MELBOURNE - Feb 9/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system will drift across the Tasman Sea on Thursday. A trough of low pressure will enter western Victoria late Thursday and will cross the State during Friday ahead of a cold front crossing Bass Strait late on Friday. A high pressure system will develop to the south of Western Australia during Saturday and extend a ridge towards Victoria, but another cold front will cross Tasmania Saturday night before the high can move over Bight waters on Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayFine during the morning. Isolated showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon, mainly over central and western districts. Remaining dry in East Gippsland. Warm and becoming humid with light to moderate northerly winds and afternoon coastal seabreezes.Fire Danger - Generally low to moderate.Friday 11 FebruaryAreas of rain with isolated thunderstorms, easing to showers in the west and south during the afternoon. Locally heavy falls over central and eastern ranges. Mild to warm and humid north to northwest winds tending cooler fresh southwest to southerly across western and central districts.Saturday 12 FebruaryRain in the far east, easing to showers during the morning. Isolated showers over southern areas, clearing from the west. Cool to mild and mostly cloudy with moderate to fresh southerly winds.Sunday 13 FebruaryIsolated showers in the east, clearing by early afternoon. Becoming sunny in the west. A cool to mild day with moderate southerly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday.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 04:48 on Thursday 10 February 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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