IDV10461

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Local Waters Forecast for Western Port

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: Chiefly southwest to southerly 5 to 10 knots. Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: Variable 5 to 15 knots tending south to southwesterly and strengthening to 20 to 30 knots during the morning then becoming southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon then tending westerly 10 to 20 knots later in the evening. Seas: Up to 1 metre increasing up to 3 metres during the morning.

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 1.5 metres, reaching 2.5 metres in the southwest.

Forecast for Tuesday

Winds: Northwest to southwesterly 5 to 15 knots. Seas: Up to 1 metre.

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

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