Hunter River (North Channel) - Mangrove Creek Entrance Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Norah Head in the evening. Winds turning northerly in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore north of Norah Head.

1st Swell

Southerly below 1 metre.

Weather

Mostly clear. The chance of a thunderstorm south of Port Stephens early this evening.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge to the state's northeast, maintaining fresh northeasterly airstream over coastal waters. A trough is forecast to brush the south coast on Friday and weakens. This trough will strengthen again during the weekend and heads northward, reaching the Hunter Coast by Sunday and stalling, as the second high pressure system passing to the south enters the Tasman Sea. Meanwhile a tropical low pressure system over Queensland is forecast to extend a trough towards the state's far northeast during the weekend, possibly deepening to a low pressure system off the southeast Queensland coast or the far north coast of New South Wales on Sunday before quickly heading further offshore early next week.