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Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:02 pm
by hillybilly
First wet snow for the event. Flurries of slush. Not sure whether you’d technically call it sleet or snow. Temperature has now dipped to 2.9C :D The cutoff for proper snow tends to be a round 2.5C so probably snowing at tree tops here.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:27 pm
by HarleyB
I might head up to Beechworth tomorrow early morning, provided any cells can make it far enough north I think it'll be cold enough for snow in town there.

Fingers crossed for a bit of the white stuff to wake up to for those in higher parts. Good luck.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:41 pm
by stevco123
Going Mt Dandenong tomorrow morning if there's precipitation about. This incoming batch now should give a proper prolonged fall.

Hopefully anyone up there can provide updates to us by morning :D

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:43 pm
by Macedonian
About half a cm settled snow here.
0.6C now

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:16 pm
by Dane
Lightning and distant thunder from that cell to my South near Philip Island.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:26 pm
by Gordon
Proper snow here at last, though still too wet to settle. 1.5C

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:47 pm
by hillybilly
Hearing rumbles here from those cells near Philip Island :o That’s nearly 70km away. Loud slow booms. Would be about the furthersest I’ve heard thunder from (few years back did hear it from Geelong so again 70km or thereabouts).

Showers a bit feeble here currently so not action to report :(

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:52 pm
by Macedonian
It is blizzarding down now. Looks amazing in the floodlights.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:18 pm
by snowfall
Heard several claps of thunder here as well about 40 minutes ago. Raining here and 3.5c.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:32 pm
by Adam38
Finally getting some good heavy showers here!! Sounds great on the roof.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:58 pm
by QldTwister
Bucketing Snow at Donna Buang even before the turn off to go up the mountion there was snow on the ground.
Had snow covered roads about a k or so after the turn off road was covered and couldn't go past the first area were you can park snow about 3cm deep though road wasn't closed others went up.
It puked it down from 515pm to 6pm had easy 3-5cm while there car was covered and all the trees and this was still 3ks from the summit amzing heavy snow was unreal.

Amazing heavy snow best ever seen up there was unreal

Had a number of hail showers in Ash-wood during the day and also one huge crack of thunder

Classic Melb cold outbreak love it

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:02 am
by Australis(Shell3155)
Distant Thunder, rain, eery, now dead quite.
Thick band heading this direction.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:12 am
by tonycynic
5c here and dropping as these showers come through. Plenty of small hail in them. Stay warm people.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:31 am
by JasmineStorm
Moving between 2.5 and 3c here, sleet and light flurries during the night. See some solid white ground cover around 700m up here.

Trough now moving off bass strait into Vic, radar could look pretty good in southern areas in the next few hours. Hopefully they can launch over the divide :)

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:40 am
by hillybilly
Patchy cover of hail here with a temperature of 2.4C. Cold enough for snow, just waiting for a decent shower with snow.

Just had a couple of flakes a few minutes back, but sparse.

Looks like about 11mm last 24 hours, but the gauge is blocked with hail so will have to wait for it to melt to know :D

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:10 am
by QldTwister
Booming thunder with that intense cell in SE butbs multiple flashes and bangs active cell pouring rain with some tiny hail.
What an active 2 days.

Worth the drive to Skyhigh is it? should be some fun up there but around 3c

Love to be up Donna sure they close to 30cm of snow by now.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:14 am
by occluded
Cold, wet and dark out there. Loving it!

First? hail shower for the event just then although I'm sure I heard some around 2.30am this morning. Very brief but it hailed.

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:19 am
by BringOnTheCoolChange
Very good cover of hail here

Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:21 am
by SC.
12mm overnight, just had flash then a second later boom!

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Re: A sequence of fronts (part 2): August 14-22

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:24 am
by tonycynic
Great BOOM thunder and plenty of hail here too, down to 4.5c now and almost 15mm for the 24 hours.