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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1450 on: August 14, 2018, 10:53:22 PM »
Really blowin here now, my chimney's getting a real song going because of it.
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1451 on: August 15, 2018, 12:11:06 PM »
watched a bloke on the eastlink lose a load of timber sheeting and pipes off his car, and a dude with a trailer that was blowing all over the road
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1452 on: August 15, 2018, 02:39:53 PM »
Hi,
    Trial Harbour was a tad breezy the other night.
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1453 on: August 19, 2018, 07:56:41 AM »
https://au.news.yahoo.com/falling-tree-traps-mates-bucks-weekend-leaving-36-broken-bones-022343481.html


'We were camping at Frenchmans Camp ground in Big River.
The tree came from across the other side of the River, we weren't under it. (see attached photo)
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1454 on: August 19, 2018, 03:31:57 PM »
cold and mad windy in Jamieson today, no power in town when we woke up..

Insane wind on the way home, and hail and sleet and all sorts of Shit
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1455 on: August 19, 2018, 05:48:26 PM »
Power went out around 2.30. Still out for the entire area. I knew I shouldn't have test ran the generator this morning.

By the sounds of the bang just before it went put a transformer went bang. I blame the weather

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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1456 on: August 21, 2018, 08:52:57 AM »
2018 snow chart at Hotham
Records are being broken with 406cm of snowfall this season.
Another 8cm of snow overnight

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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1457 on: August 27, 2018, 09:38:03 AM »
I cant see this being possible - Lovicks Hut!!!!!!!



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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1458 on: November 02, 2018, 10:10:53 AM »
we got thunder and lightning here and lots of short bursts of lots o rain.... great for humidity :(
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1459 on: November 02, 2018, 10:48:28 AM »
Got a bit of rain about 5MM at best & now its gloomy out . But very nice to see  :cheers:
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1460 on: November 07, 2018, 10:27:57 AM »
Was in Yarrawonga Tuesday morning, and it was pelting down up there - back home later that morning near Echuca and the road was barely wet :(
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1461 on: January 01, 2019, 07:30:18 PM »
42 on Friday - thats abominable weather for fires...


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Temperatures are expected to climb above 40 degrees on Friday as the state heads into the summer peak.

Following a balmy start to 2019, Melbourne is forecast to see the mercury rise on Thursday to 28 degrees before climbing to an expected 42 degrees on Friday.

Senior forecaster Rod Dickson said north-westerly winds were dragging heat from inland, causing a day of extreme heat.

"The maximum temperature depends on the time of the cool southerly change," Mr Dickson said.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-balmy-start-but-get-set-for-a-scorcher-later-this-week-20190101-p50p1c.html#comments



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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1462 on: January 25, 2019, 08:37:06 AM »
What an absolute shocker of a day, and it's still early!! Fingers crossed things don't go pear-shaped.....
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1463 on: January 25, 2019, 08:40:39 AM »
It’s bloody hot @ Mansfield


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Re: Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1464 on: January 25, 2019, 08:48:58 AM »
Not just the temp, 50km/h northerly is going to cause trouble
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Re: Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1465 on: January 25, 2019, 08:51:08 AM »
Quote from: D4D
Not just the temp, 50km/h northerly is going to cause trouble

Trucks were getting blown nearly a full lane coming along Eastlink where you drove over an overpass its that windy.. but its *sorta* keepin the temp down.
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1466 on: January 25, 2019, 08:56:02 AM »
Yep, we were heated off at 7.40. Will be happy to get home and monitor the fire app with all preparations ready just in case. Not good out there

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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1467 on: January 25, 2019, 12:21:22 PM »
Stay Safe out there Any campers please consider getting out to a safe area .
lf it gets a start today it will be very hard to stop  .
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1468 on: January 25, 2019, 12:43:58 PM »
Stay Safe out there Any campers please consider getting out to a safe area .
lf it gets a start today it will be very hard to stop  .
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1469 on: January 25, 2019, 01:11:40 PM »
it just dropped 15 degrees in 10 minutes.  :cheers:

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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1470 on: January 25, 2019, 01:30:35 PM »
it just dropped 15 degrees in 10 minutes.  :cheers:
yea looked outside just now looked a little dull, but theres nothing but scattered on BOM maps...
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Re: Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1471 on: January 25, 2019, 01:54:59 PM »
it just dropped 15 degrees in 10 minutes.  :cheers:

Yeah but that's still 45 to 30...still warm
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1472 on: January 25, 2019, 02:32:14 PM »
Gezzzz lets not knock back 15D down that's a good start . lt will be hours before it hits here  , but its blowing dust all over the place . The wind is changing direction to keep us interested . :cheers:
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Re: Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1473 on: January 25, 2019, 04:24:34 PM »
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Re: Batten down the hatches Vic
« Reply #1474 on: January 30, 2019, 06:51:33 PM »
**** we got smashed with rain and hail round 5.30
few streets still closed with trees down adn underwater.... :o
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