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The Age
6 hours ago
- Climate
- The Age
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.
Sydney Morning Herald
6 hours ago
- Climate
- Sydney Morning Herald
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.
Daily Mail
6 hours ago
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Rain bomb to strike Australia's east coast: What the weather will be like in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and more
Millions of residents living along Australia's east coast have been warned to brace for heavy rain and gale force winds as a powerful low-pressure system builds. The low is expected to develop off the coast of NSW on Tuesday and drop up to 150mm of rain between Newcastle, Sydney and the Illawarra over a 48-hour period. Brisbane residents can also expect up to 30mm of rainfall on Monday before conditions ease over the week with lows of 11C and highs of 22C. Sydney will likely see morning fog and rainfall over the week, with the worst of the onslaught to hit on Tuesday. The city can expect lows of 8C and highs of 18C. Strong winds are also expected to harry the NSW, eastern Victorian and southeast Queensland coastlines as the low pressure system moves in. Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Angus Hines told Daily Mail Australia the wet change would replace a 'fairly stubborn' high-pressure system, which has gifted the state a run of clear weather. '(The low pressure system) will develop near the coast in the north of (NSW), somewhere near the Northern Rivers, but it really intensifies in the southwest, so closer to the Hunter, closer to Sydney where it becomes a powerful weather system on Tuesday,' he said. 'Then on about Thursday, between Thursday and Friday, it pulls out of the Tasman, getting quite far away from the country and also weakening at the same time.' He said the system would direct some 'very strong wind, and quite a lot of rainfall' onto eastern NSW. 'For anyone near the water there's going to be powerful waves and potential coastal erosion, it's a fairly notable outbreak of weather,' Mr Hines said. 'It could be over 100mm of rain particularly over the eastern parts of Sydney ... but basically wherever you are wet day Tuesday, wet day Wednesday.' Far northern Queensland and parts of the Northern Territory also received an unseasonable soaking on Sunday as a low-pressure trough made its way inland from the north. 'It was low-pressure that built up in the north and made up to a cloud band that was getting fuelled by moisture from the Gulf of Carpentaria, so getting fed by that tropical humidity, bringing a modest amount of rainfall at a typically quite dry time of the year,' Mr Hines said. He said there would be a few 'weak weather features' in the west of the country. Perth is set to host a subdued cold front bringing rainfall on Monday and Wednesday and lows of 9C and highs of 22C. In the country's south, Melbourne will see lows of 5C and Hobart will brave minimum temperatures as little as 2C. Adelaide is tipped to have a cloudy week bar Tuesday, as scattered showers develop into the weekend. The weather over Darwin will be seasonably sunny and clear as temperatures are tipped to remain between 18C and 30C. The Bureau of Meteorology's long-range forecast tipped day and night temperatures across Australia would be above average in the south and west of NSW. The warmer change also carries with it the risk of fires in South Australia and Victoria. 'I think the longer term forecast over the next few months as we look into July the maximum temperature is shaping up to be higher than average,' Mr Hines said. Curiously, Mr Hines said, the longer range forecast is predicting more average temperatures going into August. Sydney Monday: Showers increasing. Min 10C. Max 18C. Tuesday: Rain. Min 11C. Max 17C. Wednesday: Showers. Min 12C. Max 17C. Canberra Monday: Morning frost. Partly -5C. Max 13C. Tuesday: Early frost. Shower or two. Min -1C. Max 13C. Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 3C. Max 12C. Melbourne Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 6C. Max 13C. Tuesday: Possible shower. Min 5C. Max 14C. Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 7C. Max 13C. Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 7C. Max 15C. Tuesday: Sunny. Min 5C. Max 15C. Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Min 4C. Max 15C. Perth Monday: Showers increasing. Min 12C. Max 22C. Tuesday: Shower or two. Min 12C. Max 22C. Wednesday: Showers. Min 12C. Max 20C. Darwin Monday: Sunny. Min 20C. Max 31C. Tuesday: Sunny. Min 20C. Max 31C. Wednesday: Sunny. Min 20C. Max 31C. Brisbane Monday: Rain. Min 14C. Max 18C. Tuesday: Sunny. Min 11C. Max 21C.
