Local Waters Weather Forecast
IDV10460 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria Local Waters Forecast for Port Phillip Issued at 4:40 pm EDT on Tuesday 7 February 2012 for the period until midnight EDT Saturday 11 February 2012. ================================================================================ Please be aware Wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height. ================================================================================ 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 weak high pressure ridge extending across southern Victoria will move over Tasmania during Wednesday. A high pressure system associated with the ridge will be located south of the Bight on Thursday while a low pressure trough develops over northern Victoria. The high will move eastwards on Friday as an upper level cold pool of air moves over western Victoria. By Saturday the trough over northern Victoria and the upper cold pool may weaken slightly as the high continues its slow progression eastwards. Forecast for Tuesday 7 February until midnight Winds: Southerly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots later in the evening. Seas: 0.5 to 1 metres. Forecast for Wednesday 8 February Winds: Southerly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon then decreasing to 10 to 15 knots later in the evening. Seas: 0.5 to 1 metres. Forecast for Thursday 9 February Winds: South to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots becoming southerly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then tending southeasterly 15 to 25 knots by early evening. Seas: Below 0.5 metres increasing to 0.5 to 1 metre by early evening. Forecast for Friday 10 February Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending easterly up to 10 knots during the morning then tending south to southeasterly up to 15 knots during the afternoon. Winds becoming southeasterly 20 to 25 knots during the evening. Seas: Below half a metre rising 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening. The chance of thunderstorms with higher gusts. Forecast for Saturday 11 February Winds: South to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots becoming southeasterly 20 to 30 knots during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon. Winds decreasing to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, reaching 2 metres at times until mid afternoon. The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am EDT Wednesday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml). 1