Cold front to sweep across southeast Australia
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A powerful cold front will sweep across Australia's southeast this week, delivering biting winds, showers, and a dusting of alpine snow to multiple regions. The system will impact major cities, including Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, and Hobart, along with surrounding areas in South Australia, Victoria, southeast New South Wales, and Tasmania.
The front will move in from the west, crossing South Australia on Monday before advancing east through Victoria, Tasmania, and southeast New South Wales by Tuesday. The strongest winds will batter SA over the afternoon, with the capital and the Mount Lofty Ranges region most likely to receive gusts of up to 75km/h, according to Weatherzone.
As the system reaches Victoria, Melbourne and elevated regions like the Dandenong Ranges could see winds peaking at 90km/h. Canberra and coastal areas around Sydney may experience gusts up to 80km/h, while Tasmania's capital, Hobart, and its alpine regions brace for similar wind speeds of 85km/h.
Sydney can expect daytime highs ranging from 16C to 19C, while overnight lows dip to between 6C and 8C, with some very brisk winter mornings in store. Melbourne is experiencing cooler conditions, with daytime highs between 13C and 15C and overnight lows dropping to as low as 6C.
Snow is forecast to fall as low as 1,200 meters in the alpine regions on Monday night, with resorts such as Thredbo and Perisher in New South Wales and Mount Buller in Victoria expected to be affected, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. BoM meteorologist Helen Reid told Daily Mail Australia that the cloud band associated with the front has already crossed South Australia and is now moving over Victoria.
'That cloud band is bringing in a couple of showers with it and then behind that we'll have that really cold air coming through,' she said. 'It's just still sitting off the coast, it hasn't quite got into South Australia yet either.
Northern Queensland, including Cairns and Townsville, will see significant rainfall from Monday, extending inland and north of Yeppoon through Tuesday before clearing by Wednesday. In Western Australia, a separate cold front will bring showers to Perth and the state's southeast, including Albany, on Wednesday.
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