MELBOURNE - Jul 7/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure system south of New Zealand is combining with a high to the south of W.A to bring a vigorous west to southwesterly airstream over Victoria. Further cold fronts will affect the State over coming days with the next front expected to reach southwest Victoria late today before moving across Bass Strait at night. Another front will cross the state on Sunday. The high pressure system will then move slowly eastwards to ridge across the Bight on Monday. Forecast for the rest of FridayWidespread morning frost over the inland areas, locally severe. Isolated showers extending from the southwest to most southern and mountain areas during the day, becoming more widespread in the south and about the east ranges later. Isolated showers extending to the northern plains during the afternoon. Snowfalls down to 1200 metres. Cool to cold with moderate to fresh westerly winds, stronger about the coast.Saturday 9 JulyMorning frost in the northeast. Isolated showers over most southern and mountain areas falling as snow above 1200 metres. Cool to cold with moderate to fresh westerly winds, stronger about the coast.Sunday 10 JulyScattered showers over southern and mountain areas, extending to the northern inland and becoming widespread about the coast and east ranges during the afternoon. Snow on the Alps. Cold with fresh to strong west to northwest winds shifting southwesterly during the day.Monday 11 JulyMorning frost patches in the northeast. Isolated showers on and south of the ranges and the chance of a shower extending to the northern inland areas during the afternoon. Cold with fresh and gusty southwest winds, strong at first in the southeast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.Product IDV10310 Weather & Warnings Australia Warnings Summary External Territories Major Cities Weather Maps Satellite --> 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 HomeAbout UsContactsFreedom of InformationCareersSearchSite MapHelpFeedback Weather & WarningsClimate InformationWater InformationRadarRSSLearn About Meteorology This page was created at 22:45 on Thursday 7 July 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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