North West Slopes and Plains

View the current warnings for New South Wales

Forecast issued at 4:20 pm EST on Saturday 18 May 2013.

Weather Situation

A low pressure system lies over the southern Tasman Sea while a high north of Adelaide extends a ridge to the south. These system are producing a southwesterly airstream over eastern NSW. The high and ridge will move slowly east over the weekend to lie over eastern parts of the state on Monday. A low pressure system and associated rain band is expected to affect the state next week.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday

Partly cloudy. Winds west to southwesterly and light.

Sunday 19 May

Areas of frost on the slopes early in the morning. Areas of fog early in the morning. Mostly sunny day. Winds southwesterly and light, increasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day, then easing. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 2 and 4 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 15 and 19.

UV Alert from 10:10 am to 1:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Early frost and fog. Tamworth -1 17
Mostly sunny. Moree 3 18
Early fog then mostly sunny. Narrabri 2 18

Monday 20 May

Mostly sunny. Areas of frost on the slopes early in the morning. Winds south to southwesterly and light. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 1 and 4 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and 19.

Tuesday 21 May

Partly cloudy. Areas of fog and frost on the slopes early in the morning. Patchy light rain on the plains during the evening. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between zero and 6 with daytime temperatures reaching between 17 and 20.

Wednesday 22 May

Cloudy. Areas of rain. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 3 and 9 with daytime temperatures reaching between 13 and 16.

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

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