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Damaging winds and large hail expected across east coast
Australian Community Media
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10/24/2024
Severe thunderstorms for parts of north-east NSW and south-east Queensland.
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Damaging winds and large hail are likely for parts of northern NSW today, with thunderstorms
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developing this afternoon and evening.
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Winds and hail are possible across much broader areas of southeast Qld and northeast NSW.
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We can see that in today's thunderstorm forecaster map.
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Our green areas show where storms are possible.
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Storms are possible today through much of central and southeast Qld, northeast NSW,
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getting all the way down through the Hunter and even to the Blue Mountains to the west
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of Sydney.
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But it's the yellow and red areas we want to focus on.
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Those areas show where severe storms are possible, if not likely.
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Those areas cover parts of central and southeast Qld, notably impacting the Sunshine Coast
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and Gold Coast, but not Brisbane.
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Brisbane is more likely to see standard, non-severe storms today, where we may see those severe
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storms impacting the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
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Through northeast NSW, we've got a fairly widespread severe thunderstorm risk that does
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extend all the way down to the Hunter as well.
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In those severe storm areas, we may see damaging wind gusts and large hail.
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Heavy rainfall is less likely today, although we may still see some short, sharp downbursts
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with any storms moving directly overhead.
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Damaging winds and large hail may lead to trees and branches being brought down, potentially
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impacting property or cars and leading to some damage.
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We may also see some power outages or disruptions to traffic and transport thanks to these severe
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weather impacts.
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Really focusing in on where severe storms are most likely today, we see that risk marked
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in red through the northern rivers and mid-north coast of NSW, including some of those adjacent
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ranges.
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That means areas in the vicinity of Byron Bay, Lismore and Coffs Harbour may well see
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those damaging winds and large hail through the course of today.
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Storms are likely to start developing through the afternoon, continuing as we go into the
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evening period.
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What exactly is triggering these storms today?
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We do have the tail end of a cold front brushing up the northern NSW coast, interacting with
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warm, moist air coming down from the north.
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That's generating these areas of showers and thunderstorms through northeast NSW and parts
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of southeast Queensland.
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As we go into tomorrow, that storm risk will continue for many areas, gradually starting
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to ease back later in the day as this trough moves away from the east coast.
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As we continue overnight tomorrow into Saturday morning, we will likely continue to see some
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patchy showers through these areas, but the storm risk will really drop away over the
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weekend.
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Tomorrow, there is still a risk of storms in some parts, though we can see these green
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areas of possible storms extending from around Rockhampton all the way down to the NSW border
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and then through to the southern parts of the mid-north coast.
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But notably, severe storms are not forecast for Friday, only for today, for Thursday,
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for the afternoon and evening period.
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So look, we really urge all communities through these areas to keep a close eye on the Bureau's
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website and social media through the course of this afternoon and evening in case we do
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need to issue any thunderstorm warnings for what is starting to develop.
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Stay safe and we'll catch you in the next update.
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