MELBOURNE - Sep 7/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Warning Summary at issue time Final Minor Flood Warning for the Macintyre River at Boggabilla. Final Minor Flood Warning for the Castlereagh River at Mendooran. MINOR FLOOD WARNING. FOR THE MACQUARIE RIVER AT WARREN. Renewal Minor Flood Warning for Lachlan River at Cottons Weir. Renewal Minor Flood Warning for Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera and Darlington Point. Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for Rural Areas Along the Murray River Downstream Of Albury. Minor Flood Warning for the Murray River upstream of Lake Hume. Details of warnings are available on the Bureau's website www.bom.gov.au, by telephone 1300-659-218* or through some TV and radio broadcasts. Weather Situation Showers will clear this morning on the central and northern coast as a high pressure ridge dominates NSW. A cold front will approach NSW from the west with a preceding rain band entering the far west today and extending east over most of the state on Thursday. Twenty four hour rainfall totals in the 5 to 10 millimeter ranges are likely with this system, though around 20 millimeters about the western slopes of the ranges. The cold front should cross southern and central NSW Friday with showers and mountain snow for the southern inland and rain easing in the northeast. Forecast for the rest of Wednesday Isolated showers along the northern and central coasts, clearing in the morning. Patchy rain developing in the far west later. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Early frost and fog patches, mostly in the east. Southeast to northeast winds tending north to northwest in the west. Forecast for Thursday Rain areas in the west, extending throughout during the day and easing to the far west. Possible thunderstorms in the west. Freshening north to northwest winds. Forecast for Friday Rain areas in the northeast clearing during the day. Scattered showers about the western slopes of the southern and central ranges with snow on the Alps. Isolated showers over the remainder of the southern inland. Fresh northwest winds turning colder, strong and gusty westerly in southern and central areas. Forecast for Saturday Isolated showers over the southern inland, chiefly about the western slopes of the southern ranges. Mostly sunny remainder. Moderate westerly winds, fresh in the southeast, and afternoon coastal sea breezes. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Wednesday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Weather & Warnings Australia Warnings Summary External Territories Major Cities Weather Maps Rainfall & River Conditions New South Wales Warnings Summary Forecasts Sydney Forecast NSW Forecast Areas Map Observations Sydney Observations All NSW Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Victoria Warnings Summary Forecasts Melbourne Metro Forecast Vic. Forecast Areas Map Observations Melbourne Observations All Victorian Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Queensland Warnings Summary Forecasts Brisbane Forecast Qld. Forecast Areas Map Observations Brisbane Observations All Queensland Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Western Australia Warnings Summary Forecasts Perth Forecast WA Forecast Areas Map Observations Perth Observations All WA Observations Rainfall & River Conditions South Australia Warnings Summary Forecasts Adelaide Forecast SA Forecast Areas Map Observations Adelaide Observations All SA Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Tasmania Warnings Summary Forecasts Hobart Forecast Tas. Forecast Areas Map Observations Hobart Observations All Tasmanian Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Australian Capital Territory Warnings Summary Forecasts ACT and Canberra Forecast Observations Canberra Observations Northern Territory Warnings Summary Forecasts Darwin and Rural Forecast NT Forecast Areas Map Observations Darwin Observations All NT Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Antarctic Global National Weather Services Radar Viewer Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings Flood Warnings --> Weather Maps Satellite Images Agriculture Marine UV Protection Home About Us Learn about Meteorology Contacts Search Site Map Help Feedback Weather & Warnings Climate Water Numerical Prediction About Services Registered Users This page was created at 20:18 on Tuesday 7 September 2010 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2010, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) Please note the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer statements relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy and Accessibility statements. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements. Please also note the Acknowledgement notice relating to the use of information on this site. No unsolicited commercial email.
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