MELBOURNE - Jun 17/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A deep low pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is moving slowly to the south. A high over central Australia extends a ridge eastwards. These two systems are resulting in fresh to strong southwest winds over NSW. Winds will ease Sunday as the low moves to near New Zealand and the ridge strengthens over NSW. An active cold front is expected to cross the state Tuesday, particularly affecting southern and central parts, with significant snow on the Alps likely. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers about the western slopes of the southern and central ranges, with snow on the higher peaks of the Alps. Fine remainder, mostly sunny near the coast, becoming cloudy west of the ranges. Moderate to fresh west to southwest winds, strong at times about the southern and central ranges.Sunday 19 JuneIsolated showers on the western slopes of the far southern ranges, tending scattered on the western slopes of the Alps, with some snow possible on the peaks. Fine elsewhere. Southwest to northwest winds.Monday 20 JuneIsolated showers on the western slopes of the far southern ranges tending scattered on the western slopes of the Alps, with some snow possible on the peaks. Fine elsewhere. West to northwest winds becoming fresh to strong and gusty in the south.Tuesday 21 JuneIsolated showers extending over the southern half of the state and to the southern parts of the northern slopes and plains. Showers becoming widespread about the western slopes of the southern ranges, with heavy snow developing over the Alpine areas. Fresh to strong gusty northwest winds ahead of a colder west to southwesterly change.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Saturday.Product IDN10031 Weather & Warnings Australia Warnings Summary External Territories Major Cities Weather Maps Satellite --> 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 UsContactsFreedom of InformationCareersSearchSite MapHelpFeedback Weather & WarningsClimate InformationWater InformationRadarRSSLearn About Meteorology This page was created at 01:00 on Saturday 18 June 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. var hostname = window.location.hostname; var host = hostname.split("."); if (host[0] == "reg") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "www") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();
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