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Southerlies soak parts of VIC

Guy Dixon, Friday August 28, 2015 - 13:38 AEST

A moisture laden southerly flow directed by an East Coast Low interacted with an upper cold pool over parts of Victoria yesterday producing persistent and heavy showers.

Mallacoota bore the brunt of the rainfall collecting 67mm to 9am this morning, however just to the west, Point Hicks collected a total of 60mm, making it the heaviest August rain since 1987.

Closer to town, Scoresby collected an impressive 31mm which goes down as the heaviest August rain in 16 years. Regardless of the month, Blue Rock Reservoir in West Gippsland received the heaviest falls since June 2012 with 36mm collecting in the bucket.

Since 9am today, rainfall totals across the state remain generally below 10mm, however far eastern parts of the East Gippsland can expect these totals to rise to around 20-30mm by tomorrow morning.

This low will hang east of Bass Strait, directing small troughs across the southeast. This will maintain the risk of showers over East Gippsland, however the rainfall will be much lighter.

Longer term, a number of models suggest a trough to move over New South Wales with a low embedded within. Once this low reaches the coast late on Thursday and into Friday, there is the potential for another string of wet days for the state's south and east under a similar synoptic setup.

- Weatherzone

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