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Satellite image. NSW Sat 1:00 pm EST

New South Wales

Sat 1:00 pm EST

Low cloud is clinging to the NSW coast trapped under a broad high, but is only bringing showers to the far north coast where cloud is thickest and onshore winds are strong. Skies remain clear over the rest of the state due to the high, helping a fairly mild day to develop.

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 10:48AM on Saturday 5 July 2008

Strong Wind Warning for the Far North Coast.

State Centres Forecast

Albury

Mostly sunny

0 - 15

 Mostly sunny

Bega

Increasing sunshine

1 - 17

 Increasing sunshine

Broken Hill

Mostly sunny

3 - 15

 Mostly sunny

Canberra

Mostly sunny

-1 - 13

 Mostly sunny

Coffs Harbour

Possible shower

10 - 18

 Possible shower

Dubbo

Mostly sunny

5 - 18

 Mostly sunny

Lismore

Showers

10 - 18

 Showers

Newcastle

Possible shower

10 - 18

 Possible shower

Orange

Mostly sunny

2 - 12

 Mostly sunny

Sydney

Mostly sunny

10 - 18

 Mostly sunny

Tamworth

Late shower

4 - 18

 Late shower

Wagga Wagga

Mostly sunny

3 - 16

 Mostly sunny

Wollongong

Clearing shower

10 - 17

 Clearing shower

Four Day Outlook

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
Isolated showers about the north coast. Cold morning then mostly sunny elsewhere. Cloud increasing, isolated falls about the ranges. Partly cloudy elsewhere. Mild. Chance patchy rain throughout, especially west. Mild northerly winds. Chance patchy rain spreading east. Cold winds.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Charlotte Pass, NSW -13.0°C
Maximum: Moree, NSW 20.3°C

Coastal Waters

Canberra Lakes

Northeast to northwest 10/20 km/h.    

Far North Coast

E/SE 15/20 knots, reaching 20/30 knots north of Cape Byron during the morning and afternoon.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Hunter Waters

E/SE 10/15 knots, tending NE 10/15 knots in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Illawarra

N/NE 1015 knots. W'ly 5/10 knots inshore at first.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.5 m

Mid North Coast

E/SE 10/15 knots reaching 15/20 knots in the north in the morning. Tending NE in the south in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

South Coast

N/NW 10/15 knots, freshening to 15/20 knots during the afternoon and evening.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 2.5 m

Sydney Inshore

E/NE 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 0.2 m  

Sydney Offshore

E/NE 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m