Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 19/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is moving slowly eastwards while a cold front is approaching the Bight. The front will reach far southwestern Victoria late on Tuesday, then cross the remainder of Victoria on Wednesday. Another cold front will approach southwest Victoria later on Thursday before sweeping across southern Victoria on Friday morning.
Forecast for the rest of MondayFine. Generally light to moderate northeasterly wind.Tuesday 20 MarchFine apart from early morning fog in Gippsland and patchy rain developing in the far southwest at night. A warm and mostly sunny day with fresh to strong northerly winds, shifting cooler southwesterly in the far southwest at night.Fire Danger -  High to Very High in the west. Low to Moderate in the east.Wednesday 21 MarchAreas of rain extending throughout during the morning although only patchy rain north of the Divide. Rain contracting to the far east later with isolated showers to follow in the south. Mild to warm in the east at first with fresh northerly wind. Cooler west to southwesterly winds in the west, extending throughout during the day.Thursday 22 MarchIsolated showers in the southeast clearing during the morning. Isolated showers near the southwest coast, extending further inland during the evening. Fine elsewhere. A cool to mild day, mostly sunny in the north and partly cloudy in the south. Light to moderate west to southwesterly winds, tending northwesterly in the southwest and freshening laterFriday 23 MarchScattered showers, mainly in the southern and mountain districts. Alpine snow. Local hail and thunder developing in the south. A cool to cold day with a strong and gusty southwesterly wind extending throughout.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Tuesday.Product IDV10310
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