MELBOURNE - Jan 7/15 - 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 pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge towards the New South Wales north coast, directing warm and humid tropical air over the state. A trough and frontal system is expected to reach the southwest of the state Thursday and Friday. This next system will interact with moisture linked to a tropical low over northwest Western Australia later in the week generating a rain band initially over South Australia before entering the far west of NSW on Saturday. This second trough will again be slow-moving and may linger over the region through the weekend. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayShowers and thunderstorms developing over central and southern districts later in the day, more likely near the Victorian border. A few showers on the northern coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Hot day in the west. East to northeasterly winds near the coast, freshening in southern and central areas. North to northwesterly winds inland, freshening in the south ahead of a late southwest change.Fire Danger - Very High: Southern Riverina.Friday 9 JanuaryShowers and possible thunderstorms in southern and central districts, more likely in the south. Mostly fine elsewhere. Hot day in the northwest. Southwest to southeasterly winds in the south, and northwest to northeasterly winds across the remainder.Saturday 10 JanuaryRain developing in the west. Slight to medium chance of showers over much of the remainder. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms on the southern ranges. Northeast to northwesterly winds tending southerly in the south and west.Sunday 11 JanuaryRain in the southwest. Slight to medium chance of showers over much of the remainder. Northeast to northwest winds, freshening in the west and along the coast.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 23:45 on Wednesday 7 January 2015 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2015, 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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