Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 24/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A weak pressure pattern is in place over New South Wales today, as a decaying trough moves toward central parts of the coast and high pressure system gradually builds in its wake. This high is forecast to strengthen and drift slowly east during Sunday and Monday as the next frontal system approaches from the southwest. The trough is expected to move from western parts of the state on Tuesday toward the southeast.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayThe chance of showers through the Riverina, Southwest Slopes, and western parts of the southern ranges, mainly afternoon and evening. The chance of showers also about the Illawarra and adjacent areas. The chance of a shower or thunderstorm on the Mid North Coast and adjacent northern tablelands. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. Light and variable winds inland, with south to southeasterly winds extending along the coast.Sunday 25 MayScattered showers on the southwest slopes of the ranges, easing in the afternoon. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. Areas of morning fog in the east. Light and variable winds tending northerly in the south.Monday 26 MayPartly cloudy, but remaining fine apart from the late rain developing in the far southwest near the South Australian border. Partly cloudy. Areas of morning fog in the east. Northerly winds, freshening in the south.Tuesday 27 MayRain in the west, extending through central and southeastern districts during the day, possibly reaching the southern half of the coast at night. The chance of a thunderstorm in the south. Fine in the northeast. Light winds in the north. Northwest winds in the south, shifting westerly through the day.Wednesday 28 MayIsolated showers in the east, tending scattered over the slopes, falling as snow about the Alpine peaks. Fine and partly cloudy in the northeast and west.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Sunday.Product IDN10031
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