MELBOURNE - Jan 29/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is drifting slowly eastwards. A cold front will cross Tasmania on Sunday with an associated trough of low pressure expected to brush the Victorian coast Sunday afternoon and evening. A ridge of high pressure will pass just south of the State on Monday then another trough of low pressure will cross Victoria on Tuesday. The trough will contract to southern and western Victoria on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayFine. A hot to very hot and mainly sunny day with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds ahead of a cooler southwest to southerly change developing over the southwest and central coast during the afternoon and evening. Local afternoon seabreezes near the Gippsland coast.Fire Danger - High to Very HighMonday 31 JanuaryFine apart from isolated showers near the southwest coast. Hot to very hot inland with light to moderate north to northwesterly winds. A little milder along the coastal fringe with light winds and afternoon coastal seabreezes.Tuesday 1 FebruaryFine apart from isolated showers near the southwest coast. Hot north to northwest winds ahead of a milder southwest change gradually extending from the southwest.Wednesday 2 FebruaryIsolated showers near the southwest coast. Local afternoon showers and possible thunderstorms over central and eastern districts during the afternoon. Warm to hot and humid with light northerly winds and afternoon coastal seabreezes.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Sunday.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 23:18 on Saturday 29 January 2011 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, 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. var hostname = window.location.hostname; var host = hostname.split("."); if (host[0] == "reg") document.write(""); else if (host[0] == "www") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); else if (host[0] == "wdev") document.write("");
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