Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 28/10 - 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 Darlington Point and Downstream.
Minor Flood Warning for the Murray River at Corowa.
Flood Watch for the Murrumbidgee Valley and Murray River Downstream of Hume Dam This Weekend.
Strong wind warning for New South Wales waters between Montague Island 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 low pressure trough is bringing isolated showers and thunderstorms to northeastern New South Wales. Showers will contract to the north coast this evening as a high pressure system moves over the southwestern Tasman Sea extending a ridge to the north coast. Another trough will move over the west of the state later on Friday. The trough it will deepen into a low on Saturday before moving over the Tasman Sea by
Monday. Widespread rain and isolated thunderstorms are expected in most districta On Saturday and Sunday easing during Monday.
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the northeast, contracting to the coast overnight. Mostly clear remainder. Southeast to northeast winds.
Forecast for Friday
Isolated clearing showers on the north coast. Patchy rain developing in the west late in the day. Partly cloudy elsewhere. Freshening northwest to northeast winds ahead of a colder southwesterly change in the far southwest overnight.
Forecast for Saturday
Partly cloudy in the northeast. Rain areas and possibly thunderstorms extending northeastwards over the remainder of the state but easing in the far west later. Fresh northwest to northeast winds ahead of a colder gusty west to southwesterly change in the west.
Forecast for Sunday
Partly cloudy in the northwest and on the north coast. Areas of rain elsewhere. The chance of thunderstorms in the eastern half. Fresh northeast to northwest winds in the east. Colder southwest winds spreading through the inland.
Forecast for Monday
Partly cloudy in the northern inland. Isolated showers elsewhere tending scattered on the western slopes of the southern ranges. Southwest to northwest winds.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Friday.
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