A severe weather warning issued for multiple states across Australia’s southeast is set to continue into next week.
Damaging winds of up to 125km were expected to lash parts of Tasmania on Sunday morning as the blustery cold front sweeps across the country’s southeast,with forecasters predicting the wild weather to persist throughout the day.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued similar warnings for parts of eastern Victoria which were warned of wind gusts in excess of 90km on Sunday morning, particularly in coastal or higher-up areas including Mallacoota and the Cann River.
While the weather agency predicted on Sunday morning that the severe weather would cease by the early-afternoon, forecasters have since stated the blustering gusts across Victoria and NSW will also continue throughout the day.
The NSW snowfields were forecast to receive a lashing of up to 100km, with the damaging winds also whipping across the state’s south coast, central and southern tableland, and Illawarra districts on Sunday morning.
Areas which were expected to be affected including Wollongong and Nowra on the coast, as well as Natoomba, Bombala, and Nimmitabal.
In Nowra, wind gusts had reached as much as 60km, while in Wollongong in had reached 70km.
Surfers, rock fishers, and all boat users were also warned that gale force winds could lead “very heavy surf” and large waves across the NSW coastline, including the Illawarra, Sydney, and Hunter coasts regions – namely Seal Rocks and Nelson Bay.
Sydney was shielded from much of the wild weather with sunny skies and a maximum on 19C.
The nation’s capital will likewise dip to a maximum temperature of 14C, with wind gusts recorded up to 50km.
While the state’s northeast is largely expected to escape the worst of the wild weather, BOM forecasters issued a strong wind warning for marine areas of the South East Gulf of Carpentaria, Peninsula Coast, Cooktown Coast, and Moreton Bay.
Brisbane is forecast to be sunny with winds up to 40km in the morning cooling down before a top of 22C.