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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Western District Forecast
Issued at 5:41 am EDT on Wednesday 10 February 2010
for the period until midnight EDT Saturday 13 February 2010.
Warning Summary at issue time
Nil.
Details of warnings are available on the Bureau's website www.bom.gov.au, by
telephone 1300-659-217* or through some TV and radio broadcasts.
Weather Situation
A slow-moving high pressure system is over the Tasman Sea. A weak low pressure
trough over Victoria will remain slow-moving before deepening over western
Victoria on Thursday and moving eastwards later on Thursday and early Friday. A
high pressure ridge will lie to the south of Tasmania on Saturday while a low
pressure trough will linger near northeastern Victoria.
Forecast for the rest of Wednesday
Partly cloudy. Patchy early morning fog. Isolated showers and thunderstorms
from midday. Heavy falls possible with thunderstorms. Winds light this morning
but tending southerly and averaging 15 to 25 km/h by mid afternoon.
Temperatures 28 to 34 during the day.
Ballarat Afternoon thunderstorms. Max 31
Warrnambool Early fog clearing. Max 26
Hamilton Afternoon shower or storm. Max 33
Colac Afternoon shower or storm. Max 31
Fire Danger: Low to Moderate [0-11]
UV Alert from 9:50 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Forecast for Thursday
Cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Winds northeasterly averaging 15
to 25 km/h tending south to southwesterly up to 30 km/h around midday.
Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures
reaching the mid 20s.
Ballarat Storms and showers. Min 19 Max 27
Warrnambool Storms and showers. Min 19 Max 23
Hamilton Storms and showers. Min 20 Max 27
Colac Storms and showers. Min 19 Max 27
Forecast for Friday
Cloudy. Isolated showers clearing during the morning. Winds south to
southwesterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h tending south to southeasterly by early
evening. Overnight temperatures falling to around 14 with daytime temperatures
reaching the low 20s.
Ballarat Few showers. Min 14 Max 22
Warrnambool Shower or two. Min 14 Max 21
Hamilton Shower or two. Min 13 Max 23
Colac Few showers. Min 15 Max 23
Forecast for Saturday
Partly cloudy. Winds east to southeasterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h. Overnight
temperatures falling to around 12 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid
20s.
Ballarat Partly cloudy. Min 11 Max 23
Warrnambool Partly cloudy. Min 13 Max 21
Hamilton Partly cloudy. Min 11 Max 24
Colac Partly cloudy. Min 12 Max 24
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EDT Wednesday.
* Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or
public phones.
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