View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast issued at 4:40 pm EDT on Wednesday 2 December 2020.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system just south of Adelaide currently extends a ridge across Victoria to another high developing off the New South Wales coast, with the ridge to remain in place tomorrow while the eastern high continues eastwards over the Tasman Sea. A cold front will cross Tasmania on Friday, briefly intruding on the ridge during the day, with the western high centre to then move near the New South Wales coast in the evening. A deep low moving east over the Southern Ocean will extend a trough over western Victoria Saturday morning, followed by a cold front which will cross the state in the evening. The low will then spin another cold front towards Victoria late Sunday as it passes south of Tasmania.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres in the north.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 3 December
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming south to southeasterly 10 to 20 knots in the middle of the day then decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Friday 4 December
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots shifting east to southeasterly below 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Saturday 5 December
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming northerly 20 to 30 knots during the morning then turning northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
Sunday 6 December
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 60% chance of showers.
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 5:10 am EDT Thursday.
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