MELBOURNE - Jan 30/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front entering southwest Victoria will move across the State during Thursday introducing a colder southwest to southerly airstream that will persist on Friday. A weak cold front will move across Tasmania on Saturday further delaying the next high sitting south of Western Australia from approaching. The high will then move eastwards across Bight waters on Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayScattered showers in the southwest, extending eastwards across the State and tending to rain at times in the south. The chance of thunderstorms about the central and eastern ranges this afternoon. Only isolated showers developing north of the Divide. Warm, moderate to fresh northwesterly winds ahead of a cooler, gusty southwesterly change extending from the west this morning to reach most eastern and northern areas during the afternoon.Fire Danger - Generally high to very high.Friday 1 FebruaryScattered showers, mainly in southern and mountain areas. A cool to cold day with a fresh to strong and gusty south to southwesterly wind.Saturday 2 FebruaryScattered showers in East Gippsland in the morning, isolated elsewhere in southern and mountain areas. Fine over the northern plains. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh southerly winds.Sunday 3 FebruaryIsolated showers in the south, mainly in the morning. Cool and partly cloudy in the south, warm and mainly sunny in the north. Light to moderate southwesterly winds.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 01:30 on Thursday 31 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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