MELBOURNE - Feb 1/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure ridge will extend from a high south of WA across southern Victoria on Saturday while a weak trough moves across Tasmania. The high will then move eastwards on Sunday as a cold front crosses Tasmania. On Monday the high will cross Tasmania then move eastwards across the Tasman Sea on Tuesday. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers in southern areas but fine and mostly sunny over the north. A cool to mild day with moderate to locally fresh south to southwesterly winds.Fire Danger - Moderate to HighSunday 3 FebruaryIsolated showers in the south clearing in the afternoon. A cool to mild day with cloud clearing later in the south but remaining mostly sunny in the north. Light to moderate south to southwesterly winds, locally fresh near the coast.Monday 4 FebruaryPatchy morning showers or drizzle near the southwest coast and far East Gippsland. Morning fog patches in the southwest. An otherwise fine and mostly sunny day with light southwest to southeasterly winds becoming moderate to fresh near the coast with afternoon seabreezes.Tuesday 5 FebruaryIsolated morning showers over the far East Gippsland coast then isolated afternoon showers and possible thunderstorms developing over the northeastern ranges. Otherwise a warm and mostly sunny day with light winds, milder near the coast with moderate to fresh afternoon seabreezes.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Saturday.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 02:30 on Saturday 2 February 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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