Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 29/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A second high pressure system over the Tasman Sea today will result in fine conditions continuing across the state, with a warm day in the west. During Friday the high is forecast to strengthen over the Tasman Sea while a cold front approaches from the southwest, with hot, dry northwesterly winds developing between these systems over inland areas. The front will move through southern, western and central districts on Saturday with hot, strong and gusty northwesterly winds over much of the northeastern half of the state prior to the change. Only isolated shower and thunderstorm activity is expected with this front. The change should move through the northeast on Sunday with milder southwest to southeast winds extending throughout. Current guidance suggests temperatures will increase through the west of the state again next week.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayFine and mostly sunny. Hot day in the west. Freshening northeasterly winds near the coast before a weak southerly change in the south. Generally light and variable winds inland though tending moderate westerly in the south.Fire Danger -  Very high:Northern Slopes and Northwestern.Friday 31 OctoberIsolated showers and thunderstorms developing about the northeast during the afternoon, more likely about the North West Slopes and Plains. The slight chance of late showers in the far southwest in the evening. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. A warm to hot day in most districts with freshening northwest winds, though milder along the coast with a strengthening northeasterly sea-breeze.Saturday 1 NovemberIsolated showers and thunderstorms in the southwest at first, extending through southern and central districts during the day, and developing in the northeast during the afternoon. Warm to hot, fresh to strong and gusty northwesterly winds in the northeast half though strong northeasterly seabreezes along the coastal fringe of the far north coast. A cooler, gusty south to southwesterly change extending through southern and western districts, and reaching the central part of the coast later.Sunday 2 NovemberIsolated showers and thunderstorms about the northeast, and isolated showers along the remainder of the coast and adjacent ranges. Fine and mostly sunny remainder. Milder southwest to southeast winds extending through most districts though very warm conditions persisting for the far northern inland.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday.Product IDN10031
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