MELBOURNE - Mar 1/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough over northern Victoria has weakened. A high pressure system south of the Bight extends a ridge eastwards to the Tasman Sea. The high will drift eastwards across Tasmania today, reaching the Tasman Sea on Monday. A cold front will pass south of the Bight on Tuesday to reach southwest Victoria at night then cross the remainder of southern Victoria on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayIsolated showers in the south, contracting to Gippsland by the afternoon then clearing. Fine, warm and mostly sunny in the north. Mild in the south with morning cloud areas. Smoke over parts of Gippsland. Light to moderate south to southeast winds.Fire Danger - Moderate to high.Monday 3 MarchBecoming fine and mainly sunny after early light showers about the Gippsland coast and local morning fogs in the south. Warm with light northeast winds inland but milder near the coast with afternoon seabreezes.Tuesday 4 MarchFine apart from isolated showers and possible thunderstorms developing in the northwest during the afternoon. Very warm and mostly sunny with a light to moderate northerly wind ahead of a cooler southwesterly change in the southwest during the evening.Wednesday 5 MarchIsolated showers extending to most areas during the day and becoming scattered in the northeast. Warm at first in the north and east with light to moderate northerly winds but a milder southerly change slowly extending throughout.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm 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 03:00 on Sunday 2 March 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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