IDV10300
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Notes on the Weather
Issued at 4:44 pm EDT on Wednesday 12 March 2014.
Recent Events
Rainfall was reported throughout most of Victoria in the 24 hours to 9am today,
with the heaviest falls generally associated with thunderstorms in the east.
The highest recorded rainfall totals were 28mm at Cann River and Basin Creek,
26mm at Mount Elizabeth and 24mm at Chandlers Creek all in East Gippsland.
Overnight minimum temperatures were between 2 and 7 degrees above the March
average in the east, but close to normal elsewhere. Most recordings ranged
between 9 and 17 degrees. The lowest recorded minimum was 5 degrees at Mount
William, while the temperature only dipped to 19 degrees at Albury, Benalla and
Wangaratta.
Showers and an associated cloud band cleared the east of the State during the
morning. Areas of lower cloud persisted in the south following this with very
isolated light showers continuing near the coast. The highest rainfall total in
the 6 hours to 3pm was only 2mm at Donna Buang and Basin Creek. Light to
moderate southwest to southerly winds became general after early
northwesterlies in the northeast of the State and about the alps.
Maximum temperatures to 3pm were mostly 1 to 5 degrees below average, apart
from Gippsland where cloud kept some up to 8 degrees below normal. Most
generally ranged between 18 and 25 degrees. The highest reported maximum was 30
degrees at Albury followed by Corryong with 29 degrees.
In Melbourne the temperature ranged from a minimum of 16.7 degrees at 7:30am to
a maximum of 22.2 degrees at 2:04pm. In the city 1.8mm of rain was recorded in
the 24 hours to 9am today, and only a further 0.2mm in the 7 hours to 4pm.
Explanatory Notes
A ridge of high pressure will persist through Bass Strait tonight and Thursday
before a high pressure centre consolidates in the Tasman Sea Friday. This
should result in generally fine weather apart from the chance of afternoon and
evening showers in the far east Friday.
A low pressure trough will amplify west of Victoria early Saturday, moving into
the State in the morning and then moving east to cross central parts late in
the day. Showers and isolated thunderstorms should develop in the warm to hot
northerlies ahead of the trough before tending to rain areas in its wake.
Rain areas and will clear eastward Sunday morning, with showers to follow -
mostly in the south. Cooler, fresh southwest winds will extend throughout. The
remainder of the forecast period through to midweek should see temperatures
near to or below normal with outbreaks of showers across the south, mainly
Monday and Wednesday. Mainly fine conditions will prevail in the north.
