IDV19300 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria Local Waters Forecast for Gippsland Lakes Issued at 4:40 pm EST on Friday 18 May 2012 for the period until midnight EST Tuesday 22 May 2012. ================================================================================ Please be aware Wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here. ================================================================================ 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 cold front will approach western Bass Strait tonight reaching Portland about midnight then passing Wilsons Promontory about 0900 Saturday and reaching the far east if the strait about 1600 Saturday. Saturday. A new high pressure system will develop over the Bight later Saturday and then ridge across northern Victoria during Sunday. On Monday the high will move off the northern New South Wales coast and a broad low pressure trough will move south of the Bight. A cold front will approach southwest Victoria late on Tuesday. Forecast for Friday 18 May until midnight Winds: Northwesterly 5 to 10 knots. Forecast for Saturday 19 May Winds: West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending southwesterly up to 15 knots around midday then tending westerly up to 10 knots later in the evening. Forecast for Sunday 20 May Winds: Westerly 5 to 10 knots becoming light by early evening. Forecast for Monday 21 May Winds: North to northwesterly winds 5 to 10 knots. Forecast for Tuesday 22 May Winds: Northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning. The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am EST 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).