Isolated showers along the coast, about the southern and central ranges and tablelands, and the far southern inland. The chance of thunderstorms about the southern and central coast, possibly severe. Dry and mostly sunny elsewhere. Daytime temperatures above average in the north, and below average in the south. Westerly winds, fresh and gusty on the southern and central ranges, and Illawarra/Shoalhaven, strong at times about the alpine peaks. A cool south to southwesterly change, fresh and gusty along the coast.