Australian Capital Territory Forecast

Weather Situation

The passage of a cold front and associated prefrontal trough will dominate the weather in New South Wales today. Warm conditions with gusty north to northwesterly winds are expected ahead of the front in the northeast of the state, with showers increasing to rain with the chance of thunderstorms. A cold and windy southerly change follows behind the front with rain easing to showers, falling as snow in the south above about 1600 metres and lowering to 1200 metres by the evening. A steep upper trough following the front will result in further thunderstorms development in the southeast Thursday afternoon, where small hail is possible. Conditions will clear on Friday as a high pressure ridge extends across the state into the weekend but will result in unseasonable frost in the southeast in the wake of the cold outbreak. The high pressure system will continue to dominate the weather over the weekend, with northerly winds bringing a return to warm conditions over the state on Sunday as the high moves over the Tasman Sea.