IDV10310
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Victoria State Forecast
Issued at 4:30 pm EDT on Sunday 25 January 2026
for the period until midnight EDT Thursday 29 January 2026.

Warning Information
For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659
210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts.

Weather Situation
A trough of low pressure over eastern Victoria will continue eastwards
overnight into the Tasman Sea. A high pressure system moves over waters to the
south of the state to be in the Tasman Sea on Monday. A northerly airstream on
Tuesday precedes another trough moving in from the west and reaching central
districts in the afternoon and remaining districts on Wednesday. A ridge of
high pressure moves into the west on Wednesday and more broadly over the state
on Thursday.

Forecast for the rest of Sunday 25 January
Possible thunderstorms with little to no rain about the far northeast. Dry and
mostly clear elsewhere. Local areas of smoke. Possible area of raised dust
about the north. Moderate northwesterly winds about the north and east, ahead
of a south to southwesterly change extending throughout by evening.

Forecast for Monday 26 January
Hot to very hot. Cloudy at first about Gippsland with possible light morning
showers, otherwise dry and mostly sunny. Possible morning fog patches in the
south. Local areas of smoke. Maximum temperatures well above average. Light to
moderate east to southeasterly winds, fresh about Gippsland coasts, tending
moderate southeast to southwesterly about the north and west during the
afternoon.

Forecast for Tuesday 27 January
Hot to very hot. Possible thunderstorms with little to no rain about the west
during the afternoon and evening. Dry and mostly sunny otherwise. Maximum
temperatures well above average. Local areas of smoke. Freshening northeast to
northwesterly winds ahead of fresh and gusty southwest to southerly change in
the west during the afternoon and reaching central districts in the evening.

Forecast for Wednesday 28 January
Possible thunderstorms with little to no rain about the ranges. Very hot in the
north, grading to mild to warm about the coasts with maximum temperatures near
average in the south, but well above average in the north. South to
southeasterly winds extending throughout, fresh at times about coasts and
ranges.

Forecast for Thursday 29 January
Possible thunderstorms with little to no rain about the ranges, most likely
about eastern ranges. Very hot in the north, grading to mild to warm about the
coasts with maximum temperatures near average in the south, but well above
average in the north. South to easterly winds, fresh at times about the coasts.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:00 am EDT Monday.

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