MELBOURNE - Mar 7/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system continues to strengthen over the southern Tasman Sea, while a low pressure system will develop off the New South Wales central coast overnight. The low will deepen and move southwards to be located off the southern NSW coast by Thursday night, before drifting eastwards into the Tasman Sea during Friday. A cold front will approach the southwest late Friday and then move across southern Victoria early Saturday. The next high pressure system will remain south of Adelaide over the weekend while another cold front will move across Tasmania late Sunday. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayWidespread showers over Gippsland, tending to rain areas about the southern ranges and East Gippsland. Isolated thunderstorms possible in the far east. Isolated showers about exposed parts of the central coast and extending across the ranges in the northeast. Fine over the remainder of the State. Moderate to fresh southeast winds, strong at times about the coast and reaching gale force over the Alps.Thursday 8 MarchRain over Gippsland with local heavy falls about the ranges and in the east. Isolated showers over the central district and near the Otways clearing during the morning and the chance of a shower or two extending across the ranges to the northeast. Fine over the remainder of the State, partly cloudy in the south and mainly sunny in the north. Cool to mild in the east, warm in the north and west. Moderate to fresh east to southeast winds, strong at times about the Gippsland coast and reaching gale force over the Alps.Fire Danger - High in the west and northwest.Friday 9 MarchRain or showers over Gippsland, contracting eastwards and easing to isolated showers during the afternoon. Isolated showers over the central and northeast districts, clearing by the afternoon. Fine over the remainder of the State. Mild in the south, warm in the north. Cloudy in the east, mostly sunny in the north and west. Moderate south to southeasterly winds fresh to strong in the east at first.Saturday 10 MarchIsolated showers on and south of the ranges, contracting to the coast and east ranges by the evening. Cool to mild and partly cloudy in the south. Warm and mainly sunny in the north. Moderate southerly winds, fresh at times along the coastSunday 11 MarchIsolated coastal showers, mainly over Gippsland and about the central coast at first. Cool to mild an partly cloudy in the south with moderate to fresh southerly winds. Mild to warm and mainly sunny in the north with moderate south to southeast winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Thursday.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 Environment Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warning Centre Agriculture - Water and the Land Marine & Ocean UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Graphical Views Radar Maps Rainfall Forecasts Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Climate Data Online Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Water Storage Forecast Explorer™ NSW & ACT National Weather Services 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 10:15 on Wednesday 7 March 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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