A series of cold fronts continue to bring damaging winds
to large parts of south-eastern Australia. So let's have a look at each cold front
and how things are going to play out over the next couple of days. So here you can see
the winds are still really strong across south-eastern parts of the country. Now that's due to this cold front here
that crossed Tasmania earlier this morning. And it brought widespread wind gusts
in excess of 125 km/h to western parts of Tasmania, including a staggering 165 km/h gust at Maatsuyker Island. Now, wind of that strength
would be as strong as a category three tropical cyclone. Now here we have the next front
that's moving in, and that front will approach
western Tasmania and western Victoria later tonight,
seeing a real another pulse of the very strong winds across the region,
as well as bringing plenty of showers
and rain, particularly to Tasmania. Now that front will clear out
into the Tasman Sea during the early hours of Sunday,
before the next front moves in, crossing western Victoria and Tasmania again
Sunday evening into Monday night, bringing really gusty showers
and thunderstorms across the region, and as well a much colder air
mass in its wake, with small hail and even snow down to low levels,
before it clears out into the Tasman Sea, and then this high pressure system here
will finally bring reprieve from the really strong winds,
with settled and light wind conditions expected to continue through
until at least Thursday. So here is where we have the wind warnings that are current and it's across multiple
states: South Australia, Victoria, south-eastern New South Wales
and Tasmania for damaging wind gusts. So wind gusts in excess of 90 km/h. Now this evening with that first front,
there's also the potential for locally destructive winds
about Tasmania. So that's with winds
in excess of 125 km/h. And as that front clears,
there will be a slight easing of the winds before that next front,
Sunday evening into Monday morning where the real focus will be across
southern parts of Victoria, with the potential
for locally destructive, or winds in excess of 125 km/h,
about the west coast and central coast of Victoria, including the bayside
suburbs of the Melbourne Metropolitan and also the north-eastern ranges
of Victoria as well. So winds of these strengths
within these warning areas have the potential
to bring down both trees and power lines, and where we have the destructive
winds, property damage is a risk. So anyone that does live
within these areas, it's really important they stay up to date
with our latest forecasts and warnings and listen to the advice
from their local emergency services. Now these really strong winds associated with these cold
fronts are also generating really powerful and large waves, including up to nine
metre waves off the west coast of Victoria and Tasmania
as we move into Sunday and Monday. Now, unusually high tides are also
expected on Monday about Port Phillip Bay and Western Port, so in through here,
and also Lakes Entrance where they may be seawater
flooding of low lying areas during the high tide in the morning
and then again during the afternoon. Now there are also with all this
rainfall across Tasmania, there's Minor to Moderate Flood Warnings
that are current, these orange and green areas, including for the Derwent
and with more rainfall on its way, grounds are really saturated and primed
and a Flood Watch, this purple area, more broadly has been issued
with any further rainfall that does fall. So if you live
across south-eastern parts of the country, it's important that you do stay up to date
with our latest forecasts and warnings via the Bureau
website, app and social media. And as always, listen to the advice
from your local emergency services. Bye for now.