MELBOURNE - Jan 28/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure ridge will briefly build over southern Victoria on Tuesday as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald moves southwards along the NSW coast and passes to the east of Victoria later. A cold front will approach western Victoria later on Wednesday before moving across the State on Thursday introducing colder southwesterly winds. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayScattered showers in the east contracting to East Gippsland and tending to rain areas in the far east with moderate to heavy falls possible. Isolated showers elsewhere in the south clearing during the early morning. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds.Fire Danger - Generally High to Very High.Wednesday 30 JanuaryFine after isolated morning showers in East Gippsland. Mild near the coast, warmer inland with light to moderate westerly winds and afternoon seabreezes.Thursday 31 JanuaryScattered showers extending eastwards across the State, although only isolated showers north of the Divide. Warm, moderate to fresh northwesterly winds ahead of a cooler southwesterly change extending from the west.Friday 1 FebruaryShowers in southern and mountain areas, isolated elsewhere. Isolated thunderstorms. A cool to cold day with a fresh to strong and gusty southerly wind.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday.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 00:30 on Tuesday 29 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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