IDN11024 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology New South Wales Updated Northern Rivers District Forecast Issued at 12:40 pm EDT on Thursday 17 October 2024 for the period until midnight EDT Sunday 20 October 2024. 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. 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. 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 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).