Strange weather down here in OZ. We just got hit we a nice thunder storm with heavy rain with a cold front behind it that has just dropped the temperature 10
0C. We are back to Winter weather. Just South of me got hit with 100 km winds, that cause structural damage. Around that area also got 10mm of rain dumped in ten minutes. But the weather further down south was even worse.
Unseasonal snow falls in South AustraliaOctober snowfalls have blanketed Mt Lofty, near Adelaide, for the first time in more than 100 years.
While the snow attracted hundreds of visitors to Mt Lofty this morning, Hallett in the state’s mid-north also woke to a blanket of white.
Andrew Watson from the Bureau of Meteorology said the rare weather event was caused by a mass of icy air from the Antractic.
“The cold air came up very quickly and strong southerly winds brought the freezing level down, that’s the reason the snow fell and stayed on the ground,” he said.
Snow was also reported at Sevenhill in the Clare Valley and Mount Remarkable in the Flinders Ranges.
The wintery burst of spring weather has also brought rain to much of the state, with Wilmington in the upper north receiving the highest falls with 28mm.
Adelaide received 17mm in the 24 hours up to 9am today.
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Erosion, floods and 100km gales to hit NSWPeople in beachfront properties along much of the NSW coast may have to relocate overnight, as the state braces for strong winds, heavy rain and dangerous surf.
The Bureau of Metrology (BoM) issued a fresh severe weather warning after 5pm (AEDT) on Thursday, for people in Sydney, the Hunter, the Illawarra, the South Coast, Southern Tablelands and the Snowy Mountains.
The low pressure system which is expected to move north to central parts of the coast overnight, is set to usher in wind gusts of up to 100km/h and localised heavy rain.
"Very heavy surf which may lead to localised damage and coastal erosion is forecast to develop for South Coast and Illawarra forecast districts Thursday evening, extending to the Sydney Metropolitan and Hunter forecast districts during Friday," the BoM said in a statement.
In light of the warning, the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) has asked people with beachfront properties to check their homes regularly, particularly in those areas where erosion has occurred in the past.
"If conditions worsen, and homes are at risk of structural damage or flooding from the sea, residents may have to relocate," SES Sydney Northern Region Incident Controller Tony Pinelli said in a statement.
"The NSW SES will assist with the protection of readily moveable household and business contents in areas where coastal erosion/inundation is occurring," he said.
People in the Illawarra and South Coast are also being warned that heavy rain may lead to localised flash flooding on Thursday evening and early Friday, an may possibly hit the Snowy Mountains and eastern parts of the Southern Tablelands.
Already on Thursday, the BoM said Ulladulla on the south coast has reported 143mm of rain, while further south at Burrill Lake 146mm has fallen.
Sheep graziers across much of the state have been warned of a high risk of losses of lambs and sheep, with cold temperatures, rain and southwesterly winds are expected on Thursday night and Friday.
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