Post by wheelspinner on May 25, 2009 3:52:49 GMT -5
Considering we are fronting up to winter, we had a hot night last night. But it all seems a memory already. Now (7pm) it's 16C and pouring rain.
Melbourne's warmest May night on record
Mex Cooper
May 25, 2009 - 10:16AM
Electric blankets were unplugged and blankets tossed aside across Melbourne last night as the city experienced its warmest May night on record.
The temperature dropped less than a degree between midnight and just after 7.30am when the overnight low dipped to a balmy 18 degrees.
The previous warmest May night was in 1947 when the temperature fell to only 17.8 degrees.
Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Stephen King said northerly winds and cloud cover had stopped the temperature from cooling and led to the warmest May evening since records began 150 years ago.
"It only got to 20.8 degrees yesterday just after 3pm then it was 18.7 by midnight and sort of just hung around 18 and 19 degrees all night," he said.
"Wind and cloud are the best two things to keep the temperature up overnight."
The mercury is still just above 18 degrees and is predicted to climb to 20 degrees by about midday before rain hits the city this afternoon and the mercury begins to slide.
"The rain is reasonably heavy in the west of the state where they have already had about 30 to 40 millimetres out of it but by the time it gets here the metro area will get maybe only 5 millimetres," Mr King said.
Showers are expected for the rest of the working week but Mr King said no more than about 3 millimetres of rain was expected to fall each day.
Tomorrow is predicted to reach 17 degrees followed by temperatures in the mid-teens until Friday.
This story was found at: www.theage.com.au/national/melbournes-warmest-may-night-on-record-20090525-bjwe.html
Melbourne's warmest May night on record
Mex Cooper
May 25, 2009 - 10:16AM
Electric blankets were unplugged and blankets tossed aside across Melbourne last night as the city experienced its warmest May night on record.
The temperature dropped less than a degree between midnight and just after 7.30am when the overnight low dipped to a balmy 18 degrees.
The previous warmest May night was in 1947 when the temperature fell to only 17.8 degrees.
Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Stephen King said northerly winds and cloud cover had stopped the temperature from cooling and led to the warmest May evening since records began 150 years ago.
"It only got to 20.8 degrees yesterday just after 3pm then it was 18.7 by midnight and sort of just hung around 18 and 19 degrees all night," he said.
"Wind and cloud are the best two things to keep the temperature up overnight."
The mercury is still just above 18 degrees and is predicted to climb to 20 degrees by about midday before rain hits the city this afternoon and the mercury begins to slide.
"The rain is reasonably heavy in the west of the state where they have already had about 30 to 40 millimetres out of it but by the time it gets here the metro area will get maybe only 5 millimetres," Mr King said.
Showers are expected for the rest of the working week but Mr King said no more than about 3 millimetres of rain was expected to fall each day.
Tomorrow is predicted to reach 17 degrees followed by temperatures in the mid-teens until Friday.
This story was found at: www.theage.com.au/national/melbournes-warmest-may-night-on-record-20090525-bjwe.html
