MELBOURNE - Aug 20/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system near centred near Tasmania today will drift slowly eastwards over the southern Tasman Sea on Friday. A cold front will move across the Bight on Friday and weaken to a trough as it moves over western Victoria late on Saturday. The weak trough will be slow moving on Sunday as the next high pressure system moves from the Bight towards western Victoria by late in the day. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayEarly frost inland and areas of morning fog. Dry apart from isolated showers in the far east. A cool to mild and partly cloudy day with generally light east to northeasterly winds. Afternoon seabreezes along the Gippsland coast.Friday 22 AugustEarly frost and areas of fog inland. Isolated showers in the far east, otherwise a dry and mild day with light to moderate northeast to northerly winds and afternoon seabreezes along the Gippsland coast.Saturday 23 AugustScattered showers developing over western districts during the afternoon. A mild day with cloud increasing from the west and light to moderate northeast to northerly winds.Sunday 24 AugustScattered showers extending across the State but tending more isolated over the southeast and northwest. A cool to mild day with light northerly winds tending westerly over the northwest.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST 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 03:30 on Thursday 21 August 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); })();
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