MELBOURNE - Feb 11/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A slow moving high pressure system is centred south of the Bight and extends a ridge eastwards across Tasmania to the Tasman Sea. By Wednesday, the high will be centred just west of Tasmania and will move slowly over the Tasman Sea on Thursday. Meanwhile, a low pressure trough over inland Australia extends southwards to northern Victoria and will drift slowly westwards later in the week. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayDry apart from morning fog patches in the south and isolated afternoon showers about the eastern ranges. Mild in the south but warm over the north. Light to moderate southeasterly wind tending fresh east to southeasterly near the coast.Fire Danger - High.Wednesday 13 FebruaryDry apart from morning fog patches in the south and isolated showers and thunderstorms over the eastern ranges and over the far northwest during the afternoon. Warm to hot inland with light to moderate east to southeasterly winds, but milder near the coast with fresh afternoon seabreezes.Thursday 14 FebruaryMorning fog patches in the south. Isolated showers and thunderstorms extending to most districts, mainly during the afternoon. A warm to hot day with light to moderate north to northeasterly winds, but fresh fresh east to southeasterly winds developing about the coast.Friday 15 FebruaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms mainly along the ranges and over the west. Generally warm to hot with light to moderate easterly winds, freshening along the coast during the afternoon.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 19:15 on Monday 11 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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