MELBOURNE - Jan 29/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure system deepening west of Tasmania has an associated cold front that will reach southwest Victoria Monday morning. The cold front will move rapidly eastwards, clearing the far east Monday evening. The next high pressure system will move south of the Bight on Tuesday, reaching Tasmania on Wednesday and the Tasman Sea on Thursday. Forecast for the rest of MondayHumid with areas of rain, isolated thunderstorms and moderate to fresh northerly winds. Heavy falls possible over the northeast. A cooler, fresh to strong southwesterly change in the west during the morning, extending to the east by late in the day. Rain clearing soon after the change but isolated showers to follow in the south.Fire Danger - Generally Low to Moderate, reaching Very High in the northwest.Tuesday 31 JanuaryIsolated showers in southern and mountain districts, contracting to the coast in the morning and clearing in the afternoon. Fine and sunny in the north. Cool in the south, mild in the north. Moderate to fresh southerly winds.Wednesday 1 FebruaryIsolated showers possible near the coast during the morning, mainly Gippsland. Otherwise a fine, mild and mostly sunny day with light to moderate southeasterly winds, freshening near the coast in the afternoon.Thursday 2 FebruaryIsolated afternoon showers developing in the east, mainly about the ranges. Isolated thunderstorms possible about the eastern ranges in the afternoon and evening. Warm with generally light east to southeasterly winds, milder near the coast with freshening afternoon seabreezes.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm 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 03:45 on Monday 30 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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