New South Wales local weather

Isolate showers in the eastern half and the far north, becoming scattered in the northeast during the day. The chance of thunderstorms in the central, northeastern areas, and the far north, possibly severe along the north coast and adjacent ranges in the afternoon. Dry and mostly sunny elsewhere. Daytime temperatures above average along the coast, tending near average elsewhere. West to northwesterly winds in the east, and light variable in the west, ahead of a cool, fresh west to southwesterly wind change sweeping across the southern, western, and central areas through the day, crossing the southern half of the coast as a fresh to strong, gusty southerly change.