Australia’s south-east to be lashed by 120km/h winds

Australia’s south-east is set to be lashed by damaging winds, heavy rain and near-freezing temperatures as a fast-moving cold front sweeps across the country.  

Severe weather warnings were issued on Tuesday for parts of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.  

The low pressure system will first hit South Australia mid morning, bringing 120km/h winds across parts of state. 

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Michael Efron said Tuesday would be ‘very windy and chilly’ as the system moves east to Victoria by Tuesday afternoon.  

Australia’s south-east is set to be lashed by damaging winds, heavy rain and near-freezing temperatures as a fast-moving cold front sweeps across the country

Severe weather warnings were issued on Tuesday for parts of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania as the system moves east

Severe weather warnings were issued on Tuesday for parts of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania as the system moves east

‘A strong cold front will reach the west of the state during the morning and then rapidly cross the rest of Victoria during the afternoon and evening,’ he said.

‘Certainly very windy conditions expected. A very chilly day.’

Snow is also expected to fall above 1,000m along with ‘some useful’ rain.

Mr Efron said Melbourne would have a dry start before rain and thunderstorms as it heads to a top of 16C, after the city woke to temperatures around 5C.

Sydney can expect to feel the force of the system when it crosses south-east NSW later in the evening, or early Wednesday.

The city will see a sunny day with tops of 22C on Tuesday after near-freezing morning temperatures. The mercury was sitting at 2C in Penrith at 7am.  

Gusts in excess of 120 km/h are likely for alpine areas on Tuesday evening, with severe warnings in place in parts of Illawarra, the South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains Forecast Districts. 

The low pressure system will first hit South Australia mid morning, bringing 120km/h winds across parts of state. A woman is seen in Adelaide

The low pressure system will first hit South Australia mid morning, bringing 120km/h winds across parts of state. A woman is seen in Adelaide

One Canberra resident shared a photo of what the cold snap did to a leaking tap overnight 

One Canberra resident shared a photo of what the cold snap did to a leaking tap overnight 

A warning for damaging winds remains in place in Tasmania.

‘Strong north to northwesterly winds averaging 60 to 70km/h with peak gusts of around 100km/h are possible Tuesday afternoon before easing in the evening,’ the Bureau said in a statement.

‘Blustery conditions will continue for most of the week with particularly strong and gusty winds expected again Wednesday afternoon, which may result in another severe weather warning being issued.’

The State Emergency Service is urging people to move their cars undercover, secure loose items and keep clear of fallen powerlines. 

The fresh cold front comes after temperatures hit 60-year lows across parts of the country on Monday. 

The mercury plummeted to -5C in Sydney on Monday and stayed below zero even after sunrise, as residents awoke to frost and ice across lawns and on their car windscreens.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Michael Efron said Tuesday would be 'very windy and chilly' as the system moves east to Victoria by Tuesday afternoon (stock)

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Michael Efron said Tuesday would be ‘very windy and chilly’ as the system moves east to Victoria by Tuesday afternoon (stock)

The fresh cold front comes after temperatures hit 60-year lows across parts of the country

The fresh cold front comes after temperatures hit 60-year lows across parts of the country

In Canberra, a 6.30am reading of -7.3C set a new low for the year, after doing the same on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. 

Parkes and Cowra in New South Wales recorded their lowest minimum temperatures in 60 years, the mercury hitting -6.6 and -5.8 in both towns.

‘First time I’ve ever had ice on my windscreen in Sydney. 1C at 8am. Can’t remember it ever being this cold,’ a surprised car owner wrote on Monday morning.

‘Never seen frost in the inner west of Sydney,’ wrote another. ‘It’s proper cold.’ 

Meanwhile in Dubbo residents battled temperatures of minus six – the coldest in 78 years.

Brisbane and Melbourne also awoke to icy conditions on Monday, with gusty winds in Victoria heightening the discomfort.

Snow is also expected to fall above 1,000m in Victoria along with 'some useful' rain (stock)

Snow is also expected to fall above 1,000m in Victoria along with ‘some useful’ rain (stock)

The mercury plummeted in Sydney even after sunrise on Monday, and residents awoke to frost and ice across the city  (pictured is Monday morning frost)

The mercury plummeted in Sydney even after sunrise on Monday, and residents awoke to frost and ice across the city  (pictured is Monday morning frost)

In Sydney’s south-west Camden saw temperatures fall to -2C at 3am, dropping another 2.7 degrees within the next two hours. 

Richmond in the city’s north-west recorded an icy -4.7C, while the mercury hit -1.5C in Penrith and -1C in Bankstown an hour before sunrise.

Inland New South Wales also suffered through the cold on Sunday with Wagga Wagga recording morning temperatures of -0.3C.

A number of other regions in New South Wales recorded below zero temperatures including Richmond, 63.4km from Sydney, which had overnight temperatures of -3.8C.

While Camden, 65km south west of Sydney, recorded overnight lows of -4.3C, the lowest overnight temperatures for the area since June 2010.  

Cows were covered with frost on a chilly Morning morning in Guyra, New South Wales during the cold snap

Cows were covered with frost on a chilly Morning morning in Guyra, New South Wales during the cold snap

Elsewhere, the notoriously frosty city of Ballarat in central Victoria had its coldest July day in 24 years this week recording a maximum of 5C on Wednesday, one degree below the July average.

In the nearby city Bendigo, temperatures were also at a record low, freezing through its coldest July day since 1996 with a maximum recording of just 0C. 

The cold weather pushed well up into Queensland with the outback town of Blackall dropping to 1.2C while Lochington, near Emerald, was just 0.5C at 7.11am.  

Brisbane experienced temperatures of 5 degrees on Sunday morning, even Rockhampton, up on the state’s central coast, dropped to a low of 6.5C just before 7am.    

AUSTRALIA’S COLD SNAP – THE NEXT TWO DAYS IN YOUR CITY

SYDNEY                                                                              MELBOURNE 

TUESDAY: Min: 8 Max: 22                                             TUESDAY: Min 10 Max 16

WEDNESDAY: Min: 9 Max: 20                                     WEDNESDAY: Min 7 Max 15

CANBERRA                                                                       ADELAIDE  

TUESDAY: Min: -1 Max: 15                                            TUESDAY: Min 10 Max 16

WEDNESDAY: Min: -1 Max: 13                                     WEDNESDAY: Min 8 Max 17

PERTH                                                                                HOBART  

TUESDAY: Min 6 Max 18                                              TUESDAY: Min 7 Max 16

WEDNESDAY: Min: 8 Max: 19                                    WEDNESDAY: Min 5 Max 14

BRISBANE                                                                        DARWIN  

TUESDAY: Min 6, Max 23                                            TUESDAY: Min 20 Max 33

WEDNESDAY: Min: 7 Max: 24                                    WEDNESDAY: Min 20 Max 33

Source: Bureau of Meteorology         

Sydney recorded temperatures as low as 4.5 degrees at Sydney Airport and 5.1 degrees at Sydney's Observatory Hill on Monday morning 

Sydney recorded temperatures as low as 4.5 degrees at Sydney Airport and 5.1 degrees at Sydney’s Observatory Hill on Monday morning 

Some people took to social media to put a comical spin on the freezing temperatures the East Coast is enduring 

Some people took to social media to put a comical spin on the freezing temperatures the East Coast is enduring 



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