Warm and humid weather conditions are set to continue with some widespread rainfall forecast for the Port Macquarie-Hastings around Wednesday.
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Meteorologist with weatherzone Brett Dutschke said Friday afternoon will be breezy with winds reaching 30 to 40 kilometres per hour.
"Those winds will be strongest on the coast and reaching into the hinterland areas," he said.
"It will continue to be mostly sunny with some passing high cloud.
"The temperature will reach 30 degrees on the coast and around three degrees warmer on the hinterland areas. This is about five degrees above the average for November.
"Those winds are likely to ease off from late afternoon and into the evening. However, it will continue to be a warm night.
"It will cool down slowly overnight and this could see the temperature still in the low 20s in the late evening," he said.
The easing winds will “mix the air around” which will see a minimum overnight temperature of 19 degrees.
Saturday will see increasing cloud with northerly winds dominant.
There is a chance of some showers in the elevated parts of the hinterland, particularly around Wauchope and Kendall and Kew.
The day will be muggy with a maximum temperature of around 31 degrees and as high as 35 degrees in Wauchope. It is likely to feel a few degrees warmer with that humidity.
There is a slight chance of a shower on the coast.
A cooler southerly wind change on Saturday night will see reasonably brisk winds on the beach on Sunday.
The wind will be noticeable and will turn a bit more onshore - south easterly - through Sunday. It is likely to be a bit more humid as well.
- Brett Dutschke
"The wind will be noticeable and will turn a bit more onshore - south easterly - through Sunday. It is likely to be a bit more humid as well," the weather forecaster said.
"Saturday's overnight temperature will be 19 to 20 degrees with a maximum of 26 degrees. It is likely to reach 28 degrees in the Wauchope and hinterland parts of the Port Macquarie-Hastings.
"These conditions could see some drizzling rain too," he said.
The warm, humid conditions are caused by warm air building up over the interior with northerly winds drawing that heat across NSW.
While the coastline enjoys relatively cool sea breezes, much of the inland areas of NSW are experiencing heatwave conditions, Mr Dutschke said.
"Meteorologists use several markers as definitions of heatwave conditions. One is when there are three consecutive nights of five degrees or more above the average," he said.
"Fortunately this current heatwave is not much of a health risk because we are coming off a fairly cool spell.
"However, it is still advisable to limit that physical activity in the sun."
Despite the continued warmer weather into the start of the week, Mr Dutschke said widespread rain was likely to arrive in the Port Macquarie-Hastings by around Wednesday.
"We have been monitoring this rain for some time, the modelling has been pretty good on this happening," he added.
Out to sea, seas will be around three metres on Friday and Saturday but dropping off on Sunday.
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