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Victorian Regional Office - AU-VIC, AU, Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

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For the CENTRAL RANGES: DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS with peak gusts of around 90 km/h are expected to continue for the remainder of the morning and into the early afternoon. For EASTERN AREAS: DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS with peak gusts of around 90 km/h are expected to continue for the remainder of the morning and into the early aftrenoon, with gusts increasing to 100 km/h near the coast. For ALPINE areas above 1600m: DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 100 km/h are occurring and likely to continue into the afternoon. BLIZZARD conditions are also forecast for the remainder of the morning and into the afternoon. HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is developing over the elevated terrain of East Gippsland this morning and is expected to continue into the afternoon. Six-hourly rainfall totals between 60 to 80 mm are likely. Conditions remain gusty across the MELBOURNE area and parts of the central coastline, but have now eased below warning thresholds. Conditions should ease about the central ranges by the early afternoon, and throughout by Friday evening. Flood warnings are current over the area. See https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts for details. Locations which may be affected include Orbost, Falls Creek, Dargo, Buchan, Kyneton and Mallacoota. Severe observations to 9:45 am: 61.6 mm was recorded at Buldah in the 3 hours to 9:40 am. 68.8 mm was recorded at Chandlers Creek (Cann River) in the 3 hours to 9:30 am. 102 km/h gust with 81 km/h sustained winds were recorded at Falls Creek around 7:30 am. 93 km/h gust with 63 km/h sustained winds were recorded at Mt Buller around 6:05 am. 109 km/h gust was recorded at South Channel Island at 1:41 am. 94 km/h gust was recorded at St Kilda Harbour at 2:10 am.