Weather

New South Wales

Saturday

Thick cloud over eastern and northern NSW with a deep low pressure trough is causing widespread showers and thunderstorms, some severe. Patchy cloud over southern parts of the state in the wake of a weak front is triggering the odd shower.

Issued at on

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 10:38AM on Saturday 18 February 2017

Strong Wind Warning for Byron Coast, Coffs Coast, Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast

Fire weather warning

Issued at 03:44AM on Saturday 18 February 2017

Fire Weather Warning for the North Western Fire Area

Severe thunderstorm warning

Issued at 14:37PM on Saturday 18 February 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Large Hail) for Illawarra, Sydney, Central Tablelands & Southern Tablelands

State Centres Forecast

Albury

Mostly sunny

14 - 25

 Mostly sunny

Bega

Showers

15 - 24

 Showers

Broken Hill

Mostly sunny

15 - 24

 Mostly sunny

Canberra

Possible shower

15 - 28

 Possible shower

Coffs Harbour

Possible shower

21 - 32

 Possible shower

Dubbo

Sunny

19 - 34

 Sunny

Lismore

Mostly sunny

20 - 34

 Mostly sunny

Newcastle

Possible shower

22 - 29

 Possible shower

Orange

Mostly sunny

15 - 27

 Mostly sunny

Sydney

Late thunder

22 - 29

 Late thunder

Tamworth

Thunderstorms

20 - 37

 Thunderstorms

Wagga Wagga

Clearing shower

14 - 27

 Clearing shower

Wollongong

Late shower

21 - 25

 Late shower

Four Day Outlook

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
Heavy showers and storms in east and northeast. Very hot in the west grading to hot in the east. Rain, showers/storms in the NE & E, some heavy. Mostly sunny and mild in the west. Cool. Mostly sunny. Cool in the south, mild in the north. Possible showers along the coast. Scattered about the coasts and adjacent inland. Mild in the east, warm elsewhere.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Thredbo Top Station, NSW 7.0°C
Maximum: Walgett, NSW 40.3°C

Coastal Waters

Batemans Coast

Variable about 10 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Byron Coast

Southerly 15/25 knots, decreasing to about 10 knots later in the evening.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 4.0 m

Canberra Lakes

North to northwesterly winds 15/20 km/h tending west to northwesterly 25/30 km/h from late morning.    

Coffs Coast

Southerly 15/20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Eden Coast

Variable about 10 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Hunter Coast

Southerly 15/20 knots decreasing to variable about 10 knots in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Illawarra Coast

South to southwesterly 10/15 knots decreasing to variable about 10 knots in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Macquarie Coast

Southerly 15/20 knots turning southwesterly below 10 knots during the afternoon and evening.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Sydney Coast

South to southwesterly 10/20 knots decreasing to variable about 10 knots in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Sydney Inshore

Southwesterly 10/15 knots decreasing to variable about 10 knots during the morning.  Sea: Up to 0.5 m  

This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.

AEDT = Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time which is 11 hours ahead of UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)

Mobile view of this page is unavailable