The Hunter is in for a change in weather this weekend with northeasterly winds forecast for this afternoon and a wet, wet weekend.
A slow moving rain band is making its way across the state and will bring with it a consistent dumping of rain which will be around for most of the weekend. It's not expected there'll be hundreds of millimetres of rain, but there'll be plenty of it and possibly thunderstorms.
"There's a big rain band moving in across the western part of the state and that is going to be moving through tonight and it's fairly slow moving so it's going to take most of Friday night into Saturday and probably affect the majority of Saturday as well so it's widespread in most locations right throughout the greater Hunter are going to see rain from this," said NBN Weather presenter Gavin Morris.
It'll be colder too, with a lack of sunshine, temperatures will fall into the low teens overnight and stay quite cool into next week.
"We've got a real lack of heating due to no sunshine. It's a big blanket of cloud. The winds are out of the north east and they're going to be getting moderately strong but generally, when you've got them out of the north it's not as cold, it's just due to the lack of heating as that rain band moves through," said Gavin Morris.
The rain couldn't have picked a worse weekend to come, with plenty of outdoor events planned for the weekend including the annual Lovedale Long Lunch in the Hunter Valley.
"There's a lot of outdoor activites that are on this weekend so if you've got one just be prepared for that rain. It's not one of those huge east coast lows and its not a massive weather event but it is going to be wet so the big tip is just be prepared for that wet weather," said Gavin Morris.
