STAT Communications Ag Market News

Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 29/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A low pressure complex is situated over the Tasman Sea, while a large high pressure system is located to the southwest of Tasmania and extends a ridge towards Adelaide. During Saturday a cold front will move across southern Victoria with an associated low pressure centre deepening just east of Bass Strait in the evening. The low pressure complex will persist over the Tasman Sea through till Tuesday, while the high will cross well south of Tasmania with the ridge extending over western Victoria later Sunday and central Victoria on Monday. The ridge will weaken on Tuesday as a new low pressure system develops near Adelaide.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayMorning frosts inland. Isolated showers over southern and mountain areas becoming more widespread later this morning and during the afternoon, tending to rain areas over East Gippsland this evening. Snowfalls down to 800 metres. Dry and partly cloudy north of the Divide. Isolated hail about the Gippsland coast, contracting east and clearing later. A cold day with moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds.Sunday 30 AugustLocal morning fog and frost. Rain easing to showers over Gippsland, isolated showers elsewhere on and south of the Divide. Dry over the northern plains. Showers falling as snow above 1100 metres. Generally cool to cold with light to moderate southerly winds.Monday 31 AugustMorning fog and frost patches. Isolated showers in the east. Generally fine over western and central districts until isolated showers extend from the western border late in the day. Cool with generally light winds.Tuesday 1 SeptemberIsolated light showers extending eastward during the day, tending scattered in the northwest. Remaining dry in east Gippsland. A cloudy and cool day, milder in the northwest. Light to moderate northeast to southeasterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Saturday.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
Twitter
Youtube
Blog
Google+
Careers
Sitemap
Feedback
Freedom of Information
Indigenous Weather Knowledge
Glossary
This page was created at 06:15 on Saturday 29 August 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); })();

---

STAT News Service

Only active subscribers can read all of this article.

If you are a subscriber, please log into the website.

If you are not a subscriber, click here to subscribe to this edition of the STAT website and to learn more about becoming a subscriber.