MELBOURNE - Feb 10/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A trough of low pressure will cross the State during Friday. A high pressure system will develop to the south of Western Australia during Saturday and extend a ridge towards Victoria. Another cold front will cross Tasmania Saturday night before the high can move over Bight waters on Sunday then across Tasmania on Monday. Forecast for the rest of FridayRain areas extending throughout during the morning before contracting to the far north and east tonight. Scattered showers to follow, mainly in the south. The risk of thunderstorms, mainly over central and eastern areas. Locally heavy falls on the eastern ranges. Mild to warm and humid north to northwest winds gradually tending cooler fresh southwest to southerly .Fire Danger - Generally low to moderate.Saturday 12 FebruaryShowers in the east and south becoming isolated and clearing from western and central areas. Cool to mild and mostly cloudy with moderate to fresh southerly winds.Sunday 13 FebruaryIsolated showers in the east, clearing by early afternoon. The chance of light showers about the west and central coast also but generally dry. Mostly sunny inland. A mild day with moderate southerly winds.Monday 14 FebruaryFine and generally mild. Sunny in the north and patchy cloud south of the ranges. Moderate southeasterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Friday.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 05:18 on Friday 11 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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