It was a comparatively warm and wet night in Bendigo last night with the city receiving a total 12 millimetres since 9am yesterday – the majority in overnight downpours.
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That rain wasn’t evenly spread across central Victoria, however, Redesdale received 3.6mm and Murchison 3.4mm in the same period.
Bureau of Meteorology Victorian senior forecaster Dean Stewart said the cloud cover saw Bendigo’s overnight minimum temperatures drop to 9.4 degrees, above average minimum temperatures for this time of year.
He said the next few days would see conditions clear but told central Victorians to make the most of their Saturday.
“It looks like improving trends over the next couple days, there still be some showers activity tomorrow but Saturday looks like it will be a dry day,” he said.
“But that will only be short-lived.
“There’s further rainfall coming on Sunday with the next frontal system approaching and there’ll be further showers expected on Monday and into Tuesday.
“It looks like the cold air coming in behind on Tuesday at this stage will see snow down to 600 metres in parts of Victoria, which is places like King Lake, the Grampians, Mount Macedon and even Mount Dandenong might see a bit.”
He said Bendigo would see a top temperature today of 12 degrees, tomorrow and Saturday would reach 13 degrees while it would be back to 8 degrees on Sunday and 9 degrees on Monday and Tuesday.
Joseph Hinchliffe
Council and environment reporter at the Bendigo Advertiser.
Council and environment reporter at the Bendigo Advertiser.
