MELBOURNE - Jul 27/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is moving slowly eastwards. A deep low pressure system south of the Bight will move southwards on Sunday. An associated cold front is moving eastwards however will weaken by the time it enters western Victoria late on Sunday or early Monday. This front will be followed in quick succession by another front that will move through southern Victoria Monday night and Tuesday morning. The next high pressure system will move over Victoria Tuesday night and during Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayDry across most areas tonight with just the chance of isolated showers over the far southwest. Moderate to fresh northerly winds, generally light in the east, but fresh to strong over Alpine areas.Sunday 28 JulyA band of patchy rain moving over across the State, reaching the far east at night but little if any reaching the far northwest and the far southeast. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms to follow. Generally mild with fresh north to northwesterly winds, locally strong over southern and mountain districts and reaching gale force about the Alpine peaks.Monday 29 JulyAreas of rain clearing from the northeast in the morning. Isolated showers elsewhere, but mostly dry over the far northwest and also over East Gippsland. Showers increasing over the southwest during the evening. Cool to mild and partly cloudy with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds, strong at times about the eastern ranges. A colder southwesterly change entering the far southwest during the evening.Tuesday 30 JulyScattered showers clearing from the northwest early morning and becoming isolated elsewhere before contracting to the coast during the evening. Showers falling as snow above 1200 metres by the afternoon. A cooler day with moderate southwesterly winds extending throughout during the morning.Wednesday 31 JulyFine apart from the chance of a shower over the far northeast during the afternoon. Local morning fog and frost, then a cool day with light winds tending light to moderate northerly across western districts during the afternoon.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EST Sunday.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 MetEye™ 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 16:15 on Saturday 27 July 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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