MELBOURNE - Dec 15/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system over waters to the south of the Bight will drift slowly eastwards, passing to the south of Tasmania early Saturday, then continuing across the southern Tasman Sea during the weekend. A low pressure system will develop over South Australia on Friday then deepen and move to the south of Adelaide on Saturday. An associated trough will cross western Victoria later on Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayEarly fog or mist patches in the south. Isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms possible about the far eastern ranges. Otherwise a mild day in the south with patchy morning cloud clearing to a mostly sunny afternoon. Warmer in the north with some high cloud about. Light winds inland and fresh afternoon coastal seabreezes.Fire Danger - Low to moderate but locally high in the west.Friday 16 DecemberFine apart from isolated showers and possible thunderstorms over the central and eastern ranges during the afternoon. Cloud increasing in the north, mainly sunny in the south. Light to moderate east to northeasterly winds and fresh afternoon seabreezes near the coast.Saturday 17 DecemberIsolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms over the eastern ranges. Patchy rain and isolated thunderstorms developing in the west later. Warm with moderate northeasterly winds and coastal seabreezes.Sunday 18 DecemberAreas of rain over the west extending throughout except the far east. Isolated thunderstorms possible in the west. Mild with moderate to fresh northeasterly winds, strong at times in the west ahead of a light to moderate westerly change.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday.Product IDV10310 Weather & WarningsAustraliaNew South WalesVictoriaWarnings SummaryForecastsMelbourne Metro ForecastVic. Forecast Areas MapObservationsMelbourne ObservationsAll Victorian ObservationsRainfall & River ConditionsQueenslandWestern AustraliaSouth AustraliaTasmaniaAustralian Capital TerritoryNorthern TerritoryAntarcticGlobal National Weather Services Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings Agriculture Marine and Ocean UV Protection WARNINGS | WATER | CLIMATE Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Radar Maps Forecast Explorer™ NSW & ACT | VIC | TAS Rainfall Forecasts Climate Data Online Water Storage National Weather Services Marine & Ocean Water and the Land Aviation Weather Services Defence Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Careers | Sitemap | Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Learn About Meteorology This page was created at 05:15 on Thursday 15 December 2011 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility 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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