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Forecast issued at 4:30 pm EDT on Saturday 25 January 2025.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system will slowly move east to reach the Tasman Sea by later Sunday, while a trough lingers over the northern inland. On Monday and Tuesday, this inland trough is forecast to deepen and then move east as a cold front passes to the south. This pattern will draw a hot and unstable airmass across the region ahead of a cool and gusty southerly change. After this, the trough is forecast to stall along the north coast for the remainder of the week.
Forecast for the rest of Saturday
Partly cloud and the chance of a shower in the northeast and southeast. Dry and clear elsewhere, though some high cloud across the south. Southeast to northeasterly winds in the east and light and variable winds elsewhere.
Sunday 26 January
Isolated showers in the east, tending to drizzle along the south coast during the morning. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the northern ranges, slopes and plains, some possibly gusty. Dry and sunny elsewhere in the west. Patchy morning fog possible in the east. Daytime temperatures below average along the south coast and above average elsewhere. Northeast to southeasterly winds, fresh at times near the coast and tending northerly across the central and northern plains.
Fire Danger - High: North Western fire area.
Monday 27 January
Isolated showers and thunderstorms developing across the east, along the ranges and central and northern inland. Some thunderstorms may become severe along the ranges in the afternoon and evening. Dry and mostly sunny in the southwest. Patchy morning fog possible in the east. Daytime and nighttime temperatures well above average, most notably across the south and west. North to northeasterly winds in the east, freshening along the coast during the afternoon and early evening. East to northeasterly in the west, tending northwesterly during the day ahead of a cool south to southwesterly wind change entering the far southwest later.
Tuesday 28 January
Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms across the north, east, and the central areas, tending scattered about the southeast and the central east. Some thunderstorms may become severe in the afternoon and evening. Dry and mostly sunny in the southwest. Daytime and nighttime temperatures well above average, most notably across central parts, and tending near average in the far southwest. Northeast to northwesterly winds ahead of a cool south to southwesterly wind change sweeping across the south and west, reaching the southern and central parts of the coast as a fresh and gusty southerly change.
Wednesday 29 January
Isolated showers in the east, becoming scattered along the central and northern ranges and slopes in the afternoon. Thunderstorms possible across central and northern parts, more likely about the ranges, western slopes and plains in the afternoon. Dry and sunny across the southern inland and in the far west. Daytime temperatures below average in the east grading to above average across the northern inland. East to northeasterly winds in the northeast and south to southeasterly winds elsewhere.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EDT Sunday.
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