As usual the west and north west gets the rain. At least this morning there are showers coming into Hobart from the SE - the best direction for rain there.

Here in Howrah between 2:58 and 3:05 this morning we had a very heavy downpour totaling 5mm, quite a nice surprise to see so much rain coming down at once even though very little of it soaked in.

The radar shows some streaming shower lines approaching from the SE, some of them look like there's a bit in them. Hope you get lot's more.

Some very dark clouds out around here in Hobart but no a drop yet. Currently 69 % RH and 13.8 deg .Plenty of good stuff on the radar but is missing Hobart as usual so far,can only hope

The new radar on Mount Koonya over estimates the rainfall intensity a little. The old radar at the airport was the other way round, couldn't detect much at all west of the mountain. Only had line of sight up the Derwent Valley.

Looks like hobart missed out on that last downpour, here in howrah on the eastern shore we picked up another 7mm.

Great news gregr glad you're getting something , still not a drop here on the Hobart side and now the sun is coming out and clouds going away . Oh well so much for the BOM's 2 to 15 mm Again !!

Well the BOM is at again for tomorrow they are saying a 95 % chance of rain and 4 to 8 mm , what a running joke this is becoming. Tonight a 90 % percent chance of rain as well ?? , a bigger joke have they looked out the window and seen the cloudless star laden sky ?

Yes frustrating that lack of rain for there. The changes are pushing through with more regularity now, hopefully that means increasing frequency of showers for you there over the coming weeks.

I've noticed the Tasman Peninsula (Port Arthur etc.) has been copping the SW'ly stream showers, unfortunately they don't get to Hobart because of the rain shadow effect. In more "gutsy" frontal weather these showers penetrate, and pre-frontal NW'ly rainbands are a chance too of course. I hate to see Tassie dry because it really shouldn't be- more like the UK/NZ than Australia climate wise which means lighter but more regular rainfall.

It's been pretty dry up this way too as DaveM can attest. Though we are closer to the ravages of the dry interior we do benefit from tropical systems, pretty rare for those to make it all the way to Tassie.

Will certainly agree S_B , I'm thankful we got a few mm on Saturday that's for sure. We certainly are in a Rain Shadow.
Even more so where I am on the Lenah Valley side of Mt.Wellington. Last year most of our rain came from the East Coast and not from over the mountain , where I usually get it.
You could always look up and if Mt. Wellington was black and socked in you knew you were going to cop it , rain and hail !! This all changed last year and this year so far.
The patterns of the blocking Highs keeping the Lows and cold fronts from coming across are continuing on from last year.
I don't know , but I really just get the feeling we are going to receive very little rain and will be in even bigger trouble than last year come fire season. I really hope that's not the case and we back to our usual wet Winter pattern soon.
Cheers