IDN11021 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology New South Wales Updated North East District Forecasts Issued at 12:40 pm EDT on Thursday 17 October 2024 for the period until midnight EDT Sunday 20 October 2024. Weather Situation A trough is lingering over South Australia this morning while a low pressure system over the Tasman Sea is moving east. A cold front is expected to deepen and form a low pressure system over South Australia today, which will move southeast while the front crosses New South Wales during Friday and Saturday. After this a ridge of high pressure is forecast to extend across from the west, bringing more settled conditions to the region. Northern Rivers Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Thursday 17 October Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Ballina Shower or two clearing. Max 25 Byron Bay Shower or two clearing. Max 23 Grafton Possible shower. Max 27 Lismore Afternoon shower or two. Max 26 Tweed Heads Shower or two clearing. Max 26 Fire Danger: Far North Coast: No Rating Sun protection 8:50am to 4:00pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Forecast for Friday 18 October Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm inland in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming northerly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Ballina Possible late shower. Min 16 Max 27 Byron Bay Possible late shower. Windy. Min 18 Max 25 Grafton Possible shower developing. Min 14 Max 30 Lismore Possible late shower. Min 13 Max 29 Tweed Heads Possible late shower. Min 18 Max 27 Forecast for Saturday 19 October Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending west to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 30s. Ballina Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 31 Byron Bay Wind easing. Partly cloudy. Min 20 Max 26 Grafton Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 33 Lismore Partly cloudy. Min 16 Max 32 Tweed Heads Possible shower. Min 19 Max 30 Forecast for Sunday 20 October Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending southeasterly during the afternoon then tending southerly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s. Ballina Possible shower. Min 17 Max 25 Byron Bay Possible shower. Min 19 Max 24 Grafton Partly cloudy. Min 15 Max 27 Lismore Shower or two. Min 15 Max 25 Tweed Heads Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 27 Mid North Coast Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Thursday 17 October Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, becoming less likely in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to northeasterly in the evening then becoming light in the late evening. Coffs Harbour Shower or two. Max 23 Forster Partly cloudy. Max 24 Kempsey Possible shower. Max 24 Port Macquarie Partly cloudy. Max 23 Taree Morning fog then partly cloudy. Max 24 Fire Danger: North Coast: No Rating Greater Hunter: No Rating New England: No Rating Northern Slopes: Moderate Sun protection 9:00am to 4:00pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Forecast for Friday 18 October Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm inland. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending north to northwesterly in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 27. Coffs Harbour Shower or two developing. Min 15 Max 27 Forster Showers. Min 14 Max 26 Kempsey Shower or two. Min 13 Max 27 Port Macquarie Shower or two. Min 14 Max 26 Taree Shower or two. Min 15 Max 26 Forecast for Saturday 19 October Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning west to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day then decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 31. Coffs Harbour Possible shower. Min 19 Max 31 Forster Partly cloudy. Min 17 Max 29 Kempsey Possible shower. Min 16 Max 31 Port Macquarie Possible shower. Min 16 Max 30 Taree Possible shower. Min 17 Max 29 Forecast for Sunday 20 October Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Light winds becoming southeast to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. Coffs Harbour Possible shower. Min 16 Max 25 Forster Shower or two. Becoming windy. Min 14 Max 25 Kempsey Partly cloudy. Min 13 Max 25 Port Macquarie Possible shower. Min 14 Max 24 Taree Shower or two. Min 15 Max 25 Hunter Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Thursday 17 October Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm about the Upper Hunter in the early afternoon. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Gosford Mostly sunny. Max 23 Maitland Morning fog then partly cloudy. Max 26 Newcastle Partly cloudy. Max 24 Scone Cloudy. Max 26 Singleton Partly cloudy. Max 26 Fire Danger: North Coast: No Rating Greater Hunter: No Rating Greater Sydney Region: Moderate Central Ranges: No Rating Sun protection 9:10am to 4:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Forecast for Friday 18 October Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. Gosford Showers. Min 15 Max 25 Maitland Showers. Min 14 Max 26 Newcastle Showers. Min 15 Max 26 Scone Showers. Possible storm. Min 11 Max 26 Singleton Showers. Min 15 Max 26 Forecast for Saturday 19 October Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h turning westerly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 28. Gosford Partly cloudy. Min 17 Max 27 Maitland Partly cloudy. Min 17 Max 28 Newcastle Partly cloudy. Min 17 Max 28 Scone Mostly sunny. Min 14 Max 26 Singleton Mostly sunny. Min 18 Max 29 Forecast for Sunday 20 October Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. Gosford Possible shower. Min 14 Max 23 Maitland Possible shower. Min 14 Max 25 Newcastle Possible shower. Min 15 Max 25 Scone Mostly sunny. Min 8 Max 26 Singleton Partly cloudy. Min 14 Max 26 Northern Tablelands Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Thursday 17 October Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, becoming less likely in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the early afternoon. Armidale Partly cloudy. Max 22 Glen Innes Possible shower. Max 21 Inverell Partly cloudy. Max 25 Fire Danger: Far North Coast: No Rating New England: No Rating Northern Slopes: Moderate Sun protection 9:00am to 4:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High] Forecast for Friday 18 October Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 29. Armidale Shower or two. Min 7 Max 24 Glen Innes Shower or two. Min 9 Max 23 Inverell Showers. Possible storm. Min 11 Max 26 Forecast for Saturday 19 October Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Mostly sunny afternoon. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h turning west to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h during the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 31. Armidale Possible shower. Min 12 Max 23 Glen Innes Possible morning shower. Min 13 Max 23 Inverell Morning shower or two. Min 14 Max 26 Forecast for Sunday 20 October Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower on and east of the ranges, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly during the morning then tending east to southeasterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 5 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 26. Armidale Partly cloudy. Min 6 Max 23 Glen Innes Mostly sunny. Min 6 Max 23 Inverell Partly cloudy. Min 8 Max 26 The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).