Hunter River - Steelworks Channel Entrance Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 15 to 20 knots turning south to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots in the late morning. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the late morning and early afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.

1st Swell

Southeast to southwesterly below 1 metre, tending south to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon, then tending southerly 1.5 metres by early evening.

Weather

The chance of a thunderstorm this morning. Mostly sunny afternoon.

Weather Situation

A trough is moving north over the coastal waters north of the Hunter coast, bringing a fresh to strong southerly wind change in its wake. Winds easing briefly during Friday as a ridge extends over the region, ahead of a cold front bringing another bout of fresh to strong southerly winds over the coastal waters during the weekend.