MELBOURNE - Oct 25/10 - 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 Flood Warning for the Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera and Downstream. Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for the Warrego River. Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for the Barwon River at Mungindi. 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 high is near New Zealand, and a ridge of high pressure is moving into the Bight with a weak trough between these systems over NSW today, resulting in some very isolated showers and possible thunderstorms over eastern parts. On Wednesday the ridge moves over western NSW, preceded by front moving northwards along the NSW coast , resulting in showers and possible thunderstorms, chiefly about the southeast of the state. This high will move rapidly towards New Zealand, with an active cold front moving over the state state from Friday to Saturday bringing rain and colder conditions to most districts. Forecast for the rest of Tuesday Isolated showers on the northern coast and adjacent ranges, with possible thunderstorms developing in the afternoon. The chance of isolated light showers about the central inland and late showers developing along the southeastern Victorian border. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Southwest to southeast winds tending west to northwest in the south. Forecast for Wednesday Isolated showers along the southeastern border, extending northwards during the day to about Sydney and becoming scattered about the southeastern corner with possible thunderstorms. The chance of isolated showers along the northern coast and adjacent east ranges. Mostly sunny elsewhere. South to southwest winds inland. Northwest to northeast winds along the coast ahead of a south to southeast change over the southern half. Forecast for Thursday Isolated coastal showers clearing from the south. Partly cloudy on and east of the ranges, mostly sunny remaining. Southeast to northeast winds. Forecast for Friday Isolated clearing showers on the north coast. Patchy rain developing in the west later,. Partly cloudy elsewhere Warm, freshening northwest to northeast winds ahead of a colder southwesterly change in the far southwest later. 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 19:48 on Monday 25 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.