IDV18520

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Fire Weather Forecast
for Tuesday 24 November 2009

Issued at 4:34 pm EDT on Sunday 22 November 2009.

Forecasts are issued regularly: Please ensure you have the latest version.

Location	MaxT °C	DewP °C	RH %	Wind km/h			DF	CUR %	FFDI	GFDI	Wind Change
				Dir	Spd	Gust
Walpeup	28	2	18	SSW	20	35	6	100	16	15
Swan Hill Airport	28	2	18	S	20	30	3	100	8	15
Mallee	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 2700
	WIND (1000): SSE  15						FDI above 35: NA
Horsham Airport	26	2	20	SW	15	25	4	100	8	9
Stawell	26	3	22	WSW	15	25	3	90	5	6
Wimmera	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 2700
	WIND (1500): SW  10						FDI above 35: NA
Ballarat Airport	22	4	30	WSW	15	25	2	30	2	0
Portland Airport	21	11	52	W	20	30	7	10	4	0
Hamilton Airport	23	8	38	W	20	30	6	30	6	0
Mortlake	23	9	40	WSW	20	35	5	20	5	0
Western	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 2300
	WIND (1000): W  20						FDI above 35: NA
Bendigo Airport	27	5	24	SW	15	20	6	90	11	6
Shepparton Airport	29	6	23	SSW	15	20	4	90	8	6
Northern Country	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 2800
	WIND (1000): S  20						FDI above 35: NA
Mangalore Airport	27	4	22	SW	15	20	5	90	10	6
North Central	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 2600
	WIND (1500): W  20						FDI above 35: NA
Geelong Airport	23	9	40	W	20	35	4	70	4	1
Coldstream	24	4	27	SW	15	25	4	30	6	0
Tullamarine	25	5	27	SW	20	30	2	70	3	1
Dunns Hill	21	4	32	W	20	30	1	20	1	0
Pound Creek	22	11	49	W	25	35	3	10	2	0
Central	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 2300
	WIND (1000): WNW  20						FDI above 35: NA
Albury-Wodonga	28	5	23	WSW	10	15	3	80	5	2
Wangaratta Airport	28	5	23	WSW	10	15	4	60	7	0
Hunters Hill	23	5	31	WSW	10	15	2	50	2	0
Northeast	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 3200
	WIND (1500): WNW  20						FDI above 35: NA
Latrobe Valley	26	8	31	W	20	35	5	50	7	0
East Sale Airport	25	10	38	SW	20	35	6	70	7	1
Mount Moornapa	25	6	29	WSW	15	25	4	70	5	1
West and South Gippsland	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 2800
	WIND (1000): WNW  25						FDI above 35: NA
Orbost	25	10	38	SSW	20	35	4	50	4	0
Gelantipy	23	7	35	W	10	20	3	40	3	0
East Gippsland	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 3100
	WIND (1500): NW  20						FDI above 35: NA
Falls Creek	17	4	41	NW	10	20	1	40	0	0
Alpine Areas	LAL: 0		RAIN: NO				MIX (M): 3500
	WIND (2000): WNW  20						FDI above 35: NA
Interstate:

Notes:

MaxT = Maximum Temperature

RH = Relative Humidity

Dew Pt = Dew Point Temperature

DF = Drought Factor

CUR = Curing

FFDI is the Forest Fire Danger Index

GFDI is the Grassland Fire Danger Index

LAL = Lightning Activity Level: (0) = nil thunderstorms, (1) = isolated thunderstorms, (2) = scattered thunderstorms, (3) = widespread thunderstorms

RAIN: NO = less than 5mm, YES = greater than 5mm over district for day.

MIX (above sea level) = Mixing Depth

WIND (above sea level) = Upper Wind

FDI above 35 = time when FDI is above 35 when at least 4 hours before or after MaxT time

Forecast for Tuesday:

Fine and stable conditions. Drier airmass with light southwest winds.