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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Dangerous winds are also likely to slam the SA coast with a vigorous northerly airstream developing ahead of a cold front in the west, which will generate rain, showers and storms in southern and western parts of the state.
Damaging winds are expected for the West Coast, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.
Northerly winds will increase today, with gusts of 90 to 100 km/h possible over the warning area In coming hours. Winds may also briefly average 55 to 65 km/h.
Locations which may be affected include Port Lincoln, Ceduna, Wudinna, Cleve, Kimba and Maitland. Onshore winds are bringing light showers to eastern parts of NSW and Queensand east coast.Â