~45mm. should spit on and off during the night. sw wind change cannot be far off.

[Timster]

35mm for the day, with 26mm in the last hour from the band running through Ballarat.
That's enough now, tanks are full, as is the garage floor!


...and I found a leak in the roof.

[Rivergirl]

Taken from Mt Martha beach looking southwards about 4.30pm Sunday 26th Feb. This had been going over Aireys Inlet across to Cape Schank



Hi Lily and Tiz

[Meso]

61.8mm all up for Bendigo over the last two days. Much needed. Not expecting much more on top of that, maybe another 5mm overnight sometime and the odd shower tomorrow. Main band certainly looks to have settled in to the east of the state now too.

Latest GFS also keeping those massive falls for the rest of the week over the border, so the great flood that a few were predicting may not eventuate.

[Meso]

Great photo, there! Those people on the seats would be thinking well our day at the beach is just about over.

[Australis(Shell3155)]

Nice one Robyn..