MELBOURNE - Feb 2/14 - 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 today as a low pressure trough develops over South Australia. The trough will sweep across Victoria on Monday producing a milder, fresh and gusty southerly change which is expected through western and central districts by early afternoon and will extend to the far east by early evening. The next high pressure system will develop south of the Bight on Monday and will move eastwards just south of Tasmania on Tuesday. The high will reach the Tasman Sea on Wednesday with a weak inland trough developing northwestern Victoria. Forecast for the rest of SundayFine, warm and generally clear with light winds and afternoon seabreezes near the coast.Monday 3 FebruaryHot to very hot at first over central and eastern districts with moderate to fresh northerly winds, but a cooler, gusty southerly change extending eastwards during the day, but not reaching the far northeast until 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.Fire Danger - Very High, reaching Severe in the north.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.Thursday 6 FebruaryDry and sunny apart from the chance of isolated showers over the northwest during the afternoon. A warm to hot day with light to moderate north to northeasterly winds and afternoon coastal seabreezes.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Monday.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 13:30 on Sunday 2 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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