Barwite, Victoria, Australia Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Extreme Fire Danger for Central, East Gippsland, Mallee, North East and West and South Gippsland

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS with peak gusts around 90 km/h are likely to develop about the western, central and eastern ranges early on Friday morning, as well as with isolated thunderstorms over southern districts.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS are expected to extend throughout the warning area, including Melbourne, and become more likely from around midday and remain a risk into early Friday evening. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS could reach up to 110 km/h with thunderstorms and over elevated terrain.
Winds will ease below warning thresholds for most areas during the evening, but will likely persist over the alpine peaks until Saturday morning.
Locations which may be affected include Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Horsham, Seymour, Maryborough, Traralgon and Bairnsdale.
Wind gust of 89km/h was recorded at Melbourne Airport at 4:01am

Extreme Fire Danger for Central, East Gippsland, Mallee, North East and West and South Gippsland

        Maximum Temperatures ranging from the low thirties in the Southwest and the Central coastal areas and even milder along the Southwest coast, to the low to mid forties in the north Thursday. Maximum temperatures peaking Friday with low to mid forties expected through all but the far southwest of the State. Overnight minimum temperatures range from the mid to high teens in the south to the mid to high twenties in the north.  

Severe to extreme heatwave conditions will ease from the southwest with a cooler change developing during Friday and extending throughout most of the warning area by Saturday morning, although struggling to clear the northeast till later Saturday.  Locations likely to be impacted include Melbourne Metropolitan Area, Albury-Wodonga, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Horsham, Mildura, Melton, Shepparton and Wangaratta.