Christmas Day update 3.22p.m: Sunny and warm most of the day. Storm clouds building; eerie sky!
GIANT HAIL WITH STORMS IN THE CENTRAL TABLELANDS
VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS are likely to produce large and POSSIBLY GIANT HAILSTONES, damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the Hunter, Illawarra, ...
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is warning the entire east coast of Australia to be ready for a wet and stormy end to Christmas.
Angus Hines from the BOM said severe thunderstorms were forecast to stretch from central Queensland down to Victoria's southern coast, hitting capital cities along the way.
"[It] could be a stormy one," Mr Hines said.
"It really is targeting the eastern states, but it's a broad swathe of eastern Australia which is at risk of showers, thunderstorms, and possibly severe thunderstorms.
"That means a chance of thunderstorms through Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne — all of those state capitals."