Bureau forecaster Miriam Bradbury says showers are expected throughout the day with temperatures to stay in the "low teens".

The Victorian State Emergency Service (SES) has responded to more than 1,000 requests for assistance overnight as much of the state was lashed with high winds and rain.

Wind gusts in the alpine region reached well over 100 kilometres per hour, and thick snow has been falling across the highest areas.

ABC Goulburn Murray's Sarah Krieg in Dinner Plain in the Alpine National Park said, "we've had 40cm of snow and counting".

SES state duty officer Grant Machell said the more than 1,000 call-outs received overnight were mostly for trees down, as well as about 200 requests about building damage.

"Mainly debris, tiles coming off rooves," he told the ABC.

Mr Machell said he wasn't aware of any injuries overnight but on Friday an unlucky person was trapped under a tree, but thankfully managed to free themselves.

He said it was likely some Victorians would wake up on Saturday morning to an "extra trampoline in the backyard" or, in the bad cases, a tree down on their car in the front yard.

He said the worst hit areas would be the state's south-west and the bayside suburbs of Melbourne.

Driving around Melbourne and the rest of the state on Saturday, Mr Machell said the SES was expecting to see a lot of trees down.

He urged people to drive to the conditions.

"Even if it feels like a still day, that doesn't mean they won't fall, because they've been under so much stress," Mr Machell said.

Very strong winds and showers battered state overnight

Miriam Bradbury, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said there had been strong winds "right across the state" overnight but especially across the north-east.

"Mean wind speeds have been pushing up above 50km an hour, in most areas 60 or 70km/h have been seen, with wind gusts even a little bit higher," she said.

"About our more elevated areas, we've seen wind gusts in excess of 100 kilometres an hour."

She said wind in the alpine areas had been especially severe.

"Yesterday afternoon, Mt Hotham recorded a 128km/h wind gust, 124km/h at Mt Buller, but even some more lower lying areas have seen wind gusts as well," Ms Bradbury said.

"Albury/Wodonga has seen a 96km/h wind gust, 80km/h at Wangaratta -- so essentially, very, very windy conditions."

Rainfall was also intense in the last 12 hours she said, with many areas receiving five to 15mm and some as much as 50mm.

"We are still expecting a little bit more of that today -- so some gusty winds and some showers moving through," Ms Bradbury said.

"We do still have a severe weather warning for damaging winds, which does cover elevated areas."