RAINFALL is expected across all of Victoria this week, while the impacts from last week's weather continue for parts of the state.
A broad complex low pressure system affected south-eastern Australia on June 9-10, with Gippsland bearing the brunt of the heavy rainfall and flooding.
Damaging to destructive winds, snow, cold temperatures, heavy rainfall and flooding affected parts of south-eastern Australia over the following days.
Mount Baw Baw recorded 280.6mm in the 24 hours to 9am on June 10 - the fifth-highest daily rainfall total on record for any month for Victoria, and the third-highest for June. Numerous sites recorded daily totals above 200mm, including 267mm at Mt Tassie.
This is likely the most significant rain event in west and south Gippsland since June 2007.
For Jindivick and Toorourrong Reservoir, June 10 was the wettest June day in 123 and 130 years of record, respectively.
There is more rain forecast for the state this week, with the highest totals likely over the south-west coast and East Gippsland, and only light rain for the far north-west.
Water storage levels in the Murray-Darling Basin were 61.3pc full as of June 15, while storages in the South East Coast (Victoria) division are 37.3pc full.
However, storage levels in south-east Victoria are set to rise after the recent heavy rain; the average rainfall across the Thomson catchment on June 10 was 103.8mm and for the Latrobe catchment it was 96.9mm.
The value for Latrobe is a June record and second-highest for any month and the Thomson value is third-highest for all months.
The rainfall outlook for July-September indicates above average rainfall is likely for northern Victoria, tending to a neutral outlook for parts of the coast.
The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) index has now been below the negative IOD threshold for four consecutive weeks.
While a negative IOD event is not declared until the index remains below the threshold for at least eight weeks, this pattern can still influence Australian rainfall as an event develops.
The latest climate model forecasts have strengthened their outlooks for a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) during winter.
Days are likely to be warmer than average for July-September for most of the state, with the highest chances along the coast, tending to a neutral outlook for the north-west.
Days are likely to be warmer than average for July-September for most of the state.
