NSW: Sea breeze and southerly change weaken NSW heatwave

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-2009
NSW: Sea breeze and southerly change weaken NSW heatwave

SYDNEY, Feb 8 AAP - The heatwave that struck NSW eased on Sunday with cooler than expected
temperatures in coastal and inland areas.

Deniliquin in the state's southwest sweltered on Saturday with a top of 47 degrees
but failed to break the 40 mark on Sunday.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said the cool change expected on Sunday reduced temperatures
along southern parts of NSW by the afternoon.

"It's certainly cooler in the southern part of the state," BoM senior forecaster Elly
Spark told AAP.

"It will cool down and it …