I've just put in this thread for discussing weather forecasts, conditions etc relating to Melbourne and Victoria. Yes, its still dry, rather overcast in Melb, but remaining very clear in Mildura. Friday's cold front should give everyone a fair share of rain, but after that, a new High pressure cell is likely to settle in from Monday onwards...

...and for the alpine outlook read on - Andy, you should enjoy this!!!
AusSnow Outlook

nice to see you included victoria and not JUST melbourne in your thread title saaaab.

TH

That air behind the front looks VERY COLD indeed!

Look at the latest weather chart here:
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/nmoc/latest_MSLP.pl?IDCODE=IDY00050

Just a question..do Warm Fronts ever actually affect Victoria in general? Please enlighten me!

Saab

well from where i am sitting it is god damned freezing cold right now BRRRRRR!!!! Hardly any rain has fallen in Paynesville/eaglepoint in the almost 3 months i have been here. Drizzle here and there but nothing to report. The nights (apart from tonite) are usually quiet mild , actually some nights it is eerilie mild,. But for the last 3-4 days the wind has been blowing a gale and the usually doormant bay has been producing white caps( no good 4 surfing of course)......

getting very blustery now. hope these showers push along way north guys.

Was going to say not a breath of wind here - just by looking outside, but the Monash Weather station says otherwise!
Weather - Climatology

Looking forward to the cold wintery blast, with freezing SWesterly winds and drizzle! It's been a long time coming, and i hope we get some decent rainfall totals out of it. Sounds like a nice day to stay at home tomorrow with the central heating on

We'll all be stuffing around in snow tomorrow
Check out hobart's forecast just 9c max!!!

Hey Saab, and welcome to the forum!

Warms front in principle don't generally affect Victoria, unless they're occluded, but even then, you need a very deep depression and a fairly hefty LWT to generate that sort of cyclogenesis.

Yeah good to see ya said Vic lol yeah Very Dry Up in Nw

Nw Vicwont get any off this Just Cold and Dusty and Gales no Rain

Down south Cloud band over us but no Rain back edge should hold hopefullyb lotsif Rain for us though doubt that to
VERy Windy thats for sure wind holwing out there image how coldit would be YUCK bay was really talking today big waves

Intresting day tomorrow then Cold and sunny next 7 to 10 days from Sunday

Love the look of that cold pool wish it was heading this way

Twister

Victoria gets up to half a dozen a year, but most aren't officially analysed (except by people who have their noses glued completely to the weather..... ) - although I do remember one that passed over a couple f years ago and because it was analysed, had satpics put up and sounding, oddly enough there were more warm fronts analysed on the MSL that year

and with any rain forecast for Friday, will we NOT break the record for the driest may? How much more rain do we need?

PS with relatives coming from overseas in July, if this dry weather continues, they may be able to enjoy the outdoors and not get wet.

Melbourne is already well past its record for driest May - any suggestion otherwise is a misquote. Records which are definitely still on are driest autumn on record for Melbourne, and for Victoria generally (the statewide record is virtually certain).

Latest BoM forecast suggests cloud and showers for the rest of the week in Melbourne. That high I think is actually nudging west allowing cold SW winds to blow over Victoria for the forecast period.

MELBOURNE
Saturday
Few showers and gusty wind easing during the afternoon. Min 9 Max 15

Sunday
Morning shower or two.
Min 8 Max 16

Monday
Fine.
Min 7 Max 16

Trend for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Few showers clearing later in the period. Cool.

With four days to go we are still just in sight of the driest May ever, although 1mm would now stuff that up. However it's hard to see where that 1mm would come from.

well at this stage it's a fairly bleak outlook for the next week with cold cloudy weather expected

the latest Melbourne forecast...

Tonight and Saturday
A few showers, mostly during the morning. A fresh to strong southwesterly wind
moderating later in the day.

Min 9 Max 15

Sunday
Morning shower or two. Min 8 Max 16

Monday
Fine day. Few showers at night. Min 7 Max 16

Tuesday
Few showers. Min 10 Max 15

Trend for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Shower or two clearing. Cool.

Overcast and cold for a whole week and then some! Is this a sign of things to come?

So far its been freezing overcast since Tuesday with no decent rainfall and will be till Friday with just drizzle....bring back summer I say (but not the crappy 2004-05 one )

Thunderhead

some decent west to east moving fronts with some rain bands followed by a deep SW flow with coldies and hail would be nice!!
get rid of these highs!!! pressures over PNG remain a bit low with lingering monsoonal activity and weak lows across the solomons, any chance this could be keeping our highs further south?