George,
The conditions in Melbourne this January were very mild but mainly dry. This year has not been as dry and hot as last year but we're still enduring a drought. However, last week there was heavy rain and flooding in Melbourne and that was followed up by some more rain yesterday. As a result you can probably expect less brown than was predicted in that report (RM, like all sandbelt courses, drains extremely well so it's not going to be all that soft by Thursday). you probably won't see much rough but that's not unusual at RM anyway. However, hot weather and northerly winds are being predicted for later in the week so the conditions are likely to be hard and fast by the weekend and we may well see the return of RM's lightning fast greens.