Vic - April 23-30: Mild then a sequence of fronts and cold air

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:27 pm

Rumbles and light rain now falling here at Scarsdale. We may get a smashing in the next 30 mins if whats on the radar holds up. Nice to be home for once when something happens.

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:04 pm

A nice 6mm in the last 20 minutes.... No flashes but lots of rumbles.

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:15 pm

Make that 12mm in 30 mins now, with quite a few decent flashes! Think we are on the back end of it now.

JasmineStorm · Post by **JasmineStorm** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:18 pm

A big cluster with a cloud tops near -60c has developed in the Wimmera (in the radar black hole). It's really bubbling away in western Vic now. I think the BoM should extend the area of that Severe thunderstorm warning out there.

BigBen · Post by **BigBen** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:44 pm

Damn that radar looks good down near Inverleigh.

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:57 pm

So, landed on 19 mm for the last hour or so. Nice start to the event, and a good amount of run-off to the dam.

typhoon29 · Post by **typhoon29** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:13 pm

Wow crazy heavy rainstorm just went through! 12mm in about 20mins

JasmineStorm · Post by **JasmineStorm** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:14 pm

Nice drop Timster and Typhoon.

Nasty cluster heading into Geelong. Doppler had a strong inbound inlet on the north side

A cell just grazed me here and it's on its way south east.

Dane · Post by **Dane** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:42 pm

Can see a few distant flashes from those cells near Geelong.
Still no rain here though.

Wilko · Post by **Wilko** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:10 pm

Was in garden all afternoon and it felt like 28 so surprised we only got to 23c
Still a balmy 21c and winds NE
Feels stormy

EC and GFS have 50mm here over the next 3 days
Will be happy with that if it comes off
The Bay effect will hopefully come on if the winds stay SW

Post by **hillybilly** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:21 pm

Progs look good the next few days. Low slipping through tomorrow then strong front for Wednesday. Pretty consistent 25-50mm falls across most of southern and mountain Vic, and spot falls towards 75mm.

Good falls out west already with plenty of 20mm+ falls. Suspect there's some heavy rain lurking in the radar gap to Melbourne's northwest.

3mm so far in FC from showers mainly this morning. Thinking the storms will probably slide south of us, but still gotta be a chance for development to the north so not entirely writing it off.

Gordon · Post by **Gordon** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:11 pm

I was caught in that Ballarat storm - torrential, with lots of lightning, flooded roads etc. Incredibly, arrived home to find it almost dry... so far.

Macedonian · Post by **Macedonian** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:03 pm

The ABC weatherman said snow to 700m on wednesday and Yr.no has two 6C maxs in a row for Mt Macedon.

JasmineStorm · Post by **JasmineStorm** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:37 pm

Dynamic system this one….. it continues to deepen with the Baro here at 1012 hPa and falling. Atmospheric river running at about 30 to 35mm into central Victoria. Cluster cells continue to weaken then re-intensify but less sparks than earlier. Going to be some good totals in the morning

The storm that grazed here was rogue low intensity mesocyclone that shot off almost directly south from the other clusters that were heading SE. Had a little black core as it slammed into the dividing range which tore it to shreds. The Geelong cell was a cracker. Here was the 6.18pm radar for the thread records.

snowfall · Post by **snowfall** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:40 pm

Had a brief shower earlier this evening. Could see the lightning down towards Geelong. Just about to start raining here judging by the radar. Very mild - 16.2c and thick fog.

tonycynic · Post by **tonycynic** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:47 pm

Some great totals in the south west metro area but nothing out this way yet. Will see what the morning brings. Many thanks to Jasmine for the analysis too, very handy to get a grip on the situation.

Gordon · Post by **Gordon** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:54 pm

Here here! Always enjoy the expert input from JS, hillybilly and others.

Steady rain from this second band after the first missed us by only a kilometre or so. Nothing spectacular just yet, though the radar looks good just to our west and there's a new(ish) STW for us.

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:04 pm

Another pretty heavy downpour and now total is up to 34mm. Heavy enough at one point to force a leak in the roof....

Lara_Hunter · Post by **Lara_Hunter** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:59 pm

Cracked 100mm for the month in Lara. We've had 23mm here since 5:30pm. It's very wet around as the ground is saturated. A lot more rain further south in Geelong. This is the wettest April I can recall, wetter then 2001.

Horts · Post by **Horts** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 11:15 pm

My shot form Arthur's Seat earlier of Queenscliff cell!

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