Hello, Miriam here at the Bureau of Meteorology with a look at your weekend weather in particular
we're going to be recapping those very windy conditions that are on the way
for southeastern Australia this weekend. So let's jump straight into it. Now the system responsible
is this cold front here expected to reach South Australia and Adelaide tonight before sweeping
across the southeast tomorrow. Now it'll move offshore during Sunday at the later
part of Saturday going into Sunday and we'll start to see a bit of an easing in conditions
showers isolated thunderstorms and small hail are all expected in the wake of this system
as well as very cold conditions but more than any of those things it's the winds that are of
concern with this front. Now here we're looking above the surface to get an impression of the
strength of the wind gusts that might reach us at the surface and anything in the orange, red,
and pink zone is of concern to us it's reaching the threshold for our severe weather warnings
for damaging winds and it's winds of that strength that can bring down the trees and the power lines
that we always mention. So as you can see the strongest winds are going to reach Adelaide and
South Australia tonight before becoming widespread across the southeast through tomorrow morning.
It's tomorrow morning as well that we'll start to see them picking up along the east coast of
New South Wales and it'll really continue to batter that eastern coast through into Sunday
morning as well. Even by the end uh sorry the middle and end of Sunday we're going to see those
winds continuing about parts of the southeast and across Bass Strait and that could continue into
early next week as well. Now we have a number of warnings current at the moment including
for damaging surf for abnormally high tides and a couple of flood watches out as well but these are
the severe weather warnings for damaging winds and as you can see they impact South Australia,
Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Over the course of the weekend we're expecting
to see changes in these warning areas as the peak winds move from west to east. So the wind
sorry the wind warning areas are the highest risk areas these are the areas where we're most likely
to see those damaging wind gusts but if you're anywhere across the southeast you might see some
very breezy conditions this weekend and that wind chill factor is likely to be very high as well.
If you're heading for the snow this weekend it is good news as we're expecting a decent dump with
this strong cold front. However as you can see this snow is coinciding with those strongest winds
moving through and as we're all well aware snow plus winds can equal blizzards so just be aware
if you're heading for the mountains this weekend that you might be facing whiteout conditions.
Moving back out to our full Australia-wide view now and away from the southeast we can see how
the rest of the continent is really under the influence of this high pressure system here
sitting over central parts of the country it's going to bring some foggier mornings to some
areas but then dry and mostly sunny days. The only other feature of note is really
this weak cold front which is approaching the Perth coast through the later part
of Sunday bringing a few showers to southern Western Australia going into early next week.
Now let's take a look at the temperatures. Generally very cool conditions across central and
southeastern parts reinforced by that cold front there but milder across the north and far west of
the country and that's going to continue through the weekend and into early next week as well.
So a lot of weather on the way if you're in southeastern Australia. Largely settled conditions
if you're elsewhere but one way or the other you can find the details of all of our forecasts at
the Bureau's website or via the BOM Weather app. If you're expecting severe weather this weekend
make sure you check for the updated warnings as well. Stay safe. We'll catch you next time.
thank you