The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting Wednesday to be cloudy, with a very high (95 per cent) chance of showers from late this morning.

Winds are northerly 25 to 30 km/h tending northwesterly 25 to 40 km/h in the middle of the day then tending westerly 20 to 30 km/h in the late afternoon.

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