Hot weather expected today

WEATHER

Weather inshore until 6 pm on Thursday will be hot to very hot with slight dust at places daytime, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report. Offshore will be fine, the report added. Wind inshore will be southwesterly at first becomes northwesterly to northeasterly 06 to 16 knot gusting 20 knot daytime. Offshore, it will be westerly to northwesterly 05 to 15 knot, gusting to 18 knot at times. Visibility will be 5 to 09 kilometres. Sea state inshore will be 1 to 2 feet, rises to 3 feet at times, while offshore it will be 2 to 4 feet, rises to 5 feet at times.