AUDIO NEWS RELEASE: Damaging winds developing over Victoria

10/08/2021

Bureau of Meteorology Senior Meteorologist, Matthew Thomas, discusses:

- A Severe Weather Warning for Damaging Winds has been issued for parts of the state from today into Wednesday.

- Damaging north to northwesterly winds averaging 50-60 km/h with peak gusts of around 90 km/h are forecast to develop across central parts of the warning area from early Tuesday afternoon (including the Otway, Macedon and Dandenong Ranges).

- Damaging north to northwesterly winds are forecast to extend to the rest of the warning area late on Tuesday night, with peak gusts of 100-110 km/h likely over Alpine peaks late Tuesday night and into Wednesday.

- Reminder to monitor any severe weather warnings.

Audio is available for download

This audio is current as of 11am AEST on Tuesday, 10 August 2021.

For the latest weather and warnings go to: http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/ and http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/warnings/