MELBOURNE - Jul 6/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A complex low pressure system lies over the southern Tasman Sea, and is combining with a high pressure system over central Australia to direct a west to southwesterly airstream across New South Wales. The high will move eastwards across northern New South Wales and into the Tasman on Monday and Tuesday while gradually weakening. A strong cold front will cross New South Wales during Wednesday and Thursday, with northwesterly winds strengthening ahead of a cool and gusty westerly change. Forecast for the rest of SundayIsolated showers in the southern and central inland frequent on western slopes of the southern ranges. Showers possibly extending to the south coast. The chance of afternoon thunderstorms in the far southwest. Snow above 1200 metre on the southern ranges, and possibly on the central and northern ranges later. Fresh southwesterly winds.Monday 7 JulyIsolated showers and morning drizzle about the western slopes of the southern ranges, contracting to the south. Light snow showers on the Alps. Morning fog and frost areas inland. Partly cloudy over the southern inland, mostly sunny in the north and along the coast. Fresh west to southwesterly winds, tending northwesterly in the west.Tuesday 8 JulyIsolated showers on the western slopes of the southern ranges with light snow showers above 1400 metres. Morning fog and frost areas along the ranges. Mostly sunny elsewhere. West to northwesterly winds becoming north to northwest and strengthening in the west.Wednesday 9 JulyIsolated showers in the southern and central inland tending scattered on the western slopes of the southern ranges with late snow showers above 800 metres. Partly cloudy in the remainder. Fresh to strong north to northwesterly winds turning cold westerly in the west later.Thursday 10 JulyThe chance of showers on the northern half of the coast. partly cloudy elsewhere. Westerly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Monday.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 17:00 on Sunday 6 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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