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McCartney's Storm Chasing is run by a Melbourne-based storm chaser who chases storms throughout Victoria, Australia.

FOLLOW MSC for weather updates, detailed forecasts and warnings for Victoria, and "LIVE" storm chasing coverage across Victoria! McCartney's Storm Chasing is run by a weather enthusiast based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Follow me as I share our photos, observations, thoughts and knowledge of the weather, including notable upcoming severe weather events in Victoria. McCartney's Storm Chasing's mission is to inform the public of severe weather affecting Victoria, Australia. Climate change debate or discussion is not tolerated on this page, as that is not the purpose of this page. Our mission is to inform the general public of Victoria about upcoming severe weather events through our forecasts and government-issued severe weather warnings. Abuse towards McCartney's Storm Chasing or our members will not be tolerated. Offenders will be blocked and banned for life without notice. We want to provide a friendly, safe, bully-free and conflict-free place for our members so they can enjoy the wonders and extremes of the weather across Victoria. All content posted by our followers/contributors remains the property of the content creator. Media or other use is prohibited without the written consent of the original author. Thank you for your interest in McCartney's Storm Chasing official page. I really value your comments and contributions if the following conditions are met. We encourage you to join the conversation with fellow supporters on our page, but we ask you to please respect our Facebook Terms of Use. While we appreciate your passion, we will not tolerate disrespectful, offensive or hateful comments, or comments that we feel don’t align with our values at the MSC. We retain the right to hide or remove such comments, while we also retain the right to block a user from our page who acts in a way that we deem inappropriate. Please keep all comments and discussions respectful and courteous. We will remove posts or comments that contain any of the following:

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02/11/2026

⚠️ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - UPDATED
⚠️ For HEAVY RAINFALL, DAMAGING WINDS and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in parts of Mallee, Northern Country and Wimmera Forecast Districts.

Severe thunderstorms continuing over northern Victoria.

Weather Situation: A low pressure system over northwestern Victoria is generating thunderstorms.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, damaging winds and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours.

Locations which may be affected include Swan Hill, Echuca, Kerang, Birchip and Rochester.

02/11/2026

⚠️ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
⚠️ For HEAVY RAINFALL, DAMAGING WINDS and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in parts of Mallee, Northern Country and Wimmera Forecast Districts.

Issued at 2:38 pm Monday, 2 November 2026.

Severe thunderstorms developing over northwestern Victoria.

Weather Situation: A low pressure system moving into northwestern Victoria is generating thunderstorms.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, damaging winds and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours.

Locations which may be affected include Warracknabeal, Rainbow and Birchip.

01/11/2026

10:15 AM MONDAY: Patchy rain is currently moving eastward, affecting regions across central and southwest Victoria, with isolated weak embedded thunderstorms noted within the system. Further isolated storm activity is possible within this rainband.

I anticipate that the primary thunderstorm activity today will be concentrated north of the divide, specifically across northern, northwest, and northeast Victoria. Current modeling indicates that this region will experience the highest levels of instability and CAPE values this afternoon, especially with clear skies and higher temperatures.

Please continue to monitor this page for further updates.

Radar source: Windy.com.

01/11/2026

* VICTORIAN THUNDERSTORM FORECAST FOR TODAY, MONDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 2026 *

Severe thunderstorms are possible over parts of northern Victoria, most likely this afternoon and evening.

DAMAGING WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAIL are possible with severe thunderstorms over parts of northern Victoria during the afternoon and evening.

Thunderstorms are possible over almost the remainder of Victoria, likely about the western and north-central parts, with the risk of storms greatest during the afternoon and evening.

Image source: Victorian thunderstorm forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology.

31/10/2026

* POTENTIAL FOR STORMS ACROSS VICTORIA ON MONDAY *

A rapidly moving cut-off low-pressure system is forecast to progress east along the NSW/VIC border on Monday, resulting in widespread rain and isolated thunderstorm activity. Storms are possible across the majority of the state, with a risk of severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds, particularly throughout northwest and northern Victoria.

Accumulated rainfall is expected to range between 5–20 mm, with the potential for higher totals in areas affected by significant storm activity.

Image - Rain and thunderstorm forecast provided by windy.com

31/10/2026

2:21 PM SATURDAY: Current radar analysis indicates a rapidly advancing line of thunderstorms triggered by a wind shift, with the majority of activity concentrated southeast of Melbourne.

Storms may produce bursts of heavy rainfall and gusty winds.

Image source - Bureau of Meteorology.

31/10/2026

* VICTORIAN THUNDERSTORM FORECAST FOR TODAY, SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER *

Valid until midnight on Saturday, 31 October 2026.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE over parts of central and eastern Victoria during the morning and afternoon.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS are possible over parts of central and eastern Victoria with severe thunderstorms during the morning and afternoon.

OTHER POSSIBILITIES: HEAVY RAIN and LARGE HAIL are possible with severe thunderstorms over parts of central and northern Victoria during the morning and afternoon.

THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE elsewhere across Victoria (excluding the far northwest); firstly over western and central Victoria in the early morning then moving into eastern Victoria during the late morning and afternoon.

Thunderstorm activity is expected to clear eastern Victoria late Saturday.

A Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds is current for elevated parts of eastern Victoria.

Thunderstorm forecast: Bureau of Meteorology.

30/10/2026

10:34 AM SATURDAY: WEATHER UPDATE FOR VICTORIA

Areas of rain and isolated thunderstorms have been observed across western and central Victoria since the early hours of this morning. The latest radar scan shows a band of rain moving into eastern parts of the state with isolated fast-moving thunderstorms in the northern and eastern regions.

DAMAGING WINDS are possible over parts of central and eastern Victoria with severe thunderstorms during the remainder of this morning and into the afternoon.

OTHER POSSIBILITIES: HEAVY RAIN and LARGE HAIL are possible with severe thunderstorms over parts of central and northern Victoria during the morning and afternoon.

Radar source: metcentre.therwatch.net.au

29/10/2026

There is a chance of isolated thunderstorm activity across western parts of the state later tonight, driven by a trough moving eastwards over South Australia towards the South Australian-Victorian border, but they are more likely in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Storms, some severe, will be possible across much of the state on Saturday from the morning, continuing into the afternoon and evening.

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall and large hailstones will be possible with severe thunderstorms.

29/10/2026

⚠️ SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
⚠️ FOR DAMAGING WINDS

For people in parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland Forecast Districts.

Issued at 10:31 am Friday, 30 October 2026.

Damaging winds developing over the eastern ranges during Saturday morning.

Weather Situation: Strengthening northwesterly winds will develop over the eastern ranges during Saturday morning ahead of an approaching trough. Winds are expected to ease during the late afternoon following the passage of the trough.

DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 100 km/h are possible over the eastern ranges above 1200 metres from Saturday morning, easing by the evening.

Locations which may be affected include Falls Creek, Mt Hotham and Mt Buller.

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