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IDV10460 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria Local Waters Forecast for Port Phillip Issued at 5:13 am EDT on Saturday 11 February 2012 for the period until midnight EDT Tuesday 14 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 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 trough of low pressure extending through Victoria to eastern Bass Strait will move westwards to central Bass Strait today while a ridge of high pressure persists south of Tasmania. A low pressure system will likely develop off the south coast of NSW later today. On Sunday the low will drift eastwards with the ridge of high pressure expected to remain across Tasmania on Monday and Tuesday. Forecast for Saturday 11 February until midnight Winds: Southeast to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots easing to 15 to 25 knots in the afternoon then to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres around midday. The chance of thunderstorms. Forecast for Sunday 12 February Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 20 knots. Seas: 0.5 to 1 metres. Forecast for Monday 13 February Winds: South to southeasterly 5 to 15 knots tending south to southwesterly at 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Winds tending south to southeasterly during the evening. Seas: Below 0.5 metres increasing up to 1 metre during the afternoon. Forecast for Tuesday 14 February Winds: East to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots tending east to northeasterly during the morning . Afternoon seabreezes to 15 knots. Seas: Below 0.5 metres. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:40 pm EDT Saturday. * 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
