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Re: Major upper and surface lows 1 - 5 May

Post by Horts »

What I'd give to push this thing a little more east. Looks awesome to be in! Happy to be sat on the sand in boardies and tee watching in May!

Strangely enough my Instagram just reminded me of on this day 2 years ago, same set up, intense light show over the bay!
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Post by Didjman »

What is the blue area between Sheoaks and Werribee now on Doppler? Another Meso?

(Sorry if I am being a pain, but I am keen to learn :D )
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It showed signs of rotation but never fully matured like the meso you spotted earlier. That early one was a clear rogue rotating meso.

BoM now got the pre-empt Severe thunderstorm and weather warnings. No choice really with this Jet stream powered outbreak. The speed at which some of these cells will appear and travel during the next 12 hours will be Incredible.
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Thx again JS! :D
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Safety Beach towards Portsea, sorry for the quality. Taken on a phone haha. Constant out there. Stormy skies and sandy feet nothing better

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Horts wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 9:06 pm Safety Beach towards Portsea, sorry for the quality. Taken on a phone haha. Constant out there. Stormy skies and sandy feet nothing better


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Am I over excited or is there a funnel and wall cloud to the right of pic??
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Post by Timster »

Long time no post....
Anyhooo, just wanted to report that we just got smashed by a cell. 200mm/hr rain rate. 22mm in short order. Gutters couldn't cope, lots of water in the sheds, and rivers running down the block. Too dark too see any other "damage"

I like rain, but maybe not all at once :o
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Re: Major upper and surface lows 1 - 5 May

Post by Gordon »

Came back from town to find another 24mm in the gauge, so we're up to 34.5mm.

A bit of the driveway is gone, but a small price to pay for the autumn break!
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A very clear night here, almost spring like. As predicted, 0mm here, with an expected 2 to5mm tomorrow morning.

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Huge event out west tonight training cells and lots of them, tending to heavy thunderay rain in the morning hours

Will be quite a few 50-100mm falls by 9am tomorrow i think, just torrentail rain with these stroms

Stawell 47mm last hour
Mildura up to 21mm with 2 smalls cells, 15mm in 10 mins parents places flooded in back room

Lots more storms forming and trainging and lots more to develop in the coming hours

Nice fall Gordon will easy get that agin tonight lots more to come

On and north of ranges going to do well tonight
NE get smashed easy 50 to 80mm with many in the 100 to 150mm mark in spots up there tomorrow and tomorrow night lots of heavy rain there

5-15mm for Melb up to 25mm in spots should get heavy burst in the morning

LOVING the warm humid windy MAY, beats cold air and SW any day
Bring on the heat and stroms
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Re: Major upper and surface lows 1 - 5 May

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Stawell's now over 50mm in little more than an hour!

Meanwhile, pleasantly surprised how well we've done given rain-shadowing probs we often have with systems from the north (we are about 15km south of the Divide). I think HB mentioned earlier that NW rain is worst for this; directly from the N may be better?
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It kills rainbands but fast moving strong HP stroms they make it over and there is lots more to come

Mildura 21mm so far more 15mm in 15 mins more than there YTD crazy
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I don't think I've seen the sky so clear with that many stars visible in quite a few months now. No sign of rain at all down here. Not complaining though. It's been green the whole summer here
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Jasmine, HB, Jake,
I've got a great vantage point down the beach this evening waiting for the lightning but any idea whether it's worth waiting or do you think it'll be like the early hours of the morning ?
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No need to answer that it's about to go off I reckon
Hopefully I'll have some really good pics for you
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Post by James »

its coming!
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Very loud booming thunder here ⚡️⚡️
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Re: Major upper and surface lows 1 - 5 May

Post by Sean »

Excellent totals in areas that need it most.

Central areas are in line, though it may shift too far east before the band has fully developed
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That would be right
Left beach at 1pm
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Re: Major upper and surface lows 1 - 5 May

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ustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for DAMAGING WINDS and HEAVY RAINFALL

For people in Central, Northern Country, North Central and parts of Mallee, South West and Wimmera Forecast Districts.

Issued at 1:41 am Thursday, 2 May 2019.

Weather Situation:

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Bendigo, Seymour, Maryborough, Ballarat, Geelong and MELBOURNE .
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