MELBOURNE - Jul 3/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system lies over the far northeast of the state with morning frost and fog the main feature of the weather until later today. The high will weaken and move further east during the day today as a low moves to the vicinity of western Bass Strait and an associated cold front crosses western New South Wales later today. The front and low are expected to move further east over the weekend with showers increasing about the western slopes of the ranges and further snowfalls about the ranges likely. Forecast for the rest of FridayIsolated showers developing over the southern inland later with a little snow falling on the Alps tonight. Morning frost and fog areas in the east, otherwise mostly sunny. Moderate to fresh northwest winds.Saturday 5 JulyIsolated showers from the Riverina through to western parts of the southern and central ranges, more widespread and increasing to rain at times about the western slopes of the southern ranges with snow on the Alps above about 1200 metres. Mostly sunny remainder. Morning fog and frost on northern and central ranges. Moderate to fresh westerly winds.Sunday 6 JulyIsolated showers on and west of the ranges, more widespread about the western slopes of the southern and central ranges. Snow to about the 1200 metre level on the southern ranges, and possibly on the central ranges. Isolated afternoon showers possible about central and southern parts of the coast. Cool to cold, moderate to fresh southwest winds.Monday 7 JulyIsolated showers about the western slopes of the southern and central ranges, with snow to about the 1200 metre levels over the Alps. Isolated showers along the coast. Moderate to fresh southwest winds, tending northwest later in the west of the state.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.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 Marine 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 03:45 on Friday 4 July 2014 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2014, 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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