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Sydney Forecast

Issued at 11:25 am EDT on Tuesday 7 October 2008

Warning summary
Nil. For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's web site http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw

Forecast for Tuesday
Fine and sunny. Light to moderate south to southwest winds, turning easterly in the afternoon.
Precis: Fine. Sunny.

City:          Max:   19  
Liverpool:     Max:   21

UV Alert: 8:40 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High]

Forecast for Wednesday
Fine at first. Cloud increasing during the day, with the chance of an afternoon or evening shower. Moderate southwest to southeast winds, turning northeasterly later.

Precis: Chance shower.

City:  Min:   11  Max:   21
West:  Min:    6  Max:   21

Thursday
Chance shower.

City:  Min:   13  Max:   22
West:  Min:    8  Max:   23

Friday
Shower or two.

City:  Min:   14  Max:   24
West:  Min:   10  Max:   25

Saturday
Fine.

City:  Min:   15  Max:   24
West:  Min:    9  Max:   26

Sunday
Fine.

City:  Min:   15  Max:   25
West:  Min:    9  Max:   27

Monday
Late shower.

City:  Min:   17  Max:   29
West:  Min:   13  Max:   31

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EDT Tuesday

Source: The Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Sydney weather

monthly average figures
month	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct
°C max	26	22	16	22
°C min	18	14	8	13
sun hrs	7	6	6	7
rain mm	90	135	117	71
Note: For °F hover the underlined numbers with the mouse pointer.

Wind speed description

Description	Speed
Light	<19km/h
Moderate	20-30km/h
Fresh	31-39km/h
Strong	40-61km/h
Gale	62-87km/h
Storm	88-102km/h
Hurricane	>103km/h
Note: Wind speed in knots is approximately half the km/h figure (1km/h = 0.54kts).

07 Octomber

1798 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders leave Sydney to explore Van Diemen's Land.

1830 - The "Black Line" campaign of the Black War begins in an attempt to capture all Tasmanian Aborigines. The campaign lasts 7 weeks and only succeeds in bringing two Aborigines to the authorities.

1941 - John Curtin becomes the fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia.

Australian slang

in a huff hostile
come a gutser make a bad mistake, have an accident
porky lie, untruth
hooroo see you later
crook sick, badly made, thief
metho methylated spirits
shoot through to leave
give it away give up
galah fool, noisy, rude person