GFS were right after all, guess ill have to agree with whoever was saying it that GFS have indeed been spot on most of the time this season.

Plenty of distant rumbles (moreso to our WSW which make me think we will miss the best of any remnant flangs to our S) - and some long "blinks" of the house lights. Got one of the kids playing BBall atm and the stadium lights take a couple of minutes to recover - that and a propensity to let water down onto the floor in high rainfall (if it happens).

Calm and 23C now and just a general grey looming sky coming in from the W, not looking much despite frequent distant rumbles.

11.4 mm total here cheers dvc

Some nice rain last 5 minutes or so, real chance to keep the garden alive another week or so here! Tank is nearly full from this effort so looking good.

Outside, the rumble rate has tapered off to 1 / min and nothing close, it looks like the storm may hold together enough to give Sale some excitement as it slips away on a decaying trip to our S. Not enough rain to wet the concrete, a couple of visible lighting flashes to our W, not enough to cure SSDS.

YET - lighting tracker and radar still shows us in with a chance with whats left out to the W and NW - not supported by the "looks" of the sky out that way. Hope I get a surprise in 15-30 minutes to remind myself of my weather prediction failabilities

Nice steady rain here

Last lot produced another 1.5mm here so I am 18.6mm for the day - outstanding.

Still mild-warm and foggy/misty looking evening

The lightning to the SW died, to be replaced by a fresh batch to our NNE which drifted off towards Stratford. All evening the lightning has been lazy (only a flash or two per minute), but our concrete is mostly wet, so I'll record it as a (typical) Maffra storm on my records. It looks like the frontal system tore itself in two W of here to leave us stranded between 2 (forgetable) storms. Anyhow, there is still some medium rain to come from our NW if the radar is to believed, so the house should cool and I can listen to rain on the roof for an hour to come I hope.

Very little to report here. Seems it has all gone for us.
Still some around Bendigo but that is moving more north east, not even hitting Sunbury.

Lovely cool air coming in and cooling the house down very nicely.
Garden has had a drink and I doubt the tank is no longer empty.

Same Katyer, just light drizzle here.

Bought Weatherzone Pro today, gotta say being able to overlay isobars and wind on the radar and satellite is pretty damn awesome! Really shows you the effects of colliding winds and what they result in. Highly recommend it for the price!

As for rain, ended up getting zip out of that huge band this afternoon. Picked up 0.6mm in a shower this morning, but that was about it.

Lovely drenching here, with some flash flooding
Garden was starting to look a bit sick before this deluge.
Just put a video up on YouTube showing the cloud build up and some lightning. Even put some great music to it
See link in my signature below.

3mm in total for me!

Happy birthday Gabby (if thats what the cake symbol is all about!).

12 mm total for me here @ q. great for the plants! dvc

Thanks, Petros. The cake symbol is compliments of WZ.

Many happy returns Gabby
I like the cake symbol - helps make it instantly recognisable that it is someones birthday - though can't work out how many candles are on it?
Ahhh..just saw 3 candles (need glasses)....Happy Third Birthday Gabby

Happy birthday Gabby.Lets hope the pressie is a big storm today.

Thanks everyone! You hit the nail on the head, Duckweather - third birthday is just about right as I started counting backwards some time ago and have lost count?? Yes, Pete a super present would be a big storm.

I turned 4 in January. I look so youthful
Mmmmm.......a 4 year old with 3 teenage kids...work that one out
Cheers.