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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

NSW and ACT Forecast
Issued at 4:30 am EST on Wednesday 8 September 2010
for the period until midnight EST Saturday 11 September 2010.

Warning Summary at issue time
Final Minor Flood Warning for the Macintyre River at Boggabilla.
Final Minor Flood Warning for the Castlereagh River at Mendooran.
.
MINOR FLOOD WARNING.
FOR THE MACQUARIE RIVER AT WARREN.
Renewal Minor Flood Warning for Lachlan River at Cottons Weir.
Renewal Minor Flood Warning for Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera and Darlington
Point.
Minor To Moderate Flood Warning for Rural Areas Along the Murray River
Downstream Of Albury.
Minor Flood Warning for the Murray River upstream of Lake Hume.
Details of warnings are available on the Bureau's website www.bom.gov.au, by
telephone 1300-659-218* or through some TV and radio broadcasts.

Weather Situation
Showers will clear this morning on the central and northern coast as a high
pressure ridge dominates NSW. A cold front will approach NSW from the west with
a preceding rain band entering the far west today and extending east over most
of the state on Thursday. Twenty four hour rainfall totals in the 5 to 10
millimeter ranges are likely with this system, though around 20 millimeters
about the western slopes of the ranges. The cold front should cross southern
and central NSW Friday with showers and mountain snow for the southern inland
and rain easing in the northeast.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday
Isolated showers along the northern and central coasts, clearing in the
morning. Patchy rain developing in the far west later. Mostly sunny elsewhere.
Early frost and fog patches, mostly in the east. Southeast to northeast winds
tending north to northwest in the west.

Forecast for Thursday
Rain areas in the west, extending throughout during the day and easing to the
far west. Possible thunderstorms in the west. Freshening north to northwest
winds.

Forecast for Friday
Rain areas in the northeast clearing during the day. Scattered showers about
the western slopes of the southern and central ranges with snow on the Alps.
Isolated showers over the remainder of the southern inland. Fresh northwest
winds turning colder, strong and gusty westerly in southern and central areas.

Forecast for Saturday
Isolated showers over the southern inland, chiefly about the western slopes of
the southern ranges. Mostly sunny remainder. Moderate westerly winds, fresh in
the southeast, and afternoon coastal sea breezes.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Wednesday.

* Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or
public phones.

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Coastal Waters Forecast for New South Wales

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