Sydney braces for gale-force winds, torrential rains from coastal low
Sydney will be lashed by gale-force winds, torrential rains and rough surf when a powerful storm hits the country's east coast later this week, bringing severe weather to both the NSW and Victorian coastlines.
The low-pressure system is expected to start brewing off Queensland's south-east coast before rapidly intensify on Monday and barrelling south towards Sydney, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.
The worst of weather is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday, before easing off on Thursday.
Sydney could experience flooding with rain of more than 100 millimetres, with coastal suburbs and the CBD set to bear the brunt of the downpour, senior meteorologist Angus Hines said.
'It is definitely a pretty nasty few days of weather ahead through the middle of this week, and it will take a little while to get going,' Hines said.
'On Monday, we'll see the wind picking up and probably a few showers through the evening. But Tuesday's the day when it is really going to deteriorate, and it's going to be very wet and very windy, so the rain will likely last through much of the day.
'We will see the winds absolutely howling up that NSW coast ... we could certainly see those gusts upwards of 80, 90, even 100 kilometres per hour around parts of the Sydney Metro area on Tuesday – that's definitely enough to cause a bit of damage, bring down some trees. We could be talking about power outages as well.'
The weather bureau will decide on Sunday night if the storm will be classed as an east coast low – a rare weather event which last hit Sydney three years ago.
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