MELBOURNE - Mar 20/12 - 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 south Tasman Sea is moving eastwards. A cold front crossing waters south of the Bight will reach far southwestern Victoria late tonight, then will 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 TuesdayFine apart from early morning fog in Gippsland and rain developing in the far southwest late tonight. 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 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday.Product IDV10310 Weather & Warnings Australia New South Wales Victoria Warnings Summary Forecasts Melbourne Forecast Vic. Forecast Areas Map Observations Melbourne Observations All Victorian Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory Antarctic Global 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 04:30 on Tuesday 20 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); })();
---
STAT News Service
Only active subscribers can read all of this article.
If you are a subscriber, please log into the website.
If you are not a subscriber, click here to subscribe to this edition of the STAT website and to learn more about becoming a subscriber.