Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales
This Flood Watch provides early advice of possible flooding within the specified catchments.
Flood Watch For The New South Wales Inland Rivers
Issued at 01:28 PM EST on Thursday 11 August 2022
Flood Watch Number: 2
FLOODING POSSIBLE IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES INLAND RIVERS FROM FRIDAY MORNING
A cold front associated with a low pressure system is expected to bring showers and rain to western New South Wales from late Thursday, extending to eastern parts of the state during Friday. This rainfall may cause widespread minor to moderate and possibly major flooding along inland NSW rivers, many of which experienced flooding due the rainfall last week.
Catchments are wet following recent rainfall
The weather system is expected to cause renewed flooding for the following catchments listed from Friday. Flood Classes (minor, moderate, major) are only defined for catchments where the Bureau provides a flood warning service.
Catchments likely to be affected include:
Upper Macintyre River
Gwydir River
Peel River
Namoi River
Castlereagh River
Macquarie River to Bathurst
Orange, Molong and Bell River
Macquarie River d/s Burrendong Dam
Bogan River
Lachlan River to Cotton's Weir
Belubula River
Mandagery Creek
Tumut River
Murrumbidgee River to Wagga Wagga
Flood Warnings are current for the following catchments: Namoi, Macquarie, Bogan, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Murray, Mirrool Creek, Culgoa, Narran and Darling.
For the latest flood and weather warnings see www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/
For the latest rainfall and weather forecasts see www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/
For the latest rainfall and river level information see www.bom.gov.au/nsw/flood
Flood Safety Advice:
FloodSafe advice is available at www.ses.nsw.gov.au
For emergency assistance call the SES on telephone number 132 500
For life threatening emergencies, call 000 immediately
This Flood Watch means that people living or working along rivers and streams must monitor the latest weather forecasts and warnings and be ready to move to higher ground should flooding develop.
Flood Warnings will be issued if Minor Flood Level is expected to be exceeded at key sites along the main rivers for which the Bureau of Meteorology provides a flood warning service.
Severe Weather Warnings will be issued or updated if very heavy rain is forecast or observed.
For more information on the Flood Watch Service: http://www.bom.gov.au/water/floods/floodWarningServices.shtml}
Next issue:
The next Flood Watch will be issued by 02:00 pm EST on Friday 12 August 2022.
Forecast
Marrangaroo (33.4287°S, 150.1062°E, 961m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Cloudy. Very high (near 100%) chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning. Winds N/NW 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 5 and 9 with daytime temperatures reaching between 10 and 15.
Forecast for Marrangaroo (33.4287°S, 150.1062°E, 961m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary Minimum 5° 5° 3° 3° 3° 2° 2° Maximum 11° 12° 9° 9° 10° 12° 13° Chance of rain 90% 30% 20% 20% 30% 40% 30% Likely amount 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate - - - Frost risk Slight Slight Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 8
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(km/h)Wind direction NNW N WNW WNW W W W WNW W W WSW SW W W Relative humidity 93% 84% 91% 53% 89% 65% 85% 67% 86% 66% 80% 53% 81% 55% Dew point 8°C 7°C 8°C 1°C 4°C 2°C 4°C 2°C 4°C 2°C 4°C 1°C 5°C 1°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Marrangaroo (33.4287°S, 150.1062°E, 961m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 6:16am EST 6:42am EST 5:28pm EST 5:53pm EST 5:35pm EST 6:56am EST Full moon
Full moon Aug 12 Last quarter Aug 19 New moon Aug 27 First quarter Sep 04 -
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