Extra wild climate is on the way in which for components of Queensland and northern New South Wales, with heavy rain, damaging winds and dangerous surf bringing the danger of coastal erosion.
It comes as a chilly snap grips south-east Australia, driving temperatures down and bringing with it widespread frost.
The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted damaging wind, large swells and heavy rain alongside the stretch of the southern Queensland coast from Wednesday and northern NSW from Friday.
The forecast got here as many areas in and round Sydney had been nonetheless recovering from catastrophic flooding, some for the second and third time this yr.
Whereas a lot of the rain was anticipated offshore, some localised creek and river stage rises had been attainable.
“This method is anticipated to carry massive seas together with the danger of damaging winds round uncovered coastal fringes of south-eastern Queensland,” the BoM senior meteorologist, Jonathan How, mentioned on Wednesday.
Robust south-easterly winds had been anticipated to develop alongside the Queensland coast south of Mackay from Wednesday and lengthen into NSW on Thursday.
“There's a danger of damaging wind gusts of greater than 90km/h on Friday and early Saturday across the uncovered coastal fringes of firstly southern Queensland, then northern NSW,” How mentioned.
A hazardous swell was anticipated to develop alongside the southern Queensland and northern NSW coast on Friday and proceed over the weekend.
“The swell might result in coastal erosion in susceptible areas alongside the southern Queensland and northern NSW coasts,” How mentioned.
The high-pressure system hovering over NSW continued a run of chilly days, with minimal temperatures tipped to stay between 10C and 13C over the subsequent week.
On Wednesday afternoon, Melbourne was sitting at round 11C, as much as 3C beneath the month-to-month common for July, with morning frost forecast for the remainder of the week.
The BoM was forecasting a minimal of solely 1C for Melbourne on Thursday, with a most of 15C anticipated, making it one of many coldest days of the yr. Tullamarine, Scoresby and Watsonia had been forecast to drop to –1C, whereas Yarra Glen was anticipated to see a frosty minimal of –3C.
Friday was forecast to see a minimal of 5C, earlier than climbing to a most of 17C.
The chilly comes because of a entrance shifting throughout the south-east that introduced freezing temperatures, rain, hail and snow over the weekend.
Tasmania can be dealing with equally low temperatures, with Hobart forecast to face minimums beneath 2C on Thursday and Friday. Launceston was forecast to see –2C on Thursday, with frost and lightweight rainfall forecast.
Statewide frost was anticipated to persist till Friday, with Tasmanian police urging drivers to navigate frozen roads fastidiously, to go away loads of area between vehicles, and to make sure tyres are in good situation.
The BoM has issued warnings for icy roads in components of the North West Coast, Central North, North East, Western, Central Plateau, Midlands, East Coast, Higher Derwent Valley and South East forecast districts.
Post a Comment