Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 03:04 PM EDT on Friday 31 January 2025
Valid for Friday 31 January 2025 to Monday 03 February 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland, Central, North Central and South West
Safety Advice::
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties, and minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions expected to develop over the weekend and into early next week, before gradually easing later in the week. Locations likely to be impacted include Melbourne Metropolitan Area, Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, Horsham, Mildura, Melton, Maryborough, Shepparton and Traralgon.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 01 February 2025
Forecast
Long Island (38.1661°S, 145.1358°E, 71m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. Winds S 15 to 25 km/h.
Forecast for Long Island (38.1661°S, 145.1358°E, 71m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary Minimum 11° 13° 16° 19° 22° 15° 15° Maximum 25° 32° 37° 37° 38° 24° 30° Chance of rain 5% 10% 30% 30% 60% 20% 20% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Very High Very High Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High High High No Rating - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 11
(km/h)21
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(km/h)19
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(km/h)22
(km/h)Wind direction ESE SSW ESE S NNE N NNE NNW N NW SSW SSW ESE SSE Relative humidity 72% 52% 75% 54% 55% 37% 56% 36% 47% 36% 67% 53% 71% 54% Dew point 11°C 15°C 13°C 19°C 15°C 19°C 16°C 18°C 17°C 20°C 11°C 13°C 14°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Long Island (38.1661°S, 145.1358°E, 71m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 6:02am EDT 6:31am EDT 8:35pm EDT 9:04pm EDT 8:01am EDT 9:47pm EDT Waxing crescent First quarter Feb 05 Full moon Feb 13 Last quarter Feb 21 New moon Feb 28 -
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Temperature for next 7 days
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