Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A cold front is moving across western and southeastern New South Wales. It continue to progress overnight, reaching the northeast of the state early Friday before weakening. Later on Saturday and early Sunday another cold front will move rapidly through the south and a high pressure system will move south of the Bight extending a ridge behind the front. The high is expected to move very slowly east over the next few days strengthening the ridge across the state.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayRain areas from the northwest to the southeast, extending to central areas tonight and clearing from the southwest. Rain becoming more widespread about the southwest slopes and Alpine areas, with the chance of local thunder near the Victorian border. Isolated showers about the far north coast, otherwise fine and partly cloudy in the northeast. Warm to hot northeast to northwesterly winds, freshening across the south ahead of a cool and gusty southwesterly change in the south and west.Friday 29 MarchRain areas in the northeast, easing to showers. Possible isolated showers in the southeast and northwest, mostly clearing during the morning. Fine in the southwest. Northerly winds in the northeast, and a southerly change extending across the remainder.Saturday 30 MarchThe chance of showers across the north, otherwise fine. Generally southeast to southwesterly winds, becoming light and variable inland.Sunday 31 MarchScattered showers in the northeast. Isolated showers extending south to the Illawarra coast and west to the far northwestern inland, and possibly to the southeast and the far west. Fine in the far southwest. South to southwesterly winds extending throughout.Monday 1 AprilScattered showers on the north coast, more isolated on the south coast and the ranges and contracting north during the day. South to southeasterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Friday.Product IDN10031
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