Dr Stacey Hitchcock

Research Fellow In Extreme Convective Rainfall, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Does Melbourne’s rain occur in ‘lines’?

From 15 years of radar data, researchers show Melbourne’s rain often appears in ‘squall lines’ across the city, and they make a substantial contribution to total rainfall because of their size and motion

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