MELBOURNE - Jan 13/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure system south of Portland will move eastwards tonight as an associated trough moves over Victoria. The low will move to the southeast of Tasmania on Wednesday with the trough clearing eastern Victoria by early afternoon. The next ridge of high pressure will extend across Bight waters towards northern Victoria on Thursday. A cold front over the Southern Ocean will pass across Tasmania and Bass Strait later Friday with another to follow late Saturday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayA band of rain with local heavy falls over the east clearing tonight with scattered showers to follow through most districts. Isolated thunderstorms clearing tonight. Fresh northeasterly winds in the east at first, strong to gale force about the Alpine peaks, but fresh to strong and gusty west to northwesterly winds over western districts.Wednesday 14 JanuaryScattered showers over southern and mountain areas, but only isolated showers over the northern plains. Generally cool to mild with fresh and gusty southwesterly winds gradually extending throughout.Fire Danger - Generally high in the north.Thursday 15 JanuaryIsolated light showers in the south tending to clear during the afternoon. A cool to mild and partly cloudy day in the south, warmer and mainly sunny in the north, with moderate southerly winds, fresh about the coast during the afternoon.Friday 16 JanuaryIsolated showers over southern districts, mainly near the coast. Dry over the north. A mild and partly cloudy day with moderate to fresh westerly winds tending southwesterly.Saturday 17 JanuaryIsolated showers over southern and mountain districts. Dry over the northern plains. Cool to mild and partly cloudy with moderate to fresh west to southwesterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Wednesday.Product IDV10310 Notice Board Baton passes to Olympic Park for Melbourne city weather observations Rainfall Forecast Terminology New fully equipped weather station for Melbourne at Melbourne Olympic Park Media Releases Marketing Meteorological Offices Mildura weather Other Information Fire Weather Forecast Areas 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 14:45 on Tuesday 13 January 2015 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2015, 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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