MELBOURNE - Jan 23/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system lies over the Tasman Sea. A cold front will approach the State Thursday night before entering southwestern Victoria during the early hours of Friday. The front will extend to central and eastern areas during Friday morning and afternoon. A low pressure trough will linger over northeastern Victoria on Saturday before deepening on Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayFine. Areas of smoke affecting parts of central and eastern districts. A warm to hot day with light to moderate north to northwesterly winds becoming locally fresh in the west at night. Afternoon coastal seabreezes.Fire Danger - Very HighFriday 25 JanuaryScattered showers and isolated thunderstorms developing over eastern areas. Isolated showers elsewhere although fine over the northwest. Warm to hot in the north and east at first. A cooler fresh and gusty west to southwesterly change extending from the west early in the morning to be through central districts by the afternoon and clearing eastern districts in the evening.Saturday 26 JanuaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the east, mainly in the afternoon. Fine elsewhere. Cool to mild with light to moderate south to southeasterly winds.Sunday 27 JanuaryScattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the east, tending to rain over East Gippsland. Isolated showers in remaining southern areas. Fine over the northwest. A cool to mild day with a light to moderate southerly wind, freshening near the coast during the afternoon.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday.Product IDV10310 Notice Board Media Releases 8th Victorian Flood Conference – 13 to 15 February, 2013 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 22:00 on Wednesday 23 January 2013 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2013, 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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