MELBOURNE - Oct 12/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough over eastern Victoria will clear the State during the morning. A cold front will then move across the State during the afternoon. A high pressure system will move across the Bight on Monday then track rapidly eastwards over New South Wales on Tuesday. A strong cold front will then sweep across Bight waters to reach western Victoria late on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayScattered showers in the southwest extending to remaining southern and mountain areas by the early afternoon and falling as snow above 1000 metres during the late afternoon and evening. Isolated showers developing over the northern plains. Isolated thunderstorms possible, mainly in southern and mountain areas. Mild with moderate west to southwesterly wind extending throughout, then shifting cold and stronger southwest to southerly from the west during the afternoon.Monday 14 OctoberIsolated showers over southern and mountain districts, tending scattered near the coast. Snow showers above 1000 metres rising to 1400 metres during the day. Local morning frosts in the north. A cool and partly cloudy day with moderate to fresh west to southwesterly winds, strong at times near the coast.Tuesday 15 OctoberIsolated showers in the southwest and about the coastal fringe clearing during the afternoon. Morning frost patches in the northeast. A cool to mild and partly cloudy day with light to moderate west to northwesterly winds.Wednesday 16 OctoberDry for most of the day with cloud increasing and fresh to locally strong northerly winds. A colder gusty west to southwesterly change reaching the southwest late in the day and extending to central areas at night. Scattered showers to follow the change.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT 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 Business Entry Point Facebook Google+ Youtube Blog Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 18:15 on Saturday 12 October 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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