Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Dec 1/08 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

for the period until midnight EDT Friday 5 December 2008.
Warning Summary at issue time
Strong wind warning for Victorian waters between SA-VIC Border and Mallacoota.
Details of warnings are available on the Bureau's website www.bom.gov.au, by
telephone 1300-659-217* or through some TV and radio broadcasts.
Weather Situation
A cold front will cross Tasmania early Wednesday. A high pressure system will
drift over Victoria later Wednesday, reaching the Tasman Sea on Thursday. A low
pressure trough will cross South Australia on Thursday and Victoria on Friday.
Forecast for the rest of Tuesday
Isolated showers in the south, mainly near the coast. Cool to mild and partly
cloudy with moderate to fresh westerly wind.
Maximum Fire Danger: Generally high in northern and central areas.
Forecast for Wednesday
Isolated showers in the south, clearing later. Fine in the north. Mild with
moderate southwesterly winds.
Forecast for Thursday
Fine in central and eastern parts but patchy rain developing in the west.
Generally warm with moderate to locally fresh northeast to northerly winds.
Forecast for Friday
Patchy rain contracting eastwards during the morning. Isolated showers to
follow with local thunderstorms in the northeast. Milder westerly change
extending from the west.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday.
* Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or
public phones.

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