Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 21/12 - 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 over New South Wales is slowly moving east as a low pressure trough deepens over South Australia. This trough will move into New South Wales on Wednesday, bringing warm and gusty northwesterly winds and isolated showers to areas west of the Divide. On Thursday a strong front will move through the state, with wind and showers increasing further. A cool change and a clearing trend will follow the front during Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for the rest of TuesdayPartly cloudy. Isolated showers in the far southwest. Northeast to northwesterly winds.Wednesday 22 AugustFine in the far northwest. Cloud increasing with isolated showers developing over the remainder, falling as snow on the higher Alps. Gusty warm northeast to northwesterly winds. Areas of raised dust in the northwest.Thursday 23 AugustWindy. Rain areas in the west, contracting northeastwards across the remainder of the state during the day, reaching the far north coast at night while clearing in the west. Isolated thunderstorms also developing over the northern slopes and ranges, and in the far southwest. Snow on the higher Alps, lowering to about 1100 metres during the day. Warm northerly winds ahead of a cooler westerly change in the west and south.Friday 24 AugustWindy. Rain in the far northeast, clearing early. Isolated showers over the southern inland, more widespread over the southern slopes and falling as snow above about 800 metres. Cooler westerly winds with seabreezes on the northern coast.Saturday 25 AugustIsolated showers over the southern slopes, falling as snow above about 1100 metres. Fine remainder. Light and variable winds in the north. Westerly winds in the south.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Wednesday.Product IDN10031
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