see also:

• Melbourne
• Melbourne's climate
• Melbourne weather records - heat waves, floods, tsunamis and other extreme events
• major weather events in Australia - plus, understanding weather systems in Australia
• snow in Victoria
• how to reduce your risks in lightning storms
• how to reduce your risks in the event of a tornado
• tips for camping in the rain
• in-ground home swimming pools

• BOM Victoria forecast
• BOM 7 day MetEye model maps
• 7 day synoptic weather charts
• 10 day model synoptic weather charts
• Windy.com Melbourne's wind and waves
• yr.no weather forecast for Melbourne (said to be more accurate medium term forecast than US models)
• Melbourne's traffic conditions
• Melbourne freeway travel times
• Vic emergency response incidents, flood warnings, etc
• Parks Victoria closures
• Parks Victoria Changed conditions and closures
• Vic State Forest closures
• Victorian seasonal road closures
• Melbourne live rain radar images
• What's it like across Melbourne now - temp, wind speed, etc for various suburbs or here for Victoria
• Live lightning strike locations
• Melbourne's 24hr rainfall map with links to other regional maps
• Melbourne webcams
• surf conditions and webcams at:
  • Surfshop.com.au
  • Coastal watch surf cams and tides
  • sea surface temperatures around Australia
• going fishing or boating, then check out:
  • Port Phillip Bay current wind conditions
  • Port Phillip Bay forecast
  • Fishnet.com.au water conditions
  • tide times
• need to see what the cloud cover is like, even at night - check:
  • infra-red images
• want to see what the sky forecast is for cloud cover, astronomical seeing, transparency and probability of dew? - check:
  • SkippySky.com.au
  • Cloud Free Night website for Australian astrophotographers
  • BOM cloud cover forecast for Victoria
  • Phil Hart's blog on cloud forecasts for Australian astronomers
• did I really feel the ground move? - check:
  • Australian earthquake news
  • Australian Earthquake, tremor, seismic activity notifications and records
• Weatherzone
• Weather Channel
• Weather.com.au - Melbourne weather forecasts
• Weather.com - world-wide weather forecasts
• Australian Weather News
• Aust. Severe Weather Assoc. (ASWA)
• Melbourne water restrictions
• my bush fire information