View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast updated at 5:48 pm EDT on Wednesday 3 December 2025.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea directs a northwesterly flow over Victoria, strengthening this evening and Thursday ahead of a trough which will cross the state late on Thursday. Another weak trough and low pressure system are expected to move over Victoria on Friday, before a cold front moves over the south during Saturday. A ridge of high pressure is then forecast to build over the state on Sunday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Clear.
Thursday 4 December
Gale Warning for Thursday for Western Port
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the morning then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots in the late afternoon. Winds reaching up to 35 knots west of Sandy Point in the late morning. Squalls possible.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres west of Sandy Point during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Friday 5 December
- Winds
- West to southwesterly about 10 knots becoming south to southeasterly in the early morning.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres, increasing to around 1 metre west of Sandy Point.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Saturday 6 December
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming west to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the day.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres west of Sandy Point during the afternoon or evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
Sunday 7 December
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 20 knots turning south to southwesterly below 10 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly 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 pm EDT Wednesday.
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