Tag: weather
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GREAT NEW YEAR’S EVE BEFORE FIRST BIG RAIN OF 2016 ARRIVES
The weather is looking fantastic for tonight’s celebrations. Only the Gold Coast and the far NE corner of NSW will experience stronger SE winds with some cloud. Most of the small showers are passing by just offshore. Tomorrow is looking great but early next week the monsoon low will begin to move in across the…
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GAV’S WEDNESDAY WEATHER
Great looking NYE. This NYE should be fantastic. Today was spectacular across the Central Coast, Hunter, NW and MNC. The southerly winds will continue but the risk of showers will ease for the Gold Coast and NE NSW. We see some big rain during the first week of 2016 thanks to the monsoon low moving…
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WEATHER: NEW YEAR’S EVE LEAD UP
The lead up to New Year’s Eve is looking really good for most of the region. West of the Divide will remain mostly sunny, with comfortable to warm temperatures. It will get hotter as NYE approaches. The Greater Hunter including the Central Coast and Port Stephens, will also have a fine lead up to the…
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WEATHER WARNING ISSUED BY BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued the following warning: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for HEAVY RAINFALL For people in parts of the Mid North Coast, Hunter, Central West Slopes and Plains, Upper Western and Northern Tablelands Forecast Districts. Issued at 5:04 pm Saturday, 26 December 2015. Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may…
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WEATHER: RAIN SLOWLY MOVING NORTH
It has been a very wet 24 hours for the Greater Hunter, with up to 100mm falling between Gosford and Port Macquarie. On the northern edge, the thick blanket of cloud storms fired up across the North West. That area of instability will continue to move north into south east QLD tomorrow. Over Christmas, conditions will…
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GAV’S WEATHER
Scorcher weekend. The dreaded hot NW winds are ready to whistle back in driving the temperatures into the high 30s and low 40 across the weekend. Bushfire dangers will rise ahead of the next change coming through on Tuesday for most of the region. Afternoon/evening showers and storm development will continue for northern NSW on…
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WEATHER: LARGE AREA OF INSTABILITY MOVING NORTH
The large area of instability is easy to see on the satellite. It is the large cluster of cloud south of the cloud band over northern NSW and south east QLD. The storm cluster will continue to move north into this evening. It has the potential for heavy downpours causing localised flash flooding and strong damaging…
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EL NINO DUE TO HIT AUSTRALIA THIS SUMMER
Summer has barely started, but already the mercury has climbed above 40 degrees, and bushfires have threatened communities and taken lives. El Niño is here. A special look at the weather system due to hit Australia this summer.
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WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEATHER OUTLOOK: Here’s a snapshot of the weather outlook for the remainder of today: – Central Coast: 27. Sunny. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h – Newcastle: 25. Sunny. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the afternoon. – Taree: 28. Sunny. Light winds. – Coffs Harbour: 27. Mostly…
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WEATHER: HOT SUMMER NIGHT
PHOTO: Thanks Mark Fuller for this great shot of Kangaroos cooling down in the backyard! Hot for the first day of summer and this evening the heat will linger making for our first hot summer night. The southerly change will arrive on the Central Coast and Hunter early Wednesday morning. Should be here before sunrise before…