Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update
MELBOURNE - Oct 14/10 - 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 Murrumbidgee River at Tumut. Minor Flood Warning for the Warrego River. Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for the Barwon River at Mungindi and Mogil Mogil. Minor Flood Warning for the Murray River Upstream Of Lake Hume. Flood Watch for Western New South Wales. Severe weather warning for damaging winds and flash flooding for the Hunter, Australian Capital Territory, Upper Western, Northern Tablelands, Riverina, Illawarra, Central West Slopes & Plains, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes & Plains, Lower Western, Southern Tablelands and Central Tablelands forecast districts. Strong wind warning is current for Sydney Closed Waters. Gale warning for New South Wales waters between Point Danger and Gabo Island. Warning to sheep graziers for the Snowy Mountains, Australian Capital Territory, North West Slopes & Plains, Riverina, Upper Western, Northern Tablelands, South Coast, Illawarra, Central West Slopes & Plains, South West Slopes, Hunter, Mid North Coast, Lower Western, Southern Tablelands and Central Tablelands forecast districts. 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 cold front approaching from the west is expected to interact with cloud over the centre of the continent to bring significant rain to the state today. Locally heavy falls are expected on west of the Divide. The rain will clear as the front passes through later Friday or early Saturday, with showers persisting on the ranges and southwest inland with the chance of thunderstorms in the colder southwesterly airstream following the front. Strong to gale force winds are also expected in parts ahead of and behind the front. Significantly colder air after the front is expected to lead to snow developing overnight Friday/Saturday on the western slopes of the southern and central tablelands, down to low levels. Another high pressure system is expected to extend a ridge across the state on Sunday in the wake of the front. Forecast for the rest of Friday Areas of rain and the chance of thunderstorms, with possible heavy falls west of the Divide contracting eastwards and clearing from the northwest, but showers and possible thunderstorms continuing over the southern inland. Strengthening gusty northerly winds ahead of a cold fresh to strong southwesterly change spreading through the southwest and reaching the south coast in the afternoon. Forecast for Saturday Isolated showers on the western slopes of the southern and central ranges and along the southern inland border districts. Showers falling as snow down to low levels, down to about 600 metres about the Snowy Mountain district grading to about 700 metres on the Central Tablelands. Fine elsewhere. Cool to cold west to southwest winds, fresh to strong in the southeast. Forecast for Sunday Isolated showers about the Southern inland, falling as snow on the Alps at first. Fine elsewhere. West to southwest winds. Forecast for Monday Isolated showers on the far southern slopes of the western ranges. Mostly west to southwest winds The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Friday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. 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