Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Dec 19/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A cold front over central Victoria will clear away to the east tonight. A high pressure system located south of the Bight on Thursday will cross Bass Strait on Friday. A low pressure trough will be over the Bight on Saturday but will approach Victoria on Sunday.
Forecast for the rest of WednesdayFine over the far east. Scattered showers elsewhere in the south but isolated to the north. Showers tending to rain in the Central and West and South Gippsland districts tonight. Isolated thunderstorms possible. A cooler gusty southwesterly change gradually extending eastwards.Thursday 20 DecemberAreas of rain and isolated thunderstorms clearing from the east during the morning. Isolated showers clearing the northwest during the early morning. Isolated morning showers in the southwest. Mild in the south but warmer over the north with moderate to locally fresh southwesterly winds.Fire Danger -  High in the north.Friday 21 DecemberFine. Mild and partly cloudy in the south, warm and mostly sunny in the north. Light to moderate southerly winds and freshening afternoon coastal seabreezes.Saturday 22 DecemberFine. Warm to hot and mostly sunny inland with light winds tending northerly in the afternoon. Becoming milder near the coast with moderate to fresh afternoon seabreezes developing.Sunday 23 DecemberMostly fine and hot. Isolated showers and thunderstorms developing over the northeast during the afternoon and evening. Isolated showers developing in the southwest later. A fresh gusty northerly wind ahead of a cooler west to southwesterly change in the west during the afternoon and evening.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Thursday.Product IDV10310
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