they said that the "rain event" would be state wide...
300mm...
gale force winds...
plummeting temperatures...
Hail stones like golf balls...
don't go outside...
people will lose their lives...
rush out to the supermarket and stock up on food etc...
its a 10 out of 10 storm event!!!
RUN FOR THE HILLS Henny Penny!!!!!!!
and what did we get?
misty rain, slightly elevated winds and nice mild temperates of around 18c...
the BOM is full of shiit trying to make itself relevant...
ffs... they need their funding pulled...
Quote:Warning of a ‘threat to life’ as vast rain event bears down on southern Australia
SANDBAGS are being distributed and there are warnings lives could be lost as a “high impact weather event” prepares to hit.
THE Bureau of Meteorology has warned of a weather conditions that could threaten lives as Australia’s south east stares down what is being dubbed a “vast, intense, high impact weather event.”
Premier Daniel Andrews has urged Victorians not to put themselves in harms way and divert the stretched resources of the emergency services.
And it’s not just Victoria — just about every capital could get drenched. Parts of NSW could get “more than a month’s rain in 36 hours”. Victoria, Tasmania and NSW are now officially on flood alert.
There are now fears three months of rain could fall in just a few days across Victoria with
300mm mooted in some areas as a front powers through southern Australia aided by tropical moisture further north. The State Emergency Service is handing out sandbags in Melbourne for worried residents.
Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) senior meteorologist Scott Williams said much of the rain could come in one dumping, raising flooding fears.
“It is an event that poses a threat to life, there will be a massive amount of lightning, there will be roads cut, flood waters,” he said on Thursday.
“Those thunderstorms will gradually all
weld into a massive, great rain band, and that band will spread down across the state on Friday night and Saturday morning.
“This is a vast, intense, high-impact event for this state. I think this event will turn farms into lakes.” The BoM issued an unprecedented severe weather warning for heavy rainfall for the entire state of Victoria
.