MELBOURNE - Apr 28/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A strong high pressure system centred east of Tasmania will move slowly eastwards on Thursday and Friday and then cross New Zealand on Saturday. A cold front will weaken to a trough of low pressure as it approaches far southwestern Victoria late Friday and remains in the vicinity on Saturday. Another cold front will cross the Bight during Saturday then push through western districts on Sunday before moving across the rest of the state on Monday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated showers clearing from east Gippsland otherwise a generally clear evening. Light to moderate north to northeasterly winds tending moderate to fresh east to northeasterly near the Gippsland coast.Friday 29 AprilMorning fog patches in the east and some patchy rain developing at night in the far southwest. Otherwise a mild day with increasing high cloud. Light to moderate northerly winds and afternoon coastal seabreezes in Gippsland.Saturday 30 AprilPatchy rain over the southwest and isolated showers developing over East Gippsland. Otherwise a mild and mostly cloudy day with light northerly winds and afternoon coastal seabreezes in Gippsland.Sunday 1 MayPatchy rain over the west extending to central districts in the afternoon and evening. Mostly cloudy in the east. Mild northerly winds turning cooler west to southwesterly in the west during the day.Monday 2 MayAreas of rain tending to isolated showers from the west during the day. Showers more widespread over the south. A cool and mostly cloudy day with light to moderate south to southwesterly winds extending throughout and freshening near the western coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EST 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 12:15 on Thursday 28 April 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") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "www") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _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); })();
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