IDV10300
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Notes on the Weather
Issued at 4:42 pm EDT on Monday 10 March 2014.
Recent Events
In the 24 hours to 9am today showers produced isolated falls in eastern
Victoria, however it was generally fine elsewhere. The highest rainfall total
was 5mm being recorded at Dellicknora.
Overnight minimum temperatures were mostly within 3 to 4 degrees of the March
average, although some stations in elevated terrain recorded up to 8 degrees
above average. The lowest recorded minimum was 9 degrees at Mouth Hotham
Airport and Strathbogie. Elsewhere minimum temperatures generally ranged
between 11 and 19 degrees.
It was a generally cloudy day in the west and central areas and cloud increased
in the east towards the evening. This morning there were moderate to fresh
northerly winds then winds eased and tended light to moderate southerly in the
afternoon. Isolated showers were detected on radar in the southwest and central
areas and a few thunderstorms developed late this afternoon about the Gippsland
ranges, however no rainfall greater than 0.2mm was registered in the 6 hours to
3pm.
Maximum temperatures to 3pm were mostly 6 to 10 degrees above the March
average, although some were as much as 12 above average in West Gippsland. Most
recordings between were 29 and 35 degrees. The highest reported maximum was
37.7 degrees at Mildura and Charlton, while the temperature reached just 18
degrees at Mount Hotham.
In Melbourne the temperature ranged from a minimum of 21.7 degrees at 3:57am to
a maximum of 32.7 degrees at 12:05pm. No rainfall was recorded in the city
gauge in the 30 hours to 3pm today.
Explanatory Notes
A large high pressure system over the Tasman Sea will move slowly eastwards
across New Zealand on Tuesday and Wednesday. A weak low pressure trough over
eastern Victoria will dissipate tonight. A second trough will reach western
Victoria about midday Tuesday ahead of an approaching cold front. The trough
will push eastwards across central districts late in the afternoon and will
move into the east overnight but not reach the northeast until about midday
Wednesday. The cold front will push across southern districts a few hours
behind the trough. A new high pressure system will form over Bight waters on
Wednesday and will push across Bass Strait on Thursday to link with the first
high pressure system over New Zealand by Friday.
