MELBOURNE - Oct 25/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A vigorous southwesterly airflow over Victoria will continue on Friday as a cold front crosses Bass Strait. A high pressure system will approach western Victoria during Saturday, then move across the State on Sunday to be located over the Tasman Sea on Monday. Forecast for the rest of FridayScattered showers extending to areas near and south of the ranges during the day and increasing in the south, before becoming isolated during the evening. Snow falls developing above 1300 metres. Isolated thunderstorms and hail possible near the coast during the late morning and afternoon. Remaining dry in the north. A cool day with moderate to fresh west to southwesterly winds, locally strong near the coast.Saturday 27 OctoberIsolated showers in the south, falling as snow at first above 1300 metres, contracting southeastwards during the day. Fine and mostly sunny in the north. A cool day with moderate southwesterly winds, fresh at times near the coast.Sunday 28 OctoberIsolated early showers or drizzle near the southeast coasts. Early frost and fog patches possible inland. Otherwise a fine, mild and partly cloudy day in the south, warmer and mostly sunny in the north. Generally light winds and afternoon coastal seabreezes.Monday 29 OctoberFine apart from isolated early fog in the south. A warm and mostly sunny day with light winds and afternoon seabreezes near the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Friday.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 01:45 on Friday 26 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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