IDV10300

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Notes on the Weather for Victoria
Issued at 1630 on Saturday the 21st of November 2009

Recent Events
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms accompanied a trough that moved
through the state on Friday followed by some patchy rain areas overnight.
Rainfall totals to 9am were generally less than 5mm with higher totals about the
northeast ranges. Hunters Hill recorded 17mm, Falls Creek 14mm, Albury 11mm and
Mallacoota 5mm.  In the 6 hours to 3pm there were patchy rain areas across the
state. Totals were mostly between 1 and 3mm with higher totals in the northeast.
Beechworth recorded 10mm, Cheshunt 8mm,  and Wilsons Prom 4mm.   

Overnight minimum temperatures were mostly 4 to 10 degrees above average and
generally ranged between 14 and 20 degrees. Lowest in the state was 9 degrees at
Mt Baw Baw.

It was a cloudy and hazy day across the state with patchy rain areas, mainly
across the north. Winds were generally light and tended moderate northerly
across the central district in the afternoon.    

Maximum temperatures to 3pm were generally within 4 degrees of the November
average and ranged between 17 and 26 degrees. Warmest in the state was 26
degrees at Hopetoun and Charlton. 

In Melbourne the temperature ranged from a minimum of 18.6 at 2.43am to a
maximum of 25.8 at 4.19pm. The city raingauge recorded 1mm in the 24 hours to
9am. Some patchy rain fell in some suburbs in the 6 hours to 3pm with Avalon
recording 1mm, however no rainfall was recorded in city.  

Explanatory Notes