Drew Casper-Richardson, 24 Jul 2016, 12:37 AM UTC
Cold front roars through VIC
A cold front has brought damaging wind gusts to parts of Victoria with more on the way.
During Saturday a robust cold front roared through much of the southeast bringing widespread strong and gusty winds. Exposed coastal parts of Victoria copped the brunt of the winds with the usual suspects clocking in gusts well in excess of 100km/h.
As is often the case Wilsons Promontory recorded the strongest gust at a huge 144km/h. Elsewhere in West & South Gippsland Hogan Island gusted to 135km/h, Sale reached 91km/h and the 93km/h gust at Pound Creek was their highest in close to two years.
Melbourne itself missed out on the strongest winds with a peak gust of 44km/h. In the greater Melbourne region though Avalon reached 85km/h, Frankston 74km/h and St Kilda 76km/h. Around Port Phillip Bay, Point Wilson gusted to 98km/h and South Channel Island hit the tonne at 100km/h.
Winds eased on Sunday morning but the reprieve from the wild winds will be short lived with a pair of cold fronts set to tear through in the coming days. The first, somewhat weaker one, will brush southern parts of the state during the small hours of Monday morning. The stronger front will start impacting western parts of the state during Monday afternoon extending throughout during the evening and into Tuesday morning.
For Melbourne the strongest winds will be during Monday evening with gusts of 70-80km/h likely with higher gusts a risk in southern suburbs. More exposed areas such as Wilson Promontory can expect gust well in excess of 100km/h once again. Winds will ease through Tuesday afternoon before another weaker burst on Wednesday.
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