MELBOURNE - Jul 24/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system centred near far eastern Victoria will move slowly eastwards over the Tasman Sea on Wednesday and weaken. A cold front will cross the Bight to affect western Victoria on Wednesday afternoon before reaching the east of the State on Thursday morning. An associated low pressure system will cross southwestern Victoria Wednesday night then drift over Bass Strait to be east of Tasmania Thursday night and Friday. A cold front will approach southern Victoria late on Saturday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayFine. Cloud increasing. Light to moderate northerly winds.Wednesday 25 July Cool and cloudy with patchy rain developing in the west by the afternoon, then slowly extending eastwards. The rain becoming more extensive in the southwest and about the northern slopes of the divide by the evening. Snow developing above 1400 metres at night. Little, if any rain reaching Gippsland. Moderate to fresh northerly winds, tending northwesterly later in the west. Thursday 26 JulyAreas of rain over most districts but only isolated showers in the Mallee and across East Gippsland. Snow above 1200 metres. A cool to cold and mostly cloudy day with moderate to fresh west to northwest winds.Friday 27 JulyScattered showers over southern and mountain regions and isolated showers in the northwest. Snow above 1200 metres. Cool to cold with moderate northwest to westerly wind tending southwesterly.Saturday 28 JulyIsolated showers, more extensive about the coast. Snowfalls above 1200 metres. Cool to cold with moderate west to southwest wind, fresh along the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EST Wednesday.Product IDV10310 Notice Board Changes to state Weather and Warnings pages Media Releases Meteorological Offices Mildura weather Other Information Coastal Wind Warning Reference Points Severe Thunderstorms in Victoria About Graphical Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vic About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services 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™ 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 15:15 on Tuesday 24 July 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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