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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Western District Forecast
Issued at 5:40 am EST on Thursday 2 July 2009
for the period until midnight EST Sunday 5 July 2009.
Warning Summary at issue time
Severe weather warning for damaging winds within this area.
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
An intense low pressure system is southwest of Tasmania and is producing a
vigorous northwest airflow across the State. The low will move slowly northeast
to be near east Bass Strait by Friday morning, while a cold front well south of
the Bight will reach western Victoria this afternoon and then extend eastwards
across the State by Friday morning. A high pressure system will build over the
Bight as the low moves away during Saturday, and then ridge into western
Victoria on Sunday.
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
Cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms with hail. Winds westerly
averaging 35 to 50 km/h tending west to southwesterly 45 to 55 km/h during the
afternoon. Temperatures around 11 during the day.
Ballarat Chance of storms and windy. Max 9
Warrnambool Chance of storms and windy. Max 13
Hamilton Chance of storms and windy. Max 11
Colac Chance of storms and windy. Max 11
No UV Alert, UV Index predicted to reach 1 [Low]
Forecast for Friday
Cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms with hail in the morning. Scattered showers.
Winds southwesterly averaging 30 to 40 km/h, reaching 45 km/h at times,
decreasing to 20 to 30 km/h by early evening. Overnight temperatures falling to
around 6 with daytime temperatures reaching around 13.
Ballarat Chance of storms and windy. Min 4 Max 9
Warrnambool Chance of storms and windy. Min 6 Max 14
Hamilton Chance of storms and windy. Min 5 Max 12
Colac Chance of storms then showers. Min 7 Max 12
Forecast for Saturday
Cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds southwesterly averaging 20 to 30 km/h.
Overnight temperatures falling to around 6 with daytime temperatures reaching
around 13.
Ballarat Few showers. Min 5 Max 9
Warrnambool Few showers. Min 7 Max 13
Hamilton Few showers. Min 5 Max 12
Colac Few showers. Min 8 Max 12
Forecast for Sunday
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds south to southwesterly averaging 10 to
20 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to around 6 with daytime temperatures
reaching around 12.
Ballarat Shower or two. Min 5 Max 9
Warrnambool Shower or two. Min 6 Max 14
Hamilton Shower or two. Min 5 Max 12
Colac Shower or two. Min 6 Max 12
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EST Thursday.
* Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or
public phones.
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