Well anyone who was out and about yesterday (and today for that matter) would have noticed the extremely high winds. Last night when I was on my way home from uni the wind was so strong it almost blew me off my feet and the rain was so strong in Sandringham that you couldn’t actually see the cars on the road.
A quick check of the weather report saw waves up to 3 metres in Port Phillip Bay with wind speeds exceeding 98 km/h. Thankfully nothing was damaged around the house when I got up this morning. At least the bin’s weren’t out!
August 31st, 2005 at 23:35
The record wind gust for Victoria was recorded last night. 198km/hr at Mt Hotham.
August 31st, 2005 at 23:42
Here it is. Had to dig through the Bureau archive:
Winds were strongest overnight reaching violent storm force in the Alpine
district. A wind gust of 107 knots, equivalent to 198 km/hr, was recorded at Mt Hotham at around midnight, the strongest ever recorded in Victoria. A wind gust of 79 knots [146 km/hr] was recorded at 2am at Mt Buller, and 72 knots [133 km/hr] at around 8pm [Tuesday] at Falls Creek, after which the automatic weather station stopped reporting. Other strong gusts recorded overnight include 59 knots [109 km/hr] at Eildon, 58 knots [107 km/hr] at Dunns Hill, and 55 knots [102 km/hr] at Wilsons Promontory, Frankston, and Melbourne Airport. Mildura equalled their August wind gust record of 49 knots [91 km/hr] at around 10pm [Tuesday].
September 3rd, 2005 at 23:45
HEH. Frankston…. i felt that one!
Power was out for atleast 2 hours from around 10pm.