Victoria: Thundery Weather. February 7th-12th 2010

[stormygirl]

Fantastic Johno! So glad you finally got something...although not at home.

Absolutely nothing here at this stage, and I honestly don't expect anything 'thundery' to happen now. If anything does happen it'll probably just be rainy periods...however, I'm happy to be proven wrong!!

27/12C 36%

[Dc449]

And of course, dies once it hits the bay, why is that?

[Blackee]

A combination of the seabreeze and the SW to NE steering of these storms have saved metro Melbourne from some pretty severe flash flooding.
Sure it would have filled some tanks, but the carnage on the roads would have been pretty severe if we took Bacchus Marsh as a guide.

[norfolk]

well the lightning and thunder has been exciting, but the rain is just so tantalisingly out of reach!!!!!

[johnno]

Thanks Ice storm 44mm in Sunbury today according to David Brown I probably sat in the car underneath most of that local flash flooding through that area as well

[droughtbreaker]

Well, missed the whole thing again. Thanks a lot Melbourne!

Anyway 38.5mm in the gauge, lakes of water all over the place starting from Sunbury, every drain and gutter is overflowing. Still thunder rumbling away but it seems to be on its way out now that we are later in the day. Had another decent line on radar before approaching from the west but it has all broken down now.

[James]

well needless to say....nothing here...not even a drop...just a few distant rumbles...

i know you will say tommorow will be better but today was supposed to be better...looks likei water the vegies yet again grr

[johnno]

EC not updating tonight?

[Blackee]

EC not updating tonight?

No mate, maybe struggling to fit all the 0's in

[mick]

And of course, dies once it hits the bay, why is that?

Coz in here!

[droughtbreaker]

All I can say about this weather is welcome to the tropics. This week has been just insane. I've known there to be some humid spells before here at this time of year but nothing like this one for intensity and sustained over time. The storms today look like something Brisbane usually reports, very widespread on the ranges, not like we normally get with pulsy slow moving and very isolated stuff.

Still a lot of thunder out there but the rain has dried right up. Only very light stuff. I suspect now that it will all die off very rapidly and move off the ranges to the north. Tomorrow is another day, looks like widespread storms tending to widespread rain overnight. Incredible really for Feb.

[mick]

Ok the first cell i saw when i arrived on the scene. This cell just stayed in the one spot for an easy 30min. So someone copped a belting .
505pm, looking over towards Mt Franklin.


This cell built and emptied in 20min. Quick fire 14mm over Taradale and started a small grass fire.


And the folloing pics are the cycle of the cell that hit bendigo. Time stamps on these are 6:12pm-6:18-and 6:46 at the high of the storm.

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Sunset photo's to come and some Pano's...

Exactly the same as the wind shear episode on aircrash investigations the other night when the plane got slammed by a microburst. Great set!

[Australis(Shell3155)]

well needless to say....nothing here...not even a drop...just a few distant rumbles...

i know you will say tommorow will be better but today was supposed to be better...looks likei water the vegies yet again grr

Im with your there James, and being up on the hill and seeing all this happening around and after last weeks effort, one can only be jacked off. Feel like not looking into the darn sky again. Off to water the veggies.
Although has been interesting to see the changed flight paths the last few days.

[Bobman]

Looks like this is somewhat of a flop for central Melbourne again (especially the South).

Why can't forecasters ever get it right? Once again over-estimating predicted rainfall in the suburbs rather than being conservative (better option).

[I_Love_Storms]

Hmmm a ton more activity around today than yesterday, things still exploding out west, we're not necessarily done yet.

[Pengaz]

We might get something here.... we just might.

TV reception has been dropping out and thunder is becoming louder from the west. Huge mumma of a storm was approaching Traralgon when I left work tonight. I wasnt such a poor uni student I would have gone for a drive and splurged all my cash on petrol-however my inner instinct told me to go home 'for the greater good'.

Deep blue with some mammatus just to our west now. No lightning as of yet.

[norfolk]

showers finally started, I wonder if I might get 1mm out of this?

amazing photos, I could see lots like that on my way home this afternoon. Today again just goes to show, storms are real hit and miss!

[stratospear]

In Bendigo's southern suburbs it was more a lightning and thunder show than a helpful drop of rain (just a couple of mm). Hoping for some precipitation with 2nd band which is over Castlemaine now.

[DarkEye]

Will my end see much tonight or is it mainly going to be tomorrow and if so, how much rain should I get?

[mick]

http://www.hudsoft.com/nexstorm/index.html

Is working well tonight, zoom and run the loop for 60 min "for maximum effect".