Local Waters Weather Forecast
IDV10460 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria Local Waters Forecast for Port Phillip Issued at 5:10 am EST on Thursday 9 September 2010 for the period until midnight EST Sunday 12 September 2010. ================================================================================ 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 Strong wind warning for Port Phillip. 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 weakening cold front will cross western Bass Strait during Thursday afternoon before slipping away southwards. A stronger cold front will approach Victoria Thursday night and will sweep across the State on Friday morning with an associated low pressure trough crossing Bass Strait. A high pressure system will move across South Australia and New South Wales during the weekend. The next cold front will approach western Bass Strait later on Sunday. Forecast for Thursday until midnight Winds: Northerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots at first, easing to a north to northwesterly at 15 to 20 knots around midday. Seas: Up to 2 metres abating to 1 metre. The chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening with possible squalls over 35 knots. Forecast for Friday Winds: West to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending westerly 20 to 25 knots by early evening. Seas: 1 to 2 metres. Forecast for Saturday Winds: Northwesterly 20 to 25 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon then increasing to 20 to 25 knots during the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Forecast for Sunday Winds: Northwesterly 20 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres during the afternoon. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:40 pm EST Thursday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2010, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) Please note the Copyright Notice (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml) and Disclaimer (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/disclaimer.shtml) statements relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/privacy.shtml) and Accessibility (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/accessibility.shtml) statements. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements. Please also note the Acknowledgement (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml#acknowledgements) notice relating to the use of information on this site. No unsolicited commercial email. 1