YOUR MARINE RESCUE PORT STEPHENS UP TO DATE HUNTER COASTAL WATERS WEATHER INFORMATION FOR WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2024
Weather Situation
North to northeasterly winds are prevailing along the NSW coast with a high pressure system in the Tasman Sea. A cold front will enter the far southern coastal waters later today, sweeping across the central and northern coast on Thursday, bringing a fresh to strong southerly wind change in its wake. The southerly airstream will somewhat ease later this week as a high pressure ridge follows the front, before southerly winds increase again over the weekend as another cold front moves along the coast.
Important boating information
Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Hunter Coast
Current Local Conditions
Temperature
Wind
Barometric Pressure
Rainfall Since 9:00 AM Today
19.0 degrees
8 knots from the north east
1019 hectopascals and steady
.000mm
NOTE:- Values recorded at Marine Rescue Port Stephens Radio Base and updated here each ten minutes.
Coastal Waters Forecast
Be Aware:Wind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.
Hunter Coast: Seal Rocks to Broken Bay issued by the Bureau of Meterology at 4:05 PM for the period ending midnight tonight
Winds:
Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning northerly 20 to 25 knots in the evening.
Seas:
1 to 2 metres.
Swell:
Southerly below 1 metre.
Weather:
Mostly clear. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore later tonight.
Type a value in the Knots field to convert it to kilometers per hour: kph
Tides and Sunset
The next tide at the heads will be a low of 0.64 of metre at 8:44pm followed by a high of 1.05 metres at 2:28am tomorrow.
First light will be at 5:32am and the sun will rise at 5:55am.
Forecast for Thursday
Warning:
Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Hunter Coast.
Winds:
North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots shifting southerly during the morning. Winds reaching up to 30 knots during the afternoon and evening.
Seas:
1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
Swell:
Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres around midday.
Weather:
Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Forecast for Friday
Winds:
Southerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 25 knots early in the morning.
Seas:
2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.
Swell:
Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres by early evening.
