Dangerous winds will continue to wreak havoc across multiple states and territories over the next five days after a man died when he was crushed by a tree.
Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino said a ‘dangerous’ five-day weather event would cause chaos in large parts of southern and south-eastern Australia.
‘A large and slow-moving low pressure system passing between Australia and Antarctica will cause a vigorous stream of westerly winds across Australia’s southern states in the coming days,’ Mr Domensino said.
‘These powerful westerlies and a series of embedded cold fronts will cause damaging wind gusts in parts of WA, SA, TAS, NSW and the ACT between now and Monday.’
In NSW, damaging winds are most likely over the southern and central ranges and some parts of the coast, while parts of the ACT will also be affected.
Further south in Victoria, a severe weather warning has been issued for damaging surf and abnormally high tides along the coastline with the strongest northwesterly winds and showers to occur in elevated and coastal areas.
South Australia will be hit with a ‘blustery three-day period’ of damaging winds across the state’s south and south-east regions from Friday to Sunday.
Western Australia will also be buffeted with strong winds along parts of the southern coastline, which will combine with inland heat to produce extreme fire danger in parts of the South Interior and Eucla districts.
Dangerous winds will continue to wreak havoc across multiple states and territories over the next five days (pictured, locals walk at Sydney’s Bondi Beach)
This Weatherzone map shows wind circulating a large low pressure system to the south of Australia on Friday night, producing a vigorous stream of westerly winds
In Tasmania, residents will receive little respite from the wind over the next five days with forecasts of powerful gusts, thunderstorms and even a period of snow.
The entire state continues to be under a Marine Wind Warning with the potential of blizzards if the strong winds combine with highland snow.
‘Rain-softened soil will also increase the risk of falling trees over the next five days, while ongoing heavy rain is likely to cause flooding in some parts of the state, particularly in the north and west,’ Mr Domensino said.
The strong winds are expected to start in the state’s west on Friday morning before travelling across the island at speeds between 60km/hour and 100km/hour.
Minor to moderate flood watches are active across the state’s west and north, with heavy showers expected to bring even more wind.
The NSW SES said it will ‘prepare for the worst’ ahead of the wet and wild weather across the state.
Severe weather warnings are currently in place for parts of NSW and the ACT, Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia.
In NSW, the warning includes the Snowy Mountains, the Illawarra, parts of the state’s south-east and the Blue Mountains where winds are expected to be even stronger.
Forecast accumulated rain during seven days ending on Wednesday, September 4 in Tasmania
Weather in NSW and Queensland has been at least 10C above average winter temperatures
Sky News Weather meteorologist Rob Sharpe said it would be ‘exceedingly dangerous’ over the next five days.
‘Plenty more trees will come toppling down,’ he said.
‘We’ll watch a series of further fronts, one coming through Saturday morning, another Saturday night and then again on Sunday night.
‘Right through until Monday it’s going to remain windy for the south-east – there won’t be a let up in those severe weather warnings for south-eastern Australia, they’ll just be chopping and changing.’
It comes after a man died on Wednesday when a tree fell and crushed his car in Victoria’s south-west, while his female passenger was left in a critical condition.
The dangerous winds in NSW saw parts of a patrol station roof blown off in Gwynneville, a window frame from the Spotlight building in Wollongong blow off and hit a pedestrian, and a large gazebo land on a vehicle in Bowral.
A large and slow-moving low pressure system (pictured) passing between Australia and Antarctica will cause a vigorous stream of westerly winds over the next five days
In Victoria, powerful winds of up to 100km/h are expected to impact Melbourne and Geelong with gusts of 120km/h in the Grampians and Alps.
Temperatures in Melbourne will struggle to reach 20C over the next five days.
In stark contrast, Sydney is expected to reach 29C on Friday before it drops to 25C over the weekend – with winter temperatures 10C warmer than average.
Brisbane will also be blessed with warm weather for the last few days of winter with forecasts of 32C on Friday and 34C on Saturday and Sunday.
Queensland is expected to be spared the wild weather in the country’s south-east with a sunny weekend also forecast for Darwin in the Top End.
Temperatures in the ACT will sit in the high teens with wind gusts of 30km/h.
Sydney
Friday: Sunny. Winds northwesterly 25 to 35km/h becoming light during the evening. Min 12C Max 29C
Saturday: Sunny. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25km/h becoming westerly 25 to 40 km/h during the morning then turning northwesterly 15 to 20km/h during the afternoon.
Sunday: Sunny. Winds north to northwesterly and light becoming northwesterly 25 to 35km/h during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 25km/h during the afternoon.
Melbourne
Friday: Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds northerly 35 to 50km/h turning westerly 25 to 40km/h during the morning then tending west to northwesterly 20 to 30km/h during the afternoon. Min 13C Max 19C
Saturday: Cloudy. High chance of showers about the Dandenongs, medium chance elsewhere. Winds northwesterly 30 to 45km/h.
Sunday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers in the southeast suburbs, medium chance elsewhere, most likely in the evening. Winds northwesterly 30 to 45km/h.
Brisbane
Friday: Sunny. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Min 16C Max 32C
Saturday: Sunny. Winds west to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening.
Sunday: Sunny. Light winds becoming northerly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening.
Perth
Friday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds westerly 20 to 30km/h. Min 11C Max 18C
Saturday: Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 25km/h during the morning.
Sunday: Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the morning. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20km/h during the morning then becoming light during the afternoon.
Adelaide
Friday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds northwesterly 25 to 35km/h turning westerly 30 to 45km/h during the morning. Min 14C Max 19C
Saturday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Winds westerly 30 to 45km/h turning northwesterly 30 to 40 km/h during the afternoon.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds northwesterly 30 to 40 km/h turning westerly 35 to 45km/h during the day.
Hobart
Friday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Winds north to northwesterly 25 to 35km/h turning westerly during the morning then tending northwesterly 20 to 30km/h during the evening. Min 10C Max 15C
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Winds west to northwesterly 25 to 40km/h.
Sunday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Winds northwesterly 25 to 40km/h.
Canberra
Friday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30km/h increasing to 30 to 45km/h during the morning then turning westerly 15 to 25km/h during the afternoon. Min 5C Max 21C
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds west to northwesterly 30 to 45 km/h becoming northwesterly 20 to 30km/h during the evening.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Winds northwesterly 30 to 45km/h decreasing to 20 to 30km/h during the evening.
Darwin
Friday: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25km/h during the day then tending west to northwesterly during the afternoon. Min 23C Max 33C
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower about the Cox Peninsula. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 20 to 30km/h during the day then becoming north to northwesterly and light during the evening.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 20 to 30km/h during the morning then tending north to northeasterly 15 to 25km/h during the afternoon.
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