MELBOURNE - Jun 20/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation During Tuesday a strong cold front will move through New South Wales and a high pressure system over southwestern Australia will extend a ride behind the front. Over the next few days the high is expected to move very slowly east strengthening the ride across the state. Forecast for the rest of MondayIsolated showers developing on the western slopes of the far southern ranges, possible snow on the Alpine peaks.Partly cloudy elsewhere. West to northwest winds becoming fresh to strong and gusty in the south with possible gales and blizzard conditions on the southern ranges this evening.Tuesday 21 JuneIsolated showers in the south extending to the central part and becoming widespread about the western slopes of the southern ranges with snow developing above 800 metres. Possible heavy snow on the Alpine peaks. The chance of thunderstorms and small hail in the far southeastern inland. Fresh to strong gusty northwest winds with possible gales on the ranges and blizzards on the Alps, ahead of a colder west to southwesterly change.Wednesday 22 JuneIsolated showers in the southeastern inland. Snow on the western slopes of the Alps. Mainly clear elsewhere. West to southwest winds gradually easing.Thursday 23 JuneIsolated showers in the southeastern inland. Snow showers on the Alps. Mostly clear elsewhere. Southwesterly winds.Friday 24 JuneIsolated clearing showers on the western slopes of the southern ranges. Mostly clear elsewhere. Southwest to southeast winds becoming light and variable inland.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Tuesday.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 14:15 on Monday 20 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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