View the current warnings for New South Wales
Forecast issued at 4:30 pm EST on Thursday 15 May 2025.
Weather Situation
A broad inland trough is extending from central Queensland into central New South Wales. Meanwhile, a low pressure system lies off the NSW coast maintaining a trough along the coast. These troughs are forecast to persist until late Friday when they will move further east over the Tasman Sea. Following this, a trough is expected to cross the state during the weekend, deepening offshore into a coastal low pressure system by Monday. This low pressure system is forecast to persist offshore until mid next week.
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
Cloudy. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the late evening.
Friday 16 May
Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 13 with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and 21.
- Fire Danger
- Greater Hunter: No Rating
- Greater Sydney Region: No Rating
- Illawarra/Shoalhaven: No Rating
- Southern Ranges: No Rating
- Central Ranges: No Rating
- North Western: No Rating
Sun protection 10:30am to 1:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 3 [Moderate]
7 day Town Forecasts
| Precis Icon | Location | Min | Max |
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Orange | 7 | 16 |
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Mudgee | 10 | 20 |
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Bathurst | 9 | 19 |
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Lithgow | 10 | 16 |
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Katoomba | 9 | 15 |
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Springwood | 14 | 21 |
Saturday 17 May
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers about the Blue Mountains, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the north in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 5 and 10 with daytime temperatures reaching between 15 and 21.
Sunday 18 May
Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 3 and 9 with daytime temperatures reaching between 10 and 17.
Monday 19 May
Cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 9 with daytime temperatures reaching between 10 and 16.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:15 am EST Friday.
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