MELBOURNE - Feb 1/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A slow moving high pressure system will remain over the Tasman Sea during the weekend. A low pressure trough will develop over South Australia on Sunday before sweeping across Victoria on Monday with a milder southerly airstream to follow. The next high pressure system will develop south of the Bight on Monday and will move towards southern Tasmania Tuesday night, reaching the Tasman Sea on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayClear with generally light winds. Humid near the coast with afternoon and evening seabreezes.Sunday 2 FebruaryFine apart from local early morning fogs in the south. Hot to very hot inland with generally light winds but a little milder along the coastal fringe with afternoon seabreezes.Fire Danger - Very High.Monday 3 FebruaryHot to very hot at first with moderate to fresh northerly winds over central and eastern districts at first, but a cooler, gusty southerly change extending across western districts during the morning, then extending to remaining areas during the afternoon and evening. Isolated showers and thunderstorms developing ahead of and near the change. Isolated showers possible in the south following the change, mainly near the coast in the afternoon and evening.Tuesday 4 FebruaryIsolated showers over Gippsland, scattered in the east during the morning then clearing during the afternoon. Dry elsewhere. Mild in the south, warm in the north. Fresh to strong south to southeasterly winds.Wednesday 5 FebruaryIsolated showers possible about the Gippsland coast during the early morning. Dry and sunny otherwise. A generally warm day, though hot over the northwest and milder over Gippsland.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Sunday.Product IDV10310 Notice Board New fully equipped weather station for Melbourne at Melbourne Olympic Park 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 13:00 on Saturday 1 February 2014 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2014, 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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