MELBOURNE - Oct 19/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A strong and slow moving high pressure system over the Tasman Sea maintains a ridge over New South Wales over the weekend. The ridge moves slowly northwards as a low pressure system enters the far southern parts of the state later on Monday. An afternoon south to southwesterly wind change is expected on Monday along the South Coast associated with the trough. Forecast for the rest of SundayIsolated showers over the far northeast of the state, mainly about the coastal fringe. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Morning fog patches about the far northeast. Hot in the northwest. Very high Fire Danger Ratings over the Greater Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra fire forecasting districts. North to northeast winds.Monday 21 OctoberThe chance of showers in the south. Partly cloudy in the north. Hot over the central parts of the state including the inland areas of the central coastal districts. Northeast to northwest winds. Winds in the far south of the state tend south to southwesterly with an afternoon wind change.Tuesday 22 OctoberThe chance of isolated showers in the west and southeast, mainly about the far south. Chance of isolated thunderstorms in the far south and southeast. Partly cloudy in the far northeast. Warm to hot temperatures across the state. Windy over the southwestern inland. Northwest to southwest winds.Wednesday 23 OctoberChance of isolated showers across the state, mainly over the southern slopes. Windy about the south and southeast of the state. Winds northwest to southwest.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT 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 Business Entry Point Facebook Google+ Youtube Blog Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 21:30 on Saturday 19 October 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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