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BOM Boating Forecast for Port Phillip[+/-] [?]

IDV10460
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Local Waters Forecast for Port Phillip
Issued at 5:01 pm EDT on Monday 6 February 2012
for the period until midnight EDT Friday 10 February 2012.

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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.
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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 deep low pressure system to the south of Tasmania will continue to move
rapidly southwards overnight. A weakening cold front entering western Bass
Strait will move through eastern Bass Strait Tuesday morning. A weak high
pressure ridge will extend across southern Victoria on Tuesday, before moving
over Tasmania on Wednesday. On Thursday a high pressure system will be located
to the south of the Bight while a low pressure trough develops over northern
Victoria, the high will move eastwards on Friday.

Forecast for Monday 6 February until midnight
Winds: Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending more westerly tonight. Seas: Below
0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday 7 February
Winds: West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots shifting southwesterly in the
morning and reaching up to 20 knots at times. Winds tending south to
southwesterly of similar strength in the afternoon. 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: East to southeasterly 5 to 15 knots becoming southeasterly 15 to 20
knots during the afternoon then increasing to 20 to 25 knots during the
evening. Seas: Below half a metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by the evening.

Forecast for Friday 10 February
Winds: Easterly 5 to 15 knots, reaching 25 knots at times in the south at
first, decreasing to 15 knots during the morning then tending east to
southeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Winds becoming southeasterly
20 to 30 knots during the evening. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres decreasing to below
half a metre during the afternoon then increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the
evening. Isolated thunderstorms with higher gusts possible from the morning.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am EDT Tuesday.

* Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or
public phones.


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BOM Melbourne Forecast[+/-] [?]

IDV10450
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Melbourne Metropolitan Area Forecast
Issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Monday 6 February 2012
for the period until midnight EDT Monday 13 February 2012.

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.

Forecast for the rest of Monday 6 February
Mostly clear. Winds west to southwesterly averaging 15 to 20 km/h tending
southwesterly and light later in the evening.

City Centre Mostly clear.
Chance of any rainfall: 1%

Forecast for Tuesday 7 February
Cloudy periods. Isolated showers possible until late afternoon, mainly over the
eastern suburbs. Winds west to southwesterly averaging up to 20 km/h tending
south to southwesterly during the afternoon.

City Centre Mostly dry. Min 14 Max 22
Chance of any rainfall: 20%
Rainfall: 0 to 0.2 mm

Around Melbourne
Geelong Min 12 Max 21 Watsonia Min 12 Max 22
Laverton Min 12 Max 21 Mount Dandenong Min 10 Max 17
Tullamarine Min 11 Max 23 Yarra Glen Min 9 Max 22
Scoresby Min 11 Max 21 Frankston Min 14 Max 20

Fire Danger:
Low-Moderate

UV Alert from 9:40 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

Forecast for Wednesday 8 February
Partly cloudy. Winds southeast to southwesterly averaging up to 25 km/h.

City Centre Partly cloudy. Min 13 Max 22

Forecast for Thursday 9 February
Partly cloudy. Winds easterly averaging up to 25 km/h tending east to
southeasterly up to 35 km/h by early evening.

City Centre Partly cloudy. Min 14 Max 25

Forecast for Friday 10 February
Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly afternoon
and evening. Winds east to southeasterly averaging up to 30 km/h increasing to
up to 45 km/h by early evening in the south.

City Centre A few showers. Possible thunderstorm.Min 16 Max 23

Forecast for Saturday 11 February
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. Isolated thunderstorms developing later in the
day. Winds east to southeasterly averaging up to 30 km/h tending south to
southeasterly up to 25 km/h during the evening.

City Centre Shower or two. Min 15 Max 23

Forecast for Sunday 12 February
Partly cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms in the northeast
during the afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly averaging up to
30 km/h.

City Centre A few showers. Min 15 Max 24

Forecast for Monday 13 February
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. Isolated thunderstorms in the northeast during
the afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly averaging up to 30 km/h.

City Centre Shower or two. Min 15 Max 25

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Tuesday.

* 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).


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