Victorian firefighters face a daily window of high fire danger as the battle against the state's bushfires continues.
As the humidity drops, south to south-easterly winds pick up and temperatures reach their peak in the early afternoon, Victoria's fire danger is expected to reach high to very high levels.
Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Phil King says Melbourne and Gippsland will continue to have periods of high fire danger this week as the weather stays fine and sunny.
"Fire danger is still getting into the high to very high range for a number of hours during the afternoon," Mr King said on Monday.
"That is high enough for fires to become much more active and take a run."
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The state is not expected to receive any rainfall until Thursday, when a rain band spreads across much of northern Victoria.
However, the Gippsland region could miss out on the rain.
"It is more likely over northern and central areas but is too early to say how far that rain is going to spread across the state," Mr King said.
A number of fires continue to burn in Melbourne's northern fringes, the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland.
State Control Centre spokesperson James Todd said fire authorities were focusing their efforts on bringing the going fires under control during the milder conditions.
"While the weather conditions have eased and the fire danger ratings have gone down from yesterday, they still remain high to very high with warm temperatures and most importantly no rain in sight," Mr Todd said.
"Today the fire authorities will be focusing on controlling those fires."
