00:00A wet, windy and wintry weekend ahead for much of southern Australia as a vigorous cold front
00:06sweeps through. Taking a look at our satellite imagery, this low-pressure system has developed
00:11in the Southern Ocean with a cold front extending north. That system is approaching the southwest
00:16of the continent today and bringing with it a cold and icy blast. For the rest of Friday,
00:23the system will move towards southwest Western Australia and enhance our shower activity
00:28and bring some gustier conditions to that area. We also have some ongoing shower activity for South
00:34Australia today. Now on Saturday, this frontal system really gets moving as it sweeps across
00:40southern parts of Western Australia and into South Australia during the day. Behind that system,
00:47we're going to see gusty southwesterly flow and we're likely to issue a severe weather warning for
00:52damaging winds for southern parts of the Western Australia coastline. We'll also see very cold
00:58cold air coming through in those areas. We're going to see showers, thunderstorms, the chance of some
01:03small hail and also the chance of some snow atop of Bluff Knoll. We'll also see our moisture increase
01:10ahead of the frontal system on Saturday with moisture streaming in from the Indian Ocean and bringing
01:16rainfall through to South Australia and into our southeastern states. Our wind will also start to
01:22increase ahead of the front. That will very much increase as we head into Sunday and that front
01:28will move through eastern parts of South Australia and into New South Wales and Victoria in the day.
01:35It's going to bring with it very windy and wet weather and the chance of some storms in some areas.
01:40Now our strongest winds on Sunday are expected about the alpine areas of Victoria and New South Wales
01:47where we're looking at wind gusts in excess of 100 kilometres per hour. We'll also see strong winds
01:53ahead of the front extending through the central ranges of Victoria and also further south. Behind the
01:59front it will also be gusty in our ongoing shower activity with these westerlies through inland areas
02:05and southwesterly winds closer to the coast. As we head into Monday the system will continue tracking east
02:12and eventually move offshore. But before it does there are a couple of things to keep an eye on.
02:18To start with our winds are going to increase through New South Wales and we could see
02:22some damaging winds developing along our New South Wales southern and central ranges with downslope winds
02:29extending towards the coast. We also have this low pressure system which will be lingering near
02:34Victoria and New South Wales and some of our moisture and winds will continue wrapping around that system
02:40bringing a continuous wet and windy day to parts of southeast Australia. However that system will move
02:47out later in the day and will start to see an easing in conditions. Now it will be a very
02:53wet period from
02:54Saturday and through until Monday. So let's take a look at our rainfall totals. Rainfall will be quite
03:00widespread across southern Australia and particularly in our southeast where we're looking at widespread falls of
03:0720 to 40 millimetres. Now some areas which we'll see even more than that will include the Flinders ranges in
03:13South Australia, northern parts of Tasmania, southern New South Wales and much of Victoria as well. Our heaviest
03:21falls of 50 to 80 millimetres over the period are expected through our Victorian eastern ranges and up
03:27towards the southern slopes of New South Wales where we could see totals of 50 to 80 millimetres possibly even
03:33higher. With so much rainfall on the way we are looking at some river level rises to develop later
03:39this weekend and into the new week. This afternoon we are issuing a flood watch for parts of central and
03:45eastern Victoria and we will be keeping a very close eye on our other southeastern states. Our cold air will
03:53bring some snow atop our mountains. Now in the southeast the main snow day is going to be on Monday
04:01but it's
04:01important to remember that ahead of that snow we're going to see plenty of rainfall on Saturday and
04:06Sunday which is likely to melt much of our pre-existing snow. So it will be a little bit of
04:11a mixed bag for
04:12our ski resorts of Victoria and New South Wales. Now with such cold air and plenty of moisture about we
04:18could even see a dusting of snow further north through our central table lines of New South Wales and even
04:24up
04:24towards the Barrington tops. Large waves are also going to impact our shorelines this weekend particularly
04:32in western Australia on Saturday and then moving through along our southern coastline during the rest
04:38of the weekend. We'll see plenty of impacts with the severe weather this weekend. We are likely to see
04:44wind damage to property and trees, those river level rises and some localised impacts from those large
04:51waves. We will be issuing updates of our warnings this weekend as well as our routine forecasts,
04:57so please stay up to date via the Bureau's website, app and social media.
05:01So yeah, thanks for watching.
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