Windy night in Victoria

[wrinklearthur]

Hi All

How is everyone going in Victoria?

According to the news there has been some damage over night from the wind.
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[digger]

Thats OK,
us in SA and WA, NSW and ACT are OK too!!

(sorry couldnt resist! :D)

Do hope that everyone that had the strong winds in any state fared OK,

we lost another tree (I suspect weakened by the previous two bigger storms) but it fell on the driveway so no damage. :)

Was more the gusting of the wind rather than the strength or speed of it that seems to do the damage, it was so bad yesterday they closed two of the river murray ferries as they became dangerous :eek:

(not bad on a river that was closer to easier to walk across 12 months ago!)

[gromit]

Hi All

How is everyone going in Victoria?

According to the news there has been some damage over night from the wind.
.

Arthur,

We had a couple of big branches down and a lot of twigs, leaves etc. scattered over the lawns and on paths etc. Spend a hour yesterday evening cleaning up and emptying debris out of the pool. Got up this morning and the wind had picked up during the night so there's a bit more to clean up.
If it's stopped raining when I get home tonight I have to fire up the chainsaw to clear the branches.
No Land Rovers or sheds damaged......

Colin

[Hymie]

Had to chainsaw 2 branches out of the way to open the driveway this morning so Mrs Hymie could go to work.
A friend has lost a big part of his house roof.

[1976_michelle]

ok so far, evidence of tree carange around but nothing huge yet. Even Tas and SA were copping it apparently

[loanrangie]

Lots of debri around my place and a large limb fell off a tree near where i park my disco but luckily it fell in the opposite direction otherwise i'd have a soft top D1 .

[bussy1963]

VIC Severe Weather Warning: Damaging Winds <img alt="" border="0"> (http://www.ewn.com.au/info/facebook.aspx) Source: Bureau of Meteorology
for people in the Wimmera, North Central, North East, South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland forecast districts

Issued at 11:12 am EST on Thursday 6 September 2012.

Weather Situation
A cold front and associated low pressure trough approaching from the west will move across southern Victoria overnight and during Friday.

Damaging winds around 50 to 60 km/h with peak gusts of 90 to 100 km/h are forecast for parts of the Wimmera, North Central, North East, South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland forecast districts.

The band of strong winds will develop in the west tonight before extending to central and eastern areas overnight and during Friday morning. Wind gusts may reach 110 to 120km/h along the coast during Friday.

Highest wind gusts for the last 36 hours

141km/h Mt Buller
137km/h Mt William
120km/h Falls Creek
100km/h StKilda
100km/h Point Wilson
98km/h Melbourne Airport

The State Emergency Service advises that people should:

Move vehicles under cover or away from trees.
Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
Keep clear of fallen power lines.
For emergency help in floods and storms, ring your local SES Unit on 132 500 (tel:132%20500).

[Basil135]

Thats OK,
us in SA and WA, NSW and ACT are OK too!!

(sorry couldnt resist! :D)

Do hope that everyone that had the strong winds in any state fared OK,



We were only talking about this, this morning....

Especially when the planes are landing on the runway on an angle...

And the turbo prop ones are doing go-arounds, just hoping that this time.... nope, try again..

[Landy Smurf]

has been really windy here the last few days(and couple of weeks really) i have been inside so i dont know of much damage but i would say it is the usual leaf litter odd branch. we lost power last night for nearly an hour an a half apparently was a big section that lost power but whether that had to do with the wind i dunno

[bee utey]

Here in the Adelaide Hills the last of the fronts just went through between 2 and 4pm, not as bad as the one before. 9mm in 2 hours but you guys in Vic may see a bit more....

No damage at my place as we are just below the ridge line protecting us from the w to n winds. I just love looking at the trees on the ridge going burko in the gale, then walking out and it's just about dead calm in the front yard...:)

[Hymie]

Pretty much the same for us, well protected from the big Northerlies, the cold Sou-Westers on the other hand....

I'm amazed at how much damage has been done to the power and Telecommunications networks. Some towns near here are expected to have power back on by tomorrow afternoon, some by Monday:eek:
Generators are impossible to find either to hire or buy.

[Hall]

Nearly came to a abrupt halt on the way to work this morning. Was a small tree/large shrub over the right hand lane of the road. Came on to it with little notice. Naturally I was in that lane, luckily there was no other traffic about and I was able to get around it. Plenty of branches and leaves about the roads as well.
Cheers Hall

[Gillie]

We have a wind speed monitor on Mystic hill Mystic Hang-Gliding and Paragliding Site - VHPA Site Guide (http://vhpa.org.au/Sites/Mystic.html) which can be monitored on channel 21 UHF. I keyed the mike a few times on Wednesday and got the peak wind gust of 64 knots, which is about 119km/h.

[Landy Smurf]

the wind is starting to die down but will still be abit windy for the rest of the week but will get windy again on thursday. we had a 6m branch fall off a tree and a fee smaller ones last night. i am looking forward to monday nice and warm and not too much wind