IDV10252

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Coastal Waters Forecast for Victoria
Central Coast

Issued at 5:11 am EDT on Saturday 21 November 2009
for the period until midnight EDT Tuesday 24 November 2009.

Please be aware
Wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.

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 low pressure system is expected to approach the northwest of Victoria later Saturday then pass over the State early Sunday then through eastern Bass Strait by Sunday afternoon to reach the southern Tasman Sea by Sunday night. A high pressure ridge will extend from the Bight over Victoria later Sunday and Monday.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds: Variable 5 to 15 knots. Seas: Up to 1 metre. Swell: Southwesterly 1 metre. The chance of thunderstorms this morning.

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southwesterly and strengthening to 20 to 30 knots during the morning then easing to 15 to 20 knots during the evening and tending southwest to westerly. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning. Swell: Southwesterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Monday

Winds: Westerly 20 to 30 knots. Seas: 2 to 3 metres increasing to 4 metres during the morning. Swell: Southwesterly 1 to 2 metres increasing to 3 metres from midday.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:50 pm EDT Saturday.

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