Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update
MELBOURNE - Oct 11/10 - 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 Tweed River at Chinderah. Minor Flood Warning for the Wilsons River at Lismore. Moderate Flood Warning for the Barwon River at Mungindi. Minor Flood Warning for the Warrego River. Preliminary Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for the Barwon Darling River at Mungindi and Mogil Mogil. Final Flood Watch for the Tweed, Richmond, Wilsons and Brunswick River Valleys and for Parts of the Northern Tablelands. Strong wind warning for New South Wales waters between Ulladulla and Gabo Island. 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 A strong slow-moving high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea extends a ridge across NSW. The high will remain semi-stationary over the Tasman Sea for the next three days, maintaining the ridge to the north coast as a trough develops over the western parts of the state. The trough will be slow-moving and will bring rain to most districts during the second half of the week, with moderate to heavy falls expected over much of the inland. Forecast for the rest of Tuesday Isolated showers along the coast and adjacent ranges contracting to the northeast during the morning. Isolated showers developing in the west and extending to the southeast later in the day, tending scattered over the Riverina. East to northeast winds. Forecast for Wednesday Fine over the northeast apart from isolated showers in the far northeast in the morning. Patchy rain extending northeastwards over the remainder, with rain areas and possible thunderstorms in the west. North to northeast winds. Forecast for Thursday Widespread rain over most of the inland with moderate to heavy falls possible. Rain areas over much of the remainder, more patchy in the northeast. Northeast to northwest winds. Forecast for Friday Areas of rain, clearing from the far west later. Moderate to heavy falls possible over the inland. Strengthening northerly winds ahead of a southwesterly change spreading through the west. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday. * 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 01:03 on Tuesday 12 October 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.
---
STAT News Service
Only active subscribers can read all of this article.
If you are a subscriber, please log into the website.
If you are not a subscriber, click here to subscribe to this edition of the STAT website and to learn more about becoming a subscriber.
