Melbourne records wettest May day in 17yrs

Melbourne has had its wettest May day for 17 years, with more rain expected into the weekend.

Twenty-eight millimetres of rain fell on the CBD on Friday, the most in a May day since 1995, while the top temperature of 11C degrees just before 2.30pm (AEST) made it the city’s coldest May day since 2000.

The average rainfall in Melbourne for the entire month of May is 55.8mm.

Monbulk on Melbourne’s eastern fringes recorded the highest rainfall tally, with 46mm falling between 9am and 7pm.

Duty meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, Dean Sgarbossa, said the rain would continue into Saturday.

“Heavy rain is likely to persist over the eastern suburbs for most of Friday night while isolated showers are expected right across the Melbourne metropolitan region for the remainder of Friday evening and into Saturday morning,” he said.

“We are expecting a continuation of isolated showers on Saturday but they will tend to scattered during the afternoon as a cold front moves through.”

Winds have also lashed Melbourne’s bay regions, with gusts reaching up to 100km/h over Port Phillip Bay and 83km/h in Frankston, in the city’s south.

The bureau has issued severe weather warnings for the Wimmera, southwest, north central, central and Gippsland areas.

“We’ve issued the warnings for damaging winds, with mean winds of between 50km/h and 60km/h and gusts of around 100km/h, particularly for the central forecast district,” Mr Sgarbossa said.

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