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Sydney Forecast



Issued at 8:30 am EST on Sunday 1 August 2010

Weather alerts

Warning Summary at issue time:
Strong Wind Warning for Sydney Closed Waters.



Forecast for Sunday
Sunny day. Some cloud developing later with the chance of overnight shower. Moderate west to northwesterly winds becoming fresh to strong and gusty in the afternoon.

Precis: Windy. Mostly sunny.

City:          Max:   20  
Liverpool: Max: 20

UV Alert: Nil , UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]


Monday
chance late shower.
City:  Min:    6  Max:   15
West:  Min:    3  Max:   15 


Tuesday
partly cloudy.
City:  Min:    8  Max:   19
West:  Min:    4  Max:   20 


Wednesday
cloudy periods.
City:  Min:    7  Max:   17
West:  Min:    3  Max:   17 


Thursday
chance shower.
City:  Min:    8  Max:   16
West:  Min:    3  Max:   16 


Friday
chance shower.
City:  Min:    8  Max:   17
West:  Min:    4  Max:   17 


Saturday
mostly sunny.
City:  Min:    8  Max:   17
West:  Min:    3  Max:   17 

The next routine forecast will be issued at 11:25 am EST Sunday


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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).
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