Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 16/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
The cold and gusty west to southwesterly airflow over Victoria will ease this evening as a high pressure system over the Bight approaches western Victoria. The high will cross the State on Monday and will then move slowly eastwards to be over the Tasman Sea by Wednesday. A weak surface trough will approach the western border late Wednesday before moving across western and central areas during Thursday.
Forecast for the rest of SundayIsolated showers over southern and mountain areas, scattered about the coast and contracting to the central and east coasts during the evening. Local hail about the coast and snow showers above 1200 metres. Cool to cold with fresh and gusty southwesterly winds, strong and squally over Gippsland and along the coast but easing during the evening.Monday 17 OctoberEarly morning frost patches inland. Isolated showers about Port Philip and the Gippsland coast, contracting to east Gippsland during the morning and clearing by mid afternoon. A fine, cool to mild and mostly sunny afternoon otherwise. Light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds tending northeast in the west. Local afternoon seabreezes.Tuesday 18 OctoberA fine sunny day apart from early morning fog patches in the east. Mild to warm in the south, warm in the north. Light northeast to northerly winds and afternoon seabreezes.Wednesday 19 OctoberEarly fog patches in the east and the chance of a later shower in the far southwest. Otherwise a fine and mainly sunny day. Warm to hot in the north and west with a freshening north to northwest wind, milder in the east with local seabreezes along the coast.Thursday 20 OctoberCloud extending across the State with isolated showers in the west, extending throughout most of the State by the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west. Warm with moderate to fresh north to northwest winds ahead of a milder south to southwest change, extending through western areas during the afternoon and central areas in the evening.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Monday.Product IDV10310
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