NSW lashed by rain and snow in bout of wild weather
A low pressure system brought heavy rain to a large swathe of the state and led the Bureau of Meteorology to issue a string of warnings about potentially dangerous weather.
There was heavy rainfall across the Hunter Region and Mid North Coast on Saturday.
'It has been a cold and wet week across New South Wales, with showers and rain pushing onto the east coast in particular,' BOM meteorologist Helen Reid said.
'The rain and the wind is expected to peak (on Saturday) with the Mid North Coast, the Upper Hunter and parts of the Northern Tablelands likely to get the heaviest falls.'
Heavy rain is set to batter New South Wales on Saturday. Picture: Sky News
A severe weather warning is in place for parts of the Upper Hunter, Mid North Coast, Northern Tablelands and the North West slopes and plains for heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging wind gusts in excess of 90 kilometres an hour.
The bureau has also issued a flood watch from Coffs Harbour to Newcastle, stretching inland, warning of possible minor to moderate flooding.
Many catchments in those areas are still wet due to heavy rain in the last few months.
There is also a flood warning in place for the Peel River at Tamworth.
'Moderate to heavy rainfall has been observed in the catchment of the Peel River during Saturday,' the bureau's warning said.
'River level rises are occurring along the upper reaches of the Peel River and its tributaries, with levels at Tamworth currently near the minor flood level (3.0 metres).
'The Peel River at Tamworth is expected to exceed the moderate flood level late Saturday evening, with further rises likely overnight due to forecast rainfall.'
The heavy rainfall also caused public transport chaos in the Hunter.
On Saturday, trains were not running on the Hunter Line between Scone, Dungog and Newcastle due to flooding at Sandgate.
The NSW SES responded to reports of people being stuck in snow. Picture: Supplied/SES.
The SES said it was seeing snow in places not usually associated with the conditions. Picture: Supplied/SES.
Meanwhile, parts of NSW were blanketed by snow on Saturday.
Including some regions which the SES said it was unusual to see snow.
Up to 50mm fell in some areas in the Northern Tablelands region.
The SES reported heavy falls in Walcha, Uralla, Ebor, Armidale, Guyra, Glen Innes and Moonbi Ranges.
It responded to over 100 reports of cars being stuck on the New England Highway, Waterfall Way, Norris Drive and Grafton Road.
The severe weather is expected to ease from Sunday. Picture: BOM
Meanwhile, parts of Queensland will also be hit with strong winds extending to all coasts between the Queensland border and the Illawarra on Sunday.
A separate cold front is also forecast in Western Australia bringing rain, thunderstorms and hail.
A severe weather warning for damaging winds and heavy rainfall is in place for areas around Perth, Bunbury and Albany.
Darwin is set to be warm and sunny reaching 31C, while Brisbane is expecting showers and sunny spells, reaching 19C.
Canberra will be cool with a top of 13C with patchy drizzle.
Melbourne and Hobart are expecting to stay overcast with some sun and highs of 15C and 14C respectively.
Adelaide should see some sun, reaching a high of 14C.
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