View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast issued at 4:50 pm EST on Tuesday 26 September 2017.
Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure over eastern Bass Strait will move into the Tasman Sea tonight. A low pressure system will approach from the west overnight before moving to the south of the State on Wednesday as an associated trough crosses Bass Strait, moving through western Victorian coastal waters in the afternoon and eastern coastal waters in the late evening. The trough is expected clear to the east of Bass Strait by early Thursday morning as the low pressure system moves into the southern Tasman Sea. A ridge of high pressure is then expected to strengthen over northern parts of Victoria during Thursday before a cold front approaches from the west later on Friday. This front is forecast to move through Bass Strait during Saturday morning.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending easterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Wednesday 27 September
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning northerly 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots at times during the afternoon then shifting northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the early evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Thursday 28 September
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 40% chance of showers.
Friday 29 September
- Winds
- Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 40% chance of showers.
Saturday 30 September
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots turning southwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the morning then tending westerly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
Please be awareWind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am EST Wednesday.
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