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Today is pretty much a bust. Wouldn't be getting overly excited about Monday either...similar situation although higher instability, but moisture still seems to be lacking looking at the soundings...average DP's and LCL's are still pretty high. But as other have mentioned will be a stronger front, so you never know.

Need to wait a few weeks for things to really kick in to gear tho by the looks of it.

I certainly wouldn't write this front off, we had 2 weak fronts cross Tassie this week both of which produced showers in the Melbourne area when none were forecast by the BOM. This one is both stronger and closer to us, so let's wait and see, it could just surprise a few of us.

Looks like Tidal River on the Prom got a direct hit from that cell, be interesting to see the obs. when they update.

Well, very strange obs from Wilsons Prom! We saw that big cell go right over there, and yet no rain recorded, but a huge rise in temps, from 12.1c to 18.3c in 30 minutes1???

Date/Time
EST Temp
°C App
Temp
°C Dew
Point Rel
Hum
% Delta-T

17/07:30pm 18.3 16.8 15.2 82 1.8 W 17 39 9 21 1007.3 - 0.0
17/07:25pm 17.7 16.2 17.7 100 0.0 WNW 22 39 12 21 1007.3 - 0.0
17/07:00pm 12.1 7.8 12.1 100 0.0 NE 26 30 14 16 1006.0 - 0.0

I'll give the weather until midnight to decide what it wants to do, still hoping that an evening thunderstorm may suddenly develop around Melbourne, just have to wait and see...

Line forming SW looking a little better now, has a hard edge on radar with some CG's

Hey maybe just a little wishfull thinking going on here but am I seeing a little infeed coming into the change coming into WA? Not a big one but must be getting some moisture from those warm SSTS off the central WA coast.

Hearing bangs and thinking what the hell and its thunder!!!!!!

Yep fairly decent thunder hear to, radar barely showing anything though

Was it thunder? I thought it was fireworks???? Didn't see any lightning.

Defs thunder here.

It was thunder, DC and I wouldn't be able to hear the same fireworks if he is near the bay. Def wasn't a firework bang either

Did you guys hear a lot of thunder within about 5-10 mins? I thought it was fireworks because the rumbles were almost constant. Am getting the odd rumble now & the neighbors dog is going nuts. Still yet to see any lightning........ Strange!!!!!!

Funny, if it's thunder, then how come no lightning showing up on radar around Melbourne where you guys mentioned? Strange!

Singapore Airlines 747 has just gone over the eastern suburbs, sounded like thunder going over here!

aussiestormfreak » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:41 pm wrote:

aussiestormfreak wrote:Funny, if it's thunder, then how come no lightning showing up on radar around Melbourne where you guys mentioned? Strange!

CC lightning wont show up on radar

BTW, Small cell showing up on radar now

Geoff » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:41 pm wrote:

Geoff wrote:Singapore 747 has just gone over the eastern suburbs, sounded like thunder going over here!

Hahahahahahahaha! Yeah I know, a low-flying aircraft can sound like thunder!

Geoff wrote:Singapore Airlines 747 has just gone over the eastern suburbs, sounded like thunder going over here!

Just shows how desperate we all are for some storms eh? lol!!!

Well a storm would keep me distracted from the footy which is giving me a nervous breakdown ATM. C'mon Carlton!

lol i know what a plane sounds like! Unless the plane was circilings around for 15 minutes, but it was thunder i went outside after 10 minutes and the dog atarted going off.