MELBOURNE - Mar 13/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A broad area of high pressure extends across Victoria. A deepening low pressure system will cross the Southern Ocean on Friday as an associated cold moves through the Bight. The front will reach western Victoria on Saturday morning, moving to eastern Victoria at night. The front will move through far eastern Victoria early on Sunday morning, as another front approaches western Victoria on Sunday night. This next front will affect mainly southern Victoria early on Monday. Forecast for the rest of FridayFine apart from isolated morning fogs in the south and the chance of afternoon showers or thunderstorms in the far east. A warm, mostly sunny day with light wind tending northerly and afternoon coastal sea breezes.Fire Danger - Generally high.Saturday 15 MarchShowers and local thunderstorms spreading eastwards across the State, reaching the east at night. Warm, fresh to strong northerly winds ahead of a cooler west to southwesterly change, reaching the southwest in the morning and the east at night.Sunday 16 MarchIsolated thunderstorms clearing from the east. Isolated showers, mainly along the northern border and near the coast. Cool with moderate to fresh northwest to westerly winds.Monday 17 MarchIsolated showers, mainly in the morning. Cool to mild with moderate northwest to westerly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Friday.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 20:45 on Thursday 13 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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