Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Nov 13/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A slow-moving high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge to New South Wales far north coast. A cold front will move through west and southeast of the state during today before weakening to a trough over the northeast early Tuesday. The trough will remain over the northeastern and central parts of the state until Friday with cold fronts passing to the south. On Saturday the trough is expected to contract to the far northeast of the state and weaken as another cold front approaches from the west.
Forecast for the rest of MondayIsolated showers and thunderstorms in the northeast, clearing later in the afternoon. The chance of showers or thunderstorms on the Alps early in the afternoon. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Northerly winds in the northeast. South to southwest winds extending across the remainder.Fire Danger -  Very High: Greater Sydney, Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, Central West.Tuesday 15 NovemberFine and mostly sunny, apart from the chance of showers or thunderstorms on the north coast and adjacent tablelands. South to southeast winds extending throughout, turning northeasterly along parts of the coast in the afternoon.Wednesday 16 NovemberFine in the far north coast. Showers elsewhere, chiefly about the northern inland and central coast. Northerly in the north, and south to southeast winds in the south.Thursday 17 NovemberFine in the far north coast and in the far southwest. Showers elsewhere, chiefly about the northern inland and central coast. Mainly northerly winds in the north and southerly winds in the south.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Monday.Product IDN10031
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