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Thank you to the Japan Meteorological Agency who have switched the Himawari-8 weather satellite to intensive 2.5 minute observational mode in order to assist Australia.
Bureau of Meteorology, Victoria
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Bureau of Meteorology, Victoria
@BOM_Vic
Official Bureau of Meteorology account for Victoria (Australia) weather information. Always check bom.gov.au/vic/warnings for the latest warnings.
- AURORA ALERT! Our Space Weather team says the #AuroraAustralis may be visible in southern #Victoria Wed 15th/Thurs 16th. Partly cloudy tonight but Thursday night should be mostly clear. Best view will be after 3am or so (no moon!) For more info on auroras ow.ly/TE7l50ucd5x
- Your prayers have been answered, #Melbourne! The cool change has sped up, and is now expected through the city within the next hour. The temperature dropped 10°C in an hour as the front moved through #Avalon around midday. Track it on radar: ow.ly/Q8Qu50DgYvh #MelbWeather
GIF - Pyro-cumulonimbus clouds have developed to altitudes over 16km in East #Gippsland this afternoon. These fire-induced storms can spread fires through lightning, lofting of embers and generation of severe wind outflows #VicWeather #VicFires
GIF - Today is the last warm day across Victoria for a while. We will see a sequence of Winter-type cold fronts crossing the State this week. Snowfalls developing above 1400m Monday, lowering to 1000m late Tuesday & only lifting to 1200m Wednesday. bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/…
- ⚠️MELTED EGG ADVISORY⚠️ Victorians are advised that dangerous #egg solidity conditions are forecast until Easter Sunday. Please keep your #chocolate in a cool, dry place, and check with your local chocolatiers for further advice. Check your egg forecast: ow.ly/OzNB50EdPcg
- Melbourne fell to 1.7°C this morning. 😮 If you are less than 71 years and 364 days old, it is the coldest May #Melbourne morning in your lifetime. The coldest May morning on record is -1.1°C, which occurred on 29 May 1916. Latest observations: ow.ly/Dypy50EYu97
- If you're in #Melbourne, this may be the only spring you see all day. #MelbWeather #MorningDrizzle #SunPlease bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/…
- Those awake and looking south are in for a beautiful view! Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) are visible across parts of Victoria tonight due to enhanced Solar Activity. The current view from Ballarat Airport.
GIF - The wind change has just cleared the far east coast of #Victoria. The graphic shows smoke haze concentrated on the change as it moves over #Gippsland and esatern Bass Strait. Thanks to @JMA_kishou for enabling rapid scan imagery of its Himawari-8 satellite #VicFires
00:00 - Thanks again to the Japanese Meteorological Agency for maintaining Himawari-8 intensive 2.5 minute obs through another day of significant fire weather. Today's imagery shows plumes again developing across parts of E Vic/NSW. #AustralianFires #Mallacoota satview.bom.gov.au
00:00 - Clear skies prevailed for most of Victoria including #Melbourne for the eclipse. Not so fortunate across the southwest inc #Ballarat and #Hamilton. Who else had a great view? or photo? Sat viewer here: ow.ly/4nDi50EVDgy
- A fire near Mallacoota began generating its own weather last night, the dots indicate lightning from a pyrocumulonimbus cloud with plume to 14km. More dangerous fire behaviour is expected across #Victoria today. Stay up to date with forecasts and warnings: ow.ly/v5xy50xJAYe
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