Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 12/03 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

For Thursday 
WARNINGS:
A Fire Weather Warning for Very High to Extreme fire danger and a Total Fire Ban
for the Northwest Slopes and Plains, Lower Western and Southern Tablelands
districts until midnight Thursday .

STATE FORECAST
Very High fire danger inland.  
Isolated showers and thunderstorms about the coast and adjacent ranges today and
over much of the eastern half of the state Friday afternoon and evening.
Isolated thunderstorms in the northwest clearing today. 
Cloudy areas west of the Divide but only a little light patchy rain clearing
from the southeast inland by this evening.
Very warm to hot day; humid on the coast. Light to moderate northwest to
southwest on the ranges and western slopes tending south to southeast in the
west. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds on the coast.
This forecast is issued daily at 05.15, 1120 and 16.30.  For more information

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STAT News Service

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