MELBOURNE - Mar 16/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A rather cold vigorous southerly airstream will persist over Victoria today. A high pressure system will drift slowly eastwards over waters south of the Bight today before approaching Bass Strait on Monday. The high will drift to the east of Victoria during Tuesday to lie over the central Tasman on Wednesday and a cold front will cross Bight waters during Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayIsolated showers in the south, scattered in the southeast at first and falling as snow above 1500 metres in the east. Fine over the north. Cool and partly cloudy in the south, milder and mostly sunny in the north. Fresh southerly winds.Fire Danger - Generally high.Monday 18 MarchIsolated showers in the south. Mostly sunny in the north. A mild day with light to moderate southerly winds.Tuesday 19 MarchFine after isolated early coastal showers. A mild to warm and mostly sunny day with a light wind and afternoon coastal seabreezes.Wednesday 20 MarchA fine and warm to hot day with northerly winds freshening from the west. Isolated showers reaching the southwest at night.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Sunday.Product IDV10310 Notice Board Media Releases 8th Victorian Flood Conference – 13 to 15 February, 2013 Wimmera Machinery Field Days – 5 to 7 March, 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 23:30 on Saturday 16 March 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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