Category: Weather
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WEATHER: A LONG AWAITED CHANGE FOR HUNTER AND NORTH WEST
PHOTO: Snapped by Scott Allen. It has been one of the longest runs of hot, dry weather during this time of the year in recorded history for the Hunter and NW. Today a trough line slowly began to move in, triggering showers and storms and there’s more on the way. The increased cloud cover and…
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HOT WEEKEND
The incredibly long, dry, hot run of weather for the North West and Greater Hunter will continue across the weekend. With gusty coastal sea breezes. The chance of shower for the Northern Rivers and SE QLD will build on Sunday.
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WEATHER: RECORDS ARE BREAKING
Melbourne had its hottest March night on record last night, while Mildura experienced its hottest March day today. Sydney has now had 34 days above 26 degrees, smashing the previous record of 19. The mercury has not dropped below 20 degrees for 20 days and nights – also a new record. Further north, and Brisbane is…
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WEATHER: HOT AND DRY FOR SOME, MORE WET WEATHER ON THE WAY FOR OTHERS
PHOTO: The sun rising near Wallsend, sent in by David Hough. Getting more active across northern and Central Australia with moisture levels building and rain on the way tomorrow with widespread storms producing some long awaited rain for that part of the country. Locally the shower activity will begin to ease after another burst moves through…
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WEATHER: RAIN RETURNING TO NORTHERN RIVERS
PHOTO: Dalwood Falls snapped by Peter Humphreys. Another burst of showers heavy at times will moving back in on the Northern Rivers spilling across the border into SE QLD with limited patchy falls reaching the MNC. The NW and Greater Hunter will remain dry and hot.
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WEATHER: WEEKEND FORECAST
The first weekend of March will feel very summery indeed. The long, hot, dry spell for the North West, Greater Hunter and Mid North Coast continues, with seabreezes consistently fanning the coastal fringe. This week we saw lots of rain across the Northern Rivers and Gold Coast. The wet weather eased across those regions today,…
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WEATHER: HOT START TO AUTUMN CONTINUES
PHOTO: Sun rising over Newcastle Harbour. Northern Australia is still very clear and very dry. The large pool of heat over Central Australia remains in place causing temperatures to soar into the mid 30s for the NW and Hunter Valley each day. Showers continue in the NE corner of NSW and SE QLD. These shower…
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WEATHER: AUTUMN UNDERWAY
PHOTO: Waves at Diggers Beach, Coffs Harbour catured by Jody Burgess. The first week of Autumn is going to remain hot and dry for the NW, Hunter and MNC while the Northern Rivers and SE QLD will see more shower activity. These showers will ease from tomorrow. We had no rain events what so ever in…
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WEATHER: ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING SUMMER
PHOTO: Geoff Childs snapped some serene seagulls at Gosford. January was very wet for the Hunter and MNC, one of the wettest on record in fact with 534mm putting to eighth position. February was the opposite for NSW overall being the driest since 1978. Rather than experiencing extreme heat it was consistently hot driving up averages…
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WEATHER: GOODBYE SUMMER, HELLO AUTUMN!
The final day of summer was fine and very warm across the region. The first week of Autumn is going to be mostly sunny and dry across the NW, Central Coast and Hunter. The northern NSW coast into SE QLD will see a consistent week of partly cloudy skies and isolated showers thanks to moderate…