MELBOURNE - Oct 21/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front will move through Bass Strait tonight. The next high pressure system will move quickly eastwards across the State on Monday and will reach the Tasman Sea on Tuesday as a low pressure trough develops over South Australia. The trough will enter the State on Wednesday, affecting mainly western and central districts. A cold front will follow on Thursday with cooler southwesterly winds extending throughout. Forecast for the rest of SundayDry over the northern plains. Isolated showers over southern and mountain districts, scattered near the West Gippsland coast. Snow above 1200 metres. Moderate to fresh west to southwesterly winds, strong at times near the coast.Monday 22 OctoberLocal early frost in the west. Isolated showers on and south of the ranges contracting to the east during the afternoon and clearing during the evening. Showers more widespread over East Gippsland with the chance of hail and thunder. Showers falling as snow above 1000 metres. Cool in the south, mild in the north with light to moderate south to southeasterly winds.Tuesday 23 OctoberLocal early fog over Gippsland. A mild to warm and mostly sunny day. Moderate to fresh northerly winds, although lighter in the east with afternoon seabreezes developing along the Gippsland coast.Wednesday 24 OctoberScattered showers developing over the southwest and isolated showers developing over remaining western and central districts, but remaining dry in the east. Warm with moderate to fresh northerly winds ahead of a cooler west to southwest change extending from the west during the afternoon and evening.Thursday 25 OctoberScattered showers near the coast. Isolated showers over remaining southern and mountain districts, but generally dry over the north. Mild at first in the east, but cool southwesterly winds elsewhere extending throughout.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Monday.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 11:30 on Sunday 21 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); })();
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