Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jul 30/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A strong cold front will move from south of Western Australia northeastwards to cross Victoria during Thursday while a deep complex low pressure system passes south of Tasmania. Another cold front will move from the Southern Ocean to cross Victoria on Friday with a very cold southwest to southerly airflow extending over the State. The next high pressure system will then rapidly approach from the Bight, reaching western Victoria late on Saturday.
Forecast for the rest of WednesdayScattered showers mainly on and south of the divide, more extensive about the west coast and northeast ranges. Only isolated showers over the northern plains and mainly dry over East Gippsland and the far northwest. Cool to mild and mostly cloudy with a fresh to strong west to northwesterly wind.Thursday 31 JulyA band of rain reaching the west during the morning and extending across the remainder of the State in the afternoon and evening, followed by scattered showers with local hail and thunder. Snowfalls lowering to 700 metres from the west during the evening. Cool to mild at first with strong northwesterly winds, locally gale force in southern and elevated areas. A colder squally westerly wind change extending from the west in the late morning and reaching the east by evening.Friday 1 AugustShowers, mainly on and south of the divide with local hail and thunder. Snow falls down to 500 metres. A very cold day with cloudy periods. Fresh westerly winds turning stronger squally southwest to southerly from the west in the afternoon.Saturday 2 AugustVery cold at first with widespread inland frost. Showers on and south of the ranges becoming isolated during the morning. Dry on the northern plains. Snowfalls to 600 metres lifting back to 1200 metres in the afternoon. Mainly moderate southwest to southerly winds, fresh to strong at first about the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Wednesday.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 05:00 on Wednesday 30 July 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] == "wdev")
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
else
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']);
_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);
})();
var _nol = { pvar: { cid: "abm", content: "0", server: "secure-au" } };
(function () { var s = document.createElement('script');
s.type = 'text/javascript';
s.async = true;
s.src = '//secure-au.imrworldwide.com/v60a.js';
var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); })();

---

STAT News Service