MELBOURNE - Jan 16/13 - 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 the Tasman Sea is slowly moving east maintaining a weakening ridge to New South Wales north coast. During Friday a cold front will move through the west and southeast of the state and hot northwesterly winds will turn there milder southerly behind the front. The front will weaken into a trough over the northeast of the state on Saturday as another high moves towards extending a ridge across the west and southeast. This high is expected to move east of Tasmania on Sunday strengthening the ridge to the north coast and the should move westwards. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayThe chance of afternoon showers over the northern ranges. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Hot to very hot inland. East to northeasterly winds, tending northwesterly in the west.Fire Danger - Very High: Most districts, except for the northeast and far northwest.Friday 18 JanuaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms developing in the west and south, extending to central parts by evening. Hot to very hot across most districts. North to northwesterly winds, fresh to strong in the west and south, ahead of a south to southwesterly change extending to northwestern inland and central coastal districts by late evening.Saturday 19 JanuaryIsolated showers in the north and along the southern half of the coast and adjacent ranges. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms across the north, mainly on the slopes and ranges. Partly cloudy elsewhere.. Northwest to northeast winds in the far northeast, ahead of south to southwesterly winds extending throughout.Sunday 20 JanuaryIsolated showers apart from the far southwest. Isolated thunderstorms over the northern inland. South to southeast winds, tending northeast later in the southeast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday.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 18:15 on Wednesday 16 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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