Damaging winds and large hail expected across east coast

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Severe thunderstorms for parts of north-east NSW and south-east Queensland.

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00:00Damaging winds and large hail are likely for parts of northern NSW today, with thunderstorms

00:06developing this afternoon and evening.

00:08Winds and hail are possible across much broader areas of southeast Qld and northeast NSW.

00:14We can see that in today's thunderstorm forecaster map.

00:18Our green areas show where storms are possible.

00:21Storms are possible today through much of central and southeast Qld, northeast NSW,

00:26getting all the way down through the Hunter and even to the Blue Mountains to the west

00:30of Sydney.

00:31But it's the yellow and red areas we want to focus on.

00:34Those areas show where severe storms are possible, if not likely.

00:39Those areas cover parts of central and southeast Qld, notably impacting the Sunshine Coast

00:44and Gold Coast, but not Brisbane.

00:46Brisbane is more likely to see standard, non-severe storms today, where we may see those severe

00:51storms impacting the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.

00:54Through northeast NSW, we've got a fairly widespread severe thunderstorm risk that does

00:59extend all the way down to the Hunter as well.

01:02In those severe storm areas, we may see damaging wind gusts and large hail.

01:07Heavy rainfall is less likely today, although we may still see some short, sharp downbursts

01:12with any storms moving directly overhead.

01:15Damaging winds and large hail may lead to trees and branches being brought down, potentially

01:20impacting property or cars and leading to some damage.

01:24We may also see some power outages or disruptions to traffic and transport thanks to these severe

01:30weather impacts.

01:32Really focusing in on where severe storms are most likely today, we see that risk marked

01:36in red through the northern rivers and mid-north coast of NSW, including some of those adjacent

01:42ranges.

01:43That means areas in the vicinity of Byron Bay, Lismore and Coffs Harbour may well see

01:48those damaging winds and large hail through the course of today.

01:52Storms are likely to start developing through the afternoon, continuing as we go into the

01:56evening period.

01:59What exactly is triggering these storms today?

02:02We do have the tail end of a cold front brushing up the northern NSW coast, interacting with

02:08warm, moist air coming down from the north.

02:11That's generating these areas of showers and thunderstorms through northeast NSW and parts

02:17of southeast Queensland.

02:19As we go into tomorrow, that storm risk will continue for many areas, gradually starting

02:24to ease back later in the day as this trough moves away from the east coast.

02:30As we continue overnight tomorrow into Saturday morning, we will likely continue to see some

02:35patchy showers through these areas, but the storm risk will really drop away over the

02:40weekend.

02:41Tomorrow, there is still a risk of storms in some parts, though we can see these green

02:46areas of possible storms extending from around Rockhampton all the way down to the NSW border

02:52and then through to the southern parts of the mid-north coast.

02:54But notably, severe storms are not forecast for Friday, only for today, for Thursday,

03:01for the afternoon and evening period.

03:03So look, we really urge all communities through these areas to keep a close eye on the Bureau's

03:07website and social media through the course of this afternoon and evening in case we do

03:12need to issue any thunderstorm warnings for what is starting to develop.

03:17Stay safe and we'll catch you in the next update.

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