New South Wales local weather

Isolated showers along the southern and central coast and ranges, and adjacent western slopes, mainly in the morning. The chance of thunderstorms along the coastal fringe south of Newcastle during the early morning. Possible snow flurries on the alpine ranges above 1500 metres in the morning. Dry and sunny elsewhere. Patchy morning fog along the northern ranges. Daytime temperatures below average, tending above average along the north coast. West to northwesterly winds in northeastern and central areas at first. South to southwesterly winds across the south and west, fresh to strong and gusty along the coast, spreading to central and northeastern areas through the day.