MELBOURNE - Oct 14/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system will move across southern New South Wales on Tuesday. A strong cold front will then sweep across Bight waters to reach western Victoria late Wednesday, crossing the remainder of Victoria early on Thursday. An associated deep low pressure system will pass south of Tasmania on Thursday and a new high pressure system will move over the Bight. This high pressure system will also move rapidly eastwards, reaching the Tasman Sea Friday afternoon, with northerly winds redeveloping over Victoria. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers in the southwest and about the coastal fringe clearing during the afternoon. Morning fog and frost patches in the north then a mostly sunny day. Partly cloudy in the south. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds developing.Wednesday 16 OctoberDry during the day with strengthening northwest to northerly winds. A colder gusty west to southwesterly change reaching the southwest during the evening and extending to central areas at night. Scattered showers to follow the change.Thursday 17 OctoberScattered showers over southern and mountain districts with local hail and thunder. Isolated showers reaching the northern plains. Snow showers above 1200 metres. A cool to cold and partly cloudy day with fresh west to southwesterly winds, strong at times near the coast.Friday 18 OctoberIsolated showers in the southwest and about the coastal fringe clearing during the morning. Morning fog and frost patches in the north. A mostly sunny day. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds developing.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday.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 19:15 on Monday 14 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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