MELBOURNE - Feb 7/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough over eastern New South Wales will deepen and move west during Thursday and Friday as a high pressure system moves south of Bight extending a ridge to the north coast. On Friday another trough is expected to develop off the coast with a low possibly developing near the south coast during Saturday or Sunday. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayShowers over the eastern half of the state, tending scattered in the northeast and about the central inland parts during the afternoon. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the northeast. Sunny in the west. South to southeast winds.Thursday 9 FebruaryMostly sunny in the far west. Scattered showers over the remainder, tending isolated in the northeast. The chance of thunderstorms west of the Divide. Southeast to northeast winds in east.Friday 10 FebruaryRain on the south coast and ranges, possibly heavy at times. Scattered showers elsewhere tending isolated in the west. The chance of thunderstorms in the eastern inland. South to northeast winds.Saturday 11 FebruaryMostly sunny in the far west. Scattered showers elsewhere tending widespread in the far southeast but clearing from the west East to northeast winds turning south to southwesterly in the west and southeast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Wednesday.Product IDN10031 Weather & WarningsAustraliaNew South WalesWarnings SummaryForecastsSydney ForecastNSW Forecast Area MapObservationsSydney ObservationsAll NSW ObservationsRainfall & River ConditionsVictoriaQueenslandWestern AustraliaSouth AustraliaTasmaniaAustralian Capital TerritoryNorthern TerritoryAntarcticGlobal National Weather Services Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings Agriculture Marine and Ocean UV Protection WARNINGS | WATER | CLIMATE Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Radar Maps Forecast Explorer™ NSW & ACT | VIC | TAS Rainfall Forecasts Climate Data Online Water Storage National Weather Services Marine & Ocean Water and the Land Aviation Weather Services Defence Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Careers | Sitemap | Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Learn About Meteorology This page was created at 20:00 on Tuesday 7 February 2012 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2012, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility 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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