IDV10300

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Notes on the Weather for Victoria
Issued at 1630 on Tuesday the 9th of February 2010

Recent Events
Isolated shower and thunderstorm activity in the northeast and east of the State
yesterday afternoon resulted in generally light falls in the 24 hours to 9am
this morning of between 1 and 5mm. There were however some isolated heavier
totals, with the highest recording being 15mm at Rocky Point, 12mm at Hunters
Hill and 11mm at Carboor Upper. 

Isolated showers and thunderstorms developed across all districts in the 6 hours
to 3pm except the Mallee. The showers and storms were more widespread about the
ranges and resulted in falls generally less than 5mm. There were some isolated
higher totals recorded in the 6 hours to 3pm, with 21mm falling at Darraweit Gum
and 9mm at Wallaby Creek, both in the Central district.

Minimum temperatures over Victoria were generally 4 to 8 degrees above the
February average, except for the Western and Central Districts where they were 
2 to 4 degrees above average. Temperatures generally ranged from the low teens
in the Central district and West and South Gippsland to the mid twenties in the
Mallee. The lowest temperature recorded was 12 degrees at Pound Creek in
Gippsland, whilst the highest overnight minimum was 24 degrees  at both Mildura
and Ouyen. 

Morning fog and low cloud patches across southern areas of the State mostly
cleared during the morning except along the Otway and far east coasts where they
persisted late into the afternoon. Partly cloudy conditions developed over all
of the State during the afternoon in association with a low pressure trough over
western Victoria. Winds across the State were generally light northerly, however
seabreezes developed along the coast during the afternoon. A gust to 139 km/hr
[75 knots] was recorded at Hamilton in the Western District during a
thunderstorm this afternoon.

Maximum temperatures to 3pm were generally 6 to 8 degrees above average across
most of the State except in the Mallee and Northeast districts where
temperatures were only 2 to 4 degrees above the February mean. Maxima ranged
between the high 30s in the west of the State to the high teens in the Alps. The
highest reported temperature were 38 degrees at Edenhope, Kanagulk and
Longerenong. In contrast the lowest temperature reported was 19 degrees at Falls
Creek.  

In Melbourne, the temperature ranged from an overnight minimum of 19.3 degrees
at 5.54am to a maximum of 32. 1 degrees at 11.13am. No rainfall was recorded in
the city gauge in the 30 hours to 3pm, however thunderstorms were observed in
the northern, eastern and western outskirts of the city during the afternoon.


Explanatory Notes
A slow-moving high pressure system is over the Tasman Sea. A weak low pressure
trough over Victoria will remain slow-moving before deepening over western
Victoria on Thursday and moving eastwards later on Thursday and early Friday. A
high pressure ridge will lie to the south of Tasmania on Saturday while a low
pressure trough will linger near northeastern Victoria.