"Make sure you are alert to your conditions," he said. By the end of April last year, Melbourne had received just 49mm.
Weekly rainfall wrap + rain outlook, 1 Apr 2020 Bureau of Meteorology, April 1, 2020 Showers and thunderstorms developed over eastern New South Wales, generating moderate falls, while onshore flow produced showers and moderate falls in the northern tropics. "We're appealing to people not to flirt with floodwater — do not attempt to drive through flash flood waters," Mr Wiebusch said.With high winds forecast, the SES also urged motorists to be aware of the risk of fallen trees and said people should secure items around their homes such as trampolines and garden umbrellas to stop them from becoming missiles.The SES had received more than 400 calls for assistance by mid-afternoon on Friday, in a year Mr Wiebusch said was emerging as one of the busiest on record for the organisation.He said there had already been more than 28,000 request for help with bushfires, storms and floods in 2020, making it the third-busiest year on record so far. Another trough lingered off the north coast of New South Wales, and generated locally heavier falls.By the middle of the week, a strong southerly surge along the east coast of New South Wales brought moderate to heavy falls to the coastal regions, and a firm ridge extended up the east coast of Queensland and produced showers and onshore flow along the north tropical Queensland coast.
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Showers and thunderstorms developed over eastern New South Wales, generating moderate falls, while onshore flow produced showers and moderate falls in the northern tropics.The interaction between an upper-level disturbance and the eastern surface trough generated an extensive cloudband over eastern New South Wales and inland southeast Queensland. Tropical convection persisted across far northern Australia, with onshore showers continuing along the north tropical Queensland coast in the last part of the week.In the last part of the week, a strong cold front tracked across southeastern Australia, intensifying as it moved eastwards. August Rainfall Essendon Airport (11km) 2020 July August. "Here in Melbourne it was the second-wettest January to April on record at 400.8mm of rainfall," he said.He said Gippsland was expected to be hit by winds of up to 120km per hour overnight and areas around Wonthaggi and Western Port could receive up to 50mm of rain.The cold snap has brought snow to Victoria's alpine areas.Mount Hotham received more than 30 centimetres of snow this week, with more expected overnight.The rainy, cold conditions are set to continue at the weekend but are due to clear on Tuesday when temperatures are forecast to rise to 18C.Meanwhile, State Emergency Service (SES) chief officer Tim Wiebusch said there were numerous flood warnings across the state and urged Victorians to be extremely vigilant near rivers. Melbourne has experienced the wettest start to the year on record, and has had eight times more rain than the same period last year.A total of 406 millimetres of rain fell on the city between January and the last day of April, 2.8mm shy of the record for that period set 96 years ago.However, the period up to and including May 1 actually set a new record. Widespread light to moderate rainfall totals were recorded over much of the northeastern quarter of New South Wales and light falls were reported over southern inland Queensland. ... Posted 1 May May 2020 Fri Friday 1 May May 2020 at 7:21am, ... hail and a possible new rainfall record in Melbourne. The city recorded 54.6 mm (2.1 inches) of rain in a 24-hour period, which is higher than the city's usual total for the entire month of March. "Victoria, it was the wettest April since 1974, statewide, and in the last couple of days we've seen a very significant cold outbreak for this early in Autumn," Dr Trewin said.Melbourne has narrowly missed recording its coldest first day of May on record.The temperature reached 13 degrees Celsius at 2:43pm on Friday, but needed to stay under 12.2 degrees to beat the record set 58 years ago on May 1 in 1962.Extreme weather meteorologist Dean Narramore said wild weather was due to hit Melbourne's bayside suburbs from St Kilda to the Mornington Peninsula on Friday night and warned it could cause a storm surge in low-lying coastal areas.