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Satellite image. VIC Mon 8:00 pm EDT

Victoria

Mon 8:00 pm EDT

Low cloud clinging to southern VIC, in moist southwesterly winds, is only causing the odd light shower. Skies are mostly clear elsewhere around the state under a building ridge of high pressure.

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 16:01PM on Monday 22 March 2010

Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters east of Warrnambool.

State Centres Forecast

Albury

Sunny

10 - 27

Sunny

Bendigo

Mostly sunny

9 - 24

Mostly sunny

Horsham

Mostly sunny

7 - 25

Mostly sunny

Melbourne

Possible shower

13 - 23

Possible shower

Mildura

Sunny

11 - 28

Sunny

Sale

Possible shower

9 - 24

Possible shower

Four Day Outlook

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Mostly clear and dry throughout. Mild easterlies in the north, cooler in the south. Mostly clear and dry. Chance of a shower in south. Cool southerlies persisting along the coast. A shower or two clearing from the southeast. Mostly sunny and dry elsewhere. Warm northeast winds setting up. Sunny and dry throughout.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Mt Hotham Ap, VIC 1.0°C
Maximum: Benalla, VIC 25.0°C

Coastal Waters

Eastern Bass Strait

Monday: Westerly 25/30 knots.<p>Tuesday: Westerly 25/30 knots tending west to southwesterly 30/35 knots during the morning.  Sea: Up to 4.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Gippsland Lakes

Westerly 15/20 knots tending west to southwesterly 20/25 knots during the morning then decreasing to 15/20 knots by early evening.    

Melbourne Bays

Monday: Southwesterly 15/20 knots.<p>Tuesday: West to southwesterly 15/20 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  

Northern Bass Strait

Monday: Westerly 20/30 knots.<p>Tuesday: West to southwesterly 20/30 knots.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Southern Bass Strait

Wednesday: East to northeast winds 10/20 knots.<p>Thursday: Chiefly east to northeasterly winds 5/15 knots, increasing to 10/20 knots before a 20/30 knot northwest change extends from the west later in the day.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Western Bass Strait

Monday: Westerly 20/25 knots.<p>Tuesday: Westerly 20/30 knots tending west to southwesterly 20/25 knots during the morning then becoming southwesterly 15/20 knots later in the evening.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m