Hunter River - Stony Point Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Northerly 15 to 25 knots shifting southerly in the afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the late morning and again in the evening.

Seas

1 to 2 metres.

1st Swell

East to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. Areas of smoke haze, particularly inshore, resulting in reduced visibility. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A ridge extends over the NSW coast from a high situated over the Tasman Sea, maintaining northeasterly winds over NSW waters. A cold front will bring a southerly change to the coast today, starting from the southern coast in the early morning and moving through to the northern coast by the evening. In the wake of the cold front, another ridge will form along the NSW coast, maintaining southerly winds along the coast Monday, with winds shifting easterly then northeasterly Tuesday and Wednesday as the ridge moves east.