see also:

• Melbourne
• heat waves of sequential very hot days:
  • Melbourne:
    • Jan 2009: 43,44 and 45degC preceding the Black Saturday bushfires
    • Jan 1908: 39.9 then 5 days above 40degC
    • more than 8 sequential days over 30degC:
      • 1890, 1898, 1951, 1961, March 2013 (9 days over 32degC and 7 nights minimum over 20degC - unprecedented for March!)
  • Mildura:
    • Jan 2013: 5 days in a row above 40degC
    • Jan 2009: 5 days in a row above 40degC
    • Jan 1979: 6 days in a row above 40degC

• BOM Victoria forecast
• yr.no weather forecast for Melbourne (said to be more accurate medium term forecast than US models)
• the Bolch weather station NE Melbourne
• Melbourne's traffic conditions
• Melbourne live rain radar images
• What's it like across Melbourne now - temp, wind speed, etc for various suburbs or here for Victoria
• 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
  • 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
• 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