View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast issued at 4:50 pm EDT on Tuesday 14 February 2012.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system just east of Tasmania will move eastwards and will be located over the central Tasman Sea on Wednesday and over New Zealand on Thursday. A low pressure trough will enter southwest Victoria late on Wednesday and will move slowly eastwards across the State on Thursday. The low pressure trough will linger near northeastern Victoria on Friday and Saturday. Another high pressure system will develop to the southwest of Tasmania on Friday before drifting well to the south of Tasmania on Saturday.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southwesterly 0.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 0.5 metres.
Wednesday 15 February
- Winds
- Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southwesterly 0.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 0.5 metres.
Thursday 16 February
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots at times, tending north to northwesterly around midday then tending north to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon. Winds becoming northerly up to 30 knots later in the evening.
- Seas
- Up to 3 metres decreasing to 2 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Easterly about 1 metre.
Friday 17 February
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then becoming southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Winds tending southeast to southwesterly 10 to 20 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Up to 2 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southwesterly about 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1 metre.
Please be awareWind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
Nearby Coastal Waters
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am EDT Wednesday.
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