Further showers were expected throughout Victoria in the coming days, as a cold front sweeps across the state from the south-west.
Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) senior forecaster Dean Stewart said good rainfall in the north-east could also help up top up catchments.
“Whilst it will fall as snow on the peaks above 1200 metres, in the lower parts and the valleys and places like Bright and Harrietville will get 30-40 millimetres of rain.”
The bureau had also issued a severe weather warning, for strong winds, particularly in the north-east and along the south-west coast.
Earlier this week, falls of 108mm were recorded at Mt Buffalo and 89mm at Mt Buller.
“There will be some colder air coming across, in the next couple of days, with the westerly wind tending around to south-westerly. The wind is out of a system, which is south of Western Australia at the moment.” It would result in instability, until the weekend, with further showers expected in all districts.
“Isolated showers are most likely to be less than a millimetre, through the Mallee,” he said.
“But throughout parts of the Wimmera and south-west, over the next two days, there’ll probably be another five and possibly 10mm in local falls.”
The cold air would remain over Victoria until the next high pressure system came over the state on the weekend.
“There’s a risk of hail and thunder, through most of the state, before the winds swing to the south-west.
“When the next high pressure system comes in, the shower activity will ease off on Saturday and basically it will be a fine day, over much of the state, on Sunday.”
The colder temperatures would also lead to extensive frosts.
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