MELBOURNE - Jul 20/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure system off the central New South Wales coast is gradually moving into the central Tasman Sea while a strong high pressure system is to the south of Tasmania. The low and the high pressure systems will be slow moving until Friday, then the low will gradually move away to the east. On Saturday the high pressure system will extend a weak ridge across Victoria. Another low pressure system will move into the west of the State late on Sunday. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayRain areas over Gippsland with some heavy falls. Isolated showers or drizzle patches over remaining southern and mountain districts. Snowfalls above about 1600 metres. Local morning fog about the ranges and over the northeast. Fine over the northern plains. Cool to cold with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly wind, strong in the southeast.Thursday 21 JulyWidespread rain over Gippsland with locally heavy falls. Isolated showers over remaining southern and mountain districts, increasing over the Central district during the afternoon. Snowfalls above about 1400 metres. Cool to cold with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly wind, strong in the southeast.Friday 22 JulyEarly frost in the northwest. Rain in East Gippsland with showers over West and South Gippsland. Isolated showers in remaining southern and mountain districts. Snowfalls above 1300 metres. Cool to cold with a moderate to fresh southeasterly wind.Saturday 23 JulyScattered showers in Gippsland slowly easing from the west. Fine elsewhere apart from isolated showers later in the west. A cool day with light east to northeasterly winds.Sunday 24 JulyIsolated showers spreading over most districts, falling as snow above 1300 metres. Cool and mainly cloudy day with light northeasterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EST Thursday.Product IDV10310 Weather & Warnings Australia Warnings Summary External Territories Major Cities Weather Maps Satellite Images 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 Weather Maps Satellite Images Agriculture Marine and Ocean UV Protection HomeAbout UsContactsFreedom of InformationCareersSearchSite MapHelpFeedback Weather & WarningsClimate InformationWater InformationRadarRSSLearn About Meteorology This page was created at 17:00 on Wednesday 20 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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