High gusts sweep through snow resorts

The first of a series of a deep low pressure trough crossing the Bight passed quickly through Victoria, Tasmania, NSW and QLD during last Tuesday, 22 July. Very strong winds exceeding 100km/h lashed most of Victoria and Tasmania. Mount Hotham recorded a gust of 150km/h at 8.45am, the strongest July gust for 22 years. Falls Creek recorded 119km/h while Mount Buller recorded 130 km/h. Daily maxima have been 1.5 degrees above the July normal whilst daily minima have been one degree above normal. For North East Victoria, temperatures to date are still slightly above normal despite many residents complaining about the persistent chilly conditions. The lack of sunshine is the problem. At Lake Eildon, not that far away, there has been only 42 hours of recorded sunshine hours for the first 22 days of July. The cold front with this low pressure did extend well north to central QLD with rain reaching in June, 100km/h north of Roma. Rainfall totals were variable mostly 15 to 25mm over most of Victoria and at some places in NSW. The heaviest rains of over 40mm were at Portland and Cape Nelson and at places in Tasmania. By Thursday evening the slow moving cold front was still producing heavy rain and thunderstorms along the northern NSW coast. The second deep low pressure entered the Bight region after producing moderate to heavy rain to towns in the southern regions of WA and light frosts further north at Meekatharra which had it's coldest July morning with 1.3 degrees since 0.4 degrees in 1998. The central pressure is very low at 984 mbs and winds will be even stronger than the first deep low pressure and rainfalls will be more heavier and widespread from next Friday night up to early next week. Most Melbourne suburbs up to 23 July have recorded wind gusts of over 50km/h on 10 days. A third low pressure trough is currently forming near Albany and by next Wednesday, 30 July, most of Victoria will have received well above average rainfall; the wettest for late July in Melbourne since 1947.

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