Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 15/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
Preliminary Minor Flood Warning for Queanbeyan River at Tinderry.
Minor Flood Warning for the Murrumbidgee River at Lobbs Hole and Mount Mcdonald.
Minor Flood Warning for the Warrego River.
Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for the Barwon River at Mungindi and Mogil Mogil.
Major 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, Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, Central West Slopes & Plains, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes & Plains, 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 will move over the Tasman Sea tonight. Rain , with locally heavy falls west of the Divide will tend to showers behind the front and clear from northwestern and coastal parts of the state on Saturday, although some further showers can be expected over the southern inland and on the western slopes of the ranges, most likely about central and southern parts. Strong to gale force winds are 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 Snowy Mountains district and the Southern and Central Tablelands. Another high pressure system is expected to extend a ridge across the state on Sunday in the wake of the front, resulting in mostly fine conditions Sunday and Monday.
Forecast for the rest of Friday
Areas of rain with possible heavy falls about the slopes and western ranges, tending patchy along most of the coast. Showers over the remaining southern inland. Fresh to strong northerly winds in the east. Fresh to strong west to southwest winds over the remainder extending to the coast during the evening..
Forecast for Saturday
Scattered showers on the western slopes of the southern and central ranges, tending more isolated further north and and along the southern border districts. Showers falling as snow down to about 700 metres about the Snowy Mountain district and to about 900 metres on the Central Tablelands. Mostly fine elsewhere. Cool to cold fresh to strong west to southwest winds.
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
Forecast for Tuesday
Isolated showers along the coast, more scattered about central parts of the coast. South to southeast winds.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Saturday.
* Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones.
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