The Bureau of Meteorology issued initial warnings for damaging winds and cold fronts for sheep graziers early Tuesday and cancelled them in the evening.  

The region saw peak wind gusts of 100km/h in Cape Nelson and 98km/h in Mortlake on Tuesday, with Mount William (95km/h), Hamilton (85km/h), Portland (82km/h) and Warrnambool (80km/h) also copping vicious winds in the late morning and afternoon.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Michael Efron said Wednesday would see the weather winding down with fresh north-westerly winds averaging 35 to 50 km/h in the morning. 

“The rest of the day will stay dry with generally clear skies, but we will see rain developing early on Thursday across the Warrnambool area,” he said.

“In terms of rain fall it is reasonably promising with another 10mm expected across the south-west of the state.” 

Cape Otway received most of Tuesday’s rain with 19.2mm, followed by Dartmoor with 18.4mm and Portland with 17.2mm.

It was seven degrees in Warrnambool at 8am and it felt like 3.9 degrees. 

Daytime maximum temperatures will reach 14.