North East District

No warnings for Victoria

Forecast issued at 5:40 am EDT on Tuesday 14 February 2012.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over 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 the southwest Victoria late on Wednesday and move slowly eastwards across the State on Thursday. On Friday the low pressure trough will linger near northeastern Victoria while a strong high pressure system will develop to the southwest of Tasmania.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday

Mostly sunny. Patchy morning fog. Isolated showers and the chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening about the ranges. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures 23 to 31.

Fire Danger - High

UV Alert from 9:40 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

Wednesday 15 February

Partly cloudy. Winds northeast to northwesterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 33.

Thursday 16 February

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the west from late morning, extending throughout from midday. The chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Winds northeast to northwesterly averaging 15 to 30 km/h tending north to northeasterly up to 20 km/h later in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 33.

Friday 17 February

Partly cloudy. Scattered showers. The chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Winds northeasterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h tending east to southeasterly up to 20 km/h around midday. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 33.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EDT Tuesday.

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