Barometric pressures have continued to be well above the normal August means of 1018mbs in Melbourne for most of the past week despite two frontal passages.
As a consequence rainfalls are still well down on average over most of Victoria.
Rainfalls to date include 6.2mms at Wangaratta, 11.8mms at Benalla and 8mms at Rutherglen - which are all more than 50mms below the August average and the driest to...