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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Queensland
Mostly sunny in the far southwest, a slight to medium chance of showers and thunderstorms elsewhere, increasing to a medium to high chance in the southeast interior. Risk of severe thunderstorm about inland parts of the southeast west of Boonah.
Hot conditions in the southwest and southern interior, with highs of 43C in Birdsville and 35C in Rockhampton. Slightly cooler in Brisbane, with a top of 31C forecast.
Winds light to moderate to east to northwesterly generally, though moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds about the southwest.
New South Wales and the ACT
Showers and a thunderstorm or two across the northeast and the northern inland. A shower or two elsewhere in the east.