Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update
MELBOURNE - Jan 17/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation Over the course of the next few days, a slow-moving trough is expected to linger in the northeast while a high pressure ridge in the southwest is slowly moving eastwards. A cold front is moving north along the NSW coast today ahead of this high. The high is ecpected to move into the Tasman on Wednesday. Tropical Cyclone Zelia is currently to the south of New Caledonia and is forecast to pass close to Nortfolk island late this evening and should approch New Zealand during Tuesday, gradually weakening as it moves southeast. Forecast for the rest of MondayIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the northeastern inland and about the Hunter and possibly developing about the northern ranges. Cloud and isolated showers/drizzle along the southern coast extending to the central coast late in the day. Fine elsewhere. Northeast winds in the northeast. Southeast to southwest winds over the remainder.Tuesday 18 JanuaryCloud and isolated showers/drizzle along the southern half of the coast and adjacent east ranges extending northwards. Isolated thunderstorms in the northeast, most likely about the ranges. South to southeast winds.Wednesday 19 JanuaryIsolated showers along the coast, reaching the adjacent ranges in the south and the inland slopes in the north. The chance of thunderstorms in the northeast and about the Central Tablelands, most likely about the Northern Tablelands . East to northeast winds in the east tending southerly in the west.Thursday 20 JanuaryIsolated showers along the coast, reaching the adjacent ranges in the south and the inland slopes in the north. Southeast to northeast winds. The chance of thunderstorms about the central and northern tablelands and adjacent northern slopes. Southeast to northeast windsFriday 21 JanuaryIsolated showers, chiefly along the coast and ranges and about the southern border districts. East to northeast winds tending south to southeast over the southern inland.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Tuesday.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 17:18 on Monday 17 January 2011 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, 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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