ns have been warned to brace for cold and wet conditions in the country’s south this week, with damaging winds set to batter the region.
South , Victoria, Tasmania and NSW will begin the week on Monday with ‘dry and settled’ conditions.
But on Tuesday, a cold front powered by a low-pressure system will approach from the west and wash over the Great n Bight.
A band of rain is forecast to make its away across the states and bring a small amount of snow to the highest regions while wind speeds are expected to pick up.
‘Tomorrow will be the main day for that and then it is sort of departing on about Wednesday, but it’ll be quickly followed up by another pulse with fairly strong winds,’ Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Angus Hines told Daily Mail .
‘So anyone who’s south of a line from about Perth to Sydney, or maybe even a bit north of that, is likely to get a couple of quite windy days this week.
‘In most places they’re not going to be about to sort of trigger rain warnings, whereas we are likely to have damaging wind warnings.’
The front will dissipate, but not long before the next spell of wind and ‘moderate rainfall’ approaches South on Wednesday.
It comes after most of the state’s capital enjoyed warmer temperatures and mostly sunny weekends, while heavy downpours fell on Perth and lightning storms on much of NSW on Sunday.
The system which generated the impressive display over NSW has since moved out to sea.
Mr Hines said the weekend outlook for the southern parts of the country would depend on any incoming cold fronts.
‘This time of year you almost see a conveyor belt of cold fronts, just bringing one after the next in southern parts of the country,’ he said.
‘We might get a little gap in between those – sort of a spell of drier weather across most places, Friday and Saturday – but that might break down by Sunday and allow for the wind and rain to come back.’
Warnings for gale-force winds and sheep graziers remain in place for Western with coastal winds set to remain strong in the state’s south-west until Tuesday.
‘Sheep graziers are warned that cold temperatures, rain and showers, and strong westerly winds are expected during Monday. There is a risk of losses of lambs and sheep exposed to these conditions,’ the Bureau of Meteorology warned.
The second of two cold fronts will continue to bring rainy conditions across a region covering Perth to Esperance as it arrives on Monday morning, potentially causing small amounts of hail.
That sweeping front, responsible for wind that is set to come across the southern states, could also deposit snow to some of NSW and Victoria’s snowfields.
Snowfall could come as low as 1,000m of elevation on Tuesday and 900m on Wednesday.
In the north of the country, a high-pressure system is dominating the weather patterns and making way for a clearer, dry week in much of Queensland.
Much of the area could be ‘completely cloudless’ for the week.
On Tuesday, Sydney will see maximum temperatures of 19C and clouds; Melbourne faces rain and a maximum 14C as that cold front approaches.
Brisbane and Darwin will receive tops of 22C and 32C respectively, with sunny weather.
Perth and Adelaide face highs of 16C and 15C respectively, with rain.
Canberra will shiver through lows of 0C and highs of 13C, while Hobart faces a maximum temperature of 14C and rain.
Mr Hines warned coastal conditions could deteriorate in the southern states over the week.
‘We’re getting some really big waves with these [conditions] in the south,’ he said.
‘That’ll be affecting the west of today and then, much like the rest of the weather, moving across to the south and then the east over the next few days.
It could bring waves between 5m and 7m across the southern coastline and cause high tides.
‘We’re looking at the chance of a bit of inundation, or a bit of nuisance flooding, some people call it,’ Mr Hines said.
‘Inundation of low-lying car parks, walkways, bike paths, maybe some low roads and properties around high tide along Western , South and Victoria in a couple of days.’
Sydney
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Min 7C. Max 19C.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 10C. Max 19C.
Thursday: Becoming windy. Partly cloudy. Min 9C. Max 18C.
Perth
Tuesday: Showers. Min 7C. Max 16C.
Wednesday: Sunny. Min 6C. Max 18C.
Thursday: Sunny. Min 5C. Max 19C.
Melbourne
Tuesday: Showers increasing. Windy. Min 9C. Max 14C.
Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 7C. Max 13C.
Thursday: Showers. Min 7C. Max 11C.
Hobart
Tuesday: Shower or two. Min 5C. Max 14C.
Wednesday: Possible shower. Min 6C. Max 12C.
Thursday: Shower or two. Min 4C. Max 12C.
Canberra
Tuesday: Morning frost. Shower or two. Min 0C. Max 13C.
Wednesday: Morning frost. Partly cloudy. Min 0C. Max 11C.
Thursday: Showers. Min -1C. Max 9C.
Brisbane
Tuesday: Sunny. Min 9C. Max 22C.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 9C. Max 25C.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Min 13C. Max 23C.
Darwin
Tuesday: Sunny. Min 21C. Max 32C.
Wednesday: Sunny. Min 20C. Max 30C.
Thursday: Sunny. Min 19C. Max 31C.
Adelaide
Tuesday: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. Min 10C. Max 15C.
Wednesday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Min 9C. Max 13C.
Thursday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Min 8C. Max 14C.