MELBOURNE - Dec 31/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is extending a ridge to northwestern New South Wales, directing hot north to northwest winds across the state. On Saturday a cold front will move through the far south and a low pressure trough will develop over the inland parts. The trough is expected to contract to the northeast of the state during Sunday then become slow moving inland on Monday and Tuesday as another high pressure system moves south of the Bight extending a ridge to the south and central coasts. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers and thunderstorms developing in the south, isolated showers in the far northeast. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Hot to very hot northwesterly winds and coastal sea breezes turning southerly in the south.Sunday 2 JanuaryPartly cloudy in the far southwest. Isolated showers on the southern half of the coast. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere tending scattered on the western slopes of the ranges but clear from the southern inland. Northwest to northeast winds in the far northeast, south to southeast winds in the remainder.Monday 3 JanuaryMostly sunny in the southern inland Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere tending scattered in the afternoon on the western slopes of the central and northern ranges. East to northeast winds in the northeast. South to southeast winds over the remainder. South to southeast winds.Tuesday 4 JanuaryMostly sunny in the western and central inland. Isolated showers in the east. South to southeast winds tending east to northeast in the southeast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Saturday.Product IDN10031 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 Home About Us Contacts Careers Search Site Map Help Feedback Weather & Warnings Climate Information Water Information Radar RSS Learn About Meteorology This page was created at 21:03 on Friday 31 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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