MELBOURNE - Feb 17/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough will linger over northeastern Victoria tonight and Saturday whilst a high pressure system passes to the south of Tasmania. Another trough of low pressure will move across the State on Sunday as the next high pressure system forms south of the Bight. The high will move slowly southeastwards on Monday and Tuesday and will direct a southeast to southerly airflow across Victoria. Forecast for the rest of FridayScattered showers and thunderstorms in the east this evening, but fine elsewhere. Moderate to locally fresh south to southeasterly winds.Saturday 18 FebruaryAreas of drizzle over Gippsland. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms over the northeast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Mild to warm in the south, but warm to hot in the north with light to moderate southeasterly wind becoming fresh to strong along parts of the coast.Fire Danger - Generally high.Sunday 19 FebruaryScattered showers and possible thunderstorms, more isolated over the northwest. Mild near the coast, but warm inland with light winds tending southerly over western districts during the afternoon.Monday 20 FebruaryScattered showers or drizzle over southern and mountain areas, but fine and mostly sunny over the northern plains. Mild near the coast but warmer inland with moderate to locally fresh southerly winds.Tuesday 21 FebruaryIsolated showers in the south contracting eastwards during the afternoon. Fine and mostly sunny over the north. Mild near the coast but warmer inland with moderate to locally fresh southerly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Saturday.Product IDV10310 Weather & WarningsAustraliaNew South WalesVictoriaWarnings SummaryForecastsMelbourne 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 12:45 on Friday 17 February 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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