South East low sequence June 27-July 6 2009

11mm here since 9am.

Will be interested to see the snow updates later this morning.

Another 14mm the last 24hrs. 65mm for last 7 days. It is getting very wet but would be good run off.Some people getting double our rain fall here. The down side we have lost 3 cows last two days with grass tetany.

Just emptyed 15mm out of the gauge,am pretty happy with that.

Great night in the Dandenongs - cold, wet, windy. 26.4mm in the gauge this morning and plenty of showers coming through about 20 minutes apart. Event total is now on ~35mm. Should easily top 50mm now, and could give 100mm a shake if the latest progs are right - interesting that these now throw up a solid very cold front on Monday.

Not so sure about hail out of this system - haven't seen any myself - and with warm air advection and warming uppers the next 2 days I would anticipate more thick drizzy/raining showers. BTW snow must be amazing with the totals that have fallen in the last ~24 hours.

PS sad to see the Avalon desert miss out again.

Meanwhile the Northern/Western suburbs have had another disaster the flow is just to South Westerly which means the West and North miss out again.. At least Avalon has doubled the rainfall that Tullamarine has had (1.4mm) & 2.0mm at Essendon Airport. Its just a joke out here

As we discussed last night John, you were never expecting much after that 7pm band.

Latest Mt Buller update reports 25cm of fresh snow in the last 24hrs.

We have done well out this system. Currently on 18mm, raining steadily, with a bit of luck could crack 20mm. Strange that Mt. Baw Baw has received zero.

Cold wet and windy this morning 9.8mm since 9am yesterday 10mm in the day before that. Plenty of shower activity outside atm currently a shower overhead and temp 7.9 wind WSW!

Tipped out 21mm @ 9am since ~ 2pm yesterday. still light drizzle here.

Interestingly (perhaps even amazingly) Wilsons Prom's 2-day total of 118mm is the highest on record (over 130 years) for July at the site. Highest 2-day total for any month since January 1998.

Wow Matt! That is crazy, and lets hope it rejuvenates the are that was so badly destroyed by the fires down there. Another dumping of snow at Falls, getting excited about my first snow trip, and work is paying for it.... double bonus!

Then off to NZ for 2 weeks, then the conference...... crikey, what a few weeks coming up.

17mm here since yesterday morning. Epxecting a couple more today but as the flow moves more Southerly we will see less.

Copped 4.5mm here overnight (may have been a little left over from a shower the night before that hadnt been emptied. We've caught the edges of a few showers this morning that have kept the ground wet, but it appears to be largely clearing up now.

Some good falls down on the Bass coast and Wilsons Prom over the last couple of days will ensure some stream rises. The Powlett River should have a bit of flow in it come the weekend.

Hi Matt!! I cannot believe how much rainfall the Prom has had although over the past few years that part of the coast has copped a few of these events in west to east moving cold air. A change in long term conditions???

26mm to 9am so a local high here with intense showers all night. Stream been steady all morning here with another heavy shower moving in with 5mm so far.

HEaviest shower of the day here. Rainrate of 53mm/hr. Bit of hail too.

Mixing increasing showers this afternoon.

Some beautiful coldies today moving up the bay, best I have seen for at least 5 years.

Yep really coming down here and has been going for a while now as well easy another 3-5mm in this little stream alone. Great stuff.

Since Tuesday some of the Melbourne Dams rainfall:

O'Shannassy Dam 70-80mm
Upper Yarra Dam 55-70mm
Thomson Dam close to 50mm
Silvan Dam around 50mm

So some nice falls some of the dams hopefully bit more to come



Cheers, John

some good figures there John, thanks for posting them up. Severely need them atm. Sunny outside creating some nice contrast to rain cells out to my west.

Had another 7mm since 9am here. Very heavy stream for an hour or so before. Gone dark again now and looks like another shower or few this afternoon. Great for the dams as well from Johnoo's figures. Just need the follow ups....

Just had a nice heavy, albeit short downpour here in Bayswater with a nice bit of hail in it, with some nice heavy looking clouds to my north.

In the midst of a very sudden onset heavy shower..would have got drenched if you didnt have your brolly up in readiness..total of1.5mm in that downpour, bringing us up to 20.7 since1400 yest. Wish I could share 1/2 of it with those areas missing out.
At least catchments are getting some, I suppose.

Nice totals all around, cant say much around this side of Melbourne. Only about 3mm sitting the gauge since Wed.

yes Mal, not much here today, there was a lot of wind earlier today, calmed a bit now but still breezy, only a shower or 2 but still cold. Nowhere near the amount of rain here compared to the eastern subs.

Well an amazing sequence of solid showers here with nearly 32mm in the gauge since yesterday. Had some incredibley heavy showers at lunchtime til 3pm.

Showers will increase tonight however the cloud tops are a lot smaller so rainfall will become a lot more condensed and soaking, rather than fat rainfall.

Anyhow an increase in showers tonight and tomorrow morning, may ease up a tad late tomorrow before increasing tomorrow night.

Another shortwave moving through on Monday from the SSW will see a showery burst for most of southern VIC (5-10mm possible).

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Friday Evening: Widespread showers over central and eastern VIC will continue overnight with fresh SSW winds persisting. Local hail and isolated thunderstorms in the far east clearing tonight. Scattered showers over the west of the state continuing in more Sly winds. Fine over the northern plains and isolated showers and snow about the NE. Frost developing over the NW, locally severe.

Saturday: Showers over southern and mountain areas, more widespread over E Central and Gippsland, becoming more isolated from the west during the day. Local early severe frost in the NW and N clearing during the morning. Strong SSW winds about the east coast, locally gale force easing from the west during the day. Cold.

Sunday: Isolated showers over southern and mountain areas tending scattered over E Central and Gippsland. Early frost and fog in the NW, locally severe. SSW winds easing from the west and tending more W later. Cold.

Monday: Isolated showers about southern and mountain areas increasing from the SW during the day and extending to the dividing range. Snow showers about the alps. Cold with winds shifting SSW during the afternoon and freshening.

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Keep an eye out for late next week with another Long Wave Trough (LWT) feature moving in with a series of frontal systems, possibly cutting off into a low pressure system which could provide more general rain through W and N VIC initially.