Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Apr 14/12 - 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 across New South Wales. A trough of low pressure will affect the state's southeast on Sunday as a cold front passes to the south. During Monday this trough is expected to move north and deepen off the coast in response to an approaching upper-level feature, while the high drifts away and loses influence. This high, however, will be replaced by another, moving to the south of Tasmania on Monday before strengthening over the southern Tasman Sea during Tuesday. This synoptic pattern is then likely to remain relatively unchanged through much of the week, with an easterly airstream directing showers onto the New South Wales coast. Most activity should be focused along coastal districts due to the presence of the trough, although some showers will penetrate further inland assisted by favourable conditions in the upper-atmosphere.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers about the northern coast and adjacent ranges. The chance of showers over the northern inland. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. Northeast to northwest winds.Sunday 15 AprilIsolated showers in the northeast, tending scattered about the coast north of about Kempsey. Fine and partly cloudy along the coast, mostly sunny elsewhere. Early fog patches in the east. Northeast to northwest winds, tending east to southeasterly in northern and eastern parts of the state.Monday 16 AprilShowers about the northern coast and ranges, more widespread along the coastal fringe. The chance of showers and thunderstorms about the slopes and plains in the afternoon. Isolated showers extending through the Hunter and central parts of the coast late in the day. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. East to southeasterly winds.Tuesday 17 AprilShowers about the coast and eastern tablelands, increasing to rain periods about the northern coast. The chance of showers extending to the western slopes, mainly in the north during the afternoon, with possible thunderstorms. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. East to southeasterly winds.Wednesday 18 AprilShowers about the coast and eastern tablelands, increasing to rain periods about the northern coast. The chance of showers extending to the western slopes, mainly in the north during the afternoon. Fine in the far west. Southeast to northeasterly windsThe next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Sunday.Product IDN10031
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