Wild and windy: 90 kilometre wind gusts lash the Hunter in cold snap
WILD and windy conditions have swept through the Hunter over the King's Birthday long weekend, bringing icy temperatures and damaging weather.
The gale-force winds brought down a large tree across Black Hill Road near Minmi, where emergency services were called to assist.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Belinda House said a low-pressure system in southern parts of the Tasman Sea off the south coast of NSW caused the gusty environment.
"The Hunter is on the northern side of that low-pressure system, so we're seeing those fairly fresh and gusty, west-northwesterly winds funnelling down through the Hunter Valley," she said.
The Nobbys Head weather station recorded a wind gust of 91km/h on Monday morning, June 9, at about 11am.
"Since then, it's been gusting between 70 and 90 kilometres all morning. It's likely we'll continue to see a fairly windy day right across the Hunter for the rest of the day and again tomorrow," she said.
Temperatures on Monday saw Newcastle reach a top of 15 degrees with a feels-like temperature of six.
Further up the Hunter, the mercury dropped with Scone and Muswellbrook forecast to reach just 12 degrees and 13 in Singleton and Cessnock.
"They are really cold daytime temperatures. On Tuesday, we can expect temperatures to warm up a bit, pushing 18 or 19 degrees through parts of the coast," Ms House said.
"But it will be a reasonably chilly night with parts of the Upper Hunter likely to get down to six or seven degrees."
She said the combined conditions and cold temperatures were a recipe for snow to fall at Barrington Tops.
"We don't specifically have a report for Barrington Tops, we have measured precipitation. So, it's cold enough, it's high enough. I think it's a safe assumption. Knowing that we've seen snow fall up through the tablelands, that there will have been some snow up there," she said.
"There is no chance for snow after Monday."
The Barrington Tops remained closed until further notice on June 9 due to recent flooding. The public is urged to avoid affected areas.
WILD and windy conditions have swept through the Hunter over the King's Birthday long weekend, bringing icy temperatures and damaging weather.
The gale-force winds brought down a large tree across Black Hill Road near Minmi, where emergency services were called to assist.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Belinda House said a low-pressure system in southern parts of the Tasman Sea off the south coast of NSW caused the gusty environment.
"The Hunter is on the northern side of that low-pressure system, so we're seeing those fairly fresh and gusty, west-northwesterly winds funnelling down through the Hunter Valley," she said.
The Nobbys Head weather station recorded a wind gust of 91km/h on Monday morning, June 9, at about 11am.
"Since then, it's been gusting between 70 and 90 kilometres all morning. It's likely we'll continue to see a fairly windy day right across the Hunter for the rest of the day and again tomorrow," she said.
Temperatures on Monday saw Newcastle reach a top of 15 degrees with a feels-like temperature of six.
Further up the Hunter, the mercury dropped with Scone and Muswellbrook forecast to reach just 12 degrees and 13 in Singleton and Cessnock.
"They are really cold daytime temperatures. On Tuesday, we can expect temperatures to warm up a bit, pushing 18 or 19 degrees through parts of the coast," Ms House said.
"But it will be a reasonably chilly night with parts of the Upper Hunter likely to get down to six or seven degrees."
She said the combined conditions and cold temperatures were a recipe for snow to fall at Barrington Tops.
"We don't specifically have a report for Barrington Tops, we have measured precipitation. So, it's cold enough, it's high enough. I think it's a safe assumption. Knowing that we've seen snow fall up through the tablelands, that there will have been some snow up there," she said.
"There is no chance for snow after Monday."
The Barrington Tops remained closed until further notice on June 9 due to recent flooding. The public is urged to avoid affected areas.
WILD and windy conditions have swept through the Hunter over the King's Birthday long weekend, bringing icy temperatures and damaging weather.
The gale-force winds brought down a large tree across Black Hill Road near Minmi, where emergency services were called to assist.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Belinda House said a low-pressure system in southern parts of the Tasman Sea off the south coast of NSW caused the gusty environment.
"The Hunter is on the northern side of that low-pressure system, so we're seeing those fairly fresh and gusty, west-northwesterly winds funnelling down through the Hunter Valley," she said.
The Nobbys Head weather station recorded a wind gust of 91km/h on Monday morning, June 9, at about 11am.
"Since then, it's been gusting between 70 and 90 kilometres all morning. It's likely we'll continue to see a fairly windy day right across the Hunter for the rest of the day and again tomorrow," she said.
Temperatures on Monday saw Newcastle reach a top of 15 degrees with a feels-like temperature of six.
Further up the Hunter, the mercury dropped with Scone and Muswellbrook forecast to reach just 12 degrees and 13 in Singleton and Cessnock.
"They are really cold daytime temperatures. On Tuesday, we can expect temperatures to warm up a bit, pushing 18 or 19 degrees through parts of the coast," Ms House said.
"But it will be a reasonably chilly night with parts of the Upper Hunter likely to get down to six or seven degrees."
She said the combined conditions and cold temperatures were a recipe for snow to fall at Barrington Tops.
"We don't specifically have a report for Barrington Tops, we have measured precipitation. So, it's cold enough, it's high enough. I think it's a safe assumption. Knowing that we've seen snow fall up through the tablelands, that there will have been some snow up there," she said.
"There is no chance for snow after Monday."
The Barrington Tops remained closed until further notice on June 9 due to recent flooding. The public is urged to avoid affected areas.
WILD and windy conditions have swept through the Hunter over the King's Birthday long weekend, bringing icy temperatures and damaging weather.
The gale-force winds brought down a large tree across Black Hill Road near Minmi, where emergency services were called to assist.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Belinda House said a low-pressure system in southern parts of the Tasman Sea off the south coast of NSW caused the gusty environment.
"The Hunter is on the northern side of that low-pressure system, so we're seeing those fairly fresh and gusty, west-northwesterly winds funnelling down through the Hunter Valley," she said.
The Nobbys Head weather station recorded a wind gust of 91km/h on Monday morning, June 9, at about 11am.
"Since then, it's been gusting between 70 and 90 kilometres all morning. It's likely we'll continue to see a fairly windy day right across the Hunter for the rest of the day and again tomorrow," she said.
Temperatures on Monday saw Newcastle reach a top of 15 degrees with a feels-like temperature of six.
Further up the Hunter, the mercury dropped with Scone and Muswellbrook forecast to reach just 12 degrees and 13 in Singleton and Cessnock.
"They are really cold daytime temperatures. On Tuesday, we can expect temperatures to warm up a bit, pushing 18 or 19 degrees through parts of the coast," Ms House said.
"But it will be a reasonably chilly night with parts of the Upper Hunter likely to get down to six or seven degrees."
She said the combined conditions and cold temperatures were a recipe for snow to fall at Barrington Tops.
"We don't specifically have a report for Barrington Tops, we have measured precipitation. So, it's cold enough, it's high enough. I think it's a safe assumption. Knowing that we've seen snow fall up through the tablelands, that there will have been some snow up there," she said.
"There is no chance for snow after Monday."
The Barrington Tops remained closed until further notice on June 9 due to recent flooding. The public is urged to avoid affected areas.
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