Melbourne smashed by wild weather as storm sweeps central areas

A warm and windy day has given way to extreme weather on Tuesday afternoon, with callers to 3AW reporting power outages, strong winds and large hail stones.

CitiPower also reported 81,900 customers were without power as a result of the wild weather.

Click PLAY to hear callers tell 3AW Drive what they’re seeing across Melbourne 

Meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, Michael Efron, says weather conditions helped to generate storms which have left nearly 150,000 people without power.

Click PLAY to hear the latest from the Bureau of Meteorology

Melbourne Airport spokesperson Andrew Lund said he expected delays as a result of the weather to continue throughout the afternoon.

Click PLAY to hear the latest from Melbourne Airport on 3AW

Press PLAY below to see vision of the wild weather

https://www.3aw.com.au/all-the-victorian-school-and-childcare-centres-closed-today/

Image: Bureau of Meteorology.