At 6am in Warrnambool it was 1.3 degrees and felt like -3.8. Mortlake was 0.8 and felt like -2.8.

At 7.30am it was still only 2.8 in Warrnambool and felt like -2. It's 1.0 at Hamilton and feels like -2.7 and at Westmere it's -1.1 and feels like -4.4.

Today across the south-west will be partly cloudy with light winds and top temperatures will be between 10 and 13 degrees.

There will be patchy morning fog and frost followed by a sunny morning but high cloud will increase during the afternoon. Winds will be north to north-easterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the late afternoon.

Warrnambool is expecting a top of 13 degrees, Hamilton 11, Colac 11, Ararat 10, Casterton 12, Mortlake 12, Heywood 13, Portland 13, Port Fairy 13, Terang 12 and Camperdown 12.

A high pressure system just east of Victoria will move over the Tasman Sea today. The high will be located over the southern Tasman Sea on Friday and extend a ridge across western Victoria as a low pressure system moves off the NSW coast. The high will remain over the Tasman Sea on Saturday as the low moves away to the northeast, with another low and associated trough forecast to cross waters south of the Bight on Sunday.

For the week ahead - Thursday will be partly cloudy 13, Friday partly cloudy 13, Saturday mostly sunny 15, Sunday shower of two 15, Monday showers 15, Tuesday showers increasing 14 and Wednesday showers increasing 16.

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