MELBOURNE - Feb 19/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation An upper level trough will affect far northern Victoria during today. A high pressure system south of the Bight will move slowly southeastwards on Monday and Tuesday and will direct a southeast to southerly airflow across Victoria. On Wednesday, the high will pass to the south of Tasmania, before reaching the Tasman Sea on Thursday. Forecast for the rest of MondayIsolated showers or drizzle patches over southern and mountain areas, mainly during the morning. Local showers and thunderstorms over the north. Mild near the coast but warmer inland with moderate to locally fresh southerly winds.Fire Danger - Locally highTuesday 21 FebruaryIsolated showers in the south contracting eastwards during the afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms over northeast Victoria, but fine and mostly sunny over remaining northern districts. Mild near the coast but warmer inland with light to moderate southeast to southerly winds, freshening about the coast during the afternoon.Wednesday 22 FebruaryLocal morning showers about the central coast. Fine elsewhere apart from isolated showers and thunderstorms over the northeast and also along the Gippsland ranges. Mild near the coast, but warm inland with light to moderate east to southeast winds, freshening along the coast during the afternoon.Thursday 23 FebruaryFine and mostly sunny. Warm inland with light and variable winds. Milder along the coastal fringe with seabreezes developing during the afternoon.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Monday.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 02:00 on Monday 20 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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