[robair]

Gday All

Weather report for the next few days looks about as friendly as a truck crash.

2149 UTC 04/02/10 AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA
GENERAL MET MESSAGE BRIEFING



Prepared for: ROBFLIGHT

YSSY
IDN42903
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
NEW SOUTH WALES

SYDNEY AIRPORT WEATHER BRIEFING
ISSUED AT 1648Z ON THE 04/02/2010 [0348 ON THE 05/02/2010 LOCAL]

SYDNEY TAF: (THIS TAF MAY NOT BE THE LATEST ISSUE)
TAF YSSY 041644Z 0418/0524
03015KT 9999 -SHRA FEW010 SCT020 BKN030
FM050000 06018KT 9999 -SHRA SCT025 SCT035
FM051000 02010KT 9999 -SHRA FEW010 SCT020 BKN030
FM051800 18020KT 9999 -SHRA SCT010 BKN020
INTER 0418/0502 4000 SHRA BKN010
INTER 0512/0524 4000 SHRA BKN010
PROB30 TEMPO 0502/0512 2000 TSRA BKN008 SCT030CB
RMK
T 24 24 25 27 Q 1008 1009 1009 1008


TAF SUMMARY:
A HIGH NEAR NEW ZEALAND AND A LOW OVER INLAND NSW ARE COMBINING TO
PRODUCE A MOIST UNSTABLE EASTERLY FLOW OVER SYDNEY. WINDS WILL
NORTHEASTERLY FRESHENING DURING THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH FURTHER SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES. INTERMITTENT PERIODS
OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BROKEN LOW CLOUD CAN BE EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AS AN
INLAND TROUGH OVER NSW MOVES INTO EASTERN PARTS. THIS TROUGH IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SYDNEY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BRING MODERATE
TO FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS AND FURTHER SHOWER ACTIVITY.

THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL:
CHANCE WITHIN 20NM OF SYDNEY AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON.

OTHER POSSIBILITIES:
20% CHANCE OF LENGTHY PERIODS WHERE INTER NOT REQUIRED.
20% CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM WITHIN 5NM OF SYDNEY AIRPORT OVERNIGHT
AND TOMORROW MORNING. 12/02Z.

SYDNEY OUTLOOK:
SATURDAY : RAIN PERIODS. CITY MAX: 23
SUNDAY : SHOWERS. CITY MAX: 25

REGARDS
CHRIS UNTIL 7AM THEN IAN.

NOTES:
1. THIS BRIEFING IS NOT AMENDED BETWEEN ROUTINE ISSUES. FOR
OPERATIONAL PLANNING, REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE TO THE LATEST TAF OR
TTF.


Cheers
Rob Byrnes