IDV17005 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria Northeast District Forecast Issued at 5:41 am EDT on Sunday 22 November 2009 for the period until midnight EDT Wednesday 25 November 2009. Warning Summary at issue time Severe weather warning for flash flooding within this area. 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 low pressure system tracking across Victoria will move rapidly southeastwards across Bass Strait during Sunday to lie well southeast of Tasmania by Monday morning. A high pressure ridge will extend over Victoria on Monday while a weak cold front crosses Tasmania. A high pressure system will move across Victoria on Tuesday to eventually reach the Tasman Sea later on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of Sunday Cloudy. The chance of thunderstorms from this morning until late afternoon. Heavy rain with localised flash flooding, easing to showers during the afternoon. Winds northerly averaging 20 to 30 km/h, reaching 50 km/h at elevation then tending west to southwesterly up to 35 km/h around midday. Temperatures between 19 and 25 during the day. Albury-Wodonga Rain then shower or two. Max 25 Wangaratta Rain easing afternoon. Max 24 Forest Fire Danger: Low [1-4] Grassland Fire Danger: Moderate [5-11] UV Alert from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Forecast for Monday Partly cloudy. Isolated showers about the ranges during the morning. Winds south to southwesterly averaging 15 to 20 km/h, reaching 25 km/h at times. Overnight temperatures falling to between 6 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching between 19 and 24. Albury-Wodonga Partly cloudy. Min 11 Max 24 Wangaratta Partly cloudy. Min 7 Max 24 Forecast for Tuesday Sunny. Winds mainly northeasterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h tending southwesterly around midday. Overnight temperatures falling to around 8 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 28. Albury-Wodonga Sunny. Min 11 Max 28 Wangaratta Sunny. Min 7 Max 28 Forecast for Wednesday Sunny. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to around 10 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 32. Albury-Wodonga Sunny. Min 12 Max 32 Wangaratta Sunny. Min 8 Max 32 The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EDT Sunday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones.