01 December, 2017

Melbourne weather: When the rain is likely to hit your area hardest

Melbourne is set to be lashed with more than 100 millimetres of rain – almost double its December average rainfall – over Friday and Saturday alone, with thunderstorms and hail likely to accompany the downpour.
Melbourne's skyline under rain clouds on Friday morning.
A severe weather warning has been issued for all of Victoria as the bureau prepares for what could be the state's most significant rain event in more than 20 years.

It is difficult for weather forecasters to give a precise hour-by-hour timeline of when rainfall is likely to hit any one suburb.

"Showers and thunderstorms can bubble up very quickly during a rain event like this", says Keris Arndt, senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology 


Read the story by Liam Mannix in the Melbourne Age - “Melbourne weather: When the rain is likely to hit your area hardest.”

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