MELBOURNE - Oct 31/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front will cross eastern Victoria early this morning and an associated deep low pressure system will pass just south of Tasmania later in the day. A high pressure system will move over Bight waters tonight before drifting slowly towards western Victoria on Sunday then crossing the State Sunday night to reach the Tasman Sea on Monday. The high will move southeastwards over the southern Tasman Sea on Tuesday while a low pressure trough will reach western Victoria during the afternoon and central parts of the State in the evening. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayA band of rain contracting to eastern districts later in the morning then clearing the State during the early afternoon. Showers to follow over southern and mountain areas. Local hail possible in the south. Snowfalls developing down to 1200 metres later in the day. Cool to cold and mostly cloudy in the south with fresh to strong and squally west to southwesterly winds. Cool to mild and partly cloudy in the north with fresh southwest to southerly winds.Fire Danger - Generally high.Sunday 2 NovemberScattered showers in the south clearing from the west later in the day. Brief snow showers above 1200 metres, mostly during the morning. Local hail about the Gippsland coast in the morning. A cool to mild and sunny day in the north, rather cold and partly cloudy in the south. Moderate to fresh southwest to southerly winds easing in the west.Monday 3 NovemberFine. A mostly sunny day although cloud developing later in the west. Early inland frost then mild to warm with light winds tending northerly and afternoon coastal seabreezes.Tuesday 4 NovemberFine apart from a possible shower in the southwest during the afternoon and evening. A generally warm day with moderate to fresh northerly winds ahead of a cooler southwesterly change developing in western and central areas.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Saturday.Product IDV10310 Notice Board Rainfall Forecast Terminology 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 02:45 on Saturday 1 November 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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