Saturday 21st December 2019 – Good Morning, we are watching the situation on the M1 (Sydney to Newcastle) closely all day. If there is an issue we will post updates on the front page of this website. Please read the page before travelling and report any issues by calling 131700.
Sydney’s forecast is very hot and partly cloudy. Areas of thick smoke haze. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west late this afternoon and evening. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending westerly int he early afternoon before shifting southerly 35 to 50 km/h in the late afternoon, possibly reaching 55 to 60km/h near the coast. Wind decreasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the late evening.
A POOR Air Quality Forecast alert for Sydney is issued by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) due to forecast elevated particle and ozone levels in Sydney for Saturday 21 December 2019
There is currently a catastrophic fire warning which you can read about by clicking here.