IDV10300
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Notes on the Weather
Issued at 4:36 pm EST on Monday 6 May 2013.
Recent Events
There were isolated light rainfall totals reported from around Victoria in the
24 hours to 9am today, however most were likely associated with early frost and
fog patches. The highest fall was just 2mm at Murrayville, where mid level
cloud this morning gave some light showers.
Overnight temperatures were up to 8 degrees below May average in most of the
State, although they were near average about the coast and in parts of the west
where skies became cloudy overnight. Most minima were between -2 and 7 degrees.
The lowest minimum recorded was -5 degrees at Mount Hotham Airport, while at
lower elevation Rutherglen recorded -3 degrees.
Cloud increased across western Victoria during the day, however only light
showers were reported. Skies were mostly sunny elsewhere. The highest rain
total in the 6 hours between 9am and 3pm was only 1mm at Nhill. Winds were
chiefly light northeasterly.
Maximum temperatures mostly near the May average, however cloud and light
showers kept them up to 5 degrees below normal in parts of the Wimmera where
Nhill recorded just 12 degrees. Most maxima ranged between 15 and 19 degrees.
The highest in the State was 20 degrees at Mildura, Shepparton and Yarrawonga.
Mount Buller, Mount Hotham and Falls Creek reached just 8 degrees.
The temperature in Melbourne ranged from a minimum of 5.7 degrees at 7:47am to
a maximum of 19.0 degrees at 2.52pm. The minimum this morning was the coldest
recorded since 5.3 degrees on the 2nd September last year. The city recorded no
rainfall in the 30 hours to 3pm this afternoon.
Explanatory Notes
A high pressure system just east of Tasmania will move only slowly eastward
during the next week, giving a period of above average temperatures and
northerly winds across the State through until at least next Sunday. An upper
trough will produce areas of mid level cloud and light showers which should
clear eastward during Wednesday. Either late in the weekend or early next week,
the next low pressure system will approach from the west with some showers or
rain areas likely to spread from the west.
