Clifton Weather Forecast

Illawarra Coastal Waters

Wind

Northerly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore north of Port Kembla in the evening.

Seas

2 to 2.5 metres.

1st Swell

Northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore south of Port Kembla.

Weather

Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, with gusts of up 50 knots possible inshore.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the southeastern Tasman Sea is extending a ridge towards far northeastern New South Wales maintaining a northeasterly airstream along much of the coast. A cold front and its associated trough are forecast to enter the far south coast later today and cross the rest of the coastal waters through Thursday with strong and gusty southerly winds and large powerful southerly swells in its wake. Strong south to southeasterly winds and hazardous to damaging surf conditions may remain during the later part of the week through the weekend as a low pressure system develops off the Mid North Coast.