Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 8/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system over Victoria is slowly weakening. A weak cold front will reach southwest Victoria on Tuesday afternoon then will cross southern Victoria to reach the Tasman Sea early Wednesday. A stronger cold front will then sweep across Victoria later Wednesday, developing into an intense low pressure system over the Tasman Sea early Thursday. A cold and unstable southerly airflow will follow in the wake of the front, through until Friday.
Forecast for the rest of MondayMostly cloudy with isolated showers on and south of the divide, scattered over Gippsland and falling as snow down to 1300 metres. Light to moderate south to southwest winds.Tuesday 9 OctoberLocal early frost and fog inland. Isolated showers about Gippsland and the east ranges, falling as snow above 1400 metres at first. Becoming cloudy with scattered showers developing in the southwest by early afternoon, extending to central areas by the evening. Generally mild with light to moderate westerly winds, shifting fresh south to southwesterly in the west and south later in the afternoon. Afternoon coastal seabreezes about the Gippsland coasts.Wednesday 10 OctoberScattered showers developing over most districts and tending more widespread over parts of the south and northeast. Local hail and thunder possible, mainly in the afternoon. Showers falling as snow down to 1100 metres over eastern ranges but down to 800 metres over the Grampians. A cool to cold and partly cloudy day with light to moderate west to southwesterly winds freshening about the coast and over western districts in the afternoon.Thursday 11 OctoberScattered showers with local hail and thunder possible, more widespread over southern areas. Showers falling as snow above 700 metres. A partly cloudy day with cool to cold, fresh and gusty southerly wind, strengthening about parts of the coast.Friday 12 OctoberScattered showers on and south of the ranges, isolated showers extending to the northern inland areas during the afternoon. Local hail and thunder possible in the east. Showers contracting to southern areas by the evening and falling as snow above 1100 metres at first. Cool to cold with moderate to fresh southerly winds, strong at times about the Gippsland coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Tuesday.Product IDV10310
Notice Board
Media Releases
See us at Elmore Field Days 2-5 October
(DPI marquee, site 132)
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
Space Weather Services
Registered User Services
Commercial Weather Services
Careers
Sitemap
Feedback
Freedom of Information
Indigenous Weather Knowledge
Glossary
This page was created at 17:00 on Monday  8 October 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