The Bureau of
Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning with heavy rain and thunderstorms
forecast to move across the state from the west from Thursday night.
Senior
forecaster Scott Williams said the heaviest storms were set to hit Melbourne
and the state's north and north-east late on Friday night and into the early
hours of Saturday.
"I
don't think I've ever seen such a deep low form over Victoria whilst we've got
this moisture around," he said.
"So
to that extent we are a little bit in unchartered territory in terms of the
weather.
"This is a very big event, a very
widescale event and it’s right at the top end of rainfalls we’ve seen in the
last 30 years.”
If current predictions transpire most of the severe action will take place overnight but Traders
may need to prepare for extreme rain conditions. For instance, traders in J,K
Sheds may experience flooding and stock damage at the back of their stalls as
the drains in the dip between the two sheds overflow. This has become an
irregular but potentially damaging event over the years and the conditions in the photo above occurred earlier this month. Other areas of the
market will have known issues.