Hunter River - Stockton Bridge Boat Ramp (West Side) Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the evening.

Seas

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

1st Swell

Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore north of Port Stephens.

Weather

Cloudy. 70% chance of showers. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A weak ridge lies over the New South Wales coast, maintaining an onshore east to northeasterly airstream. Winds will increase fresh to strong on Thursday, before a trough enters the south coast and develops into a low pressure system on Friday, bringing strong to gale force southeasterly winds in its wake as it tracks north. Then, a high pressure system will move into the south Tasman Sea, maintaining fresh to strong southeasterly winds over coastal waters.