Magenta Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Port Stephens in the late morning.

Seas

1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

1st Swell

Southerly around 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm south of Port Stephens at night.

Weather Situation

A high over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge over coastal waters, maintaining northeasterly airstream. A trough is forecast to brush the southern and central parts of the coast today, bringing a coastal southerly change in its wake, before stalling about the Hunter or Mid North Coast midweek. Then, another high pressure ridge looks set to extend across the state's south, maintaining onshore easterly winds later in the week.