Weather: the week ahead

A nice southerly move made its way into the Hunter yesterday evening bringing cooler temperatures and cloudy conditions.

Tomorrow the area will feel another blast of heart on the first day of summer, with Scone on high fire alert.

Significant fiery conditions are expected including windy, hot and dry weather.

A cold change will move through on Wednesday, reaching affect hunter by Thursday.

Thursday will be the coolest day of this week, as the cold air mass moves across.

Temperatures will warm again on Friday and there is a slight chance of showers on Sunday, with south easterly winds.

Scone is likely to receive some rainfall as the wind direction ch

The Glenbawn Dam is currently at 47.1 percent capacity.

A maximum temperature of 29 today in Scone.

Predicted temperatures in Scone:

• Tuesday: 13-42
• Wednesday: 23-33
• Thursday: 14-29
• Friday: 14-35
• Saturday: 15-36
• Sunday: 19-33