MELBOURNE - Jan 22/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system just southeast of Tasmania will move across the southern Tasman Sea on Monday and Tuesday. A weak low pressure trough will form over South Australia on Monday before drifting eastwards across Victoria late on Tuesday and Wednesday. A new high pressure centre will form south of the Bight on Wednesday then it will move towards Tasmania on Thursday. Forecast for the rest of SundayThe chance of showers and local thunderstorms in the west. Humid but mostly clear. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, fresh to locally strong along the coast.Monday 23 JanuaryFine apart from local morning drizzle in East Gippsland. A warm to hot and mostly sunny day with moderate northeasterly winds and fresh afternoon seabreezes near the coast.Fire Danger - Generally high, reaching very high in the southwest.Tuesday 24 JanuaryFine apart from the chance of afternoon showers in the far east. Warm to hot and mostly sunny with light to moderate northeasterly winds ahead of a milder southerly change developing in the southwest and extending to remaining southern areas in the evening.Wednesday 25 JanuaryFine. A warm to hot day in the north with light winds. Mild to warm in the south with moderate to locally fresh south to southeasterly wind.Thursday 26 JanuaryFine apart from isolated showers developing in Gippsland later in the day. A warm to hot and sunny day in the north but milder and partly cloudy in the south. Moderate south to southeasterly wind and fresh afternoon coastal seabreezes.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 12:00 on Sunday 22 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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