MELBOURNE - Jan 12/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system near New Zealand extends a ridge towards the New South Wales north coast, directing warm and humid air into a broad low pressure trough that extends into the northeast of the state from central Australia. On Monday the trough will move west and deepen with a low forming within it in response to an approaching upper-level system. The low and the trough are expected to cross the state during Tuesday and Wednesday bringing further rain to the most districts. Forecast for the rest of MondayShowers across much of the state, but remaining fine over the most of the Riverina, South West Slopes and the southern ranges. Chance of isolated thunderstorms over the far northwest. Fresh southerly winds along the coast and east to northeast winds inland.Tuesday 13 JanuaryShowers or rain in most districts. Isolated thunderstorms over the northwest, possibly severe. Northeast to northwesterly winds turning west to southwesterly in the far west later in the day.Wednesday 14 JanuaryRain over the eastern half contracting to the northeast by the afternoon. Showers persisting on and west of ranges over the southern half. Isolated thunderstorms over the northeast. Fresh northeast to northwest winds ahead of a west to southwest change spreading through the west and south.Thursday 15 JanuaryIsolated showers along the coast and adjacent ranges. Chance of isolated early morning thunderstorms on the far north coast. Fine west of the Divide. South to southwesterly winds.Friday 16 JanuaryIsolated showers along the coast and adjacent ranges. Fine west of the Divide. Southwest to southeast winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Tuesday.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 14:00 on Monday 12 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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