Best to take a jumper and a poncho if you're heading to Friday night's MCG blockbuster between Geelong and Hawthorn.
The temperature is expected to drop 5 degrees about 8pm and intermittent rain if forecast throughout the game.
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Sunshine short-lived as heavy rain approaches
Melbourne's fine weather is due to end Thursday night as a cold front rolls in across the state with Bureau of Meteorology issuing a severe weather warning.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Rod Dickson said the temperature would drop to 13 degrees when the siren sounds for the first bounce.
His advice: "I would take a coat and poncho, yes. It will be cold, and damp, and windy."
The biggest crowd of the season so far is expected to descend on the MCG, with more than 80,000 people due to file through the gates.
The MCG is warning that car park capacity is likely to be reduced due to the wet weather and has advised fans to take public transport, or arrive early by car.
Fans have also been warned to allow time for extra for strict bag searches before entry. Security has been beefed-up for the match, but the MCG has insisted that is due to the large crowd expected, not the Islamic State threats that emerged earlier this week.
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The city basked in days of warm temperatures that saw gleeful Melburnians reaching for the T-shirts stuffed in the back of the cupboard this week.
But a strong cold front and upper trough developed over the Bight on Thursday and slowly began making its way east.
We should have seen it coming. Melbourne never likes her residents to become too comfortable.
The upper trough lashed Adelaide on Thursday night, generating storms that caused flash flooding. One woman was taken to hospital after her car was struck by lightning.
The system then crossed the border, dumping 51 millimetres over Dartmoor, 46 millimetres at Portland and 30 millimetres at Warrnambool. The ground out west was soaked by Friday morning.
The storms weakened, but heavy rains reached Geelong about 2am on Friday, delivering about 11 millimetres.
About 5-15 millimetres was expected to fall in Melbourne, Mr Dickson said.
Damaging winds will likely hit north-east Victoria on Friday, with about 100 millimetres of rain likely to fall in the Alpine area in the afternoon.
Daylesford and Kyneton are also likely to cop a battering.
The weekend will see temperatures in the high teens, before another cold front arrives overnight on Sunday.
"We're back to wintry conditions next week," Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Stewart said.
A brisk 13 degrees is forecast for both Monday and Tuesday.
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