MELBOURNE - Feb 28/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A slow-moving trough lies over the state's northeast, while a high pressure system south of Adelaide extends a ridge into southern New South Wales. The trough is expected to linger over the northeast today and bring further rain, weakening during Saturday as the high becomes dominant. This high will drift slowly east over the following few days, maintaining a humid onshore airstream across most of the state. Forecast for the rest of FridayRain areas and possible thunderstorms in central and northeastern areas, locally heavy in parts of the North West Slopes and Plains, Hunter and adjacent areas. Showers on the southern coast and ranges, mainly clearing by afternoon. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. South to southeasterly winds extending through most of the state, fresh to strong near the coast. North to northeasterly winds persisting in northeastern districts.Saturday 2 MarchIsolated showers about the southern and central coasts, and northeast of a line through the Central West Slopes and Plains, tending scattered in the northeast and widespread on the central and northern coasts and adjacent ranges. Fine elsewhere. Southeasterly winds, fresh to strong along the central and northern coasts.Sunday 3 MarchScattered showers about the northern coast and ranges. Isolated showers across the remainder of northern districts, and about the central and southern coasts. Fine over the southern and central inland. East to southeasterly winds.Monday 4 MarchScattered showers about the northern coast. Isolated showers along the remainder of the coast and adjacent ranges, and across the northern inland. Fine through the southern inland. Southeast to northeasterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Friday.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 03:30 on Friday 1 March 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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