Severe weather warnings are current for most of Tasmania, as well as parts of NSW, Victoria, and a small part of South Australia.
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00:00It's going to be a very windy 24 hours across southern Australia as a strong cold front moves
00:05through. There is also the possibility of hazardous coastal conditions and flooding in Tasmania.
00:10First, let's have a look at the warning situation. And as of Tuesday afternoon, we have warnings for
00:15winds covering five states extending all the way from southwest WA and into the southeast of the
00:20country. Damaging winds above 90 kmph have the potential to bring down trees and power lines
00:26and create dangerous road and transport conditions, while destructive winds above
00:30125 kmph can cause significant damage. First, looking at Western Australia,
00:36and there is a warning for damaging winds extending along the south coast from Cape Lewin
00:40to Bremer Bay, and these winds will ease later on Tuesday afternoon. For the rest of the country,
00:46these winds increase through Tuesday, and we do have weather warnings current for parts of South
00:51Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, and this does include the Mount Lofty
00:56Ranges, Melbourne, Hobart, Wollongong and parts of Western Sydney. We'll see these winds increasing
01:03from the west from Tuesday afternoon, initially for parts of South Australia, and elevated western
01:08and central parts of Victoria and northwest Tasmania. Into Tuesday night, winds increase
01:13across the rest of the warning areas in Victoria, including for Melbourne as well as Tasmania.
01:19Through the day, there is the risk of destructive wind gusts for elevated terrain in Tasmania as
01:23well as the east coast of Tasmania, and in Victoria the risk of those destructive wind gusts will come
01:29at night time across alpine areas. Then into Wednesday morning, that's when we see the winds
01:33pushing up the New South Wales coast and towards the Sydney metro and the Blue Mountains.
01:38As well as these very strong winds, we are expecting hazardous coastal conditions,
01:43so we do have warnings current for damaging surf and abnormally high tides.
01:47First for damaging surf, and they cover areas along the southwest coast of Victoria
01:51and towards the exposed coast of Wilson's Promontory, and these are dangerous waves
01:55which could cause coastal erosion. Abnormally high tides are possible as well for parts of
02:01Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland coast, and these can cause inundation of low-lying areas.
02:06But even as the cold front moves through on Wednesday, we will continue to see very strong
02:11winds, particularly across southern parts of Victoria. As well as wind, we're also expecting
02:16heavy rain in some areas, particularly in Tasmania. A flood watch is current for much
02:21of the state, and that's for the possibility of widespread minor flooding once the rain starts
02:26to fall, with the possibility of isolated moderate flooding. Over the next seven days,
02:30we're expecting widespread falls of 100 to 200 millimetres across Tasmania,
02:35although across Victoria we're not expecting those widespread falls to come. And in Tasmania,
02:40we are expecting the snow level to fall to around 600 metres once the cold front moves through,
02:45with just a few flurries across some of those alpine resorts in Victoria and in New South Wales.
02:50A closer look at the wind, and the wind above the surface, we can see heading into Tuesday night,
02:55those winds are really ramping up with that cold front across parts of South Australia,
02:59western Victoria and north-western Tasmania. Into Tuesday night and Wednesday morning,
03:04those are when the winds will really ramp up and peak across central Victoria, including for
03:08Melbourne. As that cold front moves through, winds increase along the New South Wales coast
03:12through the day on Wednesday, still remaining very windy behind that cold front, and that's
03:16ahead of the next system coming through from the west on Thursday. So with very windy conditions
03:21coming up, as well as hazardous coastal conditions and the possibility of flooding, make sure you have
03:25the latest information and warnings for your area, and you can get these from the Bureau's website
03:30and social media channels, and please stay safe.