View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast issued at 4:17 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 the rest of Tuesday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the ranges. Winds easterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h, reaching 35 km/h at times, tending east to northeasterly up to 30 km/h later in the evening.
Wednesday 15 February
Patchy morning fog. Mostly sunny afternoon. Winds northeast to northwesterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 32.
Fire Danger - High
UV Alert from 9:40 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
7 day Town Forecasts
| Precis Icon | Location | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
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Latrobe Valley | 14 | 33 |
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Sale | 14 | 32 |
Thursday 16 February
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers from the morning. The chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly averaging 20 to 35 km/h tending southwesterly up to 25 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 31.
Friday 17 February
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. The chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, mainly about the ranges. Winds north to northwesterly averaging 15 to 30 km/h tending west to southwesterly up to 20 km/h around dawn then tending southerly and light during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 26.
Saturday 18 February
Cloudy. Isolated showers. The chance of thunderstorms about the ranges in the afternoon and evening. Winds east to southeasterly averaging 15 to 30 km/h becoming easterly 20 to 35 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching between 19 and 24.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:40 am EDT Wednesday.
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