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Emergency Survival Kit
Ideally, prepare your kit with all the following items, or at least make a list so you will know where to find them quickly in your home.- Battery-operated radio (with spare batteries)
- Torch (with spare batteries), candles and waterproof matches
- Strong shoes, leather gloves, hat, goggles and overalls
- First aid kit and manual, and combination pocket knife
- Medications, toiletry and sanitary supplies and a change of clothes
- Special needs for infants, the aged and people with disabilities
- Water in sealed containers - ten litres per person (for three days)
- Three days supply of canned food (plus can opener and utensils)
- Pet food, water and other animal needs
- Portable stove with fuel
- Tent or tarpaulin, and blankets (woollen and thermal)
- Money, including change for phone calls
- Strong plastic bags (for clothing, valuables, documents, and photographs)
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Warnings | Local Weather | Four Day Outlook | Coastal Waters | Maximums and Minimums
Warnings
| Coastal wind warning |
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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Coastal Waters Wind Warning
for Victorian waters between Cape Paterson and 60nm east of Gabo Island.
Issued at 04:03 pm EDT on Thursday 08 January 2009.
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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.
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Weather Situation
A high pressure system in the Bight extends a ridge to southern Victoria. The
high will gradually move across Bass Strait Friday to be east of Tasmania
Friday night.
Strong wind warning for Victorian waters between Cape Paterson and 60nm east of
Gabo Island
Winds southwesterly up to 30 knots. Combined sea and swell to 4 metres.
Cancelled coastal wind warning for Victorian waters between Cape Schanck and
Cape Paterson
Winds not expected to exceed 25 knots.
The next warning will be issued by 11:00 pm EDT Thursday.
More detailed information about local wind speed and direction and wave
information is available in the Coastal Waters Forecast.
Please note: coastal wind warnings now contain details of the highest average
wind speeds and highest combined sea and swell heights expected during the
warning period. More detailed sea and swell information will continue to be
provided within the Coastal Waters Forecast. See the Bureau's marine site at
www.bom.gov.au/marine for more information.
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Local Weather
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| VIC Fri 6:00 pm EDT |
Bright looking jet streak cloud moving over VIC is not causing any rainfall. Patchy low cloud about the coast and ranges is also not triggering rain. Skies are mostly clear in the northwest under the effect of a high.
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Victoria Four Day Outlook |
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Moslty sunny over most of the state.
Dry northeasterly winds developing.
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Mostly sunny throughout.
Cooler southeasterlies moving in.
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Warm and humid throughout.
Isolated showers/storms in the east, mostly ranges.
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Mostly sunny over the state.
Hot northeasterly winds developing.
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Coastal Waters
| Eastern Bass Strait |
Friday: East to southeasterly 10/15 knots tending east to northeasterly 15/25 knots later in the evening.<p>Saturday: Northeasterly 15/25 knots increasing to 20/30 knots around midday. Sea: Up to 3.0 m Swell: Up to 1.5 m |
| Gippsland Lakes |
Northeasterly 5/15 knots tending southeasterly at 15/20 knots during the afternoon, then becoming light later in the evening. |
| Melbourne Bays |
South to southwesterly 5/10 knots tending southerly 15/20 knots during the afternoon. Sea: Up to 1.0 m |
| Northern Bass Strait |
Friday: Southeasterly 10/15 knots decreasing below 10 knots later in the evening.<p>Saturday: South to southeasterly up to 10 knots tending southerly up to 15 knots during the afternoon then decreasing below 10 knots later in the evening. Sea: Up to 1.5 m Swell: Up to 2.0 m |
| Southern Bass Strait |
Wednesday: East to northeast winds 10/20 knots.<p>Thursday: Chiefly east to northeasterly winds 5/15 knots, increasing to 10/20 knots before a 20/30 knot northwest change extends from the west later in the day. Sea: Up to 2.0 m Swell: Up to 1.0 m |
| Western Bass Strait |
Friday: Southeasterly 10/15 knots.<p>Saturday: Southeasterly 10/15 knots reaching 20 knots at times in the afternoon and early evening. Sea: Up to 2.0 m Swell: Up to 2.0 m |
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Weather details
| Yesterday's Temperature & Rainfall |
| Minimum: |
Mt Hotham, VIC |
-3.0°C |
| Maximum: |
Beechworth, VIC |
27.0°C |
| Rainfall: |
Aireys Inlet, VIC |
0.0mm |
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