Third Point Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Southerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots south of Port Stephens in the late morning. Winds tending southeasterly in the early afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres south of Port Stephens.

1st Swell

Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.

Weather

Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Norah Head in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A strong cold front is bringing a fresh to strong southwesterly change for southern parts of the coast, and strong northeasterly winds ahead of it for central and northern parts of the coast. This southwesterly change will reach central and northern parts of the coast this afternoon as the cold front moves east, before winds tend north to northeasterly across the entire coast on Monday as ridge builds along the coast. Another cold front will brush southern and central parts of the coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing a southwesterly change with it.