MELBOURNE - Feb 19/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front entering the southwest of Victoria will cross the remainder of the state during Sunday. A high pressure system will then drift across Bight waters on Monday and Tuesday then become slow moving just to the west of Bass Strait on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayA cool to cold, fresh and gusty southwesterly change in the west early in the morning, spreading eastwards across central regions around midday and into the east in the afternoon. Showers near the change, mostly over southern and mountain areas, with isolated showers to follow. Southwesterly winds becoming strong about the coast following the change.Fire Danger - Low to moderate reaching high in the northwest.Monday 21 FebruaryIsolated showers in the south. A cool to rather cold day with moderate to locally fresh southerly winds easing in the west.Tuesday 22 FebruaryFine apart from isolated morning showers or drizzle about the coast. Cool to mild and generally sunny inland with moderate south to southeasterly winds.Wednesday 23 FebruaryFine apart from isolated showers about the Gippsland coast. A cool to mild and sunny day with mainly moderate southerly winds.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 21:33 on Saturday 19 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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