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Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:07 am
by hillybilly
A couple of troughs moving through on Wednesday and Thursday followed by an intense low for the weekend. Classic deep and cold system, so snow on the alps, gales and a storm surge on the coast, and potential for heavy falls in the usual favoured spots.

Showers and storms developing later on Wednesday, similar on Thursday and then rain, showers and storms through the weekend. Expecting falls to top 100mm in the northeast, and also potential the South Gippsland Hills and Otways. Will be patchy on the plains west of Melbourne and the northwest of Vic.

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:35 am
by Gordon
Thanks for starting this one HB - looks like one of the more significant cold outbreaks of recent months, and some good rain too, although our area may be a bit too far south and west for the best of it. Hoping for another wiggle south and west!

Anyway, a welcome distraction and we must remember that weather remains a very important factor in our lives; directly for those of us in rural areas, and still highly significant for things like food prices and water supply in urban areas. (Not to mention all the day-to-day life influences.)

Edit: Latest EC has Macedonian getting a dusting of snow from this :).

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:59 pm
by StratoBendigo
A good opportunity for the new radar at Wimmera to get a workout too:
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR952.loop.shtml#skip

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:07 pm
by Rivergirl
Thanks HB Looking forward to the rain. I'm sure Macedonian would love a dusting of snow Gordon :) Wish we could some

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 6:47 am
by hillybilly
Progs look pretty similar this morning. Showers and storms developing today in NSW and SA spreading into northern Victoria late. Heavy falls by the morning through eastern areas. The boundary for the heavier falls seems to be a line from about Melbourne to Bendigo. Northeast looks like it will do very well.

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:16 pm
by wobbie
StratoBendigo wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:59 pm A good opportunity for the new radar at Wimmera to get a workout too:
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR952.loop.shtml#skip
:o That's sooooo good

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:22 pm
by Gordon
EC just upped our totals big time, especially tonight and tomorrow - more than doubled our forecast for this period to 25mm!

Enjoying the historic moment as rain first appears on the 128km Rainbow Radar :).

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:32 pm
by QldTwister
Prefect day out there today get out there and enjoy it so nice love it.

Rain band moving into NW Vic great to see 10-15mm up there alreday and all moving south so many farming areas should get a nice drink from that today :D :D :D Rainbow radar starting to fill in from the north it looks great Wimmera will also get good falls today. :D :D
Cant wait to that radar appears in weatherzone then we have full coverage for the state of Vic

Wet, windy , weather active 4 days ahead lots of rain for E ad E Vic also wet spots east of Melb and west and south gippy.

Be a week till see another sunny day like this
Im off to enjoy it

Good to see weather patterns shifting back to normal now with inland getting regular rain and lots of infeeds going to be a wet windy cold 6 months ahead for much of the country i feel.
Be so nice to see the inland be wet this year and hopefully a good cropping year

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:57 pm
by Blackie
[quote=QldTwister post_id=115502 time=1585708366 user_id=1558]
Prefect day out there today get out there and enjoy it so nice love it.


Cant wait to that radar appears in weatherzone then we have full coverage for the state of Vic

Agree Twister. Any insights on when that will happen?

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:27 pm
by Gordon
Blackie wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:57 pm
QldTwister wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:32 pm

Cant wait to that radar appears in weatherzone then we have full coverage for the state of Vic

Agree Twister. Any insights on when that will happen?
Don't we now get statewide coverage with the 512km Melbourne Radar?

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:24 pm
by QldTwister
It looks like its alreday in there (Rainbow radar in WZ) which is GREAT much of western Vic covered in light rain atm :D :D :D :D
Cant select the radar site yet but data already in the VIc radar image and loop :D so its working

Yeah you can in Bom radar but i just much prefer WZ clours and abilty to do up to 18 hour loops with Lightning and Obs overlay.

What a great 4 days ahead, many of us will get good rain
50 to 100mm in the NE
30-50mm for much of E Vic east of a line Echuca to Melb same for East burbs and west and south gippy
10-30mm for the SW and another 5 to 10mm for the W, NW but today the best for them

20mm for Mildura and much of the Mallee should get 15 to 25mm great even all moving south :D :D :D

Wet night for much central and eastern Vic tonight

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:12 pm
by Tassiedave
Forecast rain tomorrow: Launceston 20-40mm, Hobart 20-40mm, St Helens 45-80mm, St Marys 60-120mm

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:57 pm
by hillybilly
Looking like a good autumn break for central and eastern areas. 15-50mm widespread, then a handy follow- up on Saturday with the second part. Should be the odd rumble tomorrow with locally heavier falls.

Of course, for some the autumn break came back on about January 10. Has been one weird 12 months weather wise :? Hopefully this wet pattern sticks for a while.

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:43 pm
by snowfall
Nice to see areas of rain appearing on the radar, though still a fair way off. Feels like it has been ages, and great to see a bit of an upgrade on the models. I wonder though if we’ll get a bit rain shadowed here, but time will tell. It has been a great year so far for rain, as well as cooler temps. March came in as the second month in a row here with below average temps, about 2 degrees below for the maximum and just slightly under for the minimum.

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:34 am
by hillybilly
Very welcome 27mm in the gauge. Nice start to April. Mostly moderate here with the odd heavier burst.

Remarkable consistency in falls. Our local gauges are showing 25 to 30mm with not much variation. The local BoM AWS looks a bit low (it sits on a fairly steep north facing slope and can read a bit low when there is gusty northerly winds (and reads high when there are gusty swly winds).

Rain clearing east currently, but showers will redevelop this arvo with unstable conditions. Could be the odd rumble.

Part B then comes through late tomorrow with a very strong front. Pressures drop to near 995hPa on the coast with gales, a band of rain, a storm surge on the coast and then a very wintery weekend. Nice way to start the month :D

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 7:40 am
by StratoBendigo
22mm in the gauge. A great start to April.

Probably another 10mm or so likely in coming days.

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 8:25 am
by Didjman
26mm here since midnight! Not complaining :D

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 8:32 am
by snowfall
28.8mm here. A very nice way to start the month!

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:08 am
by Onetahuti
Amazed to see average 35mm in the 2 manual gauges, I remember seeing they were empty a couple of days ago so checked the neighbour's, which I know I emptied yesterday when he asked me to after checking on his wellbeing, it had 33mm. Melbourne Water's about 2kms away has had 27.8mm so we must have copped a localized heavy fall.

Re: Series of troughs then a deep low: April 1-5

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:19 am
by drewgon
I didn't hear any rain last night while asleep, so i was surprised to see 24mm in the gauge this morning.

Nagambie, North Central.