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Australians have been warned the “windiest period” of the country’s wild weather spell is yet to come, while residents in one state will suffer temperatures of around 30 degrees on the first day of spring.
Much of the country has been hit by wild weather over the past week, with power cuts, trees smashing into homes and abandoned garden items being tossed around by the strong winds.
Sky News Weather forecaster Rob Sharp said another front would move through the south-east of the country on Sunday afternoon into Monday, bringing the “windiest period”.
“I think in many places this could be the windiest period we’ll see during the entire event,” he said.
‘It’s been an exceptionally windy week across the southeastern parts of the country and it’s ending on a high as we kick off the new season.’
In New South Wales, a severe weather warning for damaging winds has been issued for the Snowy Mountains and parts of the Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and Australian Capital Territory forecast districts.
Victoria has been warned to prepare for damaging and locally destructive wind warnings in the Central, East Gippsland, South West, North Central, West and South Gippsland, Wimmera and parts of the Northern Country, North East and Mallee forecast districts.
A severe weather warning has been issued for damaging winds in the Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Upper South East, Lower South East and parts of the Lower Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Mid North and Murraylands districts in South Australia.
Australians have been warned to be prepared for potentially deadly winds moving up the east coast this week after demolishing parts of Victoria.
A severe weather warning for damaging and locally destructive winds has also been issued for Tasmania for King Island, Furneaux Islands, the West, Upper Derwent Valley, North East, North West Coast, North Central, Central Tablelands and parts of the South East, East Coast and Midlands forecast districts.
However, windy weather is expected to ease in the Southeast on Tuesday.
In addition to damaging wind warnings, Tasmania has also been issued with a number of flood warnings, with a flood watch in effect for rivers in the west, north, north-west and parts of the north-east.
A major flood warning has been issued for the River Derwent, while a minor flood warning has been issued for the River Ouse.
Warnings are also in force for the Rivers Styx and Tyenna, with a moderate warning in place for the Rivers Meander, North Esk and South Esk.
Minor flood warnings have also been issued for the St Patricks River, River Forth, River Huon, River Macquarie, River Isis, River Lake, Brumbys Creek and River Mersey.
A man has died and a woman has been seriously injured after a falling tree crushed their car (file image) in Gellibrand, Victoria, on Wednesday
While some may be hunkered down, millions of other Australians are expected to suffer unusually high temperatures.
In terms of temperature, Monday will be the “coldest day of the week” for the southwest, with cold air moving into Queensland on Tuesday.
However, more heat is forecast to filter south into the country on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“Looking at the next week as a whole, we can see that the weather will be warmer than usual again across much of the country, especially in the Midwest, much like the last two weeks, but not as extreme,” Sharp said.
“I don’t expect any records to be broken, but it’s going to be a great start to spring in many parts of the country.”
Sydney is expected to hit a high of 28C on Thursday, while Melbourne will hit a high of 22C despite rain.
Brisbane is expected to hit a high of 34C on Monday, and Perth’s warmest day also looks set to be Monday, with a high of 25C.
Adelaide is forecast to hit 25°C on Wednesday, while Hobart is set to peak at 19°C on Wednesday, with showers expected throughout the week.
Canberra is expected to hit a high of 23C on Friday, while Darwin will hit 36C on Wednesday.
Tasmania has also been issued with a series of flood warnings, with a flood watch in place for rivers in the west, north, north-west and parts of the north-east.
Sydney
Monday: Sunny. Northwest winds at 30 to 45 km/h turning to west-southwest at 35 to 55 km/h late morning and afternoon. Min. 16 °C Max. 26 °C
Tuesday: Sunny. Southwest winds at 15 to 25 km/h turning to south-southeast at 15 to 20 km/h during the day and then light in the afternoon. Min. 10 °C Max. 18 °C
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Light winds blowing from the north between 15 and 25 km/h during the morning, then becoming light during the afternoon. Min. 8 °C Max. 23 °C
Melbourne
Monday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, reducing towards the eastern suburbs overnight. Chance of thunderstorms. Damaging winds and small hail possible. Northwest winds at 35 to 50 km/h, turning to the west at 35 to 55 km/h before sunrise and then decreasing to 30 to 45 km/h in the late afternoon. Min. 10 °C Max. 14 °C
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Chance of light rain in the eastern suburbs in the morning. Almost zero chance of rain elsewhere. Westerly winds at 15 to 25 km/h, becoming light during the day. Min 8 °C, max 17 °C
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. North winds at 25 to 35 km/h increasing to 30 to 45 km/h during the morning. Low 9 °C High 20 °C
Brisbane
Monday: Sunny. Light winds from the west to the northwest at 20 to 30 km/h at noon and then from the west to the southwest at 15 to 25 km/h in the afternoon. Min. 19 °C Max. 34 °C
Tuesday: Sunny. Winds from the south to the southeast at 25 to 35 km/h, easing in the afternoon. Min. 17 °C Max. 25 °C
Wednesday: Cloudy. Light winds from the southeast at 15 to 20 km/h during the morning and from the east at 15 to 25 km/h during the day. Min. 14 °C Max. 23 °C
Perth
Monday: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming northeasterly at 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the early afternoon. Min. 9 °C Max. 25 °C
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Light west winds at 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Min. 13 °C Max. 22 °C
Wednesday: Cloudy. High chance of rain. Westerly winds at 25 to 35 km/h. Min. 14 °C Max. 20 °C
Adelaide
Monday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely early in the morning. West to southwest winds at 30 to 45 km/h, becoming south to southwest at 15 to 25 km/h in the late afternoon, then becoming light late in the evening. Min. 11 °C Max. 17 °C
Tuesday: Sunny. Light winds becoming northerly at 15 to 20 km/h during the day and then tending to the northeast during the afternoon. Min. 7 °C Max. 20 °C
Wednesday: Sunny morning. Chance of showers in the afternoon. Winds from the north at 25 to 35 km/h. Min. 11 °C Max. 25 °C
Hobart
Monday: Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the early morning. Small hail possible. Winds northwest at 15 to 20 km/h, turning to the west at 25 to 35 km/h in the early morning and increasing to 30 to 45 km/h in the morning. Min. 7 °C Max. 12 °C
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Chance of showers. West winds at 25 to 35 km/h decreasing to 20 to 30 km/h during the morning and then northwest at 15 to 20 km/h overnight. Min. 7 °C Max. 15 °C
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Northwest winds at 20 to 30 km/h. Min. 8 °C Max. 19 °C
Canberra
Monday: Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Damaging winds possible in the morning and afternoon. Northwest winds at 30 to 45 km/h becoming west at 35 to 55 km/h in the morning then decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Min. 8 °C Max. 14 °C
Tuesday: Sunny. Frost in the morning. Westerly winds at 15 to 20 km/h, becoming weak in the morning. Min. 0 °C. Max. 16 °C.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Some morning frost. Light northwest winds at 15 to 25 km/h during the day. Min. 0 °C Max. 18 °C
Darwin
Monday: Sunny. Light winds blowing from the east to the northeast at 15 to 25 km/h in the morning and then from the north to the northeast at 15 to 20 km/h in the afternoon. Min. 23 °C Max. 35 °C
Tuesday: Sunny. Light winds blowing from the northeast to the southeast at 15 to 25 km/h during the day and then from the north to the northeast during the afternoon. Min. 23 °C Max. 36 °C
Wednesday: Sunny. Light winds turning east to southeast at 20 to 30 km/h during the morning and then north to northeast at 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon. Min. 23 °C Max. 36 °C
