Cold weather here to stay
Umbrellas are ready once again Melbourne: After an unseasonably warm week, the cold and dreary winter days are back.
Melbourne stood at 12.2 degrees at sunrise as a thick band of rain clouds hung over the CBD on Saturday morning.
The city will remain wet throughout the day, with up to 15 millimeters of rain expected and the highest temperature will be 14 degrees.
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Chris Kent said Melbourne’s cold days were around average for this time of year.
“We experienced a cold front move in the southeast yesterday [Friday]”And today we are reaching the final point of this work,” he said.
“Looking at the totals, we’re expecting potentially 4 to 15 millimeters of rain again today, but the rain is likely to come and go with the showers. We should start to see the showers ease a little from tomorrow.”
While the high temperature on Sunday is expected to be 15 degrees, the start of the work week will remain dry with a high of 14 degrees on Monday.
However, the postponement of the rain will not last long, as a maximum of 16 degrees of rain is expected on Tuesday.
Melburnians won’t be surprised by the rain forecast, but it will follow record-breaking temperatures throughout the week.
The city’s minimum temperature in a 24-hour block from 9 a.m. on Wednesday was 16.2 degrees, resulting in the bureau declaring it the warmest June night in history.
The city said above-normal temperatures had melted most of the snow in Victoria’s mountainous regions, but a little snow could fall on the higher mountain peaks next week.
“After the warm spell we had last week, there is very little snow in the mountainous areas in the northeast, so there is a possibility of some snow fall there,” he said.
“But that won’t happen at any of the lower altitudes, it’s probably just the tops of the peaks that have the potential for dusting in the next few days.”
A marine wind warning is in place for the state’s west and central coasts.
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