Damaging winds, rain and cold temperatures are predicted for south-east Australia. Video by the Bureau of Meteorology.
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00:00Another burst of strong to damaging winds is currently moving across
00:03southeastern Australia, and behind this we'll see more showers and cold air into
00:09this weekend, with the potential for more snow down to low levels. First, the
00:13warnings as of Wednesday afternoon, and the Bureau has issued severe weather
00:16warnings for damaging winds covering parts of Victoria and New South Wales,
00:20and damaging winds have the potential to bring down trees and power lines and
00:24generate hazardous driving conditions. First in Victoria, and we've already seen
00:29winds building across Wednesday morning through western and central parts of the
00:33state, and we will see those winds intensifying into Wednesday evening and
00:36extend into eastern warning areas. Wind gusts of up to 100 kilometres an hour
00:41are possible for the Grampians, Otways, and some of the northern suburbs around
00:45Melbourne, and for the Alpine areas we could see wind gusts of around 120
00:50kilometres an hour. In New South Wales, we'll see winds building across the
00:54snowy mountains from early Thursday morning in excess of 90 kilometres an
00:58hour, but for some of the higher peaks in New South Wales, we could see wind gusts
01:01in excess of 125 kilometres an hour. So if you will be in these areas on Wednesday
01:06evening into Thursday morning, make sure you have the latest information and
01:10warnings for your area. And having a look at the winds now above the surface, and
01:15starting off first with Wednesday, we can see some of those winds in excess
01:19of 90 kilometres an hour entering western Victoria, which could be mixed
01:22down to elevated terrain, that will extend into eastern Victoria, into
01:26Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and then Thursday morning into eastern
01:30New South Wales. Winds will ease from the west, initially across western Victoria
01:34from Thursday morning, and then across other warning areas through the day. But
01:39even as those winds ease, it will remain quite brisk, especially for southern
01:42Victoria and also Tasmania. And these winds are part of a series of cold
01:47fronts moving through southeastern Australia. This first cold front is
01:51coming through on Thursday with showers, but the second cold front behind this
01:55will bring even colder air from Friday and into Saturday for South Australia,
01:59Victoria, Tasmania and also New South Wales. So into Saturday we can expect
02:04cold air, brisk winds, showers, as well as local hail, and it will bring the snow
02:09level right down across Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales. So taking a
02:14closer look at the snow, we can see with the coldest air coming through from
02:18Saturday afternoon and into the evening, the snow level will fall to around 500
02:23metres in Tasmania, in Victoria around 800 to 900 metres, and in New South Wales
02:28particularly about the central Tablelands, down to around 1,000 to 1,100 metres, and
02:33we could see snow flurries to even lower levels than this. So with damaging winds
02:37and some cold weather coming up across southeastern Australia, make sure you
02:41have the latest information and warnings for your area from the Bureau's website
02:44and social media, and please stay safe.
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