MELBOURNE - Jul 12/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A broad complex low will move to the south of the state today and tomorrow. Associated frontal system and a rain band will move across the region today, contracting to the northeast on Saturday and clearing on Sunday morning. Following this, a vigorous westerly airstream will develop to the south of New South Wales with embedded cold fronts affecting the southern ranges and slopes during the weekend. A high is forecast to extend a ridge across from the west on the weekend, restoring fine weather to most parts of New South Wales by Monday. Forecast for the rest of FridayFine and mostly sunny conditions in the far west. Rain areas and isolated thunderstorms elsewhere, contracting to the northeast. Some moderate falls about the western slopes of the northern ranges. Snow about the higher Alpine peaks, lowering to 1500 metres in the evening. North to northwesterly winds turning west to southwesterly, fresh to strong over the northern ranges.Saturday 14 JulyRain areas in the far northeast, easing. Isolated showers over the southern inland, tending scattered about the western slopes of the ranges. Snow showers on the southern ranges above 1400 metres lowering to 1000 metres by the evening. Fine elsewhere. West to northwesterly winds.Sunday 15 JulyShowers about the western slopes of the southern ranges and in the far northeast, easing. Snow on the southern ranges above about 1000 metres, retreating to higher levels. Fine elsewhere. West to northwesterly winds.Monday 16 JulyFine and mostly sunny after early fog and frost patches. Light winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.Product IDN10031 Notice Board Changes to state Weather and Warnings pages Media Releases Meteorological Offices Cobar weather Coffs Harbour weather Lord Howe Island weather Moree weather Norfolk Island weather Wagga Wagga weather Other Information Coastal Wind Warning Reference Points Severe Thunderstorms in New South Wales Severe Weather in New South Wales Air pollution services for Sydney About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services Warnings Water Climate Environment Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warning Centre Agriculture - Water and the Land Marine & Ocean UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Graphical Views Radar Maps Rainfall Forecasts Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Climate Data Online Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Water Storage Forecast Explorer™ National Weather Services 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 00:45 on Friday 13 July 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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