The Guardian
a day ago
- Climate
- The Guardian
Torrential rain expected to hit Sydney next week as wild weather system brews off Australia's east coast
Sydney and parts of the New South Wales coast should brace themselves for a fast-developing weather system expected to bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall and flooding early next week, the Bureau of Meteorology has said. Some areas could see flash and river flooding on Tuesday and Wednesday with the Sydney metro area 'in the firing line', the bureau said. The system that is expected to develop on Sunday has the potential to be classified in the coming days as an east coast low – a weather system known for its damaging potential. 'It is looking like a significant weather system off the east coast and will start to pick up steam on Monday and intensify on Tuesday,' said Angus Hines, a senior meteorologist at the weather bureau. The source of the weather threat is an area of spiralling wind and cloud that will develop off the southern Queensland coast on Sunday night. Hines said as the pressure in the centre of the system drops, this will cause it to intensify and, as it travels south, could unleash damaging coastal conditions, high winds and torrential rain by Tuesday. Hines said people on the east coast should watch their forecasts closely in the coming days, but areas expected to be hit on Tuesday and Wednesday include Sydney and the Hunter Valley, as well as elevated areas on the Great Dividing Range. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email Wind gusts of up to 100 km/h in coastal parts are expected with rainfall of between 100mm and 200mm over 48 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, with some areas potentially seeing higher totals. 'That is enough rainfall to give us some concerns about flooding – both riverine and flash flooding could pop up, including around the Sydney area,' Hines said. 'When you combine the winds with persistent rainfall, you are starting to look at the potential for trees coming down with those softer soils. It is plausible we see extensive tree damage.' Sign up to Afternoon Update Our Australian afternoon update breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion He said the system is known as a 'bombing low' because of the speed at which it develops. 'It means over a short period of time, as the pressure drops, the spiral of winds ratchets up very fast, the wind speed picks up quickly and the rainfall becomes more intense. That rain then gets driven on to the coast at a greater rate of knots.' As of Saturday morning, the system was forecast to start drifting east by Thursday. Elsewhere, cooler than average morning temperatures that affected much of the country in recent days are expected to continue until early next week. A band of cloud is forecast to bring rainfall from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland's south-east this weekend, with falls reaching the Brisbane and Gold Coast areas by late Sunday.
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Climate
- The Guardian
‘No end of problems' for Australia's south-east coastlines as strong winds and large waves hit again
Abnormally high tides, strong winds and large waves have lashed Australia's south-eastern coastlines this week, damaging jetties and infrastructure in communities facing 'no end of problems' from an increase in severe conditions. Prolonged winds whipped up large waves in the Southern Ocean, which have hammered south and west facing coastlines across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, said the senior meteorologist Angus Hines from the Bureau of Meteorology. 'If the wind pushes in the same direction for a long time … it actually starts to push the water against the country, and that can cause tidal levels to rise above where they would normally be,' he said. Those winds, combined with a low-pressure system and the alignment of the sun and the moon – the gravitational pull of which causes tides to rise and fall – have led to higher than normal tides in several locations. On Tuesday, tides in Outer Harbour, north of Port Adelaide, were about 65cm above the highest astronomical tide (a measure of the typical high-tide mark for the month, without additional weather effects). In Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, tides were recorded approximately 40cm above the high-tide mark, and 30cm higher in Gippsland in the east of the state. Tides were expected to be even higher in Victoria on Wednesday afternoon, Hines said. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton's Clear Air column as a free newsletter Conditions were expected to ease by Thursday but there could be rough oceans across parts of coastal New South Wales over coming days, with the SES issuing a warning for damaging winds in south-eastern areas including Sydney Harbour, the Illawarra and Wollongong. In the 24 hours to Wednesday afternoon, councils across South Australia's coastline reported further damage to jetties, boat-launching facilities, shopfronts and foreshore infrastructure, as well as significant sand loss, said Adam Gray, the executive officer for the SA Coastal Councils Alliance. 'A number of councils are telling me that their jetties have structurally failed,' he said. Gray said it was the second such event to hit the state's coastline in a month, after a major tidal surge and low-pressure system dealt significant damage on 26 and 27 May. Councils were accelerating their coastal hazard adaptation planning in response, he said, and seeking greater support from the federal government to help cope with escalating risks due to storms and sea-level rise. 'We know that councils and their communities are seeing increasing frequency of inundation and erosion events, and an accumulation of erosion, which is causing them no end of problems as far as asset management,' Gray said. A series of storm fronts in recent weeks progressively weakened the jetty at Normanville beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula, said Rhett Day, the operations manager at the beach's Aqua Blue restaurant and kiosk. The storm and king tide in late May loosened the sleepers and made the jetty unsafe, before another event in early June 'bashed it a bit', he said. Then on Tuesday, a seaward section about 10 metres long collapsed completely into the water, leaving 'just a couple of pylons sticking out on their lonesome'. Jetties at Kingston and Robe on the Limestone Coast were also damaged. Climate change is causing rising sea levels and more frequent and intense storms, which are exacerbating coastal hazards such as inundation and erosion.
