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Thursday 17th of October 7a.m. Very heavy dew. Clear and cold. 3.7 / 5.5kph NNW, Hg 55%, 11C / 51.8F top of 23C / 73F. Sunny.
Full Moon at 9.26p.m.
The spell of wild weather will be caused by a powerful cold front slamming into a warm and humid northerly airstream — a clash which will generate a combination of rain, gales, dust storms and severe thunderstorms.
The front already triggered severe storms over south-east Western Australia on Wednesday.
It will sweep east through South Australia today, then reach Victoria and New South Wales tomorrow.
In the meantime, a low-pressure system attached to the front will also bring widespread rain to Tasmania, with solid falls also drenching drought-ravaged parts of western Victoria and southern SA.
While a band of rain and storms is likely from the early hours across much of NSW and Victoria, the most dangerous storms will fire up in the afternoon.
In a repeat of Thursday, a gusty squall line should again form as multiple storms merge into a well-organised band.
The squall line should extend around 1,000 kilometres from near the Queensland border to central Victoria, then shift east to the slopes and ranges late in the afternoon, before reaching the NSW coast in the evening.
The greatest threat of severe weather is around lunchtime in Melbourne, mid-to-late afternoon in Canberra and during the evening in Sydney.
'Super cells' and 'mega storms' is very new weather lingo, sounds like they're borrowing from Hollywood a bit here. I've lived on the coastline all my life and thunderstorms haven't changed. I have a few friends from the UK who say the first thing they are shocked by, apart from the intense sunlight, is the sudden thunder, heavy downpour, followed by sunny clear skies again vs the UK's weeks of drizzle and rain.
Full Moon at 9.26p.m.
Wild weather predicted across Australia's south-east over next 48 hours
2 hours 8 mins ago
By ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders
A thundery week across south-east Australia will culminate in a band of severe weather sweeping from South Australia to the east coast during the next 48 hours.The spell of wild weather will be caused by a powerful cold front slamming into a warm and humid northerly airstream — a clash which will generate a combination of rain, gales, dust storms and severe thunderstorms.
The front already triggered severe storms over south-east Western Australia on Wednesday.
It will sweep east through South Australia today, then reach Victoria and New South Wales tomorrow.
In the meantime, a low-pressure system attached to the front will also bring widespread rain to Tasmania, with solid falls also drenching drought-ravaged parts of western Victoria and southern SA.
Dangerous thunderstorms on the way for NSW and Victoria
Thunderstorms should become even more intense tomorrow as the front from SA crosses the border and collides with the higher atmospheric moisture which prevails through eastern states in the warmer months.While a band of rain and storms is likely from the early hours across much of NSW and Victoria, the most dangerous storms will fire up in the afternoon.
In a repeat of Thursday, a gusty squall line should again form as multiple storms merge into a well-organised band.
The squall line should extend around 1,000 kilometres from near the Queensland border to central Victoria, then shift east to the slopes and ranges late in the afternoon, before reaching the NSW coast in the evening.
The greatest threat of severe weather is around lunchtime in Melbourne, mid-to-late afternoon in Canberra and during the evening in Sydney.
'Super cells' and 'mega storms' is very new weather lingo, sounds like they're borrowing from Hollywood a bit here. I've lived on the coastline all my life and thunderstorms haven't changed. I have a few friends from the UK who say the first thing they are shocked by, apart from the intense sunlight, is the sudden thunder, heavy downpour, followed by sunny clear skies again vs the UK's weeks of drizzle and rain.
