Victorians are on high alert amid severe weather warnings as strong winds lash all corners of the state, with destructive gusts possible for some areas.

The Bureau of Meteorology on Wednesday issued a severe weather warning for the majority of Victoria, with the large area affected including cities such as Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo.

The advisory warned of the risk of damaging winds sweeping across the state throughout the day, with the possibility of destructive winds in the afternoon.

Destructive gusts of up to 130km/h were possible about the coast west of Port Fairy, the forecast said.

Western and central parts of the state, including Melbourne, had been observing strong northwest to westerly winds of around 50 to 60 km/h, with damaging gusts of up to 100 km/h.

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