Northern Country and District Towns Forecast Home | About Us | Contacts | Help | Feedback | SEARCH Global | Australia | NSW | Vic. | Qld | WA | SA | Tas. | ACT | NT | Ant. | Weather & Warnings | Hydrology | Climate | Numerical Prediction | About Services | Learn About Meteorology | Registered User Services | See Weather Words or the Glossary to find out what the weather terms mean. IDV17003 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria Northern Country District Forecast Issued at 4:15 pm EDT on Friday 21 November 2008 for the period until midnight EDT Tuesday 25 November 2008. 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 cold front over western Victoria will cross the State tonight before a low pressure system develops near the Gippsland coast during Saturday. The low is expected to deepen significantly off the Gippsland coast of Victoria during Saturday and early Sunday before moving away to the east Sunday night. A narrow ridge of high pressure will move across Victoria on Monday before drifting eastwards on Tuesday as a low pressure trough approaches the Bight. Forecast for the rest of Friday Cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds westerly averaging 25 to 35 km/h, reaching 40 km/h at times. Forecast for Saturday Cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms with hail in the afternoon and evening. Winds west to southwesterly averaging 30 to 40 km/h becoming southwesterly 35 to 45 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to around 7 with daytime temperatures reaching around 17. Echuca Showers then windy. Min 6 Max 17 Bendigo Showers then chance of storms. Min 6 Max 16 Shepparton Showers then chance of storms. Min 6 Max 17 Maximum Fire Danger: Very High UV Alert from 9:30 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Forecast for Sunday Partly cloudy. Isolated light showers. Winds south to southwesterly averaging 30 to 40 km/h, reaching 45 km/h at times, tending southerly up to 30 km/h later in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to around 8 with daytime temperatures reaching the lower 20s. Echuca Windy and shower or two. Min 8 Max 21 Bendigo Light shower or two. Min 8 Max 19 Shepparton Windy and shower or two. Min 8 Max 21 Forecast for Monday Partly cloudy. Winds south to southwesterly averaging 10 to 15 km/h, reaching 20 km/h at times, becoming light later in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to around 7 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid 20s. Echuca Partly cloudy. Min 6 Max 24 Bendigo Partly cloudy. Min 7 Max 23 Shepparton Partly cloudy. Min 7 Max 24 Forecast for Tuesday Cloudy. Isolated showers in the afternoon and evening. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to around 9 with daytime temperatures reaching the upper 20s. Echuca Shower or two developing. Min 8 Max 27 Bendigo Shower or two developing. Min 8 Max 26 Shepparton Shower or two developing. Min 8 Max 27 The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:40 am EDT Saturday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Home | About Us | Learn about Meteorology | Contacts | Search | Help | Feedback Weather and Warnings | Climate | Hydrology | Numerical Prediction | About Services | Registered Users | SILO © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2008, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) Please note the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer statements relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy and Accessibility 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 notice relating to the use of information on this site. No unsolicited commercial email.