Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Dec 25/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A low pressure trough will deepen over eastern Victoria today and a cold front is expected to move across Victoria during the afternoon and evening. The cold front will dive southeastwards towards New Zealand on Friday, Boxing Day, as a ridge of high pressure develops over southern Victoria. The ridge will remain over southern Victoria during the weekend but another low pressure trough is expected to develop over northern Victoria later Sunday as a high pressure centre forms in the Tasman Sea.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated showers and local thunderstorms in the east during the morning and early afternoon. Scattered showers over the far southwest late morning and extending over remaining southern districts during the afternoon and evening. The chance of hail and thunder about the far southwest coast at night. Mild to warm with generally moderate west to southwesterly winds tending cooler, fresh southwesterly from the west in the afternoon and evening.Fire Danger -  Generally high to very high.Friday 26 DecemberScattered showers over southern and mountain districts, clearing during the afternoon. Possible thunderstorms about the Central and West Gippsland coast during the early morning. Cool in the south but a little milder in the north with moderate to fresh southwest to southerly winds.Saturday 27 DecemberFine and generally sunny. A mild to warm day with light to moderate southerly winds, freshening about the coast during the afternoon.Sunday 28 DecemberFine and sunny over western and central districts, but isolated showers developing over the east during the afternoon. A generally warm day with light winds inland, but milder seabreezes developing about the coast during the afternoon.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday.Product IDV10310
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