Tag: weather
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WEATHER UPDATE: WEEKEND OF SUMMER PERFECTION
A brilliant couple of days are on the way this weekend with cool, comfortable dry nights, followed by clear, sunny days and light winds with coastal seabreezes. To top it off there is even going to be plenty of swell for surfers, swimmers beware of strong rips and currents so stay between the flags. Wear…
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WEATHER UPDATE: HEAVY DOWN POURS CLEARING
Today we have seen some very heavy down pours cause some localised flash flooding across the Hunter and NW with the system moving towards the NE corner of NSW and SE QLD where it will move through overnight before clearing during Saturday. Strong gusty winds will continue along the coast and the swell will rise…
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WEATHER UPDATE: MORE STORMS, MORE RAIN
It’s been another active day of storm development for NE NSW and SE QLD and we can expect more of the same tomorrow while it remains fine and mostly sunny for the Hunter and NW to the Plains. A change is going to move up the coast on Friday and the wet weather is going…
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WEATHER UPDATE: STORM SEASON HAS ARRIVED
Heavy early morning down pours produced up to 130mm falling Forster this morning. The heavy rain was confined to the coast. The rain in Newcastle was the heaviest the city has seen in 6 months. 50 calls were made to the SES due to flash flooding. More storms developed this afternoon stretching across the NW,…
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WEATHER UPDATE: DRY END TO THE MONTH
There are a few days expected to produce some showers but no significant rain events for the rest of the month as far as the long range weather models are concerned. The westerly winds have been so dry hardly any cloud has formed across the entire broadcast area today. The dry air and 100% sunshine…
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WEATHER UPDATE: A SMALL BURST OF WINTER
This Winter has seen very few strong cold fronts so temperatures have been above average and records have been tumbling. Today a burst of cold air has pushed north. Cloud joined forces with this cold air to keep temperatures down across the Greater Hunter, NW and Mid North Coast with a pulse of rain periods…
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WEATHER UPDATE: COOLING BUT NOT FOR LONG
Cooler air is now moving across the region dropping temperatures by a few degrees. Cloud is moving across the area producing rain in the south, mostly affecting the Hunter tonight. The main weather feature is going to be a low forming off the coast which will strengthen the SW winds pushing the colder air all…
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WEATHER UPDATE: LONG WEEKEND FORECAST
Long weekend is looking ok for most. A southerly change is going to move up the coast quickly Saturday morning triggering a burst of showers as it moves north. The showers will clear early for the Central Coast and Hunter arriving late for the Gold Coast. Remaining fine inland. The good news is it will…
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WEATHER UPDATE: MILDER WEATHER
Milder temperatures are settling across the Hunter and Mid North Coast thanks to NW to NE winds. Sadly the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers is still plagued by intermittent showers while the NW remains dry when it would love some rain. Rain will arrive on Sunday with a passing front. All locations will be affected…
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WEATHER UPDATE: ICY COLD NIGHTS
Cold westerly winds have settled in thanks to a slow moving low sitting over the SE delivering snow to the highlands while pumping cold air north across the region. The days will warm thanks to lengthy sunny periods but there is a lot of high level cloud making its way across the country blocking some…