Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update
MELBOURNE - Dec 1/10 - 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 Hastings River at Kindee Bridge. Moderate To Major Flood Warning for the Castlereagh River. Moderate To Major Flood Warning for the Macquarie River and the Bell River. Minor Flood Warning for Mandagery Creek at Eugowra. Minor Flood Warning for the Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera and Downstream. Minor Flood Warning for the Paroo River. Moderate Flood Warning for Belubula River at Canowindra. Flood Watch for the Castlereagh and Lower Namoi Valleys and Central West New South Wales. 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 over the Tasman Sea is combining with a trough over inland NSW to direct moist east to northeast winds across the state. This situation will remain until the start of the weekend with the inland trough only slowly weakening. The high in the Tasman will remain well into next week and is likely to combine with secondary trough approaching from the west to bring further rainfall towards mid next week. Forecast for the rest of Thursday Rain areas and isolated thunderstorms in the east, tending scattered and possibly severe about the western slopes of the northern and central ranges. Partly cloudy in the northwest, isolated showers and possible thunderstorms in the southwest. Northwest to northeast winds. Forecast for Friday Partly cloudy in the west. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms over the remaining southwestern half, and rain areas and isolated thunderstorms over most of the remainder. Northwest to northeast winds. Forecast for Saturday Scattered showers or rain periods and isolated thunderstorms over central and eastern NSW. Sunny periods in the far west. North to northeast winds. Forecast for Sunday Isolated showers for all but the northwest, with the showers more likely in the east. Southeast to northeast winds. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday. * 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 Canberra Forecast ACT 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 HomeAbout UsContactsCareersSearchSite MapHelpFeedback Weather & WarningsClimate InformationWater InformationRadarLearn About Meteorology This page was created at 18:18 on Wednesday 1 December 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.
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