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Light rain over parts of Victoria has failed to dampen down today's extreme bushfire threat, with fears that windy conditions could push four existing big fires to the north and east of Melbourne over their containment lines.
Victorian Premier John Brumby says today's fire threat should not be underestimated despite forecast top temperatures in the fire zones being revised down to about 26 degrees Celsius.
"We are going to see fire danger ratings across the state a little bit lower than we thought last night, but they are still up to 150," he said.
"And remember this is a rating that goes from zero to 100, and probably in the last five years in Victoria we've only had three days where they've been above 100."
High wind speeds and a west to south-westerly change, expected to hit south-west Victoria about midday, remain the big threat to firefighters.
Winds have been gusting up to 124 kilometres per hour in some mountain areas and a total fire ban remains in place across the state.
Dandenongs
An environmental scientist says Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges could have burnt down had it not been for this morning's light rain.
Monash University's senior research fellow in Environmental Science, David Packham, says the forecast wind change could still threaten anyone on the eastern side of the fire.
But he says vulnerable areas like Yan Yean, Kinglake and the Dandenongs are being blessed with rain.
"The fire weather estimates have collapsed for today, but if it had turned out as it was forecast, I would have suggested that the Dandenongs would have gone by the end of tonight," he said.
bron: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/03/2505769.htm?site=melbourne
Light rain over parts of Victoria has failed to dampen down today's extreme bushfire threat, with fears that windy conditions could push four existing big fires to the north and east of Melbourne over their containment lines.
Victorian Premier John Brumby says today's fire threat should not be underestimated despite forecast top temperatures in the fire zones being revised down to about 26 degrees Celsius.
"We are going to see fire danger ratings across the state a little bit lower than we thought last night, but they are still up to 150," he said.
"And remember this is a rating that goes from zero to 100, and probably in the last five years in Victoria we've only had three days where they've been above 100."
High wind speeds and a west to south-westerly change, expected to hit south-west Victoria about midday, remain the big threat to firefighters.
Winds have been gusting up to 124 kilometres per hour in some mountain areas and a total fire ban remains in place across the state.
Dandenongs
An environmental scientist says Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges could have burnt down had it not been for this morning's light rain.
Monash University's senior research fellow in Environmental Science, David Packham, says the forecast wind change could still threaten anyone on the eastern side of the fire.
But he says vulnerable areas like Yan Yean, Kinglake and the Dandenongs are being blessed with rain.
"The fire weather estimates have collapsed for today, but if it had turned out as it was forecast, I would have suggested that the Dandenongs would have gone by the end of tonight," he said.
bron: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/03/2505769.htm?site=melbourne
