Powerful winds are pummelling the south-eastern states as a vigorous cold front rapidly crosses the region. Severe weather warnings for damaging winds remain current for the Lower South East district of SA, most of Victoria, and southern NSW. The worst affected areas have been the ski resorts with a whopping 143kmh wind gust recorded at Mt Hotham at 1.30am this morning- its strongest in a year. SA's Cape Jaffa, TAS's Mount Read and NSW's Thredbo also recorded wind gusts over 100kmh.
A band of intense rain and thunderstorms also developed across Melbourne's suburbs this morning producing damaging wind gusts. At 10.24am, Melbourne Airport was pounded by a 93kmh gust and at 10.40am, St Kilda was shaken by a gust of 113kmh. These winds are strong enough to bring down trees and powerlines.
The heaviest rain has unfortunately been over the ski resorts. And yes, it has been rain since temperatures didn't get cold enough for snow! To 9am this morning, Mt Hotham picked up a slushy 55mm, while Thredbo got drenched with 71mm! It also bucketed down over northern Tasmania with 60-80mm falls prompting minor flood warnings for the North and South Esk river basins.
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