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Severe weather warning for parts of Tasmania
Australian Community Media
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7/12/2024
Heavy rain and damaging winds to hit parts of Tasmania, beginning July 14-15, 2024.
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Heavy rain and damaging winds to impact parts of Tasmania and possibly Victoria on Sunday and
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Monday. And while severe weather warnings aren't current right now, we expect them to be issued
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later on Saturday, especially around eastern and southeastern parts of Tasmania, for damaging winds
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and possibly heavy rainfall. And talking about rainfall, we already have flood watches current
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for large parts of Tasmania, including the populated areas of southeastern Tasmania.
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That means if you live in this highlighted area, the forecast rainfall could lead to flash and
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riverine flooding and possibly into minor flooding as well. So make sure you pay attention to areas
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around here with that heavy rainfall on the way. But what's driving all of this weather? Well,
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we zoom out a little bit, you can see a low pressure system developing off the coast of
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New South Wales on Saturday, and it's going to rapidly intensify as we move through the day on
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Saturday and Saturday night. And it's going to take an unusual direction. Generally lows here
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will grow to the southeast, but this one is actually going to go to the southwest. And that
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means the weather is going to shift into eastern parts of Tasmania and southern parts of
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Victoria. So as we get into the afternoon on Sunday, notice the really strong winds and rainfall
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wrapping around this low pressure system, starting to impact eastern and southeastern parts of
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Tasmania, and some of that energy and weather also getting up into parts of South Australia
01:18
and southern Victoria. Then as we move into latter part of Sunday, you'll see the low getting pretty
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close to Tasmania with widespread heavy rain and gusty winds, some possibly damaging. Now I must
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stress this is just one scenario, some of our guidance has a low further north, some further
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east and some further south. So that's why it's important if you live in this area or know someone
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that does, to continue to stay up to date with the latest forecasts and warnings across the weekend
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in Tasmania and southern Victoria. Then as we move into later Monday and Tuesday, continuing to see
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that heavy rain and strong and possibly damaging winds impacting parts of Tasmania and southern
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Victoria. Now when we start talking about rainfall, pretty dry across Saturday, but note the rainfall
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starting to pick up as that rain shifts westward, which is highly dependent on the exact track and
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intensity of this low pressure system. But by the time we get into Monday morning, we could see
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widespread falls of 50 to 80 millimetres through southern and southeastern parts of Tasmania,
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with isolated falls even higher than that, and that's what could cause our flash and riverine
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flooding issues. But not only are we going to have rainfall and wind issues, this cold air is going
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to spread across much of southeastern Australia, so we could see widespread areas of snow. So that's
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going to start in Tasmania on Saturday, shown by these pink areas through here, but also note for
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elevated areas of alpine areas of Victoria and New South Wales, snow starting to develop there as we
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move through Sunday. But note as that air gets further north with some moisture, we could also
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start seeing snow developing around the central and even northern tablelands of New South Wales
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on Monday, and that could continue into Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Finally, the other impact
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of this weather system will also be huge seas and swells. So this is a very large low pressure
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system, and that's going to lead to some very big seas and swells off the coast of New South Wales,
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where we're likely to see hazardous surf warnings there across the weekend and into early next week,
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but also note towards parts of Tasmania and even into bloody western parts of Victoria,
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we could see very large seas and swells there, with damaging and hazardous surf also possible
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as we move through Sunday, and particularly into Monday and Tuesday. So with all this weather going
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on across southeastern parts of the country, particularly across Tasmania and southern
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Victoria, remember to stay up to date with the latest forecasts and warnings via our website,
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app and social media, and when the weather does increase, listen to all advice from emergency services.
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