'This thunderstorm is very dangerous': Sydney set for half its monthly rainfall in one day
Sydney commuters have been warned to take care while making their way home on Thursday as severe thunderstorms descend upon the city.
It is bringing heavy rain to much of the NSW coast and southeast Queensland.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says “this thunderstorm is very dangerous”, while the NSW SES has warned people to “take time to plan your trip, check road closures and traffic conditions before you travel”.
“Move your car undercover and keep clear of creeks and storm drains,” the SES tweeted.
⚡ #Severe #Thunderstorm #Warning for Heavy Rainfall, Large (possibly Giant) Hail, and Damaging Winds now current for parts of the Sydney Metro, Southern Highlands, Southern Ranges, and Northern Tablelands. Stay up to date with warnings at https://t.co/jl1eipgCDX #SydneyStorms pic.twitter.com/50z8OKZEj3
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) March 14, 2019
Commuting from #work this afternoon?
Take time to plan your trip, check road closures and traffic conditions before you travel in bad #weather. Move your car undercover and keep clear of creeks and storm drains. Plan your trip: @LiveTrafficNSW https://t.co/xDXfHmCfon
— NSW SES (@NSWSES) March 14, 2019
BoM forecaster Zhi-we Ng Thua told Yahoo7 News that anywhere between 25 and 70 millimetres could soak the east coast by Thursday afternoon.
“The rainfall is really intensifying from the afternoon onwards and continuing overnight before easing on Friday morning,” he said, adding that there is a great amount of uncertainty as to how close the trough will get to Sydney.
The monthly average rainfall for March recorded at Observatory Hill is 130.8 millimetres.
The Central Coast is also set for a windy and wet few days with Thursday through to Sunday expecting at least an 80 per cent of showers.
The expected deluge comes just one day after parts of Sydney received almost 50 millimetres of rain on Wednesday.
#Showers and #Storms currently forming in #Sydney. A Thunderstorm warning for Heavy Rainfall has already been issued for other parts of New South Wales, and may expand into the afternoon. Keep an eye on the #warnings page for the latest at https://t.co/wXyKxunu2J pic.twitter.com/eOdTAtkJMu
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) March 14, 2019
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