Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 13/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A cold front lies near New Zealand, with an associated trough extending through northern parts of New South Wale. The trough is expected to stall over northern inland on Sunday with very hot conditions lingering there until Monday before southerlies extend throughout and cooler conditions developing. On Tuesday a high pressure system is expected to develop over the Tasman Sea and an inland trough will linger over the far northwest of the state. A trough and frontal system is expected to reach the far southwest of the state late Thursday or on Friday before moving through the state on Friday and Saturday.
Forecast for the rest of SundayMostly sunny and hot to very hot in the western and central inland. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over central and northern parts. Patchy rain in the south, becoming more widespread in the southeast. Areas of dust in the west. Northwest to northeast winds in the northeast, south to southeasterly winds in the remainder, extending northwards.Monday 14 JanuaryIsolated showers in the east and in the northern inland. The chance of thunderstorms over the northern ranges and inland. Partly cloudy elsewhere. Milder south to southeasterly winds extending throughout.Fire Danger -  Very High: Northern Slopes, North Western, Far Western, Upper Central West Plains.Tuesday 15 JanuaryIsolated showers on the north coast. The chance of shower or thunderstorms over the northern inland and far northwest. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Southeast to northeast winds.Wednesday 16 JanuaryIsolated showers in the far north. The chance of shower or thunderstorms over the northern inland and far northwest. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Southeast to northeast winds.Thursday 17 JanuaryThe chance of showers and thunderstorms in the far west. Mostly sunny elsewhere. East to northeasterly winds, tending northwesterly in the west later.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Monday.Product IDN10031
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