IDV17102 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria Central District Forecast Issued at 5:41 am EDT on Wednesday 15 February 2012 for the period until midnight EDT Saturday 18 February 2012. 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 system over the central Tasman Sea will drift towards New Zealand on Thursday. A low pressure trough will enter southwest Victoria late today and will move slowly eastwards across the State on Thursday. The low pressure trough will linger near northeastern Victoria on Friday and Saturday. Another high pressure system will develop to the southwest of Tasmania on Friday before drifting well to the south of Tasmania on Saturday. Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 15 February Mostly sunny. Winds north to northeasterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h, reaching 35 km/h at times. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30. Geelong Mostly sunny. Max 34 Ballarat Mostly sunny. Max 31 Scoresby Mostly sunny. Max 33 Yarra Glen Mostly sunny. Max 32 Frankston Mostly sunny. Max 32 Wonthaggi Mostly sunny. Max 32 Fire Danger: High UV Alert from 9:50 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Forecast for Thursday 16 February Partly cloudy. Isolated showers from the morning. The chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Winds northerly averaging 20 to 35 km/h, increasing to 45 km/h ahead of a southwesterly change up to 35 km/h during the morning and afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Geelong Cool change developing. Min 19 Max 28 Ballarat Shower or two developing. Min 17 Max 30 Scoresby Shower or two. Min 18 Max 32 Yarra Glen Shower or two. Min 16 Max 31 Frankston Shower or two. Wind easing. Min 20 Max 29 Wonthaggi Shower or two. Min 18 Max 30 Forecast for Friday 17 February Partly cloudy. Isolated showers contracting to the east during the afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms in the east in the afternoon and evening. Winds south to southwesterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h tending southeasterly up to 20 km/h by early evening. Overnight temperatures falling to around 16 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. Geelong Morning shower or two. Min 16 Max 23 Ballarat Morning shower or two. Min 15 Max 24 Scoresby Shower or two clearing. Min 17 Max 24 Yarra Glen Shower or two clearing. Min 15 Max 25 Frankston Shower or two clearing. Min 18 Max 23 Wonthaggi Shower or two clearing. Min 17 Max 23 Forecast for Saturday 18 February Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the east. The chance of thunderstorms in the east in the afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly averaging 15 to 30 km/h becoming southeasterly up to 35 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 20s. Geelong Partly cloudy. Min 14 Max 25 Ballarat Partly cloudy. Min 11 Max 25 Scoresby Afternoon shower or two. Min 14 Max 27 Yarra Glen Shower or two developing. Min 12 Max 27 Frankston Partly cloudy. Min 16 Max 25 Wonthaggi Shower or two. Min 14 Max 25 The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EDT Wednesday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones.