Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 21/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A slow moving high pressure system centred near New Zealand will maintain a ridge over northeastern New South Wales today and Tuesday. The ridge will gradually weaken as a low pressure system enters the far southern parts of the state overnight, while a trough lies through western NSW ahead of the low. A weak south to southwesterly wind change associated with a trough is moving through southern parts of the coast and is forecast to reach Sydney overnight, before dissipating on Tuesday. A trough and cloud band are expected to move through the state on Tuesday, before contracting to the northeast on Wednesday, ahead of a cool change expected to move through the south later Wednesday before extending throughout on Thursday.
Forecast for the rest of MondayIsolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms, in the south and more frequent in the west. Partly cloudy in the north. Hot over the central parts of the state including the inland areas of the central coastal districts. Very High Fire Danger Ratings over the Greater Sydney, Hunter, Illawarra, ACT, North Coast, Central and Southern Ranges. Northeast to northwest winds. Winds in the far south of the state tend south to southwesterly with a slow moving wind change, extending up the coast and approaching Sydney by midnight.Tuesday 22 OctoberIsolated showers and thunderstorms over much of the state, with little rainfall expected other than on the southwest slopes and southern ranges. Partly cloudy but fine in the northeast. Warm to hot temperatures across the state. Windy over the southwestern inland and then the southern ranges later. Northwest to southwest winds. Fire Danger Ratings Very High: Mid North Coast, Hunter, Central Tablelands, North & Central West Slopes & Plains, Riverina & Upper Western.Wednesday 23 OctoberIsolated showers and thunderstorms with a cloud band, contracting to the northeast of the state by the afternoon. Isolated showers remaining over the southern ranges and slopes. Windy about the southern and central ranges and nearby parts of the coast. Gusty northwest winds, shifting more westerly, ahead of a late south to southwest change extending from the south.Thursday 24 OctoberIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the far northeast. Isolated showers over the Alpine area and far south coast. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Cooler temperatures apart from the northeast. Southeast to southwest winds extending throughout.Friday 25 OctoberIsolated showers along the northern coast and adjacent east ranges. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Mild temperatures throughout. Southwest winds, tending northeast to southeast along the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Tuesday.Product IDN10031
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