MELBOURNE - Jan 28/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough is over the Tasman Sea and a high pressure system is to the south of Tasmania. The trough will deepen into a strong low pressure system in the southern Tasman Sea on Thursday, bringing drier southerly winds across much of the state. The low will weaken and move towards New Zealand over the weekend with onshore southeast winds beginning to return on Sunday as a ridge builds along the NSW coast. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayMedium to high chance of showers along the the coast and adjacent ranges in the far south, grading to a slight to medium chance of showers along the fringes of the central coast. Chance of an afternoon thunderstorm over the far southeast. Fine and mostly sunny west of the ranges. Southeasterly winds, tending southwest to southeasterly and fresh along the coast.Friday 30 JanuarySlight chance of showers along the coast and eastern ranges. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. South to southwesterly winds, fresh near the coast in the south.Saturday 31 JanuarySlight chance of showers along the coast and ranges in the north and south. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Southwest winds.Sunday 1 FebruarySlight to medium chance of showers on and east of the ranges. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Southwest winds in the west, southeast winds in the east.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 22:15 on Wednesday 28 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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