Category: Weather
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WEATHER: RAIN BAND HEADED FOR CENTRAL NSW
PHOTO: Pic by Jennifer Alto. A rain band is going to develop across central NSW tomorrow. This rain will mostly affect the Central Coast and Hunter moderate to heavy falls will come down during Wednesday. The northern edge of it will deliver some rain to the southern parts of the NW and MNC but total will…
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WEATHER: AN ONSHORE SHIFT FOR THE WEEKEND
Winter is usually dominated by westerly winds which make for some very cold mornings, even for coastal communities. This weekend we will see a rare onshore shift develop along the entire east coast. This will help ease the icy cold temperatures. Partly cloudy skies will develop and there’ll be very isolated showers mostly for the…
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SURF REPORT: JULY 15, 2016
We’ve seen another great week of waves up and down the coast with plenty of winter swell and dominate westerly winds. This weekend we will see an onshore wind develop and that will cause bumpier waves as the SE swell abates. There’ll still be some waves about but the quality is going to drop.
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WEATHER: MIGHTY COLD
PHOTO: Suzie O’Brien snapped this gorgeous pic. There wasn’t a great deal of daytime heating for northern NSW and SE QLD due to the layer of high cloud stealing the sunshine keeping temperatures to their absolute minimum. It remained cold to the south for areas such as the Hunter Valley despite lengthy sunny breaks. The winds…
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WEATHER: WINTER WINDS WILL CALM DOWN
The latest polar blast has moved through. Winds have been extremely strong for the Hunter and elevated areas of the northern ranges. Those winds are now easing and will drop off quite quickly. High level cloud has been constantly streaming in across north east NSW and south east QLD. The high level cloud will linger…
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GAV’S WEATHER: A POLAR BLAST IS COMING
A powerful blast of polar air is sweeping across the South-East dropping temperatures while delivering blizzard conditions to the Alpine areas. Wind warnings are widespread for our region. There isn’t going to be much precipitation with this system, for us it will be mostly cold, dry air that will sweep through. So snow on the higher…
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GAV’S WEATHER: TIME FOR A WILD RIDE ON THE WINTER ROLLER COASTER
The coldest front of the year is approaching southern Australia today. Tomorrow could be the coldest in up to 30 years for SA. Ahead of it things are going to be very warm for us with above average temperatures. Cloud will increase and some rain will fall across the NW Slopes. On Wednesday temperatures will…
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WEATHER: WEEKEND WEATHER TO IMPROVE
It’s been very ordinary for the school holidays across the Central Coast, Hunter, Mid North Coast and most of the North West, but the weather will improve over the weekend, with the wet weather will clearing, winds easing and cloud breaking up. The Northern Rivers and south east Queensland have enjoyed some spectacular winter days…
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SURF REPORT: FRIDAY JULY 8, 2016
It’s looking very enticing for weekend wave warriors. We have a solid south easterly swell reaching the majority of the coast. The pick tomorrow will be the classic southern point breaks due to the southerly winds. On Sunday, the winds will ease but they will bend around and blow onshore as the swell drops off.…
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WEATHER: LATEST ECL MOVING AWAY
Tomorrow the low pressure system will begin to weaken as it pulls away from the coast. The strong winds for the Central Coast and Hunter will ease further as they move around to the south. As it pulls away from the coast, the gusty winds and showers will be consistent in the morning before breaking…