Damaging winds for parts of southern Australia.
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00:00Several periods of intensely windy weather are on the way for southern
00:03Australia as strong cold fronts move through this week. We already have a
00:07number of severe weather warnings current for damaging winds including for
00:11parts of southwest Western Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. Let's take a
00:16closer look at the Western Australia warning first of all. Now it covers
00:20coastal and inland parts of the southwest including Albany and Margaret
00:24River. We're likely to see winds increasing throughout the southwest
00:27land division through the course of today but winds will be most intense and
00:31possibly damaging through this warning area here. The front will move through
00:36during today and we'll see winds easing back tomorrow in the wake of that system
00:41but we may still see some isolated damaging gusts all the way out till
00:44tomorrow afternoon. Moving on to the southeast now our warnings cover the
00:49entire state of Tasmania as well as much of Victoria and it's possible over the
00:54next day or so we'll see those warning areas extended into parts of southeast
00:58South Australia and southeast New South Wales as well. Now in these southeastern
01:03warning areas winds are likely to increase from tomorrow morning as that
01:07cold front approaches. They'll peak later in the day as the system moves through
01:11but continue overnight into Wednesday morning for some areas. Winds are likely
01:16to be most intense through parts of Tasmania we may see destructive wind
01:21gusts up to 125 kilometres an hour about elevated parts of the state and
01:25along parts of the east coast. Those destructive winds are possible from late
01:30morning tomorrow with that high-end risk easing back tomorrow night. We will still
01:35see gusty to damaging winds continuing all the way into Wednesday across
01:40Tasmania though it will be a very windy week ahead. Now damaging winds can easily
01:45bring down trees or tree branches potentially leading to property damage
01:49or damage to power lines. We may see some power outages over the next few
01:53days too particularly for the southeast where those winds are likely to be most
01:56intense. Additionally dangerous driving conditions are likely as winds throw
02:01debris across the roads and potentially generate dangerous crosswinds. Now we've
02:06just focused on Monday to Wednesday at this point where our warnings are
02:10covering winds at the moment but the second half of the week is also going to
02:14see some windy fronts moving through as well with further warnings quite
02:18possible. Let's take a look at it all now. Here's our first front approaching
02:22Western Australia today with the winds flaring up across southern parts of the
02:26state. As it moves across the Bight we see the winds increasing through the
02:30southeastern states and even once the system's passed through we can see some
02:34strong wind gusts through parts of the southeast. We get a bit of a break after
02:39this system has moved through but the next stronger front approaches on
02:43Thursday moving across the Bight and towards the southeast by the end of the
02:47week. Again it's a good idea to keep a close eye on the Bureau's warnings page
02:51for warnings issued at that later part of the week. Now you may be asking
02:57yourself whether any rainfall is expected with these fronts this week.
03:00Well the answer is generally low rainfall totals are expected with patchier
03:05showers and possible isolated thunderstorms. The one exception is
03:09through Tasmania where we're likely to see heavier falls particularly across
03:13western and northern parts of the state. Accumulations may reach 1 to 300
03:18millimetres over the next seven days or so and flood watches are likely to go
03:22out later today. So a few fronts moving through this week triggering severe
03:28weather warnings for damaging winds. Stay on top of those as the week progresses
03:32via the Bureau's website or the BOM social media. Stay safe and we'll catch
03:36you in the next update.
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