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Forecast issued at 4:30 am EDT on Sunday 5 October 2025.
Weather Situation
Warm and windy conditions are expected today and into tomorrow, ahead a cool southerly change associated with a cold front crossing the south of the state tomorrow. A trough associated with this front may briefly linger over the state's north on Tuesday. After this, warm, windy and unsettled conditions are forecast to redevelop ahead of the passage of another cold front during the second half of the week.
Forecast for the rest of Sunday
Dry and mostly sunny, with cloud developing across the far south in the afternoon and evening. Patchy morning fog across the east. Patchy morning frost on the southern and central ranges and western slopes. Daytime temperatures above average, tending well above average across the southern inland and southern coast. Northeast to northwesterly winds, freshening along the coastal fringe and far west in the afternoon. Fresh to strong and gusty westerly winds developing on the southern ranges. Damaging winds possible on the alpine peaks in the evening. A cooler, south to southwesterly change entering the far southwest in the evening.
Fire Danger - High: Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter and Illawarra/Shoalhaven fire areas.
Monday 6 October
Scattered showers or patchy light rain developing across the far south in the morning, spreading to central areas in the afternoon and evening. Dry and mostly sunny in the north. Daytime temperatures well above average across central and northern parts of the coast and the northern inland, and below average across the southern inland. Warm, northeast to northwesterly winds across the east and north, becoming fresh to strong and gusty during the day. Damaging winds possible on the southern and central ranges and parts of the Illawarra. A cool south to southwesterly change over the south and west spreading to the northwest during the afternoon. A cool, fresh to strong and gusty southerly change moving along the southern half of the coast in the afternoon, reaching the Hunter by the late afternoon or early evening, then weakening as it reaches the far northeast corner in the late evening.
Tuesday 7 October
Isolated showers possible, more likely across central eastern districts. Dry and partly cloudy on the southern inland plains. Daytime temperatures a little above average in the northeast grading to below average across the southern inland. Patchy morning fog and frost on the southern ranges and adjacent slopes and plains. Southeast to southwesterly winds, becoming westerly across the southern half and along the ranges in the afternoon.
Wednesday 8 October
Isolated to scattered showers developing across all but the far northeast corner. Showers more likely on the southern slopes in the afternoon and evening. Isolated thunderstorms possible across the Central West, central and northeastern districts, possibly gusty. Northeast to northwesterly winds, freshening along the coast and on the ranges during the day. A west to southwesterly change entering the far west later.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Sunday.
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