Melburnians can expect one last display of sunshine and clear skies tomorrow before a wet start to May takes full effect on Sunday.
The city is still beaming from a pleasant run of mostly over 20-degree temperatures at the tail end of April.
Melbourne observed seven days in a row above 20C, disrupting what would have been a 10-day streak if not for one 19C day on Monday 27th.
However, the warm weather appears to be coming to an end with rain forecast for five days in a row beginning on Sunday.
The wet weather forecast is welcome news for crop and sheep farmer Lee Menzel.
His farm north of Hamilton has been surviving on moisture from earlier in the year, but will need a very wet Winter to get back on track.
“We had a good spring last year, which grew a lot of dry feed for this year,” said Mr Menzel.
Despite this carry-over, not all parts of his farm are thriving, and the property’s dams are dangerously low.
“The wet weather can come because we need to fill a few of our dams,” he said.
“They are very low, so we need a significant amount of water to fill the dams up.”
Mr Menzel is currently in the process of droughtproofing his farm in order to maximise water storage and build soil health so that crops and livestock can survive extended dry periods.