Victoria: Trough/Front - Storms and rain - 17th -19th Nov

[solcampbell]

Thunder just got a whole lot louder but still nothing else at the moment. Wind has swung to the west and we have dropped from 36.8 at 4pm to 33.8 now.

[Dc449]

Looks to hit us right when i leave for work!!

[flatcam]

BIG anvil visible over the bay here!

Should get fun pretty soon considering the line going back to the S.A. border

Cheers, Cam

[Rhino]

That lines really starting to arc up now, shes gunna blow !!!

Rhino.

[solcampbell]

Wind now SSE here and down to 24 degrees. Dropped 12.8 degrees in 45 minutes.

[solcampbell]

now it's bucketing down, lightning, thunder, water tank overflowing cos I didn't clear the mesh earlier. Awesome

[eddie]

Nice toasty 90degrees here atm

Wind gusting between 10-30 k/hr

Looks like the storms will hit just as out to dinner, typical really

[Anthony Violi]

The forecast of about 6mm by Norwegian is going to look really foolish very shortly, at least 25mm through Central and Eastern areas. Haven't been able to work Out all week why models weren't on it, this heat is perfect breeding ground, trough is stalling and moisture aplenty..anyhow enjoy the night, looks very good!

[James]

is this likely to persist overnight or is it just this front then all over?

[Bellarine]

Did anyone see what looked like a hook on the rainband radar as that big black cell passed just to the east of Airey's Inlet?

Later peak hour driving is going to be interesting

[Andy]

Yep its all happening here. Just went and picked my 4 year old boy up from kinder....getting back in the car flash BBBBAAAAANNNG!!! He has just spent the last half hour learning about storms and how it all works...lol.
torrential rain here now. Constant light show and massive thunder as a result. Might turn pc off for a bit now!

oh yeah there were tears too!

[Twiggy]

Can Anyone tell me what it will be like a little North Of Bendigo??
Its looking nasty SW and on radar coming from SA......

[Dc449]

Well im off to work, heres hoping lightning knocks out the power and we can all go home!!!! Look forward to the reports after!!

[Anthony Violi]

Trough is stalling, strap your self in, may go until tomorrow night! Will be another great display of lightning.

[Meso]

About to head out. Fingers crossed I see something, the best storms look to be down south tho.

[Jake Smethurst]

That line looks very good on radar, Melbourne about to get some nice thunderstorms. In fact the trough is only in the far southwest currently, and probably will not reach Melbourne until 11pm or after now. Lots of opportunity for further thunderstorm activity to develop behind this line anywhere in the state. This could only be round 1. Will have to watch the radar in coming hours.

EDIT: If you look at this radar,http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar/vic, it sucks, we are stuck in the middle of two lines!!

[typhoon29]

Here in Ballarat the temnp rose like a rocket, it was 21 @ 8am, by midday it was 31! The sky was building all afternoon with prefrontal/trough cells bellowing up, The first band came through right on knock off time 5pm. not much rain, plenty of wind and lightning/thunder. Saw some awesome CGs driving home. The next band should be here by middnight with another stormy rain band. Should turn to more general rain tomorrow as the system stalls. More afternoon storms possible tomorrow too then that will be if for the humid stuff and this system.

[solcampbell]

Clear skies here once again. Amazing how quickly it cleared off.

[Anthony Violi]

It will build again as Jake mentioned Sol, in keeping with the theme of this extraordinary weather, we have about 12 troughs ion the last 2 days lingering around.

Wind change currently moving through Western suburbs, looks very strong too, temps in Geelong now 19 compared with a very warm 33 in the CBDesert.

[aussiestormfreak]

YESSS!!! 35.5C on my thermometer today!!! Another major milestone for me reached as the warm season progresses!

And although the temperature is cooling down (a bit... currently about 31C), the action is heating up!

I was out in Dandenong between 3PM and 4PM, managed to watch and photograph that large cell passing across the southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula, and to a lesser extent the one behind it around Anglesea

On the return trip home, I stopped up along Glenfern Road... and despite the haze, all across the west and south convection is going off like volcanic eruptions with massive cumulonimbus exploding!

Give it about an hour and those cells that are now over the Baccus Marsh/Melton area should reach the Dandenong Ranges. And since the cold front & low pressure trough are still a long way behind as you guys mentioned, after this squall line has gone through we may get more showers & thunderstorms overnight

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