Please note, this is taken from my perspective 300km north of Melbourne, Australia.
In early February, what the media termed "cyclone victoria" swept across south-east Australia:
Satellite Image of the severe weather event in february, 2005. [Bureau of Meteorology]
A bit of local analysis from the "screaming eagle" "Cyclone Victoria" as pictured in an earlier post in this thread:
Things to note:
1) there was a sharp temperature drop from 38C on the 1st of February to 13.8C - graphically it does not show that this temperature drop occurred in less than 30 minutes in the evening of the 1st. About this time, the wind picked up, sustained at only 30km/h but with gusts over 120km/h occuring frequently.
2) Much of the precipitation was in the form of hail, in other areas it snowed. Widespread flooding was recorded - the river near here did flood but thankfully not too far. The rain occurred 12 hours after the temperature drop.
3) most of the damage occurred late on the 2nd and into the 3rd of February, when wind gusts of up to 144km/h was recorded in Cobram (3km from here).
4) no thunder and lightning was recorded in the district.
5) tornadoes were recorded 15km south and 22km north-east.
6) from this severe weather event to the 8 June, the area experienced only 4 days of significant rainfall. Of which only approximately 25% of the average rainfall fell.
