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VIC's soggy set of days
Kim Westcott, Tuesday May 10, 2016 - 12:25 AEST
A broad trough and a decaying low pressure system has brought spectacular falls over Victoria.
Heavy falls were recorded in the North East, with Mount Hotham picking up 160mm in the 48 hours to 9am Monday, making it the heaviest May rain recorded since records began 1995. In the same period, Falls Creek picked up 125mm.
In the Northern Country, Strathbogie picked up an additional 29mm to 9am Monday on top of 39mm recorded over the previous two days. Ararat picked up an additional 15mm to 9am, with more rain falling over the past two days than in the past two months. After breaking an 18-year May rain record yesterday, Stawell gained an additional 11mm.
For Melbourne and surrounds, the falls came in thick and fast around Monday lunchtime. Moorabbin recorded 15mm, of which nearly half fell in the space of ten minutes. For Melbourne city, much of the 12mm that fell was recorded in an hour.
Today the focus of the rain is over the central and eastern parts, with steady showers and brisk winds bringing widespread falls of 10mm. Districts such as the North East, North Central and Central will see heavier falls, in the region of 15-30mm, with higher elevations likely to pick up the largest totals today.
This recent rain has put many locations in Victoria in a good position to see at least the May average in terms of rainfall. Parts of the Mallee, South West, Northern Country and much of the North East have already seen their average May rainfall, with many other places well over half way.
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