Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Sep 22/11 - 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 off the New South Wales coast is weakening and drifting to the northern Tasman Sea, while a trough is moving across the state's west. This trough is forecast to move through southern and central districts today, bringing a gusty southerly change, before easing and stalling in the northeast overnight. Following this, a strengthening high to the west will extend a ridge across Bass Strait, before drifting slowly east through the weekend. This is expected to bring showers to most areas east of the Divide during Saturday and Sunday as an onshore airstream becomes established, while mostly fine weather should persist further west.
Forecast for the rest of FridayFine and mostly sunny, apart from the chance of late showers about the southern coast. Very warm day in northern and central areas. Northwest winds, fresh to strong about the southern ranges, ahead of a cooler south to southwest change in western, southern and central districts, very gusty along the coast.Fire Danger -  Very High: Sydney, Illawarra, Hunter and North coasts, Monaro Alpine, Northern Slopes, North Western.Saturday 24 SeptemberIsolated showers about the southern coast and ranges, extending to the north during the afternoon and possibly extending western slopes. The chance of afternoon thunderstorms in the northeast. Fine elsewhere. Northerly winds in the northeast. Southwest to southeasterly winds elsewhere, fresh along the coast.Sunday 25 SeptemberScattered showers in the northeast. Fine in the southwest. East to southeast winds, fresh along the coast and ranges.Monday 26 SeptemberIsolated showers on and east of the Divide. The chance of a little patchy rain developing in the far west. Fine elsewhere. Southeast to northeast winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.Product IDN10031
Weather & WarningsAustraliaNew South WalesWarnings SummaryForecastsSydney ForecastNSW Forecast Area MapObservationsSydney ObservationsAll NSW ObservationsRainfall & River ConditionsVictoriaQueenslandWestern AustraliaSouth AustraliaTasmaniaAustralian Capital TerritoryNorthern TerritoryAntarcticGlobal
National Weather Services
Radar Viewer
Tropical Cyclones
Tsunami Warnings
Weather Maps
Satellite Images
Agriculture
Marine and Ocean
UV Protection
HomeAbout UsContactsFreedom of InformationCareersSearchSite MapHelpFeedback
Weather & WarningsClimate InformationWater InformationRadarRSSLearn About Meteorology
This page was created at 00:30 on Friday 23 September 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);
})();

---

STAT News Service