MELBOURNE - Dec 25/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A slow moving high near New Zealand and a trough lying from northwest NSW to the southeast are resulting in a warm and humid airmass over the northeastern half of the state. An active cold front will approach NSW today with the trough expected to deepen further and the atmosphere to become more unstable. Showers and thunderstorms are likely to be quite widespread over the northeast half during the afternoon and evening with isolated severe storms possible. The trough and thunderstorm activity is expected to contract to the northeast Friday and the front is expected to weaken and slip southeast as a high pressure ridge develops over southern parts of the state. The trough is likely to stall on the far north coast over the weekend and may deepen under the influence of a weak upper system with widespread rain and possible heavy falls developing for the north coast and ranges. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayShowers and thunderstorms expected in eastern, northern and central districts, mostly during the afternoon and evening, with isolated severe storms possible. Mostly sunny in the southwest. Early fog patches in the east. Northwest to northeasterly winds, freshening near the coast, turning southwesterly in the southwest.Fire Danger - Very high: Lower Central West Plains.Friday 26 DecemberShowers and thunderstorms in the northeast. Showers possible over the southern and central coast and ranges. Mostly sunny in the west. Northeast to northwest winds, ahead of a southwest to southeast change extending from the south, reaching the northeast at night. Southerly winds fresh to strong along the coast.Saturday 27 DecemberShowers and possible thunderstorms over the northeast third of the state, tending to rain areas on the far far north coast with possible moderate to heavy falls. Cloudy with the slight chance of a shower or two about the central and southern coast and ranges. Fine elsewhere. North to northwest winds at first in the northeast. Southeast winds extending throughout during the day.Sunday 28 DecemberRain areas along the northern coast and ranges with possible moderate to heavy falls. Showers over most remaining eastern and central districts with isolated thunderstorms possible inland. Fine in the far west. East to northeast winds in the east, freshening along the coast, southwest winds in the west.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday.Product IDN10031 Notice Board Rainfall Forecast Terminology 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 Fire Weather Forecast Areas 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 05:00 on Thursday 25 December 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] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _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); })(); var _nol = { pvar: { cid: "abm", content: "0", server: "secure-au" } }; (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//secure-au.imrworldwide.com/v60a.js'; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); })();
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