Australia -- Victoria Weather Update
MELBOURNE - Dec 17/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front will affect southern Victoria this morning. A stronger cold front will reach western Victoria early Sunday then move over central districts during Sunday afternoon and eastern districts Sunday night. An associated low will move across Tasmania on Sunday to be over eastern Bass Strait by Sunday night. The low will intensify early Monday before moving away to the southeast on Tuesday. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayScattered showers in southern and mountain districts, becoming isolated and contracting to Gippsland and the central and western coasts during the afternoon. Isolated showers clearing over the north during the morning. Isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the south and contracting to the east in the afternoon. A cool day with generally moderate to fresh west to northwesterly winds.Sunday 19 DecemberScattered showers and isolated thunderstorms extending throughout. Showers becoming widespread and tending to rain about the eastern ranges later. Snow developing above 1200m on the east ranges at night. Freshening northwesterly winds shifting colder and squally southwesterly during the day.Monday 20 DecemberScattered showers in southern and mountain areas, falling as snow above 1200 metres during the morning. Isolated showers over the north. Cool with a fresh to strong southwesterly wind.Tuesday 21 DecemberScattered showers on and south of the ranges at first, becoming isolated and contracting to the southwest coast during the day. Fine and mainly sunny in the north. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh south to southwest winds, easing during the day.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Saturday.Product IDV10310 Weather & Warnings Australia Warnings Summary External Territories Major Cities Weather Maps Rainfall & River Conditions New South Wales Warnings Summary Forecasts Sydney Forecast NSW Forecast Areas Map Observations Sydney Observations All NSW Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Victoria Warnings Summary Forecasts Melbourne Metro Forecast Vic. Forecast Areas Map Observations Melbourne Observations All Victorian Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Queensland Warnings Summary Forecasts Brisbane Forecast Qld. Forecast Areas Map Observations Brisbane Observations All Queensland Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Western Australia Warnings Summary Forecasts Perth Forecast WA Forecast Areas Map Observations Perth Observations All WA Observations Rainfall & River Conditions South Australia Warnings Summary Forecasts Adelaide Forecast SA Forecast Areas Map Observations Adelaide Observations All SA Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Tasmania Warnings Summary Forecasts Hobart Forecast Tas. Forecast Areas Map Observations Hobart Observations All Tasmanian Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Australian Capital Territory Warnings Summary Forecasts Canberra Forecast ACT Forecast Observations Canberra Observations Northern Territory Warnings Summary Forecasts Darwin and Rural Forecast NT Forecast Areas Map Observations Darwin Observations All NT Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Antarctic Global National Weather Services Radar Viewer Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings Flood Warnings --> Weather Maps Satellite Images Agriculture Marine UV Protection Home About Us Contacts Careers Search Site Map Help Feedback Weather & Warnings Climate Information Water Information Radar RSS Learn About Meteorology This page was created at 02:18 on Saturday 18 December 2010 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2010, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) Please note the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer statements relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy and Accessibility statements. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements. Please also note the Acknowledgement notice relating to the use of information on this site. No unsolicited commercial email.
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