#WeatherUpdate - **SQUALL LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING SE TOWARDS SYDNEY BASIN** BoM has dropped the detailed severe warning as there are no storms in the Sydney Basin right now, but a general severe storm warning for damaging winds & large hail continues. This next line is a big unknown - was very strong prior to its trip over the BM’s with 3cm hail observed on radar. It’s pushing into a mixed environment so could rapidly re-develop or fall apart. It’s currently about 30-40km NW of Penrith / Ri

**IMPORTANT HEADS-UP** Check out radar - see those weird green blobs over us ahead of the storm over the BM’s - this is a diff type of radar view. Those green ‘blobs’ can sometimes mean that the storm is ‘skipping’ ahead - that is the stuff over the BM’s is actually kicking up storms ahead of it created by the air mass as it heads over the BM’s. This could result in rapid storm development. The BoM warnings will lag and we will try and give you as much heads-up notice as we can. But expect somet

Bureau of Meteorology says it’s tweaking rain radar on new website

🌧 11:37AM TUESDAY - The latest Melbourne radar loop from the Bureau shows moderate rainfall is persisting this morning in and around the central ranges, moving southward and potentially reaching southern areas of the central forecast district this afternoon. Rainfall totals of 15-30mm are possible about the northern slopes of the divide throughout the day. Isolated and short-lived thunderstorm activity has also been observed in NE Victoria this morning. Information regarding damaging winds is a