Central Tablelands Forecast

• Monday Hot and mostly sunny. Areas of smoke haze. Winds E/NE 15 to 20 km/h tending NW/NE in the middle of the day then becoming light in the early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures 32 to 37.

• Tuesday Hot. Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the north in the afternoon and early evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Areas of smoke haze. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Winds N/NW 15 to 25 km/h tending W/NW in the middle of the day then shifting E/SE 20 to 30 km/h in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 40.

• Wednesday Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke haze. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds NE/SE 15 to 25 km/h tending NW/SW 20 to 30 km/h during the afternoon then tending NE/SE 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 37.

• Thursday Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower on and east of the ranges, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Areas of smoke haze. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming W/SW 25 to 35 km/h during the day then tending SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 34.