Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 6/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A cold front is moving rapidly across New South Wales, and will reach the far northeast of the state by Tuesday evening. A high pressure system to the west of Adelaide will extend a ridge across the south of New South in the wake of the front, and will become the main influence on the weather for Wednesday and Thursday. The high will drift eastwards to be over the Tasman Sea by Friday, while a low pressure trough will develop over western New South Wales on Friday and Saturday ahead of the next approaching cold front.
Forecast for the rest of TuesdayMorning rain with some embedded thunderstorm activity in central and southern parts, chiefly about western slopes of the Divide. Mostly fine during the afternoon, apart from the chance of showers or thunderstorms about the Mid North Coast and surrounding areas. Isolated showers redeveloping on the southern half of the coast at night. North to northwesterly winds in the northeast, with a cooler west to southwesterly change extending through remaining districts, turning southeasterly along the coast later.Fire Danger -  Very High: Coastal districts north from Sydney, plus the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes districts.Wednesday 8 OctoberIsolated showers along the coast and adjacent ranges, more likely on central parts of the coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Southwest to southeasterly winds, fresh along the northern coast.Thursday 9 OctoberIsolated showers along the central and northern coasts, and adjacent ranges. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Southeast to northeasterly winds near the coast, tending light and variable inland.Friday 10 OctoberIsolated showers developing in the southeast, and possibly in the northeast later in the day. Fine elsewhere. Generally light winds, with coastal afternoon seabreezes.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday.Product IDN10031
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