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IDV10253

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Coastal Waters Forecast for Victoria
Central Gippsland Coast

Issued at 4:50 pm EDT on Sunday 8 November 2009
for the period until midnight EDT Thursday 12 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 high pressure system over the Tasman Sea will move northwards on Monday before a weak cold front brushes Tasmania at night. On Tuesday a new high will move from south of the Bight towards Tasmania then it will remain slow moving near Tasmania through until Thursday. A weak inland low pressure trough will dip into northern Victoria on Tuesday then persist until Thursday.

Forecast for Sunday until midnight

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southerly 0.5 metres. Swell: Northeasterly 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Monday

Winds: Northeasterly 5 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southwesterly 0.5 metres. Swell: Easterly 0.5 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday

Winds: Northwest to southwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending southeast to southwesterly by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southwesterly about 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 0.5 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday

Winds: East to southeasterly 5 to 15 knots tending east to northeasterly during the evening. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 0.5 metre.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am EDT Monday.

* Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones.


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