Weather: The week ahead

COLD nights and clear sunny days for Scone this week, with temperatures slowly heating up today and tomorrow before peaking at 22 degrees on Wednesday.

Possible light showers are expected on Thursday as a north easterly low pressure system and second cold front makes it way from Western Australia towards New South Wales.

The Upper Hunter is expected to receive between five and ten millimetres on Thursday and Friday depending on the strength of the system when it reaches the state.

Skies are predicted to clear on Friday, with partly cloudy conditions on Saturday and sunny weather returning on Sunday.

Glenbawn Dam is currently sitting at 57.3 percent capacity, a 0.1 percent increase since last week.

A maximum temperature of 19 today in Scone.

Predicted temperatures in Scone:

• Tuesday: 1-20
• Wednesday: 5-22
• Thursday: 6-19
• Friday: 8-18
• Saturday: 7-18
• Sunday: 4-29