There's a h High (70%) chance of showers, becoming less likely late this afternoon and evening.

Winds will be north-westerly 25 to 30 km/h tending westerly 20 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening.

At 7am in Warrnambool it was 8.9 degrees, felt like 3.5 and in since 9am on Monday we had received 0.2mm of rain.

Warrnambool is expecting a top of 15 degrees today, Colac 12, Hamilton 14, Ararat 14, Casterton 15, Mortlake 15, Heywood 15, Portland 15, Port Fairy 15, Terang 14 and Camperdown 13.

The tail end of a cold front will move across Bass Strait today while a high over the Bight extends a ridge over northern Victoria.

The high will strengthen on Wednesday as it moves eastwards and is expected to cross Tasmania on Thursday then remain over the southern Tasman Sea on Friday and Saturday.

A cold front will move over the Bight on Saturday before approaching western Victoria at night.

The next five days in Warrnambool should be cloudy but fine with tops between 14 and 17 degrees.

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