The worst of the wind is yet to come as severe weather continues to hit the country’s southeast, while other areas brace for severe heat on the first day of spring.
Australians have been warned the “windiest spell” in the country’s bout of wild weather is still to come, while residents of one state will swelter through temperatures in the mid-30s on the first day of spring.
Much of the country has been blasted with wild weather over the past week, with power cut, trees smashing through homes and rogue backyard items being tossed away by severe winds.
Sky News Weather meteorologist Rob Sharp said another front was set to move through the country’s southeast on Sunday afternoon into Monday, bringing the “windiest spell”.
“I would think that for many places, this could be the windiest spell that we see for the entire event,” he said.
“It’s been an exceptionally windy week for southeastern parts of the country and it’s finishing off in a big way as we start the new season.”
SES crews in NSW were called to nearly 1300 incidents on Wednesday.
In NSW, a severe weather warning for damaging winds has been issued for the Snowy Mountains and parts of Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts.
Victoria has been warned to brace for damaging, locally destructive wind warnings in Central, East Gippsland, South West, North Central, West and South Gippsland, Wimmera and parts of Northern Country, North East and Mallee Forecast Districts.
The Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Upper Southeast, Lower Southeast and parts of Lower Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Mid North and Murray lands districts in South Australia has been issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds.
Tasmania has also been issued a severe weather warning for damaging, locally destructive winds for King Island, Furneaux Islands, Western, Upper Derwent Valley, North East,North West Coast, Central North, Central Plateau and parts of Southeast, East Coast and Midlands Forecast Districts.
However, the windy weather is set to ease for the southeast on Tuesday.
Along with damaging wind warnings, Tasmania has also been slapped with a series of flood warnings, with a flood watch in place for the west, north, northwest and parts of the northeast rivers.
A major flood warning has been issued for the River Derwent while a minor flood warning has been announced for the River Ouse.
Warnings are also in place for the Styx and Tyenna Rivers, with a moderate warning for the Meander River, North Esk River, South Esk River.
Minor flood warnings have also been issued for the St Patricks River, Forth River, Huon River, Macquarie River, Isis River, Lake River, Brumbys Creek and Mersey River
In terms of temperature, Monday is set to be the “coldest day of the week” for the southwest, with the cold air set to move up to Queensland on Tuesday.
However, more heat is forecast to filter down into the country’s south on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“When you look at the coming week as a whole, you can see warmer than usual weather is prevailing again for much of the country, especially through the middle, just like the last couple of weeks, but not quite as extreme,” Mr Sharp said.
“I’m not expecting records to be broken, but it is going to be a hot start to spring for many parts of the country.”
Sydney is tipped to reach a high of 28C on Thursday while Melbourne is set to reach a top of 22C despite showers.
Brisbane is expected to reach a high of 34C on Monday, with Perth’s warmest day also appearing to be Monday with a top of 25C.
Adelaide is forecast to reach 25C on Wednesday while Hobart is tipped to reach a top of 19C on Wednesday while showers are set to persist throughout the week.
Canberra is set to reach a high of 23C on Friday while Darwin is tipped to reach 36C on Wednesday.
Source: News.com.au
