View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast issued at 4:40 pm EDT on Tuesday 14 February 2012.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system just east of 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 southwest Victoria late on Wednesday and will move slowly eastwards across the State on Thursday. The low pressure trough will linger near northeastern Victoria on Friday and Saturday. Another high pressure system will develop to the southwest of Tasmania on Friday before drifting well to the south of Tasmania on Saturday.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending easterly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening.
- Seas
- 0.5 to 1 metres.
Wednesday 15 February
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 5 to 15 knots tending northeast to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 0.5 to 1 metres.
Thursday 16 February
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 25 knots tending northwesterly 20 to 30 knots around dawn then tending south to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots around midday. Winds becoming southerly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening.
- Seas
- 0.5 to 1 metres increasing to 2 metres around midday.
- Weather
- The chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.
Friday 17 February
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 5 to 10 knots becoming southerly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Up to 1 metre.
Saturday 18 February
- Winds
- Southeasterly 5 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly up to 20 knots during the morning then becoming easterly 20 to 25 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Up to 1 metre increasing to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Please be awareWind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am EDT Wednesday.
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