Melbourne is being drenched as a cold-weather pattern moves through. Photo: Angela Wylie, File Photo
Just 17 days from summer and Melbourne is awash with rain – cold rain.
By the time this weather pattern clears by late Thursday, many eastern suburbs will have had their entire November rainfall average over just two days, the Bureau of Meteorology has said.
In the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, the suburb of Lyndhurst had 45 millimetres while Arthurs Seat on the Mornington Peninsula had 49mm.
High rainfall was also experienced at Cerberus, where there was with 43mm and Ferny Creek, where there was 36mm.
Central Melbourne had 18mm and both Laverton and Moorabbin Airport recorded 26mm.
Bureau senior meteorologist Phil King said many eastern suburbs could expect their average November rainfall in one sustained dump from this weather pattern.
The weather pattern has come from the New South Wales south coast and had settled at Wilsons Promontory, he said. East Gippsland has had significant rain with Reeves Knob in south-west Gippsland recording 100mm over two days.
"This time of year you do get heavy falls," Mr King said.
Wednesday's predicted top was 16 degrees, well below the November average of 22 degrees.
"We are going to struggle to get above 20 for a few days," Mr King said.
Saturday was expected to hit 20 degrees and Monday 28 degrees before the temperature was likely to drop back to about 18 by this time next week.
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