MELBOURNE - Mar 9/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough over central Victoria will drift slowly eastwards and is expected to clear far eastern Victoria late Thursday. A high pressure system will move over Tasmania early Friday, reaching the south Tasman Sea by Saturday. A weakening cold front will move across Tasmania late on Saturday with an associated trough expected to enter southwest Victoria. The trough will cross the remainder of Victoria on Sunday as the next high crosses waters south of the Bight. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayAreas of rain and isolated thunderstorms over central and eastern districts contracting east. Local drizzle in remaining areas, contracting to the south in the morning then to Gippsland in the afternoon. Cool to mild with moderate to locally fresh south to southeasterly winds extending throughout.Fire Danger - Low to moderate.Friday 11 MarchIsolated drizzle in the south. Isolated afternoon showers mostly on and north of the divide with the chance of thunderstorms over the northeast. Mild and humid with generally light winds inland and moderate to fresh easterlies developing along the coast.Saturday 12 MarchIsolated showers, mainly during the afternoon and the chance of thunderstorms about the eastern ranges. Warm and generally sunny day with moderate northerly winds and afternoon sea breezes.Sunday 13 MarchIsolated showers contracting to the east in the afternoon. Drizzle patches on and south of the ranges, contracting to the coast. Cool to mild in the south, but warmer north of the divide with southerly winds extending throughout.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 00:00 on Thursday 10 March 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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