Festival organisers are expected to forge ahead with the huge event on Saturday, despite the lingering wet weather that contributed to the eleventh-hour cancellation on day one.
Organisers had said their decision to cancel Friday’s performances on the main stages was due to “a significant weather system” and they had “decided to err on the side of caution”.
Work was being done “on repairs”, organisers said, adding: “We look forward to Saturday and Sunday programming moving ahead as planned.”
The already sodden event ground — where camp fields have become quagmires — is expected to get a top-up on Saturday, though it’s unlikely to dampen the spirits of most festival attendees.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts a 90 per cent chance of rain, between 4 and 6mm, around the North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, although the offshore low bringing the wet weather is moving away from the coast, easing showers over north-east NSW and south-east Queensland.
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There are also severe weather warnings in place for damaging surf, with “large and powerful surf conditions expected to be hazardous” as the low pressure system lingers offshore.
Weatherzone says “wind should ease from Saturday morning” across the region as the low moves offshore.
The large swell will stick around on Saturday, before easing from Sunday.
Highs of 18C are forecast for Saturday in the Byron Bay area with overnight temperatures falling to between 9C and 12C before picking back up on Sunday, when the mercury could reach 20C.
Moist onshore winds and showers are on the forecast for the rest of the NSW coast.
Elsewhere around the country, a cold front is weakening over western Victoria, bringing showers to the region as well as to south-east South Australia.
A weakening trough and front is reaching south-west Western Australia, bringing patchy rain and gusty winds to SA and a few showers to south-west WA.
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