MELBOURNE - May 30/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front and low pressure trough will cross the Bight, linking with a broad cloud mass associated with an upper level jet stream that stretches from the northwest of the continent during Friday. The front will reach the far west of Victoria early on Saturday and extend to the east of the State by Saturday night. A second cold front will cross Tasmania on Sunday serving to maintain a cool fresh southwest to southerly airflow across Victoria. The next high pressure system will move over the Bight on Monday and will be approaching northwest Victoria Monday night. Forecast for the rest of FridayIsolated showers at first and fog patches on the northern slopes of the divide and parts of Gippsland. Rain areas and isolated thunderstorms developing in the west from the late morning and extending to central and northern regions during the afternoon and evening. Locally heavy falls developing in the west by the evening. Mainly dry over Gippsland. Generally mild with moderate to fresh north to northwest winds.Saturday 1 JuneWidespread rain with locally heavy falls, especially about the ranges, contracting to the north and east late in the day then easing at night. Isolated showers to follow the rain band. Moderate to fresh northwest to northerly winds shifting cooler fresh south to southwesterly from the southwest during the morning to reach all districts by the evening.Sunday 2 JuneIsolated showers contracting to the south, falling as snow above 1600 metres. A cool day with a moderate to fresh south to southwesterly wind.Monday 3 JuneIsolated showers in the south, scattered near the coast. Snow above 1600 metres. Fine over the northern plains. A cool day with a moderating south to southwesterly wind.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.Product IDV10310 Notice Board Changes to Marine Wind Warnings Media Releases Marketing 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 00:15 on Friday 31 May 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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