New South Wales to be hit by huge weather system size of half the state

Flooding and wild thunderstorms are set to batter the east coast as ‘massive’ weather system half the size of NSW hits – after Tasmania shivered through its coldest day on record

  • A weather system that is half the size of New South Wales will batter the state 
  • Emergency services have prepared south-east residents for evacuation
  • Severe flooding could isolate communities and badly damage resident’s homes
  • Bega is set to receive between 200 and 300 millimetres of rain over weekend 

New South Wales will be battered by a massive weather system half the size of the state with flooding and wild thunderstorms on the way.  

Emergency services have already been preparing communities for evacuation across the south-east of the state.

The area is expected to receive the heaviest rainfall with the threat of severe flooding that could isolate communities and badly damage homes. 

‘We have additional flood resources prepared and ready to go, to the south coast in particular, and we’ve also been looking at having other out of area support from our partner emergency services,’ NSW State Emergency Service assistant commissioner Greg Lynch told the NCA Newswire.

New South Wales will be battered by a weather system half the size of the state with flooding and wild thunderstorms on the way while Perth is expected to get a month’s worth of rain in four days (pictured, rain map for Sunday’s forecast)

A woman wearing a face mask walks through a soaked Circular Quay in Sydney

A woman wearing a face mask walks through a soaked Circular Quay in Sydney

Helicopters have been called into the Bega Valley and Moruya areas to assist with any flood rescue missions.

BOM incident manager Agata Imielska warned yesterday the Bega area is expected to record between 200 and 300 millimetres of rain and that a flood watch had been put in place.

Fire-ravaged parts of the state are also on high alert with the previous destruction to the landscape and added threat of heavy rainfall making it the perfect pairing for disaster.  

‘When fires go through, we can see less vegetation (in the area), and that means soil is more likely to be eroded when heavy rainfall comes through,’ Ms Imielska said.

‘This can produce more flash flooding, as the rain doesn’t really soak into the landscape, it just runs off.’

Moderate to heavy rain is also forecast to fall across southwestern Queensland with some areas receiving their monthly August average in one day. 

Perth is also set to receive a month’s worth of rain in just four days with a monster cold front bringing in the first of the rains from Sunday.

Parts of the state could record as much as 45mm on the day, with 35mm forecast for Monday and 10mm for Tuesday and Wednesday. 

The wild weather in New South Wales follows from a cold streak that has braced other parts of the country with Tasmania recording its coldest ever day on record.

The state recorded -14.2C yesterday, marginally beating its 1983 record of -14C.

The wild weather in New South Wales follows from a cold streak that has braced other parts of the country with Tasmania recording its coldest ever day on record (pictured, Skytrek Willow Springs Station)

The wild weather in New South Wales follows from a cold streak that has braced other parts of the country with Tasmania recording its coldest ever day on record (pictured, Skytrek Willow Springs Station)

Skytrek Willow Springs Station (pictured) took these photos of the snow in Flinders Ranges National Park on Friday

Skytrek Willow Springs Station (pictured) took these photos of the snow in Flinders Ranges National Park on Friday

It was so cold it was warmer at the Australian Antartic research station in Casey on Thursday, meteorologist Simon Louis told the ABC.  

‘I don’t think that would happen very often at all,’ he said. 

Snow fell over the Flinders Ranges in South Australia on Friday which meterologists called ‘highly unusual’ for the region.

The Ikara Safari Camp posted a photo of the snow on Mt Ohlsen Bagge at Wilpena Pound captioned: ‘We don’t see this very often. Snuggle up campers.’  

Meterologist Jonathan How said there could also be records broken for lowest maximums around Adelaide with the mercury predicted to reach 10C, the record for the capital is 9.3C.      

FIVE DAY WEATHER FORECAST 

SYDNEY

Saturday: Min 10. Max 18. Showers

Sunday: Min 9. Max 18. Showers

Monday: Min 10. Max 17. Showers

Tuesday: Min 11. Max 18. Showers

Wednesday: Min 10. Max 19. Cloudy

BRISBANE  

Saturday: Min 15. Max 25. Showers

Sunday: Min 12. Max 21. Sunny

Monday: Min 10. Max 21. Cloudy

Tuesday: Min 10. Max 22. Sunny

Wednesday: Min 11. Max 24. Cloudy

ADELAIDE 

Saturday: Min 5. Max 13. Showers 

Sunday: Min 5. Max 15. Cloudy

Monday: Min 5. Max 17. Sunny

Tuesday: Min 9. Max 15. Showers

Wednesday: Min 9. Max 16. Showers

CANBERRA    

Saturday: Min 4. Max 14. Rain

Sunday: Min 3. Max 11. Showers

Monday: Min 3. Max 13. Windy

Tuesday: Min -1. Max 14. Morning Frost, Cloudy

Wednesday: Min 4. Max 12. Showers

 

Source: Bureau of Meteorology 

MELBOURNE 

Saturday: Min 9. Max 15. Showers easing

Sunday: Min 9. Max 15. Showers

Monday: Min 7. Max 16. Cloudy

Tuesday: Min 7. Max 15. Late Showers

Wednesday: Min 11. Max 16. Showers

PERTH   

Saturday: Min 8. Max 21. Cloudy

Sunday: Min 11. Max 19. Showers

Monday: Min 10. Max 17 Showers, Storm Clearing

Tuesday: Min 11. Max 17. Showers Easing

Wednesday: Min 10. Max. 17 Showers

 DARWIN  

Saturday: Min 18. Max 33. Sunny

Sunday: Min 20. Max 31. Sunny

Monday: Min 20. Max 32. Sunny

Tuesday: Min 19. Max 31. Sunny

Wednesday: Min 19. Max 31. Sunny

 HOBART 

Saturday: Min 5. Max 11. Cloudy

Sunday: Min 4. Max 12. Cloudy

Monday: Min 3. Max 12. Cloudy

Tuesday: Min 1. Max 13. Cloudy

Wednesday: Min 6. Max 14. Showers

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