View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast issued at 4:49 pm EST on Tuesday 26 May 2020.
Weather Situation
A ridge extending across Victorian waters from a high pressure system to the southeast will contract eastwards tonight. A cold front approaching from the west will slide southeastwards across Bass Strait on Wednesday. The next high pressure system will cross northern Victoria on Thursday and early Friday, as another cold front crosses the Bight. The high will reach the Tasman Sea by Saturday, while the new cold front will reach western Victorian waters late on Saturday.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Northeasterly about 10 knots.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Clear.
Wednesday 27 May
- Winds
- North to northeasterly about 10 knots, locally reaching 15 knots in the west during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 28 May
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to northwesterly in the morning then becoming variable below 10 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Friday 29 May
- Winds
- Northwesterly below 10 knots tending northerly around 10 knots during the morning then increasing to 10 to 15 knots at night.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Saturday 30 May
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
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 EST Wednesday.
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