Updated Severe Weather Warning For Sydney

[Sammy0884]

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

NSW

Top Priority for Immediate Broadcast

NSW SEVERE WEATHER WARNING

Locally Damaging Winds

For people in

Illawarra and Sydney Metropolitan districts

Issued at 8:45 pm on Monday 6 October 2008

Synoptic Situation: 6:00 pm EDT Monday

A cold front and associated low pressure trough are moving across the region.

A gusty southerly change moved through Kiama at about 830pm tonight and is

expected through Wollongong about 9pm and Sydney around 10pm.

Wind gusts exceeding 90 km/h are possible for the next few hours both ahead of

the southerly change as well for a couple of hours after the southerly change

moves through.

Emergency services advise you to keep clear of fallen power lines, stay indoors

away from windows and keep children indoors.

For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES [NSW and ACT] on telephone

number 132 500.

The next warning is due to be issued by 1 am Tuesday

This warning is also available through TV and Radio broadcasts; the Bureau's

website at www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 218. The Bureau and State Emergency

Service would appreciate this warning being broadcast regularly.

Edited October 6, 2008 by Sammy0884

[Dreamtime]

Definately weird weather indeed.

Batten down Raiders - this sounds like a "mini cyclone"

Something to do with the "as long as that eddie of hot stuff stays" Ross Hunter talks about???

Or just put it down to El Nino?

Good Luck

[jewgaffer]

I'll be fishing the Hawkesbury with five others in the morning and the southerly blow up tonight should churn things up a bit. The southerly is expected to move on overnight. The morning forecast is for slight to moderate s/w/s winds for our daybreak start. The wind is expected to change the opposite way to n/e around 2pm during the early run out and change again to n/w as the tide starts to run out again a couple of hours after midnight. A night session looks pretty good for Bar Point with two wind changes much more favourable than what we've had if anyone wants to have a go at the jew and fish overnight tomorrow.

We'll be fishing a day session in the mouth area tomorrow and will be off the water around 4pm, so let's hope I can post up a good report on squid and fish in general and we will be hitting Flint and Steel for a go at the jew for a couple of hours after this rain.

Cheers

jewgaffer