Australian Capital Territory Forecast

View the current warnings for the Australian Capital Territory and NSW

Forecast issued at 4:30 pm EST on Thursday 23 May 2013.

Weather Situation

A low pressure centre off the central coast will deepen overnight Thursday and during Friday before moving rapidly east to southeast during Saturday. Behind the trough a high pressure ridge is expected to develop across New South Wales on Saturday.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Partly cloudy. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h.

Friday 24 May

Partly cloudy. Patches of morning frost. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h tending southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 1 and 2 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 11 and 17.

No UV Alert, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Partly cloudy. Canberra 1 17
Partly cloudy. Tuggeranong 1 16
Partly cloudy. Mount Ginini -1 7

Saturday 25 May

Areas of frost and patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny day. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to around minus 2 with daytime temperatures reaching between 13 and 18.

Sunday 26 May

Areas of morning fog. Areas of morning frost. Sunny day. Winds west to southwesterly and light. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 3 and zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 13 and 18.

Monday 27 May

Partly cloudy. Areas of morning fog. Areas of morning frost. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 4 and minus 1 with daytime temperatures reaching between 12 and 17.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:15 am EST Friday.

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