IDV17002 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria Wimmera District Forecast Issued at 5:40 am EDT on Tuesday 24 November 2009 for the period until midnight EDT Friday 27 November 2009. Warning Summary at issue time Nil. 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 ridge south of the Bight will extend across Victoria today, reaching the Tasman Sea on Wednesday. An upper level trough over inland Australia will extend towards northwest Victoria late Wednesday, crossing the State on Thursday. A low pressure system will move from south of the Bight towards southwest Victoria late Friday. Forecast for the rest of Tuesday Mostly sunny. Light winds. Temperatures in the upper 20s during the day. Horsham Mostly sunny. Max 27 Forest Fire Danger: Moderate [5-11] Grassland Fire Danger: Moderate [5-11] UV Alert from 9:10 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Forecast for Wednesday Sunny. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to around 11 with daytime temperatures reaching the lower 30s. Horsham Mostly sunny. Min 9 Max 30 Forecast for Thursday Cloudy. Scattered showers from the morning. Isolated thunderstorms from midday. Winds east to northeasterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h, reaching 30 km/h at times, tending northeast to northwesterly 20 to 35 km/h around midday. Overnight temperatures falling to around 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the lower 30s. Horsham Chance of storms. Showers. Min 12 Max 30 Forecast for Friday Cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms from midday. Winds west to northwesterly averaging 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to around 16 with daytime temperatures reaching the upper 20s. Horsham Showers then chance of storms. Min 14 Max 27 The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EDT Tuesday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones.