Thread: Close all upper deck screen doors and hatches Typical Cyclone collision imminent

Originally Posted by bob10

Not a drop here yet. Lunchtime tomorrow ,I believe.

I meant North Vic - the thread was started by another Melbournian so I was thinking more locally sorry. 😇

Tipped out 98.5mm of rain for Wandiligong this morning. This means we only have to find another 152.7mm for an average year. Only 66mm in the gauge at 1730 hrs yesterday. I was in Wangaratta yesterday and it was fairly damp there! Tarrawingee was flooded as well. Plenty of videos and pics in social media.

Well the sun has been out for last 6 hr's with blue sky since my last post this morning, I do hope we get some rain. Would be nice if it holds of until after the SLOWS Christmas BBQ tomorrow though.

This thing, Owen, is supposed to be going accross above us this arvo or tonight.
So far it has been, a bit windy (no a gale or anything), a couple of showers, very overcast & onimous looking & very humid.
Mostly people have canceled their accommodation, half the town is closing early & it is all a bit of a storm in a tea cup.
No, I would not like to be right under it & yes we have ensured everything is strapped down & secure, the generator is full of fuel & we have stock for several weeks.
But so far not very exciting at all. Some rain would be nice, the river is pretty dry, but I don't think we will be getting much out of it.
Jonesfam
PS The kids are looking out all the time going "Cyclone coming!"

Coming up from Melbourne early this morning, had to detour via Shepparton and Yarrawonga to get around the flooding on the Hume. One bloke on the radio said he had 240mm in under 4 hours!

Originally Posted by jonesfam

This thing, Owen, is supposed to be going accross above us this arvo or tonight.
So far it has been, a bit windy (no a gale or anything), a couple of showers, very overcast & onimous looking & very humid.
Mostly people have canceled their accommodation, half the town is closing early & it is all a bit of a storm in a tea cup.
No, I would not like to be right under it & yes we have ensured everything is strapped down & secure, the generator is full of fuel & we have stock for several weeks.
But so far not very exciting at all. Some rain would be nice, the river is pretty dry, but I don't think we will be getting much out of it.
Jonesfam
PS The kids are looking out all the time going "Cyclone coming!"

As you are a fair way from the coast your chances of any decent rain can be hit and miss as you already know.
I am glad I decided to leave King Ash Bay when I did a couple of weeks ago because Centre Island has had about 6 inches of rain from this event and some pretty strong wins as well which would have impacted on KAB.

We had thunder yesterday afternoon from about 4PM through to 9 PM with no rain then after 9 we had steady rain not too heavy , good soaking in rain for about 2 hr's . This morning the sun was out with a nice cool eastly breeze there are a few darkish clouds .

We had 33.5mm from Monday night to yesterday morning, with lots of sound and light effects - and there has been a dust storm since lunchtime yesterday!