MELBOURNE - Jan 26/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system over Bight waters is expected to strengthen as it moves southeast. The high will position itself south of Tasmania today and remain well to the south for the rest of the week. A low pressure trough to the east of Victoria will deepen significantly during Wednesday night with a low pressure system expected to form over the Tasman Sea on Thursday. The low will remain slow moving over the Tasman Sea during Friday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers in the east. Fine elsewhere apart from the chance of showers about the southwest coast during the morning. A cool to mild day with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds.Fire Danger - High to Very High.Wednesday 28 JanuaryScattered showers over east Gippsland. Isolated showers elsewhere in the east and about the southwest coast but remaining fine elsewhere. Cool to mild in the south but mild to warm over the north. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly wind.Thursday 29 JanuaryScattered showers over Gippsland. Fine elsewhere apart from isolated showers about the Otway coast and ranges. Cool to mild in the south but mild to warm over the north. Moderate to fresh southeasterly wind.Friday 30 JanuaryShowers increasing over Gippsland. Isolated showers elsewhere in the east and about the central district. Fine over the north and west. Cool to mild in the south but mild to warm over the north with moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday.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 21:15 on Monday 26 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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