MELBOURNE - Dec 18/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure system to the south of Adelaide will move further south on Monday. An associated trough near the western border of Victoria will move eastwards to central districts Sunday night then over eastern parts of the State on Monday morning. A high pressure system will drift to the south of Tasmania on Tuesday and Wednesday to join with a large slow moving high over New Zealand by Thursday. Forecast for the rest of SundayAreas of rain, widespread at times over northern areas but easing to showers in the west. Local thunderstorms, mainly over western and central areas with heavy rainfall. Humid with generally fresh north to northeasterly winds, turning northwest to westerly over western areas.Monday 19 DecemberRain contracting to the far east during the morning. Scattered showers to follow in the south and east but becoming fine over the northwest. Isolated thunderstorms in the central and eastern areas contracting to just eastern areas during the afternoon. Mild with light to moderate southwesterly winds extending throughout by the afternoon.Fire Danger - Low to moderate.Tuesday 20 DecemberIsolated showers in East Gippsland. Patchy morning drizzle in remaining southern areas, clearing to a dry cool to mild and partly cloudy afternoon. A fine, mild to warm and mostly sunny day in the north. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds.Wednesday 21 DecemberIsolated showers or drizzle over Gippsland and eastern highlands. Patchy morning drizzle in remaining southern districts. Fine and mild to warm in the north. Light to moderate east to southeast wind, fresh about the coast.Thursday 22 DecemberIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms in the east, mainly in the afternoon. Fine elsewhere. Mild in Gippsland and along the coastal fringe but warm over the remainder. Light to moderate east to southeasterly wind, fresh at times along the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Monday.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 06:45 on Sunday 18 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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