Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 25/03 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warnings
Nil.
Weather Pattern
A low pressure trough over Victoria will move eastwards on Thursday as a cold
front approaches from the west. The front will move across Victoria later
Thursday and Thursday night with another front to follow overnight Friday,
maintaining a southwesterly flow on Saturday.     
Victoria
Wednesday: Fine except for early morning fog and drizzle in the south and
isolated afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, mostly about the
ranges. A generally warm and humid day with light to moderate northeast to
southeast winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes.
Fire danger: Generally moderate to high.
UV Index: 9 [very high] decreasing to 4 [moderate] under cloud.
Thursday:  Warm with showers and thunderstorms developing ahead of a cooler
southwesterly change extending from the west.
Friday:    Rain in the east clearing. Showers to follow, mainly on and south of
the ranges. Cool to mild.
Saturday:  Scattered showers near and south of the ranges. Cool to mild. Windy
in the south.
Forecast for Melbourne
Wednesday
Early morning fog patches. A fine mostly sunny day with light wind and
seabreezes.                    
Max 29
Thursday
Showers developing with a late change.      Min 19    Max 31
Friday
Few showers.                                Min 15    Max 23
Saturday
Few showers. Fresh wind.                    Min 12    Max 19
Trend for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
Showers clearing. Generally mild.
Forecast for Port Phillip and Western Port
Wednesday: Variable wind to 10 knots and afternoon seabreezes to 15 knots. Waves
generally half a metre.
Thursday:  Northerly wind increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the morning ahead
of a southwesterly change at similar strength during the afternoon.
Friday:    West to southwesterly wind of 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30
knots during the morning.
Saturday:  Southwesterly wind of 20 to 30 knots.
Headline Melbourne: Fine.

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STAT News Service

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