View the current warnings for New South Wales
Forecast issued at 4:30 am EDT on Wednesday 15 February 2012.
Weather Situation
A broad trough lies over inland NSW while a weak high in the southwestern Tasman Sea extends a ridge to the north coast. This pattern will remain slow moving during next few days with the trough gradually deepening. A cold front passing in the southern Tasman Sea may bring a weak southerly change in the south on Saturday.
Forecast for the rest of Wednesday
Isolated showers along the coast and ranges, more likely central and northern parts. Isolated afternoon showers and possible thunderstorms about the northeastern inland and central and southern ranges. Partly cloudy elsewhere. Early fog patches about the ranges. Hot day in the far west. Southeast winds on the north coast. Northeast winds remainder, freshening on the south coast in the afternoon.
Thursday 16 February
Possible isolated showers in most districts, more likely on the far north coast and about the western slopes of the southern ranges. Possible isolated afternoon thunderstorms for most districts west of the ranges and on the far south coast. Fine and partly cloudy in the far west and on the central part of the coast. Hot day in the far west. Southeast winds on the north coast. Northeasterly winds remainder, freshening on southern and central parts of the coast and turning northwest to southwesterly in the southwest.
Friday 17 February
Isolated showers in most districts, tending scattered in the southeast. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms from the central north to the southeast. Fine and partly cloudy in the far west. Hot day in the west. North to northeasterly winds, humid along the coast, tending northwest to southwest in the southwest and southerly on the south coast later.
Saturday 18 February
Scattered showers through eastern districts with isolated thunderstorms. Isolated showers in central districts. Fine in the far west. Hot day in the west. Humid southeast to northeast winds near the coast. Northwest to southwest winds in the west.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Wednesday.
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