MELBOURNE - Jan 16/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system lies over the Tasman Sea and a low pressure trough lies over the Bight. The trough will enter southwest Victoria late Tuesday afternoon and will cross the remainder of the State during Wednesday although it will have little impact on temperatures across northern Victoria. A slow moving ridge of high pressure will form to the south of Victoria on Thursday with a trough of low pressure extending from New South Wales to northern Victoria. The trough will remain slow moving over eastern Victoria on Friday with a high pressure ridge extending across Tasmania. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayMostly sunny. Cloud increasing in the west during the afternoon with isolated showers possible over the southwest later in the day. Warm to hot with fresh and gusty northerly winds, easing a little in the afternoon ahead of a cooler south to southwesterly change over the southwest in the late afternoon and evening.Fire Danger - Severe in the Wimmera and Southwest.Wednesday 18 JanuaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms over most districts, although showers mostly clearing from the west during the afternoon. Warm to hot in the north and east with northerly winds, but milder southerly winds gradually extending throughout.Thursday 19 JanuaryFine apart from isolated showers and thunderstorms about the eastern ranges. Mild to warm in the south and warm to hot over the north with generally light to moderate southerly winds.Friday 20 JanuaryFine apart from isolated showers and thunderstorms mainly about the east. Mild to warm in the south and warm to hot over the north with generally light to moderate southeast to easterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday.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 21:15 on Monday 16 January 2012 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2012, 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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