Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update
MELBOURNE - Oct 16/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Warning Summary at issue time Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for the Severn River at Ashford and the Macintyre River at Yetman. Minor Flood Warning for the Castlereagh River at Mendooran. Minor Flood Warning for the Bell River at Wellington. Final Flood Warning for Queanbeyan River at Tinderry. Minor Flood Warning for the Murrumbidgee River. Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for the Warrego River at fords Bridge Bywash. Minor 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. Strong wind warning is current for Sydney Closed Waters. Gale warning for New South Wales waters between Montague Island and Gabo Island. Strong wind warning for New South Wales waters between Smoky Cape and Montague Island. Warning to sheep graziers for the Snowy Mountains, Australian Capital Territory, North West Slopes & Plains, Northern Tablelands, South Coast, Illawarra, Central West Slopes & Plains, South West Slopes, Hunter, Mid North Coast, 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 Shower activity on the ranges and western slopes left in a wake of the recent cold front is expected to weaken and contract to the far southern inland by tomorrow as a drier air mass moves into the region. A high pressure system is expected to extend a ridge across the state during Sunday, promoting mostly fine conditions as it becomes the dominant synoptic feature for the new week. On Tuesday a combination of developing onshore airstream and a trough over northern inland could generate showers for most of the coast and adjacent ranges. Forecast for the rest of Saturday Isolated showers on the western slopes of the southern and central ranges. Showers falling as snow down to 1100 metres in the far south. Mostly fine elsewhere. Cool to cold fresh to strong west to southwest winds, gradually easing tonight. Forecast for Sunday Isolated showers about the far 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. Fine elsewhere. Mostly west to southwest winds Forecast for Tuesday Isolated showers along the coast, tending scattered about central parts. Fine elsewhere. South to southeast winds. Forecast for Wednesday Isolated showers in the northeast, tending scattered in the far northeast. Fine elsewhere. Southeast to northeast winds. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Sunday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. 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