MELBOURNE - Jan 7/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A broad low pressure trough extends from northwestern Australia into southern New South Wales bringing hot to very hot conditions to the inland parts of the state. A high pressure system is moving over the Tasman Sea extending a ridge along the coast. On Tuesday a front will sweep across southern and central parts bringing gusty westerly winds and very dangerous fire weather conditions. A southerly change behind the front will bring some relief to southern and central parts late Tuesday into Wednesday however it will remain hot in the north. Hot to very hot conditions are expected to return on Friday and Saturday as the trough redevelops over the west. Forecast for the rest of MondayIsolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the far west. Hot to very hot inland. Southeast to northeast winds on the coast, east to northeasterly inland tending northwesterly in the southwest of the state.Tuesday 8 JanuarySunny. Very hot northwesterly winds ahead a milder southerly change in the south, and extending along the southern and central parts of the coast.Fire Danger - Catastrophic for the Illawarra/Shoalhaven and Southern Ranges. VH to Extreme most other areas.Wednesday 9 JanuaryIsolated showers about the north coast and adjacent east ranges. Mostly sunny remainder. Hot to very hot northwesterly airstream in the north of the state ahead of milder southwest to southeast winds.Thursday 10 JanuaryEarly drizzle possible around central parts of the coast. Isolated showers along the north coast and adjacent ranges. Isolated thunderstorms on the northern ranges. Partly cloudy over the ranges and coast. Sunny inland. Hot in the north of the state. East to southeast winds.Friday 11 JanuaryPossible showers in the northeast and thunderstorms over the northern ranges. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Hot with winds tending northwesterly over the inland and ranges and northeast on the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Tuesday.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 Space Weather Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 13:45 on Monday 7 January 2013 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2013, 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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