MELBOURNE - Jul 20/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough over northeastern New South Wales is moving east and weakening and another trough associated with a complex low pressure system south of Tasmania is moving across the south bringing a significant cold outbreak in its wake. The main centre of the low will deepen over the southwestern Tasman Sea overnight and then it will move slowly south-southeast during Sunday and Monday as a high pressure system moves near the Bight extending a ridge across west and northeast of the state. This high is expected to be centred over southeastern Australia on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers in the southeast tending scattered on the western slopes of the southern ranges with snow showers above 1500 metres on the Alps, lowering to about 800 metres later in the evening. Isolated clearing showers and the chance of thunderstorms in the far northeast. Partly cloudy elsewhere. . Southwest to northwesterly winds, fresh to strong and gusty in the southeast.Sunday 21 JulyCold. Isolated showers in the southeastern inland tending scattered on the western slopes of the far southern ranges. Early snow showers above about 700 metres on the southern ranges, and above 900 metres on the central ranges. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Southwest to northwesterly winds, fresh and gusty across the south.Monday 22 JulyCold. Isolated showers over the southern inland, tending scattered on the western slopes of the southern ranges with early snow showers above 1000 metres. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Southwest to northwesterly winds, fresh and gusty in the south.Tuesday 23 JulyIsolated showers on the western slopes of the southern and central ranges. The chance of late showers on the central coast. Snow showers above 1200 metres on the Alps. Mostly sunny elsewhere. South to southwesterly winds.Wednesday 24 JulyIsolated coastal showers possibly extending to the eastern ranges in the north. Partly cloudy elsewhere. South to southeasterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Sunday.Product IDN10031 Notice Board Changes to Marine Wind Warnings Media Releases Marketing 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 MetEye™ 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 12:45 on Saturday 20 July 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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