The latest weather forecast for the Lower Hunter including Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Cessnock, Maitland and Port Stephens.
Hunter Forecast
Today: possible showers; severe thunderstorms possible.
Wednesday is forecast to be partly cloudy across the Hunter, with a medium chance of showers. Forecast rainfall totals are 0-4 mm, with locally higher falls possible. A thunderstorm is likely in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding about the Upper Hunter. Around Newcastle and Maitland, a thunderstorm is possible in the afternoon and early evening. Around Lake Macquarie, a thunderstorm is possible. Temperatures are forecast to range from 11° to 35°, with the lowest temperatures around Cessnock and the highest around Singleton. For the Hunter region, winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly in the late afternoon then becoming light in the late evening. Around Newcastle, light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Around Maitland, light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Morning fog is possible across much of the Hunter, including Newcastle.
11-35°C