MELBOURNE - May 24/16 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system will move over New South Wales today while extending a ridge southwards over Victoria. A cold front will slip southeast of Tasmania on Wednesday then a trough will develop to the west before moving across Victoria during Thursday. Another low pressure system is expected to develop to the southwest of Victoria later on Thursday and move over the State later on Friday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers, mostly in southern and mountain areas, becoming confined to the Gippsland coast this afternoon, then contracting eastwards and clearing during the evening. Snow above 1500 metres during the morning. Isolated morning fog in the north. Cool and partly cloudy. Light to moderate westerly winds.Wednesday 25 MayMorning fog and frost in the east. Cloud increasing with rain areas developing across western districts during the morning and extending throughout during the afternoon and evening. Only patchy rain across Gippsland. A cool day with moderate north to northwesterly winds, freshening in the south and west during the afternoon and evening.Thursday 26 MayRain areas easing to showers in the west, falling as snow above 1600 metres. Cool and cloudy with moderate north to northwesterly winds, tending southwesterly across western districts during the morning and central and eastern districts during the afternoon and evening.Friday 27 MayScattered showers, more frequent across the north and west. Showers falling as snow above 1300 metres. Cool and cloudy with light to moderate variable winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST 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 Melbourne - Local Forecast Areas 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 Supplier Entry Point Facebook Google+ Youtube Blog Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 06:00 on Tuesday 24 May 2016 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2016, 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); })();
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