MELBOURNE - Jun 21/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A strong cold front will cross the Bight today and will approach western Victoria tonight. The front will then move across the State on Monday, reaching central areas in the afternoon and the northeast by the evening. An associated low pressure system will pass to the south of Tasmania on Tuesday as another vigorous cold front crosses southern Victoria. A high pressure system will ridge over inland NSW on Wednesday, but further fronts are expected to affect Victoria, with another to cross the State early Thursday. Forecast for the rest of SundayMorning fog patches. Isolated light showers and drizzle patches on and north of the dividing range and isolated showers developing in the far southwest tonight. A cool to mild day with moderate to fresh northerly winds strengthening in southern and mountain areas at night.Monday 23 JuneAreas of rain contracting eastwards across the State during the day then scattered showers with local hail and thunder to follow, more frequent in the southwest and about the east ranges. Snowfalls over Alpine areas, lowering to 700 metres by Monday night. Strong to gale force northerly winds shifting colder west to southwesterly in the west.Tuesday 24 JuneScattered showers, more frequent in the south and about the east ranges but tending isolated over the Gippsland coast and northwest. Local hail and thunder contracting east and clearing. Snowfalls down to 700 metres, rising to 1200 metres in the evening. Cool to cold with strong northwest winds shifting southwesterly during the day, reaching gale force at times in the south.Wednesday 25 JuneIsolated showers, more frequent in the south and about the east ranges and just a chance over the northwest inland. Mainly fine over East Gippsland. Snow down to 1400 meters. Remaining cool to cold with fresh to strong west northwest winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST 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 22:00 on Saturday 21 June 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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