MELBOURNE - Mar 26/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system is building to the east of Tasmania and will be centred over the Tasman Sea on Thursday while an inland trough will be near the western Victorian border. The trough will move eastwards across Victoria on Friday and weaken as it approaches the Tasman Sea High. Another high pressure system over the Bight will extend a ridge toward Tasmania later Friday before weakening as the next cold front enters the Bight on Saturday. This front is likely to cross the Bight to be approaching western Victoria on Sunday. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayScattered showers tending to areas of rain over central and eastern districts. Isolated showers over the northeast, possibly extending to the southwest this evening. Isolated thunderstorms over the north extending southwards overnight. Moderate east to southeasterly winds, fresh near parts of the coast.Thursday 27 MarchRain areas over central and eastern areas, grading to isolated showers across the west. The chance of thunderstorms over most areas. Mild day with moderate northeasterly winds, freshening near the coast and over the eastern ranges. Light south to southeasterly winds in the far west.Fire Danger - Low to Moderate.Friday 28 MarchIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms contracting to eastern districts in the afternoon then mostly clearing at night. Mild in the south, warm in the north with light to moderate northerly winds tending light southerly from the west.Saturday 29 MarchIsolated showers or drizzle in the south, contracting to east Gippsland in the afternoon and clearing at night. Warm with light winds tending northerly inland and milder afternoon coastal seabreezes.Sunday 30 MarchFine and partly cloudy. Warm in the south and east, very warm in the northwest with light to moderate northerly winds freshening over elevated areas. Milder afternoon seabreezes developing along the Gippsland coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Thursday.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 15:00 on Wednesday 26 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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