New South Wales local weather

Dry and sunny apart from the chance of showers along the northern half of the coast. The chance of a thunderstorm along the Hunter coastal fringe. Areas of morning frost about the southern and central ranges, slopes and inland plains. Patchy morning fog about the Hunter. Daytime temperatures below average, tending near average in the northeast. Southeast to southwesterly winds, fresh at times along the coast. Weak easterly sea breezes developing near the coast during the afternoon. Hazardous surf Illawarra to Macquarie coasts.