Australia -- Victoria Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 18/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

for the period until midnight EDT Monday 22 February 2010.
Warning Summary at issue time
Final Flood Warning for the Snowy River.
Details of warnings are available on the Bureau's website www.bom.gov.au, by
telephone 1300-659-217* or through some TV and radio broadcasts.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system passing to the south of Victoria will move over the
Tasman Sea on Friday. The high will remain over the Tasman Sea on Saturday as a
cold front and associated low pressure trough approaches southwestern Victoria
late in the day. The front will slide away to the southeast, but the associated
trough will work its way across the State during Sunday and Monday.
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
Fine and mostly clear. Southeasterly winds gradually easing.
Forecast for Friday
Fine apart from morning fog patches in the south. A mostly sunny day. Warm in
the south, hot in the north with light to moderate north to northeast winds and
local afternoon coastal sea breezes
Fire Danger: Moderate to high
Forecast for Saturday
Fine apart from isolated morning fog in Gippsland. Generally sunny in the east,
but cloud increasing in the west during the afternoon. Very warm to hot with
fresh and gusty northerly winds, although a milder west to southwest change
developing along the west coast during the afternoon.
Forecast for Sunday
Very warm to hot at first in the north and east with fresh northerly winds but
a cooler south to southwesterly change gradually extending from the southwest.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms mainly near and east of the change.
Forecast for Monday
Showers and isolated thunderstorms contracting to the east during the day and
the far east at night. Isolated showers to follow in the south. Warm in the
north but cooler in the south with a moderate to fresh southwest to southerly
wind.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Friday.
* Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or
public phones.

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