The temperature in Melbourne may fail to rise above 10C on Friday, forecasters say, which would make it the coldest June day the city has seen in almost 20 years.
Just before 10am the temperature was lingering around 8C, with the cold snap due to a deep pool of cold air which has moved up from the south-west, blasting the city with icy Antarctic winds.
The coldest winds are expected to hit the Melbourne CBD on Friday afternoon and may bring rain and small hail with it, the Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster in Victoria, Tom Delamotte, said.
“We’re expecting the maximum temperature for the day will be reached during the late morning or around noon, before some cooler south-westerly winds move through,” he said.
Cold enough for #snow to 500m Friday. Does that
— BOM Victoria (@BOM_Vic) June 23, 2016
affect you? 500m+ in blue. 300-500m (in grey) a risk of sleet. pic.twitter.com/VJVEhjt8Us
“So if we don’t get above 10C in the city by midday, we probably will have had the coldest June day since 1998, when we had 10C spot-on. The next coldest was in 1993, when we had a June day of 9.8C.”
The average temperature for the Melbourne CBD in June is 14.1C. Saturday temperatures are expected to be closer to normal, with a forecast of 13C and showers expected.
Snow is expected for Mount Macedon and the Dandenongs down to 500 metres, Delamotte said.
Plenty of snowfall around the Grampians. Local Will Flamsteed recorded 2.5cm with "more to come" #melbweather pic.twitter.com/1MDMPwXrY5
— Bridget Judd (@BridgetJuneJudd) June 23, 2016
Heavy rain hit the city overnight, leaving roads and tram stops in the city flooded and affecting the Thursday evening commute home.
LIVE: Yarra River high, tram stops flood amid heavy rain. #MelbWeather Pic: @Robbie_A_Brownhttps://t.co/sQFlvOkdzf pic.twitter.com/wjidWLyZH4
— Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) June 23, 2016
