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Residents across five states and territories have been told to rug up and brace for a series of cold fronts set to slam southern and southern Australia.
Severe weather warnings have been issued for NSW, the ACT, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia, with damaging wind gusts likely to affect parts of these four states and territories today and tomorrow.
In addition to the wind, some areas will also see heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail and snow.
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Extreme cold front to blast south east Australia with severe weather warnings in several states.(Weatherzone)
While cold, wet and windy weather is typical over the southern half of Australia in winter, this will be one of the strongest weather systems of the season in terms of how widespread its impacts are.
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A cold front will cross lower parts of the southeast of Australia today bringing strong winds, cooler temperatures, showers and the odd storm.
South Australia will feel the brunt of the cold snap with residents in coastal areas warned of severe weather conditions today.
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A cold front will cross lower parts of the southeast of Australia on Monday, bringing strong winds, cooler temperatures, showers and the odd storm.(Weatherzone)
The Upper South East and Lower South East of the state are expected to be slammed with damaging southerly winds, averaging 60-70 km/h with peak gusts of 90-100 km/h possible during the afternoon.
Other parts of South East Queensland also copped heavy rain overnight, with Forestdale, south of Brisbane, copping over 70mm and Thornton, south of Toowoomba, receiving over 60mm by midday Wednesday.
The band stretches from around Bundaberg in central Queensland coast all the way down to Port Macquarie on the central NSW coast.(Nine)
The conditions are a result of moisture at ground level which is being compressed from above by a mass of dry air creating cloud at ground level.
On top of the thunderstorms, the heavy fog is also impacting parts of the NSW Far North Coast with the storms likely in Byron Bay, Grafton and Tweed Heads today and tomorrow.