Australians are being warned to brace for a miserable start to the week with forecasts of thunderstorms, floods, roaring winds and fog.
The nation’s south-east will be worst hit, while the NSW coastline is expected to be lashed with storms and strong gusty winds from Sunday until Monday morning.
Mohammed Nabi, a meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, told Daily Mail Australia a sweeping cold front will hit south-east NSW and the ACT.
Australians are to brace themselves as south-eastern parts of the country will be lashed with thunderstorms and winds on Sunday
Mohammed Nabi meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology told Daily Mail Australia thunderstorms and strong gusty winds are expected to hit New South Wales on Sunday
Sydney and New South Wales has experienced very little rainfall – less than 10mm
He said a trough of low pressure is moving east, bringing thunderstorms and possible gusty winds in the state’s north-east which should last until Sunday evening.
A severe weather warning for damaging winds has been issued in the Illawarra ranges, parts of the Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains from Sunday until the early hours of Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Mr Nabi said a fresh layer of snow also dropped in Thredbo and Perisher over night.
And while thunderstorms are expected in the state’s north-east, beautiful weather is being forecast for those living in Sydney.
A thick fog blanketed Brisbane in the early hours of Sunday morning (pictured)
The unseasonably warm winter days won’t be coming to an end anytime soon for Sydneysiders. The meteorologist said we will remain sunny for the entire week ahead with little rainfall – less than 10mm
Cold evenings will continue along south-east part of the nation. (Pictured) pundits in South Australia bracing the cold
The unseasonably warm winter days won’t be coming to an end anytime soon.
Mr Nabi said Sydney will remain sunny for the entire week ahead with little rainfall – less than 10mm.
He said average temperatures will be around 20C in the day while cool temperatures will remain at night.
Sydney’s temperatures have been unusually higher than average this winter.
The maximum average in July is 17C but today it’s forecasted for the mercury to hit 24C in the city, according to the meteorologist.
Mr Nabi said more high pressure systems are responsible for the warm Winter weather across the nation’s south-east.
‘The reasons why days are warm is because the high pressure systems are a dominant weather feature for Sydney and New South Wales this winter,’ he said.
Mr Nabi said a fresh layer of snow also dropped in Thredbo and Perisher over night
‘What they do is bring in still and clear air (not much clouds and winds) which bring colder nights and warmer days,’ he continued.
He said because there are few clouds, they can’t blanket the heat from the day which explains the cooler than average nights.
Meanwhile a thick fog blanketed Brisbane in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A chance of showers and some winds are forecasted for Queensland’s capital for the rest of the day.
In Victoria, fierce winds at 100km/h are expected in the Central, South West and Gippsland regions of the state, 9 News reports.
Blizzard warnings have been forecasted for the alps and snow resorts in New South Wales and Victoria.
The low pressure system moving across Tasmania has also triggered flood warnings in the region’s north.