MELBOURNE - Jan 25/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A strong high pressure system is centred near New Zealand, while a low pressure trough moves across western New South Wales. Warm and humid winds feeding into this trough during Saturday will interact with an upper-level feature to create unsettled conditions over many southeast and central districts. Meanwhile, a tropical low over eastern Queensland is slowly moving south towards New South Wales. This pattern looks set to deliver widespread heavy rain about parts of the northeast from Saturday through to Monday, before the low moves away to the Tasman Sea. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayFine and partly cloudy across the western inland. Showers and thunderstorms about the central inland and over the southeast, increasing during the afternoon. Scattered showers in the northeast, increasing to rain during the day with possible heavy falls on the north coast and adjacent ranges. Southerly winds in the south and west. East to northeasterly winds elsewhere, freshening near the coast.Fire Danger - Very High: Riverina, Upper Western, Lower Western.Sunday 27 JanuaryRain areas along the north coast and adjacent ranges, with heavy falls possible. Scattered showers remainder coast and ranges, and isolated showers about the western slopes. Fine in the far west. East to northeasterly winds in the east, strengthening near the northern coast. Southerly winds in the west. Dangerous surf conditions developing along the coast.Monday 28 JanuaryRain areas along the northern coast and adjacent ranges, with heavy falls likely. Scattered showers remainder coast and ranges, and isolated showers about the western slopes. Fine in the far west. East to northeast winds in the east, strong to gale force near the northern coast. Southerly winds in the west. Dangerous surf conditions along the coast.Tuesday 29 JanuaryShowers in the east, chiefly near the coast. Generally fine west of the Divide. Mainly southeast to southwesterly winds, fresh to strong near the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Saturday.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 22:45 on Friday 25 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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