IDV10460

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Local Waters Forecast for Port Phillip

Issued at 5:10 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 and the main high pressure centre will lie just west of Victoria on Tuesday.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds: Variable winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: Northerly 5 to 15 knots tending south to southwesterly during the morning and freshening to 15 to 25 knots and possibly 30 knots for a period before gradually easing back to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon and evening and tending westerly. Seas: 0.5 to 1.0 metre increasing 1 to 2 metres later in the morning then decreasing below 1 metre in the evening.

Forecast for Monday

Winds: Westerly 10 to 20 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning then becoming southwesterly 10 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: 0.5 to 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday

Winds: West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending southwesterly up to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:40 pm EDT Saturday.

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