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Forecast issued at 4:10 am EDT on Tuesday 21 October 2025.
Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure is expected to pass quickly over the State early Tuesday ahead of a strong low pressure system developing in the west. The low is forecast to move over Bass Strait on Wednesday with an associated cold front passing over the State. Another high pressure system is expected to move slowly across from the west late in the week.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of rain late this afternoon and evening.
Wednesday 22 October
Gale Warning for Wednesday for Port Phillip
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots reaching up to 30 knots at times in the morning then tending northwesterly 20 to 30 knots in the afternoon. Winds shifting southwesterly 25 to 35 knots in the late afternoon and evening and reaching up to 40 knots at times.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon with possible squalls above 50 knots.
Thursday 23 October
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then becoming west to southwesterly about 10 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Friday 24 October
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots turning south to southwesterly below 10 knots during the day then becoming south to southeasterly during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Please be awareWind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 10:00 am EDT Tuesday.
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